readsfreenovel Chapter 231: Imperial Household
Chapter 231: Imperial Household
"Is there really no effect?" Zhou Chang supported his head and rubbed his temples.
I had a hunch that the prescription Qin Zhi wrote should be effective.
As a result, the prescription was taken over yesterday afternoon, and the plague hospital prepared the medicine according to the prescription. It was first given to some seriously ill patients. After one night, there was still no improvement.
Zhou Chang didn't sleep well that night and started to have a headache when he woke up in the morning.
"Yes, Mr. Zhong said that the prescription just didn't work." The skinny monkey cleared up the breakfast on the table, which he had barely touched. "Your Highness, Doctor Meng is not here. I will go to another clinic to ask for a doctor. You should not have had headaches before."
"No need, I just didn't get enough rest." Zhou Chang stood up and said, "Let's go to the epidemic area and take a look."
"Since Your Majesty is not feeling well, you can just rest in your mansion today. You have been working hard for days, but the court has no sympathy. Why is this?" The skinny monkey pouted.
It's not just inconsiderate, it's simply a hindrance.
Since Qin Shou disappeared that day, he has not been seen since.
After sending Qin Zhi back yesterday, Zhou Chang still sent someone to inquire about Qin Shou's whereabouts. The report he got was that Qin Shou was ill, unable to get up, and had been lying in bed.
Because Qin Shou did not show up these days, the Imperial Hospital operated as usual, but there was no progress in the procurement of medicinal materials from the court.
Zhou Chang went to ask in person twice, but those people took advantage of her because she didn't understand. They had a great attitude and gave all kinds of excuses, but they just refused to take any action, and no one could find any fault with them.
Although she knew it well, she couldn't care less. Without the prescription, it would be useless to rush for the herbs.
"Go prepare the car. Check if Mr. Zhong is still in the epidemic area so we can pick him up later." Zhou Chang was still worried and wanted to go and check it out in person.
There is no prescription, no effective decoction, but even if porridge can be provided every day, preventive decoctions are also good.
"Yes." The skinny monkey had no choice but to agree.
Zhou Chang went to the gate first, and Gao Yuan followed him.
Not long after, the skinny monkey drove the carriage over from behind, stopped the carriage, and took down the footstool: "Your Majesty, please don't worry too much. I just met Aunt Jing who told you that Your Majesty hasn't eaten anything from last night to this morning, so she asked me to take you to find some food that Your Majesty likes."
Zhou Chang wondered if he was going to get sick too. He had a headache and felt weak all over. He also had less and less appetite in the past few days. But he just shook his head and said, "No need. Let's go to the epidemic area."
Just as he was about to help the skinny monkey onto the carriage, a carriage came from the west with a sign for the Plague Hospital hung on the front.
Zhou Chang stopped what he was doing.
The carriage gradually stopped and a medical officer from the plague hospital jumped out.
"President Huang? What's the situation?" Zhou Chang asked anxiously without waiting for the other party to speak.
In the past few days, Zhou Chang ordered the Plague Hospital to report the situation of the previous night and the day every morning and evening. As a result, he became familiar with several superiors of the Plague Hospital.
Judge Huang had not expected that Prince Yi would be standing at the gate of the palace so early in the morning. He almost fell down when he jumped off the carriage. He hurriedly bowed and even stuttered as he spoke: "Your Highness Prince Yi, I, your humble servant, have come to report. According to statistics this morning, 257 people died last night. Is that more than the previous three days combined?"
"What?" Zhou Chang's body swayed, and Gao Yuan supported him from behind. "How could this happen? The prescription is useless, it should have been able to relieve the symptoms. Why is this happening? Is the plague changing? Is it more serious?"
"Your humble servant, your humble servant doesn't know either." Judge Huang had a bitter face and looked timid.
"If even the plague hospital doesn't know, who else could know?" Zhou Chang was now in the dark and extremely anxious.
Huang Yuanpan was sweating profusely. "Your humble servant, your humble servant is really helpless. If you can't control it, I'm afraid it will explode. Your humble servant is incompetent. I hope Your Highness Prince Yi can come up with some suggestions."
Zhou Chang sneered: "Why don't you report this to Qin Shou? He is the direct superior of Huang Yuanpan. I am not familiar with medicine, so what advice can I come up with?"
Huang Yuanpan wiped his sweat again and said, "I have also sent someone to report, but Dean Qin has been seriously ill for several days and is still in a coma, so there is nothing we can do."
"Huh, what's wrong with him?" Zhou Chang didn't believe a word he said. "He's been in a coma for a few days. Could he be dying?"
Judge Huang trembled and said, "Your humble servant, your humble servant does not know."
Zhou Chang was upset and powerless, and couldn't stand everyone pretending to be dead, so he forced himself to hold back his breath and said, "Huang Yuanpan, you have worked in the Pestilence Hospital for many years. Are you just a figurehead and have no opinions?"
Judge Huang was terrified. "Your Highness Prince Yi, from what I've seen, the population of West City is dense. The reason why the death toll increased sharply last night is because of the accumulation of deaths over the past few days. We don't know why the people died. Maybe they were sick, or they were cold or hungry. Maybe it wasn't all due to the plague."
Having said this is like saying nothing.
Zhou Chang held his forehead with his hand, his headache getting worse. "The prescription I sent over has no effect on anyone who took it? It doesn't even relieve the pain a little bit?"
"This..." Judge Huang was very cautious, his mind was spinning, "His Royal Highness Prince Yi's prescription is certainly effective, but perhaps the medicine was given to critically ill patients first, so the effect is not obvious after taking it only once or twice."
There are many untrue things in this statement, probably because it was the prescription that Prince Yi took out that made him say so.
However, what if the time is short and the effect is slow?
Do you want to continue trying?
Zhou Chang hesitated, thinking that if he delayed for one more day, dozens or even hundreds of lives might be lost.
At this moment, a carriage came galloping over. Before the carriage stopped, an attendant beside the driver shouted, "Go and inform His Royal Highness Prince Yi that His Majesty has given an order. Please accept it."
Zhou Chang stood there without moving.
The carriage immediately stopped, and the attendant jumped off and lifted the curtain.
A middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a purple official robe and a black cloak, stepped out of the carriage.
After the man stood still, he raised his eyelids and recognized Zhou Chang. He was surprised for a moment and then raised his hand to salute: "Your humble servant Yuan Shao, Junior Secretary of the Imperial Household, pays respect to His Royal Highness Prince Yi."
Yuan Shao had a standard noble face with a "full forehead and a square chin". In addition, he had long eyebrows, square eyes and a proud tone of voice, which gave people a sense of elegance and nobility.
"Shaoqing of Taifu?" Zhou Chang was in a upset mood, and even more unhappy when he saw the person coming from the palace.
Yuan Shao didn't care. He straightened his fur collar, which was not messy at all, and cleared his throat: "Ahem... Your Highness Prince Yi, please accept the order from His Majesty."
It’s another imperial decree. What good can come from it?
Zhou Chang didn't want to talk and just glanced at Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao smiled, seemingly unconcerned, but that smile was ridiculed no matter how you looked at it, and then he said loudly: "The epidemic is rampant in West City, and the number of deaths is increasing. I hope Prince Yi can fulfill his duties and not be negligent, so as to avoid the spread of the epidemic and harm the country and the people."