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"Two of the emperor's grandchildren suddenly fell seriously ill..."

As soon as the housekeeper finished speaking, Lord Cheng En had already ordered: "Prepare the car immediately and go to the Prince's Mansion."

At this time, nothing must happen to the prince's offspring.

That night, the steward of the Crown Prince's Mansion and the steward of Duke Cheng'en's Mansion, led people to knock on the palace gate desperately to report to His Majesty and the Queen that the two imperial grandsons had fallen seriously ill.

The Crown Princess's family also received the news and all rushed to the Crown Prince's Mansion.

It was said that the two little grandsons were fine when they went to the academy to study in the morning, but started to feel unwell at noon, and the court doctor treated them for typhoid fever.

He started to have a high fever at 3 p.m. In fact, a high fever in a child is not a serious problem, but the key point is that both of them got sick at the same time. Not only did they have fever, but they also had rashes and vomited a lot.

The Queen was worried, so she brought the imperial physician to the Prince's residence.

After the imperial physician sent from the palace examined the two grandchildren, he exchanged opinions with the original imperial physician in the palace and confirmed that both grandchildren had smallpox.

It was terrible. Not only was smallpox contagious, but the mortality rate was also extremely high, and many children could not survive it.

The smallpox was severe. The three imperial doctors worked non-stop for a whole day and night, but were unable to control the disease.

At noon the next day, the little grandson, who had been crying all the time, began to breathe weaker and weaker. Duke Cheng'en and the Queen stayed in the Prince's Mansion all night and day, and all the imperial doctors on duty in the palace were called.

At 3:00 p.m., the prince's two sons died despite failed rescue efforts.

The prince is already 30 years old this year, and neither of his two sons, one legitimate and one illegitimate, was saved.

Not only did the two sons die, but the two daughters also showed signs of smallpox.

When the Queen and Duke Cheng'en learned that their two grandsons were dead, they could not hold on and both fainted.

The Queen Mother Wei was so angry that she suffered a stroke.

The imperial doctors in the palace all looked deathly pale.

The Imperial Medical Bureau Director had a solemn expression on his face and said to all the doctors: "Everyone, please organize the medical records. You have all done your best. I will take full responsibility."

With such heavy casualties, someone has to bear the wrath of the royal family.

The director of the Imperial Medical Bureau was prepared to die.

This year seems to be particularly cold, and the first snow in November was particularly heavy.

After the earthquake in Zhongzhou, although there were continuous aftershocks, the capital city was not affected again.

Xie Zhaozhao had moved back to the main courtyard a long time ago, and Mo Yan and several servants swept the yard clean.

When Gu Shaoyu came back in the afternoon, he saw Xie Zhaozhao standing in the corridor. He was wearing a duck egg blue cloak with a circle of fox fur around it. He had a hat on his head and his face was covered with snow-white fox fur.

She smiled gently, watching Yuanyuanman and Moyan playing snowballs. There were several snowmen in the yard, looking very cute.

He stood at the gate of the yard and looked at her smile, feeling such peace and beauty, which was very touching.

"Is the elder back?"

Yuanyuan shouted and everyone stopped playing, and Xie Zhaozhao hurried over.

His hands were cold, so he didn't hold her hand, but just walked back into the room with her side by side.

Xie Zhaozhao helped him take off his cloak, Yuanyuan took it and hung it up, then went into the inner room.

The warm fireplace and floor heating inside are two completely different worlds from the outside.

Aunt Cui brought up rice, braised spareribs, braised fish fillets, braised eggplant, etc. Gu Shaoyu pointed at the vegetables and said, "Did your boat bring this up?"

"They were brought from the Citong Port." The two pirate ships were restless. A group of new sailors transported two ships of vegetables from the Citong Port to the capital along the outer coast, and they looted all the vegetables as soon as they arrived.

The gross profit of each trip was more than ten thousand taels of silver. Yin Jinan didn't want to worry about it. Li Yunmu was the one who ran it. After each trip, he made twenty thousand taels of silver. The young men on the boat shared ten thousand taels, and Li Yunmu gave the rest to Xie Zhaozhao to save.

Gu Shaoyu didn't say much about vegetables, and said calmly: "Both sons of the prince died of smallpox."

"Ah?" Xie Zhaozhao was a little surprised. The news was blocked by the royal family and did not spread to the public.

"He fell ill yesterday morning. The imperial physician tried to save him for a whole day and night, but he died at 11 pm. The Queen and Your Majesty are both very sad."

Gu Shaoyu explained the incident to Xie Zhaozhao simply and clearly, "The prince failed to provide disaster relief, the people of Zhongzhou rioted, and the prince fled."

Xie Zhaozhao frowned and said nothing for a while. In his previous life, he had not heard of the riot in Zhongzhou at this time, nor had he heard that the prince's two sons died of smallpox.

However, maybe she didn't hear about it at home. After all, in her previous life, Gu Chengyan was busy making a fortune in Jiangnan due to the national crisis, and no one told her these royal secrets.

The news that the Emperor's eldest grandson was dead only came out a year later when the Crown Princess, Wei Chuchu and others became pregnant again and gave birth to a child. By that time, His Majesty had taken the panacea and became somewhat insane.

However, smallpox is most common in the hot summer. It's winter now, so how come smallpox still breaks out?

Gu Shaoyu was not in a hurry and waited for her to digest it slowly.

After waiting for a while, Xie Zhaozhao asked, "Are we going to send more people to provide disaster relief?"

"Yes."

"Send you?"

"Yes."

"You..." Xie Zhaozhao frowned slightly, "The Crown Prince was ineffective in providing disaster relief. If you go at this time, it would be an open declaration of war with the Crown Prince. In addition, the Crown Prince's disaster relief caused a riot among the people of Zhongzhou. Someone must be held responsible for this. Your Majesty will definitely hold the Crown Prince responsible. Duke Cheng'en and his party might cause trouble, right? It's not appropriate for you to leave."

Gu Shaoyu tapped her nose and said, "I think there's someone who's quite suitable."

"Lingxun!" said Xie Zhaozhao.

Gu Shaoyu nodded.

Xie Zhaozhao said: "He is the most suitable person to go. His ability, background, and character are impeccable."

Gu Shaoyu ate slowly and looked at her with admiration and heartache.

"If you recommend Ling Xun, I will discuss with Yin Er and Li Er and give the three ships of food urgently transferred from Johor to Ling Xun to appease the people of Zhongzhou. I will only charge a profit of one cent per pound."

Their three ships transported 10 shi of grain across the ocean, and the total cost was about wen per jin.

She made a profit of 1 wen per catty of silver, so the profit of 1500 shi was only taels of silver.

Taking such a big risk to transport three ships of cargo on the open sea route, the 1500 taels of silver were equivalent to working for nothing.

"This batch of goods has arrived safely. We have also rented a few ships from others, and the grain will continue to be shipped in. We will definitely be able to pacify the people of Zhongzhou, and the profiteers will not be able to sell a single grain of the high-priced grain."

This kind of thing can only be done by an outsider like Ling Xun.

Otherwise, if Gu Shaoyu went instead, no matter what contribution she made, she might still be criticized by others, questioning why she didn't give out the grain earlier and waited until Lord Gu was appointed as the imperial envoy?

Sending Ling Xun as the imperial envoy not only gave him the opportunity to be promoted, but also avoided suspicion well and highlighted Gu Shaoyu's ability to judge people.

Gu Shaoyu walked up to her, squatted down, held her hand, kissed her forehead, and said, "Okay."

His family Zhao Zhao wanted to promote Ling Xun, so he cooperated with her! (*?︶?*).?.:*?