"Him?" Xiaoyaozi thought for a moment and said pertinently, "His aptitude is decent, but he's a bit old."
"And your young master is willing to let him follow me to wander around the world?" Xiaoyaozi had guessed Situ Yao's identity to some extent, and thought that the doctor following them must not be an ordinary person.
"Don't worry about this miracle doctor. If you really want to take a disciple, Doctor Gu is very suitable, and the young master will not interfere." Su Mengyan remembered that Doctor Gu was not an imperial physician in the palace, and he was very envious of Xiaoyaozi's medical skills.
"The child is still so young. Is the miracle doctor willing to watch his medical skills go unheard?" Su Mengyan persuaded Xiaoyaozi with all her might. Xiaoyaozi was a little moved by her words. "I'll observe for a few more days."
"Where should this food be sent?" Cui Mixue unexpectedly appeared in the kitchen, shocking all the cooks.
"Why are you here, Miss Cui?" The cook liked her very much and told her without reservation, "These are for the patients, and the other ones are packed and sent to the doctors separately."
"This is for Miss Cui. If you're hungry, you can take it first." The cook enthusiastically handed her lunch box to Cui Mixue. "It's fresh out of the pot, still piping hot."
"Where's Yan'er's?" Cui Mixue asked with a smile, "I'll send it to her."
"This is for Miss Su." The cook thought she had a good relationship with Su Mengyan, so she handed it to her directly. "Then I'll trouble Miss Cui."
"It's just a small favor, you don't have to be polite, Auntie." Cui Mixue took both food boxes away.
When Su Mengyan was extremely hungry and found that the food had not been delivered yet, she went to the kitchen to ask. The cook told her that Cui Mixue had taken it away, so she had to go find someone else.
"What do you want to see me for?" Su Mengyan frowned and said after entering, "If you want to say something, just come to me directly. Why go through so much trouble?"
"Sit down." Cui Mixue pointed to the chair next to her and said sarcastically, "I'm infected with the plague. You got what you wanted. You don't have to worry about me competing with you for the young master anymore."
"What?" Su Mengyan was extremely shocked. She stared at her calm face and asked, "Are you telling the truth?"
"If you don't believe me, you can ask a doctor to come and check my pulse." Cui Mixue sneered, "Are you happy now?"
Su Mengyan was definitely not happy. She comforted the increasingly irritable Cui Mixue, "Don't be afraid. The miracle doctor and Doctor Gu have found a prescription. I'll have them bring it to you later."
"That medicine is almost fatal, and you still want to give it to me?" Cui Mixue stared at her with suspicion, "Are you trying to take this opportunity to kill me?"
"Forget it, just stay here and I'll have someone bring you some medicine." Su Mengyan was about to leave, but Cui Mixue forced her down on the chair. "Why aren't you the one who got the plague? Why do you get all the good things, and I get the bad things? Is that fair?"
Su Mengyan pushed her away. Cui Mixue was a patient now, so she had to keep her distance.
"Just focus on recuperating and take the medicine. You'll be well again soon." Su Mengyan looked at her unprotected residence. "As for why I didn't get infected, it's not because I was lucky, but because I was always very careful. It has nothing to do with luck."
When Su Mengyan left, Cui Mixue suddenly sat down on the ground with a dejected look on her face and said, "I'm dying, and I want to see him one last time. Can you tell the young master for me?"
"I told you, you won't die." Su Mengyan thought to herself, you are the heroine, how could you die so easily? She said impatiently, "I can't do what you ask, and the young master won't listen to me."
If Su Mengyan hadn't seen that Cui Mixue's face was indeed pale and a little sick, she would have suspected that she was pretending to be sick in an attempt to lure Situ Yao over.
After Su Mengyan returned, she immediately asked Doctor Gu to take Cui Mixue's pulse. The result was that she really had the plague, but the symptoms were relatively mild. As long as Cui Mixue could let go of her prejudice and take the medicine obediently, she would recover soon.
Su Mengyan thought about it and decided to ask her personal guard to convey a message to Situ Yao.
The next day, Situ Yao really showed up. Su Mengyan was a little confused, thinking he was here to visit Cui Mixue, so she took the initiative to say, "Miss Cui is recovering over there. Should I take you there?"
Situ Yao frowned, "I'm not here to see her."
"Where are Doctor Gu and the miracle doctor?" Situ Yao's tone was a little anxious.
Su Mengyan didn't dare to delay and immediately went to find everyone.
After they all arrived, Situ Yao said, "There is a plague in the city, and many people have been infected." He did not send all the patients here because he thought the refugee camp was not big enough for people to live in.
"How could this happen?" Su Mengyan murmured, "Weren't all the people in the city who had the plague sent here? How did they get infected?"
"It's not clear yet." Situ Yao rubbed his brow, looking extremely exhausted. "There's another thing. We're running out of medicinal materials. Without support from the court, even if we have a prescription to cure the plague, we won't have enough to treat all the sick people."
"Lord Xu has already written a memorial and returned to the capital. The round trip will take at least twenty days, and the medicinal materials we have can only last for five days at most." After Situ Yao finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
To completely cure the plague, it's not just a matter of taking a single dose of medicine. According to Xiaoyaozi and his team's observations, it will take at least half a month.
If they can't even survive five days, those people who haven't recovered yet will have no choice but to wait for death.
This is even more uncomfortable than before when there was no prescription. No wonder Situ Yao came here so early in the morning.
"Are there no more pharmacies in the city?" Su Mengyan didn't believe she was really that unlucky. "Look in all the pharmacies. There's no way they can't have it."
"I sent someone to check, and the drug store's warehouse was empty." Situ Yao was at a loss, his brows furrowed.
"Put the herbs aside for now and wait for five days before we deal with it," Situ Yao said. "Doctor Gu, please come with me to the city to help settle the people."
Su Mengyan was worried about the lack of manpower, so she followed them when they left. On the way back to the city, she was still thinking about the medicinal herbs.
When she saw the tall, desolate city gate, Su Mengyan had a flash of inspiration and turned around and said, "Can we get some medicinal herbs from other places first?"
"There's no way Chucheng is the only pharmacy in the city. Just because this one is out of stock doesn't mean there aren't any other places." Su Mengyan continued, "And what we're short of are just a few common herbs, not rare and exotic herbs."
"Qingfeng has asked around at Huichuntang and Tongrentang. Their medicinal materials are all shipped from the capital, so we don't have enough time." It turned out that Situ Yao had thought of this a long time ago.
"What about other pharmacies?"
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