Li Sixu asked Yue'er to pick a hairpin, but Yue'er picked a gourd hairpin, because the whole set of mutton-fat white jade hairpins that Concubine Shu gave Li Sixu as a reward were all carved into various musical instrument styles.
So after getting on the chariot sedan, Yue'er played with the hairpin: "This little mutton-fat white jade gourd is so beautiful, Sisi, is this gourd also a musical instrument? Why haven't I seen this kind of musical instrument in the palace?"
"This is the gourd flute, a musical instrument from remote areas in the southwest. This kind of flute is very suitable for playing music with smooth melody, and the tone is elegant and smart."
Li Sixu told Yue'er that Wang Ziqing had mentioned the gourd flute to her. It is a commonly used instrument in the southwest, but because it has a small sound, it is difficult to display at palace banquets, so this kind of flute has not been seen in the palace orchestra. .
She and Yue'er were chattering, but Yang Guibin had been silent since getting on the chariot and sedan, looking at her from time to time while hesitating to speak.
"Sisi was in the Qingfeng Hall just now. After she saw Sister Hongxiu whispering a few words in the ear of the empress, the empress looked a little strange."
Li Sixu felt guilty and said, "Mother, did Sisi get into trouble in Qingfeng Hall?"
It was indeed her fault!
But not entirely.
She was just an innocent child, and it was Si Sheng who acted too recklessly, which led to today's disaster.
"You didn't cause trouble. It was Ji'an who knocked over your spice first. If you did nothing, you would look weak and can be bullied. You did a good job in today's incense fight in Qingfeng Hall."
Yang Guibi frowned slightly and said, "The Imperial Medical Office is studying methods to prevent and treat epidemic diseases, and the ministers participated in it."
"I'm afraid that not only your third brother will be responsible for this, but you will also be implicated."
Yang Guibin reassured him: "When we return to Qingzui Pavilion, I will first send people to the Taiyuan Hospital to find Dr. Sun, and then go to Nanxun Palace to see if the Queen can find a way to resolve this disaster."
It was indeed a disaster to be brought to the father's presence by the ministers.
However, when Li Sixu heard that she was being sued to Xuanzong, she felt nothing in her heart.
If she had to say that she was touched, it would be that Yang Guibin did not want to save the Third Emperor Brother first and push her out.
Instead, she felt that when it came to the Imperial Medical Office's epidemic prevention, she and Brother Sanhuang were like grasshoppers tied to a rope, both prospering and losing.
Li Sixu didn't know whether Yang Guibi was good to her, or whether she was a see-through person.
In short, Li Sixu originally liked Yang Guibin very much.
She acted like this, which made Li Sixu like her even more.
Li Sixu had a bad premonition in her heart: "Mother, is there something wrong with the children who were vaccinated with cowpox?"
Yang Guibin looked at her in surprise.
"You guessed it all?"
Yang Guibin rubbed her aching forehead: "One child died after being vaccinated with cowpox, but the other two children were fine. Then somehow the censor found out about it, and a memorial was filed against you. Father’s place…”
Yang Guibin has always been dignified and reserved, and rarely worries too much about anything. Even she found the matter so difficult that Li Sixu thought that the children who had been vaccinated with cowpox had died.
It turns out that something happened to just one of them.
This turned out much better than she had imagined.
However, when she was at the Imperial Medical Office, she carefully checked the pulses of the children who were vaccinated with cowpox. They were in good health and would not die from being vaccinated with cowpox.
She also told Mr. Wang to send someone to guard those children at all times.
Now a child died suddenly, which is really strange.
A pair of innocent eyes appeared in front of Li Sixu's eyes. Thinking about the promise she made to them at the Imperial Medical Office, she couldn't help but feel an indescribable anger in her heart.
"Empress, it's Sisi who presented Taoist books to the Imperial Hospital, and there are also people involved in the development of epidemic prevention. Sisi doesn't want to stay out of it."
Li Sixu looked at her seriously: "Sisi wants to find out the cause of that child's death."
"However, the former dynasty is closely related to the harem. Maybe there is no problem with the methods to prevent the epidemic at all, but the Imperial Medical Office is mixed with various forces. I think it is very likely that someone is doing something to deliberately target your third brother."
Yang Guibin advised: "You are just a child. You are still young. You don't know the twists and turns here, so why bother getting yourself involved?"
"Your Majesty is right, the measures to prevent the epidemic are appropriate."
Li Sixu looked determined: "Sisi has thought about it. Sisi is going to court to clarify this matter."
The queen asked the third prince to participate in epidemic prevention because she wanted to help him establish his prestige in the court.
Yang Guibin thought, what if the people behind the scenes were allowed to succeed.
Then step back, step back!
How can there be room for their mother and son in this harem in the future?
Seeing that Li Sixu had made up her mind and had to wade through the muddy water, Yang Guibin said helplessly: "Then I will go to the Queen to find a way."
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In the Jinluan Palace, because Wu Yushi sued the third prince for indulging in human life, the next court was delayed.
"I have found out clearly that the children used by the Imperial Medical Office to study the epidemic are all homeless, little beggars living on the streets who were not taken in by Beitian Hospital. After being tricked by the Third Prince into going to the Imperial Medical Office, They were given cowpox and one of the children died suddenly."
Wu Yushi said angrily: "Your Majesty, it is nonsense to inoculate people with cowpox to prevent the epidemic smallpox. The third prince disregards human life and tests the medicine on a child with such a miserable life experience. It is really against the laws of nature."
"Wei Chen specifically asked Yuan Yicheng. Yuan Yicheng said that he and the medical officers from the Imperial Medical Office had tried to persuade the third prince, but the third prince insisted on going his own way and insisted on testing the medicine on those children. This made a big mistake."
"Since ancient times, when the emperor breaks the law, he is guilty of the same crime as the common people! I would like to ask, why can the third prince be outside the law?"
Wu Yushi looked at the third prince aggressively: "Are the beggars and common people not your Majesty's subjects? Their lives are really worthless, and can they be trampled on at will? What dignity does the national law and family rules have?"
The third prince fell into deep self-blame!
The little imperial sister checked the pulses of those children, and there was nothing wrong with their health. Sun Yizheng and Mr. Wang also said that after they were vaccinated with cowpox, they would develop rashes all over their bodies and there would be no danger to their lives.
He has been sending people to keep an eye on the Imperial Medical Office.
The guards guarding the children reported that the abscesses on their bodies had fallen off, leaving only some deep and shallow acne marks, which would soon be completely healed.
After not receiving any news from the Imperial Medical Office for a day, I heard such bad news this morning.
Why did one of the children suddenly die suddenly after he had already survived the most dangerous period of acne?
This fact is so strange!
Facing Wu Yushi's pressing step by step, the third prince knelt down and said: "Father, it is true that those children were found by my son from among the beggars, but they voluntarily followed my son back to the Imperial Medical Office. "
"Later, before vaccination with cowpox, I asked them again if they were willing to be vaccinated, and those children who were unwilling to be vaccinated were sent to Beitian Hospital for placement."
The third prince explained: "The three people who have been vaccinated with cowpox are all willing to do so. My son and I did not force them."
"Is that really true?"
Wu Yushi sneered: "Your Majesty, Yuan Yicheng and the children who have been vaccinated with cowpox are willing to come forward to testify. When the officials went to court, they were placed in the carriage at the entrance of the palace. The rights and wrongs will be known after your Majesty sends someone to summon them. "
