Just as everyone was at a loss because their hard work over the past few days had not yielded the expected results, a female doctor wearing a white veil hurried in, bowed respectfully to Yi Shangyun, and reported: "Your Highness, Your Highness is right. The patient has now recovered. I believe your prescription is correct."
Before Yi Shangyun could speak, the middle-aged doctor who had just spoken exclaimed urgently, "What did you say? Someone has really recovered?"
The female physician turned to look at him, nodded solemnly, and said, "Yes. When this patient was first brought in, he was already showing obvious signs of difficulty breathing, and we almost gave up on him. It was the princess who saw his strong will to live and insisted on keeping him. Over the past few days, thanks to the princess's careful treatment, his condition has improved more and more significantly each day. Just this morning, when I was doing my routine check-up, I found that even the most common symptoms such as fever, dry cough, and fatigue had disappeared, and he was completely cured."
At this point, everyone looked at him with admiration and spontaneously applauded, saying, "Dragon Tiger City is saved! Dongning is saved!"
Instantly, they all knelt down and cheered, "Long live Princess Yongning! Long live Princess Yongning!"
At this moment, Yi Shangyun was also pleasantly surprised, and stood there stunned for a long time, unable to react.
As soon as he came to his senses, he hurriedly helped everyone up, saying humbly, "Everyone, get up, get up quickly, everyone get up! This is all thanks to everyone's concerted efforts and united will that the people of Longhu City have been able to see the light of day again! Thank you all, thank you for your hard work, we won, we finally won!"
"We won! Longhu City won! Dongning won! We finally won!"
As everyone followed suit and slowly rose to their feet, many of them smiled while silently wiping away tears...
Looking back on the past, there have been countless days and nights, countless sleepless nights, and countless lives lost that we have witnessed.
Thinking of this, even Yi Shangyun couldn't help but smile and shed tears. How difficult everything had been!
After an unknown amount of time, the middle-aged doctor finally recovered from his mixed emotions of joy and sorrow and said, "Now that the princess has developed the prescription, there is no time to lose. We should arrange for it to be made immediately and speed up the preparation of the medicine!"
"Yes, yes, I will write down the prescription right away and have the whole city speed up the preparation of medicine."
Yi Shangyun immediately snapped out of her daze and hurriedly returned to her desk, picking up her pen to write down the prescription: Ephedra, Prepared Licorice Root, Apricot Kernel, Gypsum, Cinnamon Twig, Alisma Rhizome, Polyporus Rhizome, Atractylodes Rhizome, Poria Cocos, Bupleurum Root, Scutellaria Root, Ginger-processed Pinellia Rhizome, Fresh Ginger, Aster Root, Coltsfoot Flower, Belamcanda Rhizome, Asarum Root, Dioscorea Rhizome, Immature Bitter Orange…
She wrote it almost in one go, and as soon as she finished, she said, "Whether the plague in Longhu City can be defeated depends on this. The people of Dongning... can't afford to wait any longer."
At this moment, all the doctors in the room came forward and gathered together. After reading the prescription written by Yi Shangyun, they looked at each other in bewilderment and finally lowered their heads in silence.
Upon seeing this, Yi Shangyun went over again and carefully examined his prescription. After confirming that it was correct, he frowned and asked with a puzzled look, "As we all know, infectious diseases are usually febrile diseases, but the epidemic in Longhu City this time is a cold-damp epidemic. This prescription is an optimized combination of several prescriptions for treating exogenous febrile diseases caused by cold pathogens from Zhang Zhongjing's 'Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases.' The prescription is reasonable and the properties are mild. I wonder... is there anything wrong with this prescription? Everyone is welcome to express their opinions and share their insights."
After a long pause, the middle-aged physician stammered, "Princess, this prescription is mild and almost perfect. However… the ephedra listed as the first ingredient…"
Yi Shangyun explained, “Ephedra is mild in nature and can soothe the skin surface, promote sweating, resolve phlegm and stop coughing, astringe the lungs, and eliminate dampness. Moreover… the Compendium of Materia Medica also states that ‘Ephedra is a specific medicine for the lung meridian, so it is often used to treat lung diseases. Zhang Zhongjing used ephedra for typhoid fever without sweating and cinnamon twig for sweating.’ Do you all have any further doubts?”
The middle-aged doctor said with a worried expression, "It's not a problem with the use of ephedra in medicine. It's precisely because ephedra is so crucial that, as everyone knows, the soil in Dongning has been unsuitable for growing ephedra since ancient times. Ephedra only thrives in sandy soil, and throughout the entire Lingkong Continent, it has only been abundantly produced in the fiefdom of the King of Western Qin. Due to its special uses, its trade is strictly regulated. Even if our country spends a lot of money each year, we can only obtain a barely sufficient amount. It is truly priceless."
Upon hearing this, Yi Shangyun was just about to write a letter to Mei Zhixuan in the palace for help when the middle-aged physician said, "Recently, the Third Prince has transported almost all the ephedra from Dongning to Longhu City. It seems that ephedra is now out of stock all over the country. With such a large demand, I'm afraid the Prince of Qin will definitely not agree to provide assistance..."
Hearing the sighs of the crowd, Yi Shangyun looked thoughtful and fell silent.
After pondering for a while, Yi Shangyun took a deep breath and mustered her courage to say, "I, the princess, will find a way to resolve the matter of ephedra..."
Before she could finish speaking, a sharp voice rang out from outside the door, full of doubt: "You have a plan? I wonder what other plans the princess has?"
Upon seeing the person burst through the door, Yi Shangyun exclaimed in surprise, "Third Young Master, what are you doing here?"
Young Master Yi stopped abruptly upon entering, suppressing his anger as he said, "Princess is unwell, why isn't she resting in her room instead of coming here and causing trouble?"
Upon hearing this, everyone present turned their gaze to Yi Shangyun's face, asking with concern and confusion, "The princess's health..."
Yi Shangyun quickly explained, "It's alright, it's alright, everyone, please don't listen to his nonsense."
As she spoke, she glared fiercely at Young Master Yi, signaling him to quickly take back what he was about to say.
Only then did everyone notice the unfamiliar face: "Who is this...?"
"This is..." Yi Shangyun was about to introduce him to everyone when Young Master Yi interrupted her, saying, "I am the future husband of the princess whom the late King of Dongning had chosen before his death..."
In an instant, the crowd erupted in uproar.
"This is His Highness the Crown Prince of Nan'an..."
"She's really good-looking."
...
He then bowed respectfully to the Crown Prince, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness."
Young Master Yi looked smug, but Yi Shangyun was furious: "Young Master Yi, if you continue to spout nonsense here, don't blame me for being impolite. You will leave Longhu City immediately and return to your Nan'an Kingdom."
Young Master Yi seemed completely unmoved, and with a cold snort, said, "Even if the princess wants to kill me today, I will stop her from doing what she desires."
Yi Shangyun frowned, seemingly a little guilty, and said, "What...what was I thinking?"
Young Master Yi had already overheard everything outside the door. He knew her too well: "Does the princess want to go to Western Qin to find King Xuanyuan Han of Qin again?"
"I...I..." Sure enough, Young Master Yi saw right through her thoughts.
Young Master Yi chuckled inwardly, just as he expected. This woman really had no bottom line when it came to saving people.
Seeing that Yi Shangyun had already tacitly agreed, confirming that things were indeed as they were, Young Master Yi reminded her, "Princess, have you forgotten? The King of Qin is the God of War of the Spirit Realm, looking down upon the world, and has always been invincible in battle, yet he has suffered repeated setbacks because of you. Not long ago, you also repeatedly humiliated him with your words. Considering that the King of Qin, Xuanyuan Han, is vengeful, if you were to go to him now, wouldn't you be like a lamb entering a tiger's den, walking into a trap?"
How could Yi Shangyun not know that Xuan Yuanhan, who now hates her to the bone, is no longer the Xuan Yuanhan who used to grant her every wish?
But how could she abandon her people if there was even the slightest chance? The thought of them being tormented by illness day and night, unable to live or die, pained her deeply.
“But I can’t just stand by and watch my people of Dongning die one by one! Do you know how much it hurts me when I see them dying in agony? We’ve worked day and night, without sleep, and finally found a cure. How can we just give up like this?” Yi Shangyun said with a heavy heart.
There was only silence and helplessness all around.
After a pause, Yi Shangyun composed herself and said resolutely, "Young Master Yi, to me, you are nothing! You are not my future husband, nor a subject of my Dongning Kingdom. Your words mean nothing here. Even if the King of Western Qin wants my life, as long as I can retrieve Ma Huang to save the people of my Dongning Kingdom... this princess is willing."
Hearing such fearless words of self-sacrifice, everyone looked at him with deep respect.
But just then, another voice rang out from the crowd: "I disagree too."
"Who's speaking?" Yi Shangyun looked in the direction from which the sound came from.
"It's me."
Following the sound, a handsome man, who was also wearing a white veil, a white brocade robe embroidered with faint ink bamboo patterns, and with his ink hair half-tied up, but whose extraordinary temperament was still undeniable from his demeanor, slowly stepped forward.
As soon as the man approached, he respectfully clasped his hands in a fist and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Princess!"
He then said, "If the Crown Prince of Nan'an is not qualified to express his opinion here, then as the young city lord of Longhu City, I represent all the citizens of Longhu City and also disagree with the princess's actions, which are far too risky."
Yi Shangyun was stunned: "You...you are the young city lord of Dragon Tiger City?"
Not only Yi Shangyun, but everyone present stared at him with wide eyes.
At this moment, the middle-aged doctor stepped forward and explained, "I am the young city lord's man. Ever since the first case was confirmed in Dragon Tiger City, the young city lord has been personally monitoring the development of the epidemic. Despite the risk of infection and the city lord's obstruction, he has always been with the patients to fight the disease and has never left the temple."
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