Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Chapter 354 Why is there such a big difference?

Ouyang Yuanzheng nodded: "No problem on my side, tomorrow is enough time to prepare everything."

Yun Fuling looked at Minister Wang again.

Minister Wang's face looked a little bad.

"In one day, we have to buy medicinal materials and find people to make masks. I'm afraid it will be too late."

Yun Fuling thought for a moment and said, "How about this? The Ministry of Revenue will purchase the cotton cloth for the masks, and I'll find someone to be responsible for making the masks. How do you think?"

Minister Wang thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's great. I'll have someone go buy some cotton cloth and have it delivered to Prince Yi's mansion."

In this way, the Ministry of Revenue only needs to focus on the procurement of medicinal materials.

After the discussion, they each went their separate ways to prepare.

After Yun Fuling left the palace, she said to Elder Wu who was waiting at the palace gate: "Go and inform all the managers to come to Prince Yi's Mansion to see me immediately!"

Boss Wu took the order, immediately jumped on his horse, and quickly went to various places to issue notices.

After Boss Wu left, Yun Fuling said to Yaoguang, "Let's go back to Prince Yi's Mansion."

Yaoguang responded, and after seeing Yun Fuling got on the carriage and sat down, he immediately pulled the reins and drove the carriage back to Prince Yi's Mansion.

Shoukang Palace.

After hearing the report from the palace maid, Queen Mother Cui stood up from her chair in shock.

"Are you telling the truth?"

The young eunuch fell to the ground and said, "Every word I said is true. Even if I had a hundred guts, I would not dare to deceive the Queen Mother!"

"Your Majesty urgently summoned the six important officials and several adult princes because of the sudden outbreak of smallpox in Shuozhou."

"I'm afraid that within a few days, the news of the smallpox outbreak in Shuozhou will spread throughout the city."

Jing **'s sudden summons of important officials from six ministries and several adult princes attracted attention from all parties.

After the meeting in the Purple Palace was over, the ministers gathered people from all departments to get busy, and the news naturally began to spread.

Although Shuozhou was still far away from the capital, Empress Dowager Cui still felt a chill down her spine when she heard the word "smallpox".

That's smallpox!

During the reign of the previous emperor, smallpox had already appeared in Fengzhou in the southwest.

At that time, three cities were sealed off successively, trapping hundreds of thousands of people in the cities and finally preventing smallpox from spreading outside.

Afterwards, the three cities were burned down to the ground and turned into a dead zone. No one dares to approach them until now.

Although Empress Dowager Cui did not experience it personally, she felt heartbroken when she heard people talk about it later.

You can imagine how terrifying it is that the epidemic has killed hundreds of thousands of people and left three cities in ruins today.

And now such a horrific epidemic has appeared in Shuozhou again.

Queen Mother Cui took a long time to calm down her palpitations and fear.

"Your Majesty, please summon all the ministers to discuss the matter. Can you come up with any solution?" asked Queen Mother Cui.

The young eunuch replied respectfully, "Her Majesty, His Majesty has appointed Princess Yi as an imperial envoy to take full charge of the smallpox epidemic in Shuozhou!"

Queen Mother Cui was shocked: "Princess Yi?"

The young eunuch said, "Yes, not only that, His Majesty also gave Princess Yi a golden medal, which allows her to command officials from top to bottom in Shuozhou, and she has the power to execute first and report later!"

Queen Mother Cui tightened her fingers and said bitterly: "The Emperor really loves his wife and his family too!"

Seeing this, a trusted palace maid beside her hurried forward to persuade her, "Your Highness, Princess Yi is a highly skilled doctor. I'm afraid that His Majesty's decision to let her go to Shuozhou this time is mostly because of her medical skills."

Queen Mother Cui thought about it and nodded, "You are right!"

Shuozhou is different from Fengzhou.

Shuozhou was an important city in the northern border. Even though smallpox was very dangerous, the emperor could not abandon Shuozhou and let it become an empty city.

Therefore, it is necessary to send people to Shuozhou to treat the epidemic.

Yun Fuling has the reputation of a miracle doctor. With such a great reputation, the emperor will definitely assign this task to her.

Thinking of this, Queen Mother Cui felt inexplicably happy.

Smallpox is an incurable terminal disease that can be fatal.

Yun Fuling might die in Shuozhou this time.

Queen Mother Cui suddenly thought of something, looked up at the young eunuch, and asked, "Prince Yi's wife is going to Shuozhou, what is Prince Yi's reaction?"

"Replying to the Queen Mother, Prince Yi has also requested permission to go to Shuozhou, and Your Majesty has approved it."

Queen Mother Cui couldn't help laughing when she heard this.

"What a loving couple!"

"Even if it means going to die, we have to go together."

"Speaking of all these princes, Prince Yi is indeed the most outstanding one, but it's a pity that he is tied down by his love affair."

"Your Majesty really dotes on him to no end, and he lets him do such things."

In the eyes of Empress Dowager Cui, Xiao Jingyi asked for permission to go to Shuozhou for Yun Fuling.

That's fine too.

If these two people contracted smallpox and died in Shuozhou, she would not have to take action.

Even if he was lucky enough not to die in Shuozhou, it would be too late by the time they returned to Beijing.

Queen Mother Cui dismissed the palace maids in the palace and only kept her trusted maids.

"Is there any news from Qiao Pingzhi?"

The trusted maid said: "Replying to the Queen Mother, Commander Qiao has already replied and is willing to obey the Queen Mother's orders."

Qiao Pingzhi was the deputy commander of the Right Guard of the Imperial Army.

In order to capture this man, Queen Mother Cui spent a lot of effort.

Having such a close friend in the Imperial Guards makes some things much easier to accomplish.

"Go and make the arrangements. I want to meet Lord Cheng'en."

"Some things can be arranged now!"

Zichen Palace.

After Jing** talked with Xiao Jingyi, he sat alone in the hall for a long time.

Eunuch Gao was accompanying him.

After a long time, Jing** suddenly said, "Gao Youfu, do you think I was right to agree to Old Seven's going to Shuozhou?"

Eunuch Gao was shocked.

It is not his place to give instructions on what Your Majesty is doing.

This is not a matter of right or wrong.

Eunuch Gao lowered his head and said respectfully, "Your Majesty has his own considerations when doing things, how can a mediocre person like me understand it?"

Jing** glanced at him and scolded him lightly, "Slippery!"

Eunuch Gao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. Princess Yi is not someone who does things without a purpose. Since Princess Yi dares to go to Shuozhou, she has her own way to protect herself from smallpox."

"With Princess Yi here, His Royal Highness Prince Yi's safety will naturally be guaranteed."

"And if word gets out about your highness Prince Yi's courage to go to Shuozhou, everyone will surely praise him."

"This is all due to your Majesty's good teaching. A good father will have a good son!"

Jing** was overjoyed when he heard this, "Well said!"

Then he thought of the eldest and third princes who were timid and irresponsible, and who deliberately set a trap for Prince Yi and his wife, and he felt upset again.

They are both his sons, so why is there such a big difference between them?

No wonder he favors the seventh brother.

Lao Qi is really pleasing and deserves his special treatment!

Jing** changed his mind and told Eunuch Gao, "Go and call Zuo Yan!"

Eunuch Gao bowed and responded.

Not long after, Zuo Yan was summoned to come and see the emperor.

"Your Majesty, your humble servant pays homage!" Zuo Yan knelt down and kowtowed.

Jing** raised his hand, "Get up."

"I have something for you to do."

Zuo Yan bowed: "At your command, Your Majesty!"