Quick Wear Dream Qiqi

In the imperial study, Shen Qingyan slammed the secret report on the sandalwood table, and the gilded dragon-patterned candlestick swayed slightly.

"You'd give up a high position and generous salary to stay in that broken village?" He stroked the mutton-fat jade paperweight on the desk, his eyes scanning the record in the secret report about Meng Yuyu's research on cowpox. "It's quite interesting."

When the sedan chair carried by eight people stopped in front of Huimin Medical Clinic, Meng Qiqi was standing on tiptoe to hang dried honeysuckle under the eaves.

The moment the vermilion lacquer curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, her hand gripping the hemp rope trembled slightly—the system prompt sounded in her mind: "Triggered hidden plot: The Emperor summoned you.

Mission objective: Gain a firm foothold in the capital while avoiding involvement in palace disputes.

"My two young ladies, His Majesty has ordered that you depart immediately." The eunuch in a scarlet robe read out the imperial edict in a shrill voice, and the python pattern embroidered with gold thread shone coldly in the sunlight.

Meng Yuyu handed the last packet of herbs to the old woman who came to get medicine. When she turned around, the corner of her clothes brushed against the medicine cabinet, causing the copper bell to jingle.

The carriage swayed along for more than a month.

Meng Qiqi lifted a corner of the car curtain, looked at the towering city walls of the capital, and swallowed.

The stone lions in front of the palace gate were baring their fangs and claws, and the red walls and yellow tiles were so hot under the sun that people couldn't open their eyes.

Before she could recover from the shock, she was surrounded by palace maids and taken into Changchun Palace.

"Greetings, Miss Meng." The female official in charge bowed, her gaze lingering on the two women's coarse cloth dresses for a moment. "Your Majesty will be hosting a banquet in the Imperial Garden tomorrow. Please rest early."

After saying this, she waved her hand, and several palace maids came in one after another carrying lacquer boxes filled with rouge and powder.

Late at night, Meng Qiqi stared at the bronze mirror depicting Dan Kou's hand and felt terrified: "Sister, there are too many rules in this palace. I don't even dare to take big steps when walking."

Meng Yuyu was flipping through the medical book sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She chuckled when she heard this and said, "What are you afraid of? We just treat illnesses and save lives." Her fingertips ran across the acupuncture diagram on the page, and the candlelight made her profile flicker.

The lotus flowers in the imperial garden were in full bloom. Shen Qingyan leaned against the beauty's seat on the Nine-Curve Corridor, squinting his eyes as he looked at the two sisters walking towards him in the distance.

Meng Yuyu was wearing a moon-white skirt and an ordinary green cloth sash around her waist, which made her stand out from the crowd of palace ladies surrounded by pearls and jade.

"I heard that you two are unwilling to serve as officials in the court?" Shen Qingyan took a sip from the mutton-fat jade cup, the heat of the tea blurring the inquiry in his eyes. "Do you think what I give you is not enough?"

Meng Qiqi felt cold sweat on her palms and secretly tugged at her sister's sleeve.

Meng Yuyu took a half step forward and said in a neither humble nor arrogant voice: "What I want is just to save more people and free them from suffering from illness. This is more practical than any official position."

Shen Qingyan dropped his teacup heavily on the stone table. "What a boast! Do you know that the Imperial Hospital, with all the world's famous doctors, couldn't develop a cure for cowpox?"

He suddenly stood up and approached, his black dragon robe sweeping across the fallen flowers on the ground, "Are you really just a country doctor?"

The air solidified instantly.

Meng Qiqi looked at her sister's straight back, and recalled the nights when she studied medical books hard under the oil lamp, and the palms of her hands that were scratched by thorns while picking herbs in the back mountain.

Just when the atmosphere was tense, a cry suddenly came from a distance: "My Lady Consort Shu, something bad has happened! The little prince has a high fever and convulsions!"

Shen Qingyan's face suddenly changed, and he flicked his sleeves and ran towards Zhongcui Palace.

Meng Yuyu and Meng Qiqi looked at each other and followed.

Inside the bedroom, Concubine Shu was holding the burning little prince and crying, while the director of the Imperial Hospital was giving acupuncture with sweat all over his forehead, but there was no improvement at all.

"Let me try." Meng Yuyu pushed the crowd aside and placed her fingertips on the little prince's wrist pulse.

The veins on Shen Qingyan's hands, which were holding the Buddhist beads, bulged as he stared at her movements intently.

Meng Yuyu took out a silver needle from her sleeve, lit it on the lamp, and accurately inserted it into several acupuncture points.

"How dare you! How dare you move the needle without permission!" The director jumped up and tried to stop him, but was stopped by Shen Qingyan.

Half an hour later, the little prince's fever gradually subsided. Concubine Shu rushed over and grabbed Meng Yuyu's hand: "Benefactor! You must stay in the palace!"

Shen Qingyan stroked the jade pendant at his waist, a smile of unknown meaning appearing on his lips: "It seems that I am keeping you here not just for the cowpox technique."

He turned around and instructed the eunuch, "Give Miss Meng the East Wing of Yonghe Palace and become the palace physician from now on."

The palace walls are deep and night is falling.

Meng Qiqi curled up on the large carved bed, listening to the night watchman's calls.

The system suddenly issued an alarm: "It is detected that the Queen's forces have noticed the host's sister, and the danger level has increased!"

Before she finished her words, she heard the sound of tiles outside the window. She turned over and saw her sister standing in front of the window holding a medicine bottle.

"Someone's poisoning the well water." Meng Yuyu held up the glass bottle, the liquid inside glowing a strange green. "It's a poison for people who have received the cowpox vaccine. The symptoms are similar to those of the plague."

She put the bottle in her arms, the moonlight shining on her furrowed brows. "The palace is more dangerous than I thought."

The next morning, a lady in gorgeous attire arrived outside Yonghe Palace. "I've heard that my sister has miraculous healing powers. I wonder if this old headache of mine can be cured..."

Before the Queen finished speaking, Meng Yuyu knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty is a noble woman. I dare not touch her rashly. Please ask the Imperial Hospital to treat her."

The Queen dug her nails into the handkerchief and asked, "Sister, are you not giving me face?"

The nanny behind her suddenly clutched her stomach and rolled over in pain: "Your Majesty! I drank the well water from Yonghe Palace this morning!"

Meng Qiqi felt her heart beating in her throat, but she saw her sister calmly took out a silver needle and quickly inserted acupuncture needles into several acupuncture points of the nanny.

"Your Majesty, please judge for yourself," Meng Yuyu raised the silver needle, the tip of which had turned blue-black. "The well water is poisonous. It's not the same poison that the little prince was poisoned with yesterday."

Shen Qingyan appeared at the door without anyone noticing, his face terribly gloomy. "A thorough investigation!" He looked at Meng Yuyu with a complicated expression. "Not only can you heal illnesses, but you can also test for poisons?"

As the investigation deepened, the truth gradually surfaced.

It turned out that Concubine Shu's mortal enemy poisoned the well water in order to frame her.

Shen Qingyan was furious and punished all the palace maids involved with a stick.

After this incident, Meng Yuyu's position in the palace became more stable, but it also attracted more jealousy.

Late that night, Meng Qiqi followed her sister into the Imperial Hospital.

The moonlight shines through the window lattice onto the yellowed medical book. Meng Yuyu is looking for an ancient book on the treatment of smallpox.

"Although it's cowpox this time, smallpox is always a hidden danger." She flipped through the pages and suddenly stopped at a certain page, "Qiqi, look at this..."

Before they could take a closer look, footsteps were heard outside the door.

Meng Qiqi hurriedly blew out the oil lamp. In the darkness, she heard her sister stuffing the ancient book into her arms.

When the guards rushed in with torches, Meng Yuyu was already standing there, holding the newly developed medicine in her hand.

"What's the crime for trespassing into the Imperial Hospital late at night?" The chief guard drew his sword.

Meng Yuyu raised the medicine bottle: "His Majesty asked me to develop a new medicine to prevent the plague. Time is urgent, so..."

She was interrupted by the sudden appearance of Shen Qingyan. The emperor stared at the corner of the book sticking out from her arms and pulled out the ancient book: "Imperial Treatise on Plague? This is the only copy I ordered copied."

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Meng Qiqi felt her palms were sweaty, but she saw her sister bowing and said, "I found some doubts in the book and would like to ask Your Majesty for advice."

Her voice was steady and steady. "For example, can this method of fighting poison with poison really cure smallpox?"

Shen Qingyan flipped through the pages of the book with great interest, the candlelight making his eyes flicker. "You're quite interesting."

He threw the ancient book back to Meng Yuyu and said, "If you can develop a cure for smallpox, I will allow you to build ten medical clinics in the capital."

Looking at the emperor's receding figure, Meng Qiqi breathed a sigh of relief: "Sister, you are too risky!"

Meng Yuyu gently stroked the cover of the ancient book, a faint smile on her lips: "No venture, no gain. This palace may help us realize our wishes faster."