Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

“Well, it’s in the medical books.” Ye Muyu had been prepared, “Didn’t I give you several medical books? Among them, many famous doctors have recorded information about epidemics.”

“I’ve looked through them, but none are complete, not as thorough as what you’ve written.”

“I just compiled it casually, you have to try it yourself.” Ye Muyu quickly said, as she was only responsible for remembering those contents, but she couldn’t guarantee their correctness since she didn’t understand medicine. Therefore, her attitude was very sincere at this moment.

Seeing this, Lu Sangqi’s skepticism lessened somewhat.

“I think your prescription is very useful, but I have never used it on patients, so I can’t be sure. We can only wait…”

Suddenly, a knock on the door was heard from outside.

The voice of Su Mei rose at the doorway, “My lady, there is news from the master.”

“What’s the matter?”

Ye Muyu hastily stood up and walked out.

Su Mei quickly handed the letter to Ye Muyu.

After reading the letter, Ye Muyu saw that Chu Heng was asking her to prepare more medicinal herbs. Some of these herbs were not for treating colds, but for preventing epidemics, more precisely, for disinfection.

This must be a precaution.

Ye Muyu turned back to Lu Sangqi, “Lu Sangqi, do you have a prescription for disinfection? South State might need early protection even if there is no epidemic.”

“I do, I’ve been prepared for a while now. It’s my grandfather’s proud creation, take it.” Lu Sangqi casually handed her two prescriptions.

“Why two?” Ye Muyu was taken aback.

“One is mine, the other was written by my grandfather,” Lu Sangqi’s expression turned ugly, and he said only that before gruffly ushering Ye Muyu away.

Ye Muyu knew that he had issues with his family, otherwise, he wouldn’t have stayed away from home for so many years.

She didn’t pry further, turned, and left the courtyard to find Steward Luo, asking him to send the prescriptions. At the same time, she wrote down the medicinal herbs from the instructions and had the surplus herbs from the manor sent to South State.

South State.

Within the city, displaced people were everywhere. Shops were closed, except for the porridge and rice distributed on a schedule at the gate of the county government.

Chu Heng, accompanied by the doctors of the city, was concocting medicines, disinfecting everywhere, and forcibly ordering the displaced not to drink dirty water.

“My lord, we are really short of manpower. Most are dispatched to look for the disaster-stricken populace.” Lu Chuan said anxiously, “The streets are all muddy, and the Prefecture Governor’s Office is busy organizing the people outside the city and completely unwilling to lend us a hand.”@@novelbin@@

“Then call on the people to clean the streets voluntarily.”

“Make sure the drinking water must be boiled before it’s used.” Chu Heng commanded, and Lu Chuan hurried off to implement the orders.

Meanwhile, inside the Prefecture Governor’s Office.

Upon receiving the letter from Prince Qi, stating that he should fully cooperate with Chu Heng and also that he himself would come to console the populace, Governor Song turned pale with shock, “Prince Qi is coming over.”

“What?”

“The number of displaced people is growing; there might not be enough room inside the office. And the food supply in the granary is also dwindling,” the Tongzhi urgently voiced a reminder.

The magistrate nodded, “Right, my lord, what should we do? We don’t have enough food. This time we can blame it on the weather, but if the displaced people start a riot, our lives might not be spared.”

“Did Prince Qi mention whether he will arrange to transfer food from other places?”

“I heard that this year the Emperor had high-yield rice planted which had a rich harvest. That surplus food should ideally be used to relieve the disaster victims. If Prince Qi reports to the Emperor, it would solve our urgent needs.”

The Tongzhi suggested.

Governor Wang nodded, “Indeed it should be so, then I will send a message to His Highness Prince Qi right away.”