If anyone had doubted Su Ruojin before, they wouldn't dare to speak up now.
If the princess didn't have that confidence, how could she have directly given the prince and her own father and brothers the cowpox vaccine?
Even Xiao Chenyi was somewhat surprised.
He had already planned ahead. Since Su Ruojin was so confident, he would divide his forces into three groups: continue to blockade the areas that needed to be blocked, send imperial physicians to the epidemic areas as needed, and let Su Ruojin try her luck. At worst, a few people would die, which wouldn't have any impact.
"Absolutely not, Your Majesty, absolutely not! The Prince and General Su are both pillars of the Great Chu. If anything were to happen to them, it would be a loss for the Great Chu."
Left Chancellor Xu Pengda stepped forward to stop them. He wasn't trying to make things difficult for Su Ruojin, but he was genuinely worried about the safety of Xiao Yanchu and the Su family.
Su Ruojin could still discern this, and just as she was about to say something more, she heard Xiao Yanchu say:
"Prime Minister Xu, I am the Regent of the Great Chu. For the sake of the Great Chu, I am willing to be the second person in the entire Great Chu to be vaccinated against smallpox."
After Xiao Yanchu said this, no one dared to say anything more, and the ministers looked at him with only awe.
He truly deserves to be called the God of War of the Great Chu.
"Your Majesty, your humble servant and my sons are also willing to be vaccinated against smallpox," Su Yunfeng stepped forward, representing the Su family's stance.
Seeing that both Xiao Yanchu and the Su family had expressed their opinions, Xiao Chenyi naturally could no longer object.
Moreover...
Xiao Chenyi seemed to be secretly anticipating something.
If Xiao Yanchu and the Su family die after being vaccinated with smallpox...
Or perhaps they contracted the disease in an epidemic area...
"Your Highness, I wonder how long it takes for people to become resistant to smallpox after being vaccinated with cowpox?" Xiao Chenyi thought of this question.
“People who are vaccinated against smallpox will have a fever, but once the fever subsides, they will be immune to smallpox,” Su Ruojin replied.
"Your Highness, can you guarantee that everyone will succeed?"
“No.” Su Ruojin shook her head. “There has never been a treatment method that can guarantee to cure everyone. Vaccination is useless for people who have already been infected with smallpox. Even after vaccination, some people may still not develop resistance to smallpox, but such people are a very small minority.”
Furthermore, smallpox vaccination should not be administered to pregnant women, as it may cause birth defects or even death in the fetus. Therefore, uninfected pregnant women should be placed in a relatively safe place to give birth alone, and further plans can be made after the baby is born.
Even so, it is far better than putting everyone at risk of contracting smallpox.
"Very well, since Your Highness is so confident, then let all the imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital come and learn from Your Highness how to inoculate smallpox!"
Xiao Chenyi made the final decision.
Xiao Chenyi didn't want all the people of Great Chu to die from the plague so soon after he ascended the throne; what kind of emperor would he be then?
Moreover, after hearing Su Ruojin's description, he himself was worried about contracting smallpox.
They then went to the Imperial Hospital and, following Su Ruojin's instructions, brought several cows that had been infected with cowpox.
After carefully disinfecting, Su Ruojin began the procedure.
Su Ruojin was skilled and finished the procedure in no time, then bandaged Xiao Yanchu's arm.
Next up were the Su family members; Su Ruojin planted the seeds for each of them one by one.
"Have you learned it?" After finishing, Su Ruojin looked at the imperial physicians.
The imperial physicians exchanged bewildered glances. The matter wasn't difficult, but it was somewhat beyond their comprehension.
But now that the princess has asked, they dare not refuse to answer, "Your Highness, we understand."
"Good that you understand. Vaccination with cowpox must be sterilized with strong liquor and fire. After the cowpox is inoculated, the patient will have a fever, and the wound will be slightly red, swollen, and hardened. This is normal."
If the body temperature is not particularly high, there's nothing to worry about. However, if the body temperature is too high, it's necessary to check if the wound is infected and has become infected.
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