Chapter 802 Career Launch
After leaving the Imperial Medical Bureau, Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang boarded a carriage and headed straight for the outskirts of Chang'an.
"Third Sister, have some water," Li San Niang said, turning her head to thank Qiu Xiang for the teacup she was offering and taking a sip.
Just now at the Imperial Medical Bureau, from what Director Wang said, it seemed that he wanted Li San Niang to put aside the drug rehabilitation center in the suburbs of the capital for a while, go to the Imperial Medical Bureau to familiarize herself with the procedures, and then go to lay out the relevant matters such as medical care for women.
But these are all just platitudes.
Li San Niang could tell that Wang Shuzheng meant, "I will listen to the Emperor. The Emperor said that you should be an official and work in the Imperial Medical Bureau, so I will make arrangements for you."
But whether you can understand these things yourself is your own business; I won't wholeheartedly help you with that.
In the future, if you do well and the sage praises you, it will be our Imperial Medical Academy that benefits from this.
If you don't do it well, it's your fault alone. Don't drag the entire Imperial Medical Bureau down with you."
Therefore, the only person Li San Niang can truly rely on is herself!
Furthermore, Wang Shuzheng did not mention a specific timeframe in his words. How long would it take for her to gain practical experience and understand the procedures within the Imperial Medical Bureau before she could be considered qualified and allowed to go out and work on her own?
At the same time, Li San Niang did not really want to give up on the drug rehabilitation center in the suburbs of Beijing.
"No matter what, I built that whole operation from scratch. Now that things are running smoothly and they don't need me anymore, they want to parachute in and reap the benefits."
That's impossible!
After leaving Anhua Gate and arriving outside the city, it was finally much cooler. Li Sanniang put down her teacup, turned her head to look out the window, and pondered what to do about the matter.
After entering the drug rehabilitation center with her waist tag, Li San Niang first went to see Ling Lan and the others to find out if anything had happened while she was away.
"I haven't congratulated Master on becoming an official yet!"
Linglan, along with Yao Qingqing, Sun Chunlan, and several female physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau, bowed and greeted Li Sanniang, offering their congratulations.
Li San Niang sensed the sincerity in the smiles of the women, and naturally, at this moment, their interests were most closely intertwined with hers.
Even if they can't become officials, as long as Li San Niang can maintain her position, how could their future be bad?
The saying "When one person attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven" is somewhat exaggerated, but it's not entirely without reason.
Li San Niang thanked them for their congratulations, then took out the food she had brought and distributed it to everyone. After that, she pulled Ling Lan back into the house and spoke with her alone.
"...That's how it is. From now on, as long as nothing major happens, I won't get involved in this mess anymore."
This place will be closed down in about six months, but it will definitely not be demolished directly. Instead, it will gradually evolve into a small department under the Imperial Medical Bureau.
I don't want to give up on this place, so I will go to Princess Qingyang later and ask her to intervene.
"Lily of the Valley, all you need to do is stabilize everything here for your master and manage the women's ward well!"
Li San Niang reached out and grasped Ling Lan's hands. "Ling Lan, I will definitely recruit more female doctors for the Imperial Medical Bureau in the future. That will be your opportunity!"
Since the sage has given me this opportunity, I will not give up this hard-won possibility!
"In this way, once you are admitted to the Imperial Medical Bureau and have a rank, you will naturally be able to manage this area independently."
Linglan never imagined that she would be valued so highly by Li Sanniang, who had even planned out her future path.
Li San Niang looked at Ling Lan, who had lowered her head, without speaking for a while, before calling out to her, "Ling Lan? Are you willing to accompany your teacher on this path?"
If the future is bright and prosperous, that would be wonderful;
If the road is full of thorns, we'll just have to wade through it together, even if it means getting hurt!
In those few short sentences, Linglan's mind went through the first half of her life like a revolving lantern.
In her youth, she was orphaned and ended up in a brothel. Fortunately, she met Qi Zhidie and her friends, and had a few close sisters to get through the days with. Later, she encountered some scoundrels and became a female spy.
He worked for scoundrels, but luckily encountered a female doctor like Li San Niang.
Her good friend Jiu Niang died, leaving behind a child. In order to take good care of the child, and because she had some talent, she took the path of a scoundrel. Ling Lan in Shi Hua Lou in Pingkang Ward "died", and Wang Ling Lan, a widowed woman living in Chang'an with her child, came to life.
She carefully and meticulously raised Jiu Niang's child (Xiao Ping An) step by step, and was taken by Li San Niang to a drug rehabilitation center in the suburbs of Beijing to treat women who were addicted to opium.
Everything was developing in a prosperous direction, and suddenly Li San Niang, the master, became an official!
Then he suddenly told her, "You should follow your master closely, and in the future you should also take the exam to become a female physician and become an official in the Imperial Medical Bureau!"
Li San Niang was stunned when she saw Ling Lan raise her head, her face covered in tears, her eyes moist, and tears still streaming down her face. After a moment of stunned silence, Li San Niang saw a variety of emotions in Ling Lan's eyes.
She pulled Linglan into her arms and felt the dampness on her shoulder. Li Sanniang reached out and stroked Linglan's back gently. She didn't say anything, just silently let Linglan cry to release the complicated emotions in her heart.
After crying for a while, Linglan felt her emotions gradually calm down and then got up from Li Sanniang's embrace.
Before Li San Niang could ask anything, Ling Lan solemnly knelt down in front of Li San Niang. Before Li San Niang could help her up, she kowtowed.
"Master, your disciple Linglan will certainly live up to your boundless teachings!"
What are you doing?
"Get up, get up quickly! There's no need for such a grand ceremony between us!"
Qiu Xiang was a very perceptive person. She fetched water, soaked a handkerchief in cold water, wrung it out, and handed it to Linglan, whose eyes were red.
Linglan thanked them, wiped the tears from her face with a cool handkerchief, and redid her makeup so that she could no longer be seen as having cried. Only then did she sit down again to talk to Li Sanniang.
"Master, how should we tell Princess Qingyang about this?"
Even if she's a princess, she doesn't have the right to interfere in the affairs of the Imperial Medical Bureau, does she?
Li San Niang nodded and agreed with Ling Lan's words.
"If she were merely a princess, and an unmarried one at that, she would naturally have no right to concern herself with this."
But we have all been in contact with Princess Qingyang, and she is not a woman who wants to be confined to the backyard!
Princess Qingyang is an ambitious person!
When I first examined her, she asked me if opium poisoning could harm her offspring.
I answered truthfully, but Princess Qingyang's final reply wasn't one of sorrow and resentment. She said something like this to me.
"Does a woman have to get married and have children?"
"As a princess, what can I do even if I don't marry or have children?"
"Therefore, it is possible that we should seek out Princess Qingyang to intervene at this time."
This is a win-win situation. Princess Qingyang needs this opportunity to step forward, and I need someone with the same qualifications to protect us!
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