Not to mention the look of utter despair on everyone's faces in Di Residence, even His Majesty was given quite the scare!
That clearly wasn't smallpox, but instead, the weird poison that Taoist Master Zhu had administered to Princess Ruyu. He had never heard Taoist Master Zhu mention that it could be contagious.
Thus, while His Majesty summoned Taoist Master Zhu to the palace with utmost urgency, he also ordered the imperial physicians to visit Marquis Yongping's mansion again.
This time, when he dispatched the imperial physicians, he carefully instructed each of the three, a stark change from the perfunctory manner he had shown last time, before he sent them out of the palace.
Seeing these three imperial physicians filled Zhao Yuanlang with mixed emotions. He felt relieved that the poison Taoist Master Zhu had given him had fooled even the three doctors, yet he was frustrated with their lack of medical expertise and furious at their complacency.
