The Imperial Medical Academy's chief physician, his forehead drenched in cold sweat, knelt down with a thud.
"Your Majesty, I dare not! I just... I spoke without thinking. Master Hongchen has always treated me with courtesy. I was wrong. Please, Your Majesty, spare my life!"
The head of the Imperial Medical Academy knelt down.
Everyone hurriedly knelt down to beg for mercy.
"Your Majesty, the Chief Justice has probably been too busy these days, which is why he spoke without thinking. I beg Your Majesty to forgive him this time."
"This humble citizen testifies that although Your Excellency may speak harshly in daily life, you are meticulous in official matters."
"We beg the Regent to show mercy!"
Linghu Lan smiled, her bright black eyes sparkling with brilliance, as if the heavens and earth had bestowed upon her a radiant glow that automatically attracted everyone's attention.
“I originally did not intend to punish him, but you all pleaded for him like this. If I don’t punish him, it would seem like I’m letting you down.”
The Imperial Medical Academy Chief Physician: "..." *Thud!* It felt like an arrow had struck his chest.
Everyone: "..." Regent, you're still sorry to us. We don't want to be punished by the Chief Justice afterward.
"Master Hongchen, what do you say?" Linghu Lan's clear eyes were fixed on Hongchen.
Hongchen lowered his head and said, "It was just a few words between colleagues, nothing serious. Please, Regent, understand!"
Linghu Lan nodded.
He said to the kneeling crowd, "Get up!"
Then, turning to one of them, he said, "Just now you said that the Chief Justice usually speaks rudely?"
The person felt an extreme tightness in their chest, their eyes stinging, and they wanted to cry.
With so many people speaking, why do I only remember what I said?
"Your Majesty, it is like this."
"Tell me what nasty things you said!"
The man was internally devastated and stammered for a long time before finally saying, "Sometimes people complain that I'm a bit slow when it comes to using medicine. I am indeed slow, but I've learned a lot from the Imperial Physician!"
"Oh! I see! And you? Has the judge mentioned you?"
Everyone looked doubtful, and their expressions were somewhat hesitant!
The judge had certainly scolded them, but to say it to their faces would mean breaking ties with the judge, while not telling the truth would be seen as deceiving the emperor.
"Your Majesty, it has been said before."
"Tell me about it!"
“Once, when I was feeding medicine to a patient, the magistrate berated me, saying that the patient was dying and that the medicine was a waste. Although the patient did die later, I don’t think it was a waste of medicine. Human life is of paramount importance. How can we know we can’t save him if we don’t do our best? Besides, I think human life is more precious than medicine!”
“On one occasion, I discovered that the patient had a new set of symptoms and wanted to inform the Imperial Physician. The Imperial Physician ordered me to seek out Master Hongchen. Master Hongchen improved the prescription based on the new symptoms, and now most patients have switched to the new prescription, and the medicine is much more effective.”
"Once, when the magistrate was treating a patient, he said, 'It's too late, it's too late,' and the patient immediately fainted from fright. I think that although doctors treat patients with their medical skills, they should also speak kindly and carefully and sincerely. They should not be so skilled but heartless."
“I also have something to say. Once, when I was seeing a doctor, my opinion differed from that of the magistrate. The magistrate’s question, ‘Are you the doctor or am I the doctor?’ almost choked me to death. I have been practicing medicine for more than ten years, but in the eyes of the magistrate, I am not even a doctor.”
"Even ordinary citizens have something to say..."
Now that they had already spoken, everyone stopped worrying about anything else and spoke their minds freely.
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