Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 248 Epidemic
"The teacher is sick?"

A few days later, Mei Qian received news from Chang'an that Chu Ji was ill. She was still a little confused.

"Why did you get sick for no reason?"

It was hot these days, so Mei Qian stayed in the house to handle some official business, and occasionally went to see the women she had placed in their care. These days, everyone was hiding in the house to learn some skills that Mei Qian taught them.

When Mei Qian heard that Chu Ji was sick, she subconsciously said, "It's hot, the teacher wanted to stay cool and got sick?"

"I don't know about that, but I may have to trouble you with Mr. Chu's official business in the next few days."

Mei Qian glanced at the things she had done today, looked up at the sky outside the window, thought for a moment and said, "Changan, come with me to see the teacher later. I'll see how he is doing."

Taking advantage of the last free time of the day, Mei Qian planned to visit Chu Ji and ask him about his daily affairs so that she could have a better idea.

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The capital city was still desolate. All the wealthy families, high-ranking officials and nobles had fled. Later, Qi Chen and his men led the troops and the common people to resist in the capital city, which bought some time for the remaining people to retreat.

Therefore, there are really not many people in the capital city nowadays.

The sun had not yet set, and the only people on the road were patrolling soldiers.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"cough!"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

For some reason, Mei Qian noticed that many people were coughing along the way.

This gave Mei Qian a bad feeling in her heart.

"Has any medical officer gone to check on the teacher's illness? What did they say?"

Mei Qian suddenly asked about this, and Chang An said, "It should be that the medical officer has gone. Lord Chu didn't feel anything before, but he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable during his afternoon rest today. I think it's time for him to go now."

As soon as the two of them said this, they arrived at Chu Ji's mansion and saw that someone was guarding the door.

"How is this going?"

Mei Qian was stopped at the door, and his expression gradually turned cold when he saw these people doing this.

"Lord Chu has contracted an epidemic and is not seeing outsiders now."

"Epidemic?!"

Chang'an was shocked, and Mei Qian's expression also turned ugly. She glanced at the veiled soldiers and took two steps back. She looked up at Chu Ji's mansion, and turned around immediately when she remembered what she had seen on the street just now.

"Go see the prince."

Epidemic, Mei Qian muttered to himself that it might be time to change the name.

When he arrived at the palace, Qi Chen had already learned that Chu Ji had contracted the epidemic. In fact, it was not just Chu Ji. Chu Ji had also received news from some other people today who also showed the same symptoms as Chu Ji.

"Has the prince already started investigating this matter? How did the teachers get infected? I saw many soldiers in the city coughing today. If this matter is..."

Mei Qian was worried that the epidemic here was coming in full force. She didn't understand medicine, and the disasters she had experienced in her previous life made her unable to imagine how horrible it would be here.

"I have ordered my subordinates to start patrolling. If there are any symptoms, they should be placed together, fumigated with moxa, and steamed with vinegar... As for where this epidemic came from, there is no clue yet.

But one thing is certain: it was discovered outside the city, and Mu Ying has already taken people to investigate."

Mei Qian felt uneasy and told Qi Chen some of the epidemic prevention methods she knew. As they talked, it got dark.

Mei Qian was just about to leave when she heard a thud and Qi Chen fell to the ground in front of her. Mei Qian was so scared that she immediately called the eunuch to come over.

When she and the eunuch helped Qi Chen up, Mei Qian looked at his face and his heavy and uneven breathing. Without waiting for the medical officer to come, Mei Qian had already reached out and touched Qi Chen's head, which was burning hot.

"oops!"

Mei Qian now realized that Qi Chen was also infected with the epidemic.

When the medical officer arrived, his face changed drastically, and he concluded that Qi Chen had also contracted the epidemic, which frightened the other people in labor so much that their faces turned pale.

Mei Qian is the same. No, Boss, you are not feeling well. Why are you still holding on to talk to me?
Mei Qian only felt that there were four big words on his head: "Walk into a trap"

"Why are you standing there? If you are sick, just treat it. It's the same for other adults."

Mei Qian came back to her senses and saw that everyone around her looked at a loss, so she quickly scolded them.

Although Qi Chen already lives in the palace, the manpower here cannot be compared with the past. Now in the entire palace, except for the imperial guards, there are only a few eunuchs and palace servants.

Mei Qian became the most powerful person present.

“The palace is sealed, and all palace servants must listen to the doctor’s instructions. Burn moxa and fumigate with vinegar three times a day, morning and night. Boil all utensils and cloth in boiling water and expose them to the sun before use.

If any sick palace maids appear in the palace, they will be moved to the farthest place away from the Taiji Hall for centralized treatment."

Mei Qian said all this in one breath to the eunuch Anji, who was already at a loss, and Anji nodded repeatedly.

Now that Mei Qian and Qi Chen had talked so much together today, there was a possibility that she might be contagious. If she went out, she would be in trouble, so she asked the eunuch to arrange for her to live in the side hall.

"For your Highness's matter, send a healthy and smart eunuch who has not served you much today to inform the adults outside the palace. They are..."

Since Mei Qian was not going out now, she could only send someone to pass the message. She was worried that the person sent by the palace would be sick, so she asked the eunuch to find someone who looked healthy and asked him to wear a face towel when going out.

What Mei Qian didn't expect was that when he went out, he found that there were quite a few people who had been infected. Except for a few military generals with really good physical fitness, all the civil officials fell.

It seems that she is the only one left?

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"Lord Mei seems to have eaten something wrong. I will prescribe two doses of medicine for you to take later."

The next morning, the news that Mei Qian had been suffering from diarrhea all night had already reached the ears of the eunuchs. Now Mei Qian was the only one who could give them advice and arrange things. So the eunuchs sent a medical officer to take a good look at Mei Qian early in the morning.

The result was safe.

"That's good, that's good~ Lord Mei, do you want to eat anything? I'll ask the imperial kitchen to make it for you later~"

"No, I'm not very hungry."

"Oh, how could that be? You made such a fuss last night, how could you not be hungry? Then tell me what you don't like to eat, and Doctor Du, tell me what adults should avoid eating, and I'll ask the chef to think of a way to make the rest for you~"

This eunuch supervisor also looked young. When the new emperor moved south, he had no background or support. Less than one-tenth of the palace servants were able to follow him, and he was left behind.

Later, thanks to Qi Chen's troops leading the resistance, many of the palace servants were lucky enough to survive, but some had already escaped.

Some of them just followed Qi Chen's army and ran away. Although many of them died later, they are now able to follow Qi Chen back here, and everyone is thinking about Qi Chen's kindness.

An Ji could still tell who Qi Chen was good to.

Mei Qian didn't know why the young eunuch was so attentive to her, so she just thought that he regarded her as his backbone, so she asked one more question: "How is the prince?"

"The prince had a fever for half the night last night, and then it subsided, but he hasn't woken up yet."

Speaking of this, Angie's face became sad again.

"I'll go see the prince later."

Mei Qian thought about how her body's detoxification reaction had troubled her all night after she drank a drop of floral dew last night. Xiaomei also reminded her that the reason why Mei Qian had such a big reaction this time was largely because she was also carrying the virus of this epidemic in her body.

Mei Qian also successfully concluded from Xiaomei that this flower dew could be used to treat the epidemic.

"Oh, I suddenly remembered that I want to eat some...vegetarian dishes with some meat. Please make more for me. I have a big appetite."

"Vegetarian dishes with meaty smells... Do you mean dishes fried with meaty oil or rice cooked with meaty soup?"

"Yes, please."

Mei Qian smiled, and in her heart she was already muttering that if she had known that this flower dew was to be used for this, she would not have been so generous to take everyone to drink the flower dew together~
Now we can only hope that the half-blood elf exchanger can eat a lot of delicious food in one go...

Mei Qian: What kind of good person would talk to others when he is sick?
Qi Chen: Is it possible that I have a very good physical condition and my condition is not serious so I don’t feel anything?

Mei Qian: You feel something when you see me? Am I some kind of catalyst?

Qi Zhen:......