Chapter 27 First, ensure your own survival.
Song Zhimian returned after applying the medicine to Lianqiao.
It wasn't until the evening of the second day, when Song Zhimian was still copying the inner palace regulations under the lamp, that Lian Qiao came over.
She came to return the plate of osmanthus cake that Song Zhimin had given her yesterday.
Seeing that Song Zhimin was still diligently copying the inner court regulations under the lamp, Lian Qiao sat down opposite Song Zhimin.
"Is your hand feeling better?" Song Zhimian asked with a smile, shaking her head.
Lianqiao nodded.
"Much better! Thank you!"
Song Zhimian put down her brush.
"No need to thank me! That's your ointment, I should be thanking you! My hands don't ache or swell at all after I applied your ointment."
"Did you come here specifically to return the discs?" Song Zhimian looked at Lian Qiao.
Lianqiao nodded.
Seeing that Song Zhimian was looking at her without saying anything, Lian Qiao grabbed her dress.
“What you said yesterday… was specifically for me to hear!” Lian Qiao suddenly said.
Song Zhimian remained silent, only looking at Lian Qiao.
She knew that Lian Qiao would not easily reveal her secret, nor would she tell her why she had entered the palace.
But Song Zhimian knew that Lian Qiao's entry into the palace as a female physician must be because she wanted to do something big.
It's still a major event that can kill many people.
"Zhimian, do you know something?" Lianqiao suddenly asked.
Song Zhimian shook her head.
“I don’t know anything, but I can analyze some things from your behavior.”
Do you want to hear my analysis to see if it's correct?
"Of course, if you don't want to hear it, I can choose not to," Song Zhimian asked with a smile.
Lian Qiao nodded seriously.
"Listen!"
"Okay, I'll only share my analysis. Maybe my analysis is wrong. If it is, just take it as a joke." Song Zhimian smiled.
Lian Qiao nodded seriously.
To avoid arousing suspicion from outsiders, Song Zhimian picked up the calligraphy brush again.
While continuing to copy the regulations of the Imperial Household Department, Song Zhimian spoke to Lian Qiao in a relaxed and somewhat indifferent tone.
"You said that you studied medicine since you were a child, and that you were the best among the female medical candidates."
Female healers were prepared for the noble ladies of the various palaces.
Due to the strict separation of men and women, when noblewomen in the palace fell ill, the imperial physicians needed the assistance of female physicians to treat them.
Your medical skills surpass those of the other female doctors.
After you finish your studies, you will be assigned to Ronghua Palace based on your status as a favored concubine in the palace.
The female doctor's monthly salary is ten taels of silver.
If you were to work as a female doctor outside, with your medical skills, you could earn more than this amount of silver for just one treatment of any noble lady or nobleman's wife.
Therefore, you entered the palace not to support yourself, but for other purposes.
As for the pursuit of status and advancement...
That's even more impossible. The highest a female physician can rise to is a female medical officer.
Female physicians were the most ordinary in the Imperial Medical Academy; it was impossible for them to be promoted any higher.
Moreover, while the job at the Imperial Medical Academy may seem glamorous, it is actually quite risky, and one wrong move could lead to punishment.
If a mistake is made, the ordinary imperial physicians and medical officers will bear the responsibility.
Therefore, this is also not true.
And last time, before we were separated for classes, Master Yue led us to familiarize ourselves with various places in the inner palace. When Cai Boju from the Prince of Zhao's and Marquis of Wu'an's residences passed by, your behavior was too unusual.
I made up an excuse for you to get away with it, but when I was sending you back, you looked at the merchant guild that King Zhao and Cai Boju had gone to once again.
Of course, your target is not the Merchant Guild.
Because when we were discussing the two large golden caskets at the entrance of the merchant guild, you were just as excited as everyone else.
You only started to act strangely when you saw King Zhao and Cai Boju.
If you harbor a grudge against Cai Boju, you don't need to go to the palace.
With your medical skills, you should be able to find a good clinic in the capital to practice medicine.
Although noble families would send invitations to the Imperial Hospital to request imperial physicians when their masters fell ill, the female physicians would not go out to see patients.
Therefore, young women in the capital were in high demand.
If you want to get revenge on Cai Boju, you can take that route and infiltrate the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion.
The old lady of the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion is quite old and needs to have her pulse checked every day. Now that you've made a name for yourself, the old lady of the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion will naturally invite you.
But you chose to enter the palace.
Considering your unusual reaction that day, your real target should be the King of Zhao!
Or rather, your goal is a bit bigger: to become the most favored concubine in Ronghua Palace.
That day, I deliberately told you that things that enter the mouth have to go through many processes before they can reach the mouths of important people, and you realized that things were not as simple as you thought.
Forsythia, you are actually very kind.
You entered the palace with the mindset that you were certain of dying.
You feel that it's okay to risk your own life, to use your medical skills to take that person's life, even if it means sacrificing your own.
But later...
After you heard what I said, you realized it seemed very difficult.
Even if you succeed, many people will lose their lives because of this.
That's why you've been so down these past two days; you don't know what to do!
"Lianqiao, am I right?"
Song Zhimian said slowly and deliberately.
Lian Qiao was extremely surprised that in just these few days of getting along, Song Zhimian had actually discovered her biggest secret from some small things...
Lian Qiao was even more surprised to see Song Zhimian blow dry the ink on the newly written Imperial Household Regulations and put it aside.
The newly written regulations of the Imperial Household Department were written in neat handwriting, clearly showing that they were written with care.
But just now, Song Zhimian casually mentioned such a big thing while writing...
"Will you... report me?" Lian Qiao asked, her head lowered.
Song Zhimian then glanced at her.
"Report you? Why would I report you? What good would it do me?"
"I'm not a candidate for female doctor, and I have no competition with you, so why would I report you?" Song Zhimian retorted.
Forsythia...
"Thank you!" Lian Qiao managed to utter only these two words with difficulty.
Looking at Lian Qiao like this, Song Zhimian thought for a moment and put down her brush again.
"Actually... opportunities are found; you can't just take action directly."
But it's not impossible!
But let me give you a piece of advice: no matter how deep your hatred is, what you need to do now is save your own life.
"If I lose my life, then I'll really have nothing left!" Song Zhimian said earnestly.
Lian Qiao forced a smile, then her eyes suddenly turned red.
"Zhimian, tell me, if someone sees the enemy who wiped out their entire clan, can they remain indifferent?" Lianqiao asked softly.
"Of course, before we avenge our great grudge!"
If it were me, I would not only remain indifferent, but I would also force a smile at him!
"Do you have a blood feud with the King of Zhao that resulted in the extermination of your entire family?" Song Zhimian asked softly.
"Yes! The hatred of wiping out my entire family will never be forgotten!" Lian Qiao said through gritted teeth.
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