"I want to enter the palace and become a royal physician."
Cen An finally stated his purpose.
Xiao Li was just thinking about the Queen Mother's sudden decision to choose a prince consort for her. Upon hearing this, she raised her eyes nonchalantly and said, "Oh."
Cen An: "Is that your reaction?"
Xiao Li said indifferently, "What else? Being an imperial physician is your business. What does it have to do with me?"
Cen An's eyes widened: "Then why don't you ask me why I want to be a royal physician?"
Xiao Li sneered: "Why should I ask?"
What does he do to her? She is not so idle as to ask about everything.
Cen An was furious, but he didn't know what he was angry about.
Song Junzhan understood and helped him explain: "He fell in love with Miss Wang at first sight and wanted to enter the palace to meet her."
Xiao Li nodded: "Yes, I understand."
Cen An felt even angrier.
Seeing him like this, Song Junzhan could only say one more thing for him: "He wants to ask the princess for any advice."
Xiao Li doesn't want to make any suggestions on things that are not her business, especially love affairs, she doesn't want to comment.
But since he asked, Xiao Li still thought about it: "The imperial physician may not be able to see Wang Wanqing. Besides, in the palace, if the palace maids and the imperial physicians have private dealings, the females will be demoted to the lowest maiden, and the males will be castrated. If you want to be an imperial physician, it's fine, but you use this as your purpose and end up hurting the girl. Ha..."
A mocking tone is worth a thousand words.
The two of them left, and Cen An had a very grumpy expression all the way.
Song Junzhan saw it all, and after they had left for quite a while, he finally spoke: "Are you angry that you can't be the imperial physician and enter the palace to see Miss Wang, or are you angry that the princess doesn't care about you?"
Cen An's eyes widened in disbelief: "What nonsense are you talking about? Why should I be angry about whether the princess cares about me?"
Song Junzhan's expression showed that he saw through everything. "If the princess had just tried her best to stop you, told you that being an imperial physician was not a good thing, and asked you not to become an imperial physician, and even offered various conditions to get you to stay and be her palace physician, would you have agreed?"
Cen An refused without hesitation: "I will never go to the princess's mansion and be enslaved by her."
Song Junzhan: "Will you feel less uncomfortable if I say this?"
Cen An was confused: "What?"
Song Junzhan glanced at him, lowering his eyes slightly. "You always say the princess is evil and vicious, but have you ever been afraid of her? Although she imprisoned you and forced you to do things for her, she never abused or hurt you. Even when you spoke ill of her to her face, she never punished you. This gave you the illusion that you were equals and could be friends."
"Just now, when the princess didn't take you seriously, your frustration and sadness were written all over your face. You hoped she would consider and persuade you like a close friend who cared about you, but now you realize she doesn't take you seriously, so you feel lost."
Song Junzhan finished speaking and looked at him calmly: "Cen An, she is a princess of noble status, and her ability, courage and ambition are not inferior to the prince. With her ability, she can have many doctors with outstanding medical skills. You have never been an indispensable choice for her."
"Until now, you have always said that she is bad and never bowed your head to pledge allegiance. To her, you are no different from the doctors outside. Why do you think she cares about you?"
Song Junzhan's voice was calm, but his words were ruthless and straightforward.
Cen An opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but was speechless.
Cen An has been traveling around the country with his master since he was a child, and has met all kinds of people, from poor people to high-ranking officials.
Because his master was a skilled doctor, those people were polite and respectful when they saw him.
When Cen An was able to travel around, although he had met some bad people, most people would thank him profusely and be grateful to him after seeking medical treatment.
Therefore, Cen An did not feel that he was inferior to others. He even had a hint of arrogance that he was not aware of.
He had witnessed the princess's cruelty and knew that she was not a good person, but the princess's indulgence towards him did make him feel that he was her equal and that he had a certain weight.
Song Junzhan's words almost revealed all the hidden thoughts in his heart, leaving nothing to hide.
No one spoke for the rest of the journey until they returned to their residence.
Cen An got off the carriage first and walked in alone, his back looking visibly dejected.
"What happened to him? Who hit him?"
Zi Yue was driving the carriage outside and had no idea what was going on.
Song Junzhan raised his hand and patted Ziyue's head: "He is confused and needs to calm down."
Living with a king is like living with a tiger. Although Princess Xuanyang is not a king, her coldness and cruelty are no different from that of a king.
It’s not that Princess Xuanyang is bad. As a follower, she is undoubtedly the best boss. She is calm and rational, ruthless but principled. She does not kill innocent people and does not bully the weak. Such a strong personal charm will make people ignore her gender and follow her.
But she is not suitable to be a friend, especially if you are full of insincerity, then she is even less worthy of being a friend.
If Cen An couldn't figure it out, he might not even know how he died in the end.
As for the idea of becoming an imperial physician, after hearing what the princess said, he probably wouldn't think about it for the time being.
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Xiao Li rejected the Queen Mother's "good intention" to choose a husband for her. After being criticized, Nanny Cui went back and exaggerated the matter, which made the Queen Mother very angry.
Even though her opinion of Xiao Li had changed because he had found someone to save the Queen Mother, that little bit of goodwill was nothing compared to the disgust accumulated over the years.
The empress dowager couldn't punish Xiao Li directly now, so she simply called the queen and asked her sister-in-law to assign two nannies to Xiao Li to teach her the three obediences and four virtues of a woman and how to support her husband and raise children.
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