No, I was just a concubine, how did I become the queen?

Chapter 432 Chickenpox Attacks

Lin Mingyan had just asked the wet nurse to take the children back and settle them down, and she had no time to wash up.

The young eunuch came in to find Du Juan: "Princess Wu wants to see the master."

Because of Wu's ability and the fact that she had given Lin Mingyan face cream, she was considered a well-known figure in the mansion.

Dujuan didn't dare to delay and reported to her immediately.

"Let her in." Lin Mingyan put down her hand that was taking off the headdress and went back to the main room.

As soon as Wu came in, she knelt down and told Zhenzhu everything in detail.

"Third Prince came into contact with Zhenzhu the day before yesterday. I suspect he has been infected."

"I'm playing with my brothers again today, I'm afraid..."

Lin Mingyan panicked: "Is it chickenpox? Or smallpox?!"

Although chickenpox was considered a serious disease in ancient times, smallpox was the most fatal.

Wu said calmly, "It shouldn't be smallpox, otherwise Amber wouldn't have recovered so quickly."

"That's good," Lin Mingyan immediately ordered Dujuan: "Dujuan, go tell the wet nurses."

"Separate the children and have them live in separate courtyards prepared for them. Don't leave the courtyard for the next few days."

The small courtyards were divided when the inner courtyard was built, but the children were still young so they still lived with her.

However, there are servants there to clean regularly, so it is okay to move in temporarily for isolation.

Then he thought of the eldest princess and Hongshi: "Go and tell the eldest princess and the fourth prince to stay in the room as well."

After a flurry of activity, the entire Fourth Master's Mansion felt like it was facing a formidable enemy.

After all, the children are still young, especially the quadruplets who are not yet three years old, so it is quite uncomfortable for them to get chickenpox.

The Fourth Master had just finished taking a shower and changed his clothes when he heard the bad news and frowned.

"Go and get the imperial physician."

Although Lin Mingyan has been isolated to prevent some children from being infected due to cross-activities.

But this is totally not enough, and the imperial physician is needed to prescribe some preventive medicine.

"If you get chickenpox, it will take some time to break out. You can only take medicine and wait," the Fourth Master also patted Lin Mingyan on the back to comfort her.

"By the way, has Cha Cha ever had chickenpox?"

Lin Mingyan shook her head: "No."

"Then you have to take the medicine too!" The Fourth Master ordered, "Everyone who has never had chickenpox should take the medicine."

Lin Mingyan also understood that although adults have better immunity, they can still be infected.

However, she asked again: "Master, have you had chickenpox?"

This shouldn’t be the case. How could the Fourth Master have contracted chickenpox when he was a child in the palace?

"I have," the Fourth Master said with a blank look in his eyes, "I have also been vaccinated against smallpox, which can prevent it."

At this time, Lin Mingyan also thought of smallpox, which was a disease with a very high mortality rate in the Qing Dynasty.

Although vaccination is now possible to prevent smallpox, it can be fatal if it is not done right.

"Fortunately it's chickenpox this time, if it was smallpox..." Lin Mingyan patted his chest, feeling scared.

Fourth Master: "After the New Year, when the weather gets a little warmer, I'll ask if I can let Honghui and the others get vaccinated first."

There is a special place in the palace for smallpox vaccination. If there is a mild case of smallpox, the princes and grandchildren of the appropriate age will be arranged to be vaccinated.

Honghui and others are five years old this year. As long as they are in good health, they can be vaccinated.

Among the princes and grandchildren of the emperor, only those who survived the smallpox vaccination were considered to have truly grown up and become human beings.

"Is vaccination safe?" Lin Mingyan was worried. "Has anyone else been vaccinated?"

The Fourth Master thought for a moment and said, "None of the Emperor's grandchildren have been vaccinated yet, but I heard that Hongxi, Hongyu, and Hongqing will all be vaccinated this year."

He also thought about the feasibility of arranging Honghui and others into this year's vaccination team.

After all, the smallpox vaccine arranged for the eldest prince is definitely the best, and Honghui and others can also benefit from it.

Lin Mingyan leaned close to his ear and said, "How about we wait a little longer and see if we can study cowpox?"

She hadn't thought of this before.

When smallpox is mentioned at this time, I remembered that I could study cowpox.

Thinking of this, I felt a little annoyed. I should have told the Fourth Master as soon as the child was born.

Maybe it has been researched now and can be planted for children.

The Fourth Master turned his head to look at her: "Cowpox? Can cows get smallpox?"

"Yes, smallpox can be transmitted to humans by cows, but the illness in people infected in this way is very mild and not likely to be fatal," Lin Mingyan said affirmatively.

The Fourth Master had a rough idea of her situation, but as a Qing Dynasty person, he could not imagine the society after the prosperity of science and technology.

But even so, he still believed what Lin Mingyan said.

"If it's really safer than smallpox, then we should wait until the research is complete," the Fourth Master's fingers were slightly bent, tapping the table unconsciously.

Honghui and others are still young, so we can wait two years before planting.

The most important thing now is to find someone to check if there are any cows with pox.

Or be more adventurous and create a cow with pox.

At this point, the Fourth Master thought of Wu.

He does have the manpower, but it would be better to have someone who understands medical theory and pharmacology to lead the team.

However, can Wu really be used?

Lin Mingyan said, "Wu's ability is not a problem, but... is she willing to leave Hongyu?"

When studying smallpox vaccines, Hongyan must not be brought along.

After all, if you are not careful, you may be infected, let alone a sickly child like Hongyan.

For Hongyan, Wu was willing to do anything.

"Of course I won't let her work in vain. Besides, Hongyu is in poor health and needs this kind of smallpox vaccine even more," the Fourth Master pondered.

Honghui and others are in good health, so even if they use the smallpox vaccine from human pox, they will suffer a little more at most.

But Hongyu and Hongpei were very weak, so they were in danger.

Lin Mingyan said, "Then I'll go tell Mrs. Wu?"

"Go and talk to her. If she does a good job, I will promote her to concubine," the Fourth Master turned his thumb ring.

If I could get a concubine, it would be better to let Cha Cha talk about it.

But he didn't want anyone else to become the concubine. The position of concubine was a bit shabby, so it would be inappropriate to let Cha Cha come forward to be the bad guy.

The two of them discussed the matter, and all that was left was to wait in fear to see if the children would become ill.

Generally speaking, depending on individual constitution, symptoms will appear three to seven days after exposure to the chickenpox virus.

Sure enough, on the third day, Hongyu first got chickenpox, accompanied by a low fever.

Wu was so busy serving him that she didn't even take off her clothes. She fed him medicine, but he vomited it out, and then fed him again, without getting tired of it.

Then Hongpei also started to have sporadic acne, but he did not have a fever and his condition was relatively mild.

After waiting for a few more days, Hongshi and Hongyun also got acne, especially Hongyun, who had a high fever.

Lin Mingyan was so worried that she couldn't sit still: "Yun'er is obviously older, so why is his condition the most serious?"