Liu Dehai came to the Ministry of War with the oral order. Just one imperial decree allowed him to mobilize a small camp of nearly two hundred people and rush directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
When passing by the Prime Minister's Mansion, he also saw Qian Ruoyu halfway.
Qian Ruoyu saw that Liu Dehai had already captured the person, so he naturally knew that he was going to the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he followed the team and prepared to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to watch the excitement.
Soon, Liu Dehai and Qian Ruoyu arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. At this time, Butler Liu had just opened the door and saw a crowd of people outside.
He looked at the people in front of him in surprise, and was speechless for a moment, but at the same time Liu Dehai spoke directly.
"Pass on His Majesty's oral instructions."
After hearing these words suddenly, Butler Liu hurriedly bowed his head and knelt down, but was stopped by Liu Dehai.
"Let everyone in your Prime Minister's Mansion come out to receive the order!"
After hearing Liu Dehai's words, Butler Liu hurried in to inform everyone.
At this time, Prime Minister Qian Hongyi was preparing to go out and had already put on his official uniform. When he suddenly heard the news, he naturally hurried to the gate with his wife and children.
But just as he was about to step forward, several soldiers pointed spears at them, which frightened Qian Hongyi even more.
But Qian Hongyi did not completely lose his mind at this time. Instead, he spoke directly and seriously.
"I am the prime minister of the current dynasty. What do you mean by this? Are you planning to rebel?"
But at this time Liu Dehai said calmly.
"According to His Majesty's order, Prime Minister Qian Hongyi and others must obey orders in the Prime Minister's Mansion and do not need to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion!"
After hearing this strange rule, Qian Hongyi was puzzled, but he had nothing to say at this time. Although he was the prime minister, he had no military power, let alone the ability to compete with the emperor.
So he immediately lowered his head and knelt directly towards Liu Dehai. At this time, Liu Dehai was like a symbol of the emperor.
Seeing that Qian Hongyi had already knelt, the others naturally knelt one after another. Nearly a hundred people in the Prime Minister's Mansion bowed their heads and knelt.
"Your Majesty has issued an oral order. Someone in the Prime Minister's Mansion is suspected of contracting the plague. People in the Prime Minister's Mansion may also be infected. In order to prevent the spread of the plague in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Prime Minister's Mansion will be completely closed from today!"
"No one is allowed to enter or leave the Prime Minister's Mansion. The Prime Minister's Mansion can only be unsealed when the plague is lifted!"
After suddenly hearing what he said, Qian Hongyi was completely shocked, because Qian Hongyi could never have imagined that there would be a plague in his own prime minister's mansion.
After all, for him, although the plague was a very serious matter in the capital, he was still completely strict and prohibited his family members from going in and out except for important trips on weekdays.
Therefore, he never thought that the plague would spread in his own prime minister's mansion.
At this time, the two hundred soldiers brought by Liu Dehai were along the wall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, with one person standing every few feet to guard the entire Prime Minister's Mansion.
Suddenly seeing that his Prime Minister's Mansion was sealed, Qian Hongyi said with some dissatisfaction.
"General Manager Liu! Can you tell me who in the Prime Minister's Mansion has the plague? And who told His Majesty about this?"
After hearing Qian Hongyi's tone, Liu Dehai immediately felt unhappy. Liu Dehai thought that after all, Qian Hongyi came here on behalf of the emperor, but he dared to question him like this, which was too disrespectful of him.
Although he was indeed the prime minister of the time, Liu Dehai was the chief steward of the Imperial Household Department at that time.
Moreover, the Prime Minister's Mansion has now been completely sealed off and the Prime Minister has been imprisoned. It is still unknown when the mansion will be unsealed, not to mention how much power the Prime Minister in the Prime Minister's Mansion actually has.
It is precisely because of this that Liu Dehai said coldly.
"Why, do you suspect that His Majesty is talking nonsense?"
After hearing these words suddenly, Qian Hongyi quickly shook his head and defended himself.
"No, no, no, Chief Steward Liu, you misunderstood. I just want to know who told His Majesty. Your Majesty's decision is undoubtedly wise... But there is indeed no one with the plague in my Prime Minister's Mansion!"
But just after he finished saying this, his son Qian Ruocheng, who was standing less than two feet behind him, started coughing.
“Ahem!”
“Cough cough cough!”
When he suddenly heard his son coughing, he turned his head quickly, while Huang on the side hurriedly explained.
"Cheng'er just had a cold and cough recently, how could it be him!"
But just after she finished speaking, Qian Ruocheng's coughing became more and more violent, and his face even turned red. The more Qian Hongyi saw this, the more confused he became.
After all, he had just questioned Liu Dehai, but now he found his son in front of him become like this.
Isn't this just slapping yourself in the face?
It is precisely because of this that he asked more seriously.
"What on earth happened!"
"Shut up, Cheng'er, tell me yourself!"
Huang was asked to shut up, and at this time Qian Ruocheng looked at his mother Huang with some horror, wondering what he should do now.
However, Qian Hongyi did not intend to give him any time to explain, and instead continued speaking.
"Cheng'er, if you tell me the truth now, I won't punish you. But if I find out the truth, I will punish you severely and ground you for a year!"
Being threatened suddenly like this, Qiancengdi didn't dare to say anything more at this time, and quickly spoke to Qian Hongyi honestly.
"Dad...I...I went out to play this morning..."
Just after he finished speaking, Qian Hongyi did not immediately take his eyes off his face, but instead continued to question him.
“It’s only the morning!”
After hearing these words suddenly, Qian Ruocheng was completely frightened, and only then did he speak very honestly.
"I...Okay, I was out for the past few days! But...but I didn't go anywhere else. I just went out to play for a while and I came back right away...I..."
But right after he finished speaking, Qian Hongyi immediately felt very helpless. He didn't expect that despite his strict precautions, his son was still at risk of infection.
He quickly spoke to Liu Dehai.
"Master Liu, what should I do? I'm afraid my son has contracted the plague. Why don't we ask the imperial doctors to come and help treat him?"
Liu Dehai said it very directly.
"Mr. Prime Minister, you are putting me in a difficult position by doing this! The only order I received was to send people to surround the Prime Minister's Mansion. As for sending the imperial physician, I am powerless to do that!"