The emperor commended the Crown Prince Jiang, who had led people to maintain order outside the city for the past month, and many officers and soldiers.

There was another award given to Jiang Ruohua alone.

The imperial edict praised Jiang Ruohua lavishly, praising her for her discerning eye in finding such a talent as Doctor Yuan, praising her for her broad-mindedness in providing porridge and charity, praising her selfless dedication in saving people from disasters, allowing the hospital to treat refugees for free, and saving countless lives...

So she became Princess Huijing.

After learning about the roughly estimated death toll, Jiang Ruohua felt as if she were in another world.

Less, almost one-third less than in the dream!

"Princess Huijing, congratulations."

Jiang Ruohua wiped her tears, and finally smiled and kowtowed to receive the order: "Princess Huijing, accept the order, long live the emperor."

After getting through this tormenting period without any trouble, everyone couldn't help but smile. Jiang Ruoyi and several others also got better after taking the medicine, and all were safe and sound. Jiang Ruohua did not stop distributing porridge to the public, and planned to stop this action after everything was completely over.

But Jiang Ruohua also did not get to rest. The owner of the restaurant brought Hu Xingxing to find her.

"Junior sister! Junior sister!"

Hu Xingxing grabbed her hand as soon as she came, her eyes red as if she had just cried: "Master, Master..."

"What's wrong?" Jiang Ruohua's heart tightened, and she had a bad premonition.

"Master has been infected with the plague!" Hu Xingxing cried, throwing herself on her, "But he refused to take the medicine. I went to get the medicine, but he also said he didn't want to drink it. I don't know where my senior brother has been in the past month. I don't know what to do..."

"Don't panic, I'll go and see."

Jiang Ruohua patted her hands and hurriedly followed her out the door. Xu Weiqing was still a criminal, so it was definitely impossible to take him to the clinic. She could only bring him medicine, but Jiang Ruohua obviously didn't expect Xu Weiqing to be so desperate to refuse to take the medicine.

Although she had a vague guess, Jiang Ruohua still took a portion of the boiled medicine over first. Xu Weiqing had a severe fever, but perhaps because of his martial arts training, he didn't fall ill like those pale and skinny refugees. He could still open his eyes and talk to people.

Xu Weiqing stretched out his hand to smash the medicine, but Jiang Ruohua dodged it. When this man was sick, his strength was not as good as before. Jiang Ruohua felt a little headache and was thinking about whether to work together with Hu Xingxing to force Xu Weiqing to drink it.

After all, he couldn't just watch someone die.

Xu Weiqing was very resistant, or he was even more resistant after Jiang Ruohua came.

"It's an honor for Princess Huijing to deliver the medicine to me personally!"

Come on, she started talking in this tone again.

Jiang Ruohua felt a little helpless while holding the bowl, but she did guess that although Xu Weiqing was trapped in this lawless area, the news was not cut off. He had been revealing his grievances to the outside world, especially his strong opinions about the court.

The only place where the medicine could be obtained for free was her family's clinic, and now that she had been successively conferred the titles of county lord and princess, she had become the object of everyone's praise, so it was conceivable that Xu Weiqing refused to drink the medicine.

But in the past, Jiang Ruohua would not argue with him about these things, and now she would not do so even more. She simply threw the medicine on the small broken table beside her, waved her hand and said, "If you don't want to drink it, forget it. Then I'll go back. I'll come to collect your body in two days."

Hu Xingxing's face was startled, and she opened her mouth and was so surprised that she couldn't speak for a while.

Xu Weiqing glanced at Jiang Ruohua, and it was increasingly difficult to tell what he was thinking.

Jiang Ruohua admitted that she was gambling when she said this.

But it was also very realistic. Almost all the people who got the plague died. How many people could really survive on their own? It might be hard to pick out that one among tens of thousands of people.

If Xu Weiqing would rather die than drink the medicine, she could do nothing else except collect the body.

She was betting, betting that Xu Weiqing still had things he wanted to do in this world. After all, a man as proud as him, who had revenged and done so many things in the past, how could he accept it in his heart?

If there were things that were not yet done, how could such a proud person endure the humiliation? He must have committed suicide decades ago.

As a result, she guessed right and won the bet. Xu Weiqing drank the medicine.

Before she left, Xu Weiqing kept staring at her. Jiang Ruhua felt that Xu Weiqing had something to say, but Xu Weiqing's attitude seemed reluctant.

Forget it, he thought, let's talk about it later. He was also very busy and didn't have time to wait for him here all the time.

"Sister, remember to get the medicine." Jiang Ruohua instructed, "If you need anything, just come to me."

Hu Xingxing nodded. The little girl seemed a little decadent at this moment. She walked with Jiang Ruohua for a while, then suddenly grabbed Jiang Ruohua's clothes and said, "Are you coming tomorrow?"

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Ruohua's intuition told her that something must have happened. She must have been very busy recently. If there was nothing else, she would definitely not be able to come here.

Hu Xingxing pursed her lips and whispered that it was okay, but she didn't look like she was okay.

Jiang Ruohua stood there waiting for her, and it took a long time before she spoke: "Senior brother said he had something to do and left, and it has been a month... In fact, master also left during this period, and I don’t know where he went..."

Her voice was trembling, and with the fear of leaving a familiar person, Hu Xingxing kept pulling at the corner of Jiang Ruohua's clothes, and finally cried, "So many people died from this plague, what on earth did senior brother do... I'm really scared... He asked me to take good care of master, but I..."

Hu Xingxing has no family and now lives in this no-man's land, which is no different from an illegal resident. If it weren't for the token Jiang Ruohua gave her, she might not even have a place to go now.

"Master is just that kind of person. I think no matter what, he will come back here first." Jiang Ruohua thought Xu Weiqing would not get lost, and who knows, he might even come to her house. She simply pulled Hu Xingxing and said, "Come to my place for now. I'll ask someone about my senior brother's matter."

At least she would take Hu Xingxing through this period of time first. The winter was so cold, and she had a younger brother. The two of them had a really hard time these days. Although Hu Xingxing liked to show off her abilities in everything, when she really needed to make the decision, she became at a loss. She had been holding on for such a long time, and she must have reached her limit.

The Duke's Mansion was a big place anyway, so it was the same to raise one more person or two more people. Jiang Ruohua asked someone to prepare a courtyard closer to her for the two siblings to stay in first, and to call the servants if there was anything.

There was no one else in the mansion, and most of the other young ladies were about the same age as Hu Xingxing. Jiang Ruohua specially asked someone to greet everyone to avoid any embarrassment.