Rebirth as Hou Menfu

Chapter 81

After Zhuge Yutong gave birth to Qi Haosheng's eldest son, the second room began to take action. Nanyanghou promised that after the full moon wine, the child would be raised under Zhuge Yuxin's name and the family would be officially separated.

It's already February in the capital, and the signs of spring are coming quietly after the snow melts. Prince Ding's mansion is about to marry two side concubines. At this time, a tragedy happened. In the future, he died.

The little princess was only three years old, so he couldn't handle the funeral. The prince's mansion held a funeral in a low-key way, and buried the poor child. The sad princess fell ill, and it was also rumored that the empress dowager was too sad. She was unwell, and because she had no time to rest from the beginning of the year to the beginning of the year, Princess Ding fainted when she entered the palace to accompany the empress dowager.

The imperial doctor reported the good news after the diagnosis. She has been healthy for more than two months. This is the first happy event after the death of the princess. The empress dowager is in better health. Raise the body and give birth to the child safely.

Before the full moon wine was held, it was reported from the Prince's Mansion that the princess's life was in critical condition. The two servant girls who had served the little princess earlier were also dying of serious illness. Sad, let Baoqin go to find Qi Haoming and come back.

The news of the Prince's Mansion was sealed, but there were still some rumors. If Yingxiu remembers correctly, the disease broke out in the capital in the third year after she married into the Nanyang Marquis Mansion in her previous life, and many people died. Too many things have changed, and it is not impossible for the epidemic to advance a year.

When Qi Haoming came back, Yingxiu was asking Yan's mother to gather all the maids in Tingfeng's yard, "If anyone of you has symptoms of headache, sore limbs, or vomiting, you are not allowed to hide anything. Mama reports, if Mama Yan is not here, report directly to Mama Zhang without any delay!"

"Baoqin, go and ask Si Ye for some detoxifying herbs. It has been rainy and wet recently, and every house is lit and burned. Remember?" Yingxiu finished giving Baoqin orders and saw Qi Haoming come He asked Ziyan to change his clothes before letting him into the house to see his son.

"What's the matter?" Qi Haoming saw that all the quilts in the house had been changed. He was going to the Seventh Prince's residence, but Zhuo Ye stopped him as soon as he left and said that Second Mistress had something urgent.

"Do you remember what happened to the little Princess of the Crown Prince's Mansion? The Crown Princess also fell ill, and a few maidservants who accompanied the Little Princess also fell down." It was rainy at the beginning of spring, and the sun was rarely seen after the [-]th. On that day, the entire capital looked gloomy.

"Yes, the Crown Prince has kept that news secret." Qi Haoming nodded, "Fourth Brother and I mentioned it, and now the palace seems to be on tight guard."

"How can we hide this news? The Crown Princess may have fallen ill, but the two maids who served the little Princess will die by then." Yingxiu was afraid that the Prince's Mansion would block the news, and most of the people in the capital People don't know that if the epidemic breaks out, it will be too late to prevent it.

"Do you suspect it's an epidemic?" Qi Haoming turned his head and thought about it, his face turned serious. He heard from King Ding that the crown prince had not been in court for two days, and that he was taking care of the crown princess in the prince's mansion. Go and find out at night, if that's the case, don't go out these days."

Yingxiu nodded, Baoqin soon asked for dried herbs from Qi Zhongzhou, Yingxiu asked her to set up a few pots and smoke them in every room, "How did you tell fourth master?"

"I said it's been raining recently, and the yard is very humid. Miss asked me to ask Si Ye for some medicine to burn to remove the poisonous gas." Baoqin neatly bundled the herbs into balls and put them in the clay pot, Yingxiu Nodding her head, it's just her guess now, if it's not true, it's her fault for causing panic in Nanyang Hou Mansion.

Herbal medicine was quickly lit in the house, and Baoqin and Qingbi took the lit herbal medicine and smoked in each room, and the Tingfeng yard was filled with the smell of medicine.

Zhuo Ye came back when it was dark, and now the Prince's Mansion can only be entered and cannot be accessed. When Zhuo Ye went in to look, he found that many maids and women were covered with cloths, especially in the courtyard of the Prince's Concubine, in the light rain There was also a faint smell of medicine, and a few women in the backyard were burning something with cloths covering their faces.

"No, I have to let my grandfather know about this, so that I can be prepared as soon as possible." After hearing this, Yingxiu's heart sank a little, and it was much more serious than she expected. Qi Haoming held her back, "Young Princess's The sickness was taken by people from the Imperial Hospital, Fourth Uncle has already gone back to the Imperial Hospital just now, I asked Zhuo Ye to go to the Qiao Mansion to inform you that you are not allowed to go anywhere if you stay here."

"But." Yingxiu raised her head and wanted to say something, Qi Haoming took her into his arms and promised, "Don't worry, Shangguan will also go."

The sky in the capital was still gloomy, and the smell of medicine was still in the air. Qi Zhongzhou hurried to the Imperial Hospital, and also learned about the matter of the Prince’s Mansion. He thought it could be concealed. The two maids in the Prince’s Mansion were afraid , sneaked out of the Prince's Mansion, and his whereabouts are still unknown.

The prince was afraid that the matter would affect too much, so he quickly reported it to the emperor. In order to avoid panic, the emperor ordered all the imperial doctors of the imperial hospital to gather in batches to see a doctor in the prince's mansion, and the rest stayed behind to wait for emergency.

Until Aunt Ge's confinement in early March, after the full moon wine was held, two rotting corpses were found on the outskirts of the capital, and the epidemic broke out.

It was the two children of Liu Xu'er in the Jinzhu Courtyard who had problems first in the Nanyang Hou's Mansion. When the high fever started that night, Qi Haosheng ordered people to isolate Cui'er and the two children, and Zhuge Yuxin ordered that the children in their room All the clothes were burned, and the Nanyang Hou Mansion was panicked for a while.

Tweety was guarding the two children who had a high fever, and outside the house were two women who were sheltered far away. The windows and doors in the house were tightly sealed, and there was only faint light in the dark.

Tweety seemed not to feel their cold eyes, she wrung out the towels over and over again and put them on the two children. Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and when Tweety opened the door, a maid was at the door with a food box. has been far away.

Cui'er closed the door, and the elder brother of the twins vomited on the edge of the bed, Cui'er quickly took the basin to catch it, Qi Jiting lay there hot all over, and could only groan uncomfortably.

Tweety took out the medicine in the food box and let it cool down, and fed them spoonful by spoonful. Most of the medicine in one mouthful was spit out. Tweety gently wiped off the residue at the corners of their mouths, and gave them another After feeding the porridge, he ate all the rest of the food.

She must save the most energy to take care of these two children, she can't fall down, if even she falls down, the only thing left in this world that the young lady can make the son care about and remember will disappear...

Yingxiu asked Qingbi to check the situation of the maids in the yard every day, and report immediately if there was any abnormality. According to the message from the fourth uncle, it was confirmed that the cause of the epidemic was smallpox.

The most vulnerable are the babies, the little princess of the Prince's Mansion, and the two children of Nanyang Hou's Mansion.

The sky in the capital seemed even gloomy, so the wedding of King Ding was postponed, and even the separation of the Nanyang Houfu was put aside for the time being. Simple sheds were built on the outskirts of the gates of the major cities, and all the infected people in the capital were killed. Migrate here.

After the concubine fell ill with a high fever, she was also diagnosed with smallpox. Several servant girls in the prince's mansion were also infected with the disease. The prince sent the other two children out of the capital to Biezhuang for shelter.

March is the season of willows, and this year’s Dinghu lake tour boats are gone. Masked troops can be seen everywhere on the road, checking whether there are still sick people left in the capital. The people from the Imperial Hospital went to the outskirts of the city gates in batches to support, and the emperor's list was posted, and the effective strategy was rewarded.

In the Nanyang Marquis Mansion, a maid at the gate of the yard was blocked from entering. Qingbi had a white cloth tied on her face and looked at the maid with a food box in her hand. Her face was blushing. He told the woman who was waiting on the side to set up the servant girl, "Search her body!"

One of the women had been infected with smallpox and survived, so she dragged the maid outside, and the other grabbed the food box and opened it, and found that there were two embroidered handkerchiefs under the plate.

The old woman lifted up the servant girl's sleeves, and pulled away the servant girl's neckline, and one can see the pimples on her arms and chest, some of which have turned into blisters, and the surroundings are flushed.

Qingbi's voice suddenly became sharper, "Take out the embroidered handkerchief, take out all the things in the food box and burn it, this maid escorted to Mrs. Hou and told the yard to hand over to the gatekeeper. They were all replaced and burned.”

The servant girl blushed and was a little dizzy at first, and was dragged away by the woman without any resistance. Qingbi looked at the two embroidered handkerchiefs placed in the pottery basin and changed them in the simple room set up at the gate of the yard. Putting on her clothes, she went to the door of Yingxiu's room and told Ruizhu about it.

Yingxiu had just changed clothes for Zhuang Zhuang, and after hearing Ruizhu's report, she felt furious. At this time, she blatantly let a sick maidservant run around in Nanyang Hou's mansion, even if she wanted to kill this The disease was transmitted to Tingfeng Hospital, and he was not afraid of infecting others along the way.

"She doesn't want to live so much, so send the veil back to them. Isn't the big kitchen decocting medicine? Press the veil under the food box. Take it as you want!" Yingxiu Leng Said loudly, "Go and ask Mama Qiao if there is any other women and maids who have dyed it before."

The Nanyang Marquis Mansion failed to separate the family in time due to the outbreak of the epidemic. It seems that some people can't wait for them to move out and are going to start. Yingxiu regained her senses and looked at her bewildered son, then reached out and touched his forehead, "Hey, Dad and Mother will take good care of you."

The five-month-old child has already learned to turn over. Zhuang Zhuang, who has changed into new clothes, is lying on his back and looking at Yingxiu. He stretches out his little finger to poke Yingxiu's face. Seeing Yingxiu avoiding it, he turns over by himself Turning around, I gave Yingxiu a compliment...

In the brocade and bamboo courtyard, Zhuge Yutong cherished his life very much. Even if there were no problems, the few people in the room were all required to drink medicine. The food box was left on the shelf and was not taken away. Zhuge Yutong looked at the After raising his son for more than a month, he finally doesn't look so weak, but his attention is not very good, and he will never look at him when he is called.

"Miss, look quickly, how can there be this here." The other maid put away the bowl and was about to put it back, when she found a little embroidered handkerchief exposed under the compartment, she took it out and held it in her hand for Zhuge Yutong to see.

Zhuge Yutong gently rocked the cradle, looked up casually, and suddenly felt that the embroidered handkerchief looked familiar, so the maid turned it over and saw that the small rattle she was playing with the child fell to the ground. After a while, there was a scream in the room, "Get out, get this out!"

Zhuge Yutong looked at the two embroidered handkerchiefs in horror. She remembered the patterns on them very clearly. They were found in Aunt Cui's house and were about to be burned. She secretly took the two pieces and asked the maid to put them in the food box. Send it to Tingfeng Courtyard, why are things sent here all at once.

After being screamed by her, the maid who was holding the veil shook her hand, and the veil fluttered to Zhuge Yutong's feet. Zhuge Yutong quickly dodged back, picked up the child in the cradle and hid Back room, "Quick, burn these all, hurry up!"

The nanny heard the movement and came in, looked at the embroidered handkerchief on the ground, her face changed, and sent someone in with a clip to take off the embroidered handkerchief and the food box, including the porcelain bowl that was contaminated by the handkerchief. .

"Hurry up, go find medicine and burn the house down, no, burn everything here, go and tell Madam, I want to change the house, change it right away!" The skirts and shoes that Pa had come across were very obtrusive. He took off the shoes and picked up the scissors to cut off the skirt and threw it out.

Zhuge Yuxin heard Rouge's report, and put the teacup on the table heavily, "She doesn't want her life and don't trouble others, who is responsible for sorting out and burning the things in Aunt Cui's house, even this thing Dare to hide it in secret."

"There were a lot of maids and wives in charge at that time, and no one noticed even though they had brought two embroidered handkerchiefs in private."

"Didn't Tingfengyuan stop a sick girl at the door and send it to the madam? She did it on her own, and she went to clean up another room for them to move in." No matter how much she hated Zhuge Yutong, Yuxin would not I would make fun of that child, the little princess died of illness at the age of the princess, and the second brother's child was only five months old, and it would be a disaster if the sick servant girl got close, she was really good at it!

(End of this chapter)