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Wei Yuanzheng felt cold sweat. Did he follow the emperor's instructions and ask for an order to go to the epidemic area to treat patients? Or insist on staying in Tai Hospital?

After only a moment's hesitation, he had a choice. Nothing was as important as his life!

So he knelt down and said, "What Princess Ling said is absolutely true. Only by visiting patients in epidemic areas can we truly know the situation of the plague and prescribe the right medicine."

"It's just that my old eyesight is dim. Even when I look at the cases, I have to drag my sick body to look at it. I really can't serve the court."

"Why don't the emperor send some young and strong doctors to go there. The doctor Xu behind me is young and promising, and he must be willing to take on this important responsibility."

Xu Yuanqing had no doubt that Wei Yuan was pushing him to take the lead. These old stubborn men were rotten.

The ability to help the empress in the palace to harm others is very good, but if they are asked to go to the epidemic area regardless of the danger, it will be useless.

Xu Yuanqing lifted the hem of his clothes, knelt down and said, "My minister, Xu Yuanqing, is willing to go to the North District to see patients. Please give me your permission, please."

Shen Dongsu was a little surprised that things would develop like this. If she didn't go, the news would spread throughout the hospital.

Princess Ling was seeking fame and reputation, but she took the life of Imperial Physician Xu instead.

They are imperial doctors who specialize in treating the royal family and nobles. When have they ever seen those lowly poor people?

So Shen Dongsu stepped forward and said, "Father, I am willing to go to the North District with Dr. Xu to treat patients and find a prescription to cure the plague."

Ling Moxiao said anxiously: "Father, the princess is new to the Imperial Hospital, and she still doesn't know the court's procedures for controlling the plague."

"Please let her familiarize herself with the process first, and then write down the ten prohibitions on epidemic prevention in more detail."

"It's enough to have many imperial doctors go to the North District."

The emperor did not want Shen Dongsu to leave. The movable type printing had not yet been carried out on a large scale, and Princess Ling still needed technical guidance.

Once she leaves, even if she is not infected, she will not be able to return to the East District for a while.

If you are infected with the plague and there is no specific medicine, then it is regrettable and urgent.

At this moment, the queen's voice came from outside the palace: "Your Majesty, since Princess Ling is determined to resolve the crisis in the imperial court."

"If you stop her, wouldn't you be betraying Princess Ling's hard work?"

"The hospital is helpless against this plague, but Princess Ling quickly wrote out the ten prohibitions for epidemic prevention. This shows that she has experience in controlling the plague."

"Not long ago, the emperor told his concubine that all the people in the world are your subjects. If the children and grandchildren of the people on the battlefield can go, naturally the royal family members can also go."

"Isn't the situation the same now? Then the imperial doctor in the epidemic area can go, why can't Princess Ling go?"

"What's more, it was Princess Ling who proposed the idea of ​​going to the epidemic area for medical treatment. Could it be that Princess Ling is greedy for life and afraid of death, and deliberately asked the imperial doctor to die?"

The queen's voice was so loud that the doctors in the distance could hear her clearly.

From what she said, it was obvious that she had previously requested not to allow Chen Xingzhen to go to Youzhou, but the emperor refused.

Now he used the same words to retaliate against the emperor, and at the same time dug a hole for King Ling. If the emperor and King Ling were determined not to let Shen Dongsu go.

If the word spreads through Taiyuan Hospital, not only will her reputation be ruined, but Prince Ling's reputation will also be damaged.

At this time, looking at the queen who happened to appear, although Shen Dongsu was not so arrogant that he was the protagonist, he still couldn't help but think, why was this a trap dug by the queen long ago?

impossible! This is a plague. She is the Queen of Daxia, how could she deliberately spread the plague in Chang'an City?

Just to lure her into a trap? Unless the Queen has a trick in her head! A normal person wouldn't be able to do such a thing!

But the queen's appearance was too coincidental, which only meant that the hospital had the queen's eyes.

If so, don't blame her for dragging everyone down.

Shen Dongsu knelt down on the spot and begged: "Father, I am sincerely trying to relieve the Chang'an plague. Please allow me to go to the epidemic area."

After saying that, she turned to look at Ling Moxiao and told him with her eyes that she was going! And don't worry, she can protect herself.

The queen smiled and said: "Princess Ling is really devoted to the people! If you can really solve the plague, your name will go down in history!"

Shen Dongsu continued: "But I feel that with so many imperial doctors from the imperial hospital staying in the palace to look at cases, it is really of no use in treating the plague."

"It's better to let a few highly respected imperial doctors stay behind, while the other imperial doctors go to the epidemic areas to diagnose and treat patients."

She specially emphasized the word 'high moral and respectable', seeing that these imperial doctors were embarrassed to find reasons not to go!

Before the emperor could say anything, the queen said first: "Your Majesty, my concubine will suffer from head ailments when the weather gets cold, so we cannot send those imperial doctors to treat her head ailments."

When she said this, she retained her people and supported Shen Dongsu's words.

Immediately, the doctors all became nervous, and their eyes changed when they looked at the doctors who were treating headaches.

In fact, the queen did not support Shen Dongsu. She did not take the lives of ordinary people seriously, nor did she take the lives of imperial doctors seriously.

She just wanted to send Shen Dongsu to the epidemic area as soon as possible, not only to lure out the wealthy people behind Shen Dongsu, but also to see how crazy King Ling was!

The prince is now entrusted with an important task by the emperor, but King Ling is crazy about the princess. Comparing the two, both officials and people will realize that King Ling is not useful at all!

More importantly... the queen looked at the emperor tenderly, but the murderous intent flashing through her eyes was undetectable.

She wanted to slay the dragon, but the previous poison was useless. What if the emperor contracted the plague and died?

And was this plague passed on to the emperor by Princess Ling?

The queen felt that she was extremely smart, playing a big game of chess, treating everyone as pawns, and watching the show behind her back.

She even thought it was a good thing that King Ling did not die in Guangzhou, and he just returned to Chang'an to be her son's whetstone.

The hall was silent for a moment, and the emperor looked directly at Shen Dongsu, seeing confidence and determination in her eyes.

Then he said: "Okay! Princess Ling will go to the epidemic area to diagnose and treat patients in person, I am sure!"

"In addition, half of the imperial doctors from the imperial hospital will go with Princess Ling."

"As for the selection, Wei Yuanzheng, it's up to you to decide on the selection. I'll give you one hour to make a decision. These people will be dispatched by Princess Ling tomorrow morning!"

That night, Shen Dongsu and Prince Ling stayed in the palace, and they didn't sleep all night. After Wei Yuanzheng appointed the candidates, it was less than an hour before the morning court.

Shen Dongsu had to take this time to discuss it with Ling Moxiao. She trusted her intuition, so even if she thought it was impossible.

Still, he told Ling Moxiao about his guess about the queen: "I thought about it carefully, you said you don't know how the people from Minzhou got to Chang'an?"

"If they take the land route, they will definitely leave traces. Since your people haven't found any traces at all. Is it possible that they took the water route?"

"First take a sea ship from Minzhou to Jiangnan, and then transfer to the canal to Chang'an Wharf."

"The Lu family owns a slave ship. If the Lu family helps the queen send a few patients from Minzhou to Chang'an, they can really leave no trace."

For a moment, Shen Dongsu felt that Ling Moxiao's face was flashing with the same confusion as hers, what was the Queen up to?

People in this world, smart people are not scary, because smart people will not do stupid things.

Idiots are not scary either, because you know they will do stupid things, so just be prepared in advance.

I'm afraid of that kind of person who is a little clever but loves to be smart and does stupid things that people can't guard against.

Clearly, that's what the Queen is like. With the nobles as her backing and the crown prince as her heir, she always felt that even if she poked a hole in the sky, it could still be repaired.

Shen Dongsu asked Ling Moxiao seriously: "Although we are just guessing now, what if what I guess is true."

"Do you think the Queen did such a thing to deal with you or to deal with me?"

Ling Moxiao sighed softly, held her hand and said:

"Obviously, she now feels that we are one husband and wife. No matter which one we deal with, the other will be dragged down as well."

Shen Dongsu couldn't help but react: "She supported me going to the epidemic area to see if you would have any overreaction?"

He said hurriedly: "My lord, please believe me, I can really protect myself! And I will definitely find a cure for the plague."

"What you have to do is support me! You must not come to the epidemic area to find me. If the queen thinks this is the reason, you will not be allowed to enter the imperial city."

"That'll be troublesome!"

Ling Mo Xiao nodded: "Don't worry, I won't fall into her trap. Likewise, don't just believe her words."

"I will protect myself and my father. You only need to control the plague. Don't think too much about other things."

At this moment, Shen Dongsu felt that the two were no longer partners, not a contractual couple, but a real couple who shared weal and woe.

She was very greedy for Ling Moxiao's tenderness and trust at this moment, so she took the initiative to wrap her arms around his waist and rest her head in his arms.

Listening to his heartbeat, he whispered: "Your Majesty, we will get through this."

Ling Moxiao lowered his head and kissed her forehead: "I believe in your medical skills, and please believe that I will protect your safety."

Soon, it was time to go to court. This time, there was no delicious mutton noodles to eat, only half-warm bird's nest porridge sent by Eunuch Zhu.

In the morning, the emperor will announce that Princess Ling will lead the imperial doctors to see patients with plague in the North District in order to find a cure for the plague.

At the same time, Princess Ling and the imperial doctors are not allowed to leave the North District until there is a specific medicine.

The entire city is still closed to the public, but those who are not infected in the East District can leave Chang'an City through the East Gate after being examined by the imperial physician and relying on the emperor's instructions.

On that day, almost the entire gentry and nobles in the Eastern District requested an order to allow their families to leave the city. Naturally, the family heads and officials were not allowed to leave.

At the same time, Shen Dongsu brought thirty-two imperial doctors, dozens of carts of medicinal materials, and a thousand imperial troops sent by the emperor.

In addition, Tsukimi and Kazuo headed to the North District together.

At this time, the North District has divided a closed area, and all infected patients and patients suspected of being infected are locked in.

Because there is no specific medicine yet, these people say they are going into the closed area for treatment, but in fact they are going in to wait for death.

Every day, there are as many people entering through the front door as there are corpses pulled out by the guards at the back door.

According to Shen Dongsu's knowledge, many plagues actually have no specific cures, and the way to treat them is to imprison the patients and wait for them to die.

At least a town or a county was killed, and at most people from several cities were killed.

In smog-infested places like Minzhou, Dianzhou, and Lingnan, plague often breaks out, and once an outbreak breaks out, the roads are closed.

The court provided some supplies, and then they resigned themselves to fate and waited for the plague to disappear on its own.

That is to say, waiting for the infected person to die...

It actually sounds cruel, but in this era, in this era where human lives are like insignificant things, it is so difficult for ordinary people to live.

Before Shen Dongsu entered the northern restricted area, the first thing she felt she had to do was to calm the minds of the thirty-two imperial doctors.

Because in their opinion, they were abandoned by Wei Yuanzheng and were victims of the game between the emperor and the queen.

It was Princess Ling who brought her along as a burial object on her own initiative to gain fame and reputation.

This is the North District! Not to mention imperial doctors, even lower-level military doctors, even ordinary civilian doctors, and even veterinarians, would not come to the North District!

As Princess Ling said before, in farmhouses, most people know a few herbs. If they have a headache or fever, they go to the mountains and forests to find medicine and make a drink.

The North District, also known as the untouchable district, is even more so. If you have a minor illness, you can find medicine and drink it by yourself. If you have a serious illness, you can just wait to die.

In a place where you can't even eat three meals a day, where can you have the spare money to pay for medical treatment?

At this time, Shen Dongsu personally distributed masks to them and taught them how to wear them. Another person handed out a copy of the Ten Bans for Epidemic Prevention and said solemnly:

"I know you are already disheartened and feel that you have come to the North District just to die!"

"But what I want to tell you is that this princess is not here to die! She will not drag you imperial doctors with her before she dies."

"This princess is serious about solving the problem and risking her own life to find a special cure for the plague!"

"Please keep your mind straight. If we successfully cure the plague, it will be a great achievement that will be famous throughout the ages and leave a name in history!"

"A person's energy is limited. You are all more experienced than me. I need your help. Now, we are partners on the same boat."

"Please believe me, or try to believe me. I am not just seeking fame and reputation, and I do not care about fame."

"Everyone, take a look at the ten prohibitions on epidemic prevention. We must do it ourselves. In the North District, this mask cannot be left behind the mouth and nose."

"After seeing a patient, be sure to wash your hands with vinegar and water."

"Now, we are still half an hour away from the North District. If you have any questions, you can ask me. We will discuss it together."

The imperial doctors were still lifeless, but they still looked carefully at the ten anti-epidemic restrictions and saw that no one spoke.

Xu Yuanqing took the lead and asked: "Princess, should we drink this Daqinggen water, or should all the people drink it together?"

Shen Dongsu said hurriedly: "Yes, I actually forgot to mention this. When we arrive in the North District, we will first set up a medicine shed to apply medicine."

"The Forbidden Army maintains its ranks, and both the people in the restricted area and those who are not infected must drink this green root water every day."

"Master Xu, please contact Taiyuan Hospital immediately and prepare some more Daqinggen."

She also asked Yue Jian to contact King Ling and buy more Daqinggen outside the city so that the people in the city could drink this herbal tea.

We haven't reached the restricted area yet, but when we arrived in the North District, the air immediately changed, although a heavy snowfall made the air drier.

But there was still a smell in the air, the weather was cold and gloomy, the entire North District seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds, and the air was gloomy.

There were no common people at all on the road. Even if I occasionally saw one or two common people appearing under the house, they looked sad.