Chapter 112 What is this disease?
When Shen Yuexi saw Mei Pu's hand, she thought of a terrible disease in ancient times.
Unfortunately, she couldn't remember the name of the disease.
She lowered her head and tapped it lightly with her fist, trying to remember the name of the disease. She didn't notice that Xiao Zhuo and Mei Pu had left.
In her generation, this long-eradicated disease existed only in history books and professional texts. She wasn't a doctor, and she didn't have any relevant information to consult.
Deep in thought, Shen Yuexi smelled a strong medicinal odor. A doctor, who had just treated Mei Pu, passed by her, holding a medicine jar in his hands, heading to the back tent.
"Doctor, wait." Shen Yuexi raised her hand and called.
The doctor turned around and glanced at Shen Yuexi. He knew that Shen Yuexi was Xiao Zhuo's wife and a guest of His Royal Highness. He bowed and said, "Madam, what are your instructions?"
"What disease does your young master have?" Shen Yuexi got straight to the point.
The doctor's face changed, and he whispered, "Madam, please don't speak loudly. His Royal Highness just has a cold."
"Don't lie to me. Who would wrap themselves in so many sheets if they caught a cold?" Shen Yuexi recalled what Mei Pu had said. The army didn't know he was ill, so she lowered her voice and said, "I'm a doctor too. Tell me what's wrong with His Highness the Crown Prince. I can help."
"You...you are a doctor too?" The doctor took a step back and looked Shen Yuexi up and down in disbelief.
He was in this line of work and intuitively judged that Shen Yuexi was lying.
"Madam, please don't joke. Please sit for a moment. I'll go and bring you the medicine." He said as he wanted to go to the back tent.
Shen Yuexi would not agree.
She couldn't remember the name of the disease Meipu had, but she knew that Meipu's disease was very serious. If she delayed any longer, she might lose her life.
Mei Pu was Xiao Zhuo's friend, and had led the cavalry to rescue them at the critical moment. His father, Mei Cheng, had also saved the original owner from bandits. For all these reasons, she couldn't just let it go.
"Don't go." She took a step forward and stood directly between the doctor and the curtain.
The doctor nearly bumped into her, nearly dropping the medicine jar in his hand in shock. He quickly took a step back to create some distance.
The lady in front of me looks delicate and weak, how come she is so bold and direct?
"Your heir's illness is already very serious. We can't delay any longer," Shen Yuexi coughed, appearing very professional. "He hasn't contracted this recently. It's been going on for at least a few years, right?"
The doctor's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly, saying, "Madam, you are right. His Royal Highness has been ill for two and a half years."
Just now, he thought Shen Yuexi was lying, but now he saw that she was quite capable. Just by looking at her, he could tell that the Crown Prince had been ill for a long time. This person was definitely someone who understood medical skills.
"It's been two and a half years?" This further confirmed Shen Yuexi's suspicions. She asked, "Does this disease have a name?"
"Your Highness's illness," the doctor put down the medicine jar and clasped his hands together, afraid to be overheard, "is... leprosy."
He was too embarrassed to say more.
If it weren't for his own prince suffering from this disease, Shen Yuexi in front of him would have been the prince's consort long ago, and it would never have been Xiao Zhuo's turn.
"Leprosy?" Shen Yuexi still couldn't figure out the scientific name for the disease, so she asked, "How did the prince get this disease?"
The doctor also hoped that Shen Yuexi could help, so he talked to Shen Yuexi.
The Crown Prince, like his father, is a typical rat-like child, capable of digging holes. Though handsome and elegant, he has been playful and unemployed since childhood, enjoying mischief all day long. This has caused chaos in the Crown Prince's mansion, leaving everyone feeling insecure.
Eight years ago, the twelve-year-old Crown Prince Xiao Zhuo accompanied Emperor Yongde on his western tour. The old King of Xiliang asked the eleven-year-old Mei Pu to entertain Xiao Zhuo. Mei Pu angered Xiao Zhuo, and the two, both young and hot-headed, engaged in a sword fight to determine who was stronger, but the contest ended inconclusively. This led to the subsequent ten-year agreement.
From that moment on, Meipu seemed like a completely different person. Determined to defeat Xiao Zhuo ten years later, he devoted himself to martial arts training, working day and night, and his skills improved by leaps and bounds. The old King of Xiliang was delighted to find that his grandson, once serious about his training, was even showing signs of catching up with his own past.
The kings are eyeing Xiliang covetously, and it seems that this legacy can be carried forward in the hands of his grandson.
Unexpectedly, two and a half years ago, Meipu suddenly broke out in red spots all over his body. His eyebrows and hair began to fall out, and swellings and bumps appeared all over his body. The Mei family urgently called in a renowned doctor, who diagnosed the prince with leprosy, an incurable disease that would worsen, eventually leaving him with a face resembling a demonic spirit, his hands and feet ulcerated, and indistinguishable from the human form.
The old Xiliang King initially held out hope, keeping Mei Pu's illness a secret and ordering doctors to treat him meticulously. However, after half a year, there was no improvement.
"It should be due to lack of rest that has led to a decrease in immunity..." Shen Yuexi guessed to herself while listening.
The doctor didn't understand what immunity was, but he also agreed with Shen Yuexi's judgment.
It is very rare for a healthy person to have this disease. In order to catch up with Xiao Zhuo, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince practiced martial arts day and night, and the lack of Yang energy may be the culprit.
At the time, Shen Yuexi was fourteen years old. Originally, Mei Pu was to marry her the following year, when she reached her 15th birthday. However, by then, Mei Pu was no longer able to go out and see anyone. The only hope was gone. The old King of Xiliang fell ill, and in his dying moments, he ordered the distraught Mei Cheng to quickly send his granddaughter, Mei Dai, to the palace to preserve the Xiliang fiefdom.
"Speaking of our prince, ah..." When it came to Mei Cheng, the doctor seemed to be unable to comment and kept silent.
Mei Cheng was completely unlike his father. After the death of the old Xiliang King, the Xiliang fiefdom had been declining under his rule. The Xirong, previously intimidated by the old Xiliang King, dared not make any move. But six months ago, they finally bared their fangs and began attacking Xiliang.
Meipu was once a martial arts master, but due to this disease, his left hand was deformed, making him unable to fight in person. In just six months, Meicheng lost two cities in a row. Instead of reflecting on his own mistakes, he blamed Meipu for the losses...
The doctor couldn't tell Shen Yuexi about the Mei family's right and wrong.
Seeing the doctor hesitating, Shen Yuexi realized that it was not appropriate for him to comment on the King of Xiliang, so she did not press the matter.
Thinking of Maep, wrapped in bandages and wearing a mask, and having spent two years like this, neither human nor ghost, she could understand the pain even if she hadn't experienced it herself.
"Madam, if you have any way to save His Royal Highness, please do your best to help him," the doctor said. "The Western Rong are attacking us fiercely, and we are in imminent danger."
Shen Yuexi nodded and let the doctor go into the back tent. Then she contacted Daxiong.
"Big Bear, what is leprosy?" She was not sure whether the Universal Fabricator knew the name of this ancient disease.
When she treated Madam Lin in Daliang Village, she had diagnosed the disease and directly asked Daxiong to make medicine. Now she was not sure of the name of the disease, so she could not let Daxiong use his power.
"Dear master, you used an ancient word. Are you referring to measles, smallpox, Hansen's disease..." Big Bear listed them one by one.
"That's it, Hansen's disease, leprosy!" Shen Yuexi slapped his head and ran towards the training ground.
Leprosy had long been eradicated in her time, but it was still an incurable disease in ancient times.
The soldiers in the barracks had received Mei Pu's orders to treat Xiao Zhuo and his wife with courtesy. Seeing her run over, they did not try to stop her.
Shen Yuexi ran to the training ground, panting, with her hands on her hips, and looked up.
In the huge training ground, a moon-white figure and a purple-red figure confronted each other.
Xiao Zhuo pointed the long sword in his hand straight at Mep's throat, which was now empty in his hand, and opened his mouth unceremoniously to put an end to the duel.
"You lose."
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