As soon as this operation was carried out, those who originally didn't care about the amount of donation immediately donated as much as they could.

Donate, that was nominated by the Queen herself.

When donating, be sure to put your name first.

With this donation, the Queen no longer has to worry about money. The most important thing now is to let the imperial physician develop a prescription to treat the plague as soon as possible.

However, it is not so easy to research the prescription. Even the specific source of the epidemic cannot be found.

The Queen ordered to recruit miracle doctors from all over the world.

Whoever can develop a cure for the plague will be rewarded with both an official position and wealth.

As a result, a large number of miracle doctors flocked to the capital, but it was unknown whether they were real miracle doctors.

After all, a month after the plague broke out, new people infected with the plague were discovered every day, and dead patients were taken away and burned every day.

The capital and the two surrounding cities are still shrouded in gloom.

Because of the plague, the imperial examination that was originally scheduled was also suspended.

Just then, two people came to the Zhao family.

"Dad, big brother, brother and sister-in-law, sister, I'm back." The person who came in was Zhang Xiuwen, who had grown into a young boy.

Behind him was an old man in simple clothes with an immortal look.

That is Zhang Xiuwen’s master.

As early as when they were in Renhe County, Zhang Xiuwen was noticed by the old man and secretly studied medicine. For some reasons, he did not let Zhao Chuchu's family know.

The old man did not appear until they arrived in the capital, and finally took Zhang Xiuwen away to travel.

Zhang Xiuyuan and the others were very happy to see their younger brother come back.

"Old man, Xiu Wen, are you coming back this time because of the plague?" Zhang Xiuyuan asked.

"That's right, brother. Master already knows the source of this epidemic. Master is a very good doctor. He is confident about this plague. I believe he will be able to develop a prescription in the near future." Zhang Xiuwen said excitedly.

When Zhao Chuchu heard this, she could no longer sit still and directly introduced the old man to the empress.

Zhao Chuchu knew that this old man was a true miracle doctor.

At this time, the queen's imperial doctors were at a loss as to how to deal with the plague. They were overjoyed to learn that there was such a miracle doctor.

Soon, the genius doctor joined the imperial physicians, and Zhang Xiuwen, as his apprentice, naturally had to stay by his side.

The old doctor also revealed that the source of the plague was the white bamboo rat.

White bamboo rats were not common in the Great Sheng Dynasty, but they were produced in abundance in one country, and that country was the Shang Dynasty, which had once been a rival country.

White bamboo rats are edible. Merchants in the Great Sheng Dynasty once imported white bamboo rats from the Shang Kingdom to sell. After some investigation, it was found that those who ate white bamboo rats in the first three times did eat them.

As for where those white bamboo rats came from, no clues could be found out, as if the clues had been deliberately erased.

The Queen slammed her palm on the table: "This must be a conspiracy of the Shang Kingdom."

She immediately sent someone to negotiate with the Shang State.

But the king of Shang said: I didn’t do it, I didn’t do it, don’t talk nonsense, you can ask me to admit it, but you have to provide evidence.

Without any evidence, the Queen could not question Shang Guo any further.

However, the husband of Prince Ancheng, who was once the fifth prince of the Shang Kingdom, was somewhat worried. For him, the Dasheng Dynasty was his husband's family and the Shang Kingdom was his natal family. Even though he was not favored in the Shang Palace, he could not deny the fact that he came from the royal family.

I hope this matter really has nothing to do with Shang State.