Chapter 908 Using a tiger's skin to raise a banner!
Madam Yu looked embarrassed. She glanced at Li San Niang, and although she couldn't see the mockery on Li San Niang's face, Madam Yu felt really uncomfortable listening to Li San Niang's sarcastic words.
Her hand holding the teacup remained motionless; she truly didn't know how to respond to Li San Niang's words.
Li San Niang lowered her head and took a sip of tea before looking up at Madam Yu sitting opposite her. Without waiting for Madam Yu's reply, she continued, "As you can see, Madam, it is best for Xue Lian to rest quietly here for now."
It's best to wait until she's fully recovered and healthy before discussing anything else.
Upon hearing this, Madam Yu knew she could no longer remain silent. She steeled herself and looked up at Li San Niang: "I am grateful to Doctor Li for worrying about Xue Lian."
However, to be honest with Doctor Li, my master has already arranged a good marriage for Xue Lian.
This rest is for Xue Lian's health, which I understand, but now that the marriage has reached Naji's point, why don't we wait until Xue Lian's condition stabilizes, then I'll take her to her family to recuperate properly?"
Li San Niang raised an eyebrow and looked at Madam Yu. Madam Yu, facing Li San Niang's eyes, did not dare to look directly at her and instead lowered her head to look at the teacup in her hand.
"Xuelian is a daughter of the Yu family. Even if Physician Li cares about his disciple, there must be a limit, right?"
At this moment, Li San Niang had only two words in her mind—"As expected!"
As expected! Madam Yu wanted to use the pretext of the arranged marriage between Yu Xuelian and the Yu family to take back Yu Xuelian, whom she had finally managed to snatch away from the Yu family.
If Madam Yu succeeds, it will be very difficult for Li San Niang to call Yu Xue Lian out of the Yu family again under the guise of being her master.
At that time, Madam Yu only needs to say: "Xuelian's marriage is approaching, after all, it is a major event in her life, and she is going to marry into Dengzhou, which is so far away. The master and I just want her to stay at home for a few more days."
In that case, how could Li San Niang possibly see Yu Xue Lian?
It's likely that when Li San Niang sees Yu Xue Lian again, it will be her coffin.
Yes, the moment Li San Niang saw Yu Xue Lian that day, she saw the will to die in her eyes!
Even though Yu Xuelian is now living in the staff dormitory of the maternity ward, she is nothing more than an empty shell lying in there.
Only when Yu Xuelian feels that she can truly control her own destiny, that she won't be sold just because her father wants to, that she can oppose or fight back successfully, and that she can control her own life, will Yu Xuelian be able to regain her desire to live.
So how could Li San Niang just watch Yu Xue Lian die?
"Haha," Li Sanniang laughed twice before looking at Madam Yu, whose eyes were filled with strange expressions.
"Madam knows that Xue Lian is my disciple, and she should also know that back then, like other disciples who graduated from my midwifery school, she took the physician exam for the Chang'an Medical Alliance at my arrangement, right?"
Li San Niang saw the surprise in Madam Yu's eyes, but she did not give Madam Yu a chance to ask questions. Instead, she continued to say to Madam Yu with a smile, "Xue Lian is intelligent and hardworking. She not only passed the exam, but she was also in the top ten."
At this point, Li San Niang's face suddenly darkened, and even her tone of voice became much lower.
"I was initially delighted to see her join the alliance at such a young age. With more experience, she would surely be able to join my maternity ward and become a ninth-rank physician."
In this way, it would be quite a story if we, master and apprentice, both served in the Imperial Medical Bureau, wouldn't it?
Li San Niang, who had been keeping her head down, suddenly raised her head to look at Madam Yu: "But!"
Snow Lotus failed to report to the Alliance by the deadline. I sent someone to inquire, and they said her family forbade women from showing their faces in public!
As Li San Niang spoke, Madam Yu's mind was also filled with thoughts of that year. She vaguely remembered that Yu Xue Lian had mentioned participating in some kind of assessment back then.
As for whether she passed the exam or not, or whether she did or not, she was too busy preparing for her legitimate daughter's marriage to care about a concubine's daughter.
Before the lady could figure out how to respond to Li Sanniang, Li Sanniang said again, seemingly annoyed, "That makes no sense!"
Why can't a young woman go out to work as an official?
With the current emperor in power, there are many female officials in the palace. Not to mention Princess Taiping, even Princess Qingyang is now in charge of the drug rehabilitation center in the suburbs of the capital.
In this world, is there any place where a woman cannot set foot?
Li San Niang's move of using someone else's name to intimidate Madam Yu terrified her!
Madam Yu never imagined that Li San Niang would connect her family's refusal to allow Yu Xue Lian to go out and practice medicine with the current Emperor Wu and Princess Taiping!
In this Tang Dynasty, even the emperor was a woman. Anyone who dares to say that women and girls can only stay in the inner quarters is really asking for trouble.
Of course, not everything Li San Niang said to the lady was true; it was three parts falsehood and seven parts truth.
Those who graduated from the midwifery school back then did indeed follow Li San Niang's advice to consult the medical alliance, but it was only a few young women, such as Yu Xuelian, Sun Chunlan, Jin Zhenbao, Yao Qingqing, and Cheng Wanwan, who went.
Of these, only Jin Zhenbao and Yao Qingqing passed all the tests and were admitted to the Medical Alliance.
Yu Xuelian really did make it into the top ten in the first round of assessment.
However, she failed in the second round of the assessment.
Li San Niang encouraged her at the time, telling her not to give up, that she was still young and would have plenty of opportunities to take the exam again.
A family like the Yu family must have said something like "a young lady should not show her face in public" many times. How could Madam Yu possibly remember when she said it?
Therefore, Li San Niang came up with a plan: since Yu Xue Lian was her disciple and had the opportunity to become a female official, she hoped to persuade the Yu family to give up the idea of selling Yu Xue Lian.
After all, even if it's a daughter-in-law, as long as she's capable, it's definitely better than having a son-in-law.
However, at this moment, seeing the fear and struggle on Madam Yu's face, Li San Niang decided to add another straw that would break the camel's back.
"Fuling, bring me the princess's letter."
Song Fuling put down her palm-leaf fan, took a few steps into the house, and soon came out with a letter.
Li San Niang took the letter and handed it to Madam Yu across the table.
"Madam, take a look. This is a letter we just received today from Princess Qingyang. It specifies that once Xue Lian recovers, she must report to the drug rehabilitation center in the suburbs of the capital under the princess's jurisdiction to work for her."
"The princess is in dire need of capable people right now. After Xue Lian leaves, she should be able to produce a decent person within a few years."
Li San Niang's words were true; the letter was indeed sent by Princess Qingyang. However, Li San Niang sent the letter first, which led to this letter.
Yes, Li San Niang pulled Princess Qingyang along, using the princess's noble status to suppress the Yu family.
After all, in the Tang Dynasty, let alone Zhou Yu of Dengzhou, even princes and nobles could not surpass the direct descendants of Emperor Wu.
Isn't it about using your parents' orders as leverage?
What about the imperial decree?
Who dares to disobey?
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