Chapter 288 I just think it's a bit strange
Ye Zheng hesitated for a moment and was about to speak when a young eunuch suddenly rushed in from outside. He knelt in front of Zhu Feng and said breathlessly, "Your Majesty, something has happened!"
Zhu Feng asked, "What's the matter?"
"There's an epidemic in the harem!"
"What?"
Zhu Feng frowned, paused, and immediately asked, "Which palace? Who?"
The young eunuch said, "Earlier, Imperial Physician Chen went to the Ye Ting to check the pulse of the female official. Someone from Jianfu Palace reported someone was ill, so the Imperial Physician was sent over to check. He discovered it was Concubine Du and her maid Zhen'er. Later, news came in from Chonghua Palace and Yanxi Palace: the maids around Concubine Kang and Concubine Ning, as well as Concubine De, had all fallen ill."
Ye Zheng, who was standing by, heard this and asked hurriedly, "Are they just sick, or is it a contagious disease?"
The young eunuch said, "In reply to Lord Ye, at first, Imperial Physician Chen thought it was just a common cold, but after a closer examination, he discovered that the patient had a high fever and a rash all over his body. Furthermore, these people fell ill because of contact."
“…”
"So, the imperial physician determined that it must be contagious."
Ye Zheng's face immediately darkened.
They were all shocked when they heard that there was an epidemic in the harem. Fortunately, it was just a false alarm, but they didn’t expect that this would actually come true!
Zhu Feng's face was gloomy, and he asked again: "Since it is contagious, are there any signs of infection among the people in the Ye Ting?"
The young eunuch said, "At present, the Empress has summoned several imperial doctors to the harem, and they are investigating."
“…”
"The Empress asked me to report this matter to the Emperor first."
“…”
"However, because the illness has not yet been fully clarified, Your Majesty, please do not go to the harem for the time being."
“…”
Zhu Feng thought for a while, waved his hand, and said, "Alright, I understand. You can go down first."
“…”
"Go tell the Queen, find out the truth, and have her report back to me."
"yes."
The young eunuch stood up and walked out.
Ye Zheng's forehead was covered in sweat. He turned to look at Zhu Feng and said softly, "Your Majesty, this—"
Zhu Feng said calmly, "Let's see what's going on. We'll talk about it once we find out."
"yes."
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Soon, the atmosphere in the harem became solemn and murderous.
Because of a contagious epidemic, the busy palace maids and eunuchs had their mouths and noses covered with white cloth. Everyone hurriedly cleaned every corner of the palace with clean water, leaving even the smallest corners untouched, and then lit mugwort and smoked everywhere.
Nan Yan stood at the door, watching the smoke rising outside.
She frowned and asked anxiously, "How could an epidemic suddenly appear?"
Ran Xiaoyu stood beside her and said, "Who knows."
“…”
"Du Siyao said earlier that we had an epidemic, but it turned out that we were just lying to her. The epidemic actually broke out there."
“…”
"Besides, she fell ill on her own."
“…”
"Huh, God is watching over us."
When Nan Yan heard this, she quickly reached out and covered her mouth: "Keep your voice down, she's not the only one who's sick now."
“…”
"I heard that even Concubine De was infected."
She remembered Ye Zheng had mentioned to her that Depin was Zhu Feng's maid who had been with him since he was a child, and the two had a very good relationship.
Therefore, the queen stayed in the Yanx Palace to watch over it.
Ran Xiaoyu shrugged, took her hand away from her mouth, and said softly: "I just think it's a bit strange."
"What's strange?"
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