The Fourth Master's Dog

Kangxi sat upright on the dragon throne, looking at the ministers below, who were eager to stick their heads down. Kangxi felt very angry.

His eyes swept across the heads below with a gloomy look. The more he looked, the angrier he became. He waved his sleeves, stood up and left the morning court.

A bunch of trash.

There was not a single one available when they were needed. The court really just kept them around for free.

Kangxi now has several blisters in his mouth, which hurt when touched.

Three days have passed, and the imperial doctors have not yet figured out how to treat the disease.

When his crown prince was six years old, he contracted smallpox and survived.

After so many years, the doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau still haven't figured out how to treat smallpox, so they just boiled some medicine.

Just as his princes were all cabbages.

Waste is waste.

Kangxi feels that everyone is useless recently and no one is satisfactory to him.

"Liang Jiugong, you little dog slave, why don't you get out of here?"

Xiao Qizi, who was standing outside the door, was sweating all over and his legs and feet were shaking.

"Your Majesty, the master was beaten with a stick and is now unable to get out of bed..."

After Kangxi finished shouting, he remembered that he disliked Liang Jiugong, the servant, yesterday and dragged him away and beat him with a stick.

Little Qizi, lying on the ground, kept praying in his heart that someone would come and rescue him soon, otherwise he felt that he would have to be beaten today.

A man was defeated in front of the temple because of a mistake in etiquette. He and his master lay down side by side.

At this moment, a young eunuch hurried in from outside the door with a happy look on his face.

"Your Majesty, the imperial physician wants to see you and says there has been some progress on the smallpox issue."

"Send someone in, and all of you get out."

The people standing in the Yangxin Palace serving as waiters all lowered their heads and retreated.

An old man with white hair and beard walked into the Palace of Tranquil Longevity. This was Emperor Kangxi’s most trusted imperial physician, Doctor Li.

The prince survived smallpox that year, and Imperial Physician Li made the greatest contribution.

When Kangxi saw that it was Imperial Doctor Li who came, his eyes were filled with anticipation.

Sure enough, what Doctor Li said did not disappoint him.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty. I have already found a way to reduce the danger of smallpox, and it has achieved some results."

Doctor Li then talked about how he had been interested in smallpox ever since the crown prince had been treated for it. He had seen the term "cowpox" in a Western book two years ago, but before he could study it, smallpox broke out in the palace and outside the palace this year.

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"I have already experimented on humans. The survival rate of cowpox is as high as 80%. As long as you take good care of them, they will definitely survive."

Kangxi muttered to himself.

"80%. Fine. Go and plant it with the prince you gave me. I don't want 80%. I want 100%. "

"Doctor Li, do you understand what I mean?"

Doctor Li wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded repeatedly.

I couldn't help but mutter in my heart.

The emperor is an unreasonable creature. If it could be 100%, could it still be called smallpox?

After receiving the order, Doctor Li hurried to the prince's residence and started working.

The cowpox experiment was successful. Most of the people who were infected with smallpox outside the palace had already been vaccinated with cowpox and were just waiting to survive a few days and slowly recover.

Those who were too old or too young did not survive the disease, even if the cowpox was no longer dangerous, so there was still a mortality rate.

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Doctor Li from the Prince's Office felt dizzy when he saw the condition of the Sixth Prince.

The Sixth Prince changed from a plump and fair face to a thin and small one, with no blood at all, and his entire face was red from the high fever.

Taking the patient's pulse, Doctor Li shook his head repeatedly.

I heard from the eunuch who served the Sixth Prince that he had not woken up many times in the past few days. He had to forcefully force the medicine into his body and had not eaten anything at all.

In this situation, even if you get vaccinated with cowpox, it will be useless because your body simply doesn't have the strength to endure it.

Imperial Physician Li has just sent someone to report to Emperor Kangxi, asking for a rule on this matter. It is still unclear whether or not to vaccinate against cowpox.

There is still a glimmer of hope if you are vaccinated against smallpox, otherwise you will definitely not survive.

Although the Sixth Prince was usually plump and healthy, his physical condition was not very good due to his premature birth.

Doctor Li heard the Sixth Prince's vague shouting.

"Mother, mother, it hurts so much, it hurts so much."

The eunuch who was serving the Sixth Prince outside the door hurried in.

"Doctor Li, the Emperor wants you to save the Sixth Prince's life."

Doctor Li gave a bitter smile after hearing this. It wasn't that he didn't want to save the Sixth Prince's life; even God wouldn't allow it.

"I will do my best."

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Compared with the Sixth Prince's situation, the Fourth Prince's is much better.

Today, the Fourth Prince Yinzhen has fully regained consciousness. He has a lot of white pimples on his body, which are extremely itchy and he can't help scratching them.

Having just finished eating porridge and taking medicine, the Fourth Prince is now in good spirits. He is half leaning on the bed, his hands clasped tightly, his eyes constantly looking into the closet opposite.

After Duofu's protest, his sleeping place was upgraded from the hard and cold floor to a closet padded with clothes.

During the day, there are a lot of people coming and going here. Taiyi comes for treatment every once in a while, so Duofu has to hide and can only sneak out for a while at night.

When Duofu came out, Su Peisheng would always pay attention to whether anyone would come in, so as to be prepared to hide Duofu as quickly as possible.

After a few days, Duofu really lost a lot of weight. His round belly and chubby buttocks shrunk.

The Fourth Prince Yinzhen woke up with some energy. When he touched Duofu, he kept complaining that the touch was not that good.

She also promised that when he came back, she would make up for all the lost weight.

Duofu nodded in agreement.

Under the gaze of the Fourth Prince Yinzhen, the untouched wardrobe was pushed open by a claw from the inside.

"Woof woof woof." Little Baozi, I wake up. What are we going to eat today?

Duofu cried out before he even opened his eyes. When he opened his eyes and saw the awake Fourth Prince Yinzhen, he was overjoyed.

“Woof woof woof woof.” Little Baozi, your condition is getting better and better. You will definitely recover soon. Then we can go out. I can’t stand drinking porridge here today.

Duofu's eyes were bright and his spirits were high.

"Woof woof woof woof." When you get better this time, you must pay attention to your life safety in the future. It is better to trust yourself than to trust others. Neither of your two mothers can be trusted. Maybe one of them harmed you.

"Woof woof woof." The palace is a big melting pot. If you are not strong enough, others will bully you.

Before Duofu could bark again, he heard footsteps at the door. He ducked his head, hid his entire body in his clothes, and lay in the closet without moving.

The fourth prince Yinzhen was still wondering why Duofu didn't call out? He hadn't heard enough.

Now he wanted to hear Duofu's call more often. He felt happy when he heard that familiar voice.

The next second, an imperial physician dressed in imperial physician's uniform walked in.

It was Doctor Li.

Imperial Doctor Li finally had a smile on his face. He heard from the eunuchs below that the Fourth Prince Yinzhen was now fully awake. This was a good symptom. As long as nothing unexpected happened, the Fourth Prince would definitely be able to survive the smallpox safely.

He had just visited the eldest prince. He was in good health. He had planted cow beans and survived the smallpox, so there shouldn't be any problem.

The Third Prince’s physique is not as good as the First Prince’s, but it is not bad either.

The fourth prince Yinzhen is the best among all the princes, and he seems to have been vaccinated against smallpox.

Sixth Prince, Doctor Li shook his head.

As for the Seventh Prince, he has been well raised since childhood and has a good foundation, so it shouldn't be a big deal for him to get into trouble.

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