The epidemic was so severe that the imperial doctors found some medicines to slow down the disease...
Greatly reduced casualties.
Ning Wanyin is not a miracle doctor who knows everything. She has only been studying medicine for a short time, and she has learned it according to her own needs.
She can identify poisons, is good at gynecology, and has some knowledge of first aid and medication for some common illnesses.
When it comes to difficult diseases like epidemics, she is naturally far inferior to those experienced doctors.
Therefore, Ning Wanyin's focus is still on defending the palace.
Under her extremely strict palace rules and with the cooperation of the Twenty-Four Departments, the palace gradually calmed down after the initial panic.
Jingpin was originally very scared. She had a son, and being a mother always worries more than others, not only herself, but also her child.
But when the epidemic was controlled outside the palace, she began to think about other things.
"Xiao Yunyao must be very unwilling to have her power suddenly taken away..." Concubine Jing whispered some instructions to the palace maid.
The maid was surprised and said, "But if something goes wrong with the Concubine Chen and His Majesty releases Xiao Yunyao, the disease may spread to our palace... Your Majesty..."
"Don't worry, even if the Concubine Chen made a mistake, His Majesty will not hand over the power of the six palaces to Xiao Yunyao at this moment." A glimmer of calculation flashed in Jingpin's eyes:
"Your Majesty has seen the peace and safety of the harem. He will not take the risk of replacing someone. Not only her, but even Queen Mother Xue will not deal with Ning Wanyin at this moment. She will only settle accounts with her after the epidemic is over."
Even Ning Wanyin's enemies would not want Xiao Yunyao to take charge now.
Because no matter how much intrigue there is, everyone is still most afraid of death.
The real purpose of Concubine Jing's plan was not to make Ning Wanyin lose power at the moment, but to make the Xue family and Ning Wanyin fight each other.
"Your Majesty is wise." The maid suddenly realized, "I will arrange it right away..."
Concubine Jing picked up the teacup and took a sip, a cold light flashing in her eyes.
Xiao Yunyao, this is a good knife.
…
Shuyu Garden.
Su Xian walked in quickly, looked at Xiao Yunyao who was sitting in front of the guqin in a daze, and said in a low voice:
"Master, I just heard a piece of news on the road. The now ill Concubine De is the biological mother of Prince Yu. Prince Yu and Ning were at loggerheads. Ning is now deliberately sending Concubine De to the cold palace, which seems like a revenge for her personal gain!"
Concubine Dowager De? Prince Yu? Xue Party?
Xiao Yunyao plucked a string with her delicate jade fingers, "Which palace maid said this on purpose for you to hear?"
Su Xian thought for a moment and said, "They are the palace maids from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who are cleaning the flower garden."
It’s hard to tell which concubine sent this person.
but……
For Xiao Yunyao, this is not important.
There are many people in the harem who want to deal with Ning Wanyin. As the emperor's most beloved woman, she is naturally envied.
What is most important is how you use the information you get.
"Empress Dowager Xue has a really good temper. She could even tolerate Concubine De being sent to the cold palace. What if Concubine De was deliberately killed by Ning Wanyin?" Xiao Yunyao suddenly felt much better, playing the zither with her bare hands:
"I have to thank this man. By the way, keep a backup plan."
"Let Concubine Jing take the blame."
…
In a corner of the West Garden of the Cold Palace, behind the first level of Wei Linsi’s blockade, is a simple pharmacy.
The medicinal materials sent by the Imperial Medical Bureau to Concubine Dowager De and others will be transported here. Three palace maids will be responsible for decocting the medicine, which will then be passed through two layers of blockade and sent into the West Garden.
The imperial physician is working hard to develop a prescription to cure the disease...
At present, we can only try our best to delay the disease and keep Concubine De alive.
It is almost impossible to smuggle poisonous substances into these layers of blockades.
Moreover, after the medicine is delivered, according to the new palace rules of Concubine Chen, the palace servants will test the poison with silver needles to make sure the medicine is correct before sending it to Concubine De's mouth.
Trying to poison...isn't going to work.
However, Concubine De is currently relying on medicine from the Imperial Hospital to suppress her illness. If she loses this medicine, she will soon be killed by the plague.
The other palace people who were infected with the disease were all alive and well, but Concubine Dowager De died an untimely death.
The Xue family will definitely wonder what Ning Wanyin did.
By then, Empress Dowager Xue, the concubines of Xue’s party... and everyone else, who wouldn’t be afraid that Ning Wanyin would take advantage of the epidemic to kill them?
As soon as Concubine Dowager De dies, people will be in chaos.
Xiao Yunyao planned to seize the opportunity to regain the power in the palace. Besides, the Xue family and Ning Wanyin were going to fight, so this was a good plan to kill two birds with one stone.
The maid watching the fire took advantage of the fact that the remaining two maids were grinding herbs and didn't notice the medicine furnace...
He poured most of the spring water into the medicine bowl on the table. The spring water in the bucket was originally used to boil medicine.
He picked up the long spoon again, scooped a spoonful of medicine from the medicine pot on the medicine stove, and poured it into the medicine cup.
After being diluted, the color of the medicine turned into light brown. She added some brown sugar and it turned into dark brown.
The concubine complained that the medicine was bitter, and the brown sugar was specially sent to her by the Imperial Hospital.
Under the power of the Xue family, a lot of money was spent, and the imperial doctors were very concerned about Concubine De.
Holding the bowl of medicine that looked exactly the same as before, the palace maid checked it with a silver needle and successfully delivered the medicine.
…
Yonghe Palace.
"Your Majesty, everything is going well in the Ministry of External Affairs. But two farms that supply vegetables to the imperial kitchen have been infected with the plague and have been sealed off for treatment. If this continues, I'm afraid vegetables will become increasingly difficult to buy." Pengqin reported.
"The Imperial Hospital is still urgently developing a prescription today, and there is no good news at the moment." Pengqi followed closely behind.
"Everything is normal in the Earl's Mansion. Madam has arranged everything according to the booklet you left behind, and Doctor Ge is in charge. The sick servants have been taken away by the court. The Earl's Mansion is safe for now." He continued holding the book.
Ning Wanyin listened to the reports of various matters.
At this moment, Peng Hua came in hurriedly and reported:
"Your Majesty, the situation of Concubine De in the cold palace is not optimistic. The medicine used by the imperial physician cannot suppress the epidemic, and the disease is getting worse and worse... The imperial physician speculates that the Concubine may be too weak..."
Lian Rui said, "Since the plague is going to take her away, then it's her bad luck. Prince Yu has said a lot of bad things about our master..."
Prince Yu was speechless when he was questioned by Ning Wanyin at the palace banquet.
He then asked his followers to write a bunch of articles criticizing Ning Wanyin as a beauty who brings disaster.
Therefore, Lian Rui didn't care whether Concubine De lived or died.
"When things are different from others, it may be that someone is secretly causing trouble." Ning Wanyin did not let it go and watch Concubine De die of illness. A trace of vigilance flashed in her eyes:
"Concubine De is the Queen Mother's person. It doesn't matter if she died of plague, but if she died of human error, the Xue family will definitely think it was me."
"Call Xiao Xiazi over..."
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