Chapter 553
Since returning to the Eastern Palace, the Crown Prince's face had been gloomy until the Crown Princess arrived, at which point his expression improved somewhat.
"Look," the Crown Princess said with a smile, waving the purse in her hand, "Wanwan made it for me herself, isn't it pretty?"
The purse is embroidered with the characters for "fortune, green, and longevity," which are auspicious symbols.
Upon hearing her mention Yun Wan, the Crown Prince smiled slightly.
Since learning that Yun Wan was her biological daughter, the Crown Princess's health has improved day by day.
But after a while, the Crown Prince suddenly thought of something, stood up abruptly, and startled the Crown Princess who was leaning against him.
The Crown Prince patted the Crown Princess on the back reassuringly: "I need to go out for a while."
The Crown Princess looked at him with a puzzled expression: "Where are we going?"
The prince's lips curled slightly: "Jizhou."
Isn't his good teacher in Kilju right now?
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Meanwhile, in Jizhou, the people were unaware of what had happened in Luoyang, and life continued as leisurely as usual.
That day, A-Ping arrived.
She also had several girls her age with her.
“Young lady, these are the friends I told you about before!” A-Ping said excitedly. “They rarely get a holiday together, and when they heard that I’m studying medicine now, they all wanted to come with me!”
Perhaps because they worked in the embroidery workshop, the girls' clothes were a little more exquisite than A-Ping's, but only slightly, not by much.
Yunxi asked and learned that it was difficult to get ahead in the Embroidery Pavilion now. Many people who had been there for two or three years could only do odd jobs, let alone those who hadn't been there for long.
Yunxi kept this matter in mind, but another layer of worry lingered in her heart.
Studying medicine is an extremely difficult thing. These girls left because they couldn't stand staying in the boudoir. Perhaps one day they will also run away because they can't stand staying in the clinic.
However, despite her thoughts, Yunxi didn't show anything on her face.
After all the girls had left, Yunxi finally voiced her concerns.
Mrs. Chen listened with a look of satisfaction.
The child has grown up.
“Your concerns are valid, but there’s no need to worry,” Madam Chen said. “The clinic needs staff, so we can have them work as apprentices for now. If they can handle it, they can learn; if they can’t, we won’t lose anything, will we?”
Hearing her words, Yunxi recalled that when she met Doctor Feng a couple of days ago, he complained about the lack of manpower. She nodded and waited for Aping to come back in the evening. She took a walk with Madam Chen and told her about becoming an apprentice.
Yunxi even asked about the pay at the embroidery shop. When she learned that she would have to pay extra to work odd jobs there, she breathed a sigh of relief.
In comparison, a medical clinic that provides food and lodging is much better.
Sure enough, when A-Ping went back and told the family about the clinic's treatment, most of the girls' families stopped complaining.
After all, you can make money by studying medicine, right?
Besides, the clinic provides food and lodging, so they don't have to pay any extra money.
Some families hesitated, but seeing that others had already sent their girls away, they stopped hesitating.
That's how people are; once someone starts something, it can become a trend.
Soon, not only A-Ping's friends, but also many others spontaneously went to ask if the clinic was still accepting girls.
What surprised Dr. Feng the most was a woman who already knew medicine.
The woman was a widow who had studied medicine since childhood. After getting married, she focused her attention on her family. Later, she had a child, but her husband died. Now that her child has grown up and finds her annoying, she was still unsure what to do. When she heard that the clinic here was recruiting female doctors, she hesitated for a long time, but finally came.
The woman, busy with the household chores, had become numb from all the mundane tasks. However, after following Doctor Feng for a few days and receiving countless affirmations, she quickly regained her former sense of self, and her eyes lit up again.
Dr. Feng even set aside a table just for her, allowing her to practice independently. He would only offer a few words of advice when she occasionally didn't know how to diagnose or made a mistake, and then say nothing more. He was waiting for her to fully get used to the clinic so that he could also assign those young girls to her care.
The thought of being able to relax soon brought a relieved smile to Doctor Feng's face. As soon as it got dark that day, he couldn't wait to go to the Chen family.
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