After Shen Xue and Liu Qi reunited, she instructed, "Xu Yang, take your men to buy 10,000 dan of grain from various places and bring it to Huayang County. Set up tents and provide porridge to help the people through this hardship. Return to the mansion and ask Su Xi for 10,000 taels of silver. The sooner the better."

"I obey my orders."

She rode at full speed to Jinzhou with ten guards, feeling extremely anxious all the way.

The imperial physician was also traveling day and night with the medicinal materials.

In Huayang County, the former prosperous scene no longer exists, replaced by desolation and constant wailing.

You can see terminally ill people everywhere on the streets, with their families hugging them and crying and wailing, which is heartbreaking and helpless to watch.

In other counties and prefectures of Da Qi, the living conditions of the people were vastly different.

Everyone celebrated the New Year with joy, firecrackers rang out continuously, and their faces were filled with happiness and joy. But in Huayang County, the people lived in fear and despair.

I was afraid to go out, socialize, or even live a normal life, not knowing when disaster would strike.

Despair shrouded every corner of Huayang County, as if the end of the world had come.

Doctor Ye and the few doctors in the city were busy running around. They all covered their mouths and noses with white cloth and were busy preparing prescriptions in an attempt to save more lives.

The shortage of medicinal materials makes them feel helpless.

Magistrate Lu ordered people to collect all the medicinal materials from all the pharmacies in the county, but it was still not enough to make medicine for several thousand people.

The first to suffer from a high fever were the Second Prince and his guards. People they had contact with came to the pharmacy for treatment one after another, and infected the people in the pharmacy. One person spread the disease to ten people, and ten to a hundred. Soon, thousands of people in the entire county were unwell, and the pharmacies were overcrowded, which infected even more people.

At this time, the county magistrate found something wrong and quickly reported it to the prefect. Upon learning of the situation, Prefect Lu hurriedly blocked the entire county to prevent the plague from spreading to more people.

In the backyard room, the second prince was lying on the bed with a high fever for several days and was in a coma, which was worrying.

There were sheds built inside and outside the yard, and there were many critically ill patients in the sheds. From time to time, soldiers carried people out to bury them, which made everyone even more frightened and uneasy.

Prefect Lu looked at the Second Prince with concern and asked anxiously, "Divine Doctor Ye, why does the Second Prince have a high fever that keeps coming back?"

Divine Doctor Ye frowned as he checked the Second Prince's pulse and said, "This plague is spreading with great force, and the Second Prince is particularly seriously affected. The evil toxins are entangled in his body. Although some herbs have been used to suppress it, there are no herbs that are effective. We can only slowly suppress the virus, but cannot eradicate it."

Magistrate Lu was so anxious that he was spinning around in circles. "What should we do? Gather all the medicinal herbs in the entire county."

"I've already ordered my attendants to go back and get the herbs. They should arrive in Huayang County in a few days."

"Second Prince, his condition is serious. Can he wait a few days? If something happens, how will I explain to the Emperor?"

“We must do our best and leave the rest to fate. Even the best cook cannot cook without rice. There is nothing I can do.”

"You are a miracle doctor, you can definitely find a solution?"

"I'm a human, not a god. How can I save people without medicine?"

"Hurry up and tell someone to bring the herbs and open the city gates immediately."

"it is good."

"Have you reported this to the Emperor?"

"We've already sent someone to the capital to pass on the news. Even if the emperor sends someone over right away, it'll still take seven or eight days. It's really frustrating."

Divine Doctor Ye said calmly, "Prefect Lu, send people to the mountains to dig up some wild yam, andrographis paniculata, houttuynia cordata, coptis root, and forsythia suspensa. They'll all be good enough to at least suppress the virus."

"I'll send someone right away. Doctor Ye, you must guard the Second Prince and make sure nothing happens to him."

"I can't just take care of the Second Prince, I have to take care of the others as well."

"The lives of all the others combined are not as noble as the Second Prince's."

Doctor Ye said firmly, "Prefect Lu, in my eyes, all patients are the same, regardless of status."

"Okay, okay, Doctor Ye, you're right, okay? Keep a close eye on me and I'll send some people up the mountain to dig for herbs."

Doctor Ye and several other doctors finally waited until the owner of Tongjitang ordered someone to deliver medicinal materials and four other doctors. With the medicinal materials and doctors, they quickly discussed the preparation of the prescription and tested the medicine.

There were more than a dozen people busy decocting medicine in the yard. After the medicine was ready, the medicine boy brought it to feed the second prince. At this time, he couldn't even drink the medicine and his whole body was twitching.

The medicine boy hurried over and shouted, "Divine Doctor Ye, come and have a look, the Second Prince is dying."

Doctor Ye put down what he was doing and rushed over to give him acupuncture. Only then did the Second Prince stop twitching and his breathing became more stable.

"Give the medicine quickly."

The medicine boy finally finished feeding a bowl of medicine, and Doctor Ye was busy taking the pulse. Prefect Lu hurriedly asked: "Doctor Ye, how is the second prince?"

"Wait and see, I'm not sure."

"You stay here and watch over me while I go out to deal with other things. If the Second Prince has any problems, come and call me immediately."

The moment Doctor Ye stood up, he felt a darkness before his eyes and fell down. The medicine boy shouted: "Doctor Ye..."

"Hurry up and carry Doctor Ye to the next room to lie down. I'll go call the doctor."

The doctor rushed over to take his pulse, and Prefect Lu anxiously asked, "Doctor Wang, how is Doctor Ye?"

"Divine Doctor Ye has also been infected with the plague. He hasn't rested for even a few hours in all these days and has collapsed from exhaustion."

"You doctors should take turns to rest. If you collapse from exhaustion again, there will be no hope for everyone."

"Prefect Lu, when will the imperial court arrive?"

"It will be here in just two or three days, just hold on a little longer."

There was the sound of horse hooves outside. It turned out that Shen Xue and others had arrived.

She ordered everyone to cover their mouths and noses and unload the medicinal herbs from the horses.

At the door, many people were lying in a mess, groaning in pain. She carefully avoided the people on the ground and walked into the yard with difficulty. The strong smell of medicine instantly surrounded her.

The scene in the yard was even more heartbreaking, with injured people everywhere and a dead silence.

She quickly ordered Han Lin to find the prefect. After looking around and not seeing Divine Doctor Ye, she grabbed a medicine boy and asked, "Hello, where is Divine Doctor Ye?"

"I discussed the formula with Doctor Wang and the others not long ago, but I haven't seen it yet."

She asked several people in a row but no one knew where Doctor Ye was, which made her anxious. Why wasn't her master here? This shouldn't be the case!

After a while, Han Lin hurried over with the prefect and learned that she was the county lady appointed by the emperor himself, the number one female saint in Da Qi, and the disciple of Doctor Ye.

"Master Ya'an, you are finally here. If you hadn't come earlier, no one would have been able to handle it."

"We'll be there first. The imperial physician will arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Will there be enough herbs? Where's my master, Divine Doctor Ye?"

"The owner of Tongjitang has been sending over medicinal materials. Doctor Ye has also been infected with the plague."

"Take me over there and have a look."

Magistrate Lu brought Shen Xue to the side room. Ye Gucheng looked exhausted and in pain. Shen Xue sat beside the bed and took his pulse.

"Su Yu, go get a bowl of medicine and feed it to my master."

Su Yu hurried to the courtyard to fetch the medicine. Shen Xue watched Divine Doctor Ye finish the medicine. "Su Yu, stay here and watch over my master. Call me if anything happens."

"Yes."

Shen Xue and Magistrate Lu walked out of the wing room, and Shen Xue asked, "Magnate Lu, how is the patient's condition now?"

Prefect Lu sighed, "The situation isn't optimistic. Although we have medicinal herbs, the plague is complex and unpredictable, and there are still many new patients every day."

"Prefect Lu, notify the people not to go out unless necessary. If there's insufficient food, have it delivered to their doorsteps to prevent cross-infection and the increasing number of patients. Put all the critically ill patients together, and let them all drink boiled water, which should then be disinfected with lime. This will relatively reduce the spread of the disease."

"I will arrange it immediately,"

At this time, the imperial physician sent by the court finally arrived. Shen Xue and other doctors discussed the treatment plan with the imperial physician.

Xu Yang rushed to Huayang County with more than a dozen carts of grain, and Prefect Lu sent people to distribute it door to door to the people. They also set up a makeshift shed on the street to cook porridge and steamed buns, which were provided to patients in the pharmacy.

After more than ten days of hard work, the plague was finally brought under control. The patients in the city gradually recovered, and the Second Prince also recovered.

He used to look down on Shen Xue, but this time he looked at her with new eyes and said firmly: "Thank you, Doctor Ye and Princess Ya'an, for saving me. If it weren't for you, I would have died long ago."

"Second Prince, this is the credit of many doctors. If you want to thank someone, thank them all!"

When the emperor heard about this, he was very pleased and rewarded Doctor Ye, Shen Xue and all the people involved in the treatment.

Shen Xue's reputation became even more famous inside and outside the palace.

When the eldest prince learned that the second prince had been saved by Shen Xue and Divine Doctor Ye, he became furious and roared, "Ye Gucheng, Shen Xue, you and your disciple are simply courting death by going against this prince!"

His eyes were filled with anger and murderous intent, as if he wanted to eat Ye Gucheng and Shen Xue alive.

Doctor Ye and Shen Xue didn't know that they had become the targets of the eldest prince's revenge.

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