Cowpox is a matter of great importance. If the experiment is successful, it will be a great achievement.

However, Yinzhen had no intention of intervening. He could not and did not want to take all the credit for such a great achievement that saved countless lives. The only way to make everyone happy was to give the credit to his father.

He directly wrote a secret memorial to ask the emperor to make the decision. He also attached a secret letter written jointly by the imperial doctors of the smallpox department to the memorial, and then ordered someone to send it to the border at full speed.

The messenger knew the importance of the letter, so he changed horses but not people, and rushed to the outside of the Great Wall without stopping. Then he rushed to Gahaitu where the current imperial carriage was. The whole journey took only two days and two nights, and he was exhausted.

In the royal tent.

Kangxi was in a good mood as he reviewed the memorials, with a smile on his face. He had just received news two days ago that the eldest prince had recovered, and the others who had contracted smallpox were also recovering, and no one was killed or injured in the smallpox outbreak at the fourth manor.

While he was smiling to himself, Li Dequan walked in quietly.

"Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince has sent someone to deliver the secret letter at full speed." As he spoke, the tightly sealed secret box was handed to the emperor.

Is there something important that the fourth brother is making such a big fuss about?

Kangxi was a little surprised. The fourth brother would not be so serious unless it was an important matter.

He opened the secret box casually, and found a thick pile of documents inside. On the top was a memorial, and at the bottom was a letter and a large stack of bamboo paper.

This memorial is quite thick! When Kangxi first read it, he was in the mood to make some jokes, but when he read half of it, his face suddenly became serious. It is no exaggeration to say that what was reported in the memorial was earth-shattering.

He took a deep breath, then held it and watched from the middle to the end in one breath.

The memorial clearly and concisely described the causes and consequences of the smallpox outbreak in Zhuangzi, as well as the results of the imperial doctors' investigations and a series of symptoms suffered by the eldest prince and others. Kangxi could not help but become excited after reading it.

After reading the memorial, he immediately opened the secret letter written by the imperial doctors and the large stack of pulse records written on bamboo paper, and read and examined them one by one in detail.

Kangxi himself was quite knowledgeable in medicine, so he could see that there was great potential in treating the cowpox. Moreover, the fourth prince had already found out that the eldest prince and the people on the farm were not infected with smallpox, but cowpox, so there was a precedent.

Kangxi was very pleased to think that the words in the secret memorial from the fourth brother were asking him to make the decision. He called out loudly, "Li Dequan, come in!"

Li Dequan hurriedly walked into the imperial tent from outside the felt tent, bowed slightly, and listened quietly to the emperor's instructions.

"Go and make arrangements to send the imperial physician from the Fourth Prince's farm and the oxen with cowpox to the imperial farm, and let the imperial physician do what he thinks is best. At the same time, give a verbal order to the Minister of Justice, and have him secretly arrange for some death row prisoners to be sent to the imperial farm as well. Remember, this matter must be kept secret and must not be leaked."

Li Dequan's heart tightened, and he replied solemnly: "I obey your order!"

On that day, troops rushed back to the capital from outside the Great Wall and brought back the emperor's edict.

"The Emperor has ordered the imperial physician to continue the experiment at the imperial farm..."

Yinzhen, who had been waiting for a long time at the farm, immediately sent the oxen infected with cowpox to the imperial farm, and then hurriedly sent away a large group of imperial doctors and clerks, leaving only four or five clerks and medical assistants to take care of the servants who had not yet fully recovered.

He just let it go completely!

……

It was the sixth day of August, the autumnal equinox, and the farm was in a state of bustle. Servants were going in and out, packing and putting away luggage, as they had to rush back to the mansion early the next morning.

Yinzhen ordered his men to pass on the message, "Those who have had smallpox and cowpox can go back to the mansion with us, but those who have not had either disease and have not been vaccinated can stay at the manor for the time being, and when the rest of the people have recovered, they can be taken back to the mansion together."

Therefore, every master had people staying on the farm. The servants around the prince had the most people left, and the princesses had the least people left. In total, there were only eleven or twelve people left.

Huichun and Xiuxia, who were by Yixiu's side, had never had smallpox and had never been vaccinated, so they could only watch with tears in their eyes as their master, the young master, and their two good sisters returned to the mansion, while they had to stay on the farm for a few more days.

"Master... wuwu..."

Seeing the two maids who had served her for more than ten years so sad, Yixiu couldn't help but comfort them: "Don't worry, when the prince sends someone to the manor to pick people up, I will definitely not forget you two!"

"That's right, Aunt Huichun and Aunt Xiuxia, I will never forget you."

Only these two people who came out of Haitang Garden stayed behind. As for Zhao Quanshun who was infected with cowpox, he recovered two days ago. Since he had done nothing wrong, he was arranged to return to Honghui to continue serving him.

However, Honghui didn't ask him to do anything. After a serious illness, he still needed to rest.

While we were chatting, the luggage was quickly packed and the whole process took less than half a day.

When leaving the house, the luggage he brought with him filled two large carriages, but when returning home, he only filled one carriage. All the underwear and utensils were burned and buried, and nothing was spared.

It is said that this is to avoid future troubles! Honghui did not understand the reason behind this, but since the imperial physician had given such a serious instruction, he could only obey.

In the evening, all the luggage was placed on the carriage. The noise that had been going on for the whole day gradually died down. The smell of smoke from the kitchen filled the air and then dissipated. Soon it was time for dinner.

Because the smallpox on the farm had not yet subsided, everyone had dinner in their own rooms.

On the eve of dinner, Su Peisheng went to various courtyards to pass on the message, saying, "The prince said that everyone should hurry up tomorrow morning, because the carriage will set off at 11:00 a.m."

Who dared not obey Lord Beile's orders? That night, all the courtyards extinguished their candles early, and the night was quiet.

Honghui was no exception. He fell into a deep sleep at the beginning of the evening and had a beautiful dream. In the dream, there was a bright future where cowpox completely replaced human pox and smallpox was eradicated.

How wonderful! After he woke up, he had forgotten all the scenes in his dream, but he still remembered the relief and excitement he felt at that time.

The cowpox battle has come to an end, and he needs to cheer himself up to face the next challenge!

Around 5:65 am, when it was still dark, candles were lit one after another and there was movement in every courtyard.

After finishing a series of tasks such as dressing, grooming, washing, eating, etc., at 3:15 a.m. in the morning, everyone gathered in front of the gate of the house on time.

"I pay my respects to the concubine and the eldest prince." The three princesses came forward one after another to pay their respects, all with respectful expressions on their faces.

Even the Song family, who were a little bit cunning, showed much more respect! They didn't know the inside story of the smallpox, so they just thought that the eldest prince had survived the smallpox and would not die easily in the future.

The position of the prince in the palace is most likely already secured! Several princesses thought so.

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