Chapter 817: The Empress Dowager Enters the City (2)
"What?" Xuanyuan Qi was shocked. He didn’t wait for the eunuch to finish speaking. He stood up and walked towards Empress Dowager Zhou’s courtyard.
Eunuch Wu walked to the door and saw that Xuanyuan Qi had already rushed into the rain. He said anxiously, "Your Majesty, it’s still raining outside."
As he spoke, he quickly snatched an umbrella from the young eunuch and chased after him.
Xuanyuan Qi rushed to Empress Dowager Zhou’s courtyard in a hurry. Just as he was about to enter, a woman wearing a veil walked out and stopped him. "Your Majesty, you can’t go in."
"Concubine Wan?" Xuanyuan Qi had a bad feeling.
Consort Wan bowed. "Your Majesty, the imperial physician has already checked Mother’s pulse and confirmed that she has a plague. If you go in now, what if you get infected?"
Xuanyuan Qi staggered. "Plague? How could it be a plague? Mother was fine, why..."
Thinking of something, Xuanyuan Qi stopped.
The people serving Empress Dowager Zhou had always been careful. He even specially arranged for the imperial physician to be around at all times. Not only did he have to check Empress Dowager Zhou’s pulse every day, but the people serving her here had to be checked every morning and night. If they realized that there was a headache or fever, they would immediately replace them.
The only thing that could let Empress Dowager Zhou come into contact with the source of the illness was the letter sent from the city.