Chapter 1025

"Is Your Majesty here because of the plague in the harem?"

Su Xuan, who was in the middle of refining elixirs, glanced at Ying Zheng and spoke indifferently.

Ying Zheng nodded and said bluntly, "Although this is not our world, since I have arrived in this world and replaced the 'me' of this world to become the Emperor of Great Qin, I must naturally take responsibility for the life and death of the people of Great Qin."

"If I continue to let the epidemic spread, there is no telling how many more people will die."

"However, the physicians of this world are merely mediocre, so I have no choice but to ask the State Preceptor to take action."

Ying Zheng knew that Su Xuan's cultivation base was not only profound, but he had also reached an extremely high realm in the way of medicine.

Originally, the level of physicians in his own world was not very high either, but later, because of Su Xuan and Nian Duan, through the compilation of medical books and pharmacopoeias, and then by utilizing paper to print and distribute these books throughout the world, the medical level of the entire world had improved accordingly.

It could be said that Su Xuan, with his own strength, promoted the progress of the entire world's medical level.

With Su Xuan's ability, a mere epidemic should be easily solvable.

"I can take action to resolve this plague, however, I hope Your Majesty can issue a decree to the common people seeking medical help!"

"Oh?" Ying Zheng looked at Su Xuan with sudden curiosity.

Since Su Xuan could solve this plague all by himself, why did he still need to seek medical help from the common people?

What was the meaning of this?

Su Xuan understood Ying Zheng's confusion and said indifferently, "Does Your Majesty remember what I said earlier? I once caught a glimpse of a thread of heavenly secrets and saw that an elixir of immortality would appear in this world in the future?"

"Although the elixir of immortality is refined from fragments of a heavenly star, to successfully form the pill, one must have a refiner!"

Ying Zheng caught the implication in Su Xuan's words, "Is the State Preceptor trying to use the act of seeking medical help from the common people to draw out that physician who refines the elixir of immortality?"

"But, will this work?"

Ying Zheng was filled with doubt.

Su Xuan gave a definitive answer, "It will!"

Although he did not know where Su Xuan's confidence came from, Ying Zheng ultimately chose to trust him.

An imperial edict was quickly issued.

According to Su Xuan's request, this edict emphasized that the plague was rampant in the palace, that Imperial Concubine Yushu from Tu'an had been infected, that the palace physicians were unable to cure her, and that they were therefore seeking medical help from the common people; if any physician among the people could cure her, they would be heavily rewarded.

Although he did not know why Su Xuan wanted to emphasize that barbarian woman from Tu'an, Ying Zheng did as requested.

He was also very curious whether such an imperial edict could draw out the physician who would refine the elixir of immortality in the future. Although, according to Su Xuan, the immortality property of the elixir relied on the heavenly star, the fact that the other party could discern this and utilize it to refine an elixir of immortality in this world was, in itself, an incredible thing.

Although the edict had been issued, this did not mean that Su Xuan would truly ignore the plague in the palace.

He took Lu Su to diagnose and treat the people in the palace. Because Lu Su had also been infected with the plague before, she was very diligent in treating the patients, and some episodes occurred during this process.

For example, a palace maid who was critically ill and dying, upon seeing Su Xuan and Lu Su treating them, thought she was going to die, so she entrusted her belongings to Su Xuan—it was a bracelet—and she hoped that Su Xuan and Lu Su could find her younger sister who had been separated from her in the palace and give this item to her.

However, Su Xuan did not take the bracelet, but looked at the palace maid and said, "It is better if you give this to her yourself."

Afterwards, he taught Lu Su how to use the medicine and actually managed to save the palace maid's life.

Time passed slowly.

With Su Xuan's intervention, the plague in the palace was quickly brought under control. For those who had died from the plague, Su Xuan was helpless, but as long as they were still alive, even if they were on the verge of death with only one breath left, Su Xuan could save them.