Chapter 804 Like a Plague
The reason why Xiao Yanjing personally came halfway to greet Doctor Li was because of Prince Xiao's illness.
He had consulted several doctors in the capital, all of whom were skilled in medicine, but none of them could cure him.
Not even sure how it was transmitted.
The guards who went to find the patient were fine, but Prince Xiao, who had no actual contact with the patient, was infected. How can this be justified?
He couldn't go find Fu Zhaoning, and he didn't want Fu Zhaoning to know that his father was infected with that disease, so he could only rush to pick up Doctor Li.
No matter what, Doctor Li is his father-in-law after all.
Although they had already had a big fight before and almost became enemies.
Moreover, Li Zhiyao is almost losing her sense of presence in Prince Xiao’s mansion.
No matter how she made a fuss, Xiao Yanjing just ignored her and refused to see her. He assigned several strong servants to Li Zhiyao, and even the maids were strong and powerful, watching her every day.
He even gave Li Zhiyao a chronic poison. That poison was obtained with great difficulty by Xiao Yanjing. He had tried it, but even Doctor Li couldn't find out what it was.
But after being poisoned, Li Zhiyao became forgetful and always lacked energy every day. She just wanted to sleep and even felt a little dazed when she was awake.
This poison can be taken a little bit every day and put in food, and no one will notice it.
So Li Zhiyao no longer had the energy to cause trouble for him. As long as he stopped carrying women into the backyard, Li Zhiyao would not make too much trouble.
Xiao Yanjing has no interest in women recently, and he has not realized why.
If there is anything of interest, it is that he often thinks of Fu Zhaoning.
Whenever he thought of her, he felt deep regret. He regretted not marrying Fu Zhaoning properly, and he regretted breaking off the engagement with her on the street on the wedding day.
Thinking of this, he hated Li Zhiyao even more, thinking that she was the one who destroyed his marriage with Fu Zhaoning.
If it weren't for Li Zhiyao, Fu Zhaoning would be his wife now. He would definitely love her very much, and the couple would definitely be able to live a happy life in harmony.
Now when people mention Doctor Fu, they are referring to Xiao Yanjing's wife!
There was no way his father would get that dirty disease.
If he had not broken off the engagement with Fu Zhaoning, Xiao Lanyuan would not have been able to get such a good princess, and he would definitely be dying now.
It was Fu Zhaoning who cured him!
But his father must not die from that kind of serious disease, otherwise where would the face of Prince Xiao's Mansion be?
This matter will definitely implicate him. Whenever people talk about how Prince Xiao died, they will say that he died of an illness that rotted all over his body. His reputation will be ruined!
That's why he was in a hurry to pick up Doctor Li.
After listening to his description, Doctor Li was very resentful. He resented that the father and son were stupid and had found the patient from nowhere. Instead of harming Xiao Lanyuan, he contracted the disease himself.
But he still carefully studied how to treat the disease along the way.
Xiao Yanjing originally thought that since Prince Xiao was isolated in the manor, no one would know about this, and he could quietly take Doctor Li to treat him. However, he didn't expect that as soon as they returned to the capital, the housekeeper talked about the recent events in the capital with a sad face.
Prince Xiao’s mansion is now like a poisonous spot, and everyone is avoiding it as much as possible!
"Now, when everyone sees someone from our palace, they run away as fast as they can and dare not even say a word, as if we are a plague." The butler really felt it was too miserable.
The most outrageous thing is that even the people who sell night incense don't dare to come, saying that the night incense in Prince Xiao's mansion might be poisonous and anyone who smells it will be infected.
"Originally, there were some helpers in the palace, but now those people dare not come. People from the farm can't even enter the city gate. No one delivers food and drinks to our palace every day, and we can't go out to buy them ourselves."
"What do you mean?" Xiao Yanjing suspected that he had heard it wrong. He couldn't even go out to buy things?
"Sir, those who sell meat and vegetables outside are afraid of the people in our house, so they won't sell anything to us for the time being! Even if we talk about this matter in front of the emperor, we are right. After all, even the emperor has issued an order not to allow the prince to enter the capital."
"Does the emperor know that my father is staying at the farm in the suburbs?" Xiao Yanjing's face darkened even more.
"Yes, the whole capital knows about it. All tenants on the farm are not allowed to enter the city, and the grain, fruits and vegetables produced on the farm are not allowed to be sent to the capital. So we can't even bring them back to the palace to eat."
"How ridiculous! Do they want to starve everyone in Prince Xiao's mansion to death?!"
They are not allowed to send things from their own farm in, and they are not allowed to go out to buy things. Are the more than one hundred people in their entire palace going to starve to death?
Xiao Yanjing had never expected that things would become so serious.
Doctor Li was also a little scared.
"Is Prince Xiao's mansion now despised by the entire capital? Besides the prince, is there anyone else in the mansion who has contracted the disease?"
"No." Xiao Yanjing was furious.
"You've been away for so many days and just returned. How do you know if there is any? Butler, tell me, is there any? There are more than a hundred people in the mansion. Have you checked with everyone?"
When the butler was asked this by Doctor Li, he moved his mouth. He wanted to say no, but he didn't have the confidence to say it.
Because he was a little panicked these days, he didn't want to contact too many people. He just assigned the affairs of the mansion to others and asked them to come to him less often if they had nothing to do.
He is in charge of the entire palace. How could he have the energy to check every single person?
"Call all the people in the mansion and investigate thoroughly!" Xiao Yanjing's heart skipped a beat when he saw the housekeeper's reaction.
It's better to check everything clearly to feel at ease.
"Where is Zhiyao? I'll go see Zhiyao." Doctor Li was thinking about his only daughter and was still a little worried, so he wanted to go see Li Zhiyao.
Xiao Yanjing exchanged glances with the housekeeper.
"The Crown Prince's Consort has been staying in her room to avoid the cold recently and hasn't come out much. She should be fine," said the housekeeper.
Because of Prince Xiao's matter, he hadn't taken care of Li Zhiyao these days, but he still put the medicine in her food every day and had someone deliver it to Li Zhiyao's room.
It was enough for Xiao Yanjing to know that she was still taking those poisons.
"You don't come out often?" Doctor Li's face didn't look very good. Li Zhiyao was still so young, how could she hide in the house every day?
He had to scold her and wake her up. She had to get pregnant with Xiao Yanjing's child as soon as possible!
My health was damaged before, so after half a year of nursing, it should be healed by now, right?
When Doctor Li arrived at the backyard, he saw the closed door as expected, and the maids serving Li Zhiyao were lazily talking and drinking tea in the ear room.
"Where's the Crown Princess?"
"Doctor Li!" The maids and servants were all frightened when they saw him suddenly appear.
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