Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

Cui Qi Yan acted too quickly and no one had time to react. It was not until the man screamed like a pig being slaughtered that Dong Jiafu and Tan Hao saw him coming.

"Is your hand still numb?" Cui Qi Yan's eyes were cold as he folded the man's hand behind his back.

“No, it’s not numb anymore…” The man tilted his body, trying to relieve the pain, his face full of fear.

Cui Qiyan let go of his hand and pushed the man out.

The man staggered a few steps, then fell to the ground, then immediately rolled and crawled up, hiding in the crowd in panic.

Cui Qiyan turned to face the victims who were looking at this side cautiously, and said in a loud voice: "The emperor was very worried when he heard about the flood in Jizhou. He ordered Jingzhao Prefecture to find this place for everyone to stay, and sent the imperial physician and these doctors who volunteered to come here to treat everyone's illnesses and injuries."

"In this time of crisis, these doctors left their clinics and came here to provide free medical treatment for everyone. However, some people do not know how to cherish this opportunity and even have dirty thoughts. Such people waste everyone's time and prevent those who really need to see a doctor from receiving timely treatment. It is very likely that someone will die because of this short period of time."

There was total silence all around. Cui Qiyan paused and continued, "I am making this clear today. If anyone has bad intentions, behaves improperly, and disrupts the order here again, they will not be able to stay here any longer."

After hearing this, the victims turned around and looked at the man with indignation.

At this time, Doctor Zhang finished his work and rushed over. "When did the prince come? What happened to make the prince so angry?"

"Someone pretended to be sick and made trouble out of nothing. I have already solved it." Cui Qi Yan replied truthfully.

Doctor Zhang turned his head and saw Dong Jiafu and Tan Hao standing next to them. He roughly guessed what was going on.

"This place has just been established, and many problems have not yet been discovered and dealt with. I am sorry to have caused you so much trouble. I will pay more attention in the future and will not let such things happen again."

Cui Qiyan looked around and asked, "Why are there only people from the Imperial Hospital here? Where are the people from Jingzhao Prefecture?"

"They all went outside the city gate. I heard that another group of disaster victims arrived and there was nowhere to put them in the capital. The prefect took people to deal with it."

"Doctor Zhang doesn't have many staff, and you have to personally oversee many things. You've worked hard."

"I dare not, I dare not. Your Majesty has entrusted me with this important task, and this is what I should do."

"I will come over when I am free to help Doctor Zhang with some of the work. I will be watching over here, so Doctor Zhang can focus on other things."

Right now is a time when we are short of manpower, and Doctor Zhang was more than happy to hear this.

"Then there is Lao Shizi."

Doctor Zhang turned around and was called away again. Cui Qiyan said to Dong Jiafu in a gentle voice, "Are you okay?"

Dong Jiafu nodded, "It's okay, this is not the first time I've encountered such a person, I can handle it. But thank you for your help, Prince."

"It seems this place is not safe either. Let Ji Bai stay here for the time being."

"What the prince said just now is very intimidating. No one should come out to cause trouble again."

In fact, they all knew that what could most shock the victims was him as a person, rather than what he said.

"Just in case, it's better to let Ji Bai stay." Cui Qiyan made a decision, looked at her and Tan Hao and said, "You guys continue to see patients."

Tan Hao then remembered that there were still patients he hadn't seen, and hurried back to the table.

After Dong Jiafu went back and sat down, Cui Qiyan called Ji Bai to his side and gave him some instructions.

Ji Bai went to do it immediately, asked the victims who needed to see a doctor to line up again, and arranged for the women and children to stay with Dong Jiafu.

After what happened just now, no one dared to cause trouble next time.

When the news that the imperial court had set up a temporary clinic for the victims spread, victims from other resettlement centers also came to see the doctor in the following days, and doctors from several other clinics also came to help.

After the most chaotic period at the beginning, things gradually became orderly.

Dong Jingtang personally investigated the officials in Jizhou who had failed to supervise the disaster, and was ordered by the emperor to go to Jizhou to supervise post-disaster affairs and allow the victims to return to their homeland as soon as possible.

Just when everyone thought things were getting better, a crisis more serious than the flood quietly arrived.

At the morning court session that day, the Jingzhao Yin stood in the center of the hall with a pale face.

"Your Majesty, nearly a thousand disaster victims have gathered outside the city gates. The capital is overcrowded. I have set up tents and provided them with porridge according to your Majesty's order. Four disaster victims have died of illness in the past two days, and the symptoms are the same. I suspect... I suspect they were infected with the epidemic."

As soon as the word "epidemic" came out, all the civil and military officials were shocked.

The emperor leaned forward, "Are you sure it's the plague?"

"I only have suspicions, but I dare not make a definitive statement. According to the report from my subordinates, the four victims who died suddenly all had symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting, and high fever, and finally vomited blood and died."

Although Jingzhao Yin's words were not absolutely certain, everyone already believed them in their hearts.

An official stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it is better to believe it than not. If it is really a plague, then the nearly 1,000 victims outside the city may be in great trouble, and there is a risk of the disease being transmitted to the capital."

"Where is the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau?" the emperor looked solemn.

"I'm here." An elderly director of the Imperial Medical Bureau stepped out.

"I order your Imperial Hospital to immediately investigate the cause of death of the victims outside the city."

"The minister obeys the order."

To prevent chaos, the emperor strictly ordered that the matter should not be made public. However, the plague was something that everyone was terrified of, and after the court session, these officials rushed back home and told their families not to go out unless it was important.

The director of the Imperial Medical Bureau took good precautions and took the hospital's best doctors out of the city.

That night, a memorial was urgently delivered to the emperor's desk.

After the Imperial Medical Bureau examined the bodies of the four victims, it was discovered that similar symptoms were found in other victims, confirming that it was undoubtedly a plague.

The director of the Imperial Medical Bureau and the imperial physicians who had followed him out of the city never returned to the city.

The emperor immediately ordered the city gates to be sealed, forbidding anyone to enter the city, and ordered the Imperial Hospital to prepare the herbs needed to treat the plague and send them out urgently.

As soon as the city gates were closed, news of the plague outside the city spread like wildfire. The people in the city were terrified, bought daily necessities and stayed indoors. For a time, the prosperous and bustling capital was deserted.

Doctor Zhang was worried. "The victims in the city are stable, but how come such a big thing happened outside the city? I don't know what the situation is over there. It's a pity that I can't leave, otherwise I really want to go outside the city to help them."

Doctor Xiao Ye said, "Now that the victims here have been cured, we are definitely in need of help outside. Doctor Zhang, I request to leave the city."

"We are responsible for the victims in the city. This is also the order of His Majesty and the Court Envoy. Without receiving the emperor's decree, we can't go anywhere. We can only guard here well." Doctor Zhang said.

Dong Jiafu and Tan Hao were listening nearby and were also worried about the people outside the city.