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Once the news that someone in Kyoto had contracted smallpox spread, the number of pedestrians on the streets dropped by more than 90%.

The streets, which are usually bustling and lively, are now so empty that it is hard to get used to.

Before, Shen Wan did not allow anyone to enter or leave the palace freely, and the servants in the palace had some complaints, thinking that Shen Wan was in confinement and could not go out, so they did not allow them to go out on the streets. Now that they know it is to prevent the plague, they have silently taken back their complaints and apologized to the princess in their hearts.

To prevent the spread of the plague, Manager Zhou did not allow anyone to go out of the mansion to buy groceries. Instead, he had the fruits, vegetables, fish and meat delivered directly to the mansion from the farm.

Plague is terrible, and smallpox is the plague among plagues. No one dares to take it lightly. Their little prince was less than half a month old and encountered such a terrible thing.

At the beginning, there were only two or three people infected with smallpox. On the second day, the number increased. On the third day, the number suddenly increased from a dozen to nearly a hundred.

The whole of Kyoto was shrouded in the shadow of fear.

To make matters worse, the smallpox was terrifying enough, and a heavy snowstorm broke out. Many thatched houses in the villages near Kyoto were crushed by the snow, and the branches in the yard of Mo Yuxuan were also broken.

It was too cold, and two charcoal basins were not enough, so they lit another one and brought it in. Yinshuang and Haitang placed the basins beside the bed and said, "I have served the princess for so many years, but this is the first time I have seen such heavy snow in Kyoto. Fortunately, the princess can dream and asked the Yun family to prepare a lot of charcoal, otherwise the price of charcoal would have increased many times, and many people would have frozen to death."

Smallpox plus blizzard is disaster upon disaster.

In addition, the crown prince of Xiliang was assassinated and fell off a cliff and died in Da Chu. Xiliang wanted to take the opportunity to attack Da Chu, and Da Chu was faced with internal and external troubles.

In order to cope with the smallpox and snowstorm, Xie Jingyan and Shen Wan did everything they could. The Yun family was responsible for ensuring that there were enough medicinal materials, charcoal and food in Kyoto. The Imperial Hospital and Doctor Tao were responsible for researching prescriptions for treating the plague and providing relief to the victims. Anything that the court needed to do was already written in the memorials and delivered to the palace and to the emperor on the same day.

The emperor followed the instructions in the memorial and ordered troops to be drawn from the military camp and tents to be set up outside the city. All those infected with smallpox were sent outside the city for centralized treatment, and the victims were also accommodated in tents, but not in the same place.

The emperor did not let Xie Jingyan be in charge of this matter, and Shen Wan was not clear about how the spread of smallpox was curbed.

Shen Wan is still in confinement after giving birth. Even if there is no smallpox in Kyoto, she cannot go out, so it has little impact on her.

That day, Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan were talking when suddenly there was a knock on the window.

"Come in."

Before Xie Jingyan finished speaking, the window was pushed open and a gust of cold wind blew in, making Shen Wan shiver.

Chen Feng jumped in through the window, quickly closed it, and came to report, "Master, just now someone from the Ministry of Justice sent a message saying that a landslide occurred thirty miles outside of Kyoto City. The falling rocks blocked the official road, and the carriages could not pass through. They had to turn back to the post station. It will probably take a few days for my cousin and his daughter to enter the capital."

There's nothing wrong with returning to Beijing a few days later, but I'm worried that the post station is not safe, after all, it's not far from Kyoto.

Xie Jingyan was worried, so he sent a secret guard to the post station, asking him to send a pigeon to send back a message in time if anything happened.

Chen Feng agreed and jumped out of the window.

Chen Feng left and the food was delivered from the kitchenette. Shen Wan got out of bed and had lunch with Xie Jingyan.

Yin Shuang put the dishes in place and stepped back, saying, "Dong'er just told me that many maids in the front yard have caught a cold, especially in the embroidery room, where several embroiderers have fever..."

Shen Wan heard this and asked, "How come so many people caught a cold? Didn't Manager Zhou give them charcoal?"

My eldest cousin sent someone to deliver a lot of charcoal, enough for the whole palace. So many people shouldn't have suffered from the cold.

Yin Shuang shook her head. "I asked Dong'er the same question, but Dong'er didn't know either. She heard it from the servant who brought the food to the kitchen today."

Shen Wan was a little worried for no reason. She looked at Xie Jingyan and asked, "Should we send someone to the front yard to ask?"

Xie Jingyan picked up a piece of braised pork ribs and put it in Shen Wan's bowl, saying, "Doctor Tao is in the front yard, just let him ask."

Shen Wan thought about it too.

The maids had caught a cold and needed to be treated by Doctor Tao. It was useless for her to send someone to ask him about it. What if they had smallpox...

Bah Bah!

She was so careful and cautious, but still people were infected with smallpox, and so many people were infected. There would be no house in Kyoto that was not infected with smallpox.

Shen Wan felt relieved and picked up some food for Xie Jingyan. They ate and chatted, and no one took the matter to heart.

They had just finished lunch, Yinshuang and Haitang took the dishes out, and Shen Wan was sipping tea when they heard a clanging sound of something breaking.

Shen Wan looked outside the beaded curtain and saw Yin Shuang walking into the room with a pale face. She said anxiously, "My Lord, Princess, something bad has happened! The maids and servants in the embroidery room in the front yard are not suffering from typhoid fever, but from smallpox!"

Yin Shuang's voice trembled like a sieve.

Shen Wan stood there in a daze, as if she had been struck by lightning.

Xie Jingyan's brows were knotted.

Shen Wan came back to her senses and asked, "Did Doctor Tao say they were infected with smallpox?"

As soon as she asked the question, Shen Wan knew that what she asked was nonsense.

Given the strict defenses at Prince Ling's mansion, no one would have thought it was smallpox if Doctor Tao hadn't said it was smallpox.

But how could smallpox break out in the mansion and so many people be infected?

She had long ago forbidden anyone from entering or leaving the palace freely. She was confident that no one in the palace would be infected with smallpox, but unfortunately, countless people in the outer courtyard were infected.

Xie Jingyan asked, "How many people in the outer courtyard have been infected with smallpox?"

Yin Shuang hurriedly replied, "At least a dozen people, especially those in the embroidery room, almost all of them have been infected."

Shen Wan didn't understand. "The embroiderers in the embroidery room rarely leave the room. The food and drinks they had these days were sent by the kitchen staff. How could they all be infected with smallpox?"

The only one in the mansion that had contact with outsiders these days was the big kitchen, but the most serious case was not in the big kitchen, but in the embroidery room. This was abnormal no matter how you looked at it.

Even Shen Wan thought it was abnormal, let alone Xie Jingyan.

However, the most urgent task is not to investigate how smallpox was transmitted into the mansion, but how to prevent smallpox from spreading to Moyuxuan. More than a dozen people in the outer courtyard were infected with smallpox at once, and there was no need to send them out of the city for treatment. The entire Prince Ling's Mansion had to be guarded, and only people were allowed to enter but not leave.

Royal study room.

The emperor is reviewing the memorial.

Eunuch Yuan served tea to the emperor to moisten his throat.

Xiao Xizi ran in quickly, but ran too fast and fell forward.

When Eunuch Yuan saw this, he cursed, "What urgent matter is there that makes you run away so hastily? If you startle the emperor, how many heads will you have?"

Xiao Xizi didn't care about his sore elbow and climbed up and said, "Your Majesty, it's bad! Many people in Prince Ling's mansion have been infected with smallpox!"

The emperor was making comments on a memorial. When he heard Xiao Xizi's words, his hands shook and his words became crooked.

Eunuch Yuan's face changed drastically, and he said, "How is it possible? How could someone in Prince Ling's Mansion be infected with smallpox, and quite a few people?!"

Prince Ling took every possible measure to prevent smallpox, whether it was asking the Yun family to transport medicinal materials to the capital, stockpiling charcoal, or writing memorials to the emperor on how to treat the plague. Even Yuanzheng Zhao was full of praise after reading them. But Prince Ling managed to prevent the smallpox from ravaging Kyoto, but his own mansion fell?

Given Prince Ling's cautiousness, it is impossible for him to make such a mistake. Princess Ling was in confinement after giving birth and the young prince was born not long ago and could not withstand the torment of smallpox.