The beauty of the Hou family and the king's plan

The candlelight shines through the window lattice, and her figure is reflected on the rosy veil. In this quiet night, she is particularly missed.

Xiao Yuanhuai strode into the room. He had only been separated from her for a few hours, but it seemed like a very long time had passed.

Shen Baozhao smiled broadly when he saw the person coming. Just like many times before, he said in a casual tone, "You're back."

They don't look like an emperor or empress, but more like an ordinary official family, with the wife waiting for her husband.

Xiao Yuanhuai didn't know why, but he felt particularly relieved after hearing this.

He walked up to Shen Baozhao, hugged him, and said, "Let's go home."

In such a warm atmosphere, Xiao Yuanhuai heard inappropriate words.

"Ah Huai, I am staying at Baoyuan Hall today."

"Listen to me, I changed the prescription during the day, and many patients with mild symptoms have seen results after drinking it. But the results for patients with severe symptoms are still a little worse.

I want to stay and observe tomorrow morning. We must resolve this matter within the next two days, otherwise there will be more and more patients in Kyoto, and more people will die."

Shen Baozhao was worried. It was obvious that the plague was more troublesome than she had thought.

"But you should also take care of your own health. I am worried about you acting like this. Besides, today, just as you expected, someone took action.

Although they have all been arrested, they may have other tricks up their sleeves. It is too dangerous to keep them outside the palace."

What Xiao Yuanhuai said made sense, but Shen Baozhao had her own persistence.

"I promise you, I will only stay for half a day. I will return to the palace at noon tomorrow. How about that?"

"Ah Huai, the assassins disguised themselves as me before, so they would have thought I was back in the palace. They would not have thought that I was in Baoyuan Hall.

This Baoyuan Hall, you can only enter but not leave, and you don’t have to worry about the news leaking out.”

Xiao Yuanhuai couldn't stand Shen Baozhao looking at him with those wet eyes. As long as she begged in such a wronged manner, he would be completely helpless against her.

"In that case, I won't leave tonight."

"You don't have to say anything more. If you say more, I will take you away too."

Shen Baozhao didn't dare to persuade him anymore, but happily hugged his neck and kissed him on the face.

Someone pursed his lips tightly, not showing it on his face, but he was actually very happy inside.

Chen Chen interrogated them overnight and found out that the leader of the assassination squad was Lieutenant General Li Min, who had betrayed Xiao Yuanhuai.

They would rather die than reveal the mastermind behind the scenes, but Chen Chen has plenty of ways to make them suffer neither death nor survival.

Finally, one of the assassins could not stand the torture and confessed.

When Xiao Yuanhuai woke up early in the morning and received the news reported by Chen Chen, he didn't even frown. This result was within his expectations.

He ordered Chen Ke to lead the troops of Wucheng Bingmasi to surround Mei's house day and night and keep a close watch on it, making sure not even a fly could escape.

He himself was not in a hurry to return to the palace, as everything was under control now.

But the plague is more difficult.

Shen Baozhao had already gotten up, and just like yesterday, he took the pulse of each patient and observed whether their condition had improved.

The good news is that some patients with mild symptoms have almost recovered, but the effect on those with severe symptoms is not obvious.

This shows that the prescription is correct, but the dosage needs to be adjusted according to the severity of the disease.

When Dean Zeng heard the news, he jumped up excitedly and quickly asked Shen Baozhao to improve the prescription.

This plague has killed too many people. With every passing moment, more people are dying.

As long as the prescription is distributed free of charge to all patients with mild symptoms, it can at least ensure that the number of severe patients will not increase further.

The fatigue of the past few days made Zeng Yuanshi look much more haggard. He followed Shen Baozhao closely as his assistant.

The improved prescription was quickly prepared. After taking a dose of the thick soup, the critically ill patient fell into a deep sleep and found that his chest tightness had improved a lot.

Medicine, that’s right!

The entire Baoyuan Hall was immersed in joy.

Xiao Yuanhuai was dissatisfied with Shen Baozhao for not having rested for the whole morning. Now that the plague had been controlled with a prescription, he naturally would not allow her to worry too much.

Qiangzi pulled Shen Baozhao and pressed her down on the bed to rest.

Shen Baozhao let him do what he wanted. After all, Zeng Yuanshi could handle the rest of the matters.

She rubbed her sore waist. She didn't feel it when she was busy, but it seemed more sore when she stopped.

Xiao Yuanhuai lay beside her, massaging her waist, and before she knew it, she fell asleep again.

He tucked the quilt into her and got out of bed quietly.

He originally planned to return to the palace after lunch, but he didn't have the heart to wake her up, so he had to patiently wait while reading the memorials.

The sleep was long and Shen Zheng just woke up.

After waking up, Shen Baozhao felt refreshed and followed Director Zeng to visit the patients.

The critically ill patients have all turned into mild cases, and Shen Baozhao breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that his efforts were not in vain.

After seeing the patient, he followed Xiao Yuanhuai back to the palace.

What she didn't know was that when her back just walked out of the Baoyuan Hall door, Zeng Yuanshi behind her knelt down with trembling legs.

He shouted loudly: "Your humble servant respectfully bids farewell to Her Majesty the Queen! May Her Majesty live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years!"

Baoyuan Hall was suddenly filled with silence until a patient with a mild illness swallowed his saliva and said in disbelief: "The girl who diagnosed us was actually the Empress?"

Suddenly, the scene was boiling.

Another patient wiped her tears and said, "I think it is a great favor from the emperor to be able to be treated by the Imperial Hospital Director.

The Queen took the risk of contracting the plague to be with us, which makes me, an old woman, die immediately without any regrets."

"Auntie, you can't die. We must live well. It was the Queen who saved us and saved Kyoto from the plague.

This is a blessing from heaven! Didn’t someone spread rumors a few days ago, saying that it was because of the Empress that the plague was rampant in Kyoto? Let’s see who dares to say such things now! "

"That's right, the Empress is our adopted parent. Anyone who says anything bad about the Empress is against me, Zhu!"

Butcher Zhu was still lying in bed unable to move yesterday, feeling as if a huge rock was pressing on his chest. But today his voice was as loud as a bell.

"Fellow villagers, we must protect such a good goddess. We should buy a longevity tablet for her and offer sacrifices to her every day."

"Yes, when I get better, I will go to the Fahua Temple to ask for a longevity tablet. I will also ask the Bodhisattva to protect you and give birth smoothly."

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The people's kindness was so simple, so simple that the next day Xiao Yuanhuai received an umbrella for all people.

Xiao Yuanhuai carefully stroked the umbrella handle and asked someone to put it away. This was what Zhao Zhao deserved.

After arranging the follow-up matters, Minister Zeng returned to the Imperial Hospital to report on his work. He worked overnight to write a memorial praising the Queen and to clear her name.

Xiao Yuanhuai specifically ordered Eunuch Zhao to read out the contents of the memorial in front of all the court officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony during the morning court session.

With the help of the Wanmin Umbrella and Xiao Yuanhuai's high-profile gesture, all the civil and military officials in the court finally understood what the Queen had done during the days when she went to the Fahua Temple to pray for blessings.

No one dared to curse anymore, and most of them were filled with fear and panic after the previous indignation.

After the Mei Mansion was besieged by soldiers for three days, Xiao Yuanhuai finally received news that Mei Hanlin asked to see him.