When Doctor Liu heard what Prince Huai said, she lowered her head, bowed to the door, and turned away.
Although she was a woman, the Liu family had been practicing medicine for generations and had saved countless lives. They were highly respected outside, and no one was as rude as Prince Huai.
Doctors are kindhearted and they save lives and cure illnesses, but that does not mean they can allow themselves to be bullied.
The medicine boy who entered the palace with Doctor Liu was carrying a medicine box and trotting behind her, not daring to speak.
When he came, he was surrounded by people, but when he left, they ignored him. Prince Huai was really going too far.
The medicine boy was worried that the female doctor was angry with him, so he wanted to go forward to comfort her, but he stumbled and fell to the ground.
"Kid, walk carefully." Someone picked him up from behind, his hands and feet fluttered in the air for a few times, and then he was put on the ground.
He looked up and saw a fairy sister wearing beautiful clothes.
"Are you scared?" Jiuzhu saw the chubby kid staring at her blankly, so she rummaged through her purse, took out some snacks and put them in his hand: "Here, eat something to calm your fear."
The medicine boy blushed, pinched the snack in his hand, turned around and glanced at Doctor Liu secretly.
"Thank you, sir." Doctor Liu saw that the newcomer looked a little strange, and judging by the palace maids and eunuchs serving behind her, she guessed that she was of noble status and bowed to her.
"No need to thank me." Jiuzhu laughed and turned to look at Dr. Liu: "Miss, are you a doctor?"
Doctor Liu, whose medical skills had just been questioned by Prince Huai, was slightly moved: "How did you know that, Your Excellency?"
"The girl smells like medicine." Jiuzhu is very sensitive to the smell of medicine: "She has been studying medicine since she was a child and knows about herbs. The girl is amazing."
"I don't deserve your praise." A smile appeared on Doctor Liu's face: "It's just that I have inherited the legacy of my ancestors."
"What's more..." Doctor Liu laughed at herself, "We are women, young, and our medical skills are ordinary, so how can we talk about being great?"
"What does a woman have to do with medicine?" Jiuzhu felt the candy in her purse and gave a handful of candy to the medicine boy: "My master is also a woman. Not only does she understand medicine, she also grows her own herbs. She is very powerful."
Doctor Liu smiled and said, "So, you are also good at medicine?"
"I only know a little bit. I can't cure diseases and save lives." Jiuzhu has special respect for people who are good at medicine.
"Why?" Doctor Liu was very surprised.
"My master said that if someone like me who only knows the basics treats patients, it would not save people, but harm them." Jiuzhu laughed in shame and said, "I don't have the talent to practice medicine."
The master said that everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, so even though she was not good at medicine, the second master never blamed her.
The first master was afraid that she would be sad, so he often comforted her, saying that the second master's medical skills were lousy and would be useless whether she learned them or not.
But she felt that the Second Master should have some medical skills, at least when she was sick as a child, it was the Second Master who cured her.
Doctor Liu was a little surprised. Among all these nobles in the palace, who would want to become a disciple and learn skills?
"Your master must be a very good doctor." Doctor Liu thought, if not, why would the master be so polite to her, a female doctor?
"She is an unknown person. She only comes out at the end of every month to visit nearby villages to give free pulse diagnosis and medicine to the villagers." Jiuzhu smiled: "But in my eyes, she is indeed an amazing doctor."
Come out?
Villager?
Doctor Liu guessed the identity of this nobleman.
It turned out to be Princess Chen.
At first, there were rumors that Princess Chen was fostered in a Taoist temple when she was young and had never seen the world. In order to gain glory and wealth, she was extremely fawning in front of Prince Chen and his mother.
Later the rumors gradually changed. Some people said that the Princess and the Prince were a perfect match. The Prince was an immortal from heaven who came down to earth, and the Princess was a fairy from heaven. They were destined to be together.
However, her grandfather had mentioned to her that the Emperor and the Empress liked their daughter-in-law, Princess Chen, very much. After Prince Chen got engaged to her, he became diligent and motivated, which changed the impression of many officials towards him.
She had been curious about what kind of powerful woman could make the Prince change like that. Unexpectedly, the other party seemed to be more...clean than she imagined.
It's so clean that it doesn't fit in with this palace.
Maybe she is a doctor, so she particularly likes this kind of lively people.
"The princess is right. There is no distinction between high and low when it comes to curing illnesses and saving lives. A doctor who can diagnose and treat villagers for free is an outstanding person, even if he is unknown to the world." Doctor Liu smiled gently and waved at the medicine boy: "Tong'er, Princess Chen helped you just now, go and thank her."
"Thank you, Princess." The medicine boy bowed obediently to express his gratitude.
"You're welcome." Jiuzhu smiled: "I'm not saving you, I'm saving a future good doctor for the people of the world."
The medicine boy looked at the fairy princess in front of him with red cheeks. Did the princess think that he would become a great doctor in the future?
"Yes!" He nodded heavily: "I will definitely study medicine with my master and not let the princess down."
"This child has a talent for medicine, but he is young and playful, and can't concentrate." Doctor Liu touched the medicine boy's head and said, "With the princess' encouragement today, he will definitely make great progress after he returns."
Prince Chen went to Mingyue Palace and told his mother about Prince Huai's request for Dr. Liu to be the doctor. On the way back, he saw Jiuzhu standing under the palace wall from a distance. He quickened his pace and walked behind her. Just as he was about to put out his hand to cover her eyes, Jiuzhu had already turned around and looked at him with a smile.
"Your Highness."
"Aren't you resting in Qilin Palace? Why are you here?" Prince Chen put his hands behind his back: "Aren't you sleepy?"
"I couldn't sleep, so I went out for a walk." Jiuzhu looked at Dr. Liu and said, "I just happened to meet this Dr. Liu and we talked for a few minutes."
"I have met His Royal Highness Prince Chen."
Doctor Liu had an extraordinary status among the imperial physicians, with the same rank as a sixth-rank court judge, so even though she was a woman, there was nothing wrong with her calling herself a "lower official" in front of the prince.
Jiuzhu saw determination and stubbornness on her face.
Prince Chen turned his head to look at Jiuzhu and raised his hand: "No need to be polite."
"You look familiar to me." Prince Chen took Jiuzhu's hand and put her hand into his sleeve: "Who is Dr. Liu to you?"
"He is my grandfather." Doctor Liu bowed and said, "My grandfather is old and has been in poor health recently. When I heard that Concubine Xu was seriously ill, my grandfather was very anxious. However, due to his illness, he was unable to enter the palace to diagnose Concubine Xu, so he ordered me to treat her."
"How is Concubine Xu's condition?" Prince Chen asked, based on the dull brotherly love between him and Prince Huai.
"Please forgive me, Your Highness. Because Your Highness suspected that I was too young and a woman, he was unwilling to let me diagnose Concubine Xu's pulse. I did not see Concubine Xu."
"Tsk." The Prince couldn't help but tsk, and turned his head to see Ming Xiaozhu's disapproval, and said, "There's no difference between men and women in medicine, the lady doctor doesn't have to take it to heart."
Doctor Liu bowed and said, "I dare not."
Not daring and not being able to are two different things.
"Since you have already entered the palace, please take the trouble to check my mother's pulse." Jiuzhu said, "The weather has been warm and cold recently. Please prescribe some warm and nourishing prescriptions for my mother."
"I obey your command." Doctor Liu bowed deeply to Jiuzhu.
If the news of her being questioned by the prince today spread out of the palace, more people would start to doubt her medical skills. It was not easy for a woman to practice medicine, and a word from a superior was enough to destroy her years of hard work.
Princess Chen asked her to diagnose the Queen's pulse, which undoubtedly helped her solve her current predicament.
She bowed deeply to Jiuzhu again, then took the medicine boy and the palace maids to Mingyue Palace.
"Big brother's temper has remained the same for many years." At the critical moment, Prince Chen abandoned his big brother without hesitation. After all, the relationship between them was thinner than paper: "Big brother and I are different. I have never agreed with his view since I was a child."
"The world is divided into yin and yang, and people are divided into men and women. Who among all the men in the world is not born from women?" Prince Chen stretched out his hand and pinched Jiuzhu's cheek: "For example, our little piglet is beautiful, kind, capable, and good at smelling fragrance and identifying poison. No man in the world can compare to you."
"And my mother, who is beautiful, gentle and kind." Jiuzhu stood obediently and let the prince pinch her cheek: "Your Highness, it's a little itchy."
"Silly." Prince Chen was reluctant to use too much force, so he held her face and gave her a kiss on the forehead: "Come on, go back and read with me."
"Your Highness, I don't like reading."
"I have the latest storybook here, would you like to read it?"
"Is it the Overbearing Prince?"
“…”
"Your Highness, Your Highness." Jiuzhu shook his arm: "I want to read the story of the domineering prince."
Prince Chen looked down at her and said, "What's so interesting about the story of a domineering prince? You'd better watch me."
Jiuzhu turned her head and said, "Then I won't accompany you to the study to read. I will go to accompany my mother to pick out jewelry."
"Come back." Prince Chen held her waist and said, "I'll ask Yang Yiduo to buy them for you. Whatever you want, the Overbearing Prince, the Overbearing Young Master, or the Overbearing Martial Arts Leader, I'll buy them all for you."
"I don't want the Young Master or the Martial Arts Alliance Leader, I only want the Prince."
Prince Chen: “…”
"OK!"
Other men worry about their daughter-in-law having a bad relationship with their mother, but he worries that the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is too good and he is left out.
Forget it, as a man, you have to be able to bend and stretch.
In order to please your wife, it doesn't matter if you buy a script about a domineering prince. When necessary, you can even act like a domineering prince in front of her.
"Your Highness is the best." Jiuzhu rubbed her head in Prince Chen's arms, and her already gentle tone became a little more coquettish.
"Hmph." Prince Chen turned his head away. Women's mouths are always deceiving.
However, his hands were carefully holding her shoulders to prevent her from accidentally falling.
"Your Highness, I remember you said that Prince Huai was very filial to his mother?" Jiuzhu suddenly remembered something and raised her head from Prince Chen's arms: "How could a filial son refuse a doctor when his mother was seriously ill?"
When people are extremely worried and anxious, they are reluctant to miss any possibility.
Concubine Xu was seriously ill, but Prince Huai still had the leisure to nitpick about the doctor's gender. This is not something a filial son would do.
Even if Doctor Liu couldn't cure Concubine Xu's illness, he could have asked other doctors to come. Why didn't he let Doctor Liu even look at Concubine Xu?
"Yes, how could a filial son be so picky about the doctor at this time?" Prince Chen patted Jiuzhu's back gently and sighed, "Brother, you are really filial."
"Your Highness." A blue-robed eunuch walked up to Prince Chen and whispered, "Your Highness Prince Huai is still in Zhaoxiang Palace accompanying Concubine Xu."
"Did he ask other doctors to diagnose Concubine Xu?"
"Before I left, Zhaoxiang Palace had not yet hired another doctor."
"Look, little pig." Prince Chen sighed, "Human hearts are so boring."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Prince An's energetic call from behind.
"Fifth brother." Prince An saw Prince Chen and trotted over to him: "What a coincidence, we meet again."
Jiuzhu seemed to want to say something but stopped.
Just now she saw Prince An's figure, wandering back and forth several times behind the door next to the palace wall.
It doesn't seem to be a coincidence.
"I just got some venison here. Tonight, let's have a barbecue and drink together, brothers?" Prince An smiled innocently, "I remember that when you were a child, you loved barbecue the most. I wonder if your taste has changed now."
In order to get close to his younger brother, Prince An made every effort.
"Okay." Prince Chen lowered his eyelids: "Call my eldest brother, and let's have a good gathering together as brothers."
Prince Huai, who was missed by his brothers, was in infinite confusion at this moment. He looked at his mother sitting on the bed and remained silent for a long time without saying a word.
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