Chapter 111 Princess Huijing
The emperor praised the prince Jiang, who had led people to maintain order outside the city for the past month, and many officers and soldiers.
There was another one given to Jiang Ruohua alone.
The imperial edict praised Jiang Ruohua lavishly, praising her for her wisdom in finding such a talent as Yuan Dafu, praising her for her broad vision and her generosity, praising her for her selfless dedication, saving people from disasters, allowing the clinic to treat refugees for free, and saving countless lives...
So she became Princess Huijing.
After learning about the roughly estimated death toll, Jiang Ruohua felt as if she were in another world.
It was less, almost one-third less than in the dream!
"Princess Huijing, congratulations."
Jiang Ruohua wiped her tears, and finally smiled and kowtowed to receive the order: "Princess Huijing, receive the order, long live the emperor."
After getting through this tormenting period without any danger, everyone couldn't help but smile. Jiang Ruoyi and several others also got better after taking the medicine, and all were safe and sound. Jiang Ruohua did not stop giving porridge to the public, and planned to stop this action after everything was completely over.
But Jiang Ruohua didn't get to rest either. The owner of the restaurant brought Hu Xingxing to find her.
"Junior sister! Junior sister!"
Hu Xingxing grabbed her hand as soon as she came, her eyes red as if she had just cried: "Master, Master..."
"What's wrong?" Jiang Ruohua's heart tightened, and she had a bad premonition.
"Master, he has the plague!" Hu Xingxing threw herself on her and cried, "But he refused to take the medicine. I went to get the medicine, but he also said he didn't want to drink it. I don't know where my senior brother has been in the past month. I don't know what to do..."
"Don't panic, I'll go see."
Jiang Ruohua patted her hands and hurriedly followed her out the door. Xu Weiqing was still a criminal, so it was definitely impossible to take him to the clinic. She could only bring medicine to him, but Jiang Ruohua obviously didn't expect Xu Weiqing to refuse to take the medicine so desperately.
Although she had a vague guess, Jiang Ruohua still took a portion of the boiled medicine first. Xu Weiqing had a severe fever, but perhaps because of his martial arts training, he was not as sick as those refugees with pale faces and thin bodies. He could still open his eyes and talk to people.
Xu Weiqing stretched out his hand to smash the medicine, but Jiang Ruohua dodged it. When this man was sick, his strength was much worse than before. Jiang Ruohua felt a little headache and was thinking about whether to discuss with Hu Xingxing and pour it into Xu Weiqing.
After all, you can't just watch someone die.
Xu Weiqing was very resistant, or he was even more resistant after Jiang Ruohua came.
"It's an honor that Princess Huijing personally sent me medicine!"
Come on, she started talking in this tone again.
Jiang Ruohua held the bowl and felt a little helpless, but she did guess that although Xu Weiqing was trapped in this no-man's land, he was not isolated from the news. He had always been expressing his resentment to the outside world, especially his strong opinions about the court.
The only place where she could get medicine for free was her family's clinic, and now she, who was successively named the county lord and the princess, has become the object of praise in everyone's mouth. It is conceivable that Xu Weiqing just refused to drink this medicine.
But in the past, Jiang Ruohua would not argue with him about these things, and now she would not do it even more. She simply threw the medicine on the small broken table beside her and waved her hand, saying, "Forget it if you don't want to drink it. Then I'll go back and I'll come to collect your body in two days."
Hu Xingxing was shocked and opened her mouth, but was speechless for a while.
Xu Weiqing glanced at Jiang Ruohua, and it became increasingly difficult to tell what he was thinking.
Jiang Ruohua admitted that she had a gambling element in saying this.
But it was also very realistic. Almost all the people who had the plague died. How many people could really survive on their own? It was not easy to pick out one person among tens of thousands of people.
If Xu Weiqing would rather die than drink the medicine, she could do nothing else except collect the body.
She was gambling, gambling that Xu Weiqing still had things he wanted to do in this world. After all, a person as arrogant as him, who had revenge and achievements in the past, how could he be willing to accept it in his heart?
If there was nothing left to do, how could such a proud person bear the humiliation? He must have committed suicide decades ago.
The result was that she guessed right, won the bet, and Xu Weiqing drank the medicine.
Before she left, Xu Weiqing kept staring at her. Jiang Ruohua felt that Xu Weiqing had something to say, but Xu Weiqing's attitude seemed very reluctant.
Forget it, he thought, let's talk about it later, he was also very busy and didn't have time to wait for him here all the time.
"Sister, remember to get the medicine." Jiang Ruohua instructed, "If you need anything, just come to me."
Hu Xingxing nodded, the little girl seemed a little decadent at the moment, and walked Jiang Ruohua for a while, suddenly pulled Jiang Ruohua's clothes and said, "Are you coming tomorrow?"
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Ruohua's intuition told her that something must have happened. She was probably too busy recently. If there was nothing else, she would definitely not be able to come here.
Hu Xingxing pursed her lips and whispered that it was okay, but how could she look like nothing was wrong?
Jiang Ruohua stood there waiting for her, and after a long while she finally spoke: "Brother said he had something to do and left, and it's been a month... Master actually left during this period, and I don't know where he went..." Her voice was trembling, and with the fear of the familiar leaving, Hu Xingxing kept holding the corner of Jiang Ruohua's clothes, and finally cried: "So many people died from this plague, what on earth did Brother do... I'm really scared... He asked me to take good care of Master, but I..."
Wu Xingxing has no family, and now she lives in this no-nonsense zone, no different from a gangster. If it weren't for the token given to her by Jiang Ruohua, she might not even have a place to go.
"Master has that kind of character. I think no matter what happens, he will come back here first." Jiang Ruohua thought that Xu Weiqing could not be lost, and there was no way he could find a way to find him, so he simply pulled Wu Xingxing and said, "For now Come to my place first, I’ll go find someone to inquire about senior brother’s matters.”
At any rate, she should take Wu Xingxing through this period of time first. The winter is so cold, and she has a younger brother. The two of them are really having a hard time. Although Wu Xingxing likes to show her ability in everything, in fact, she really needs it. When she made the decision, she felt helpless again. If she could hold on for such a long time, she might have reached her limit.
The Duke's Mansion is a big place anyway, and it is enough to support one more person and two more people. Jiang Ruohua asked someone to tidy up a yard closer to her, and let the two siblings live there first. If anything happened, call the servants.
There was no one else in the house, and most of the other ladies were about the same age as Wu Xingxing. Jiang Ruohua specially asked someone to say hello to everyone to avoid any embarrassment.