A farmer's daughter who traveled through time: Marrying a sickly man

A few days later, Shen Nian came back and said that the situation in the south was not good.

It turned out that the letter brought by the express horse on the street that day was a letter sent by the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Personnel to investigate the plague situation.

"Brother Shen, is there a plague in the south as well?"

If the plague breaks out again in the south, it will be really difficult to control.

Especially now that the weather is getting warmer, the heat comes earlier in the south. If an epidemic occurs, it will spread faster than in winter.

The main reason is that the south is relatively rich, so the population is relatively dense.

If there really is a plague, the speed of its spread will be terrifying.

“It is said that it has already appeared.”

After yesterday's morning court session, the emperor summoned his ministers to come up with a solution.

Unfortunately, after much discussion, no one could come up with a definite solution.

"What are the arrangements with the emperor?" Xia Tian asked again, wondering if Shen Nian would be sent there.

However, if the emperor asked Shen Nian to go, he would definitely take her with him.

Because the emperor knew that she had medicine that would be very effective in controlling the plague.

"The Emperor has already sent Imperial Physician Xu, Imperial Physician Zhang, and two other Imperial Physicians to the south. They are expected to depart the day after tomorrow."

It seems that the emperor wants the imperial physician to go there and develop a prescription to treat the plague directly on the spot.

If it's just the plague like in Xiawan Village, then Doctor Xu and his team should have no problem treating it according to the prescription.

Even if there are slight changes, I think there will be no problem given the level of the imperial doctors.

"Didn't the emperor ask you to go?" Xia Tian was a little curious. Logically speaking, they had cooperated so well with Doctor Xu and Doctor Zhang during the last incident in Xiawan Village, so they would not break up this team this time.

Shen Nian shook his head, "No."

Then maybe the emperor has other plans.

Seeing that Xia Tian stopped asking questions, Shen Nian took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve pocket and handed it to her.

"What?" Xia Tian was confused. They were talking fine, why was he suddenly giving her a stack of banknotes?

"The Emperor asked me to buy a few bottles of your medicine from you."

Xia Tian was stunned, and it took him a while to understand what Shen Nian meant by buying medicine.

"The Emperor bought the medicine so that Doctor Xu and the others could take it away?"

"Yes."

This afternoon, the emperor called him to the imperial study alone just for this matter.

The money used to buy the medicine was taken from the emperor's own private treasury, and no funds were allocated from the national treasury.

Xia Tian pondered for a while, picked up the silver note and counted it. It was fifty thousand taels. The emperor actually gave her fifty thousand taels of silver note.

After counting the banknotes, she took out ten larger porcelain bottles, each containing thirty pills, a total of three hundred pills, and handed them to Shen Nian.

Then he gave Shen Nian 50,000 taels of silver.

"Brother Shen, please return this banknote to the emperor tomorrow morning!" Now is the time when the court needs money, and she can't ask the emperor to use money to buy her medicine at this time.

Shen Nian took it silently without saying anything, and just gently rubbed Xia Tian's hair.

The next day, after the morning court session ended, Shen Nian did not rush back and followed the emperor to the imperial study.

He first took out the silver bills and placed them on the table in front of the emperor.

The emperor paused and looked at the silver note that was returned to him, thinking that Madam Shen did not want to sell the medicine to him.

I was just about to ask Shen Nian.

Shen Nian took out the porcelain bottles one by one from his sleeve pocket and placed them on the table.

Joy flashed across the emperor's eyes, "Is this the medicine Madam Shen gave me?"

"Back to the Emperor, yes."

The emperor took a bottle and poured it out to examine it. After he finished reading it, the smile on his face became more obvious. He didn't expect that Mrs. Shen would give him so many pills.

He originally thought that buying two or three bottles would be a great achievement, but unexpectedly, Mrs. Shen gave him ten bottles directly.

"Then why were the silver notes taken back?" The emperor asked in confusion, looking at the box containing the silver notes on the table.

"My wife asked me to return the banknotes to the emperor." Shen Nian said calmly.

"Why?" The emperor was puzzled. Could it be that it was too little?

"She said the emperor was trying to save the people. No matter how much she liked money, she couldn't take the people's life-saving money."

This was also the answer Xia Tian gave after he asked her last night.

The emperor was silent for a moment, then took back the banknote. "Thank Madam Shen for me. I will remember her righteousness for the people."

"Yes, I will definitely deliver the emperor's oral instructions."

In the afternoon, the emperor summoned Imperial Physician Xu and Imperial Physician Zhang to the imperial study.

He asked the two to take the pills given by Xia Tian, and set off directly to the south to treat the plague the next day.

Imperial Physician Xu and Imperial Physician Zhang did not expect that the Emperor would ask Madam Shen for such expensive medicine in advance, and they were grateful.

Although the emperor was not doing this for them, he was still worried that they would not be able to control the plague, so he allowed them to go on the road with an extra layer of protection.

"There are three hundred pills in total. You two must pack them carefully. This is a life-saving medicine." The emperor reminded them worriedly.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I will live up to your trust and do my best!" The two adults agreed in unison.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news!"

The next day, Imperial Physician Xu, Imperial Physician Zhang and four others left the capital and headed south under the escort of a general.

As the Spring Examination was approaching and the plague broke out again in the south, the emperor had less and less time to rest.

Eunuch Xu was so worried that he even moved the Empress Dowager out, but the Emperor still couldn't get a good rest.

After Xia Tian knew about it, he silently took out a bottle of medicine and asked Shen Nian to take it to Eunuch Xu. At least this medicine could help people regain their spirits.

It won’t make you sick!

During this period, Shen Nian also became busy and often came back very late.

Sometimes I came back too late, and for fear of disturbing Xia Tian’s rest, I would just rest in Lingyun Pavilion.

As the time for the Spring Examination was approaching, more and more students came to the capital from all directions, and the government inspections became more and more frequent.

I went out once during the summer and never went out again.

There are really a lot of people wherever you go.

It’s better to wait until the Spring Examination is over before going out.

Anyway, the exam is only a few days away.

These days, Shen Rui also moved back to the Wu'an Marquis Mansion from the academy and concentrated on reviewing in the study. Except for occasionally going out to meet with classmates, he rarely went out.

The second wife asked the kitchen to prepare various delicious dishes every day, striving to ensure that Shen Rui could eat and drink well.

Then face this major event in life, the Spring Examination, with the most positive mental state.

The Second Lady’s logistical support was so thorough that the day before the Spring Examination, Shen Rui fell ill and began to vomit and have diarrhea.

The Second Madam was so frightened that she even called in the imperial physician.

After the examination, the imperial physician asked about what he had eaten recently, and finally concluded that he had eaten too well and too greasy food, which was why he had some stomach discomfort.

The imperial physician prescribed some gastrointestinal medicine and left.

The second wife was boiling the medicine, feeling remorseful and saying that she was the one who harmed Shen Rui and made him sick before the exam.

If this affects the exam, she would feel really sorry for her son's efforts.

Xia Tian couldn't bear to see Shen Rui's condition not improve much after taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician, so he gave the second wife two pills and asked Shen Rui to take them.

Fortunately, after taking the two pills, Shen Rui recovered completely and did not miss the Spring Examination the next day.

The second lady held Xia Tian's hand, not knowing how to thank her.

"Xia girl, Second Auntie will remember your great kindness. If you need my help in the future, please feel free to ask."

"Second Aunt, you are being so rude. Look, I didn't even bother to be polite to you when I had something to do!"

The two of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the second lady took out another two thousand taels of silver notes and insisted on giving them to her.

Xia Tian didn't accept it. The favor had already been done, and it would be inappropriate to ask for money again.

Finally, she left after receiving the Second Lady's numerous thanks.

Little did they know that a disaster was quietly brewing in the capital.