The Queen Mother of the Red Chamber

Yangzhou is a land of mist and rain in the south of the Yangtze River. It has been loved and praised by literati for its unique scenery for many years.The people here respect literature, most of the big families are calligraphy and ink families, and the folk customs are excellent. No one can connect the plague with it, but the news has indeed spread to the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.

Ice cubes were placed everywhere in the imperial study room, and the cool air filled the room, but the ministers present were all sweating profusely.

The emperor urgently summoned six ministers to meet and discuss the solution.But the plague has always been considered a natural disaster, and we can only do our best to obey the destiny.Many ministers dare not speak, and there is no feasible way to speak.

"On weekdays, you are very clear and logical, why are you all dumb today?!"

Seeing that everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, the emperor became even more furious. He pointed to an official in red and white beard and said, "Minister of the Household Department, tell them first how many people are there in Yangzhou City?"

There was a drop of sweat on the head of the household servant who was named, and he took a step forward, bowed and said: "Return to your majesty, there are now 13 registered residents in Yangzhou City, plus 160 people accompanying the princess. A total of sixty-three thousand one hundred

75 people. "

"Sixty-three thousand one hundred and seventy-five people, and this is only the registered ones, plus those businessmen and wanderers who passed by. There are also ordinary people who have not been registered, I am afraid that the number is far more than this number. These are the people of my Great Yuan. Do you want me to watch these people die?"

"Your Majesty calm down." All the ministers knelt on the ground.

The emperor clenched his fists tightly, standing on the steps and looking at these high-ranking ministers, he felt even more disappointed. Most of these ministers came from aristocratic families, and the pampering over the years has made them unable to share the worries of the country. No, the precious wealth left by their ancestors has been discarded by the descendants of later generations.

This Yangzhou plague really reminded me that the court should be cleaned.Otherwise, the apocalyptic scene of the previous dynasty may appear in his own hands.

"Is there no solution for Ai Qing?"

"Your Majesty," Lu Yuan, the servant of the Ministry of War, suddenly replied, "Your Majesty, the plague is difficult to control. Yangzhou City is not far from the nearby towns, and the disaster will inevitably spread. I suggest clearing the city."

When the ministers heard the words, their faces showed horror.

To clear the city is to completely burn everything in Yangzhou city, and all things and people will not be left in the cleansing of the fire.More than [-] people, all...

With a "bang", a steaming teacup fell from Lu Yuan's head to the ground, and the tea soaked Lu Yuan's hair and face.

The emperor looked at Lu Yuan with red eyes, "Lu Yuan, as a minister in the court, you can't relieve the people's worries, but you come up with such a law of inhumanity, what should you do?!"

Although Lu Yuan knew that he had offended the emperor, he still didn't move a bit, "Even if I die, I will have to speak up. Has your Majesty forgotten the Yecheng plague in the previous dynasty, which almost destroyed the country? He died in the plague at that time. There are more than [-] people? If you don’t understand the Yangzhou plague at this time, then the whole world will have no peace.”

"Master Lu is really upright, I am convinced, but if Master Lu's family is in the city, I wonder if Master Lu will make such a bad plan?"

Everyone looked back, only to see Xiao Rong standing at the door of the imperial study with a sneer all over his face.

The emperor walked down the steps and greeted him, and all the ministers also saluted, "I wait to see the empress dowager, the empress dowager is a thousand years old."

The emperor walked down the steps and greeted him, "I have seen my mother."

All the ministers also saluted one after another, "Your servants will kowtow to the empress dowager, the empress dowager will be a thousand years old."

Xiao Rong walked in, and said to the kneeling Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, "Free from courtesy."

"Thank you, Empress."

Xiao Rong walked to the front of the case, "Master Lu hasn't answered Ai's question just now?

Lu Yuan lowered his head and replied, "I will report to the Empress Dowager, the ancestors have taught me." "

"What a staunch Minister of the Ministry of War!" Xiao Rong suddenly said loudly, and the surprised ministers lowered their heads even lower. "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and the Ai family has never interfered with the affairs of the court. When I came here today, I just asked the ministers as a mother. If your children and relatives are in Yangzhou City, how can the ministers do this?" Did you say the massacre of the city with righteous words?!"

"Report to the Empress Dowager, even if the princess is in the city, it cannot affect the major affairs of the country."

"You are wrong! The Ai family is not only talking about Anping, but also the thousands of people in the city of Yangzhou. In Master Lu's words of slaughtering the city, isn't it even more brutal than Emperor Yong of the previous dynasty?!"

Lu Yuan looked shocked, bowed his head and said, "I don't dare."

Xiao Rong turned around and knelt in front of the emperor.

Seeing this, all the ministers fell to their knees again.

The emperor was shocked and hurried to help, but Xiao Rong stretched out his hand to resist, "Your Majesty, the Ai family has nothing else to ask for today, I just hope that the emperor allows Ai's family to go to Yangzhou City, so that Ai's family can live and die with Anping and the common people. Even if I went to see the first emperor, I can have a clear conscience and not insult the dignity of the royal family."

"Mother..." The emperor also knelt in front of Xiao Rong, with a look of pain in his eyes

, "Mother, don't worry, my children will follow the emperor's benevolence and filial piety, and they dare not do things that hurt the people, nor will they humiliate the ancestors of the Yuan family."

Xiao Rong nodded in relief, and said with a firm expression: "Your Majesty, I really do not disgrace your father's wisdom. As long as the court and government work together, the power of the plague will definitely be resolved."

When the ministers heard the words, they all echoed: "The ministers must do their best to relieve the plague in Yangzhou."

Although it is said that it is to solve the plague in Yangzhou, it is not easy. In this era, there are no medicinal materials and disinfectant. It is even more difficult to resolve the plague.Even if Xiao Rong wanted to break his head, he couldn't think of a feasible method. He deeply hated that he was really useless in the 21st century and didn't learn anything useful. I was starving to death.

Wait, sanitizer?

If I remember correctly, it seems that some books I read before show that lime water can also kill

The effect of bacteria, but it seems that there is no lime at this time.

Lime, lime, I remember hearing a decoration worker say that lime is burnt with limestone to get the first lime. Although it is not as white and fine as the lime of later generations, it must have the effect of sterilization.

Thinking of this, Xiao Rong slapped his brain, and hurriedly wrote out the method, and specifically proposed that the people in Yangzhou City should be quarantined and resettled first, and the plague area must be separated from the residential area.The corpses of people who have died of illness must be burned with fire, and the things used by those patients must also be burned.

Although I don't know the prescription for a radical cure, it is good to be able to suppress the disease.

Xiao Rong put the written things in a box and handed them to Zishu. "You personally send this to the imperial study to the emperor."

"No." Zi Shu took the things and hurriedly backed out.

"Hey..." Xiao Rong let out a long breath.

As soon as Zishu went out, Cui Momo walked in from the door with a heavy expression. Seeing this, Xiao Rong stood up hurriedly, greeted her, and asked eagerly, "Have you found any news about Yu'er?"

Nanny Cui nodded, looking a little embarrassed, "The place where the plague happened is very close to the princess's residence. Now I'm stuck in the residence and can't get out."

Xiao Rong's eyes turned red as soon as he heard it, "It's Aijia who killed her, my Yu'er..."

"Queen Mother, you are also doing it for the sake of the princess. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen."

Xiao Rong shook his head, choked up and said: "You don't know, if there is no Aijia, she can live a few more years, and now because of Aijia, she has encountered this incident, these are retribution, and retribution should be in Aijia at home."

Nanny Cui hurriedly wiped Xiao Rong's tears with a handkerchief, and then carefully comforted her.Too many things have happened recently, the Empress Dowager's originally black and blue hair has a few strands of silver, and now such a thing happened to the princess, is it really God's blessing?

Just when Xiao Rong was having trouble sleeping and eating most, another bad news came: Prince Zhongshun took the initiative to submit a request to go to the plague-stricken area in the south of the Yangtze River to preside over the overall situation.

Since ancient times, places where plagues have occurred have always been feared. Even the common people would rather be displaced than to stay in such a place, let alone the ministers of the court. Therefore, the news that Zhongshun volunteered to go to Yangzhou came out. Wu Mo was amazed.

The most surprised one was naturally Xiao Rong.

"Ai's family doesn't care, you are not allowed to go there!"

Looking at Zhong Shun who was kneeling on the ground in a black python robe, Xiao Rong felt sore, there was already a Yu'er trapped inside, and this Zhen'er was going to join in the fun again, if something really happened, how would he live in the future? ...

Zhong Shun knelt on the ground, motionless.No matter how Xiao Rong blamed him, he never wavered.

"Zhen'er, you want to mourn the family's heart." Xiao Rong said, with tears in his eyes.

"Mother's queen..." Zhongshun raised his head, his face was apologetic, but his eyes were still firm. "Empress Mother, Erchen is Anping's elder brother. Now that she is alone in a dangerous situation, how can an elder brother feel at ease? Besides, Erchen is also a member of the royal family, so he should not shrink back at this time."

Xiao Rong looked at Zhongshun's firm expression with tears in his eyes, and remained silent.

After a long time, Xiao Rong sighed deeply.If you can control your freedom, how can you rest assured that Xia Yu'er is there alone.Worth mentioning...

"Okay, Aijia agrees to you, but you have to make a promise to Aijia to take care of yourself. Your sister is already in danger. If you have anything else, Aijia will die

. "

Hearing this, Zhongshun knelt and walked to Xiao Rong's feet, leaning his head on Xiao Rong's knee, "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I will take care of myself and save Anping." Daiyu, who was far away in Yangzhou, naturally couldn't see it. My mother, queen and brother Wang are worried about me.At this time, the entire Yangzhou city was shrouded in hell. Although I hadn't been out of the museum, but seeing the strange faces in the museum were getting less and less, and the palace people looked nervous every day, one could guess the extent of the disaster. How serious.

In this plague-ridden city of Yangzhou, like the moon in the sky, it has lost its former brilliance and is shrouded in dark clouds, everything seems to have entered darkness.

Ziyan boiled the tea set and tableware with hot water several times before wrapping them properly in cloth.Seeing that I was sitting in front of the window with frowning eyebrows, I hurried forward to persuade him: "Princess, you should rest early. At this time, you should take care of yourself."

Daiyu nodded, took off her outer clothes, and lay down on the couch, but she didn't close her eyes. There was a look of worry in her eyes, and she said worriedly: "I don't know what's going on outside?"

Plague, these are two words that I have only seen in history books. The huge harm it caused has shocked people who will see it in the future. Now it has appeared in front of me alive, Dai Yu has long been worried and worried, worried and afraid. "Princess, don't worry, the queen mother and the emperor will definitely rescue the princess."

"No." Daiyu shook her head, her loving brows were full of worry, "Even if I can go out, what will the people in this city do? Even if you don't tell me, I know, now There is no movement from the government yet, and the common people are fending for themselves every day, how can you let me rest assured that I can escape alone?"

After all, Ziyan is the first-class court lady next to Xiao Rong. Although she is also afraid in her heart, she can bear the fear in her heart, but the situation is getting worse and worse now, and she thinks that when she leaves the palace that day, the Queen Mother will send Princess Anping Entrusted to take care of myself, if I can't save the princess's life now, wouldn't I be ashamed of the queen mother's trust? Thinking like this, my heart gradually became flustered. No, I must not sit and wait like this. I can think of a way to find a way out for the princess.

In the city of Yangzhou where the plague was rampant, there was a dead silence, even the sound of insects suddenly disappeared. The night was quiet.