"Miss, the clothes you used are scattered in the palace, but we don't know if the palace maids will be infected with smallpox." Bixia said uncertainly.

Lin Zhan said softly, "Don't worry, smallpox is highly contagious, and those clothes are my underwear. Anyone who wears them will be infected with smallpox."

Hearing her words, Liu Qiuchan nodded, then sighed. "In order to thoroughly investigate this matter, we have no choice but to resort to this last resort."

Just as they were talking, there was a gentle knock on the window. Liu Qiuchan quickly asked everyone to shush and asked Dongxiang to open the window.

After Dongxiang opened the window, two figures came in. When she saw who they were, she and Bixia immediately bowed. "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Fourth Prince."

That’s right, the people who came were Jun Beiqi and Jun Anqing. After they sneaked in through the window, they looked at Lin Zhan, who was lying on the bed with a face as pale as paper.

"Li Zi, I'm sorry that I came to see you after such a long time. How come you have become a shriveled chestnut now? There is no flesh on your face." After Jun Anqing came over, he looked at Lin Zan with a distressed face.

After not seeing the Fourth Prince for such a long time, Lin Zhan actually found that he still missed him a little. Seeing his good friend risking his life to come and see him, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "It's okay, the meat is gone forever, but when I get better, I will try my best to eat it back."

The playful words instantly made the atmosphere in the room more relaxed. Jun Beiqi walked over and looked down at Lin Zhan. "I see that your symptoms have improved. You are so lucky that even smallpox can't take you away."

"Of course. I still have to help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascend the throne. How can I leave so easily?" Although Lin Zan was lying on the bed, he still raised his little chin slightly and said proudly.

Liu Qiuchan, who was standing next to them, had already stood in the same camp as Jun Beiqi, so there was no surprise on her face.

Jun Anqing wanted to grab Lin Zan's hand, but Lin Zan was afraid of infecting him, so he moved his hand away. This action made Jun Anqing feel very aggrieved, and he even pouted.

"Li Zi, are you blaming me for taking so long to come see you? It's not that I don't want to come, it's my mother who has been keeping me in the palace and won't let me come."

Jun Anqing quickly explained, Lin Zhan smiled and shook his head indifferently. "Silly boy, I'm not blaming you, but I have smallpox, not ordinary typhoid fever, which can infect you."

"I'm not afraid. I'm as strong as a bull." Jun Anqing patted his chest and said. Liu Qiuchan next to him couldn't help but smile at his cute appearance, but there was a hint of disappointment on her face.

Suddenly, Lin Zhan's face became serious, and he said to Jun Beiqi standing beside him seriously, "Prince, can you do me a favor?"

"What's the matter?" Jun Beiqi looked at Lin Zan calmly.

Lin Zhan slowly sat up, looked up at Jun Beiqi and said, "I suspect there is something else behind my smallpox, so I want the prince to find out who is behind it for me."

"What, Li Zi, was it someone's plan that caused you to get smallpox? Who is the villain behind this? I'm going to find her out and blow her head off." Jun Anqing said indignantly.

Lin Zhan smiled slightly, but her eyes were still on Jun Beiqi. Through Lin Zhan's inner thoughts, Jun Beiqi already knew what she was thinking. Without saying any nonsense, he nodded in agreement.

In order to prevent the two people from contracting smallpox, Lin Zhan did not let them stay in his room for long. After finishing his business, he let them leave.

Jun Beiqi paused for a moment as he was about to leave, then turned around, took out a piece of hibiscus cake from his arms, and put it into Lin Zhan's mouth.

The long-lost sweet taste instantly filled Lin Zhan's mouth, and her eyes smiled into crescent shapes. "Hibiscus pastry is so sweet, thank you, Prince."

"Take good care of yourself. I still need your help." Jun Beiqi said silently, then climbed out the window and left.

Liu Qiuchan looked at Lin Zan with a strange light in her eyes, but in the end she didn't say anything.

Soon Lin Zhan's plan worked. The number of people infected with smallpox in the palace increased rapidly within a few days and spread throughout the entire palace.

This shocked the emperor, and in a rage, he called all the people from the Imperial Hospital to the Imperial Study to reprimand them. "What is going on? Isn't it just Lin Zhan who has been infected with smallpox? But now there are so many people infected with smallpox in the entire palace. How do you prevent it?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. It was our negligence. The most important thing now is to gather those infected with smallpox in one place to prevent them from infecting others." The director knelt in front of the emperor and said in a serious tone.

The emperor stared at them with gnashing teeth, and said word by word, "I only want results. If the smallpox infection cannot be contained, you will not have to keep your heads. Get out of here, you bunch of rubbish!"

After the words fell, many imperial doctors left the imperial study tremblingly and said to Yuan Zheng, "Sir Yuan Zheng, what is going on? Why did smallpox suddenly spread in the imperial palace?"

"What's the point of investigating how smallpox was transmitted? We should stop the spread of smallpox as soon as possible, otherwise our lives will be in danger." The director of the hospital roared at the imperial doctors in anger.

After smallpox spread throughout the entire palace, everyone in the palace was frightened. The Imperial Hospital immediately concentrated those infected with smallpox in a remote palace for treatment.

At the same time, Jun Beiqi entered the palace and said to the emperor, "Father, I think there must be some hidden reason for the spread of smallpox in the palace. Maybe someone did it on purpose. I beg you to investigate this matter thoroughly."

"You are right. This matter is extremely strange. I order you to thoroughly investigate the smallpox matter and make sure to find out the vicious person who spread smallpox behind the scenes." The emperor nodded and agreed to Jun Beiqi's request.

In an instant, the entire palace was under martial law. Concubine Qin also heard that Jun Beiqi wanted to thoroughly investigate the smallpox case, which made her feel nervous for a moment.

"Aunt, if the prince finds out that smallpox was spread from Mingde Palace, it will be troublesome." Si Xueyi said to Concubine Qin with a grim expression.

Concubine Qin snorted coldly, looking nonchalant, as if she wasn't afraid that this matter would be traced back to her. "What are you afraid of? Nothing will happen."