In Ningzhou Academy, Xie Yunjin severely punished several students as soon as he came back, and immediately kicked out the troublemakers from the academy.

The Ningzhou Medical Department gradually matured, and the doctors trained by the Medical Department served as local doctors in various villages and towns. The local patients in Ningzhou received good treatment, and there were no more deaths.

Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao lived in peace, but Xiao Wenyu did not stop in Beijing.

The queen is dead, the crown prince has been abolished, and there are only three concubines in the palace. Your majesty is not willing to enter the harem to pamper the concubines. How can this be done?

The court officials headed by Gao Shoufu go to court every day, and the first thing they do is to ask His Majesty to set up a queen and accept a concubine.

The ladies in the capital were extremely excited because of this news. The jewelry shops and clothing stores were overcrowded, and they sold out any good things they ordered.

The important ministers in the court all had the idea of ​​letting their daughters enter the palace as queens. Those with lower status did not focus on the position of empress, but only on the position of concubine.

Cheng Enhou's mansion also moved its mind, if the granddaughter of his family enters the palace as a concubine, it will be a higher level compared to his family.

In the past few years, their family has focused on nurturing their children. Unlike the past few years, the girls who grew up in the family could not be on the stage or enter the palace as concubines, but now it is different. . .

Not only the Chen family, but also the Zhang family, Zhao family and others have all moved their minds.

Only the Duke of Wu's mansion was full of misery, Shizi's wife knew that her daughter had entered the nunnery, and she was in a very bad mood. Why should her daughter, who is as beautiful as a flower, enter the nunnery.

Mrs. Shizi couldn't help but ran to the backyard to find her mother-in-law: "Mother, what do you call this? Is our girl not good-looking? Why did His Majesty let her enter the nunnery?"

County Lord Wen'an is a bit old, and she is not too willing to pay attention to these things, but it is not good for her to say nothing when her daughter-in-law comes.

"It's fate between people. It's her fate that His Majesty doesn't like her. How can you force His Majesty's head to make His Majesty like her?"

Mrs. Shizi was dumb, and spoke again for a long time: "Your Majesty can accept that girl from the Wang family as queen, why can't he accept my daughter, she likes Your Majesty."

Back then, if her daughter hadn't liked His Majesty, she would never have let her daughter enter the palace as a concubine.

Originally, she thought that if her daughter entered the palace, even if she was not favored, it would not be much worse. As a result, His Majesty did not touch her daughter at all, and finally sent her daughter to the nunnery.

Mrs. Shizi became more and more annoyed, but there was nothing she could do. Queen Wang had just died not long ago, and she dared not provoke His Majesty.

Mrs. Shizi thought of Mrs. Zhou Guo, looked at her mother-in-law and said, "Mother, Mrs. Zhou Guo is your adopted daughter. Can mother ask Mrs. Zhou Guo to write a letter to the palace to help our daughter? I heard that His Majesty respects you very much." Mrs. Zhou Guo, if she speaks, His Majesty will definitely take our daughter back to the palace."

It would be different if His Majesty ordered to take his daughter back to the palace.

County Lord Wen'an turned to look at Mrs. Shizi, and said with a long sigh: "Mrs. Zhou Guo never interferes with His Majesty's affairs. It is impossible for her to speak out."

"Didn't Mrs. Zhou point her to His Majesty back then?"

County Lord Wen'an glared at Mrs. Shizi directly: "The Supreme Emperor asked her to choose. Is there nothing she can do about it? It's okay, don't think too much about it, everything is fate."

After finishing speaking, the county magistrate Wen'an waved his daughter-in-law out.

Mrs. Shizi was very angry, and complained unhappy as soon as she walked out: "Mother, she just doesn't care. She only likes my sister-in-law and doesn't like our daughter. That's why she doesn't care about her like this."

"Ma'am, don't talk nonsense."

Not to mention that the Nie family has selfish intentions, every family in the capital has selfish intentions.

It's a pity that he didn't take this issue now, and the courtiers were in a hurry, so he just said a word.

"I was hurt by the queen, and I have a shadow in my heart. I don't want to be a concubine for a short time. When I see those women, I will think of them. Will I be the same as the queen, intending to harm me?"

When the emperor said this, what else could the ministers say? Could it be that no one dared to harm His Majesty, or that His Majesty was thinking too much.

In short, no one dared to answer this question.

Xiao Wenyu sent several men into Ningzhou: "Go and protect Miss Yunyan. Remember, you must protect her well. In addition, all her movements in Ningzhou must be reported. I want to know everything about her. thing."

During the days when she left the capital, he often thought of her. He finally figured it out. Apart from her, he really didn't want to be with anyone else. Now that he has identified her in his heart, let him see if she is suitable for him. Queen, this time is for a lifetime.

Several subordinates rushed to Ningzhou according to Xiao Wenyu's will.

It's a pity that they were in vain, because Xie Yunjin, Lu Jiao and Shangguan Yunyan went to Xiangcheng, and a plague broke out in Xiangcheng, infecting nearly a hundred people in one day.

When Lu Jiao and Shangguan Yunyan received the news, they immediately took people to Xiangcheng. This place is not too far from Ningzhou. Lu Jiao and Shangguan Yunyan went immediately, Xie Yun was worried about them, so he took several people to escort them all the way to Xiangcheng.

The subordinates sent by Xiao Wenyu turned around and rushed to Xiangcheng. At the same time, an urgent message was sent to Beijing to report to His Majesty that there was a plague in Xiangcheng.

When Lu Jiao and the others arrived in Xiangcheng, the magistrate of Xiangcheng had ordered people to close the city gates, and everyone could only enter but not exit. He closed the city gates to prevent the plague from spreading in a large area.

Xie Yunjin, Lu Jiao and others rushed over, and the magistrate of Xiangcheng immediately brought people over after receiving the report.

"It's great that Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Zhou Guo are here. I'm hopeful in Xiangcheng. Please hurry up."

Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao nodded their heads slightly, and Shangguan Yunyan next to her didn't say anything. Although her face was covered with a light veil, the magistrate still had to take a second look at her graceful figure, but the magistrate was impatient right now. It's the plague.

Lu Jiao quickly asked him, "How did the good Xiangcheng get the plague, and it spread over a large area?"

Generally, plagues are caused by wars, floods, and droughts. There were no natural or man-made disasters in Xiangcheng, so how could there be plagues.

The magistrate of Xiangcheng kept wiping the sweat from his head: "I don't know what's going on? I've never heard of it before. Suddenly, the plague broke out and infected nearly a hundred people overnight. More people were infected today."

"Where are those infected people now? Take us there immediately."

The magistrate was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Mrs. Zhou Guo to rush to rescue people immediately without taking a rest, which really surprised him.

"Okay, madam, please follow me."

A group of people followed behind the magistrate, and walked to the place where the people infected with the plague were resettled.

(end of this chapter)