At four quarters in the afternoon, Kangxi and Yinreng were sitting in the warm imperial study.
Kangxi had finished reviewing the important memorials early in the morning. At this moment, he was leaning on the back of the armchair with his eyes closed, listening to his precious son sitting not far away holding a less important greeting note in his hand, with a clear voice.
Read aloud in a straight and clear tone.
One father and son read, the other listened.
From time to time, Kangxi would ask Yinreng to ghostwrite a few sentences of his comments on the invitation letter.
Such as:
[I love you so much, I am in good health, don’t think about it. 】
[Aiqing is thinking of me, and I am also thinking of Aiqing. I hope Aiqing will work diligently, manage the place under her jurisdiction, make political achievements early at the end of the year, and return to Beijing as soon as possible to celebrate the New Year.]
[My dear, I already know what mangoes are. Forget it this year, you can send some to the capital next year.]
【……】
Yinreng held the writing brush in his right hand and copied the greeting notes one by one according to the words of his Khan Amma.
When he opened the booklet again, he saw that it was written on it without exception, "Your Majesty, how are you? I am very worried about you."
The corners of Yinreng's mouth and eyes couldn't help but twitch at the same time. He simply put down the greeting note in his hand, raised his hand and wiped his face deeply. Looking at him, his mother leaned back on the chair with a leisurely expression, as if
As if listening to a ditty, he tapped his fingers rhythmically on the armrest of the armchair, and said helplessly:
"Khan Ama, these ministers who are officials in other places are too boring. Even if it snows in Jiangnan this year, there is an old woman in Fujian who picks up gold while walking on the road. Such trivial things have to be written and submitted in a memorial.
, isn’t it just increasing your daily government affairs for nothing?”
When Kangxi heard Yinreng's complaint, he opened a slit and looked at his precious son, who was wearing an apricot winter robe. His facial lines were getting clearer and clearer, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his face was full of disapproval. He smiled.
explained:
"Baocheng, you don't understand. Generally speaking, you don't write any important things in the invitations. Officials working outside Beijing frequently write and submit the invitations. On the one hand, they are so that I can pay attention to them and not forget them.
On the other hand, they can also know my status in the capital through my approval. This can also be regarded as a way of communicating feelings between the monarch and his ministers.
"I admit that although some of the excerpts are indeed full of nonsense, I have to let them write them."
When Yinreng heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched even more.
Kangxi saw his son's rare speechless look and couldn't help laughing.
A fine silver charcoal pot was lit in the Imperial Study Room, the temperature was pleasant, and the atmosphere was extremely peaceful. However, the next moment, Liang Jiugong stumbled, opened the cotton curtain, and ran in across the threshold, which completely disturbed this atmosphere.
The father and son heard the noise and followed the sound to look at the door. When they saw Liang Jiugong almost tripping over the carpet under his feet in a hurry and burying his whole head into the silver wire charcoal basin, they were both shocked.
Kangxi saw that Liang Jiugong's forehead was covered with fine sweat, and his face was pale and panicked. He sat up straight in a reflexive manner, frowned and asked the confidant eunuch standing in the center of the room:
"Liang Jiugong, what's wrong with you?
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something serious has happened. The five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, seven little brothers are all infected with smallpox."
"Although the twin brothers have not shown symptoms of fever yet, the imperial concubine has decided to vaccinate them with cowpox."
"What?"
"What!"
After hearing what Liang Jiugong said with a trembling tone, the father and son stood up from their chairs in shock.
Kangxi stood up so suddenly that he knocked the armchair under his buttocks onto the small square rosewood table at hand.
A set of exquisite teapots and cups with four-season flowers from the official kilns placed on the table slid from the edge of the table to the ground, hit the uncarpeted floor tiles, and shattered into pieces.
"How come their brothers got acne at the same time?"
This horrifying news, which made people feel like they were sweating all over, was like a big mallet that hit Kangxi on the head.
Kangxi, who had always been in good health, couldn't help but feel that his eyes were darkening, and his mind was filled with: Didn't Xiaojiu suffer from cold? How come in the blink of an eye, all seven of his sons had acne!
Kangxi, who had not experienced the pain of losing a son or a daughter for several years, leaned his right leg on the small square rosewood table beside him, his tall body almost unsteady.
"Khan Amma!"
Yinreng was also frightened by this shocking news. Seeing that the color of his Khan's face suddenly faded and turned pale, he hurriedly walked forward a few steps and raised his hands to firmly support Kangxi.
"Eunuch Liang, please explain clearly what is going on?"
Liang Jiugong heard the prince's urging, pursed his lips, leaned over to Kangxi and said:
"Your Majesty, this happened so suddenly. The ninth elder brother was the first to develop acne rash at noon today. After the imperial physician diagnosed it as smallpox, the other elder brothers showed symptoms. Now, the imperial physician Zhang is in Shoukang.
In the palace, Dr. Li, the master of pediatrics, is in Chuxiu Palace, and Concubine An and Concubine Xuan are both at the Imperial Concubine. After discussing with Imperial Concubine Li, they plan to move the brothers who have acne to Chuxiu Palace for centralized isolation."
treat.
Before Liang Jiugong finished saying the word "treatment", Kangxi could no longer wait and swept past Liang Jiugong like a gust of wind.
Yinreng didn't have time to think too much and hurriedly followed him.
Seeing that there was no trace of the Tian family's father and son, Liang Jiugong quickly shut up, held up the warm hat that was tilted to the side on his head, raised his legs and trotted to catch up with the father and son walking in front.
How warm it is in the imperial study, how cold it is outside.
Kangxi didn't even wear a big sweater. He was wearing a thin black winter robe from indoors. With slightly red eyes, he walked quickly along the bluestone palace road to the Sixth Palace in the West.
How happy he was before, now he is angry, scared and regretful.
There has been no smallpox in the palace for two years. Now seven of the sons are sick in their front and back legs. It is obvious that bedbugs are causing trouble!
Although there is already cowpox, which is many times safer than variola, it has only been seven years since the advent of cowpox. However, the shadow of smallpox killing people has remained in people's minds for hundreds of thousands of years.
Last time, after Yinzhi, Yinzhen and Ke Jing finished inoculating pox, Dr. Zhang said that the method of vaccinia could be improved. When the technology becomes more mature, there is no need to close the palace for observation after inoculating pox. They only need to stay in place for half an hour.
If there are any abnormality, the vaccination will be successful.
With this in mind, Kangxi postponed the vaccination of his younger sons for the safety of the palace. How could he have imagined that such a disaster would happen!
When Kangxi thought of this, he felt so regretful that his intestines turned green.
When they all ran along the West Palace Road and walked into Yikun Palace, they heard a woman's sad cry from inside just as they reached the entrance of the main hall.
Kangxi trembled and hurriedly opened the cotton curtain and ran in. He saw a messy scene in the hall.
He didn't think much about it and rushed straight into the inner room. When he saw it, he saw several imperial doctors frowning tightly, surrounding two small beds.
Xiao Eleven, who was almost two years old, seemed to be wrapped into a silkworm chrysalis, with his two little hands tightly wrapped in cotton and tied to his side.
There were a few red pimples on her fair and round face. Because she was not feeling well, she cried loudly at the top of her young voice. Her face looked like a cooked shrimp, and it was frighteningly red, even on her forehead.
The veins are no longer visible.
The person lying on the bed next to him was Xiao Jiu, who was suffering from high fever. Xiao Jiu was obviously very ill and could not even cry, only a few low hums.
Focusing on the merits of his parents, Xiao Yinzhen used to be as beautiful as a little princess with a smooth face, but now she has a lot of smallpox pimples, her bright and lively peach blossom eyes are tightly closed, and her little chest is rising and falling.
Very small, obviously it was starting to be difficult to breathe.
When Kangxi saw this, tears instantly flowed from his eyes.
The Yifei sisters, with red and swollen eyes and messy hair, stood guard by the two small beds, their voices hoarse from crying. When they saw Kangxi and the prince coming in, the sisters turned around and fell to their knees on the ground.
There were two lines of clear tears on Concubine Yi's cheeks. She took a few steps forward on her knees, tightly grasping the hem of Kangxi's winter robe with her white hands, as if grasping the last life-saving straw, and cried desperately:
\Your Majesty, you are the True Dragon Emperor, please save Xiaojiu, please save Xiaojiu quickly, wuwuwuwuwu, he can hardly breathe.\
After Yifei cried and said this, she buried her face in the hem of Kangxi's winter robe, her shoulders were shaking, and she cried like a cuckoo weeping blood, with her heart broken.
Everyone present felt sad when they heard it.
Yinreng couldn't bear to look at his two younger brothers. Seeing the grief-stricken looks of the Yifei sisters, Yinreng did not dare to tell them that Xiao Wu in Shoukang Palace also had acne.
Kangxi sniffed, forcing himself to calm down, and patted Yi Fei's shoulder comfortingly with his big, calloused hands. His slender red phoenix eyes stared solemnly at the few kneeling on the ground.
The imperial doctor asked coldly:
"Please tell me honestly, what's going on with Xiaojiu and Xiao11 now? If you dare to deceive, I will chop off your heads!"
The imperial doctors who were kneeling on the ground couldn't help but shudder when they heard the emperor's angry words.
The leading middle-aged imperial physician swallowed his saliva, lowered his head and cupped his hands at Kangxi, his voice slightly trembling as he said:
"Returning to the emperor, Brother Ninth is now at the most dangerous moment. His acne was the first to break out, but it has been going wrong. Brother Eleven's condition is much milder than that of Brother Ninth. If you take good care of him,
Maybe we can get through it."
"But Brother Ninth Brother's condition is too serious. It comes quickly and violently. The ministers have done everything they can. Now they can only rely on Brother Ninth Brother's own physical condition to survive."
In other words: Brother Eleven may be able to save his life if he takes a risk, but Brother Ninth depends on whether Changsheng Tian is willing to let him live.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, Xiaojiu, my mother's Xiaojiu."
When Concubine Yi heard this, she seemed to have completely collapsed, lying on the carpet and crying like an aggrieved child.
Yinreng saw the trembling hands of his Khan Ama, grabbed Kangxi's arm, looked at Kangxi's side face anxiously and said:
"Khan Ama, they can't cure Xiaojiu, but that doesn't mean that Dr. Zhang and Dr. Li can't."
"Now the brothers are in different palaces. Chuxiu Palace is behind Yikun Palace. Baocheng thinks that the isolation treatment mentioned by his aunt is a good idea. Gather the patients and the imperial doctors together so that medical resources are not scattered.
, maybe Xiaojiu and the others can be saved."
"Time is urgent, please make a decision quickly."
Kangxi, who was burning with anger in his chest, bit his lip tightly, blood flowed from his lower lip, and a faint salty smell filled his mouth.
As soon as Yin Reng finished speaking, he made a decision in his heart. Without saying a word, he stepped forward and picked up Xiao Jiu, who was also wrapped in silkworm chrysalises on the hospital bed. He turned around and ran out, giving instructions to the confidant eunuch standing at the door of the inner room.
road:
"Liang Jiugong, hurry up and run to Shoukang Palace, bring Xiaowu and Xiaoliu to Chuxiu Palace, and bring all the imperial doctors who are currently staying in Huangerniang Palace to Chuxiu Palace without leaving the ground.
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"Yes, I will go right away."
Liang Jiugong also knew that all the young brothers were fighting against time. He did not dare to hesitate for a moment, then turned around and ran out with the wind at his feet.
Concubine Yi, who was lying on the carpet and crying bitterly, after listening to the conversation between Kangxi and Yinreng and his son, realized in hindsight that someone in the Chuxiu Palace also had smallpox, and the eldest son who lived in the Empress Dowager's Palace also had pox.
, both sons were infected with a fatal disease. Concubine Yi couldn't hold on anymore just thinking about it. She rolled her eyes and fell softly to the ground.
When Guo Guiren, who was guarding the crib, heard this, his eyes widened, he covered his mouth with his hands and lost his voice.
Oh my God! Are you going to let them, the Yi Kun Palace lineage, have fun? The two sisters only have one younger brother!
When Yin Reng saw that Concubine Yi had fainted, Guo Guiren also looked frightened. He couldn't help but hold his head against the headache. He took a few steps forward and lay down on the small bed until he was crying and coughing. He wanted to turn around and do it.
The vomiting little Yinxuan hugged her tightly to her arms. Ruifeng also had tears in her eyes, turned around and ran out.
By the time Guo Guiren reacted, his son had already been taken away by the prince.
She hurriedly raised her sleeves to wipe away all the tears on her face, and called in a dumb voice to the imperial doctors kneeling beside her to help pinch Yi Fei's lieutenant to wake up her sister-in-law.
The lives of my son and two nephews are hanging by a thread. As mothers, they cannot fall first...
When Kangxi and Yinreng each held a small breast dumpling in their arms and hurried to the Chuxiu Palace in the north, as soon as they entered the front yard, they saw that the lower half of the palace people's faces were covered with sweat towels or white gauze.
, men and women hurriedly walked through the main hall, east and west side halls holding quilts, copper basins and other objects in their arms.
The ladies-in-waiting were all holding rags soaked in hot vinegar and spirits to wipe the glass windows and door frames, while the eunuchs were holding shovels in their hands and spreading quicklime along the walls, apparently for disinfection.
Chuxiu Palace had been vaccinated against pox twice before. During the palace closure, the palace servants who served inside were all vaccinated with cowpox, just like the imperial concubine. They had experience in dealing with epidemics, so although their hands were busy now, they were still busy.
Doesn't look messy.
Looking at the orderly Chuxiu Palace in front of them, the panic in Kangxi's and his son's hearts miraculously calmed down a little.
Kangxi took a deep breath, with a glimmer of hope rising in his heart. He hugged his ninth son, whose body temperature was as high as a piece of hot coal, and whose breathing became increasingly difficult, and rushed straight into the main hall of Chuxiu Palace, two steps at a time.
Yinreng held Xiao Shi, who was tired of crying, in his arms. He held his breath and gently covered Xiao Yinxu's nose with his sleeves. He was afraid that the quicklime the palace servants sprinkled on the ground for disinfection would be blown up by the cold wind.
Into the noses of the two brothers.
"Xiao Ten, Xiao Fourteen, you two have to be obedient. Your brothers are sick and E Niang will be very busy. She won't be able to take care of you two in the next few days. E Niang will ask Aunt Bai Lu to send you to Wu.
In Grandma Kuma's Cining Palace, you two will stay there and play with Brother Twelve for a few days, and then I will take you back, do you understand?"
Qingyan squatted beside the carved chair, looking at her two young sons with worry in her eyes.
The twins' right arms, which are as chubby as lotus joints, have just been vaccinated with cowpox.
The two brothers looked at the red-faced Seventh Brother, Eighth Brother and Tenth Brother who were held in the arms of Concubine An, Concubine Xuan and Mammy Liu respectively. Their clear and big eyes were full of innocence and doubt, just like the imperial concubine.
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Apparently, the two brothers still didn't understand why they were the only two who had to take off their shirts and were cut open by Dr. Li with a knife on their arms.
But after understanding that E Niang meant to send them out of Chuxiu Palace, the two brothers shook their furry little heads and pursed their mouths in grievance.
Qingyan felt very uncomfortable when she saw the innocent and ignorant look of her two youngest sons.
It stands to reason that the twins also have mutated earth powers in their bodies. They are now considered to be in close contact with smallpox patients and should be quarantined together in the Chuxiu Palace.
However, smallpox can only be prevented, but an outbreak can be fatal.
The two younger sons were less than one year old, and Qingyan did not dare to gamble with the weak mutated earth power in their bodies against the evil disease smallpox.
In addition, there were seven smallpox patients gathered in Chuxiu Palace, and various emergencies would occur.
Concubine An, Concubine Xuan, Guiren Cheng, and Guiren Liang have decided to live together in Chuxiu Palace to take care of Xiaoqi and Xiaoba. It is likely that the two sisters from Yikun Palace will also move in later. At that time, the imperial doctors, several
With all the palace attendants moving in, it was very easy for bad people with evil intentions to sneak into Chuxiu Palace. Qingyan was afraid that if she didn't take care of her in time, the twins' lives would be in danger.
Moreover, by sending the two of them to the Cining Palace, which was now safe, with the Empress Dowager waiting there, he could devote all his energy to Xiao Shi and others.
Mother and son were communicating when Kangxi hugged Xiaojiu and ran into the hall.
"Yan'er, Dr. Li, come and check on Xiaojiu. Xiaojiu is dying!"
Everyone sitting in the hall quickly stood up from their carved chairs when they heard Kangxi's voice.
Standing next to the twins, Dr. Li's pupils shrank when he caught a glimpse of Ninth Brother who was taking in less air and exhaling more. He was frightened and dropped the pulse pillow in his hand, which fell back into the wooden box at his feet.
Yinreng, who was following Kangxi, also rushed in with Xiao Shiyi in his arms.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Concubine An, Concubine Xuan, Liang Guiren, Cheng Guiren, Xiao Qi, Xiao Ba and Xiao Shi. Although their faces were red and their spirits were not good, their minds were obviously clear, and he immediately felt relieved.
One breath.
"Mr. Li, come here quickly and show Xiaojiu a look."
Qingyan stood up and left the twins, stepped forward to take Xiao Yinzhen's body from Kangxi's arms, walked a few steps to the soft couch by the window, leaned over and placed Xiao Jiu on it, taking the opportunity to kiss him
He injected some supernatural powers into his little body in order to preserve his heart pulse, and shouted to Dr. Li.
Seeing that the prince's nephew also came over and placed Xiao Eleven and Xiao Jiu side by side, Qingyan touched Xiao Yinyu's hand again, and also injected some supernatural powers into Brother Eleven's little body without any trace.
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After regaining consciousness, Doctor Li hurriedly walked over to check Xiaojiu's pulse. When his right hand felt Xiaojiu's extremely weak pulse, which was almost unable to beat, his heart suddenly dropped to the bottom.
He hurriedly took out the silver needles from the needle bag on his waist, concentrated his mind and carefully inserted a few shining silver needles into Xiao Yinzhen's acupuncture points, and saw several round black blood being forced out.
, he continued to speed up the movements of his hands.
When Xiao Jiu's pulse began to gradually become stronger, he had no time to lift his sleeves to wipe the fine sweat from his forehead, and he was in high spirits and went to deal with Brother Eleven, who was slightly less ill.
The father and son Kangxi and Yinfeng, who were standing together, saw with their own eyes that after Dr. Li performed acupuncture, Xiao Jiu's breathing became louder, and Xiao Eleven frowned and his crying stopped.
The father and son quickly raised their sleeves to wipe the sweat from their foreheads, knowing that they had made the right move.
Qingyan was about to speak.
At this time, the orange-red cotton door curtain in the hall was opened again from the outside.
After Concubine Yi woke up, she and Guo Guiren walked quickly to the gate of Chuxiu Palace, when they met Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu who were sitting on the sedan chair, and Xiao Tong Bin, who was following the sedan chair with tears in her eyes.
Liang Jiugong, who looked anxious, bumped into each other.
Several people followed together and entered the palace gate of Chuxiu Palace.
Perhaps Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu were older than Xiao Jiu and Xiao Eleven. They had red pimples on their faces and looked very low-energy, but fortunately they were sane.
When things go to extremes, they will inevitably turn against each other. Most of the time, people become calm after their panic and fear go too far.
When Concubine Yi saw the sickly Xiao Wu sitting on the sedan chair, she stretched out her two thin arms, held Xiao Wu in her arms and walked towards the main hall.
Xiaowu is not that light, he will go to the study room next year, and he is already in the ranks of older children.
Although Concubine Yi had a sharp tongue in the past, her strength was not that great.
She gritted her teeth and hugged her eldest son, and trudged toward the hall, her beautiful peach blossom eyes filled with deep anger.
If this was an accident, that would be fine. If it was really a man-made disaster, she would definitely not let the person behind it go!
Little Tong Bin also followed Guo Luoluo's example, holding her son tightly in her arms, letting Xiao Liu's head hang down on her thin shoulders, her eyes filled with ice.
Liang Jiugong, Guo Guiren, and several other imperial physicians headed by Imperial Physician Zhang with medicine boxes slung over their shoulders hurriedly followed behind Little Tong Bin and Yi Fei.
After the group entered the main hall, they happened to see the imperial concubine preparing to talk to the emperor.
After everyone present listened to the imperial concubine and Dr. Li telling them that the palace should be closed for isolation and treatment, Dr. Zhang also carefully checked the twins' pulses and said:
Based on the age of the twin brothers, if they were really infected with smallpox, they would have had a fever by now. However, the temperature and pulse of the twins were obviously normal, indicating that they were not at high risk of contracting smallpox.
Perhaps they haven't had time to be infected yet, so it is also recommended that both the 10th and 14th princes be temporarily removed from Chuxiu Palace.
Just as Qingyan had expected, all the princes from Yikun Palace were here, and the two Yifei sisters would naturally move into Chuxiu Palace for a few days.
Little Tongbi also expressed her wish to stay with Xiaoliu.
Kangxi tightly grasped the big hand at his side, stepped forward to hug the ignorant twins who were crowded on a carved chair, and announced loudly: Chuxiu Palace is sealed!
After he took his two twin sons, Yin Reng, and Liang Jiugong out of the Chuxiu Palace gate with heavy steps.
The twins looked at the palace door and then closed it tightly. The mother didn't want them anymore, and the two brothers immediately started to cry at the top of their lungs!
Kangxi didn't say anything, but he was very scared in his heart.
The most important woman in his heart, as well as seven sons, seven sons! They all live in the Chuxiu Palace and race against time to snatch their lives from the hands of the Lord of Hell.
Looking at the two little brothers in her arms, they stretched their little bodies and cried, trying to slap the red-painted palace door of Chuxiu Palace with their small hands to let the palace maid inside open the door.
Kangxi couldn't help but rub his face against the small winter robes worn by Xiao Shi and Xiao Fourteen, taking the opportunity to wipe away the tears from his eyes.
Liang Jiugong, who was standing aside, saw the emperor's cryptic movements of wiping tears, and wiped the wet corners of his eyes with his hands uncomfortably.
Yinreng watched the two brothers' tears wet the saliva bags tied around their necks. He stepped forward and stretched out his hands to grab the twins' little hands and shake them to comfort them.
I saw that the winter sky above my head was starting to turn dark.
He bit his lower lip and said:
"Khan Ama, you have to cheer up and believe in the medical skills of the imperial doctors. Baocheng believes that with the careful care of his aunt, Concubine Yi and Concubine An, Xiaowu and the others will be fine."
"You should now have someone check whether this epidemic is a man-made disaster. If someone is really causing trouble, the most important thing is to find the murderer!"
Kangxi knew that what his precious son said was right. He rubbed his face against Xiao Shi's back again. After wiping away all the tears, his deep eyes became cold, like a majestic grin.
With his fangs exposed and ready to hunt, the harem that has been stable for a long time is about to start seeing blood again.
He put away the expression on his face, hugged his twin sons tightly in his arms, took Yinreng and Liang Jiugong, turned around and walked along the palace road to the Qianqing Palace in the south.
The Empress Dowager's right leg was injured, and she couldn't control the twins when they started crying.
He decided to tie his two twin sons to his waistband in the next few days and take them with him wherever he went.
Brothers Yinzhen, Yinzhi and Yinzhen who received the news in Nansuo hurriedly ran to the entrance of Chuxiu Palace in the northwest corner, panting heavily, but they only saw the closed red paint palace door.
Got an empty one.
After the three brothers knew that the twins had been taken away by Khan Amma, they hurriedly turned around and returned along the palace road. When they passed the Zhongcui Palace in the east, Concubine Rong suddenly came out of the corner, crying and cursing, and she was very angry. He dragged Yinzhi forcefully into the main hall of Zhongcui Palace.
Ma Jiashi had four sons who died in infancy. Faced with Yinzhen, the only one who finally survived, she did not dare to let her precious son touch even the slightest danger.
When she heard from the palace messenger that her stupid son planned to follow her eldest brother and fourth brother to the Chuxiu Palace to visit her brothers who were suffering from acne, she was really angry and scared, and her heart almost broke out. With her voice jumping out of her mouth, she dragged her extremely reluctant son to the main hall of Zhongcui Palace. Ma Jia ordered the palace servants to close the main hall door tightly, locking both children under her nose.
Yinzhen and Yinzhen also understood Concubine Rong's mood. After seeing Yinzhi being dragged away, the brothers continued to rush to Qianqing Palace without stopping.
Concubine Hui, who also received the news, stood at the door of Yanxi Palace and saw her son walking side by side with Si Age. On the way back and forth, she passed by the house twice without entering, and strode southward along the palace road without squinting. .
Her confidant, the eldest palace maid Xi Lian, who was standing beside her, looked at the eldest brother walking on the palace road with worry, just like her master. She couldn't help but look at Concubine Hui and whispered:
"My dear, Concubine Rong in the north has already kidnapped my elder brother. Why don't we stop my elder brother?"
Concubine Hui's eyes flashed with a strong look of struggle, then she shook her head and whispered:
"Bao Qing has had acne since he was a child. He will not be at risk of contracting smallpox again. Moreover, as the eldest brother, he cannot let the prince focus on being beautiful in front of the emperor at this time. He can go to Chuxiu Palace to find the emperor to make him cry. Regardless of his twins, the emperor can see his good character of caring and loving his brothers."
"Concubine Rong is short-sighted, but I am not."
Xilian nodded when she heard this, and watched as her eldest brother could no longer be seen. She and Concubine Hui also turned around and returned to the main hall of Yanxi Palace, and closed the main hall door tightly with a "bang".
When Yinzhen and Yinzhen came to the main hall of Qianqing Palace in a hurry, in addition to seeing the second brother of the prince sitting on the soft couch with his arms around the twins, they also saw their anxious-looking little king. Uncle——Prince Chun Longxi.
The twins held Yin Reng in their two little hands, and their big eyes were red from crying, like rabbit eyes. The eyes of Long Xi standing in the middle of the hall were also red. Their condition was not much better than that of the twin nephews.
In the past two years, under the leadership of the Princess Academy, in addition to sending their daughters to study in the Northern Fifth School, princes, princes, and belles in the royal family have also sent more and more of their sons to the palace's study room and study room. South is blocked.
Several elder brothers in the palace have not been vaccinated in the past two years. It is conceivable that there will be more children in the clan who have not been vaccinated.
Xiaojiu's infection is not his fault alone...
When Kangxi heard from his seventh brother that his nephews and cousins who were also initiated by Xiaojiu in Nan were also suffering from smallpox one after another, his clenched fists and fingernails made the palms of his hands bleed.
The twins who were staying in the arms of the prince's brother, under Yinreng's warm voice, also understood that E Niang didn't want them anymore, and they would be able to return to Chuxiu Palace in a few days.
The two brothers put their arms around the prince's elder brother's neck, lay on Yinreng's shoulders and slowly stopped crying.
"Khan Amma, someone is definitely causing trouble this time. Otherwise, why would so many brothers be infected with smallpox?"
"Conspiracy, this is definitely a conspiracy!"
Yinti, who has an upright temperament, shed tears after listening to his little uncle Wang and said that his little cousin Ful Hulun also has a high fever, and the children of Uncle Wang Changning's family, Prince Kang, Prince An, and Prince Jian's family all have symptoms of acne.
I was so angry that I jumped up! I stomped my right leg heavily on the floor tiles several times.
Standing next to him, Yinzhen pursed her thin lips tightly, mentally calculating the incubation period of smallpox, secretly calculating when Xiaojiu, who was the first to get acne, would be infected with smallpox.
Although there were many opportunities to be exposed to the smallpox virus while traveling far away, Xiao Jiu and E Niang were riding in the same carriage. E Niang was careful and would not let Xiao Jiu touch other dirty things.
So what exactly could be the reason?
Yinzhen frowned and thought hard.
When he tilted his head, he saw the golden tiger-headed hats worn by the twins not far away. Little Fourteen's little head nodded downwards, and the two furry round ears on his tiger-headed hat were right next to Yin's head.
Reng rubbed it on his chin.
After seeing this scene, Yinzhen suddenly had an idea. From the fake "big cat" on the twin brother's head, he thought that on the morning when they entered the palace from Shenwu Gate, they jumped down from the ornamental flower tree and jumped on him because of fright.
The tabby cat in front of Xiaojiu.
He clearly remembered that the tabby cat rubbed against the hem of Xiao Jiu's winter robe. Xiao Jiu also bent down and patted the clothes, complaining that the tabby cat was not as clean as the cats in their Yikun Palace.
Suppose someone had smeared the smallpox virus on the fur of that tabby cat in advance, and specially asked the cat to wait for them to return to the palace at Shenwu Gate.
The annual internal elections were held even during the feudal turmoil. Every year, there were palace maids over twenty-five who left the palace to get married on their own and old eunuchs who lost their labor force and left the palace.
There is a rotation of "blood" of palace residents, and many new palace residents have not been vaccinated against cowpox in the past two years. So what if the tabby cat not only went to Shenwumen, but also went elsewhere...
Oh my god!
Yinzhen's pupils shrank and he spoke anxiously:
"Khan Ama, please quickly send someone to the cat and dog room of the Royal Beast Garden to see if there is a tabby cat that has been wandering around the palace in recent days."
"On the day we returned to the palace, as soon as we entered the Shenwu Gate, a tabby cat jumped down from the tree and tried to pounce on Xiaojiu. I suspect that the tabby cat had the smallpox virus!"
"Xiaosi, what did you say?"
Kangxi and Yinreng took the first step in the imperial carriage that day. The carriage was parked outside Xihua Gate. They had no idea about the imperial cat attacking people.
With Yinzhen's reminder, Yinzhen also looked like he suddenly realized something. He knocked his left fist heavily on the palm of his right hand and added:
"Yes, Khan Ama, I have also remembered that the tabby cat scared us when it pounced on Xiao Jiu. Fortunately, he just rubbed against Xiao Jiu's winter robe."
Yinti's voice became softer and softer as he spoke, and his round, lychee eyes grew wider and wider. Just to put it in terms of his astonished expression, there was probably something wrong with that tabby cat.
Being reminded of the key information about his two sons, Kangxi immediately stood up from his armchair and said to Prince Chun with burning eyes:
"Long Xi, now go to the imperial hospital and bring out all the remaining imperial doctors on duty. In addition, I have given you an oral instruction to use your Prince Chun's Mansion as an isolation point outside the capital. Anyone with symptoms of pox in the clan will be quarantined."
All the children were transported to your home, and the imperial doctors who were staying at home for rest were also called to your palace. No matter how precious medicinal materials were, they were all moved to the isolation point, and the imperial physicians and medicinal materials were gathered together for treatment.
"
"There are many people in the capital who have not been vaccinated against cowpox. Do you understand that we cannot let smallpox spread in the city?"
When Long Xi heard this, his whole body shivered, and he understood the urgency of the matter. He pursed his lips and nodded, quickly turned around and ran out.