As soon as Lou Yueying opened her mouth and called "Brother Jing", Mu Fengqie knew that this woman must be no ordinary person. Even her way of speaking was so coy. It seemed that there would be no shortage of troubles in the future.
Mu Fengqie was not one to be outdone. She rolled her eyes and said, "I'm no maid. It was me who detoxified you."
Lou Yueying nodded, showing not the slightest bit of apology on her face. "So that's how it is. Where is Brother Jing? Could you please take me to him?"
Hardly had she finished speaking when Lou Yueying sat up and tried to look for Jing Xuncha. Even though Mu Fengqie disliked Lou Yueying, she had to stop her.
"You're still weak. It's not suitable for you to move around. I'll be just outside. Call me if you need anything." With that, Mu Fengqie walked out.
She had already done her best to detoxify Lou Yueying. Besides, she had the business of the medical clinic to attend to. Naturally, she had no obligation to take care of Lou Yueying.
Lou Yueying looked around the room, her eyes constantly sizing up the surroundings. The room was very small, nothing like her boudoir. But at least it was clean, so the contempt in her heart lessened a bit.
After a hasty breakfast, Mu Fengqie welcomed her first patient.
The patient was a middle - aged man. His steps were unsteady, his face extremely pale, and he kept coughing. He looked seriously ill and very weak.
Seeing this, Mu Fengqie quickly felt the man's pulse. Only then did she notice the spotted rashes on the man's exposed skin, and her expression became tense.
"When did you start feeling unwell? How long have these rashes been there? Have you come into contact with anything special?" Mu Fengqie unconsciously took a step back and asked.
The middle - aged man kept coughing. His wife tried to soothe him while saying, "He started running a fever yesterday. The rashes also appeared yesterday. As for anything special... Oh yes! There were a lot of rats that appeared out of nowhere yesterday. He seemed to have started running a fever after killing the rats."
Hearing this, Mu Fengqie couldn't sit still any longer. She was sure that the middle - aged man had the plague, specifically the bubonic plague. The man must be isolated immediately, or more people would catch the disease.
"Your husband has the plague. He must be isolated as soon as possible. I'll prepare some medicine for you to take home. Remember, don't go out!"
Mu Fengqie walked quickly to prepare a pack of medicinal herbs as fast as she could and gave it to the middle - aged man and his wife. After receiving the medicine, the two walked out shakily.
After they left, Mu Fengqie quickly took out the alcohol she had refined from white wine and sprayed it on herself, fearing that she might have caught some virus.
However, she hadn't worn a mask the whole time, so she didn't know if she had been infected. Therefore, besides taking precautions, she also needed to find a cure for the plague.
But Mu Fengqie hadn't dealt with many medical problems in this area before, and there was very little relevant memory in her mind. She could only take medicine temporarily to resist the virus.
Xiao Qing didn't understand Mu Fengqie's actions. She looked at her in surprise and asked, "Miss, what are you doing?"
Hearing Xiao Qing's voice, Mu Fengqie quickly sprayed the alcohol in her hand on Xiao Qing. Now the yard needed to be disinfected comprehensively. Not only Xiao Qing but also the two people in the house couldn't be left out.
Under Mu Fengqie's instructions, Xiao Qing boiled a large pot of medicinal soup, while Mu Fengqie took the remaining alcohol and entered the room. At this time, Jing Xuncha was still in a deep sleep and had no idea what was about to happen.
Mu Fengqie was wearing two layers of veils on her face and constantly sprinkled alcohol on Jing Xuncha. Jing Xuncha opened his eyes sleepily and looked at Mu Fengqie, who was dressed strangely, in confusion.
"Qie'er, what are you..."
"Listen to me. There's a bubonic plague in the town now. I don't know if the local doctors have a cure for it. So you should also wear a veil like me. Don't catch the virus."
After saying this to herself, Mu Fengqie rushed out in a hurry, still holding the alcohol and running straight to the side room.
Lou Yueying sat up excitedly after hearing the sound, but her smile faded slowly when she saw who came in.
"When will Brother Jing come to see me?" Lou Yueying asked with a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone.
Mu Fengqie ignored Lou Yueying's affectation and just busily sprinkled the alcohol on her.
Lou Yueying seemed not to have expected this. Her lips twitched with anger, and her face was full of dissatisfaction. "What are you doing? How dare you pour this stuff on me?"
She smelled the strong alcohol on her body and kept retching. In all these years, she had never suffered such humiliation. This woman was asking for trouble!
"If it weren't for the fact that you're staying in my house, do you think I'd want to care about you?" Mu Fengqie rolled her eyes and walked out.
She wasn't a saint. She didn't have so much kindness to care about others. If it weren't for Lou Yueying staying in her house, she wouldn't even look at her.
Lou Yueying's heart skipped a beat and she became even more furious. She wondered where this crazy woman had come from. At this thought, she also began to be curious about Mu Fengqie's identity.
Jing Xuncha wasn't used to having women around him. How could there be a strange woman claiming that this was her home?
Mu Fengqie finally felt relieved after seeing everyone drink the medicinal soup. If it was really the problem of those rats, there must be other people in the town who had caught the plague.
Sure enough, more and more people with fevers and rashes came to seek medical treatment. Mu Fengqie could only boil some medicinal soup temporarily, but she had no time to develop a cure for the bubonic plague.
Seeing that the number of plague patients was increasing, and the plague even appeared in the imperial city. People in the surrounding towns and villages were also infected one after another. This matter reached the emperor's ears.
Yuan Yuchuan and the other princes were summoned to the palace by the emperor to discuss the matter. He had also heard some rumors. The first person that came to his mind was Mu Fengqie.
In his mind, Mu Fengqie's medical skills were far better than those of the old fools in the imperial medical court. It seemed that he had to find time to visit Mu Fengqie to see if she had any solutions.
"Recently, the bubonic plague has been spreading, and many common people have been infected. Do the princes and ministers have any good strategies?"
Since the old prime minister had died in prison, which had caused dissatisfaction among many common people towards the emperor, the emperor wanted to take this opportunity to win people's hearts. The imperial physicians in the imperial medical court were already researching a prescription, but someone was needed to lead the way to calm the unrest in the city and various regions.