Donggong Zhangjiao

Chapter 157
Tim Mo, who was waiting for the princess to get up, heard the little girl who came in with the medicine bowl and revealed the news of Yang's pregnancy to the princess, strode over angrily, and slapped the little girl hard with two backhands face.

"Scumbag, talk nonsense in front of your mother, see if I don't tear your mouth off today!"

"Who sent you to come here on purpose to tell my mother these things, you bastard, if you hide even half a sentence, I'll pull out your tongue, and you won't be able to speak in the future!"

Immediately afterwards, another dowry maid, Min Si, also cursed angrily.

Now that the Crown Princess is suffering from the plague, it is at the time when she is seriously ill, and this servant girl said that Concubine Yang is pregnant, so it will pierce the Crown Princess' heart.

The girl's cheeks were red and swollen after being beaten by Tim Mo, and the corners of her mouth were cut and bleeding.

Now he knelt down and kowtowed while crying.

"The servant didn't do it on purpose. The servant really didn't do it on purpose. The servant just heard about it from the person who brought the medicine. I thought it was a happy event to have a baby in the palace. If I told the empress to hear it, the empress would be happier!"

Upon hearing this, Minsi became even more angry, and cursed with her mouth open.

"The other person is pregnant, the empress is sick, what kind of pig head are you, I think the empress will"

"Minsi!" The Crown Princess propped herself up and yelled in a deep voice, "Don't talk nonsense."

"Ma'am, this dead girl is clearly..." Tim Mo wanted to talk unhappily beside her.

The Crown Princess glared at her and swallowed her words back.

Then, the Crown Princess said to the little maid indifferently, "Put down the medicine, you can go back, and let Eunuch Yan change an errand for you. You are young, and you don't have to do the work of delivering medicine and boiling medicine in the future."

"Thank you, my lady, thank you, my servant obeys!"

The little maid kowtowed twice in a hurry, and quickly backed out.

After she left, the Crown Princess pinched the handkerchief to cover her lips, and coughed violently for a while.

Tim Mo and Min Si felt distressed, so they hurriedly gave Shun Qi to one, and poured a cup of hot tea to the other.

After serving the Crown Princess and taking a few sips, she saw that the Crown Princess' complexion calmed down a bit.

"Your Majesty, this servant really loves you." Min Si said as she looked at her with red eyes.

The prince let out a heavy breath, "I know, just like you know today that the maid must have done it on purpose, so why bother to get angry with her, if you have the time, it's better to find out where my disease came from, and find out where I am. Will the medicine be tampered with?"

After hearing what the Crown Princess said, the expressions of the two servant girls changed.

They were only worried about the princess's condition, and they forgot about these things.

The medicine that the little maid sent over naturally fell into the mouth of the Crown Princess.

Minsi took over the job of boiling the medicine, and from now on she would cook it in a small stove in the outer room, without anyone else's hands, and Tim Mo would be in charge of taking care of the princess.

There is also Yan Li, the eunuch in charge of Wutong Garden. He did not enter the house to serve, but he was responsible for finding the source of the princess's illness.

It took half a day to figure it out.

It was the plague brought in by the nanny in charge of purchasing in the dining room in the backyard.

This nanny actually had a fever the day before the princess had a high fever, but she was a rough worker, she gritted her teeth and tried to hold on, so no one noticed, but now that the princess is sick, she panicked and fell down, He was noticed and was immediately isolated alone.

The Crown Princess met this person two days ago because of the account reconciliation.

In this way, it makes sense.

On the night of being separated out, I don't know whether it was because of fright or being too ill to hold on, the nanny died.

In this way, there is no way for Wutong Garden to continue to check whether there is any problem with this nanny, so they have to give up.

And once this nanny died, it would be impossible to hide the fact that the purchasing steward of the dining room in the backyard got sick, which frightened everyone in the backyard.

I don't know if the nun has infected other people.

The whole backyard is fed in one dining room. If this is contagious, how many people will be involved.

Pei Yao immediately issued a verbal order, all the people in the dining room in the backyard were temporarily isolated, and all food was taken from the dining room in the front yard.

Originally, the dining room in the front yard was only serving Pei Yao, but now it is busy.

But there is no way, now is special.

However, getting food from the front yard would inevitably make the journey much longer. It was cold in winter, and the food was a little cold when I brought it back.

Therefore, they had to be reheated with a small stove before eating.

This reflects the advantage of Concubine Yang's pregnancy. She has a small kitchen, so she can do it in the yard by herself, which is very convenient.

And there is good and there is bad.

Someone like Fang Yun who loves and raises children can at least have a warm meal, but He Liangdi, who is now being grounded and neglected, will have a hard time.

When the concubine was not ill, the slaves in charge were given everything according to the rules, except for the monthly silver that was fined by Pei Yao.

But now that the princess is ill and the palace is in chaos, who cares about her who has fallen out of favor.

Not to mention cold dishes and cold rice, the only difference is that there is no food to eat, and the worst thing is that there is a shortage of charcoal fire.

The angry He Liangdi cried every day.

Fortunately, she had money and jewelry by herself, so she had to ask a few maids to take it to bribe the steward, so that she could get some hot soup and charcoal fire.

Of course, she had to find a reason for this suffering, didn't she?
So this account was placed on Fang Yun's head.

If Fang Yun hadn't snatched away the second girl she wanted to adopt, then she would be the one with grace and children. I don't know how beautiful she would be!

Remembering this enmity, He Liangdi also became ruthless, secretly planning how to break out of this predicament.

But right now, no one cares about her, especially His Royal Highness the Crown Prince whom she misses so much.

Right now Pei Yao is busy with disaster relief and getting rid of the plague.

In the Eastern Palace, apart from a few slaves and the crown princess who are sick, the other places are fine, and the area is small and controllable, while the situation outside the palace is not so good.

Especially in the residential areas frequented by the refugees, a large area of ​​the epidemic has appeared, causing panic.

Pei Yao ordered to allocate military doctors and medicinal materials, and set up a temporary medical center in the city to treat the common people for free. Under his call, many medical centers and medicinal material shops also spontaneously joined in.

For a while, in the capital, Pei Yao's good reputation was better than that of the eldest prince who was helping the disaster in the north.

That's right, if it wasn't for the eldest prince's failure to do good deeds in the north, how could the disaster victims have fled to the capital and brought the disease.

Anyway, regardless of whether it was the eldest prince's fault or not, in the hearts of the people of Kyoto, he was firmly blamed for the blame.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Emperor Chengjing was also worried for his son.

It is clear that the eldest prince's disaster relief in the north is also effective, so why is it that Pei Yao, who is doing logistics, is getting the limelight now?

Of course Emperor Chengjing didn't know, even if there were no sudden refugees and plague, Pei Yao would have already made plans.

But this unexpected plague pushed Pei Yao's plan even further.

No, Emperor Chengjing summoned Prime Minister Li privately, not knowing what was discussed in secret.

In the court hall the next day, officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs violently exposed Pei Yao's embezzlement of money and food for disaster relief.

"Your Majesty, what I said is true. There must be something wrong with the money and food accounts distributed by the household department. The crown prince is using his power for personal gain. Your Majesty, please investigate!"

(End of this chapter)