A genius girl with her own space

Many people spontaneously brought large pots from their homes and placed them on the street. People also brought firewood from their homes to cook the Chinese medicine soup together. By the evening, almost everyone in East City had drunk a bowl. The tired shopkeepers and servants sat on the ground.

Qiqi spent the entire night refining elixirs with her nurse and master. Early in the morning, after a short rest, she headed to West City. Inside the cordoned area, yamen runners were preparing the herbal soup Qiqi had given them. Many people were queuing. Qiqi quickly passed through and arrived at the clinic, where people were also queuing for treatment. Outside, the government had erected a makeshift tent for the sick. Inside, many patients lay and sat.

Qiqi found the court physician and showed him the princess's token. She explained that the emperor had sent her to treat the common people. Many patients gathered around her. Qiqi took their pulses, and they were rapid and weak. This was a symptom of fever and dehydration.

Qiqi quickly felt the pulses of several seriously ill patients, then pulled out a packet of medicinal pills, giving them to the critically ill first. Qiqi then took out silver needles and began acupuncture. A quarter of an hour passed, and they were noticeably more energetic, their complexions rosy. They praised the medicine for its effectiveness and began to feel like eating. Everyone who had been treated came over to thank Qiqi.

Many patients gathered around, asking Qiqi to treat them. Qiqi took out the pills made by her master and nanny and distributed them to everyone. Before they were distributed to each patient, those who had just taken the pills felt significantly better.

Many people knelt down and kowtowed to Qiqi, thanking her for saving them and thanking the emperor for sending them this miraculous doctor.

All the sick people in West City lined up outside the clinic. Yun Jizi and Xie Lei arranged them into two lines. Yun Jizi sent one line, and Xie Lei sent the other. Let Qiqi rest for a while.

Qiqi asked the nurse to rest in the space. The nurse was still refining pills just now, and she was worried that Qiqi would not have enough pills to share.

Many people who took the pills felt lighter and happier, and wanted to eat more. Most of the patients went home. Those who had been afraid to return home from the clinic, fearing their illnesses would worsen, now felt relieved after taking the medicine Qiqi gave them.

Qiqi, her master, and Brother Xie Lei had been busy all day, exhausted and hungry. The nurse was also exhausted from refining medicine in the space. She had fallen asleep on the small bed in the alchemy room. When Qiqi came in to bring the nurse food, she hadn't woken up yet. Qiqi injected some spiritual energy into the nurse, and she finally woke up. Qiqi brought her beggar's chicken, braised pig's trotters, and grilled skewers.

The nurse quickly started eating. As she ate, she said, "Qiqi, how are the people? They are getting better now, right?"

"Nurse, thank you for your silent dedication. They are much better. Let's see tomorrow. The number of people getting sick will gradually decrease, and the epidemic will be under control. We will continue to distribute medicine tomorrow." Qiqi replied.

"Qiqi, you should go and rest soon. You've been busy all day. Don't exhaust yourself."

"Nurse, I'm going back. You should go to bed early." Qiqi said and exited the space.

Qiqi approached the shopkeeper to ask if the distribution of the traditional Chinese medicine soup went smoothly today, and if anyone came to collect medicine while sick. Tomorrow, if anyone showed symptoms, they would be asked to wait at the cordon in West City.

Qiqi got up at daybreak and walked out of the room to see Brother Xie Lei waiting for her.

"Brother, you and Master, please don't sleep any longer. Let me first check if the shopkeeper and the others have cooked. Then I'll wake up Master."

"Qiqi, let me go down and take a look! The Taoist priest has woken up," said Xie Lei.

"Okay, brother, I'll go find the master."

"Master, are you up? I'm going in." Qiqi asked.

"Come in! Qiqi, I'm reading a medical book." Qiqi saw her master reading a book.

"Qiqi, I also asked many patients yesterday. Jiangcheng is not the source of the epidemic. If the source is not found, people will still get sick. After breakfast, Xie Lei and I will go to the clinic to distribute pills and see how many patients have been cured. You go to the government office to find the prefect and ask him to temporarily close the city."

"Okay, Master, let's go downstairs to eat." At this time, Xie Lei also came up and called them to eat.

During the meal, Qiqi gave the shopkeeper some pills for treating the epidemic and asked him to distribute them to the people in the store. They were told to take them. "You distribute Chinese medicine every day, and you don't know if there are any patients in it. It's better to take it as a precaution."

The shopkeeper looked at Qiqi with gratitude and said, "Thank you, OP, for your consideration for us. OP, you should be more careful."

Qiqi brought down a few small buckets of disinfectant from upstairs and gave them to the shopkeeper, who was told to disinfect the restaurant inside and out every day. She told them to wash their hands frequently and disinfect their clothes after changing them. "You can get the laundry disinfectant from my room; I just went downstairs and can't get enough."

"Thank you, host." The shopkeeper bowed deeply to Qiqi.

Yun Jizi and Xie Lei went to the clinic. Qiqi went to the prefect and explained the situation. The prefect knew his priorities and immediately arranged for the closure of the city gates. He told them to reopen them once the source of the epidemic was found. He also instructed the prefect to send people to the surrounding towns and villages to see if there were any sick people, organize them into a village, and then visit them for treatment another day.

The prefect knelt down and kowtowed to Qiqi in gratitude, "Thank you, Princess, for saving the people of our city. If you hadn't come, I don't know how many people would have died in our city." After the prefect said this, he took out a letter from his friend and handed it to Qiqi.

Qiqi took it and read it. The letter had come from Shunqing State. A friend of the prefect wrote: "A town in Shunqing State is plagued by many people. The government has sent many doctors, but there's no way to control the disease. The entire town has been infected. The emperor is afraid the disease will spread nationwide. So he ordered the city defense forces to seal off the entire town, dig a large pit, and kill everyone in it. Finally, they burned the bodies—a horrific sight." The friend was worried that many people would flee before the lockdown was implemented. He was afraid they'd end up in your area, so he took precautions.

After reading the letter, Qiqi understood why the prefect had knelt before him. If she hadn't come, many people would have died in this city. Without a cure, the entire city would have fallen. Would the emperor, for the safety of the entire Yongning Kingdom, go to such lengths to destroy this city? Qiqi felt a little scared at the thought. The emperor wouldn't do that. He would send me a letter and wait a few more days. Thinking of this, Qiqi felt relieved.

How is my father’s imperial city? I hope it has not been affected by the epidemic.

Qiqi knew that after the epidemic here was under control, she would go to Shunqing Country.

Qiqi arrived at the place where the pills were being distributed and saw that the people were queuing up, much shorter than yesterday. The court physician and other doctors were directing the distribution of the prepared immunity-boosting Chinese herbal decoction.

Master and Xie Lei were handing out pills to the people in line. Qiqi told Master she was going to the junction of West City and East City to see if there were any patients sent from East City.

Qiqi walked slowly along the streets of Jiangcheng, thinking about how difficult life was. It wasn't just a snowstorm here, it was a flood there. And now there was an epidemic. "God, please spare these poor people!" Qiqi looked up at the sky.

At this time, a handsome uncle also saw Qiqi through a mirror. "Little girl, you are just giving me trouble."

Qiqi arrived at the junction, where the prefect was personally directing the distribution of Chinese herbal medicine to prevent the epidemic, and there were also many people boiling it next to a big pot.

Hundreds of patients sent from Dongcheng were queuing up, waiting for Qiqi to distribute pills, and no one was in a hurry.

Qiqi went forward and felt their pulses, finding that they all had mild symptoms. She secretly praised the shopkeeper of Fuxiangju for his cleverness.

Qiqi personally distributed pills to them, urging them to drink plenty of hot water and sweat. They would recover quickly. They all bowed to Qiqi and took the pills home.

Qiqi went to the prefect and asked if Jiangcheng had any white lime. The prefect said he had just bought some in Songcheng the previous month to repair the city wall, but had not used it yet.

Qiqi asked the prefect to bring a few yamen runners to check out the lime. The lime was stored in a simple stable. Qiqi was glad it hadn't rained, as if it had, the lime would only be used to plaster the walls.

Qiqi told the prefect and the yamen runners. Crush the lime into powder. Keep it away from water, or it'll burn your hands. The epidemic in Xicheng is severe, so spread it there first.

Qiqi took out a dozen pairs of cloth gloves and gave them to the prefects, asking them to use them to prevent burning their hands. Qiqi also gave them masks to wear on their faces and demonstrated how to use them.

A dozen yamen runners set out for Xicheng with crushed lime powder.