What important matters could the people come to her for?
At this time, Huang Quan reminded him, "Remember when we went to Ji'an County, the capital closed Baicaotang because of the princess, and there were many troubles. The eighth prince later opened one himself, and not only did he kill people, but he also made a lot of fake and rotten medicines and cheated many people. If it is the common people who come to the door, in my opinion, it is probably related to Baicaotang."
The maid who came to report the news nodded quickly and said, "Sister Huang Quan is right. The people are indeed petitioning for the princess to reopen Baicao Hall. They are now kneeling at the gate of the mansion."
The people were kneeling at the gate of the mansion, and the impact was quite large. Feng Yuheng had to get up and go out of the mansion to take a look, but he saw that there were quite a few people who came to ask for leave. At a glance, they almost occupied half of the street.
As soon as they saw her coming out, someone immediately took the lead and shouted loudly: "Please ask Princess Ji'an to reopen Baicao Hall to benefit the people."
Under his leadership, everyone started shouting, "Please ask Princess Ji'an to reopen Baicao Hall and benefit the people!"
Feng Yuheng stood at the gate of the mansion, watching these people. They were all common people in Beijing, some were poor, some were rich, and she could tell from their clothes. She understood people's urgent need for a Baicaotang. It was easy to go from simple to luxurious, but difficult to go from luxurious to simple. They were used to advanced medical techniques, Chinese patent medicines and Western medicines. If they were asked to return to the old days of relying on bitter medicine soups to treat diseases, they would never be able to go back. But
"I understand everyone's feelings." She said to the people, "But I have said before that the reason why Baicaotang was closed was because of a collective petition by important officials in the court. This led to the closure of Baicaotang. If it is to be reopened, it is not up to me alone. It also depends on the opinion of the palace and the emperor. Moreover," she changed the subject, "I am afraid that my father will also ask for the opinions of the officials, including the opinions of the former Eighth Prince Sheng Wang."
The people have known about these things for a long time, and they have caused trouble with the Eighth Prince more than once or twice. But Feng Yuheng was not in the capital at the time, so it was useless to make trouble. Now that she is back, people have a backbone again, and someone immediately said: "We are all willing to stand up for the princess and Baicaotang. No matter who wants to stop us, we will not agree."
"We have been harmed badly by the Eighth Prince. He got a Persian doctor who not only killed people, but also made many people sicker after taking his fake medicine. My old mother is still bedridden. We have invited many doctors, but they all said that the medicine they used at the beginning was ineffective and delayed the treatment. Princess, please make a decision for us."
"The medicine for the Eighth Prince has caused us so much suffering. If the princess doesn't open the Herb Hall, our family will have to lie on the couch and wait for death. Please have mercy on us, princess."
On this side, the people kept begging Feng Yuheng. It was a long-standing habit for people. Even though they knew that she was now the Princess of Yu, they were still willing to call her Princess Ji'an. They always felt that this made them seem closer.
At the back of the procession, there was another group of people carrying a tall stone statue. Someone pointed at the statue and said to her, "That is the statue of Medicine King Bodhisattva that we erected. It was erected according to the princess's appearance. We also built a Medicine King Bodhisattva temple outside the city. We go there to worship on the first and fifteenth day of every month. Princess Ji'an, you are Medicine King Bodhisattva in our hearts. The life, aging, illness and death of our people all depend on you."
The people were simple and honest, and even the representatives sent by the rich and powerful sincerely hoped that she could come back to the countryside. Feng Yuheng was indeed very moved. Before going to Ji'an County, she learned that the people were making trouble. She was still a little bit embarrassed to see the Eighth Prince laugh at her, and also wanted to take this opportunity to test the status of her Baicaotang in the hearts of the people in the capital.
But as time went by, her original desire to compete faded, and the Eighth Prince used fake medicine to deceive people, and the people were indeed deeply harmed. It was not that she had not thought about reopening Baicaotang, but reopening it required an opportunity. The closure of Baicaotang caused a great stir, and now it could not be reopened quietly.
At this time, at one end of the street, a group of guards and a eunuch were seen squeezing over here. Because there were so many people, it was a bit hard to squeeze, and the eunuch kept saying nice things to the people to let them pass, and repeatedly stated that he was speaking for the people, and also asked the princess to reopen Baicaotang, so he was able to make way for a small path to walk to Feng Yuheng.
The eunuch wiped his sweat and quickly saluted Feng Yuheng: "Your servant kowtows to Princess Yu."
She recognized that this was the eunuch serving at the Qiankun Palace, who usually walked with Zhang Yuan, so she asked with a smile: "Young eunuch, why are you here in Prince Yu's Mansion instead of serving your father in the palace?"
The young eunuch looked at the people kneeling in front of the palace for half a street, and said helplessly: "Princess, you don't know that the people who petitioned to reopen Baicaotang today are not just those in front of the palace. There are several times more people kneeling in front of the palace. The emperor heard about it, so he asked the servant to invite the princess to the palace. Princess, please follow the servant into the palace quickly."
When the people heard that the emperor was going to invite Princess Ji'an to the palace, they were excited again, and someone immediately asked: "Does the emperor also support the princess to reopen Baicaotang?"
"Is it the Emperor who makes the decision? He nodded and agreed."
The young eunuch turned around and said happily, "Don't worry, everyone. The emperor is naturally on the side of His Royal Highness and Princess Yu. Baicaotang has benefited Dashun and the people. In the past, even the emperor has benefited from it. Now that the princess has returned to Beijing, the emperor said that reopening Baicaotang should be put on the agenda." After that, he turned around and said to Feng Yuheng, "Princess, the emperor did say so."
She nodded. He could guess what Emperor Tianwu was thinking. She had insisted on closing it. I think the old emperor had the same idea as her. He wanted to see how much influence a Hundred Herb Hall would have on the people of the capital, and also wanted to see how the old eighth master could handle a crisis. Now, what needed to be verified had been verified. There was no point in continuing the stalemate. If the people petitioned, then he would grant their wish, and he could also gain a good reputation among the people.
She said to the young eunuch, "Then I'll trouble you to go to Prince Sheng's Mansion again. It wasn't me who had the final say when Baicaotang was closed. Now I'm afraid I can't make the decision to open it again. Since my father wants me to enter the palace, please go to the palace with me, Your Highness the Eighth Prince." After saying that, she looked at the people in front of the mansion gate and said in a slow tone, "Everyone, get up first. Since the emperor has decided to solve the problem, I believe that this matter will be resolved soon. You can go home and wait for news. If you are really anxious, you can also wait outside the palace gate. But remember, the palace is an important place. You must not cause trouble even outside the palace gate, understand?"
People were so anxious that they were unwilling to go home and wait. When they heard that they could go to the palace gate, they immediately became excited. After repeatedly promising not to cause trouble, they began to move collectively to the palace.
When the eunuch saw that everyone had left, he smiled at Feng Yuheng and said, "The princess and the emperor really think alike. Before I left the palace, the emperor also told me to go to Prince Sheng's Mansion first, and then to Prince Yu's Mansion. Now, His Highness the Eighth Prince should be almost at the palace gate."
Feng Yuheng exchanged a few pleasantries with the eunuch, went back to her room to change her clothes, and then took the imperial carriage to enter the palace with the eunuch. Then she stepped over the threshold of the Qiankun Hall and saluted Emperor Tianwu, and saw the Eighth Prince standing beside him with his hands hanging down. She then bowed to him again: "Ah Heng greets Eighth Brother."
Xuan Tianmo quickly returned the gift: "I don't deserve it, my sister-in-law is polite."
Tianwu watched the two of them exchange greetings, but he didn't say anything, but his expression was obviously ugly, especially when Xuan Tianmo returned the greeting to Feng Yuheng. He groaned, and after holding it in for a long time, he finally said, "You should apologize to your sister-in-law. On the first day of the new year, those old men are making trouble. Don't think that I can't see that you are backing them up, and don't think that all the people in the world are fools. How come you haven't even left your house in the first month of the year, and your door has been blocked several times?"
Xuan Tianmo was also very frustrated about this matter. He was a prince, a dignified prince of Sheng, but he was blocked by the people. So many people threw eggs and vegetable leaves, making the Sheng Palace a mess. He could not beat or scold him, and he had to endure the occasional scolding from Emperor Tianwu. It was really aggrieved.
Today, this matter was brought up again, and he was specially summoned to the palace. Xuan Tianmo knew that Feng Yuheng's Baicaotang would definitely be reopened. He didn't want Emperor Tianwu to mention this matter on his own initiative. The result would be the same anyway, so he might as well take the initiative to do a favor. So he said, "Father's teachings are very correct, but when the ministers made trouble, I did try to stop them. But those ministers were stubborn and insisted on their own way, which led to the inevitable consequences." He deliberately ignored the fact that it was he who got a Persian doctor to point out that Feng Yuheng's medical skills were not clear, which led to the topic of closing Baicaotang. Now that the fault has been put on those ministers, the left and right people are no longer in the court, and there is no evidence "dead". "The facts have proved that those people did fail to pay the court salaries, and they also failed in the new test questions issued by the left and right ministers. It can be regarded as retribution. Now my brother and sister-in-law have returned to Beijing, and I also advocate that Baicaotang can be reopened to benefit the people in Beijing."
Originally it was the people who petitioned, but now it became the Eighth Prince who petitioned along with the people, which was a good gesture. Feng Yuheng thought, since Xuan Tianming went to the camp today, it would be a good pastime to go to the palace and see the Eighth Prince's face.
"As expected, Big Brother still has the final say in the capital. You said that Ah Heng's medical skills were not legitimate, so a minister seconded the idea and asked Ah Heng to close Baicaotang. Now you say that you want to benefit the people and ask Ah Heng to reopen Baicaotang. Although Ah Heng is a little confused about whether he is doing the right thing or not, since Big Brother has ordered it, then let's reopen it."
In just a few words, he said that the reopening of Baicaotang was at Xuan Tianmo's behest, and he also accused him of being the one who had the final say in the capital. This angered not only Xuan Tianmo, but also Emperor Tianwu. The old emperor slammed the table and said, "Old Eight, in this huge capital, you have the final say."
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