"What did you say? Say it again." Wen Mianmian was so shocked that she sat up from the couch, unable to believe what she heard.
The young eunuch who came forward to report on the ground continued tremblingly: "Concubine, the second and third princes have a fever that hasn't subsided yet, and they have also developed red rashes on their bodies. The court doctor examined them and said... he was afraid that the second and third princes had contracted smallpox."
smallpox!
Wen Mianmian felt a black screen in front of her eyes for a moment, and she staggered back to the warm couch.
Seeing this, Nanny Song hurried over and said with some worry, "Master~"
Wen Mianmian stood up suddenly and walked towards the door with anxiety in her eyes. Nanny Song, Shancha and others followed her.
Niuhulu Tianxin also got up very early today. Thinking that Concubine Wen should be up by now, he wanted to come over and pay his respects to Concubine Wen.
Before reaching Zizhu Courtyard, I saw Concubine Wen hurriedly walking out and heading towards the front yard.
Seeing this, Niuhulu Tianxin smiled and quickened her pace, wanting to catch up, but was stopped by Chunyun beside her.
Niu Hulu Tianxin turned his head and looked at Chunyun who was pulling him with a puzzled look on his face.
"Chunyun, what are you pulling me for?"
Didn’t you see that Concubine Wen was about to leave?
Seeing that Gege was about to move forward again, Chunyun quickly spoke up, "Gege, Concubine is in such a hurry, maybe she has something important to tell her. Besides, Concubine is going to the front yard, maybe she's going to the master's place. It would be bad for us to go over there now."
After hearing Chunyun's words, Niuhulu Tianxin stopped moving forward. He looked at the place where Concubine Wen disappeared, then lowered his head to look at the small wooden box in his hand, which contained the playing cards he had made yesterday.
She originally wanted to use this thing to build a good relationship with Concubine Wen.
She was very confident that after playing this once, Concubine Wen would become addicted to it like Chunyun and the others, and it could be used to kill time when she was bored.
I didn’t expect it to be such an unlucky day today. It seems I can only come back tomorrow.
"Then let's go back first and come back tomorrow to take a look."
Then the two of them walked back, but when Niuhulu Tianxin saw the lotus pond not far away, he had an idea and walked over to admire the lotus for a while.
Wen Mianmian hurried to where Xuanxuan and Chenchen lived. Originally, they had a separate yard, but since they were often together, Chenchen would sometimes live directly in Xuanxuan's yard. Anyway, there were still many vacant houses.
At this time, Wen Mianmian came directly to Xuanxuan's house and was about to go in, but was stopped by someone outside the house.
Several young eunuchs knelt down and said, "Concubine, the Second Prince is suspected of having smallpox. You cannot go in."
Wen Mianmian shouted angrily, "Everyone, get out of my way."
"Please forgive me, Concubine, but I really can't go in here."
Wen Mianmian didn't care about that. Seeing that they were all kneeling at the door and refused to move an inch, the anxious Wen Mianmian walked forward and pushed one of the servants away.
The little eunuch who was pulled apart was pushed to the ground by Concubine Wen, and Wen Mianmian quickly walked in through the gap.
Nanny Song, Shancha and the others wanted to follow in, but were stopped by Wen Mianmian, who told them to stay outside the door.
They were also asked to have someone seal off the Second Prince's courtyard to prevent smallpox from spreading outside.
By the way, he also asked Nanny Song to isolate all the servants who had come into contact with the Second Prince and the Third Prince today, not allowing them to walk around outside freely, and to inform the Concubine of this matter as soon as possible.
After saying this, Wen Mianmian walked inside.
Although Nanny Song and Shancha didn't want the concubine to go in, they knew her personality very well. Once she made a decision, it would be difficult for others to change it even if they tried their best to persuade her.
The same goes for those young eunuchs. Even if they had the courage to do so, they would not dare to cling to the concubine's thigh and prevent anyone from entering. Fortunately, as soon as they learned about this, they sent someone to the Ministry of Revenue to pass on the message to their master.
When Wen Mianmian came in, she saw a strong smell of burning mugwort in the room. The room was separated by a large curtain. The court doctor in the room and the young eunuch serving on the side were both wearing cotton masks.
The court physician had just finished taking the pulse of the two princes and came out when he saw the concubine walking in hurriedly.
The court doctor and the people in the room quickly saluted.
Wen Mianmian ignored all this. She recognized the court physician from the figures and clothes of the people present, and hurried forward to ask anxiously, "House physician, how are Xuanxuan and Chenchen?"
The court doctor saw that Concubine Wen was a little upset and quickly comforted her, "Concubine Wen, don't worry."
"How can I not be anxious? Court doctor, tell me the truth, are they really infected with smallpox?"
At this moment, Wen Mianmian hoped that the eunuch had conveyed the wrong message, but the appearance of the people in the room and the subsequent words of the court doctor undoubtedly shattered Wen Mianmian's last fantasy.
The court physician spoke solemnly, "Madam, the two princes are indeed showing symptoms of smallpox. They are both running fevers, and the rashes on their bodies are increasing. The most critical moment now is to reduce the fevers of the two princes, otherwise, they will be in danger."
The court physician was now at a loss. Although he had seen smallpox before, there was no specific treatment method. Now he could only wait for the imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital to come and see if there was any way.
The only thing he could do was to use medicine to control the two princes' symptoms, and hope that these medicines would have some effect.
He had also had smallpox when he was a child, but he was undoubtedly lucky and survived, leaving only some pockmarks on his face. That's why he dared to stay here at this time, otherwise he would probably be scared.
Smallpox is a disease that is extremely difficult to treat and has a high contagious rate. Anyone who hears these two words will be terrified.
Wen Mianmian's face turned pale. She had heard of smallpox, of course, but in modern times, this kind of smallpox with a very high infectiousness and mortality rate was almost non-existent, so she had never thought about it before.
If she had known this before, Wen Mianmian would have asked the children to take precautions in advance. Wen Mianmian felt that she was derelict in her duty. Why didn't she even think of this? Thinking of this, tears welled up in Wen Mianmian's eyes.
"I'll go in and take a look." Wen Mianmian said as she was about to go in.
But he was stopped by the court doctor.
"The concubine has never had smallpox, so it's better not to go in to avoid infection." Besides, the conditions of the two princes were not very good, and he was also afraid that the concubine would be sad when seeing them.
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