These days, the only place in the manor that comes into contact with outsiders is the main kitchen, but the most serious problem is not the main kitchen, but the embroidery room. This doesn't seem normal at all.
Even Shen Wan felt something was wrong, let alone Xie Jingyan.
However, the most urgent task is not to find out how smallpox entered the mansion, but to prevent it from spreading to Moyuxuan. More than a dozen people in the outer courtyard have contracted smallpox, and there is no need to send them out of the city for treatment. The entire Lingwang mansion must be under guard, allowing only entry and no exit.
The Imperial Study.
The emperor is reviewing memorials.
Eunuch Yuan served tea to the Emperor to soothe his throat.
Xiao Xizi ran in quickly, but he was running too fast and slipped and fell forward.
Upon seeing this, Eunuch Yuan blurted out, "What urgent matter is this that you're running around in such a hurry? If you alarm the Emperor, how many heads do you have to lose?"
Ignoring his sore elbow, Xiao Xizi scrambled to his feet and exclaimed, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Many people in the Ling Prince's residence have contracted smallpox!"
The emperor was annotating a memorial when he heard Xiao Xizi's words. His hand trembled, and the words he wrote became crooked.
Eunuch Yuan's expression changed drastically. He exclaimed, "How is that possible? How could so many people in the Ling Prince's mansion have contracted smallpox?!"
Prince Ling took meticulous measures to prevent smallpox, from sending the Yun family to transport medicinal herbs to the capital to stockpile charcoal, to writing memorials to the emperor on how to treat the plague. Even the chief physician Zhao praised him highly. In the end, Prince Ling successfully prevented the smallpox epidemic in the capital, but his own residence was overrun.
Given Prince Ling's cautious nature, he wouldn't make such a mistake. Princess Ling is in confinement after childbirth, and the young prince was only born recently; he can't withstand the effects of smallpox.
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