Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 924 History Returns to Normal
News of Doctor Zhao's disappearance spread quickly, and the entire capital city was sealed off, with Imperial Guards searching every street.

In the palace, the emperor sat on his bed, his face full of anger. With his purplish-brown skin, he looked exactly like an angry lion.

Beside him, Eunuch Huang and Imperial Physician Fang were extremely anxious. "Your Majesty, please don't be angry, take good care of your health..."

But the emperor was furious and terrified, and wouldn't listen to anything. He roared, "What? You didn't find it? Useless trash—"

"His Majesty!"

"Imperial Physician Fang, quickly, save His Majesty!"

The Imperial Guard commander, kneeling below, lowered his head and secretly made a gesture behind his back. Seeing this, a junior eunuch standing in the corner quietly slipped out the door.

The quiet palace gradually became noisy.

"Xun Huo! You are committing treason! This is rebellion!..."

In the imperial court, the Second Prince was forced to kneel on the ground by two imperial guards, while the Fifth Prince Xun Huo sat on the dragon throne opposite him.

“You’re wrong.” Xun Huo waved his hand, and the eunuch beside him took out a yellow scroll, which was an imperial edict.

The second prince naturally didn't believe it. "You forged an imperial edict! You deserve to die!"

Xun Huo scoffed, saying that history is written by the victors, and the truth is written by the winners.

"Report! The Third Prince has escaped."

"What? Useless!" Xun Huo was shocked. "Go after them immediately!"

"Keep the city gates sealed; no one is allowed to leave Shangjing."

"Yes!"

"The third prince ran away? Haha..." The second prince laughed heartily. "The fifth prince won't succeed. Haha..."

Xun Huo waved his hand, "Take him to the imperial prison."

"Yes!"

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On the other side, Shi Jia waited and waited, but the medicinal herbs never came.

'Host, have we misjudged?' The little system was somewhat worried about its host. This world was, for the host, a Waterloo in life.

"That shouldn't be the case. They shouldn't want me to die." Shi Jia was starting to doubt the other party's motives. "Or maybe I wasn't convincing enough?"

She deliberately put on makeup to look like she was infected with the plague. It's been two days already, and judging by how her condition is progressing, she won't be able to get out of bed after tomorrow.

Helpless, Shi Jia could only shout another message to the constables, trembling. This time, after shouting, she did not leave, but sat on the ground with difficulty to wait for the medicine.

Shi Jia waited and waited, then suddenly her eyes widened, "Xiao Si, look, haven't all those men in black left?"

'Yes, they've all left.' The little system quickly projected the image in front of Shi Jia.

‘1、2、3……15。一共15个人，都撤离了。’时嘉思索，‘他们这是放弃我这个筹码？为什么？’

The small system can only monitor an area within a radius of 100 meters, so it cannot provide her with an answer.

With the person gone, Shi Jia had no choice but to hope that the yamen runners would bring some medicinal herbs.

As time went on and more and more people were sent to the quarantine zone, the magistrate of An County finally couldn't sit still any longer. Hearing that Shi Jia was a doctor, he quickly found the medicinal herbs she requested.

With the medicinal herbs available, the number of people infected with the plague finally stopped increasing. However, the medicinal herbs in An County were also exhausted.

"Your Excellency, we've run out of medicinal herbs. We must go out and buy more quickly, or all the people who are now infected will die." Shi Jia's face was sallow, and he was weak and listless, looking as if he was about to faint at any moment.

Even with her limited space, she couldn't withstand working 72 hours straight. The plague virus was more severe than she had predicted, and the speed of treatment couldn't keep up with its spread.

"Doctor Zhao, it's not that I don't want to buy medicine, but the neighboring county doesn't have any either." The county magistrate of An County also looked sallow.

"What about the capital?"

"The capital is in chaos." The magistrate of An County sighed. As a mere county magistrate, he dared not get involved in such a mess.

"Chaos? What's going on? Can you tell me?" Shi Jia suddenly realized. She had been busy controlling the plague and had completely forgotten to inquire about the situation in the capital. "I heard that the Fifth Prince launched a coup and ascended the throne as emperor," the magistrate muttered. "The Third Prince has fled, and the capital has been under lockdown for ten days."

Shi Jia gasped.

"Dr. Zhao, someone is looking for you," a young yamen runner called out, looking at Shi Jia with grateful eyes.

“Alright.” Shi Jia looked at the county magistrate. “Sir, we must expedite the matter of the medicinal herbs.”

"Alright, I'll think of another way," the magistrate said through gritted teeth.

Shi Jia nodded, turned around and walked out.

"Lord Marquis?" Shi Jia was taken aback. Had she finally been found? She unconsciously felt a lot more relaxed.

"Dr. Zhao, what happened to you?" Xun Yue was shocked. Was this still the same beautiful woman?
Shi Jia smiled wryly, "There's no other way. An County is short of food, medicinal herbs, and manpower." He has to do everything himself.

"My lord, could you please get some medicinal herbs?"

Xun Yue looked around and frowned. He had originally planned to take Zhao Jia away once he found her, but judging from her appearance, she probably wouldn't leave.

"Okay, but you need to promise me one thing."

"what's up?"

“Cure them and then leave, and you must not reveal yourself,” Xun Yue said.

Shi Jia hesitated upon hearing this. If her estimation was correct, the plague had already spread near the capital. If this wave of the plague couldn't be contained, curing them would be futile.

“I know you have a heart for healing the sick and saving lives, but now the Fifth Prince has declared himself emperor and the Third Prince has fled south. The north will soon be in chaos, and I will be leaving the capital. If the Fifth Prince discovers you, you will be in great danger,” Xun Yue said.

Perhaps there's no immediate danger to his life, but imprisonment is not out of the question. The Fifth Prince is not as merciful as the old emperor.

Yes, merciful! Shi Jia acknowledged this; if the old emperor hadn't been merciful, Shi Jia wouldn't have been able to contradict him so many times.

Moreover, the person before him was the ultimate winner in history. Even if Zhao Wenwen's multiple rebirths influenced history, Shi Jia believed that this person would not be willing to be subservient to anyone. And someone he would completely disapprove of.

Shi Jia no longer hesitated and said, "Okay, I'll go with you!"

Now that he had decided to leave, Shi Jia couldn't just abandon the matter. While Xun Yue was preparing the medicinal herbs, Shi Jia began to organize the medical records and prescriptions.

Three days later, Shi Jia handed the prescription to the doctors and then left with Xun Yue.

After traveling for five days, they caught up with Xun Yue's retreating main force.

Shi Jia also met two unexpected people. "Ru Xue, Madam He, you're here too?"

"Sister Zhao, you've finally arrived." Wen Ruxue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Shi Jia. "Yes, the Marquis said he would bring you back."

Regardless of what they thought, Shi Jia felt warm inside at that moment.

"Okay, I'll rest for a bit and treat you later." Both of their treatments have only just begun, and it will take at least several more months for them to fully recover.

"No, we're not in a hurry. Doctor Zhao, please rest first," Fangniang said.

Shi Jia naturally followed the good advice.

Many people followed Xun Yue out of the capital, which was far from the case that Shi Jia thought they had no intention of seizing the throne. On the contrary, they were well prepared and no one noticed.

Shi Jia admired this, and at the same time, she was relieved.

Ah, the mission is finally settled.

The palace coup of the Fifth Prince seemed to be just the fuse. From that day on, the whole country fell into chaos. First, the Third Prince fled to Jiangnan Prefecture, organized an army, and marched north under the pretext of suppressing the rebels.

Immediately afterwards, a plague broke out in the north, and the third prince's army fled to the south, spreading the plague there.

Before the plague was resolved, a drought broke out, causing refugees to flee in all directions and starving people to death everywhere. Subsequently, a nationwide peasant uprising broke out.

At this time, the Northwest Army, in conjunction with the Zhenxi Army, began to suppress the uprising, resettle the disaster victims, and treat the plague. It took nearly three years for the entire country to finally return to stability.

History finally returned to its original course, with Xun Yue ascending the throne and marrying Wen Ruxue, the eldest daughter of the Earl of Chengen, as his empress.