"Knowing that Sisi likes fruit tea and scented tea, before Brother Xuanhuang and Brother Weihuang returned to the palace, the empress even made snow pear, chrysanthemum tea, lychee jade dew, and rose mint tea for Sisi."
"The jujube cakes and pine nut cakes made in the small kitchen in Linhua Palace are delicious. Sisi will bring them to my father to try next time."
Seeing his Xiao Shi chattering a lot and having endless things to say to him, Xuanzong scratched her little nose and smiled lovingly.
"Little greedy cat!"
The emperor's face was originally very gloomy. When the tenth princess came to the back of Xingqing Palace, he not only looked at her with a doting smile, but also held her and sat on his knees to discuss matters with them.
Jiang Jiao was surprised that the tenth princess was so favored?
He secretly thought that it was bad, seeing that Xuanzong was only interested in teasing his little princess and actually forgot about what he reported.
Jiang Jiao said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the rumor that someone in the city was infected with smallpox originated from the carriage that the Imperial Medical Office used to transport patients out of the city. Something went wrong when the third prince handled the matter, and I think he should be punished."
"Hey, I know what Mr. Jiang said."
Xuanzong looked at the soft and white neck of the little man. The back of his neck was covered with thin and long soft hair, which made him look particularly cute and cute.
Hearing Li Sixu's surprised cry, Xuanzong looked at the third prince and said meaningfully: "Tell me, father, how did Xiao Shi know about the rumors that someone in the capital was infected with smallpox?"
"I was walking along South Street with Sister Yue, and while eating snacks at a teahouse, I heard..."
Li Sixu consciously made a mistake and realized something was wrong. Seeing several adults looking at her, she covered her mouth anxiously.
Xuanzong laughed for a moment: "By taking your sister Yue to the Imperial Medical Office, you secretly strolled through South Street?"
Li Sixu lowered her head in frustration: "Father!"
Her cowardly look made Xuanzong laugh. He rubbed her little crotch and said warmly: "Say it, father will not punish you."
"Is there really no punishment?"
Li Sixu's eyes lit up, and she said with a small mouth: "That's Sister Sisi Daiyue. They were vaccinated with cowpox at the Imperial Medical Office, and then went into the teahouse on South Street where the best snacks are made. In the private room, they heard something outside Some people are saying that someone in the capital is infected with smallpox!"
"Then someone said, that's nonsense..."
Li Sixu imitated the voice of the guests in the teahouse and said vividly: "Today when the Imperial Medical Office was sending the deceased out of the city, I was at Qixia Gate. At that time, a carriage hit someone. Someone stopped the carriage. In the confusion, I saw the people inside. dead."
"Some people claimed that he was infected with smallpox. The official in charge of clearing the way from the Imperial Medical Office came out to explain that he died of a strange disease and a rash. He told us not to panic."
Before Li Sixu could finish speaking, Jiang Jiao became anxious: "Did the tenth princess really hear it?"
"Of course, I have a photographic memory."
Li Sixu glanced at Xuanzong in confusion: "Father, did I say something wrong? Sister Yue, Sixth Sister, Seventh Sister, and Thirteenth Emperor Brother were also there at that time."
Li Sixu opened her innocent eyes and looked at Xuanzong, who glared at Jiang Jiao fiercely.
"I have absolutely no doubts about the little princess."
Jiang Jiao has always been favored by Xuanzong, because he had a good relationship with him when Xuanzong was still King of Linzi. After Xuanzong ascended the throne, he often visited Xingqing Hall, and even had no time to leave the palace due to his busy government affairs, so he had a friendship with Xuanzong and slept on the same bed.
The emperor suddenly glared at him, which made Jiang Jiao frightened. He explained in a hurry: "The third prince made me think that someone in the capital was infected with smallpox. After I took my family to the Imperial Medical Office to be vaccinated with cowpox, I deliberately went to the Imperial Medical Office in front of the Imperial Medical Office." Posting notices is a bit calculated."
It's okay if Jiang Jiao doesn't speak.
As soon as he spoke, Li Sixu looked at him in shock: "Father, Mr. Jiang is so strange!"
"The family members of the Duke's family have been vaccinated with cowpox, which can prevent smallpox. Why does Mr. Jiang blame Third Brother?"
Li Sixu was very surprised: "Yesterday, Mr. Jiang said that in order to support the imperial court's promotion of vaccination, he went to the Imperial Medical Office to vaccinate with cowpox according to his father's imperial decree. Mr. Wang said that the number of cowpox vaccines vaccinated against jaundice in the Imperial Medical Office was fixed every day. Jiang The Lord is still angry."
"He said he was vaccinated against cowpox according to the emperor's imperial decree. Could it be that the third brother wanted him to resist the decree?"
"Father's decree cannot be violated! Mr. Wang and Third Brother have no choice but to take out the cowpox vaccine that will be used today and vaccinate Mr. Jiang's family first."
Li Sixu sighed, as if she couldn't understand: "Ever since the emperor ordered the Duke's Palace to vaccinate with cowpox first, the Duke's Palace has not sent his family members to the Imperial Medical Office. Lord Wang has sent medical officers to urge them again and again, but the Duke's Palace has not movement."
"The vaccinia vaccine vaccinated by the Imperial Medical Office yesterday has been used up, and Mr. Jiang personally sent his family to the Imperial Medical Office."
"Master Jiang said that he was vaccinated against cowpox according to his father's imperial decree. Third brother and Master Wang changed their ways and let the Jiang family members be vaccinated against cowpox. Why does Master Jiang blame third brother?"
There are so many people coming in and out of the Imperial Medical Office every day, and there are many people in the clinic for vaccination against jaundice. I don't think the Tenth Princess has done anything wrong.
Li Sixu told what happened in the Imperial Medical Office.
Song Jing looked at Jiang Jiao suspiciously: "Your family members hurriedly went to vaccinate against cowpox yesterday. Lord Jiang even went to the Imperial Medical Office in person. Is it because of rumors that someone in the capital was infected with smallpox?"
"no……"
Jiang Jiao wanted to explain, but the upright Lord Yao already looked sulky: "His Majesty's decree requires the family members of the Duke's Mansion to be vaccinated against cowpox. Could it be that Lord Jiang wants to resist the decree?"
"What is Mr. Jiang's intention in obstructing the implementation of vaccination?"
After being glanced at by Xuanzong's sharp eyes, a fine bead of sweat appeared on Jiang Jiao's forehead, and he had no choice but to tell the story about the Duke's family spending the summer in a villa on the outskirts of Beijing.
But even so, Xuanzong no longer looked at him with complete trust, but with a faint scrutiny.
"That's enough! I still want to discuss matters with Yao and Song."
Xuanzong bluntly said: "If Jiang Aiqing is fine, please retreat first!"
Xuanzong never avoided him when discussing matters with important ministers, and this was the first time he was kicked out of the imperial study.
Jiang Jiao knew that his family's explanation of summer vacation in the suburbs of Beijing was reasonable to the Imperial Medical Office, but to the Emperor, it was suspected of not following the emperor's orders.
He was unable to argue for a moment, and had no choice but to exit the Imperial Study Room in despair under the gazes of Xuanzong and Yao Song.
When Xuanzong was discussing matters with Lord Yao and Lord Song, he made an exception and kept the third prince in the imperial study.
Watching her father finish a bowl of sour plum soup, Li Sixu divided the remaining sour plum soup and walked out of the imperial study with an empty food basket. She saw Jiang Jiao pacing back and forth on the veranda anxiously.
Li Sixu carried the empty basket and sat down on the wooden chair in the verandah.
Jiang Jiao bowed his hand towards her: "After delivering the sour plum soup, are the ten princesses planning to leave?"
"Master Jiang has not left the palace, why is Sisi leaving in a hurry?"
Li Sixu smiled and said: "Sisi is waiting for Third Brother outside the imperial study, and asks Third Brother to send Sisi back to Jiuxuan Palace."
