Since Emperor Yong was ill, it was natural that someone in the court would have to take charge of the affairs of the court on his behalf.
Among them, the most popular candidates are the King of Liang and the King of Jin. After all, one is the elder and the other is the direct descendant, and both of them have supporters behind them.
In the end, when the two sides were still arguing, the Qiankun Palace made the final decision. Emperor Yong only assigned the position of supervising the country to Jin Wang Zhao Yanzhen, Prime Minister Jiang Fang, Yushi doctor Gao Yizhong, and Taiwei Chen Fanghuan as auxiliary ministers.
As for the King of Liang, he was assigned to defend both inside and outside the palace.
And because the person who oversees the country is Zhao Yanzhen, the king of Jin, although the Chen family only co-administers the government with the other two families, in the eyes of other speculators, this may also be a sign of being considerate, and the Chen family is suddenly in the limelight. No two.
With the help of the Chen family, the King of Jin managed political affairs in an orderly manner, but even so, Zhao Yanzhen was obviously still busier than before.
Apart from Zhao Yanzhen, the busiest department today is probably the group of medical officers from the Imperial Medical Bureau, who are busy day and night developing medicines to fight the epidemic.
In ordinary times, wealthy officials and their families have suffered from such diseases, not to mention the common people in the capital.
Suddenly, there were only mourning people inside and outside the capital.
There is even no communication between the various prefectures.
As for the marriage in Prince Liang's Mansion, it was postponed to another auspicious date because of this marriage. Now that the marriage in Prince Liang's Mansion has been postponed, the marriage of Jiang Nianjiao and Jin Wang Zhao Yanzhen can only be postponed.
During these days at home, besides taking care of the Jiang family's internal affairs, Jiang Nianjiao could only spend time growing mushrooms at home.
After all, the epidemic outside is serious. Who knows whether you will catch that disease if you go out.
However, perhaps because of the emperor's heavy reliance, the three families of Jiang, Gao and Chen only received the emperor's decree and only allowed the imperial doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau to come to the three families frequently for treatment and disinfection.
When Jiang Nianjiao came to welcome the people from the Imperial Medical Bureau, she didn't expect to see Su Zhirou, who was once again dressed as a medical officer, in the team from the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Seeing her appear, Jiang Nianjiao couldn't help but curiously asked, "Aren't you already out of the Imperial Medical Bureau?"
You must know that she is now the concubine of King Liang, and after marrying into the palace, she will naturally not be able to stay in the imperial doctor's office.
Now that she appeared here, Jiang Nianjiao was a little confused.
When Su Zhirou heard Jiang Nianjiao's question, she frowned slightly and said, "I asked Concubine Xian for her permission, and she agreed to temporarily help me at the Imperial Medical Bureau. However, my original intention was to go to the private sector for medical treatment." It is a pity that the empress did not agree to this matter. With no choice, I can only ask Wang Liufang to come to the hospital."
Jiang Nianjiao was not surprised at all by Su Zhirou's words. Su Zhirou has always been a doctor with a benevolent heart. Now that the situation is unstable and the right prescription has not yet been fully developed, it is normal for her to be anxious.
When the other imperial doctors were examining the servants of the Jiang Mansion, Su Zhirou only said to Jiang Nianjiao, "The imperial doctors in the palace are also busy now. I'm afraid they won't be able to send more imperial doctors over in the future. However, all the three families of Jiang, Gao and Chen are now..." You are an important minister, and the three families often have to join the parliament. Therefore, under this situation, His Highness will send an imperial doctor to each of your three families. Miss Jiang, when the imperial doctor is sent to you later, can you keep me?"
"Let me beg you, okay?" Su Zhirou just begged.
"What are you doing in Wangliufang?" Jiang Nianjiao asked in confusion.
"I want to visit other places in the capital. Nowadays, the most serious epidemic is not the places where the dignitaries are located, but every household." Su Zhirou said softly.
When she said this, Jiang Nianjiao understood what Su Zhirou meant, and even at this moment she truly admired the woman in front of her.
After all, under normal circumstances, people seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Now that the situation is so critical, she can still move forward without fear of danger.
However, admiration is admiration, Jiang Nianjiao still refused Su Zhirou's request, "Miss Su is really embarrassed right now. Even if I don't think about you, I still have to think about my cousin. The epidemic is rampant right now. If you have any shortcomings, I will If my cousin knew that I allowed you to go to such a dangerous place, he would definitely stab me to death."
"Miss Jiang, I promise that nothing will happen to me. Although the palace has not yet developed a suitable drug, it has already taken general prevention and control measures."
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If you follow the prevention and control measures, you will be fine. And when the time comes, as long as you don't tell me and I don't tell anyone, no one will know about it. Miss Jiang, please promise me this time. If you promise me this time, if you ask me for anything in the future, I will definitely not refuse. "..
I have to say that Su Zhirou really grasped the three inches below Jiang Nianjiao's ribs.
You must know that although the system that forced you to kiss Su Zhirou and express your love has not been online for a long time, who knows whether this system will suddenly come back to life one day.
If she agreed to her today, when the dog system forced her to do something again in the future, she could directly ask Su Zhirou to implement the system's plan. This way you don't have to worry about it yourself.
Thinking of this, although Jiang Nianjiao hesitated again and again, she still agreed to Su Zhirou's request.
Later, after this group of imperial doctors treated the Jiang family, an elder from the Imperial Medical Bureau told Jiang Nianjiao what was mentioned above. Moreover, this elder seemed to have the intention of supervising the country and was only prepared to stay in the Jiang Family Mansion. Two imperial doctors were left behind.
But before the old man started to order people, Jiang Nianjiao took the initiative to ask about the situation of the other two families.
Since the Chen family and the Gao family only sent one imperial doctor, she also only wanted one, and this imperial doctor was Su Zhirou.
Seeing that Jiang Nianjiao pointed to Su Zhirou, the old doctor obviously felt that this was inappropriate. After all, this was the concubine of Prince Liang. Although Concubine Yuxian agreed to let her come, she also specifically told Dr. Su to let her come. The official stayed in the palace.
Therefore, he only said softly, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate, Miss Jiang. Please forgive me."
Jiang Nianjiao took the initiative and said, "What's wrong? Medical Officer Su is marrying my cousin, and we are related by marriage. I think Medical Officer Su will be more dedicated to this, not to mention that there are many unmarried women in our house. By leaving a female medical officer behind, we can feel more at ease."
There were not many women in the Imperial Medical Bureau, and apart from Qianjinke, there were very few who could serve as medical officers. During the epidemic, Qianjinke was naturally not among the candidates.
Su Zhirou was able to apply this time not only because her family inheritance was not limited to Qianjinke, but also because she and her father were both the saviors of Prince Liang. Since both father and daughter were doctors, Su Zhirou was Only then was he allowed to work in departments other than Qianjin Branch as an exception.
The old medical officer was also an old-fashioned person, but now that he heard Jiang Nianjiao talking about this great defense between men and women, he naturally took it seriously.
What's more, this daughter is the princess who has never been married to the King of Jin. Now His Highness the King of Jin is in the spotlight. If something happens to the medical officer on his side and this potential Princess of Jin, then I am afraid that ten heads on my side will not be enough. dropped.
Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, the old medical officer not only stopped refuting, but also praised Jiang Nianjiao for her thoughtfulness.
After sending the medical officer out, Su Zhirou was able to stay in Jiang Nianjiao's house.
Su Zhirou obviously didn't have the temperament to live leisurely. After probably talking to the Jiang family's family doctor about how to prevent the epidemic, she was ready to leave the Jiang Mansion and head to the west of the city.
The west of the city is an area where ordinary poor people gather, and it is also the place where the epidemic is most serious. Although the government will also distribute some free soups and rice porridge, but when the Imperial Medical Bureau has not yet developed anti-drugs, the soups are actually just a remedy. to some psychological effects.
Su Zhirou originally wanted to go to the west of the city alone, but when she heard about the deaths of the infected, Jiang Nianjiao only suggested that she go with them.
Now in the Jiang Mansion, Su Zhirou would be unable to move even if Miss Jiang did not let him go. Therefore, after a dispute between the two parties, Su Zhirou could only compromise.
Before going to the west of the city, Su Zhirou not only asked everyone who came with her to take a bowl of detoxifying decoction, but also gave everyone a lucky bag with poison-avoiding effects.
After such preparations, Su Zhirou and his party also headed to the west of the city.
The further west you go, the more desolate the roads become, and some families even have no one to beg for their bodies because almost all of them are dead.
The rotten smell mixed with the smell of soup and medicine filled the various small neighborhoods.
Considering that Su Zhirou didn't have many medicinal materials on hand, he didn't have too many manpower.
The group of them was also planning to go to Uncle Cuiqiao's medicine hall first.
And Uncle Cuiqiao's medicine hall Renbenzhai is located in the west of the city.
direction.
When the group of people arrived at Renbenzhai, they did not expect that Renbenzhai was overcrowded at this time, and the sounds of smashing things and yelling could be heard from the encirclement from time to time.
In addition, the gate of Naren Benzhai was surrounded by more than a dozen strong men.
At first glance, it looked like someone was causing trouble.
Seeing this situation, Cui Qiao could not stand still. She just jumped out of the carriage, stepped over the heads of people who were watching the excitement in twos and threes, and then went directly to Renbenzhai.
It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, if you look at Cui Qiao again, she almost loses her breath and smokes from her orifices.
The dozen or so strong men were smashing everything they could in Renbenzhai while beating gongs and drums and telling people outside that their second uncle had no medical ethics for making such illicit money. In addition, there were several corpses of people apparently suffering from the disease placed at the door.
These people knew that they had to tie a scarf around themselves, but they tied up his second uncle and pushed him onto the corpse.
This disease is inherently contagious. Even though his second uncle is also a doctor, he can't stand them going through such trouble.
Therefore, when one of them was pushing his second uncle towards the dead body, Cui Qiao kicked the man down onto the other corpse.
At the same time, with her other hand, she just grabbed her second uncle and sent him into the crowd.
When the big man who was sitting on the corpse heard the crashing sound, he screamed and jumped up in fright.
