The Fourth Master's Dog

Duofu ran out of the zoo and tried hard to smell the scent in the air.

The wind was a bit rough at night, and there were all kinds of smells.

Duofu's nose is not working properly.

Duofu was a little disappointed.

Think about it for a while.

I plan to go back to the princes' residence first. Maybe Kangxi has isolated the Fourth Prince and the others there.

That way you won't have to search around randomly.

On the palace road leading to the prince's residence, Duofu's figure ran very fast and disappeared into the darkness in an instant.

The closer Duofu got to the prince's residence, the more he smelled the scent of medicinal herbs.

A strong smell of mugwort blew over with the wind.

Duofu couldn't help but sneeze.

Hidden in a bush not far from where the prince was.

Duofu looked at his own miserable appearance. His paws were broken and had a hint of red.

There was not a clean spot on his body, like a wild dog that appeared from nowhere.

In this state, you definitely cannot enter the prince's residence, even if you are clean, based on the current situation.

No one would let his little dog go in and cause trouble.

Duofu lay there, his eyes fixed on the brightly lit residence.

Plan to go there later and find a good time to sneak in.

Duofu couldn't help but yawn, but he stared at the door without blinking.

I’m afraid of missing the opportunity.

Duofu was squatting there feeding mosquitoes, his mind working rapidly.

I don’t know how the little bun is doing now.

Is it serious?

Was he frightened and started crying?

Duofu thought to himself that he missed the sight of his little boy crying.

I touched the cowpox under the dog's neck. Even though I was joking with myself, I didn't dare to take my eyes off it for even a moment.

I heard the footsteps and conversation sounds inside gradually becoming less and less.

Duofu slowly got up and found the dog hole where the prince lived.

That small hole probably can't even be called a dog hole, it's about the size of an adult's palm.

It's still Duofu. When he wasn't this fat, he begged the Fourth Prince to have someone dig him out.

The door of the prince's residence was not friendly to him, with its high threshold.

With his short legs and young age, he couldn't climb up at all.

That’s why we played another door, which was the hole secretly dug in the corner.

Normally, there are trees and grass hiding it, and no one would notice a palm-sized hole appearing out of nowhere.

Now that I am so blessed, I look at my old body as I grow older and wonder if I can still fit into it.

Looking at the hole in front of him that seemed smaller than his head, Duofu became a little uncertain.

He gritted his teeth, stuffed the cloth bag around his neck into the hole first, and then thrust his head forward.

The head was on the other side, but the fat belly was still stuck in the hole.

Duofu used all his strength with his hind legs and front legs, exerting force with both feet at the same time, but the body was still stuck there steadily.

Duofu felt like his stomach was being rubbed. He took a deep breath, contracted his stomach suddenly, and exerted force with all four claws at the same time.

boom.

Duofu rolled in and touched the fat on his belly with his hand. Duofu made up his mind to eat less recently.

He picked up the cloth bag on the ground and walked towards the Fourth Prince's residence with his paws somewhat shaky.

The room was empty, even Su Peisheng, who usually accompanied the Fourth Prince Yinzhen, was missing.

Duofu's eyes suddenly turned red.

There was the Fourth Prince lying on the bed, his face flushed and his lips dry, lying there all alone.

At this moment, Duofu's anger level was seriously exceeded.

It's true that people have different fates.

He is also the son of Kangxi.

The prince got smallpox, and Kangxi took care of him personally, including everyone inside and outside the hospital.

How come everyone was gone when the Fourth Prince got smallpox?

Looking at the Fourth Prince Yinzhen, who was already burning and dazed on the bed.

A helper stepped on the low table beside the bed and jumped onto the bed.

Duofu looked carefully and saw that his whole body was red with fever, and his face was covered with dense pimples that looked like chickenpox.

He carefully put down the cloth bag next to his mouth and looked at the cowpox in the bag.

And the confused Fourth Prince Yinzhen.

Duofu was in a dilemma.

What to do now?

How is this cowpox used?

Hearing the footsteps gradually coming from outside the door, Duofu shuddered.

Never mind.

Use your claws to carefully pick up a small cowpox particle.

Close your eyes and harden your heart.

He planned to stuff it into the mouth of the Fourth Prince Yinzhen.

I don’t know if it was because I was too anxious or because I was startled by the footsteps getting closer and closer outside the door.

The cowpox particles that were originally intended to be stuffed into the mouth were accidentally stuffed into the nose and entered the body along with the breathing of the Fourth Prince Yinzhen.

Duofu hurriedly packed his cloth bag.

The whole dog quickly got out of bed and crawled under the bed.

It was Su Peisheng, who walked in with an anxious look on his face, holding a bowl of black medicine.

Duofu was lying in the corner of the bed when he smelled a bitter and unpleasant odor of Chinese medicine.

Duofu was very dissatisfied with his dog nose.

It doesn't work when you need it to work, and it becomes so sensitive when you don't need it to be so sensitive.

Let him suffer.

Looking at Su Peisheng's anxious appearance, Duofu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, there was still someone taking care of the Fourth Prince Yinzhen, and he was still puzzled.

Even if there was no one else, Su Peisheng would never leave.

Duofu tried hard to control his nose and not smell the bitter and numbing smell of traditional Chinese medicine in the air.

Sticking out tongue, trying to breathe through mouth.

It was unknown how long it took before Su Peisheng finished feeding the bowl of bitter tea to the Fourth Prince Yinzhen.

……

In a daze, Duofu thought he heard the weak voice of the Fourth Prince Yinzhen.

"Su Peisheng, Master...what's wrong? I feel so weak...and my mouth is so bitter..."

Su Peisheng, who was staring at the Fourth Prince from the side, immediately started crying in anxiety.

"Master, you have smallpox. You are now isolated in the prince's hospital for treatment. I just gave you some medicine."

"smallpox…"

The Fourth Prince Yinzhen didn't know what smallpox was. He only knew that it was a very serious infectious disease that could kill people.

murmured to himself.

"Will I die?"

Su Peisheng quickly wiped the tears from his face and spoke in a firm tone.

"Of course not. I just took some medicine and woke up. As long as I take the medicine properly, I will definitely get better."

Duofu, who was lying under the bed, was sure that the Fourth Prince Yinzhen had really woken up.

Baba climbed out of the bed.

"Woof woof woof." Little bun, little bun, you're awake. How do you feel?

"Woof woof." Could it be that the cowpox vaccine took effect so quickly?

The fourth prince Yinzhen said somewhat uncertainly.

"Su Peisheng, I heard Duofu calling. Could it be that I am hallucinating so quickly?"

Su Peisheng looked at the black ball that ran out from under the bed, feeling a little uncertain, and waited until he heard the familiar dog barking.

Su Peisheng was sure that it was indeed Duofu. He might have sneaked in when he went out to cook medicine.

Now in this room, besides him, only the corresponding imperial physician would come in.

Those other slaves who only seek profit and avoid harm would never come forward at this time. If they are not careful, they will lose their lives.

There are two main reasons why Su Peisheng dared to stay and serve.

He was the eunuch beside the Fourth Prince. Even after the Fourth Prince died, he did not have a good life.

He had had smallpox when he was a child, and now he is not afraid of being infected again. It is said that people who have had smallpox will not get it a second time.

Su Peisheng knew the power of smallpox. He was the only one who survived in their entire village. In the end, he could not survive any longer, so he sold himself into the palace to become a eunuch.

He thought that he had no one and no medicine at the beginning, but he still managed to survive. Now that the Fourth Prince has the imperial physician and medicine, there is definitely hope that he can survive.