Chapter 49: The Marquis's Adopted Daughter and the Cold Prince 21
"Changting, it's me."
Cha Jiu lifted him up with great difficulty and fed him the warm water in his hand.
When the slightly sweet water flowed through his dry throat, Ning Changting realized that this was not an illusion.
Cha Jiu really came to him.
Xiaomei, wiping her tears, told Ning Changting the whole story of Chajiu's request for permission to come to the quarantine center.
"Nonsense." Ning Changting's voice was no longer clear and pleasant as before. Now it was rough and hoarse as if it had been rubbed by sand and gravel.
He endured the pain in his throat as if he was swallowing a knife, and ordered: "Yong'an, take the young lady back to the Marquis' Mansion immediately, and do not go near the epidemic center!"
Having said that, he moved away with great effort to avoid Cha Jiu, not wanting the infection in his body to pass through her.
Cha Jiu estimated that after half an hour, the antipyretic medicine should have taken effect.
She naturally moved closer to Ning Changting and put her face against his forehead: "It seems not so hot anymore."
Ning Changting pushed her away with all his strength and said in a sharp voice: "Didn't you hear me? Go back!"
He had never been so cruel to Cha Jiu.
But now he had to do it.
He would rather die alone in pain from the epidemic than let Cha Jiu and the child get hurt.
Unexpectedly, Cha Jiu looked calm: "I heard it, so what?"
What
Ning Changting was stunned.
Cha Jiu looked at him seriously, "Ning Changting, I had made up my mind before I came here. Either we go home together, or we die here together."
"There is no third possibility."
Ning Changting was shocked.
In the past, he only knew that although his young wife was well-behaved, she was not timid and dull.
But he didn't expect that her courage was far beyond his imagination, and she was willing to gamble her life and go all out to love him.
How lucky he was to have such a wife.
Cha Jiu held his hand and softened her voice: "Don't worry, I promised you that we will have children and grandchildren and live happily in the future."
Ning Changting's eyes were slightly red, his heart was softened, and he gently held her warm hand.
The Dali Temple casually dumped Ning Changting in the quarantine center and ignored him. Tortured by the illness, he once thought he was in hell and would not live long.
But after Cha Jiu came, this dead place suddenly became warm.
Cha Jiu would prepare easy-to-digest and nutritious porridge and soup for Ning Changting every day, and secretly put health-enhancing drugs in it. Every time Ning Changting drank it, he felt that all the fatigue in his body was swept away.
With the right medicine, his various plague symptoms gradually disappeared and he recovered his health, except for the cough he still had after recovering from a serious illness.
In sharp contrast to this, large numbers of patients died in the surrounding courtyards every day, and the number of corpses carried by officers and soldiers increased.
The doctor brought from the Marquis' Mansion was very puzzled about Ning Changting's improvement. He believed that his medical skills were not advanced enough to cure the epidemic that all current doctors were helpless to treat, but the prince was really recovering.
Is it because Prince Ning's body is better than that of ordinary people?
Xiaomei felt very sorry for those who died: "It would be great if we could help them."
But she knew that preventing people in the yard from coming into contact with the patients was the last resort to protect the prince and the young lady.
The system said: "In fact, the prescription proposed by this doctor for treating the epidemic is correct in general, but it lacks some key medicinal materials."
Cha Jiu thought for a moment: "Can I tell him these key herbs?"
System: "Chacha, do you want to be the savior?"
It didn't understand that Cha Jiu's mission was only to give birth to a child for Ning Changting. The patients in the epidemic relief center had nothing to do with the mission and would not affect the final score.
Why does Cha Jiu need to go to such lengths?
"Saving the world is too grand, I'm not a great man." Cha Jiu shook his head, "But if we can help life to the best of our ability, why should we ignore it?"
"I don't quite understand. Maybe I need to upgrade to 3.0 to better understand this complex emotion." The system said, "But of course you can tell him about the medicinal materials. Just don't let it affect the outcome of the mission."
Cha Jiu learned the key medicinal material and pretended to reveal it to the doctor casually, which surprised the doctor.
"Young Madam, how do you know all this?" The doctor's eyes were full of admiration.
Cha Jiu threw out the prepared words: "I had a chance to communicate with Hua Tuo before at Cheng'en Temple."
Her words were vague, and the doctor, after thinking about it, sighed: "Hua Tuo's medical skills are beyond the reach of ordinary doctors!"
Then the doctor hesitated again: "Then Madam, I can go out to the yard to treat other patients."
Cha Jiu saw his kindness and nodded: "Of course, but if you treat them, you will have to live in a separate yard from us."
Although Cha Jiu was sure that it was basically impossible for them to get sick after taking the preventive drugs.
But for Ning Changting, she couldn't take any risk.
Sure enough, the doctor bowed in thanks, walked out of the yard without hesitation, and devoted himself to treating the patient.
Cha Jiu couldn't help but sigh to the system: "This is the true heart of saving the world."
The crisis of Ning Changting and Cha Jiu was temporarily resolved, but the Marquis' Mansion was still in dire straits.
The emperor has sent people to escort Marquis Jingyuan back to Shengjing alone. Although the women in the marquis's mansion can still move freely, there are royal spies lurking around to monitor them.
When the emperor's trust in a family begins to crumble, the family is already close to decline.
Ning Changwen, who was willing to sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice, was treated as an important witness and moved to Chen Qu's house, where he was personally guarded and protected by the forces of King Song.
However, Shen Chi Su was not implicated because she was driven out of the Marquis's Mansion.
She passed by the deserted marquis's mansion with a sarcastic smile on her face.
This kind of aristocratic family claims to be a clean family, but in fact it is nothing more than a dog licking the royal family.
The lives of the entire family depend on the emperor's mood. Once his will changes, it will be a disaster.
What is there to be proud of?
"What are you looking at? Are you lazy? Hurry up and shout."
A sharp and piercing sound rang out beside Shen Chi Su, and then her arm was pinched fiercely.
Shen Chi Su gasped in pain and turned to glare at the woman who was strangling her.
It was Xiao Wen Ge's mother, the former madam of Lanxianglou, Mrs. Xiao.
Seeing that she dared to glare back at her, Madam Xiao sneered and pinched Shen Chi Su's delicate arm again, causing it to bleed.
Her tone was sarcastic: "Why, seeing the Marquis' Mansion reminds you of the comfortable days when you were a young lady. I tell you, you can't go back! You have caused our Xiao family so much trouble. You have to give it back to us even if you have to work like a slave for the rest of your life!"
Shen Chi Su suppressed his anger.
Ever since she severed ties with the Marquis's Mansion, the Imperial Medical Bureau had cleared up all the mistakes she had made, abolished her position as chief pharmacist, and even removed her from the position of female historian, the lowest rank.
Now Shen Chisu is penniless and can only temporarily live in Xiao Wen Ge's house.
She tried to be a traveling doctor, but because she was young and had a bad reputation, no one was willing to see her.
So she could only use the medical knowledge she had learned to make rat poison, antidiarrheal drugs, etc., and sell them on the streets to earn some money.
No one knew what Xiao Wen Ge was busy with. She was not at home all day. Madam Xiao ordered her around and even followed her when she went out, for fear that she would run away.
These days are really miserable.
Madam Xiao was still nagging at her. Shen Chi Su lifted the wooden tray containing the paper-wrapped medicine with great effort and continued to hawk the medicine.
Suddenly, she felt nauseous and tried to vomit while holding onto a pillar.
Shen Chi Su had a bad feeling in her heart. She quietly felt her pulse and after a moment her eyes widened in silent panic.
She's pregnant!
It's just a wall, how can it be so easy?
No, she couldn't let Madam Xiao and Xiao Wen Ge know that she was pregnant, otherwise she would never be able to escape from the Xiao family!
At this time, Madam Xiao was walking towards her, looking suspiciously: "What's wrong with you? Are you pregnant?"
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