Because Song Qingxue came with medical skills and solved the plague problem, Xiahou Chongyuan's mood has finally improved recently.

After staying in the house for a few days and resting for a while, his health improved a lot.

As soon as he recovered, he hurriedly put on his raincoat and walked towards the dam.

I think it is autumn now. The rain has been lighter in the past few days, so the work of building the dam is not as difficult as before.

Seeing that he happened to come to the dam, the people came forward to express their condolences.

"Sir, why did you come here just in time? Be careful, the wind and rain are strong and it will hurt your body."

"No problem." Xiahou Chongyuan walked to the dam and looked at it. He glanced at Li Chang beside him and said, "Master Li, you have a rich family background."

As the disaster relief silver was allocated layer by layer, almost all of it was swallowed up by the officials in charge. When it reached Xunnan and was handed over by Li Chang, only about 100,000 taels were left.

The daily expenses of so many refugees are huge. In addition to the money for repairing the dam, except for the 100,000 yuan for disaster relief, all the money was paid by Li Chang.

The money needed to build the dam is more than 100,000 taels, not to mention the daily expenses of the refugees.

It seems that Li Chang has really squeezed a lot of people's money over the years.

Li Chang could hear the hidden meaning in Xiahou Chongyuan's words and was so scared that he dared not say a word.

Xiahou Chongyuan didn't want to interrogate him at this time, so he just said this and let it go.

The dam has been half-repaired, the rain is starting to subside, and the situation is slowly starting to improve.

After all, Xiahou Chongyuan had just recovered from a serious illness and was indeed a little vulnerable to the wind. After staying on the dam for a short while, the wind started to make him dizzy. He had no choice but to return to the yamen.

After taking a shower and changing clothes, he relaxed a little and asked about Song Qingxue's whereabouts.

When he learned that she was at the house where the patients were housed, he rushed over immediately.

Lin Xian followed him anxiously, holding a handkerchief and said, "Master, you'd better cover your mouth and nose first!"

"Um."

…

Although the disease has been brought under control, the atmosphere in the house is not much happier than before.

Because many of them were too seriously ill and could not be saved.

Watching them die with our own eyes, as fellow villagers, it was natural that everyone was not in a good mood.

Song Qingxue also felt guilty for not being able to cure them.

In fact, Song Qingxue had already made such preparations when she chose the path of medicine from the very beginning.

But every time she failed to cure her patients and watched them leave the world with her own eyes, she still felt extremely sad.

People often say that being a doctor requires one to be open-minded, because one will witness countless births, aging, illnesses and deaths in one’s lifetime.

That being said, it’s not that easy to let go.

As a doctor, you must do your best to save every life. If you fail to cure the disease, you will inevitably doubt whether you are incompetent.

Another person died today. Song Qingxue heard that this man was called Dazhu, and he was the most honest and simple-minded person in Xinghua Village.

He had been engaged to Xiao Cui, a girl from the same village, and planned to get married after the Mid-Autumn Festival. But now that Dazhu was dead, she only saw the girl named Xiao Cui crying over his body.

Upon seeing this scene, Song Qingxue felt even more uncomfortable.

"I couldn't heal him, I'm sorry."

Song Qingxue said softly, and went to help the little girl up.

However, Xiao Cui pushed her away and yelled at her: "Why didn't you save him! You saved so many people, why didn't you save him!!"

"I..." It's not that I don't want to save him, it's just that there is really no way.

Even doctors cannot cure all diseases.

Dazhu's condition is so serious that the fact that he has survived until today is already the best case scenario.

"Woooa! Dazhu brother! Dazhu brother!"

Xiao Cui cried so hard that she was out of breath and finally fainted from crying.

The people nearby quickly came forward, helped Xiao Cui up and brought her into the house.

The person who stayed beside Song Qingxue spoke tentatively at this time: "Madam, please don't blame Xiao Cui, she is just..."

"She was just so sad."

Song Qingxue pulled the corners of her lips and forced an ugly smile, "I don't blame her."

"Madam, you've been tired for most of the day, would you like to take a rest?"

Song Qingxue nodded and planned to go back first. As soon as she walked out of the courtyard gate, she saw Xiahou Chongyuan.

He was standing at the door, with Lin Xian standing beside him, holding an umbrella for him.

It looked like he had been standing here for a while.

"Why are you here?" Song Qingxue pretended to be relaxed as she walked over and said, "I told you, don't worry about things here."

"Come to see you." Xiahou Chongyuan said.

"Oh?" Song Qingxue said with a smile, "Your Highness, could it be that you missed me after not seeing me for half a day?"

Xiahou Chongyuan looked at her quietly without answering.

After a while, I heard him say, "I'm sorry for wronging you."

Song Qingxue's smile froze, "You saw everything?"

"Um."

Then, she immediately smiled and said, "It's nothing, actually. Watching your loved one die of illness, anyone would be unable to control their emotions."

"Um."

Song Qingxue nodded, "Then let's go back first, I'm a little tired."

She didn't lie. She was really exhausted these days and wanted to have a good rest.

After returning home, Song Qingxue fell asleep as soon as she touched the pillow without even having time to take off her clothes.

Seeing that she was sleeping soundly, Xiahou Chongyuan went back into the study.

Later in the evening, when the guards came back to report the situation, Xiao Cui also came with them.

She followed the guards into the yamen with some trepidation, and knelt down in front of Song Qingxue the moment she saw her.

"Ma'am, I'm sorry."

Xiao Cui's tone was full of guilt, "I shouldn't have spoken to you like that today."

"It's okay." Song Qingxue helped her up and said, "It's all human nature. It's okay."

After hearing what she said, Xiao Cui immediately burst into tears.

"Madam, you are a good person. You saved our whole family and saved so many people in Xunnan City. I am really sorry for you!"

Song Qingxue gently raised her hand and touched her head, and said softly: "I heard that your family used to grow a lot of lychees?"

Xiao Cui blinked her wet eyes and answered with sobs, "Yes, yes."

"If you really feel sorry for me, just wait until the disaster is over and continue to grow lychees. When the lychees are ripe next year, you can ask someone to send me some."

This is what she heard from Xiao Cui's fellow villagers when she was receiving treatment at the house over there.

It was said that her family had planted a lot of fruit trees, but now they had all been washed away by the flood, which was such a pity.

"Okay!" Xiao Cui agreed without thinking, "Madam, when the lychees are ripe next year, Xiao Cui will definitely send them to you!"

Song Qingxue just smiled and touched her head again.

Then he asked the guards waiting on the side to send her back.

After Xiao Cui left, Xiahou Chongyuan, who had been standing outside the door, walked in.

"The princess is very generous."

"Your Majesty, you are too kind. If you want to blame someone for something like this, then you are really petty."

"The princess has impressed me more and more."

Song Qingxue smiled and said, "Don't make it sound so nice. You were blind and didn't see my good points before."

Xiahou Chongyuan was not annoyed at all. Instead, he continued, "Now that you have seen it, is it too late?"

"Haha, it's too late."