Shengpingle

Chapter 172 Smallpox
On the day of the funeral of Du Ruo's mother and son, although Luo Xiyao did not show up, the old Mrs. Luo and his wife acted as hosts throughout the whole process to thank the guests who came to offer incense.

Although it was not extravagant, Du Ruo's mother and son were buried properly and decently.

The body of the woman who pretended to be Mrs. Du's complaint outside the city was crushed and thrown into a mass grave.

Even so, many people still went to the mass grave to watch the fun, as if they wanted to see through the handfuls of dust to see clearly whether the woman was Mrs. Du or if she was a fake.

In this regard, Emperor Zhenghe praised Nianyu who came back to life, "It's still you who are thoughtful, such a rebel with ulterior motives, exposing the corpse to the wilderness and letting the wild dogs eat it will make her cheaper, it's better to frustrate her ashes."

If he threw her dead body into the wilderness according to his own ideas, maybe those troublemakers would find out!
Nian Yu smiled modestly, "The emperor has praised him, and it is the duty of a slave to share his worries for the emperor."

Emperor Zhenghe said again, "The site selection of the princess mansion in the whole city has not been properly selected until now. You should keep an eye on this matter."

Xiao Mingqing gave her marriage to Jiufangfeng, so she wanted to build the princess mansion, since Nianyu can continue to use it, it is most appropriate to entrust it to him.

Nian Yu took orders respectfully, and went to Changchun Palace after leaving the South Study Room.

Since Concubine Jiufang gave him the double-headed dragon jade pendant of the Lian family last time, even though he came to Changchun Palace to see Concubine Jiufang every day, he couldn't ask her anything.

Whenever he came, although she would not drive him away, she would not talk to him too much.

It was only five or six days before he went out to deal with Du Ruo's mother and son, but the spirit of the Jiufang imperial concubine improved a lot, and the flesh was visible on her face.

The palace man reported that she was willing to eat these days, and that Xiao Mingqing would talk to her when she came.

Nian Yu understood, she saw that he had regained the important position of the government and the emperor, completely got rid of the charge of "the remnants of the Lian family", and finally slowly struggled out of fear and worry.

He thought that his heart, which felt cold and hard, was touched lightly by something soft.

The deep palace is sinister, but the girl who recklessly rushed into the deep palace is still the same as before.

Sure enough, after retiring from the palace, the imperial concubine Jiufang no longer pretended to be asleep, leaned against the head of the bed, and couldn't wait to ask him about his business trips.

She couldn't wait to make sure that Zheng Hedi had completely dispelled his doubts about Nian Yu.

Nian Yu began to talk slowly from Mrs. Du bringing Du Ruo's body outside the city gate, all the way to the verdict of Dali Temple.

Nian Yu spoke in great detail, and after finishing speaking, the noble concubine Jiufang couldn't recover for a long time, and asked for a while with red eyes, "Did the emperor really kill Mr. Du just to marry Luo Xiyao as his queen?
Then when Luo Xiyao entered the palace for draft, why didn't he just keep Luo Xiyao? "

Nian Yu said softly, "I have not been in the palace for a long time, and the news is not so well-informed.

However, I reckoned that it might be because Su Shangshu made a petition on behalf of Mrs. Luo and did not want Miss Luo to enter the palace.

Su Shangshu's face, the emperor always wants to give some points.

It should not be a coincidence that the emperor ordered Su Shangshu to be the queen when he was in Fuguang.

The emperor probably never expected that Mrs. Luo would marry Miss Luo so quickly, the son of Du Jiebai who is well-known all over the world."

Concubine Jiufang grabbed his hand and looked at him with tears in her eyes, "So, there are no Fuguang traitors at all?
Did Mrs. Du really drain all the blood in her body, and gouged out her own heart just to avenge Mr. Du? "

Nian Yu tapped the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Yes, I found many people, and all of them agreed that it was Mrs. Du, and she would never be a fake."

Concubine Jiufang felt the temperature of his fingertips, and the barely controlled tears fell down like a broken thread.

"But she still failed to avenge Mr. Du's grievance."

Nian Yu hummed, and Concubine Jiufang lowered her head, tears streaming down her face, but she didn't make a sound, which was very different from when she was crying in front of Emperor Zhenghe.

Nian Yu looked at her silently for a while, and then slowly said, "It is extremely difficult to avenge a grievance in this world, not to mention that the Chou family is the Ninth Five-Year Honor, if you are not careful, you will die, your mother said, right?"

On the surface, he was talking about Du Ruo's mother and son, but he meant that he was the remnant of the Lian family who was carrying a blood feud and wanted to avenge the Ninth Five Lord.

The noble concubine Jiufang didn't answer, but tears welled up even more urgently.

Nian Yu paused, but still leaned into her ear and asked word by word, "Then why didn't your mother tell me, why did you kill Brother Zhao?"

Concubine Jiufang trembled all over, looked at Nian Yu in disbelief, her lips moved, but she couldn't say anything.

Nian Yu's heart was very cold. After he returned to the palace, Emperor Zhenghe was still very worried about him, and set up his eyes and ears everywhere.

Naturally, he didn't dare to act rashly, so he could only investigate the cause of Xiao Mingzhao's death in private.

Due to the shortage of manpower and restricted movement, Xiao Mingzhao's death has been going on for a long time, and it is only now that he has slowly figured out a clue.

Just clues, no evidence.

At this time, it had been a while since Xiao Mingzhao died, and when Su Xianyu investigated, he should have deliberately erased the clues that were hard to detect.

He couldn't find any evidence at all, so he could only speculate that it was the imperial concubine Jiufang who ordered Xiao Mingzhao to be killed!

Only Concubine Jiufang has always listened to him the most. He has told him countless times about this matter, and she will never act rashly when he is imprisoned and his identity is in danger of being exposed.

What's more, killing their biggest reliance Xiao Mingzhao, such an extreme method?
He was not sure, and he also saw the deep fear hidden under the numb appearance of Concubine Jiufang.

He knew very well that if he really asked, it would be fine if the noble concubine Jiufang killed Xiao Mingzhao, but if not, she might hate him, so he hesitated all the time.

In the past few days, he was ordered to thoroughly investigate the matter of Du Ruo's mother and son. Huo Yanzhi took the opportunity to send him a letter, and explained in detail what he and Hua Pingle speculated that Su Xianyu and the concubine Jiufang might have killed Xiao Mingzhao together.

Su Xianyu is far away in Fuguang, and all the evidence and witnesses in the palace have long been annihilated, so he can only lie to her.

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, she really killed her!
Nian Yu put on a cold face, pretending to be calm and confident, "Ma'am, I can't figure it out, why?"

Why don't you listen to him, but trust an outsider and do such a thing!
Concubine Jiufang's staring eyes were bloodshot, and she swung him away vigorously, "Get out! I don't know what you are talking about! Get out!"

Once again, Nian Yu saw fear on her face, and this fear was obviously not what he thought it was because of his identity and loss of power that she was so afraid.

Nian Yu's pupils shrink slightly, so what is she afraid of?Jiufangyan?
"Your Majesty, Su Xianyu—"

The imperial concubine Jiufang completely lost control of her intense emotions when she heard the word "Su Xianyu", and shouted, "I don't understand what you are talking about! It doesn't matter if it has nothing to do with him!"

She is still defending Su Xianyu!

Just as Nian Yu was about to say more, Imperial Concubine Jiufang suddenly pulled out the hairpin from her bun and pressed it against her throat, breaking down and shouting, "Get out! Get out! Otherwise, I'm going to die!"

Her whole body was shaking violently, and her hands were so trembling that she could hardly hold the hairpin.

Not to mention Nian Yu, even Xiao Mingqing could easily snatch her hairpin here.

Nian Yu was silent, but in the end he couldn't bear to push her too far, so he backed away a few steps, leaned over and raised his hands, "Your Majesty, don't take care."

Hearing the sound of Nian Yu's footsteps gradually going away, the noble concubine Jiufang let go of her hand, and the hairpin fell silently on the Arhat's bed.

She reached out to wipe her eyes, but the tears welled up more urgently.

She simply stopped wiping, and buried her face in the pillow, letting her sadness and fear drown her...

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In the Luo Mansion, Master Luo fell ill after returning from the funeral of Du Ruo's mother and son.

Old Madam Luo hurriedly ordered someone to invite Shen Qi over.

Shen Qi came, gave Taifu Luo another injection, prescribed the medicine, frowned and said, "Teacher is getting old, don't be overly sad, as time goes on, I'm afraid Master can't cure it."

Mrs. Luo sighed and nodded, "I'm going to trouble Dr. Shen, I won't have to."

Shen Qi stopped persuading her and began to pack the medical box.

Mrs. Luo was about to ask a few more questions, when she saw Luo Xiyao's personal servant girl standing furtively outside the flower wall and looking in, she couldn't help frowning, "What's the matter? Come in and talk."

The servant girl entered the inner room hesitantly, and Ai Ai said, "Old madam, the girl is also feeling a little uncomfortable, can I ask Dr. Shen to take a look?"

Mrs. Luo's eyelids twitched, since Mrs. Luo resigned as chief assistant, more than half of the servants and servants in the family were dismissed, but the imperial physician who was honored by the family remained.

If Luo Xiyao is not feeling well, just ask the imperial physician to go, there is no need to send a maid to spy here sneakily.

There must be something inside!

She was afraid that Mrs. Luo's illness would be more disturbing, so she called the servant girl out, and only after questioning did she find out that Luo Xiyao had been burned for several days.

It's just that I have a low fever for a while in the evening, and it will subside by itself in a few hours.

Luo Xiyao didn't want Taifu Luo and his wife to be upset again, so she didn't allow the maid to make any noise, thinking that she could handle it.

Unexpectedly, the servant girl saw a pimple on Luo Xiyao's chin just now, her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly called the imperial physician.

She didn't want the imperial doctor to ask her to invite Shen Qi, she knew it was wrong, so she came here bravely.

As soon as Mrs. Luo heard about pimples, the imperial physician asked Shen Qi again, her eyes turned black and she fell forward.

Yaoyao had chickenpox when she was a child, so it can only be smallpox!
Smallpox!
The servant girl hurriedly supported her, and called out to the old lady in surprise.

At this time Shen Qi just packed up the medical box and came out, seeing the situation, he hurriedly went to pinch Mrs. Luo to wake her up.

After hearing the servant girl's explanation, he immediately said, "I'll go and have a look first, you help the old lady to walk slowly behind."

Old lady Luo couldn't walk slowly, she hurried to Luo Xiyao's yard.

But Shen Qi sent Yao Tong outside and didn't allow her to go in.

The curtains in the room were thickly drawn, and Mrs. Luo couldn't see clearly what was going on inside even when she stood on her tiptoes, she was so anxious that she kept yelling for innocence.

Just as he was in a hurry, it was reported that Su Li had come back. He had already arrived at the door and was rushing this way.

"A Li, Ah Li is back—"

Mrs. Luo muttered, "Quick, help me to meet you."

She didn't take a few steps, when she saw Su Li walking towards him quickly, his snow-blue Taoist robe was covered with dust.

"A carp—"

Mrs. Luo took a few steps forward and grasped Su Li's outstretched hands, tears rolled down her eyes, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back!"

On the way to Beijing, Su Li had already heard about the great changes in the capital. Seeing the old Mrs. Luo who had not seen her for a short period of time, she felt sore, and held her hand heavily, "I'm back, Master. Don't worry, grandma, everything is up to me."

Mrs. Luo hummed, then suddenly remembered, "You are back, where is your uncle?"

"Uncle couldn't leave, so he sent me back to Beijing first."

Mrs. Luo nodded, "You should, you should, the country's affairs are the most important."

"Uncle said that he will come back as soon as the matter in Fuguang is settled, so my grandmother can rest assured."

Mrs. Luo suddenly remembered again, "Your sister Luo—"

Before she finished speaking, Shen Qi, who was covering her face tightly with a face scarf, came out with the imperial doctor, but she didn't get close, and stood at the door and said, "Miss Luo should have smallpox, and several of her maids are also infected with it." .

Old madam, you first order someone to seal up this yard, and then find someone who has suffered from smallpox to take care of it. Don't leave the yard if you have nothing to do.

Old madam, you leave first, I will make medicinal soup right away, and everyone will drink it."

smallpox!

It really was smallpox!
Mrs. Luo's feet were weak and she could hardly stand.

Su Li supported her, and walked out with her half in his arms, "Grandmother, let's go first."

Where is Mrs. Luo willing to go, "Yaoyao—"

Su Li approached suddenly, leaned into her ear and whispered, "Grandmother, with Divine Doctor Shen here, Sister Luo is sure to be fine.

If it doesn't work, I will also ask for Sister Luo's palm prints in the coming year, and it is not necessarily a bad thing."

Mrs. Luo's trembling was not necessarily a bad thing, Ah Li, what does Ah Li mean?
Su Li tightened the hand holding her arm, raised his voice slightly, "Grandmother, now Master and Sister Luo are sick, you must hold on!

I also want to persuade Master to relax, otherwise Ah Li is young and really doesn't know what to do."

I also want to persuade Master to relax his mind——

Is Ah Li implying that she will tell the old man what she said?

Yaoyao, is that disease smallpox?

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Luo Xiyao's yard was sealed off, and medicinal herbs were buried all around, and the fragrance of the medicinal soup made by Luo's mansion filled the entire alley.

Soon, the news that Luo Xiyao and several of her maidservants had contracted smallpox spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.

When Zheng Hedi learned about it, he was shocked and angry, "Smallpox? She couldn't be sooner or later, and she got smallpox at this time?"

Nian Yu said in a deep voice, "I also think the timing is too coincidental, why don't I go and find out?"

Zheng Hedi sneered, "You go immediately! Take all the best imperial doctors from the imperial hospital, and the hospital principal, all go!"

At dusk, Nian Yu brought four imperial physicians and the imperial hospital into Luo Xiyao's courtyard, showing full respect for the future mother of the country.

Nian Yu was very modest this time, and asked a few imperial physicians to check his pulse first, and stood aside to ask Shen Qi about the situation.

Several imperial doctors checked the pulse, looked at each other, and then kept looking at Nian Yu.

Nian Yu was impatient, "What are you doing here? Didn't my Xiao Qi say that it was smallpox? Don't you guys look down on my disciples?"

Shen Qi quickly looked up at Nian Yu, then immediately lowered her head.

Master beat and scolded him at home, so he defended him like this outside and called him "my little seven"!
The drooping face of the son of the Xinglin family who was obsessed with medical skills was slightly red.

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