Chapter 772 I will definitely give you an explanation!
Li San Niang's words shocked the women present, and the entire place fell silent, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
After a few moments, the female healers who had been bowing their heads slowly raised their heads and exchanged glances with the familiar women. Their eyes were full of unspoken words, but everyone remained silent.
Li San Niang hadn't expected that her few words would gain the trust of the other women. It was only because of what Ling Lan had said about the maidservant beside the princess that she thought of saying these things to the other women.
It should be noted that even though the maid did not suffer any real harm, Wang Sanlang was still beaten half to death and sent out of the place.
However, Li Sanniang, being a woman herself, knew all too well that even without suffering any real harm, encountering a libertine like Wang Sanlang was disgusting enough.
If even the maids serving Princess Qingyang had such experiences, then the female physicians transferred from the Imperial Medical Bureau must have had a social status that was somewhat lower than that of the maids in the Tang Dynasty.
Is it possible that these female doctors may have also suffered similar verbal abuse before?
Li San Niang didn't want such a thing to happen in the area under her jurisdiction. No matter what, these women were now working for the government and would not tolerate such despicable people trying to humiliate them!
Linglan was a social person. After seeing that Li Sanniang stopped talking, she quickly spoke up and arranged for everyone to have some snacks and tea after the brief silence in the room.
The young women naturally agreed with Linglan's words and instead praised the pastries that Li Sanniang had brought.
"This must be Xiang Gui Ji's new product, right?"
I heard about Xiang Gui Ji's pastries back when I was at the Imperial Medical Academy; they were a long-established brand in Chang'an.
With everyone's support, the room quickly became lively.
Amidst this staged commotion, a female healer named Banxia abruptly stood up. She appeared quite nervous, as she gripped her skirt tightly with both hands.
Banxia finally mustered up the courage to stand up and opened her mouth, but she was too timid and nervous to make a sound.
Facing the gazes of everyone, Banxia was on the verge of tears when someone behind her patted her on the shoulder. Turning around, Banxia looked at Peilan's encouraging eyes, took a deep breath, and turned to face Li Sanniang, who was sitting at the head of the table, saying in a trembling voice, "Doctor Li, on the eighth day of the first ten days of the month, Peilan and I went to the pharmacy to get medicine. On our way back, we encountered a drunken young man..."
After Banxia spoke, the entire room gradually quieted down, and all the women began to listen attentively to what Banxia had to say.
In fact, when Li San Niang first took charge of the women's ward, she established a series of procedures. For any activities involving female doctors going out to fetch medicine, carry meals, deliver things, or relay messages, they had to travel in pairs whenever they needed to leave the women's ward.
Earlier, Li San Niang had considered that there would definitely be scumbags in the men's ward who, after being partially detoxified and no longer at risk of death, would be tempted to indulge in lustful desires, since the human heart is unpredictable.
Don't be fooled by the well-dressed young men in the men's ward; how many of them are truly good people who have come to this drug rehabilitation center after being poisoned by the Hibiscus Ointment?
Most of them contracted the disease in brothels, clandestine gambling dens, or other disreputable places, and most of them were hardly good people.
Therefore, how could Li San Niang not be on guard?
It was precisely because this drug rehabilitation center was established from the very beginning next to the main camp in the suburbs of Beijing, and was directly supervised and protected by soldiers dispatched by the Imperial Guard, that those wealthy young men were able to restrain themselves considerably.
There are now eight female physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau assigned to Li San Niang's staff. Among them, Ban Xia and Pei Lan were paired up in the previous assignment.
Seeing Li San Niang's attentive gaze, Ban Xia grew bolder. Having worked in the women's ward of the drug rehabilitation center for the past few months, Ban Xia already knew that Li San Niang was not the kind of person who was harsh or unreasonable.
Not to mention, although she has been busy every day for the past few months, from morning till night, Banxia feels that this is what good life is all about.
Not only could they have enough to eat, but they could also save their monthly salary without having to bribe others for protection. The other female doctors living with them were also kind-hearted and easy to get along with.
After all, how could someone who is good at scheming and has many tricks up his sleeve be "exiled" from the Imperial Medical Academy to work in a drug rehabilitation center?
Banxia genuinely felt that working at the drug rehabilitation center was far better than working at the Imperial Medical Academy.
Therefore, at this moment, Banxia finally had the courage to stand up and tell Li Sanniang about her and Peilan's experience that day: "...That day, Peilan and I were carrying a lot of medicine bags and wooden boxes. He said some unpleasant things, and Peilan and I tried to avoid him, but when the young man saw that we ignored him, he actually rushed over. I lost my balance and was knocked to the ground by him."
Thinking back to what happened, Banxia turned around and looked at Peilan. "Thanks to Sister Peilan, who took the medicine bag from behind and smashed it at that young man's head, I was able to escape."
"Dr. Li, after I hit someone and saved Banxia, I saw that the person was just kneeling on the ground complaining of pain, so I figured he was probably alright. I quickly pulled Banxia back home."
Li San Niang nodded, first acknowledging their courage in telling her about it, before continuing to ask, "Did you suffer any other injuries?"
Both Banxia and Peilan shook their heads. Banxia had only fallen once, but she wasn't injured.
"It's best if you're not injured. Do you still remember what that playboy looked like?"
It would be best if you could remember the color of your clothes, shoes, and the style of the jade pendant hanging from your waist.
Don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation for this!
Pei Lan didn't expect that Li San Niang would actually take this matter seriously. She originally thought that Li San Niang would just listen to what they said and tell them to be more careful in the future, or to go out in groups of three or five in the future.
Who would have thought that Li San Niang actually wanted to expose that dissolute man?
"Dr. Li, this...it's been several days now. If we go looking for this person again, I'm afraid we won't be able to find him anymore, right?"
Banxia and I are both fine. I even hit that guy. They must be important people. For Doctor Li to go looking for them like this... isn't that a bit inappropriate?
After saying these words in fits and starts, Pei Lan looked up at Li San Niang and said, "Dr. Li, it's better not to go looking for him. What if this implicates you?"
Pei Lan's concern made Ban Xia, Cui Liu, and the other female healers beside her worry as well. They whispered among themselves, and their faces showed obvious worry.
Li Sanniang waved her hand, looked around, and finally said decisively, "Don't worry about me. Since you all work under me, it is my responsibility to protect your safety!"
Don't be afraid, although I have no official position, I was invited by the Imperial Medical Bureau!
I taught several medical techniques to the Imperial Medical Academy free of charge, and I can still help them a lot in the future. I am not precious, but what I know is very precious!
Even if I am just an ordinary doctor, the fault lies with those dissolute men. You are from the Imperial Medical Bureau, you work for the emperor, how can you tolerate such grievances?
Don't worry, I will definitely give you an explanation!
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