Chapter 267: Plague

“It’s already the fourth day…” It has been four days since the due date, and I don’t know if Ah Zhi is doing well.

Ye Shuo was always worried about this matter, which made him unable to concentrate.

No matter what, he couldn’t calm down at this time.

Looking at the restless Regent, Lord He Xiang, Lord Cen, Wei Wen and Xing Yucheng in the Qinzheng Hall could not help but glare at him.

Is it still possible? If not, get out!

He was not doing his job here, and he would flip through the memorials from time to time, making a clattering sound. Or he would touch here, scratch there, and even sleep on the table. Everyone disliked him very much, and now they could no longer tolerate him.

The little emperor on the side wanted to be a peacemaker. Seeing the four of them bullying the Ninth Prince, the little emperor couldn’t bear it, so he said a few words to mediate. However, despite this, he still couldn’t prevent Ye Shuo from being driven out.

Although Ye Shuo now lived in the palace, it was not convenient for him to move around the harem at will, so he left the palace again.

“Don’t worry about it. I’ll be back before dinner.” Noticing the movement behind him, Ye Shuo couldn’t help but waved his hand.

The little emperor swallowed the words he was about to say and nodded hurriedly.

“Then I’ll ask the imperial kitchen to cook the Longjing shrimp that the emperor’s uncle likes to eat.”

Ye Jin seldom calls himself “I” in front of Ye Shuo, and Ye Shuo treats him like an ordinary son or nephew.

After Ye Shuo left, the little emperor hesitated for a long time and finally took the initiative to interrupt Lord Cen who was giving a lecture.

“Master Cen, I, I need to rest for a while.”

Lord Cen paused holding the book, and then the little emperor bowed slightly and left. Seeing this, He Xiang felt mixed emotions.

After about two incense sticks of time, Ye Shuo stood at the gate of the imperial city and couldn’t help scratching his head.

Ye Shuo had just had a fight with the eldest prince a few days ago, and the two were still angry with each other, so it was naturally impossible for Ye Shuo to go find him.

The fifth prince, the seventh prince, and the eighth prince, these three people probably wouldn’t be happy to see him. Prince Su and Prince Jin would be a good place to go, but halfway through, Ye Shuo met Ye Xun first.

Ye Xun came out of the mansion and saw the familiar figure not far away. He couldn’t help but be stunned.

“Uncle Jiu? Why are you free today?”

Ye Xun naturally knew this. Ever since the little emperor ascended the throne, he had been guarding the little emperor every day.

Hearing this, Ye Shuo couldn’t help but sigh: “Oh, don’t mention it, I was kicked out.”

“Let’s go to the teahouse. I haven’t talked to you in a long time.”

Ignoring Ye Xun’s protest, Ye Shuo took him to the teahouse without further ado. After a few snacks, Ye Shuo started to talk: “Tell me, am I wrong to worry about my wife and daughter? Right?” ɽ𝘼Ɲỗ฿Εș

Sometimes the Ninth Prince’s nagging was really unbearable. No wonder the First Prince would fight with him.

Ye Xun thought for a moment and said, “I heard that there is a temple outside the city that is extremely effective. If Uncle Jiu is really worried, why not go to that temple?”

Upon hearing this, Ye Shuo hurriedly asked, “Where is the temple? How far is it from here?”

“This… I don’t know, I just heard about it.” Ye Xun shook his head.

Ye Shuo had no choice but to call the owner of the teahouse and ask him if he knew this place called Lingjian Temple.

The Ninth Prince never believed this before, but now he reacts like this, which shows how worried he is.

However, after the shopkeeper left, he heard the person opposite him sigh suddenly. Ye Xun paused holding the teacup and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Didn’t the shopkeeper say it was a good thing? There’s no problem.

Ye Shuo shook his head: “The Lingjian Temple is indeed effective, but it’s too far from Shangjing. It will take two or three days to go back and forth. Forget it.”

“Pfft…cough cough cough.” Ye Xun choked and coughed when he heard this.

“Two or three days round trip, this… this is also called far?”

If Ye Xun remembered correctly, the Ninth Prince used to go out on a yearly basis. Even when he went out hunting, it would not be just this much time, right?

“You don’t understand if you don’t raise a child.” Ye Shuo said in a gloomy tone.

“That’s something I really can’t live without for a moment.”

Ye Xun couldn’t help but muttered softly: “Aren’t you out now? And I heard that you don’t have anything to worry about. It’s all Prime Minister He who is busy…”

“You know shit!” He Xiang’s solution was only treating the symptoms but not the root cause, while I was treating both the symptoms and the root cause.

“Forget it, let’s not talk about this. It suddenly occurred to me that you seemed to be planning to go out just now?”

Hearing this, Ye Xun couldn’t help but twitch his lips: “…It’s really hard for you to still remember this.”

Ye Shuo: “Hey kid, what’s wrong with you? Why are you talking so sarcastically?”

“What kid? I’m almost twenty-two this year… forget it.” She was almost led astray by the Ninth Prince again.

Ye Xun discovered that whenever he was with the Ninth Uncle, he couldn’t help but talk nonsense.

Ye Xun immediately stopped talking and said, “Before the Sixth Uncle passed away, he assigned me a task. Now that I have finally handed over the task and am about to step down, I was just about to go take a look when you stopped me.”

After all, Ye Xun is the legitimate son of the crown prince, the legitimate grandson of Emperor Jingwen, and now he has retained his title. After he comes of age, he will be a real prince. Even Emperor Taicheng should not do too much, right? So he casually pointed out an errand to him.

Ye Shuo was stunned: “Uh…you mean, today is the first day of reporting?”

Ye Xun nodded.

Ye Shuo felt embarrassed all of a sudden.

“Then why are you still standing there? Why don’t you get to work?”

“Uncle Jiu, you!”

Ye Xun was nearly mad at him. It was clearly him who stopped him and forced him into the teahouse, but in the end, he acted so confidently.

However, Ye Xun had already gotten used to it over the years. He took a deep breath, and when he saw that he had let go, he naturally stood up and hurried away.

“Uncle Jiu, you’ve kept me here for so long. I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it back in time for dinner. In that case, I’ll take these snacks with me.”

“Hey! That’s my favourite chestnut flour cake!”

However, Ye Xun acted as if he didn’t hear it and didn’t even turn his head.

After a while, Ye Shuo sat down again, laughing uncontrollably.

“I haven’t seen you for three years. This kid has become much more lively…”

He flipped through the scripts he had stored in the box, but he really didn’t want to do it. When the time was almost up, Ye Shuo threw down a silver ingot and went back to the palace.

Although it is not advisable to go to the temple, if one really believes in ghosts and gods, then worshipping Emperor Jingwen would probably be more effective.

“Dad, and Sixth Brother, if you are still alive, please keep Azhi and my daughter safe and sound.”

“Please, please.”

He inserted the incense stick in his hand into the incense burner. When Ye Shuo returned to Chengming Hall from Taihe Hall, it was almost time for dinner. Ye Shuo had eaten more cakes and pastries outside in the afternoon and drank more tea, so he naturally ate less for dinner.

The Ninth Prince always reminded himself to eat less candied fruits and sweet cakes, but he did not restrain himself at all and ate whatever he wanted every day.

But there was nothing that could be done about it. What was Ye Shuo’s physical condition? What was the physical condition of the little emperor? Ye Shuo ate three bowls of rice in one meal, but what about the little emperor? Half a bowl in one meal was already a big deal.

The little emperor was already very unhappy, and he became even more unhappy when he learned that the emperor was eating with his cousin.

After so many months, the child had finally forgotten about his cousin. But now, his young heart was shattered again.

If he treated his nephew like this, what would have happened if he was his own son?

The little emperor had learned from his failures and had learned not to humiliate himself again, but unfortunately, he still couldn’t escape.

It all started because the little emperor asked, “When I turn eighteen, uncle…will you come back?”

“Ah? No way.” The regent is such a high-risk job. The emperor is over 18 and he doesn’t run away quickly. What is he waiting for? As soon as Ye Shuo said this, he knew it was not good.

Sure enough, the next moment, the little emperor burst into tears with a “wow”.

Ye Shuo: “…”

It’s over. It’s over.

In the end, Ye Shuo suffered the consequences of his own actions and coaxed his nephew for a long time before he finally stopped crying.

But even though he didn’t cry, the little emperor turned over, faced the wall, and refused to pay any attention to him.

As a child who rarely showed his emotions, the little emperor would never shed tears unless he was extremely sad.

Sometimes the Ninth Prince was really considerate, but sometimes he was really infuriating. How could he be so ruthless?

Fortunately, there were only Ye Shuo, Ye Jin, and the eunuch who was with Emperor Taicheng at the time in the entire palace. No one else knew about it.

The little emperor was young, and the young eunuchs around him were naturally not very old either. Emperor Taicheng finally asked the senior eunuchs around him to continue to help manage the affairs of the palace and the palace people around the little emperor.

I’m afraid that when the late emperor passed away, he couldn’t have imagined that this would happen.

When the Regent is reliable, he is quite reliable, but when he is unreliable, he is really unreliable.

For some reason, Ye Shuo always felt that the eunuch’s eyes when looking at him had changed.

A few days passed like this, and just when Ye Shuo was struggling to figure out how to repair his relationship with the young emperor, news finally came from Liangzhou.

It is said that Yao Zhi gave birth smoothly half a month ago, both mother and daughter are safe, and the daughter weighs exactly 15 pounds. Although she has not grown up yet, one can vaguely see that her eyes look like his.

After reading it, Ye Shuo wished his heart could fly to Liangzhou.

If possible, I really want to see Azhi and Dingning…

However, the following news soon brought Ye Shuo’s heart back.

While Yao Zhi was giving birth, Mei Yingzhuo was walking around the city when he accidentally noticed someone fainted on the street and vomited continuously.

Under normal circumstances, Mei Yingzhuo would definitely not care about such trivial matters. What does the life or death of others have to do with him?

But now, isn’t his little disciple about to be born? In order to accumulate blessings for the child, Mei Yingzhuo would go out to practise medicine from time to time since the beginning of Yao Zhi’s pregnancy, and it has been almost half a year now.

Mei Yingzhuo went forward to check. It would have been better if he hadn’t looked. After he looked, his face changed drastically.

Headache, fever, sore throat and neck, vomiting, diarrhoea, etc., these are typical symptoms of pestilence!

The so-called evidence of pestilence is what the people call plague.

Fortunately, Ye Shuo was on good terms with the governor of Liangzhou, who knew the identities of several nobles in the city. Naturally, he did not dare to neglect him after learning about this matter.

Because it was handled promptly, Liangzhou was not in serious trouble. However, after Mei Yingzhuo took the doctors in Liangzhou to trace the source, they found that the disease was not native to Liangzhou, which means it was transmitted from outside. Mei Yingzhuo could only take care of Liangzhou at most, and he could not reach other places, so he could only inform Ye Shuo about the matter.

At the same time, Mei Yingzhuo also told him not to worry, saying that he was already studying the prescription, and once there was any progress, he would send it to him as soon as possible.

There are many merchants in the south, and the mobility is high, so the disease spreads the fastest. Since such symptoms have appeared in Liangzhou City, one can imagine the situation in other places.

After a quick glance, Ye Shuo’s face changed drastically.