The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

Yan Muyun sat up from her chair. "Have you found out what kind of epidemic it is? What are the specific symptoms of those infected?"

"We don't know the specific disease yet. I only heard that the infected person first had a high fever and then developed blisters all over the body, which was very itchy. The imperial physician speculated that it might be an infectious disease caused by blood stains from the previous few days." Shunzi said truthfully.

"Could it be smallpox?" When Yan Muxi was in Ice City, he heard about an infectious disease called smallpox. Those infected would have a fever and develop blisters. Some people would survive, while others would succumb to the high fever and die. Even if they survived, they would have extremely ugly scars on their skin.

Yan Mujun shook her head to deny Yan Muxi's guess, "The incubation period of smallpox is relatively long, and it is impossible for it to cause large-scale infection in just two or three days." After thinking for a while, she asked Shunzi again, "Are only the children in the palace infected with the disease? Are there any adults infected?"

"It seems not. Now that the harem has been sealed off, it is difficult for outsiders to find out the specific situation."

After Shunzi finished speaking, he saw Yan Muxi remained silent and asked, "Do you need to find out more about the news in the palace?"

Yan Muxi came back to his senses and said, "No need. Except for you and Jingzhe, close the doors and windows. No one in the courtyard should go out unless necessary."

The courtyard where they lived was only a few miles away from the imperial palace. Qing'er was also a young child. If he got sick, he would be in danger of losing his life.

After Shunzi left the room, Yan Muyun frowned and asked in confusion, "Second sister, do you think this sudden epidemic is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?"

Yan Muxi did not say anything ambiguous this time, and said with certainty: "Man-made disaster."

The current royal heirs, apart from the deposed crown prince and the new crown prince, only have a few underage princes and princesses. There is no need for Yan Yongchen to go to great lengths to deal with them one by one.

Moreover, it has been nearly three years since Old Madam Yan took the resurrection elixir, and she has not had time to recover slowly, so the current epidemic must be a man-made disaster.

Yan Muyun also guessed some of the reasons, and asked with a worried look, "I wonder if Princess Mingxin has also been infected with the disease?"

"Let's see if the deposed crown prince leaves the palace today. If everyone in Changle Palace does not leave the palace for the time being, Princess Mingxin will most likely be infected with the disease." Yan Muxi said, turning his head to look in the direction of the imperial palace.

Yan Mucheng had just experienced the devastating blow of the Su family being wiped out. If Mingxin encounters another accident, how would she survive?

Everyone waited until sunset, but no news came out about the deposed crown prince leaving the palace.

"Don't worry too much, second sister. Maybe they wanted to prevent the disease from spreading, so they didn't let everyone from the Eastern Palace leave." Yan Mujun was more of comforting herself than comforting Yan Muxi.

Except for the inner palace, there is no restriction on the movement of people in other places in the palace. The deposed prince committed the crime of treason, and if Ming Xin was fine, it would be impossible for her to delay leaving the palace.

"I hope so!" Yan Muxi thought about it for nearly a day and decided to protect himself and not take any risks.

Since Yan Yongchen gave the princess a name containing the word "Ming", he is very likely to let Ming Xin go. She can go to Yan Yongchen for help.

But she didn't dare to gamble. It was just a possible guess. What if there was someone monitoring Yan Yongchen, and she rashly went to see Yan Yongchen, the consequences would be disastrous.

An An, Kang Kang and Grandpa are still waiting for her to return to the island. She can't sacrifice herself and the people around her for others and put them in danger.

However, making a selfish decision was not pleasant, and she tossed and turned all night long, and couldn't fall asleep until dawn.

The next morning, when they saw Yan Muyun, who also had a black eye, they looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

After breakfast, Shunzi reported the news he had heard, "Last night, a carriage left the small gate of the harem and took a small coffin to the forest near the imperial mausoleum in the eastern suburbs and burned it."

Yan Muyun opened her eyes wide in surprise, "It's only been two or three days, and someone died so quickly?"

"It is rumored that the Eighth Prince is very weak and has been relying on precious medicine to keep alive. His frail body will definitely not be able to withstand the high fever." Yan Muxi thought for a moment and asked Shunzi, "Apart from the palace, are there any children outside the palace who are sick?"

Shunzi denied, "Not yet."

Yan Muyun was so angry that she laughed, "It's so obviously targeted, can't Emperor Yuanjing notice it at all?"

"What can I do if I find out? I can't catch the person behind it, and I can't cure the prince and princess' illness. I can't do anything except get angry. Maybe I'm suspecting that I've done so many evil things and am being punished by God!"

Yan Muxi really guessed it right. At this moment, Emperor Yuanjing had deep doubts about himself.

Since the imperial physician diagnosed that the eighth prince was suffering from an infectious disease, Emperor Yuanjing conducted a thorough investigation of the harem but found nothing abnormal.

Soon after, the seventh prince and the fifth princess also fell ill one after another. Many young palace maids and eunuchs in the palace were fine, only the royal heirs were infected with the disease.

When he learned that Princess Mingxin was also infected with the disease, Emperor Yuanjing ordered a thorough inspection of Changle Palace. Changle Palace had been sealed off early on, and no clues were found.

First, the adult princes and princesses died one after another, and now the young ones were also all killed. Emperor Yuanjing's mentality collapsed and he began to have nightmares every night.

In order to survive and sit on the throne, he killed many people, but over the years, the only thing that could wake him up from nightmares in the middle of the night was the massacre of the Wu Yue tribe.

Emperor Yuanjing did not feel guilty about plotting against his brothers and even killing his father, because they had humiliated him first and it was only right for him to retaliate.

The only difference was with the members of the Wu Yue tribe. Not only had they never harmed him, they had also kindly saved his life. He broke into the Wu Yue tribe for the sake of rare medicinal herbs, and later slaughtered tens of thousands of its members in order to take credit for the event.

There were tens of thousands of wronged souls, and even if he was an emperor, it was hard for him not to be disturbed by them. Occasionally, he would encounter little ghosts who came to claim his life in his dreams.

But after all, they were just insignificant minions who couldn't hurt him at all. But this time was very different. He had nightmares all night.

In his dreams, he was chased by evil spirits and watched his body being devoured by ghost energy. Every time his life was almost gone, he would wake up in panic. When he closed his eyes and went back to sleep, he would still have nightmares. The whole night was a hundred times more tormenting than being tortured.

Yan Yongchen walked to the outside of the imperial study and saw a group of monks coming out. He quickly clasped his hands together, looking respectful and pious, but his eyes were full of ridicule.

It is really ridiculous that the evil ghost wants the protection of Buddha and Bodhisattva.

In the imperial study, Emperor Yuan Jing saw Yan Yongchen coming in, rubbing his forehead and said tiredly: "I originally wanted to wait until everyone in Changle Palace went to Dongling Palace, and then let Minister Yan take Concubine Yan back to the Yan family privately. Now that the princess has contracted the disease, we can only wait a little longer."

"I thank the emperor for his consideration!" Yan Yongchen bowed, his tone as indifferent as usual.

The eldest daughter was allowed to return home as an exception. Emperor Yuanjing thought that she would be grateful, but she turned out to be so cold. Her next words seemed as if she was asking for help.

However, he is the emperor, even if he asks for help, it cannot be regarded as asking, it can only be regarded as a trust, "The Crown Prince has no outside family to help him, he is indeed a little weak, and I will entrust Lord Yan to help him in the future."