"I am not aggrieved at all. What is the momentary honor and disgrace compared to the separation of life and death? What I want is for my family to be well."
The two of them looked across the door curtain at the person opposite them who had already been engraved into their bones, and their hearts were filled to the brim with each other.
"Xi'er, I will definitely stay close to you tomorrow, guarding you outside your palace so that you can prepare for the birth with peace of mind."
Chu Yunxi smiled and nodded, and Jun Lingyun turned and left.
He is the king of a country, and the people are suffering from the plague, so how can he abandon it?
"Eunuch Fu, please send this prescription to the Taiyuan Hospital. In addition, send an order to recruit private doctors to support the places where the plague is serious. When the plague is over, we will reward you based on your merits!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do it now."
"Wait a minute, then go to the Chu family to send a message asking my mother-in-law to come into the palace to accompany the queen."
"Yes." Eunuch Fu bowed and stepped back, and went to do it one by one.
In the imperial hospital, the imperial doctors received Chu Yunxi's prescription and felt like they had found a treasure.
They have checked all the information they can find, but they still haven't found a formula that can completely cure the plague. They are worried that their hair will turn gray.
At this juncture, any bit of inspiration is precious to them.
The imperial doctors immediately got together and started a new round of research.
A group of young doctors came to Anminfang on the outskirts of Beijing.
"Mr. Zhou, I am Zhang Huaizhi, a student of Tianxia Medical College. They are all my classmates. We have come to Anminfang to support you."
Dr. Zhou, who was extremely busy, raised his head and looked at them. They were all teenagers.
"Since you are students, you should go back and study hard. When you have achieved success in your studies, it will not be too late to come out and help the world. You are not needed here."
Imperial Physician Zhou once competed with Chief Zhang on their medical skills at Tianxia Medical College. Although he lost in the end, he was convinced of his defeat.
After the collapse of the Xiao family, President Zhang did not target him, but treated him with great courtesy.
At this moment, Imperial Physician Zhou looked at the students from the medical school all over the world, and he felt a sense of protection from the seniors to the juniors, and did not want them to put themselves in danger.
"Mr. Zhou, we all come from poor families. We didn't have the money to go to school. It was the Queen who exempted us from having to study hard so that we could learn medical skills.
At that time, we promised to serve the country for five years. And the first rule for us to study medicine is to uphold the benevolence of doctors.
Now is our chance to serve our country and put into practice what we have learned, and we hope that Dr. Zhou will make it happen."
Doctor Zhou looked at Zhang Huaizhi, who was speaking on behalf of other students, with relief in his eyes. It seemed that the hospital would not have to worry about having no new recruits in the future.
"You don't need to take care of the patient. You go and process the herbs and make the soup. Remember, never take off the face towel!"
"Yes! Thank you, Doctor Zhou!"
The students quickly rolled up their sleeves and went to help.
Imperial Physician Zhou lamented that with such young people in the Yunxiao Kingdom, why worry about not being able to tide over the difficulties!
It will only be a matter of time before it becomes prosperous again.
Teaching comes first and educating people. The Queen has really done a great thing.
"Mr. Zhou, this is a new prescription sent from the palace. Please take a look."
The servant handed over the prescription, and Dr. Zhou quickly looked over it. His eyes lit up. This prescription was much more sophisticated than the previous one. It might be useful.
Then he ordered his servants:
"Decoct the new medicine according to the prescription, give it to the patient, and observe the effect."
Now they divide the patients into several groups, and each group uses different decoctions to test which decoction is more effective.
Unfortunately, they haven't found a satisfactory prescription yet, so they can only pray that this new prescription will work.
At this time, the Chu family had also received news that Chu Yunxi would give birth tomorrow.
However, Chu Wenjin was still at the inn and Chu Wenhong was busy with official duties, so there were only female relatives in the house.
Mrs. Chu nervously ordered her subordinates to prepare.
"Go quickly and take the bedding and clothes I made for the little prince. I will enter the palace right now."
When the plague first started to spread, Jun Lingyun sent a message to General Chu's mansion, telling them not to go out during this period and only wait for Chu Yunxi to give birth so that he could go to the palace to accompany him.
These days, Jun Lingyun sends people privately to pay for the Chu family's expenses.
Mrs. Chu was both looking forward to this day and fearing its arrival.
Princess Guo noticed Mrs. Chu's nervousness and held her belly to comfort her:
"Mother, there must be nothing missing in the palace. Don't be anxious, take your time."
Princess Shengya and Zhou Ruoxuan came forward and said:
"Mother, let us go together, maybe we can be of some help."
Mrs. Chu looked at her three daughters-in-law with relief. She must have accumulated good fortune in her previous life to have such outstanding and generous children around her.
"You guys, please stay at home and don't go anywhere. It's very chaotic outside. It's not a joke if you get infected by the plague. Just help mother take care of your little sister."
They are not mothers yet and have no experience at all, so they can't help much when they come.
The three of them nodded and watched Mrs. Chu leave the courtyard.
After Mrs. Chu entered the palace, she was first arranged to bathe and change clothes, and then she was allowed to enter the queen's palace.
Chu Yunxi had not seen her mother for four months and said in surprise:
"Mother, why did you come into the palace?"
She stretched out her arms, wanting to give Mrs. Chu a hug. However, she found that before her arms could hug Mrs. Chu, she had already stopped.
She looked down and saw that her high belly was already pressing against Mrs. Chu's body, so she had to give up the hug.
Mrs. Chu took her hand and said angrily:
"My daughter is about to give birth. How can I, a mother, be absent?"
"Thank you, mother, you are so kind."
Chu Yunxi originally thought that at this time, it would be better to do less than to do more. After the child was born, she would announce the good news to her family.
Now that my mother is with me to give birth to a child, it is an unexpected blessing.
Mrs. Chu said:
"Xi'er would like to thank the Emperor even more. Without the Emperor's arrangements, how would my mother get the news?"
Chu Yunxi smiled and nodded. She would naturally remember Ling Yun's kindness to her.
Early the next morning, in Chu Yunxi's Queen's Palace, all the Wenpo palace ladies were ready.
They had all showered and changed clothes early in the morning, and their whole bodies were clean.
The palace ladies boiled vinegar in the palace, and the entire Queen's Palace was instantly filled with the sour smell of vinegar.
It is recorded in medical books that this can make the air in the house cleaner.
Several large buckets of hot water have been prepared, and the Queen's Palace is a bit warmer than usual.
White cloth scissors are boiled in boiling water in advance and dried.
Chu Yunxi sat by the bed and looked at a room full of people busy with her. To say she wasn't nervous would be a lie.
After all, it was her first time giving birth.
But seeing her mother silently accompanying her, Chu Yunxi felt a lot more at ease.
Si Qi brought the soup to induce labor in front of Chu Yunxi. She took a deep breath and drank it.
Can'er quickly handed over water and candied fruits so that Chu Yunxi could clear his mouth.