Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 947 - Is This the Ocean
Chapter 947: Chapter 947: Is This the Ocean?
Chapter 947 -947: Is This the Ocean?
Not to mention the look of utter despair on everyone’s faces in Di Residence, even His Majesty was given quite the scare!
That clearly wasn’t smallpox, but instead, the weird poison that Taoist Master Zhu had administered to Princess Ruyu. He had never heard Taoist Master Zhu mention that it could be contagious.
Thus, while His Majesty summoned Taoist Master Zhu to the palace with utmost urgency, he also ordered the imperial physicians to visit Marquis Yongping’s mansion again.
This time, when he dispatched the imperial physicians, he carefully instructed each of the three, a stark change from the perfunctory manner he had shown last time, before he sent them out of the palace.
Seeing these three imperial physicians filled Zhao Yuanlang with mixed emotions. He felt relieved that the poison Taoist Master Zhu had given him had fooled even the three doctors, yet he was frustrated with their lack of medical expertise and furious at their complacency.
The three imperial physicians, unaware of His Majesty’s intentions, were initially angry at Di Yelei’s barbaric behavior but had to comply due to the Imperial Edict. They were evasive when confronted with His Majesty’s instructions, wishing they could simply shirk their duties.
Zhao Yuanlang was seething with anger as well! The physicians’ skills were subpar, yet they carried themselves so arrogantly! A murderous intent towards the three imperial physicians flashed in his mind, but he hid his feelings behind a smile and generously rewarded them before letting them leave the palace.
“These incompetent doctors! They don’t have the skills, yet they dare to be so insolent in front of me! Once this matter is concluded… hmph!”
Eunuch Xiao had a thought and bowed even more deeply, quickly offering flattery, “Your Majesty is wise indeed. These old fellows are always strutting about, too proud for their own good. If they were to face calamity one day, I fear they wouldn’t even know how they died.”
Zhao Yuanlang smiled faintly, but he quickly shook his head, “As the saying goes, ‘Heroes fall from their horses, and swimmers drown in rivers. Those who often walk by the river inevitably get their shoes wet. There is always someone stronger, and the wicked will meet their match.’ These words seem very fitting now.”
Eunuch Xiao knelt swiftly, “Your Majesty’s wisdom shines brightly!”
The three imperial physicians hurried to Di Residence, while an eunuch, following His Majesty’s decree, went to Qingfeng Temple to find Taoist Master Zhu, only to discover he had left on a journey three days before and had not yet returned.
With no choice, the eunuch could only take the Imperial Decree and return to the palace.
Updated by the lessons of the past, the three imperial physicians, upon arriving at Di Residence, made a show of lifting the carrying pole but did not sincerely treat anyone. They each claimed a lack of medical skill and went straight to the room where they had been confined the previous time.
Di Yelei, who had also heard of the incident, treated the three imperial physicians to good food and drink while secretly sending someone out of the mansion to quietly search for a famous doctor.
Due to the severity of the incident, several nearby official residences were deserted, as people moved away from the area to escape the disaster.
Marquis Yongping’s normally bustling estate had suddenly become deserted, not even a ghost in sight.
Even the people in the Marquis’s mansion relaxed, especially those who had broken out in a rash; their faces fell as if colored with the pallor of death. That night, a maid with rashes on her face, unable to endure the taste of death, hung herself from the room’s rafters. When she was discovered the next morning, her body had already stiffened. She was the first person from Di Residence to die.
The news somehow leaked out, and soon spread across the capital city. Street corners and alleyways buzzed with talk of the sudden disaster.
“Have you heard? Smallpox is spreading in Marquis Yongping’s mansion, and even Princess Ruyu has contracted it. It’s truly pitiful!”
“Hey! Your news is really outdated. I heard that Marquis Di, in order to prevent the disease from spreading, has sent Princess Ruyu out of the capital city, her whereabouts unknown. Now, her life and death are uncertain, what a tragedy!”
“Isn’t it said that Marquis Yongping wants to marry a concubine and deliberately inflicted Princess Ruyu with this incurable illness just to vacate the position of the leading lady in his mansion? Marquis Yongping really is despicable, even scheming against the woman at his side like that!”
“You’re all spouting nonsense! Even if Marquis Yongping were foolish, he’d still be aware of the severity of the smallpox epidemic; he wouldn’t dare lay a hand on the Princess. Besides, His Majesty is in good health right now… However, it is said that smallpox is indeed spreading. Within just a few days, a maid in the mansion died of the disease. Looking ahead, what are we to do…”
In the midst of all the speculation, various versions of the story began to spread.
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At the moment, she gradually fell into a deep sleep, her face although covered in red spots that looked similar to smallpox, there was something different about them.
Zuo Xingyu also took her to secretly consult doctors, but these doctors just shook their heads after one glance, telling Zuo Xingyu to prepare for her death, not even willing to take her pulse. After a while, Liu Sisi had long given up the idea of seeking out doctors, but Zuo Xingyu stubbornly sought out famous doctors, almost every time they reached a town, he would always find the local famous doctor to treat her. And each time, the results were the same, yet he still refused to give up.
Liu Sisi, however, tried hard to appreciate the natural beauty bestowed upon her. Especially now that the time she woke up each day was getting shorter, and blood was starting to seep from her mouth, nose, eyes, and ears, even under her skin purpura appeared, making her wrap up her clothes around her even tighter.
Zuo Xingyu drove the carriage, heading eastward all the way.
Listening to the rhythmic sounds of the carriage wheels, Liu Sisi lay flat in the carriage that was padded with thick cotton wadding, knowing in her heart that Zuo Xingyu was fulfilling her dream—taking her to see the ocean.
She wiped away the blood dripping from her mouth and nose, and laughed at herself with sarcasm. On thinking it over carefully, she probably wouldn’t have her life left by the time they truly reached the seaside.
“Big Brother Zuo, I want to rest for a bit, please stop the carriage,” she asked softly.
“Sisi, wait a bit longer, there’s a suitable place ahead, we’ll be there in a while,” Zuo Xingyu mistook Liu Sisi’s urgent need as wanting to get off the carriage, and he hurriedly sped up.
“No, Big Brother Zuo, I see the ocean, I see it right outside. Big Brother Zuo, stop, I want to get down and see the ocean,” she struggled to climb out of the carriage, failing several times.
Was this really the seaside? It was clearly the Yellow River!
Zuo Xingyu moved his lips and felt a pang in his heart, but in the end, he said nothing and stopped the carriage. He then threw down the horse whip and lifted the carriage curtain.
“Sisi, come here!”
As he spoke, he bent down and picked Liu Sisi up.
“Big Brother Zuo, let me do it myself…”
She tried to struggle, but she didn’t even have the strength to lift her arms.
“Don’t move! Big Brother Zuo wants to hold you,” Zuo Xingyu said in a low voice, directly lifting her from the carriage, took a few fast steps across the grassland, and sat down with her on a rock by the riverside.
Here, one could clearly see the raging Yellow River water, the broad expanse churning with waves, rolling relentlessly eastward.
“So beautiful! So this is the ocean, isn’t it?”
