To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

Zhao Deyou frowned as he looked at the women below and had his young general announce, "Who are you standing here? Qingzhou City is under lockdown. Unless you have special travel documents, please take a detour. We are not allowing passage here."

Su Mingyue raised her head and looked at the guards on the city wall, her eyes narrowing involuntarily.

"Miss, they seem to be talking about some special clearance document. Do we have one?"

Su Mingyue smiled slightly: "Of course."

She took out a document from her bosom and waved it at the wall: "Gentlemen on the wall, I have a clearance document, which you can verify."

"Sir, she said she has a release document," the junior officer said, noticing what Su Mingyue was waving.

"I'll go down and take a look. You guys keep a close eye on things up here." Zhao Deyou decided to go down and check.

At this time, the only possibility for someone with a special clearance document is that they are sent by the imperial court.

Zhao Deyou walked out through a small door next to the main gate. The other person was wearing the same mask as him. The masks were given to them by the War Prince, and the woman in front of him was also wearing one.

Zhao Deyou strode out and stopped two meters away from Su Mingyue: "I wonder what business you have going to Qingzhou City, Miss? You said you have special clearance documents, please show them."

"My lord, I am a doctor, here in Qingzhou City to assist Prince Zhan." Su Mingyue dismounted and had Xingchun deliver the documents.

Zhao Deyou glanced at the document in his hand, which bore the seal of the Prince of War. He immediately understood that this was one of the Prince of War's men.

He respectfully cupped his hands and said, "So you are all people of the Prince. The Prince is in the city."

"What is the current situation inside the city?" This was the question Su Mingyue was most concerned about.

Speaking of the situation in the city, Zhao De's face was grave: "The situation is not good. This disease is spreading rapidly and is extremely contagious. The four patient reception points set up in the city are almost full, and the number of seriously ill patients is increasing. People are dying every day, and everyone is in a state of panic."

He had grown up in Qingzhou City since childhood and had never seen the city in such a terrible state. It was simply too tragic, like a living hell.

Hearing Zhao Shoucheng's words, Su Mingyue's heart sank, realizing that the situation inside was far more serious than she had imagined.

"Please let us pass, Zhao Shoucheng." Su Mingyue didn't say anything more.

"Please." Zhao Shoucheng didn't say much, but simply opened half of the city gate to let them in.

"Where is Your Highness staying now?"

"He is currently residing in the government office."

……

Zhu Sha looked at the tall, slender young man in general's armor before her, and felt a moment of bewilderment. This man was the one she had been searching for for so long, the one who had rescued her in the snow and left her a cloak.

"This commoner, Zhu Sha, greets Your Highness." Zhu Sha's eyes reddened as she recalled the past. She was certain that the Prince no longer remembered a woman like her.

She remembered him; he had always been her hope for survival.

"I didn't expect Miss Zhu to be so young. Physician Hu gave me a prescription earlier, saying it was provided by Miss Zhu. Is Miss Zhu a physician?"

“My father is skilled in medicine, and I’ve learned some from him since I was little. The symptoms of these patients are very similar to a case my father treated before, so I found the prescription he left behind and asked everyone to try it. I didn’t expect the initial results to be so good. The symptoms of the previously seriously ill patients have been alleviated and have not worsened. That’s a success, don’t you think?”

Xiao Zhan nodded: "That's right. As long as the critically ill patients don't get any worse, that's an achievement. The prescription is good, but the current situation is that there aren't many medicinal herbs available in the city. New herbs won't arrive for the next day or two, and only after they arrive can we start large-scale decoction."

"I have already submitted the prescription to the Prince. I will follow the Prince's instructions on how to proceed." Zhu Sha lowered her head slightly, her face showing disappointment.

The prince did not recognize her.

The prince saved her with nothing more than a small favor; he would never have remembered her face.

"Don't worry, this prescription has been verified by Physician Hu and others and it is indeed effective. I will make it available to the people on a large scale."

"This disease is highly contagious, Your Highness, you must also be careful. With you here in Qingzhou City, the people will feel at ease." Zhu Sha secretly glanced at the man's face. It was the first time she had been so close to him, and her heart was racing, almost out of control.

He clutched the hem of his robe with both hands and said, "Your Highness, do you have time now? If you do, I can take you to the outpost in the south of the city. After taking my medicine, almost all the patients there have recovered to mild symptoms. This is good news. If more and more people recover to mild symptoms, it means that this disease is curable."

“Your Highness, the people are currently gripped by a death knell for this disease. If you were to announce at this time that you have a cure for them, it would be a beacon of hope for them. In Qingzhou, the number of patients is increasing, and if no good news keeps coming out, it will not be a good thing.”

Xiao Zhan understood this principle perfectly well.

If we let people fall into despair and panic, we have no idea what uncontrollable things might happen next.

"Then go have a look."

"Your Highness, I have something to say to you regarding this illness," Zhu Sha said, following behind him. "The illness is developing strangely, and we must find its source. It is said that the first person to feel unwell was an old woman from Willow Village. So far, Willow Village has seen the fastest spread of the disease and the highest number of deaths. Therefore, I wish to go deep into this village to find the source. Once we find the source, we can determine what the source of the infection is and find a treatment method more quickly."

Xiao Zhan listened to her words, turned his head and glanced at her. It was rare to see someone so young yet so righteous: "I'll transfer a few people to you. You can take them with you."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhu Sha's eyes were smiling.

He is still as gentle and polite as ever.

People outsiders say he is aloof and cold because they have seen his softer side.

Upon reaching the outpost in the city, the patients learned that the man before them was sent by the imperial court to rescue them, and they were overjoyed and tried to surround him. Xiao Zhan's guards quickly stopped them and made them lie back down.

"Your Highness, we are so grateful to Doctor Zhu these past few days. If it weren't for her, we would all be dead." Upon hearing that the man before him was the prince, a patient knelt down and wept bitterly. "It's a pity that my husband didn't have the fortune to drink Miss Zhu's medicine. He passed away right away. Your Highness, Doctor Zhu's medicine is truly miraculous. She is no less than a divine healer. You must make sure everyone drinks it, so that everyone's illness may be cured."

"Please get up, ma'am. Don't worry, as long as the medicine is effective, we guarantee that everyone who is sick will be able to drink it. The Imperial Hospital is already preparing to brew it."

"You're lying. Qingzhou City has no medicinal herbs left, and your herbs haven't arrived yet. Is the imperial court not going to save us at all, which is why they're delaying sending the herbs?" someone shouted.