Of course, what Wen Mianmian said was false, but she used her spiritual energy to protect herself. She didn't know if it was useful, but Wen Mianmian knew she couldn't just wait outside.
Moreover, she had a magical fruit on her that could even cure previous plagues, and she believed that smallpox could definitely be cured as well.
Then she sat next to the eldest prince and fed him water herself.
The eldest prince was obviously not used to this, but he was very weak at the moment, so he could only drink the water in Wen E'niang's arms with a red face.
It was the first time he had experienced this feeling. Even his own mother had never fed him water like this.
Seeing that the eldest prince had finished drinking the water, Wen Mianmian helped him lie down. At this time, she heard the voices of greetings outside.
Then the Fourth Master strode in.
"Master, how did you get in? Get out now." Wen Mianmian subconsciously moved away from him when she saw him. Seeing this, the eldest prince also covered his head with the quilt, and then said weakly in a muffled voice: "Father, get out now, don't get infected."
Seeing that they were all avoiding him, the Fourth Master said, "I've been vaccinated before, so I won't be infected with smallpox."
The Fourth Master was not lying when he said this. He had indeed been vaccinated against cowpox when he was a child, so he would not get smallpox.
He should have thought of this a long time ago. Last year he had the idea of letting the children get vaccinated against cowpox, but he was worried that the children were too young and might not survive it, especially Honghui, who was in poor health. He was also afraid that something might happen to him, so he planned to wait two years.
Unexpectedly, they were now infected with smallpox, which made the Fourth Master extremely upset. If he had known earlier, he should not have hesitated last year. In this way, the children might have avoided this disaster.
The Fourth Master walked straight to Wen Mianmian and asked, "Why are you staying here?" The Fourth Master's face looked a little unhappy.
When he found out that Mianmian was staying here and refused to leave, the Fourth Master became extremely angry. Didn't she know that smallpox was contagious? What would happen to him and the children if something happened to her?
"How can I sit still when something happens to the children?" Wen Mianmian didn't dare to look at the Fourth Master because she felt guilty.
The Fourth Master gave her a look that said I'll deal with her later, then walked up to Honghui.
Wen Mianmian breathed a sigh of relief, but when she thought of the look in the Fourth Master's eyes just now, she couldn't help but shudder.
Before Nanny Chang reached the front yard, she was stopped by the servants guarding the front yard.
Nanny Chang looked at them with a stern face: "How dare you! Don't you know who I am?"
A young eunuch stepped forward and replied, "Madam Chang, the Second and Third Princes have both contracted smallpox. Concubine Consort has ordered that no one be allowed to enter or leave the front yard at will."
"She's just a concubine. I'm someone close to the concubine. You should know that the concubine is in charge of the affairs of the palace."
When Nanny Chang heard what the young eunuch said, she immediately became dissatisfied. The power of the housekeeper had not yet fallen into the hands of Concubine Wen.
"But, Nanny Song who is beside Concubine Wen said that no one is allowed to go in. If you really want to go in, you can't come out until the smallpox is over, so as to prevent people from walking around and infecting other people in the backyard. If Nanny has anything important to do, you can let me do it." The young eunuch replied with some fear.
Neither Concubine Wen nor Concubine Fu Jin can be offended, but smallpox is contagious. If Nanny Chang gets infected and then brings it back to the backyard, the entire Fourth Master's mansion will be in trouble.
When Nanny Chang heard him say this, she was very angry, but she also felt that what he said made sense.
He took a step back and said, "Okay, send someone in to see how the eldest prince is doing. Our wife heard about what happened in the front yard and asked me to come and ask about the eldest prince's condition."
"Yes, I'll send someone over to ask right away." The young eunuch breathed a sigh of relief and was about to send someone to check it out when another young eunuch came quickly.
Seeing Nanny Chang, the young eunuch quickened his pace.
"What are you doing? Why are you running in such a hurry?" The young eunuch who had originally asked someone to check on the eldest prince spoke in confusion when he saw the person coming.
Nanny Chang also saw it. The young eunuch did not respond to the eunuch's words. Instead, he came to Nanny Chang and said, "Nanny Chang, the eldest prince has contracted smallpox."
Nanny Chang was surprised, "What did you say..."
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The Fourth Lady was looking outside anxiously, feeling extremely worried. "Madame Li, why hasn't Madame Chang come back yet?" She had looked back and forth outside the door several times, but Madame Chang still hadn't come back.
This made Fu Jin feel more and more anxious.
Seeing Fu Jin like this, Nanny Li spoke to comfort her, "Fu Jin, don't worry, Nanny Chang should be back soon."
Speak of the devil and he will appear. As soon as I finished speaking, Nanny Chang came back.
When the Fourth Lady saw Nanny Chang, she quickly walked over and asked anxiously, "Nanny Chang, what's wrong? Is the eldest prince okay?"
Nanny Chang looked a little embarrassed, as if she was thinking about how to tell Fu Jin about this. According to Fu Jin's current physical condition, she was really afraid that Fu Jin could not bear it.
When the Fourth Lady saw Nanny Chang's expression, she guessed what was going on. She felt a sudden chill in her heart, her vision went dark, and she almost fell to the ground. Nanny Li and Nanny Chang hurriedly supported her.
"Fujin, are you okay? The master has passed away. Don't worry, Fujin. The eldest prince is blessed with a long life and will definitely be fine."
It would have been fine if Nanny Chang hadn't said anything, but as soon as she did, Fu Jin fainted.
The two men asked someone to call the imperial physician, and then helped Fu Jin back to the house.
Naturally, the other people in the backyard also heard about what happened in the front yard. After all, this was a pretty big deal, and most people were a little frightened when they learned it was smallpox.
When Niuhulu Tianxin heard the word smallpox, he broke into a cold sweat, fearing that he would be infected.
Thinking that he almost went to find Concubine Wen in the morning, Niuhulu Tianxin became even more frightened.
But she knew that the original owner had never had smallpox before and had no antibodies in her body. It would be terrible if she was infected.
"Chunyun, you said we're going to Concubine Wen's place today, we won't be infected, right?"
Smallpox is a virus and is likely to be transmitted through the air. Although she did not enter Zizhuyuan at that time, she was very close to it. She also stayed at the lotus pond for a while. The more Niuhulu thought about it, the more scared she became.
"Princess, don't scare yourself. The Second and Third Princes are in the front yard, and we didn't hear them go to Concubine Wen's place yesterday. I don't think they will."
Although Chunyun was also afraid, she thought that since they had not entered Zizhuyuan and she had not heard of anyone being unwell in Zizhuyuan, they should be fine.
Niu Hulu Tianxin was still a little scared. She waved Chunyun away and then asked the system with her consciousness.
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