Hiding her pregnancy and divorce, she stopped licking and the general panicked

"Jiao..." Gu Heng was the first to react, and he was so anxious that he almost called out her nickname in public.

He didn't expect that she kept saying she wanted a divorce, but she still couldn't let him go in her heart, so much so that she was willing to give the last mask to Lu Ziqian regardless of her own life.

It is inevitable that the three masks will be given to the prince.

The remaining two are given to him as a token of friendship.

In the end, she chose the one she loved the most.

Lu Ziqian was a little confused, his eyes moved: "Why give it to me?"

"Because...your life is more important than mine."

These words hit the softest part of Lu Ziqian's heart, and his heart began to beat uncontrollably.

After Su Yujiao finished speaking, she felt that her words could be easily misunderstood, so she explained immediately.

"General Su, don't get me wrong. What I mean is that you are the general, and we will need you to take charge of the situation after we enter the city."

"Besides, the Lu family army is the backbone of the people. The people have suffered enough from natural disasters and man-made disasters..."

"So, nothing can happen to you!!"

Lu Ziqian was shocked by Su Yujiao's righteous words. He didn't expect that he was so important in the heart of the "little eunuch".

For the sake of the overall situation, he can disregard his own life and make choices that are disadvantageous to himself.

Such people are truly worthy of admiration!

Lu Ziqian dismounted and saluted Su Yujiao, "Brother Su is righteous and admirable."

"Ms. Lu deeply apologizes for his disrespectful remarks earlier."

As Lu Ziqian spoke, he actually bowed to Su Yujiao.

"You... don't have to be like this." Su Yujiao dodged sideways.

He asked: "You gave it to me, what will you do?"

"I have other means of defense."

At this time, Gu Heng came over and said, "General Lu, please don't refuse. We should respect Brother Su's choice."

"You are shouldering the heavy responsibility of protecting the Crown Prince, so nothing can happen to you."

"Just give my mask to Brother Su." Gu Heng took off his mask and handed it to Su Yujiao.

Su Yujiao was firm: "Brother Gu, you just said you would respect my choice."

"You are equally important to me."

"It's decided. Don't waste time on this matter. It would seem hypocritical."

After Su Yujiao finished speaking, she left and got into the prince's carriage.

The prince couldn't help but sigh, "Doctor Su, I really didn't expect you to make this choice."

"Your selflessness deserves everyone's admiration!"

"The prince is so complimentary."

Lu Ziqian led the team into the city, and everyone was on high alert.

After entering the city, everyone found that the situation here was far more serious than they had imagined.

The once prosperous town was now shrouded in crying and despair.

The air was filled with a pungent smell of medicine and a lingering stench of decay.

There were very few pedestrians on the street. Occasionally, a few people hurried past, covering their mouths and noses, their eyes full of fear and helplessness.

The doors of every household were closed, but one door was wide open, and heart-wrenching cries came from inside.

A few steps further, a woman was kneeling numbly on the side of the road, holding her lifeless child.

Not far away, flames shot up into the sky and cries were deafening. Su Yujiao and others walked closer and found that a corpse was being burned there.

The newly added graves stacked up layer upon layer on the mass grave silently testify to the cruelty and ferocity of the plague.

Seeing such a tragic scene, some elderly doctors and young soldiers could not help but cry out in fear and regret.

"Your humble servant greets the Crown Prince."

"No need to be so polite, business is more important."

"Let's talk about the situation in the city first."

Su Yujiao said, "Prince, you should find a place to stay first. This is not the place to talk."

Along the way, the prince had already gotten used to following Su Yujiao's arrangements.

After all, no one is more experienced than her in epidemic prevention.

County Magistrate Zhang reacted and immediately took the prince to settle down.

Before the prince moved in, Su Yujiao led people to disinfect the place carefully and set up a sealed shed at the gate.

A bowl was placed on the floor of the shed, filled with Atractylodes lancea and Angelica dahurica, poured in a small amount of alcohol, and lit.

Everyone entering the villa must pass through the shed and be fumigated before entering.

After the important officials of Qicheng entered the villa, Su Yujiao asked, "Master Zhang, are there any sick cattle in the city?"

"this?"

County Magistrate Zhang was a little confused. Who was this person? Why didn't he care about people but asked about cows instead?

Magistrate Zhang glanced at the prince and, seeing he didn't react, he answered truthfully, "I haven't counted the numbers."

"Then who has cattle? Does the government have records?"

Although Magistrate Zhang didn't know why this man cared about cows, he was a perceptive person and immediately ordered his lawyer to get the booklet.

"All the oxen working in the city are recorded in the register."

"Master Zhang, please issue an order requiring all families in the city who own cattle to bring their cattle to the government office."

"This……"

County Magistrate Zhang was a little confused. Shouldn't he take care of the people first at this critical juncture? Why was this young doctor arguing with the ox?

The prince also looked at Su Yujiao with a confused look, but he was wearing a mask and his expression could not be seen clearly.

After hesitating for a few seconds, the prince chose to believe Su Yujiao, thinking that her finding the cow must be of great use.

"Master Zhang, do as you are told."

"Yes."

"Master Zhang, please hurry up. These cattle are very important and are the key to this epidemic prevention."

"Yes."

"Prince, I'm going to get some sleep. Call me when the cattle arrive."

"Also, prepare some good food and drinks for me. I need to conserve my strength. The next few days are very important."

Next, she has to make a cowpox vaccine, and her resistance must not drop, otherwise she will be infected first.

So, now she has to eat well, sleep well and stay in good health.

Although the prince didn't know why the next few days were important, he still believed in her.

He always felt that this dark and thin Doctor Su would bring him surprises.

Su Yujiao slept until she woke up naturally, and just then, hundreds of cows in the city were brought to the yamen.

After Su Yujiao had eaten and drunk her fill, she went to the yamen and checked the cows one by one, but found that none of them were infected.

She frowned. The result was not as good as she expected. This would delay things for a few more days.

"Leave these two cows here, and send all the others back."

She chose two fat and strong cows, otherwise she was afraid that the cows would die of the disease before the cowpox vaccine was ready.

"Give me a yard and tie the cow in first."

"Yes."

"Take me to where the patients are being held."

"This..." Lord Zhang hesitated a little: "The patients are all detained in Yushugou Village."

"Those people can only wait for death. It's extremely dangerous."

"Doctor Su, please don't go over there."

Su Yujiao's eyes were firm: "I have to go there."

She needs to take the virus from patients, or even dead people, but the strain's infectiousness has been reduced.

The success rate will be higher if the samples are taken from patients in the infectious period and then implanted into the wound of the cow.

Now time is urgent and she must race against time. The sooner she develops the cowpox vaccine, the less people will be infected with the plague.