Chapter 488 (Final Chapter) (4)

With the suppression of bandits, thorough investigations of corruption, and retrials of wrongful convictions across the country, a series of rectification efforts have gradually led to a more peaceful and stable society.

When Lu Qingqing wasn't teaching in Fancheng, she would take Sixi, Qiaoxiu, and other outstanding students from the medical school to work as itinerant doctors.

She went to a remote town where doctors were scarce and provided free medical services for two months.

Go to areas affected by floods to provide relief and medicine, spread knowledge about epidemics, and prevent the occurrence of epidemics from the source.

She met a talented man who was being suppressed by the powerful and wealthy, and gave him a chance.

If you encounter bullies who harass your neighbors, punish them severely.

When a doctor uses his medical skills to frame a colleague, he turns the tables and puts the doctor in jail.

If they encounter a girl who can't afford the "leftover woman tax" but doesn't want to get married and has been beaten half to death by her father, they take her away and send her to medical school.

In the second year of Emperor Yuan Ning's reign, anonymous tip boxes were set up outside government offices in various regions to report local bullies and corrupt officials. Every three months, the government offices in the capital would send people to collect the tip boxes and deliver them directly to the emperor's desk.

In the third year of Emperor Yuanning's reign, the emperor introduced a new policy: medical examinations would require assessments of both medical skills and medical ethics, and would also require verification of the character of the physician's ancestors for three generations.

In the fourth year of Emperor Yuanning's reign, the emperor introduced new policies: abolishing the tax on unmarried women, allowing women who had been divorced to choose whether or not to remarry.

The fifth year of Emperor Yuanning's reign...

In the fifth year of Emperor Yuanning's reign, the first batch of students from Datong Medical College were about to graduate.

According to the regulations set by Lu Qingqing, students can take the medical licensing exam this year. Those who pass the exam will need to travel and practice for a year before receiving their graduation certificate from Datong Medical College.

From now on, he can officially practice medicine and benefit the people.

Each person relies on their own abilities and bears their own fortune and misfortune; it has nothing to do with the academy anymore.

The first batch of students was small, with thirty people participating in the assessment, and none of them failed.

Lu Qingqing personally delivered their medical licenses to them, the whole hospital celebrated, and then she watched them go off, either in pairs or in groups of three, to travel and study together.

Prior to this, Sixi and Qiaoxiu, as her direct disciples, had passed the medical licensing exam a year earlier and gone on a study tour.

Lu Qingqing wasn't worried about the two of them at all.

Soon, Qiaoxiu returned first.

She handed over a whole booklet detailing the symptoms of everyone she had treated and the medications she had used.

Lu Qingqing looked at it and realized that she had gone to Wanshui that year to treat the people and soldiers.

Very good. Qiaoxiu has always respected soldiers and has a very upright set of values. In this year, she has saved as many as 300 people.

An outstanding graduate, truly worthy of being the senior!

After reviewing it, Lu Qingqing was very pleased and gave it an "Excellent" rating.

"Great, I've graduated!"

Qiaoxiu grinned, her eyes darting around: "Sister, hurry up and give me the certificate, I'm going to conquer the world!"

"You just got back, why are you in such a hurry?"

Lu Qingqing wanted to have a chat with her: "You're twenty-two this year. Did you spot any young men you liked this time you went out? Your mother has almost gathered a hundred promising young men over the past few years."

The kids I collected a couple of years ago are now running all over the place.

Qingyao has also selected more than ten for you in court; won't you take a look?

"No, no, I don't have time right now. I need to make my way in the world first, and I'll talk about it later."

Lu Qingqing raised an eyebrow and gave her the certificate.

It seems there's no one I like yet.

Anyway, Qiaoxiu has the title of a princess and is so powerful, she can live however she wants.

Qiaoxiu took the certificate and ran off in a hurry.

Lu Qingqing was only slightly puzzled, but ignored her.

By the afternoon, she knew why the girl had run away—what did she mean by "venturing out into the world"? She had gotten herself into trouble!

Gu Chengzhou's personal guards traveled a long distance from Wanshui with a letter, demanding an explanation.

"Dean Lu, you'll understand once you read the letter."

Lu Qingqing opened the letter.

Goodness.

She exclaimed, "Wow!"

Gu Chengzhou said the following:

Dear Dean Lu, Lu Qiaoxiu, who is not content with treating patients, slept with me.

She had been a virgin for over twenty years, but she irresponsibly ran away.

Are you going to do anything about this?

I'll tell the Emperor and have him decide my fate!

If the emperor doesn't care, I'll announce to the world that the direct descendant of the divine physician has seduced and abandoned innocent women and men.

How embarrassing!

Lu Qingqing covered her forehead.

Why did you have to sleep with an old virgin?

This kind of man is the most difficult to deal with; do you think someone who has cherished you for over twenty years will easily give up?

Why.

“I don’t care, she’s already graduated. Medical schools don’t care about their graduates.”

"Tell your general not to bring up my own disciple. Do whatever you want with the rest!"

That's exactly what the guards wanted to hear!

As long as Dean Lu doesn't interfere, the Emperor won't worry. Even if she's a princess, it won't matter!

"Thank you, Dean Lu. Hehe, to be honest, my general has always had a crush on Miss Qiaoxiu."

He said that although Qiaoxiu was always cursing, she was actually very kind-hearted and had a lot of patience with the wounded soldiers.

They're only mean to him, and they even laugh at our general... cough cough...

It's a pity the general can't leave Wanshui at will, otherwise he would have come after us personally.

“Mmm, mmm, size isn’t a problem, as long as I can lift it…” Lu Qingqing nodded casually.

The bodyguard said, "...Actually, our general doesn't...that...it's your medical books that have a problem."

Lu Qingqing: "Mmm, mmm..."

This is something Qiaoxiu brought upon herself; even a eunuch would have to suffer for it!

She doesn't care.

The guards were very depressed when they left.

General, really, no problem!

They even compared them when they showered together!

About two months later, Sichuan reported that Qiaoxiu had been invited by Gu Chengye to the northern border to deliver his wife's second child.

Then, as soon as they arrived in the North, they were tied up and sent to Wanshui.

These two brothers really are inseparable when it comes to fighting!

Meanwhile, in Wanshui, Chen Cuihua had already been invited by Gu Chengzhou to open a spice shop. She would often drink with her future son-in-law and play with a hawk, and she was so happy that she didn't want to leave.

...

The palace walls are deep, and the journey is long.

The emperor became increasingly composed, as still as a deep, ancient pool, undisturbed by any ripples, his brows bearing the weight of a thousand pounds, without a trace of impatience.

His words and deeds are as virtuous as a jade tablet, and his demeanor is as majestic as mountains and seas.

Only on specific days do they fall from their pedestal to the mortal realm, a sight that outsiders cannot witness.

"Ninety-five days. My Empress should be back."

He placed the ninety-fifth pine nut on the table.

Although he was confined, the outside world was never truly isolated from him.

Qingqing is his eyes.

She went to remote villages to treat villagers suffering from schistosomiasis, describing the mountains there as being so sculpted by nature that, from a distance, they looked like a tall Buddha statue.

She went to the coast to treat the seafarers who suffered from rheumatism and leg pain. She described the fish there as very delicious and the pearls the seafarers gave her as gifts that were colorful.

She went to the north to treat the herders, saying that the grasslands and yurts, the smoke from cooking fires and the morning mist, the sunset and the setting sun were all breathtakingly beautiful.

She went to many places, but not to Jiangnan.

She said that Jiangnan is a prosperous region with many doctors, so there was no need to rush. She hoped that one day she could go there with him.

At that time, the rivers were clear, the seas were calm, and the country was prosperous and the people were at peace.

Although he and Qingqing were separated by thousands of miles, their hearts and souls were always together.

Jiangnan.

Jiangnan.

Thinking of the memorial that had just been delivered, he got up again.

Jiangnan is prosperous, but it also has many parasites.

The canal transport system needs to be regulated.

We need to deal with this immediately.

After reviewing memorials for another hour, Ji Ruyan was finally pulled out of her reverie by a reminder from her bodyguard.

It was already past 9 PM.

He pinched his slightly throbbing forehead, stood up, and suddenly felt dizzy.

"His Majesty--"

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