A genius girl with her own space

Chapter 145 Searching for Patients

"Master's wife, you've cooked. I'll get the roast chicken and ham, and we can cut some to eat."

"Okay, Qiqi, I'll finish refining it. Let's go to the restaurant together and I'll cut the ham."

Qiqi finished her meal with Master and Mistress, who then went back to refining the elixir. They were afraid they would have more patients tomorrow and wouldn't have enough time to refine. They worked all day and all night, which made Qiqi heartbroken. She got up early in the morning and made soy milk, fried dough sticks, steamed dumplings, and some delicious pickles for Master and Mistress.

Qiqi went to call Master and his wife for breakfast. But his wife was asleep on the table. Qiqi walked up to Master and whispered, "Master, I've made breakfast. You and his wife can go and have some later."

"Qiqi, this is the elixir. Take it out. Master is a little tired. I'll take a rest after breakfast before leaving."

"Okay, Master, please let your mistress sleep a little longer. Wake her up later, the food is still hot."

Qiqi took out two spiritual fruits and gave them to Master. "Master, give one to you and Master's Wife. Don't be reluctant to eat them. I will be relieved when you are healthy."

"Okay, Qiqi, Master will eat with your Master's wife in a while, so don't worry."

Qiqi hurried back to the restaurant, ate a little, and then left the space. She was now resting in the carriage because it was very empty and there was no place to rest. Qiqi didn't see Zhou Jingze. She asked the secret guard, who said that the prince had woken up a long time ago and went to deal with things. Many patients came here early in the morning.

Qiqi gave the two secret guards some bread to eat. When the secret guards saw Qiqi going to the clinic on her own, they followed her. Qiqi gave them two masks and asked them to wear them for safety.

Qiqi gave the pills to two secret guards and asked them to distribute them to the patients. When they came out, they came to Qiqi and disinfected them. They divided the areas, with Qiqi assigned to one area and the two secret guards each responsible for another. This way, they could distribute the pills faster. The two secret guards had participated in the epidemic treatment in Yongning Kingdom and had experience. Qiqi was confident in them and had them each take a pill first to prevent infection.

Qiqi and the two secret guards quickly distributed the pills. Those who had taken the pills yesterday immediately took them. After half a day, most of the patients' symptoms disappeared. They all knelt before the Crown Princess to thank her for saving their lives.

Qiqi quickly asked the patient to get up. "This is what I should do. You all should get up. Stay here for a few more days for observation. Only go home when you are no longer contagious, so as not to infect your family."

"Princess, we will listen to you. Now we will go home. We cannot infect our family and others. This disease is too uncomfortable. I can't sleep because of the fever. I am confused because of the fever." said a mother-in-law.

"We will all listen to the Crown Princess and go home after we are better." Everyone said.

"You must cherish this opportunity. The Crown Princess and the others have been refining the elixir for you for a whole day and night without closing their eyes. Everyone should cherish it and stop causing trouble for the country." said a rural doctor.

The patients all knelt down and shouted, "Long live the Crown Princess. Long live the Crown Prince." The shouts came one after another.

"Everyone, please stand up. This is what the prince and I should do."

The court physician, military physician, and village physician all came to Qiqi. "Princess, there are many villages outside the border city. How are we going to find all the patients? It's a difficult task. If there's one patient who can't get treatment, he's the source of the infection. What should we do?"

Qiqi said, "Who among you knows about these villages? Draw a picture of the village. I'll take a look."

A village doctor, who frequently made house calls, quickly drew a rough map of over a hundred surrounding villages. Qiqi had a plan in mind. Knowing the imperial physicians sent by the emperor would soon arrive, she divided the villages into sections and assigned them to each doctor. They were instructed to bring soldiers to conduct searches and provide prompt treatment.

Just as Qiqi thought of this, someone came to report that the imperial physician sent by the emperor had arrived.

They soon arrived in front of Qiqi. "Old minister, we pay our respects to the Crown Princess. We are late." A dozen imperial doctors saluted Qiqi together.

"It's not too late, it's good that you're here." Qiqi said.

"The epidemic here is under control," Qiqi explained the situation to the imperial doctors and told them the locations of the villages on the map drawn by the village doctors. She then asked them what methods they had to control the epidemic in these villages.

"Crown Princess, we will follow your arrangements in everything."

"Okay, then, each of you will be responsible for eight villages. You also brought herbs. Those who are not sick will be given Chinese herbal soup to prevent diseases. Those who are sick will be transported to this place for treatment. In order to avoid building more medical centers, we have limited doctors and are too busy. I will provide the treatment pills. Do you think this distribution is appropriate?" Qiqi said.

The imperial doctors nodded in agreement and followed Qiqi's plan. The government doctors, military doctors, and village doctors remained at the clinic to treat and care for the patients.

Soon, the imperial physicians, led by local guides, arrived at each village along with Zhou Jingze, the prefect, and a dozen soldiers assigned to each imperial physician.

They quickly sent all the symptomatic patients to the medical center. Those who weren't ill set up large pots at the entrance of each village to brew a decoction. Villagers brought their own bowls to drink the decoction, hoping to ward off the plague.

The prevention and treatment are proceeding in an orderly manner. The conditions of the patients have improved.

Military doctors, provincial doctors, and village doctors all praised Qiqi's elixirs. Without the Crown Princess's elixirs, there was no telling when this epidemic would end. They greatly admired Qiqi.

The temporary shelters that Zhou Jingze had his soldiers build were all filled with patients. They had also built several to house the patients brought in by the imperial physicians.

Zhou Jingze had been so busy he hadn't seen Qiqi in two days. After finishing his work, he went to the clinic. He saw Qiqi, bent over, drawing blood for new patients. She had drawn blood from more than a dozen seriously ill patients.

Zhou Jingze felt distressed watching Qiqi's back. Every time there was a disaster, his wife would rush to the front and help the people solve their problems.

The nurse stood beside Qiqi, watching over her. Yun Jizi was also treating a patient. The other doctors were busy.

This clinic currently has over a thousand patients. A thousand more were just brought in. All the doctors are working non-stop.

Zhou Jingze stood beside Qiqi and watched her finish her work. "Qiqi, are you okay? I'm sorry I was so busy. I haven't seen you for two days."

Qiqi turned around and saw Zhou Jingze. "Brother Jingze, I'm fine. Now that these patients' conditions are under control, we're all relieved. You don't have to blame yourself. After all, we are the Crown Prince and Crown Princess!"