Chapter 2542: Not as Good as a Female Doctor
"My Queen, My Queen!"
The sun was shining brightly, and the green grass on the ground was almost oily from the sun. Ruoshui was riding a pony and following Nanyan, who was galloping away at a distance. Her face was almost oily from the sun as well.
She was sweating profusely, but she still had to keep shouting, "My Queen, please go slower. My Queen, you can't do this."
Nan Yan was riding a tall horse. After galloping for a while, although she was wearing a veil hat on her head, the wind still blew in through the white gauze hanging around the brim of the hat. Even though she was sweating, she felt extremely refreshed.
She listened and looked back at Ruoshui, smiling, "Hurry up."
Ruoshui's pony came running over with its four hooves clattering. She panted and said, "Your Majesty, you can't do this. The people and horses behind you are almost unable to keep up. Your Majesty promised before that you would not run around like this. That's why we allowed you to ride a horse."
Nan Yan said: "I didn't run around."
"But the queen ran so fast that no one behind could keep up."
"It's not like there's no road here, they can naturally keep up."
"But this won't do!"
Ruoshui was so anxious she was almost crying, "This is illogical. What if someone reports this to the Emperor, or if the people in the capital find out, or if someone sees it? What will happen to the Empress's reputation?"
You must know that a royal concubine has her own dignity, but she also has her own limitations.
As the emperor's concubine, she could not let ordinary men see her true face easily. Even when she went home to visit her parents, unless the emperor was with her, she had to meet her uncle and others through layers of curtains.
Not to mention going out.
Other concubines hardly had such an opportunity to go out. Even if they did go out, they were surrounded by three layers of people inside and outside, and they could never let people see them easily.
But this time when Nan Yan was traveling, in order to get to Bailong City faster, she sat in the car at first, but after passing Dingxi, she could not sit still, so she got out of the car and started riding a horse.
The people accompanying him naturally tried to persuade him.
If the emperor knew that his concubine was traveling on horseback, and if passers-by on the road saw the true appearance of the imperial concubine, I'm afraid that even if they had nine heads, they would not be able to chop off enough heads.
But Nan Yan would never listen to them.
The only person who could speak was Li Bushang, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard who was responsible for protecting the imperial concubine on her journey west.
But he didn't even try to persuade her.
He just rode a horse and followed Nan Yan from a distance.
At this time, Nan Yan was breathing slightly, and when she looked up, she saw the figure following her from a distance.
When they met this time, she found that Li Bushang was much quieter than before.
It feels a little strange.
In fact, every time the two met, there would be at least half a year between them. No matter how familiar their relationship was, it was inevitable that they would become distant. What's more, the incident that happened before was always a thorn in Nan Yan's heart. Every time they met, it was like a thorn in her heart.
It’s better not to meet.
So, Nan Yan turned her head and looked forward again. It was almost dusk at this time, and the blood-red sunset in the distance was gradually moving downwards.
Just then, a group of people walked out from the crimson sunset.
Looking closely, it turned out to be an old carriage with the windows rolled down. Inside, one could see seven or eight flamboyantly dressed dancers, all with expressions of impatience on their faces, complaining in unison—
"What bad luck."
"Yeah, I thought I could fly up to the tree and become a phoenix, but now I almost became a mud duck."
"Forget it, forget it. Stop complaining. At least the postmaster gave me the money."
"That little money is nothing! We could earn more in the city in a few days. Besides, we've suffered so much on the way. This old carriage is shaking so much that my bones are almost falling apart."
"It's because there are so many of us, but we are no match for a female doctor."
"Humph, what female imperial physician? I think she's clearly—"
As he spoke, his voice lowered, and soon a burst of frivolous laughter broke out in the carriage.
After hearing this, Nan Yan rode his horse over and stopped the carriage.
"Please stay."
The driver was an honest middle-aged man. When he saw Nan Yan riding a tall horse, and although she was not wearing a palace dress, she was dressed gorgeously, with a little maid beside her and a man who looked like a guard with extraordinary bearing behind her, he thought that she had met the lady of a big family, so he hurriedly stopped the car.
Several dancers in the carriage were shaken and immediately started cursing: "What are you doing?"
The driver asked, "What can I do for you, Madam?"
Nan Yan held the horsewhip, bowed briefly to them, and said with a smile, "Excuse me, I have something to ask the girls in the car."
The dancers drew aside the tattered curtain of the carriage and looked at her.
They probably guessed she was some kind of noblewoman. Prostitutes always looked down on such ladies, because noble ladies looked down on them the most. The two kinds of people were like fire and water. However, this lady was very polite, so they said calmly, "What can I do for you, madam?"
Nan Yan said, "From what I heard from you guys just now, are you here to 'do business'?"
Several women sneered.
One of the older ones said, "Yes, we are not so lucky. We were not born into a wealthy family, nor can we marry into an aristocratic family. We can only make a living by going through wind and rain."
Nan Yan smiled and said, "That's hard-earned money, really."
After hearing what she said, the women's expressions looked better.
Then he asked, "What do you want to ask?"
Nan Yan said, "I heard there aren't any towns nearby. How can you do business here?"
The older dancer said, "Yes, we didn't expect it either, but after we got here, we found out that the postmaster of the post station ahead was actually looking for people to serve as singers and dancers. We happened to be here, so they hired a few of us."
Nan Yan smiled slightly and said, "That's a coincidence."
“…”
"Those guys...how's their business going?"
"What's good about it?"
When this was mentioned, several dancers immediately started complaining: "We worked so hard to prepare for so long, but in the end, the emperor--in the end, the host wouldn't even see us."
"He only hangs out with the female doctor he brought with him, and stays with her late at night."
"Yeah, it's really annoying."
Nan Yan listened without changing her expression.
But Ruoshui beside her listened, her expression changed, and she whispered: "Mother - Madam?"
Li Bushan, who was not far behind him, also rode over.
He listened but remained silent, and his cold face seemed to have an even colder look.
After a moment of silence, Nan Yan smiled and said, "Is that so? I understand. Sorry to bother you all."
Having said that, she was about to turn around and leave.
But just as he was about to turn his horse around, he suddenly thought of something and turned back to say, "Gentlemen, I still don't understand how you could come here to solicit business in such a desolate place?"
A dancer immediately sneered, "If someone hadn't paid us to come here to solicit business, we wouldn't have come to this godforsaken place."
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