The court has convened, but with the Lantern Festival still ahead and the weather still cold, the spring matters are not urgent, so everyone is going about their tasks leisurely.
Except for the Imperial Hospital.
Manbao led the Imperial Hospital staff to check on the old and injured soldiers stationed at the imperial estate.
Director Xiao checked their physical condition and found that they could all endure variolation. Oh, wait, some hadn't been variolated.
Nevertheless, Director Xiao glanced at them, not asking Zhou Man why they had been brought back without variolation. After examining them, he said, "At present, variolation does not seem to have much adverse effect on their bodies."
Manbao nodded in agreement.
Director Xiao then said, "His Majesty has specially approved us to try cowpox. This entire estate has been allocated for our use."
Manbao asked, "Are we still going to use prisoners for our experiments?"
