good wife

Chapter 160
What's even more frightening is that these patients are increasing at a double rate. In just three days, patients suffering from colds can be seen everywhere in the capital.

Jingyi sat in her boudoir, watching the news sent by people outside in the past two days.Puzzled.It stands to reason that colds are not very serious diseases, and some of them don’t even need medicine, they can be cured with just diet, but why is it that there are more and more people suffering from colds without seeing any improvement among the patients? ?
The matter soon reached the emperor's ears, and the emperor issued an order to several local officials closest to the capital to quickly prepare medicinal materials and send them to the capital.He also ordered the Tai Hospital to treat the people together. If necessary, the medicine from the Tai Hospital can be used to save people.

But within two days, something even more terrifying happened.

There was a rumor quietly circulating in the capital, saying that what the common people had was not a cold, but a seasonal epidemic!It is contagious, so there are so many people with colds!

As soon as this rumor came out, the common people became even more panicked, and those who did not catch the cold also closed their doors in fright to thank the guests.All of a sudden, the originally bustling and bustling capital city became deserted, and all the shops except the medical center were closed.The entire street is deserted, without a trace of popularity.

This made the emperor in the palace very worried. You know, if all the shops in the capital are not open, what will the common people eat?what to wear?for what?This series of problems has come out, one or two days is okay, if the time is longer, I am afraid that there will be turmoil among the people!
The emperor was pacing back and forth in his imperial study, it was obvious that this was deliberately set up by someone!He glanced again at the rush he received yesterday, his brows seemed to be wrinkled together, the medicinal materials everywhere were almost ready, and what was supposed to be the first batch of medicinal materials that arrived in Beijing yesterday suddenly caught fire at night. Burn all the medicinal materials clean!As for the others, the fastest, I'm afraid it will take another three or four days to arrive in the capital!
What to be afraid of, what to come.

After another two days, not to mention the improvement of the patients, even some doctors in the medical center were caught with the cold. As soon as the news came out, the people panicked even more!In some places, patients have even smashed up shops!
In the hall, there was silence!The emperor's Longyan was furious, but the ministers below dared not show their anger!

"How long has it been? Huh? Where's the medicinal material? Where's the doctor?" The emperor shouted angrily.

Yang Shuo stood up and said: "The emperor calm down, according to my humble minister, it is better to suppress it quickly! If those patients do some aggressive behavior again, I'm afraid it will be a crisis to the capital. Safety."

Duke Hu Guo frowned, and said: "Your Majesty, this matter must never happen! Right now, it is time to appease the hearts of the people, not to suppress the earthquake blindly! If it is forcibly suppressed, I am afraid it will damage the emperor." Longwei!"

Yang Shuo snorted coldly and said: "Hmph! Lord Protector, you said that it will harm the emperor's dragon prestige? But what if the rumor is true? If it is really an epidemic, what should we do? The emperor's dragon prestige is important. Does the body not matter?"

The Huguogong retorted: "General Yang's words are wrong. Right now, the people are so impulsive because they have a disease and there is no cure. Your Majesty, according to the old minister's opinion, the most important thing now is to escort the medicinal materials as soon as possible. To the capital! Your Majesty."

Yang Shuo curled his lips and said, "Sounds good? Can't you see such an obvious thing? Well, everyone's medicinal materials were either intercepted by bandits or set on fire. Don't you understand? Obviously Someone deliberately opposed the court!"

Protecting the country and being fair: "Since General Yang knows that someone deliberately opposes the imperial court, he should know what the other party's intentions are. Your Majesty, you can't fall into the other party's tricks in a moment of impatience and cause a catastrophe!"

The emperor's lips were tightly pursed, and he didn't say a word.Now that things have happened, why doesn't he know that someone is deliberately against him?It's just that the situation set up by the other party is really too difficult to solve. If you keep delaying, there is no way to save those patients, and I'm afraid that sooner or later there will be riots among the people!But if he ordered the forcible suppression now, the other party would definitely use him to kill the people indiscriminately as an excuse. At that time, I'm afraid it would be more than just a simple riot of the people!

The emperor only felt that he was in a dilemma now!No matter what you do, it's wrong!

There was a dispute in the court, but there was no reason for it.The emperor had no choice but to order that the medicinal materials be strictly guarded, and more elite soldiers from the Xishan Camp were sent to guard in turn in the future. He only hoped that the batch of medicinal materials in the future would be able to enter Beijing smoothly.

In the evening, Jing Yi hastily ate her dinner, and then began to look up medical books, trying to find out the cause and cure of this disease.

When Yuan Xi came in, he saw Jing Yi was kneeling on the ground, flipping through a medical book. There were medical books everywhere on the ground, on the table, and on the bed!And Jingyi rummaged for a way to save her so disregarding her appearance, which surprised Yuanxi a little!

He didn't expect that a boudoir daughter would be so concerned about the life and death of the common people.Among the many boudoir daughters he has seen, which one doesn't just want to compare with each other, or only cares about his own comfort, regardless of the life and death of the people.But this person in front of him is not!She is smart and wise, she is kind and gentle!Although sometimes the methods she used against her enemies were not too fair, it was only because they offended her first!

Yuan Xi gently pulled Jingyi up from the ground, "Although it is summer, it can't be like this. If you also have a cold, what should you do?"

Jingyi shook her head, her eyes were still fixed on the medical book. "How did you come?"

"Thinking of coming to your place to have a look and see if you can find any good ideas?"

Jingyi sighed and put down the medical book, "Obviously not. I disappointed you."

Yuan Xi looked at her somewhat tired face, and said with some distress: "You have worked hard these few days. Don't stay up late anymore, go to rest earlier."

Jingyi shook her head, "I can't sleep. When I think of so many people suffering outside, I feel useless! I even said that I am the apprentice of Dr. He! If the master is here, it will definitely not be so difficult. "

"Don't underestimate yourself like this! You are not bad. It's just that time is too tight. Don't worry, take your time."

Jingyi said a little angrily: "How can you not be in a hurry? How can there be time to take your time? So many people are suffering! Seeing that more and more people are catching colds. We didn't get nothing! It's really useless!"

Yuan Xi looked at Jing Yi whose face was slightly flushed because of anger, he had never seen such Jing Yi before.

Yuan Xi pursed his lips, not knowing how to persuade her.

After a while, Jingyi stroked her forehead with her hand and said, "I'm sorry, Yuanxi. I'm angry that I'm useless, not against you. Don't be angry with me!"

"I know." Yuanxi gently stepped forward and took her hand, "Yiyi, this is not your responsibility, you don't have to! You have done your best!"

(End of this chapter)