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The emperor put down the imperial report, and the vermilion pen was placed aside. He was just about to send an imperial physician over to check it out when Fu Quan hurried in and leaned over the emperor's side and said something.

"Ridiculous!"

"The Chuzhou Dao Palace had already given the sign of an outbreak of plague half a month ago, but the government official was concealing this matter from us. It wasn't until hundreds of people died today that this matter was exposed?"

"What are those officials doing? Can't the Prefect hide this matter from them?"

Mu Junhan deduced from the emperor's words that there was a plague at the Chuzhou closest to the capital. The prefect was neglecting his duty, and following the outbreak of the plague, this matter was revealed.

This matter was related to the lives of millions of citizens, but the officials below were deceiving them. This was why the Emperor was so angry.

He wasn't in a hurry to have the imperial physicians check if the plague was real, so he immediately ordered, "Choose ten people from the Imperial Hospital to go to Chuzhou, we must control the plague."

Fu Quan replied respectfully and left respectfully.

Mu Junhan stood at his original position, "Your majesty, the plague has not only erupted within the Chuzhou alone, but also in the village. I'm afraid the situation is serious."

Mu Junhan normally seemed to be carefree and carefree, but at such a critical moment, he was actually able to remain calm. If this kind of person was a disciple of his Imperial Family, and not the child of Mu Wang, how great would it be?

Unfortunately …

The emperor's thoughts changed and he quickly returned to normal.

"Zhen will also send the imperial physician there to control the plague. You don't need to worry about this matter." He waved his hand and said with an unquestionable tone, "Tomorrow morning at the imperial court, I will discuss this matter with the officials. You can go back first."

Mu Junhan could only return to the Prince Mu’s Palace, but secretly he ordered some people to protect An Lingge.

The news of the plague breaking out in the Great Zhou Dynasty spread through every corner of the capital along with the night wind. The next morning, an old official stood up and said, "Your majesty, the Chuzhou plague breaking out is not to be underestimated. Please send the imperial physician to deal with it."

The Emperor sat on the Dragon Throne, his face even uglier than it had been a few days before.

Before the plague broke out, he had felt that An Yingcheng was raging over deceiving him. Now that the plague had really broken out, he had hoped that it was just a joke, and that the Zhou Dynasty was still peaceful and calm.

"We have already sent an imperial physician yesterday. In less than three days, we will reach the Chuzhou." The emperor's eyes were a little green. He must have been unable to sleep well after hearing about the outbreak of the plague.

The minister made some old suggestions, but made no mention of the two who were still in prison.

It was clearly the two of them who brought up this matter to the emperor, asking him to prevent a plague from erupting. Because of the concealment of the Chuzhou, An Yingcheng was misunderstood by the emperor and imprisoned.

But now that the plague had really broken out, these two people seemed to have been forgotten.

Mu Junhan looked at the old official coldly and spoke a bunch of useless words, then stood up and said in a clear voice, "Your majesty, this subject thinks that the Prince An has sent a message to you to request for people to be ordered to prevent the plague.

The emperor frowned. It wasn't that Mu Junhan was always at loggerheads with the Miss An, the reason he was speaking up for An Yingcheng right now was also to speak up for him.

But just a few days ago, he had ordered for An Yingcheng and An Lingge to be locked in jail. If he were to release the father and daughter pair now, where would his face be?

"King An made a mistake and ended up in jail. He told us that there would be a plague in the capital, but look, the plague appeared in the Chuzhou, not the capital. He wanted to mislead me so that I could focus all my energy on the capital and ignore the dangers of the Chuzhou! How could I let him out? "

"But the plague that the Prince An was talking about has really broken out." Mu Junhan's phoenix eyes were filled with determination, "I beg that Your Majesty spare Prince An."

"There's no need to bring this up again." "The most important thing now is to control the plague and prevent the people from being infected again. Don't ever bring up the matter of King An again."

Mu Junhan pursed his lips, about to speak again when he heard Prince Mu coughed lightly, "Your Majesty is right. The plague is approaching in full fury, so we should control it with all our might. There's no harm in letting go of such insignificant matters."

The emperor's face immediately darkened, and asked the officials if there was any way to cure the plague, a group of officials and martial generals quarreled over the medicine, disregarding their status, until their faces and saliva flew everywhere, and An Yingcheng and An Lingge's matter was put on hold.

However, the Emperor and the officials could ignore An Yingcheng, but they could not ignore the number of people dying day by day.

It was another morning. The emperor's face was gloomy, the dark green in his eyes even more so than they had been a few days ago.

"I told you all to think of a way to control the plague, and all of you only knew how to shirk from it. Over one thousand and three hundred citizens have already died from Chuzhou, and nearly seven hundred people in the villages surrounding the capital have also died from the plague.

He let out an angry roar, and his temples throbbed violently.

"Please calm your anger, your Imperial Majesty."

"The plague is a natural disaster, and is just as difficult to control as a snowstorm. We were unprepared for it, which is why the plague spread so far, causing it to become so serious. However, the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital have already reached the Chuzhou, and there will be a way out soon."

"How long will it be? How long will it be?" "Do you know that right now, every day, there are hundreds of citizens dying. If we extend the time by one more day, then there will be hundreds more citizens dying in my Great Zhou Empire. If this continues, we will send you all to Chuzhou first!"

Right now, the Chuzhou was filled with sorrow and thousands upon thousands of people infected with the plague. If ordinary people were to go there, they would most likely die.

The old official was shocked as he tremblingly kneeled down. "Your Majesty, please rest assured that this matter will be resolved as soon as possible, so as not to worry Your Majesty about this matter."

Mu Junhan took the opportunity to speak up, "Your Majesty, Prince An was the first to bring up the matter of the plague. Maybe he has some good idea."

The moment he said this, the entire palace hall went silent for a moment.

Everyone knew that the plague was like a slap on the face of the emperor, everyone deliberately avoided An Yingcheng, but he still mentioned it at this time, wasn't he clearly trying to give the emperor face?

Did he think that if the empress dowager doted on him, the emperor would indulge him without any limits?