Just like last time, the sedan chair arrived outside the Queen's Kunning Palace.
This made Tian An's heart tighten again. Could it be that something happened to the queen again this time?
What surprised her was that the sedan chair did not stop outside Kunning Palace, but went straight past Kunning Palace and went to a small palace next to Kunning Palace.
Unexpectedly, just as she breathed a sigh of relief and was being carefully helped out of the sedan chair by Nanny Xiao, she saw Yaoyao running out of the palace gate crying. She hugged her tightly, wiping her tears and choking with sobs, saying, "Cousin, my mother is sick. The imperial physician said that the disease is contagious. My father has sealed off her Kunning Palace. I haven't seen her for several days."
Hearing this, Tian An's heart skipped a beat. "Is it contagious?"
Before she could ask more questions, the prince's tired voice rang out in the hall, "Yaoyao, don't delay your cousin's wife, let her in quickly." He appeared in front of everyone the next second.
Tian An bent his knees and was about to salute, but the prince stopped him quickly: "No need to be so polite, go in first, the emperor and the doctors are waiting for you, my sister-in-law!"
"Yes, yes, let's go in first." Yaoyao reacted very quickly and pulled Tian An to go into the hall. She almost made her stumble, and scared Madam Xiao so much that she quickly reached out to hold Tian An's other hand.
Inside the palace, the emperor sat on the main seat with a tired look on his face, while the imperial doctors gathered together and discussed in a low voice.
Seeing Tian An coming in, the emperor's eyes brightened up a bit, and he immediately sat up straight, without waiting for Tian An to salute, he hurriedly said: "No need for formalities, the Queen's business is more important."
"Yes." Tian An bowed and turned around and walked towards the imperial physician.
When the imperial doctors saw her coming, they took the initiative to greet her, and she immediately stood in the middle of the imperial doctors.
Tian An didn't need to ask any more questions, as the imperial doctors talked one after another and described the queen's illness to her in a similar way.
"At first, I just found a small red rash on my body. Two days later, the rash expanded and became like papular urticaria, and began to be accompanied by symptoms of dizziness, vertigo, and nausea. Then I started to have a fever, and the high fever kept coming back. Aren't these symptoms the same as the strange disease in Meixian?" Tian An said in surprise.
The imperial doctors nodded, "We think so too."
"But the problem is that Meixian is seven or eight days away from the capital even at full speed. Even if someone were to be infected, the chances of infection would be greater from those who had contact with the officials who came to report the news!
The Empress has never left the harem, so how could she suddenly be infected with Meixian's strange disease?
Tian An also found this strange. "Is the Empress the first person in Kunning Palace to be infected with this strange disease?"
The imperial doctors shook their heads and said, "It was a maid who cleaned the Kunning Palace."
"According to the maid who shared the same room with her, she first discovered a rash on her hands and thought they were insect bites, so she applied some ointment and didn't take it seriously.
But later the rash became more and more severe, and she felt more and more uncomfortable. Finally, she had a high fever at night, and the palace maid in the same room helped to report it to the Queen Mother.
The Empress was kind and immediately sent for Dr. Zhang, the imperial physician on duty that night, and she also went to visit the palace maid in person.
But when Doctor Zhang arrived, he realized something was wrong as soon as he saw the symptoms.
After taking the pulses of several palace maids in the same room, he found that they were also infected. When he pulled up their sleeves, he saw that red rashes had begun to appear on their arms.
Imperial Physician Zhang immediately requested the Empress to seal off Kunning Palace, and he himself remained inside.
"Two days after Kunning Palace was closed, news came out that the Empress had also been infected."
Old Doctor Qin said with a look of shame, "You, the County Magistrate, were sent out on a mission right after you and Duke Zhao got married. You just returned, and he's gone to Mei County again. I didn't want to trouble you any further, but we've tried many prescriptions, but none of them can only temporarily control this strange disease. We can't cure it completely. So, we have no choice but to place our hopes on you."
Seeing that they had been discussing for quite some time, the emperor could not help but ask, "How is it going? Anping girl, do you have any idea of curing this strange disease?"
Tian An's hand subconsciously touched his lower abdomen. After hesitating for a moment, he made up his mind and looked at the emperor and said, "Anping has only heard a lot about this strange disease, but has never actually come into contact with a patient. It really seems like he is just talking about it on paper, unless..."
"You want to enter Kunning Palace?" Upon hearing this, the emperor stood up and looked at her.
The prince and Yaoyao behind her also looked at her in disbelief.
Tian An was about to nod and say yes, but Nanny Xiao, who had been following her silently in, could no longer sit still.
Risking the crime of being impolite in front of the palace, he quickly took a few steps and knelt before the emperor, kowtowed three times, "Your Majesty, you can't do that! Madam..."
"Mammy, don't say anything." Tian An immediately called her and hurried forward to stop her.
But Madam Xiao was making so much noise that the emperor couldn't ignore her. "Anping, let her speak."
"Madam Xiao is just worried about Anping. It's nothing. Anping will be fine as long as he is careful after he goes in." Tian An was busy covering Madam Xiao's mouth while making up an explanation.
Deng Xue didn't understand what was going on, so she went with Tian An to pull Nanny Xiao.
But Nanny Xiao somehow found the strength to break free from Tian An's hand that was covering her mouth, and quickly took the opportunity to say, "Your Majesty, the Madam is pregnant and can't go!"
Deng Xue was stunned, and subconsciously let go of Madam Xiao and looked at Tian An, "Madam, you..."
"Well, I'll explain to you later." Tian An had just comforted Deng Xue, and when she turned around, she noticed that everyone's eyes were on her.
"Your Majesty, my Duke has already gone to Meixian. If Madam enters Kunning Palace again this time and something really happens to them, how should I explain it to the princess?" While everyone's attention was on Tian An, Nanny Xiao hurriedly knelt at the emperor's feet and pleaded with tears.
I just hope that the emperor will not let Tian An go for the sake of Princess Chaoyang.
When Zhao Yiming went to Meixian before, she did not realize the seriousness of the matter. She just thought that the folk doctors were not good enough. But now, seeing that even the queen, the mother of a country, was infected with the disease and the imperial doctors were helpless, she was really scared.
The situation in Meixian is a foregone conclusion, but there is still hope for Tian An. She can't let anything happen to Tian An no matter what.
She had even made plans to leave a successor for the Zhao family and Princess Chaoyang even if Zhao Yiming could not come back.
Upon hearing this, the emperor hesitated. He had begun to regret his decision to let Zhao Yiming go to Meixian.
But, the Queen...
The emperor was in a dilemma at this time. On one side was his first wife, and on the other side was his deceased sister's daughter-in-law and even grandson or granddaughter.
If Zhao Yiming really can't come back, the baby in Tian An's belly is Chaoyang's only bloodline left in this world!
How could he let his own sister disappear completely from this world!
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