When Le Shu heard about Consort Li's diagnosis, she gained a deeper and more vivid impression of this future Consort Qi from history.
Childbirth is always a painful experience for women.
Because of men's indifference towards women, their attitude of treating women as playthings, and their view of women as commodities to be bought and sold, even childbirth for women in the royal harem was fraught with great danger.
"Once the dye shop is up and running smoothly, let's use some of the money to research obstetrics and gynecology!"
Yinzhen nodded: "I will pay for this money; it should be my responsibility anyway."
He didn't understand postpartum depression, but judging from Le Shu's attitude, he knew it was an extremely agonizing condition.
Le Shu disagreed: "Let's go together, including the pediatrics department. Let's recruit more orphan girls, especially those abandoned baby girls. Their fates are tragic. If we train them, they will only work harder and be more motivated. It will also give them a way to survive."
"I will now arrange for people to rescue people near the baby abandonment tower, and then arrange for people to build a girls' home."
Thinking of some unpleasant things, Le Shu couldn't help but urge, "The Girl Infant Hall should send more people down to investigate secretly, lest a good thing turn into a nightmare for those girls."
Yinzhen understood what she was saying, and he also deeply abhorred those things.
In ancient times, women engaged in buying and selling to a certain extent, and even in modern times, this practice has not been entirely avoided.
"I will be careful."
After they finished speaking, the two action-oriented individuals immediately began to write, and a training program for "female abandoned infants to female doctors" was quickly produced.
The process is lengthy and expensive, but it's not a big deal. Le Shu also plans to open a clinic for women after the female doctors are trained.
The Manchus were better off; if a girl in the family fell ill, she could find a doctor to take her pulse. But in places like Jiangnan and Shandong, where "literary culture flourished," local scholars had very strict requirements for the women in their families.
When you are sick, you cannot let a male doctor take your pulse. Although there are female doctors, they are scarce, and many doctors are unwilling to pass on their medical skills to women.
Many girls are not seriously ill, but in the end, they are taken away by minor illnesses because of the so-called "chastity".
If female doctors are trained on a large scale, their future income will be considerable. When female doctors can support themselves, more women will want to become female doctors, creating a virtuous cycle. As long as it is managed well, achieving a balance between income and expenditure will not be a problem.
Furthermore, if the traditional Chinese medicine beauty industry is developed incidentally, it is foreseeable that it will be just as profitable as the dyeing industry.
Le Shu also included these points in her plan. Her short-term goal is still obstetrics and gynecology. The beauty industry is good, but it's too profitable. She'll focus on developing obstetrics and gynecology first, and then develop the beauty industry after she has largely solved women's health problems.
At that time, the beauty industry will be able to create a large number of jobs for women.
...
By the time Le Shu finished writing the plan, her belly was already quite large.
The situation in the imperial court became increasingly tense, and Yinzhen was transferred from the Ministry of Works to the Ministry of Revenue by Emperor Kangxi.
"Now that I'm working in the Ministry of Revenue, I'll be extremely busy for a long time to come. If anything comes up, go to Gao Wuyong. If that doesn't work, have Gao Wuyong send someone to me. The Su family physician will be staying in the front courtyard for the time being, and the midwives have also been arranged to come over. I've checked everything repeatedly..."
"Don't worry, by the way, you went to the Ministry of Revenue this time, could it be about recovering the treasury silver?"
Although she wasn't a history major, it's not fair to say she knew nothing about history, especially since Emperor Yongzheng was quite famous in later generations.
Yinzhen nodded, looking helpless: "It's just that Father Emperor wants to save face for the Crown Prince. We can't collect much of this debt, so I'll just do a token amount. But I need to make sure Father Emperor sees that I'm busy."
"It's good that you know what's going on."
Yinzhen wasn't afraid of offending people, but Le Shu was about to give birth, and if he offended someone too badly, he was afraid that those people would work together to do bad things.
As expected, Yinzhen became very busy after that.
Le Shu didn't feel much, but she didn't see him often. He hadn't come back when she fell asleep, and he had already left when she woke up.
It took about half a month for this grand "drama" of confiscating treasury silver to finally come to an end.
Well, even if he could do it all over again, Yinzhen still felt it was all too childish. He followed Kangxi's wishes, offended the people he was supposed to offend, and made the Crown Prince look good, thus adding a small amount of revenue to the national treasury.
The ending was a happy one, except that Prince Yong ended up not only failing in his duties but also gaining a bad reputation by offending many people.
After finishing his duties, Yinzhen asked Emperor Kangxi for leave and stayed in his residence in seclusion. In reality, he was accompanying Le Shu as she was about to give birth, with her due date in the next few days.
Le Shu didn't feel any discomfort, but Yinzhen became anxious instead.
[Check-in]
[A production gift package]
Le Shu could tell at a glance that she was probably about to give birth. She called Yinzhen in and then opened the birth gift package.
"This bottle contains medication for natural childbirth, this bottle contains medication for postpartum recovery, this bottle contains medication for the wet nurse, and there are also blueprints for a crib, a stroller, and baby toys..."
The more Yue Shu talked, the bigger her smile became.
"Yinzhen, you don't need to worry anymore."
Yinzhen had expected to sign in such things, but with his due date approaching and the sign-in system still not active, he couldn't help but get anxious.
The concern for Le Shu is that childbirth is like passing through the gates of hell for a woman, and that's no joke.
Previously, Yinzhen had repeatedly claimed that the child was a bond that tied two people together by interests, but now he is becoming more and more reluctant to part with Le Shu.
Moreover, his soul departed and returned, guarding this secret to the death, which was ultimately too lonely.
With these things, he could indeed feel much more at ease.
The next day, after breakfast, Le Shu felt contractions and knew that she was probably going into labor.
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