The courtyard is deep in spring

Chapter 172 Illness
"What's wrong with you? What are you making such a fuss about? You scared me away when I fell asleep." Ye Zhaoqing frowned and glanced at Liu'er.

Liu'er's eyes were round and round, she stared straight at her face, and stammered: "Miss, you, your face..."

"What's wrong with my face?" Ye Zhaoqing stretched out her hand to touch her own face in doubt, but found nothing. She glanced at Liu'er in doubt and said, "Go get the mirror!"

Liu'er tremblingly responded, and hurriedly turned to get the mirror, but accidentally tripped over the chair and fell all over the place.

"Look at you, why are you so careless?" Ye Zhaoqing stepped forward, stretched out his hand to help Liu'er up, and said earnestly: "I didn't blame you for anything, why are you running so fast? Won't you slow down? "

But Liu'er didn't hear what Ye Zhaoqing said at all, she lowered her head, her eyes stared straight at Ye Zhaoqing's hand holding her arm, she wanted to shake it off, but she didn't have the courage.

Ye Zhaoqing was finally awake at this time, and also noticed Liu'er's abnormality, she let go of her hand and frowned, and said, "Liu'er, what's wrong with you?"

"Miss, you, you can see for yourself!" Liu'er turned around and quickly took a bronze mirror, and held it in front of Ye Zhaoqing.

In the dim light, a shadowy beauty's face appeared in the mirror.

Nothing wrong?

Ye Zhaoqing blinked, and looked closer, only to find that several red bumps appeared on his originally fair face, as well as on his forehead.

Is this what scares Liu'er?
She stretched out her hand to touch those pimples, thinking that it must be caused by being too tired for the past two days, and it will disappear after two days.

"Liu'er, it's nothing, it will be fine in two days."

After hearing this, Liu'er was very shocked: "Miss! This, isn't this smallpox?"

"Smallpox?" Ye Zhaoqing laughed suddenly: "Where are you thinking! How could this be smallpox!"

She herself is a doctor, how come she doesn't know what smallpox looks like?How could it be possible to infect yourself?

Even Liu'er and Murong Shen, she has always been on guard!
"Ah? No?" Liu'er was stunned when she heard the words, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "I just came here, and I saw these spots on your face, miss, and thought it was that, I scared the slave to death... "

"You are making too much fuss." Ye Zhaoqing smiled slightly when he heard the words, and told Liu'er: "Okay, I'm going to take a bath, and you bring me a change of clothes."

"Yes, miss!" Liu'er answered with concentration.

"Don't be suspicious." Seeing her appearance, Ye Zhaoqing couldn't help sighing and said, "I'm just a little tired these two days, and I got angry. Go and make some mung bean lily soup for me tomorrow." .”

"Yes! Miss!" Liu'er suddenly felt ashamed when she heard the words, she nodded her head and turned back.

Ye Zhaoqing shook his head helplessly, and went in to take a bath.

When she came out of the shower, she looked in the mirror again, and found that after soaking in hot water, the red pimples on her face had grown bigger, and she looked really scary.

No wonder Liu'er misunderstood.

Ye Zhaoqing couldn't help being curious, stretched out his hand to feel his own pulse, and then said in surprise: "Everything is fine?"

Liu'er was coming in from outside with Ye Zhaoqing's change of clothes in her arms. Seeing her feeling her pulse, she couldn't help but startled, and hurriedly said: "Miss, just now these are just random guesses by slaves, don't take it to heart."

"I know that." Ye Zhaoqing smiled slightly after hearing this, looked up at Liu'er and said, "Okay, put down your clothes, go and rest quickly!"

"I'm not tired, I'd better wait for you to change your clothes before going!" Liu'er shook her head and said.

Ye Zhaoqing glanced at her, but didn't insist.

Silent all night.

The next day, early in the morning, Ye Zhaoqing felt someone shake her slightly while she was asleep, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Liu Er was beside the bed, holding a bowl of steaming hot porridge in her hand.

"Miss, the mung bean and lily soup is ready, get up and drink a bowl before going to sleep!"

Ye Zhaoqing glanced at the soup with dazed eyes, opened his mouth and murmured: "It's too hot, you put it aside first, and call me when it gets cold." Then, he closed his eyes, turned over and fell asleep again past.

Liu'er turned her head to look at the sunny sky outside the window, a look of worry appeared in her eyes.

After thinking about it, she put the tray in her hand down on the table, turned around and walked out quietly.

After a while, Murong Shen walked in from the outside with a solemn expression.

"Master Taifu! Come and take a look! Miss has been a little bit wrong since before she went to bed last night, and it's this hour today, and she hasn't woken up yet." Liu'er followed behind him, with a worried face on her face: "Slave servant I'm really scared, I don't know what happened to Miss..."

Hearing this, Murong Shen said with a sullen face: "There was something wrong last night, then why did you not come to report it until now?"

The tone was a bit harsh, and Liu'er trembled instantly when she heard the words.

She said with some shame: "Master Tai Tuo, it was Miss who said she was fine, besides, it's so late..."

It's not good for you, a big man, to appear in the women's boudoir, right?

She only dared to think this sentence in her heart, but dared not say it.

"Pedantic!" Murong Shen turned his head and gave Liu'er a cold look and said, "Is your lady's life more important, or the reputation of these troublemakers? If one day, because of your hesitation, she really gets out of bed." If things happen, even if you have nine lives, it’s not enough to pay for it!”

Liu'er was instantly struck by lightning when she heard this, yes!She only thought that it would be inconvenient for Murong Shen to come, but she didn't think about what would happen if the young lady's good opportunity to get medical treatment was delayed because of this?
A trace of regret rose in my heart instantly.

Murong Shen didn't pay attention to Liu'er after finishing those words, he fixed his eyes on the woman who was still sleeping in the dark on the bed, walked over and sat down beside the bed.

Since Ye Zhaoqing slept with his back to the edge of the bed, Murong Shen couldn't see her face, so he couldn't see the "incredibly scary" red pimple Liu Er described. Turn her over.

Finally, those red pimples on Ye Zhaoqing's face and forehead finally appeared in front of Murong Shen.

Liu'er also looked at it in fear, and couldn't help stretching out her hand to cover her mouth tightly. She was not mistaken, there were more and bigger red pimples than last night!
Murong Shen stretched out his hand, stroked Ye Zhaoqing's forehead lightly, brushed those red pimples with his fingertips, turned his head to look at Liu Er, and asked, "When did these red pimples appear?"

"Just last night!" Liu'er hurriedly replied after hearing the words: "Miss has been fine all the time. When she was about to go to bed, she said she wanted to take a bath and asked the slave to prepare the bath water. The slave agreed. When she came back, the miss She fell asleep on the table, and the servant woke her up, and saw these red pimples appear on her face."

"Last night, did anyone else come in here?" Murong Shen asked in a deep voice after hearing the words.

"Probably not!" Liu'er shook her head after hearing this, and said, "The maidservant stood at the stairs and called Xiao Er, and came back after shouting, indeed no one has entered here during this period."

"Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean you don't have it." Murong Shen's face became ugly when he heard this: "There are many masters in this world who prevent you from seeing their whereabouts."

After hearing this, Liu'er's expression changed immediately: "What do you mean? Master Tai Tuo, you mean that it is really possible for my young lady to..."

"I'm just guessing, I haven't confirmed it." Murong Shen interrupted her, waved his hand and said, "Okay, go get a basin of washing water."

Liu'er heard the words but stood there without moving, with a slight hesitation on her expression.

"Why, you still plan to let me go in person?" Murong Shen's face turned cold instantly when he saw this: "Or are you worried that I will eat your lady?"

"No! Why would the maidservant think that way?" Liu'er smiled awkwardly when she heard the words, and quickly turned around and retreated. She didn't know whether she was flustered or what, when she stepped across the threshold, she almost fell down again.

Murong Shen looked at her frizzy look, his eyes immediately sank, he had some doubts, could Liu Er really take care of Ye Zhaoqing by herself?

It's good that she can take care of herself!
After this matter is over, he has to help Ye Zhaoqing find another caring girl, she must be a smart one.

Liu'er didn't know that in just a short moment, Murong Shen had already thought of someone to replace her, she fetched a basin of clear water, ran all the way back, and said in the main room, "Master Tai Tu, where should I put it?"

"Bring it here!" Murong Shen said.

Liu'er had no choice but to carry the water basin to the bed and put it on the ground.

"Go get the handkerchief." Murong said cautiously.

Liu Er took it as she said, but without waiting for her to ask, Murong Shen reached out and took it from her hand, got wet in the water, wrung it dry and spread it out, held it in one hand, gently and carefully wiped Ye Zhaoqing's face .

Liu'er stood aside with her mouth wide open, watching this scene in shock, but couldn't utter a single word.

After a while, when she finally plucked up the courage to say that the slaves are coming, Murong Shen suddenly threw the handkerchief to her and said: "Okay, let's all take it away!"

That's it, finished?

Liu'er froze for a moment, then obediently reached out to take the towel, picked up the basin and retreated.

In the room, Murong Shen looked down at Ye Zhaoqing's sleeping face with deep eyes.

When Liu'er came in, what she saw was such a scene, she couldn't help coughing slightly, and after Murong Shen turned around, she asked softly: "Master Tai Tuo, when will my young lady wake up?" Come?"

"She's too tired." Murong Shen kept his eyes on Ye Zhaoqing, and said in a deep voice, "Smallpox is pressing on her heart like an invisible pressure, even an iron-clad person can't bear it, let her sleep for a while!" said Then he stood up.

Liu'er became anxious when she heard the words: "My lord, what about the red pimples on Miss's face? Why don't you find a doctor to treat her?"

"I believe her." After hearing this, Murong Shen asked back: "Don't you believe your young lady's words?"

Liu'er fell silent for a moment.

Murong Shen said: "She said she didn't have smallpox, then she wasn't."

Liu'er was stunned, and had already forgotten to respond.

Murong Shen raised his eyes and glanced at Liu'er, and finally couldn't help but said: "Didn't your lady ask you to make mung bean and lily soup? Hurry up! Make more and try to let everyone drink it."

Everyone he mentioned, including those guards in the dark, is made of flesh and blood, and no one is made of iron.

If those people fall, there is no one to protect them.

He doesn't care, but what about Ye Zhaoqing?
"Oh, good." Hearing this, Liu'er stared at Murong Shen in a daze, then turned and retreated.

Murong Shen didn't leave, just sat motionless by the bed and waited for Ye Zhao to wake up.

……

Ye Zhaoqing had a long, long dream, and in the dream she became An Ning again, the 12-year-old Princess An Ning.

In that year, her beloved grandmother passed away. Before she passed away, she lay on the sick bed for three full years. She was so thin that only her bones remained. She couldn't even lift her hands while lying on the bed, and she couldn't touch her anymore. My dearest niece.

The sadness of her grandmother's death came to Ye Zhaoqing's heart again after more than ten years. She stood in the empty house and rushed towards her grandmother desperately, but when the scene changed, she appeared in front of her father again. in the study.

"An Ning, do you think you should be punished?" The young and majestic father sat behind the desk with a cold face, and said in a deep voice: "You, a princess, should learn from your mother's way of caring for your husband, but you go What kind of medical skills do you want to learn? Is this what a daughter's family should learn?"

As he spoke, the ruler in his hand slapped the table fiercely.

When did this happen?By the way, that year when my grandmother passed away, she clamored to learn medical skills, but her father disagreed and called her to the study to severely punish her. How did she refute at that time?
Ye Zhaoqing remembered the scene at that time very clearly.

Facing the furious father, she seemed very calm: "Father, such things as a good wife and a loving mother are deeply rooted in a woman's bones. Daughters don't need to learn, and they will marry naturally in the future! Why waste time on this? At least my daughter learns medical skills , can save lives and heal the wounded in the future, which is considered a merit."

"I am king Huai, do I still need you to accumulate merit?" Hearing this, the father smiled instead of anger: "Your mother taught you the rules when you talk about getting married at such a young age. People joke!"

"What's the joke! I only hate myself for not learning medicine earlier, so my grandmother wouldn't have left so early!"

King Huai was taken aback when he heard this, and couldn't help taking a deep look at the frail but stubborn girl standing in front of him, he couldn't say a word for a while.

"Father! Just promise An Ning! Don't worry, An Ning is just reading some medical books and won't mess around!" Seeing that her father didn't speak, the little girl was afraid that he would not agree, and hurriedly began to beg again .

King Huai stared at her deeply, then suddenly stood up from behind the desk, grabbed his daughter's hand suddenly, and said in a deep voice, "Go! Father, the king will take you to a place!"

"where to!"

"You will know when you go." Huai Wang smiled mysteriously.

When she got there, An Ning realized that the place her father took her to was actually the library of the Imperial Hospital.

"Look!" King Huai reached out and took out a yellowed book from a bookshelf, threw it in front of Ye Zhaoqing, and said, "This is the plague that broke out in the snowstorm in Yuzhou 13 years ago. Tens of thousands of people died at that time. Counting, the doctors who went to the rescue also suffered countless casualties, as many as two or three hundred."

"This is a drought in Qianzhou three years ago, and a plague broke out, killing and injuring countless people, and unfortunately dozens of doctors who went to treat them also died." Ye Zhaoqing was still unable to react, and King Huai stretched out his hand to wrap another thick roll. Throwing the scroll at Ye Zhaoqing's feet, he said word by word: "Father showed you these, just to tell you that doctors are not omnipotent. After learning medical skills, you may not be able to cure all the difficult and miscellaneous problems in the world." disease!"

"Just like your grandmother, do you think that the imperial physicians my father hired for her are not top doctors?" Huai Wang said in a deep voice, "But they are also helpless in the face of illness! Wake up, child! Even if you really learn medical skills , you can't save your grandmother!"

An Ning lowered her head and looked at the pile of books thrown by her father at her feet. She slowly bent down and picked up the outermost one.

When I opened it, I found that it was a file recording the smallpox outbreak in Chenzhou. In just one month, almost everyone in the city died.

"An Ning! Did you hear what my father said! Give up studying medicine for me, stay in the mansion well, and don't go anywhere! Do you understand?" Huai Wang's voice continued in his ear, but An Ning's heart was instantly seized by the case file. One of the records attracted me.

"Father, who is this Li Chengyue?" An Ning suddenly raised her eyes and asked, "Eight years ago, when smallpox broke out in Chenzhou, Li Chengyue volunteered and invented the method of fighting poison with poison to crack smallpox. Why did it fail in the end?"

Hearing this, King Huai's expression changed suddenly, and he took the book away from An Ning's hand, furiously said: "Why are you asking this? Then Li Chengyue is dead! He was hacked into pieces dead!"

"What? Why?" Hearing this, An Ning turned pale with fright.

"What else? He actually proposed the method of inoculating people with vaccinia to prevent smallpox. Do you think it's ridiculous? After his hands, 1000 more people died in Chenzhou. Do you think he should kill it? "

After hearing this, An Ning was so shocked that she couldn't utter a word.

"Okay! Don't ask so many questions!" Huai Wang stretched out his hand and threw the volume back on the bookshelf, and dragged his daughter away in a panic.

But he didn't know what kind of seeds were planted in An Ning, who was still young at that time, by what he saw and heard today.

In the end, King Huai was still defeated by his daughter's entanglement and agreed to let her study medicine. The matter of father and daughter going to the Imperial Hospital to read the case files was also forgotten by King Huai, but what he did not expect was that An Ning had secretly Then he went to the library of the Imperial Hospital alone, and stole the Chenzhou smallpox case file back.

……

When Ye Zhao woke up, it was already dark outside.

The light in the room was like beans, she turned over and sat up hard, only to realize that there was still a person sitting in front of the bed.

Murong Shen, why is he here?
"Are you awake?" Murong Shen was in a light sleep after all, and he woke up immediately when he heard the movement. When he saw Ye Zhaoqing sitting up, he finally let out a long breath: "You look much better."

"Really?" Hearing the words, Ye Zhaoqing thought of Liu'er's abnormality, and couldn't help reaching out to stroke his face.

"It's not good! Master Taifu! A lot of people gathered outside the inn!" But at this moment, Liu'er rushed in and shouted loudly.When she saw Ye Zhaoqing, she was overjoyed: "Hey, Miss! Are you awake? The acne marks on your face are much better!"

(End of this chapter)