Chapter 160 Have you ever believed in me wholeheartedly? Qi Buchen...
Qi Buchen jumped up and said nervously, "Ah, so sudden? How about we wait a little longer?"
Last year, when Honghui was eight years old, Yinzhen said he wanted to vaccinate him, but Qi Buchen was worried that the Honghui in history seemed to have died at the age of eight. Although her Honghui might not be the same Honghui in history, she did not dare to take the risk and refused to agree. Yinzhen had no choice but to agree to postpone it for two years.
"How long do you want to wait?" Yinzhen asked her seriously.
Qi Buchen's eyes wandered around: "Just... wait a little longer... wait a little longer..."
Yinzhen sighed, took her hand, and said, "I know you're worried, but this has to happen. You oversaw the development of the cowpox vaccine, and it's been used for so many years. You know its effectiveness. It's not dangerous, so why should you be worried?"
"But...but..." Qi Buchen picked at his clothes, unable to find any reason to object.
"Besides, if you keep waiting, what if Honghui gets sick before being vaccinated? Wouldn't that be even more dangerous? Listen to me, we must make a decisive decision and vaccinate Honghui in the spring of next year." Yinzhen made the decision decisively.
Although Qi Buchen was reluctant in her heart, she did not object. She knew that Yinzhen was right. If it was someone else's child, she would definitely recommend that they get vaccinated early, but when it came to her own child, she could not make that decision.
On the Lantern Festival of the 47th year, Yinsi welcomed his first child, and his only son in history, Hongwang.
When Qi Buchen went to attend the third-day bath, she heard that Hongwang was brought to Baya's room as soon as he was born. She carefully observed Baya's expression and found that Baya was really happy. She even said happily to the guests, "Madam Mao is also four months pregnant. I just hope that she can give us another son in a few months."
It is not known whether there was such a person as Mao Qibuchen in history, nor can we say that Yinsi really had only one son, Hongwang, as in history. So when Baya said this, he just smiled and congratulated him.
Strangely enough, ever since Yinsi took a concubine, Baya no longer had the same hostility when she saw her, nor did she deliberately pick on her anymore.
To be honest, Qi Buchen was quite uncomfortable at first.
In the new year, Kangxi still lived in Changchun Garden. This year everyone's garden was built, so other people also moved into the newly built gardens. Although from a planar perspective, Yuanmingyuan was still a neighbor of the gardens of eight, nine, or more than ten people, due to the vast terrain outside the city and the large area of the gardens, although they lived next door, they could not hear the noises from next door for as long as in the city.
Yinzhen was busy with official duties and Honghui was studying miserably in the upper study, so Qi Buchen took the triplets to play happily in the garden.
The triplets had already memorized a hundred poems, and Yinzhen picked a horse for each of them. However, it was not the big horse they wanted, but a newly born pony. Fortunately, the triplets were still short and fat, so they were not too noisy.
"Whoa~" Borjigit had just turned over and got off the horse, and before she could carry Hongyan down, she was hugged by Hongyun and Hongshi's thighs.
"Aunt Shi, it's my turn, it's my turn!" Hongyun jumped up and down while holding his legs.
"Me, me, me!" Hongshi was no longer lazy. He jumped vigorously with his hands raised high. Unfortunately, he didn't like to move on weekdays, so he obviously couldn't jump as high as his brother.
Borjigit laughed heartily and said, "Don't worry, it will be your turn soon."
First, Hongyu was carried down. After he got off the ground, he took a step to walk, but his feet felt dizzy and he almost fell.
Qi Buchen reached out and grabbed the person, looking at the two children who were still fighting over there, and said, "Come one by one, Hongyun first."
Mother spoke, Hongyun cheered, Hongshi sighed, let go of his aunt's clothes, turned around and sat down, he was tired of jumping.
The Thirteenth Lady smiled and said, "If it weren't for the joy he just jumped around, I would have always thought Hongshi was an adult. He looks more stable than my master."
Qi Buchen let go of Hongyu, who was now able to stand steadily, and said disdainfully: "What do you mean by steady? He is just lazy."
The Thirteenth Lady chuckled twice and looked enviously at Borjigit who was riding a horse with Hongyun: "Tenth sister-in-law, you are a very good rider. Fourth sister-in-law, you can ride too, right? You can take Hongshi with you."
"Me?" Qi Buchen shook his head. "Forget it. My skills are only good enough for jogging by myself. I'm afraid of leading others myself."
The Thirteenth Lady nodded and continued, "I heard Honghui is going to get vaccinated. When is that?"
Qi Buchen was a little worried when he talked about this: "Wait until the weather gets warmer."
"It'll be fine." The Thirteenth Lady reassured her, "The cowpox you researched has benefited so many people over the years, and everyone is grateful to you. Changshengtian will definitely bless Honghui."
Qi Buchen didn’t know whether Changshengtian would bless her or not, but she would rather believe in herself when it comes to vaccination.
Soon it was the day for Honghui's vaccination.
"No!" Yinzhen flatly refused, "You can't treat illnesses, so why would you go there?"
Qi Buchen reasoned, "Although I can't cure illnesses, I can give Honghui a sense of security. Children are afraid at times like this. If something happens, he'll feel reassured with the presence of close people around him, and maybe a miracle will happen."
She didn't want to just wait in vain for news and passively accept the results where she couldn't see Honghui.
"What you said makes some sense, but you can't go." Yinzhen still insisted.
"Why?" Qi Buchen was anxious, "I..."
Yinzhen interrupted her: "Have you forgotten that you have never had smallpox?"
Qi Buchen was stunned: "I have never had acne? How could this happen?"
She really didn't know about this. When she came, her original body was already ten years old. According to the custom of vaccination at the age of seven or eight at that time, she habitually assumed that her original body had experienced it.
"You really forgot?" Yinzhen was a little speechless. "There was no cowpox when we were young. Vaccination was very risky back then, so most families wouldn't vaccinate their children, especially girls. Because they had less contact with people, the chance of getting a smallpox on their own was small, so basically they didn't get vaccinated."
It was Kangxi who insisted on vaccinating all his sons because Shunzhi had smallpox.
Qi Buchen didn't intend to give up. She was even a little happy: "Then vaccinate me first, and when I recover, you can vaccinate Honghui."
Try it yourself first, and by the time it’s your son’s turn, you’ll be more experienced.
Yinzhen was furious when he heard this and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about! You are twenty-seven years old, not a child! If an adult gets pregnant, one out of three will die. Don't you want to die?"
Since the introduction of cowpox, only children have been vaccinated, and almost no adults have been vaccinated except for experimental subjects.
Qi Buchen's face changed. She had indeed forgotten how high the mortality rate of smallpox was at that time because of her excessive worry. She mumbled, "Then I was vaccinated against cowpox, not smallpox... It's different..."
"Shut up! Don't even think about it!" Yinzhen was furious. "Also, what do you take me for? Huh? You're Honghui's mother, so I'm not Honghui's father? You have to go with him, but I can't? You've never thought of relying on me. Am I so useless in your eyes? You would rather risk your life than try to trust me?"
What made him most angry was actually this. It seemed that Fu Jin had never thought of the option of letting him accompany Honghui from the beginning to the end.
Although they loved each other and got along very well over the years, Yinzhen sometimes broke away from the love and thought back. It seemed that Fu Jin had never given him absolute trust from the beginning. No matter what happened, the first thing she thought of was to solve it herself. She would come back to him if she really couldn't solve it. Even if he had to step in in the end, Fu Jin would have prepared several other ways out.
It was like this when facing my mother, it was like this with Prince Wen, it was like this with cowpox, it was like this with Zhuangzi, and it was still like this with maritime trade.
Yinzhen was not a fool. He was aware of some of the things Qi Buchen thought he was doing secretly, such as studying grain production and instructing those who went out to sea to inquire about the situation of overseas immigrants at the beginning, but he just didn't want to delve into them.
He was also a little hesitant to delve into it, as he always had a strange feeling that Fu Jin's inquiries into overseas affairs seemed to be a preparation for leaving the Qing Dynasty and living overseas one day.
——He was indeed right about this matter. Qi Buchen had originally intended to leave herself a way out of exile abroad, but after giving birth to four children and Yinzhen keeping his promise for ten years, she had long since given up the idea. The reason she asked people to inquire about it again was mainly to recruit talents.
Unfortunately, at this time, the only people willing to go out to sea and try their luck are the ambitious ones or those who can't make it in the local area. Those who can meet Qi Buchen's standards are all people with real talents and skills, and basically will not fall into such a situation. Therefore, he has basically not found any talented people in these years.
After the outburst, there was endless loss. Yinzhen said with disappointment: "Chenchen, we have been married for so many years, have you ever trusted me wholeheartedly?"
Qi Buchen was panicked by his question: "No, I didn't... I just..."
I just forgot, I forgot that I had never bloomed before, forgot how high the mortality rate of blooming was at this time, forgot...
Yinzhen didn't want to listen to her, so he turned and left: "I'm going to accompany Honghui to get vaccinated."
Qi Buchen stood there at a loss. She should have chased after him, but her feet seemed to be nailed to the ground and she couldn't move at all.
"I'm not..."
No one could hear the mumbling.
Yinzhen took Honghui to live in an isolation room built specifically for cowpox vaccination. The news that he had been vaccinated against cowpox spread on the same day.
Qi Buchen no longer had the heart to think about anything else. He prayed anxiously every day and visited all the major temples and Taoist temples, asking all the gods to bless Honghui with safety.
Yinzhen and Honghui were quarantined in there for three months, and Qi Buchen was worried outside for three months, unable to sleep day and night and unable to eat.
Although all the news coming out was good news, Qi Buchen couldn't let go of his worries until he saw the person.
The triplets have been incredibly well-behaved during this period. After discovering that their mother would be in a bad mood every time they asked their father and eldest brother why they didn't see each other, the three little kids never mentioned it again and even tried every possible way to make their mother happy.
Finally, the quarantine center sent word that Yinzhen and Honghui could go home.
Qi Buchen took the triplets to wait outside the isolation area early in the morning. When she saw two familiar figures, one big and one small, coming out of the door, she couldn't help but burst into tears.
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