Chapter 109: Princess Huijing
The Emperor regrets that Jiang Ruohua is a daughter, otherwise she will have a tiger father and no son in the future, and there will be another fierce general in the court.
Although he was suspicious and fearful of the Jiang family, the emperor was also unambiguous when it came time to reward him. After understanding the situation, the emperor waved his hand and commended everyone in the Duke's Mansion, and then issued an imperial edict to the Duke's Mansion, and it was only for Jiang Ruohua. .
She was canonized by the Holy Emperor as the head of Huijing County.
Well, it is still far away from the small goal of the princess, but there is nothing wrong with the county governor. After all, it is also a title reserved for women. If the standard for a man to stand out is to be crowned a king or prime minister, a woman will be granted the title of princess, county governor or even princess. , is also an honor.
She earned it herself!
With this status, no one dares to point fingers at her at will. Not everyone can get married, and if she is willing, with her current status, recruiting a husband will not cause any criticism. Maybe there will be people rushing to come.
There is indeed a big difference between having your husband as your heaven and being the master of everything yourself.
The Emperor's attitude was clear. Even the Queen and the Queen Mother also gave out rewards one after another to commend Jiang Ruohua for her courage. As a girl, she did not disgrace her family. As soon as this move came out, other prominent empresses in the palace also ordered people to give out rewards, including even Yi. The concubine gave me a generous gift.
Jiang Ruohua accepted all these, but when other nobles from aristocratic families came to visit with gifts, she rejected them all on the grounds of plague.
The emperor wants to put the Jiang family in a high position at this moment, but he will not tolerate the Jiang family having too much contact with other prominent family officials at this time. If they become party members, this reward will become a reminder.
It is best to avoid seeing her and still do what she wants to do.
But even so, she paid attention to every person who came to see her and wanted to congratulate her, and roughly recalled in her mind which family this person represented and what kind of existence this family was.
Rejecting these people is for her own sake and the safety of the Jiang family, but paying careful attention to these people is for the sake of her sisters who are about to reach their age.
The thorn in Mr. Jiang's side has been removed. Except for Jiang Ruoting, the other sisters are innocent. As the eldest sister, she must pay attention to life-long events for these sisters. Since Jiang Ruoqi's fate has been changed, several other people Why didn't she change it all together?
Don't become a tool for family marriage, find a well-matched husband with a good conduct, and treat each other as a guest and accompany you until old age. For many women, such a life can be considered extremely lucky.
No matter what the sisters think, she will prepare for this luck. Whether she wants it or not depends on the situation, but it is definitely better than nothing.
Her grandfather and father's efforts outside the home provided her with many benefits that she can now provide to others.
The hard work made Jiang Ruohua look a little thinner than before. After persisting for nearly a month, the whole government was exhausted day and night, but finally someone fell down due to the plague.
Because a servant accidentally came into contact with a refugee, he started to have fever and vomiting when he came back, which immediately made everyone panic.
"Send him to the hospital." Jiang Ruohua took a look at the situation from a distance, and then made a decision, "According to what Dr. Yuan said, clean up the things he has used recently. People who have been in contact with him and other People keep their distance first.”
"Miss, miss, please save him!"
The young boy who fell down was a son of a family. Both his parents are kneeling on the ground and praying that this slave's life is cheap. If he is infected with the disease, he will most likely be thrown out to fend for himself. Even if he knows that it is unlikely, the old couple Still crying and praying on the ground.
"Get up first." Jiang Ruohua sighed, "Doctor Yuan said that although there is no cure for this disease, if you are strong and healthy, you can hope to get through it on your own. He has contributed to the government of the country. "The Duke's government will not leave him alone. If he is sent to a hospital and under the care of a doctor, he can have more hope of getting better."
Hua Chan went over to help the old woman up and said, "Mr. Li, please stop crying. How can the eldest lady ignore us and ignore us? If you continue like this, it will only make the people in the house panic. Isn't it going to cause chaos in the house?"
Hua Chan directly took the two old people down to prevent their cries from affecting other people. Now that he is sick, there is only so much he can do. Apart from trying his best, he also wants to prevent more people from contracting the plague. .
Although this episode was just an interlude, it still made everyone feel uneasy. After Jiang Ruohua took a few deep breaths, she stood up and continued to lead everyone as usual. Strictly speaking, she was also afraid now. At this time in her dream, the three ladies were threatening the entire Duke's Mansion. The door was closed tightly, and the infected servants were thrown out. Many people died, including the little eighth sister Jiang Ruohan.
Fortunately, Jiang Ruohan got sick late at that time, and when everyone was already considering whether to prepare her funeral, the life-saving prescription finally came out, and Jiang Ruohan came back with a small life.
It was as if no one could escape from the plague. Jiang Ruohua held her sleeves tightly together, feeling increasingly powerless in her heart. Over the past month, she had tried her best to do what she could, but it seemed that she had not saved many lives... …and not too much.
People were still dying outside the city every day. Some people were not starved to death, but they also did not escape the plague.
Gritting her teeth, Jiang Ruohua felt that she could not fall yet. There were servants in the house and female relatives relying on her, and there were refugees outside waiting for her to deliver porridge. If she retreated because of fear, wouldn't the others be in chaos?
That would only lead to a more miserable outcome than now.
One after another, people in the mansion began to be infected, and then due to contact with servants, the sixth lady Jiang Ruoyi and her biological mother both developed high fevers.
According to Doctor Yuan's method, they asked their servants to help them wipe their bodies to reduce the fever, but they were still in a dazed state and did not drink any water. This made the atmosphere in the Duke's mansion suddenly become heavy.
"Miss, you should eat something too." Yinqiu brought some simple food over, "If this continues, your body will not be able to bear it."
But after barely taking two bites, Jiang Ruohua felt that she had no appetite. Even though she knew she should move forward firmly, she couldn't help but doubt it now.
God let her know everything that would happen in the future, but when faced with this plague again, she was still helpless in front of the lost lives.
She didn't foresee it and tried to make preparations, but after all, there was too little she could do! Why doesn't she have the ability to turn the tide?
"Bata..."
Gritting her teeth, Jiang Ruohua tried her best to hold back her emotions, her eyes were red, and her tears were mixed with complexity, maybe because of unwillingness, maybe because of the fatigue of this period of time.
She doesn't like to cry. She never cried because of pain when she was learning martial arts. She never cried because of grievances when she was looked down upon by King Ying. In her dreams, she only cried for her children and family. She never cried for other reasons. Cried.
Probably, she really wants to change something...