"Ninth brother is indeed a promising person, and I have always believed so." A voice suddenly rose behind Xuan Tianmo, with a gentle tone and a calm breath, as if explaining an extremely ordinary matter. But this voice was too familiar to Xuan Tianmo, and it felt like a needle pricking his ears.
He turned around and saw the Seventh Prince Xuan Tianhua walking towards him in a white robe, holding a folding fan in his hand, but not opening it. The scorching heat of autumn had no effect on this man, he was still so calm and composed, still so ethereal.
"It's Brother Seven." He called out, but he felt a little guilty. It was obvious that Xuan Tianming had heard what he said just now. If Feng Yuheng was a woman, he would not take her seriously, but adding the Seventh Prince to the mix made him feel a little tricky.
Everyone in the court knew that the Seventh Prince Xuan Tianhua seemed to be as carefree as an immortal. He was polite to everyone and never put on airs as a prince. He would handle things gently and would not easily embarrass anyone. But there was one thing about him that was particularly fatal, that was protecting his shortcomings, and specifically protecting Xuan Tianming's shortcomings. Both of them grew up under the lap of Concubine Yun, so naturally they were much closer than other brothers. The Seventh Prince protected the Ninth Prince, which was no different from Emperor Tianwu protecting Xuan Tianming. As long as there was something about the Ninth Prince, even if he was an immortal, he would have no principles at all and lie with his eyes wide open. This was the skill that both of Concubine Yun's sons were best at.
"I came to the palace to visit my mother, but I didn't expect to meet my eighth brother. Unfortunately, I heard his comments on my ninth brother. I felt sorry for him and his wife." Xuan Tianhua shook his head as he spoke. He slowly walked closer and stood still. He said, "I killed enemies for my country and made great achievements. But my eighth brother insisted on distinguishing between men and women and used this as an excuse to ridicule me. This is really hard for me to understand. What's more, my ninth brother took down Shaping City, which my eighth brother had not been able to take down for several years, on the first night he arrived in the South Realm. This is an indisputable fact. Why didn't my eighth brother mention this achievement?"
"Seventh brother misunderstood." Speaking of so many princes, apart from Xuan Tianming, the one Xuan Tianmo was most reluctant to deal with was his seventh brother. The other party really had too many advantages in appearance and popularity. No matter which direction of power he faced, if he and Xuan Tianhua had a conflict, there would definitely be more people standing on Xuan Tianhua's side, even including people from his own party, who might directly turn against Xuan Tianhua. Xuan Tianmo wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "This king was just joking with my sister-in-law, and Seventh brother really misunderstood."
"Oh? Misunderstanding?" Xuan Tianhua looked at Feng Yuheng, and then said: "They are both women, but the woman chosen by Eighth Brother is not as good as Ninth Brother's wife! Speaking of being criticized because of women, I heard that Eighth Brother's concubine took the initiative to follow General Bi Xiu of Ancient Shu in the Southern Realm. The scenes before the city fell that day were watched by hundreds of thousands of eyes! Eighth Brother has the time to talk nonsense with Ninth Brother's wife, why not think about how to maintain your reputation."
His words were not polite at all, and Xuan Tianmo was so angry that he threw his sleeves and left! If you can't afford to offend, can't you just hide? You really have to prevent the matter from being spread out, it's always better to say it than to hear it.
But at this moment, Feng Yuheng's voice was heard behind him, clear and crisp: "Myna! I heard that those who didn't let me enter the palace were dismissed because of their lack of academic foundation? Myna, while maintaining your reputation, you must also remember to make your foundation solid, so that the building you have built with great difficulty won't collapse again by accident!"
After he finished speaking, Xuan Tianmo had already walked away. Feng Yuheng covered her mouth and chuckled, but her smile made Xuan Tianhua very helpless. This girl, he told himself several times in his heart not to care about her affairs, but when he met her, he couldn't help but stand up for her. In fact, he knew that even if he didn't stand up, Feng Yuheng would definitely not lose out, but everything has a chance, if he lost one time and didn't care, he would regret it for the rest of his life.
The next day, Feng Yuheng was already involved in the reopening of Baicaotang. Xuan Tianming returned from the camp that night, saying that he had something else to do in the court. But in Feng Yuheng's opinion, he just wanted to take advantage of her! What is going on in the court? How come he is so busy? But he worked harder to eat meat at night, which was really despicable.
With the participation of the three cousins of the Yao family, the reopening of Baicaotang went very smoothly. Although the original doctors in the capital were transferred to Ji'an County, Yao Xian still had other people trained in case of emergency. At this time, all of them were transferred over, and Feng Yuheng reviewed the commonly used medical theories for them and assessed the basic skills of these doctors. After unanimous approval, Baicaotang officially reopened three days later.
Fourth cousin Yao An temporarily replaced Wang Lin as the shopkeeper here, but Feng Yuheng asked him to correspond with Wang Lin every month to communicate the situation in the capital and learn more about business and management methods from Wang Lin, while Yao Nan and Yao Xin focused on taking care of the affairs of the newly established "Baicao Medical School".
The new school was located next to the Imperial College. It was originally part of the Imperial College and was also used as a school for students. However, the Imperial College was large, so the school yard was left empty. Xuan Tianming found the person in charge of the Imperial College and got it done without any unnecessary talk. When the Imperial College heard that Princess Yu was going to open a medical school, they were very supportive. They had also seen the medical skills of Baicaotang and especially hoped that such medical skills could be widely spread. Therefore, they cooperated with this matter very well and took the initiative to help solve the problems of the school's desks and chairs and other necessities.
This courtyard can accommodate about 150 students, but Feng Yuheng did not want to recruit too many people in the early stage. First of all, it is not enough to just have enthusiasm to study medicine. At least the first batch of students must have some basics. After all, she cannot spend five years to let students study for an undergraduate degree like later medical schools. Generally speaking, they still pursue quick success. This requires certain medical literacy of students.
In addition, all students who want to enter the "Baicao Medical School" must go through many tests, not only the basic skills, but also the family background. They must be clean and innocent, even if there is a little ambiguity, they cannot be used. Feng Yuheng wants to train his own people, and will never allow anyone with ulterior motives to sneak in.
The person in charge of the school was Yao Xian. Feng Yuheng converted the spare classroom into a laboratory, and took out many human models and medical equipment from the space for the students to practice. She would also come to teach every three days, doing everything possible to get the first batch of students to graduate as soon as possible.
The newly opened Baicao Hall and the Baicao Medical School were both great news for the people in Beijing. On the day when Baicao Hall resumed business, not only did a large number of people flock to see doctors and get medicine, but some people also took the initiative to set off firecrackers at the entrance of Baicao Hall, and many people took the lead in kneeling down and thanking the emperor for making decisions for the people and allowing Baicao Hall to reopen.
For several days, most of the topics that people in the capital talked about were about Baicaotang. Of course, the other half talked about the war in the southern border. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but everyone who talked about the war mentioned Fu Ya who followed Bi Xiu, and what Bi Xiu and Fu Ya did on the city wall when Dashun attacked Yueping City. Someone even spread the news that Fu Ya was the concubine of the eighth prince, and the news spread more and more widely, until everyone in the capital knew that the concubine of the eighth prince had embarrassed him, and the passionate performance was even performed on the city wall!
Xuan Tianmo was so angry that his face was livid all day long. He tried his best to stop the rumors from spreading, but he found that he couldn't stop the people from talking. The ministers under those parties also complained about him. And just two days ago, Feng Yuheng sent him another account, listing the amount of silver he needed to "express", a full three million taels of silver.
Xuan Tianmo knew that he was going to be cheated, but he didn't expect Feng Yuheng to be so ruthless. He asked for three million taels of silver right away. He didn't feel bad when he took it out before, but wasn't his house robbed in the first month of the year? So much was lost, and now these three million taels seemed extremely precious. But can he not give it? Of course not. This money was extorted by his father, the emperor, and Feng Yuheng in collusion, and he couldn't say politely anywhere.
A dumb loss, three million taels of silver notes were obediently delivered to Feng Yuheng. When Feng Yuheng got the silver notes, he said to the servant of Sheng Wangfu who delivered the silver notes: "Go back and tell your master that he didn't lose any money on these three million taels. Compared with what he did, this little money is far from enough!"
The servant left dejectedly, still wondering whether he should tell the Eighth Prince these words verbatim. If he did, would the Eighth Prince chop him to death in a rage?
The Ninth Prince returned to the capital and was enjoying his "honeymoon", not paying much attention to the government. The Eighth Prince temporarily restrained his momentum and was also recuperating. For a while, there was really nothing important in the court. The Emperor Tianwu spent his days receiving memorials from all parties and reading the beautiful mountains and rivers written on them. He was also bored.
The left prime minister Lu Song has not been feeling well recently. This comfort does not refer to psychological comfort, but physical comfort. For nearly a month, he has always felt chest tightness, shortness of breath, and occasional dizziness. At first, he thought it was because the weather was too hot, so he asked Emperor Tianwu for a few days off and did not go to court. However, this condition has not been alleviated, and has become more serious recently.
Madam Ge had invited many doctors to treat his illness, but none of them could find out what was wrong with him. Seeing that Baicaotang was reopened and Feng Yuheng had returned to Beijing, Ge was particularly interested in going to Baicaotang to invite a doctor to treat Lu Song, but she felt that it was difficult to do so because the Lu family and the Yao family had a bad relationship. Last time, Lu Yan had already asked Feng Yuheng for help, so she couldn't open her mouth to ask again this time. In addition, the Lu family was having a hard time, and the doctor's consultation fee at Baicaotang was extremely high, and the price would be determined by the person. If those who had a grudge against Feng Yuheng, who Feng Yuheng looked down on, or whose money came from an illicit source invited a doctor, they would have to pay a sky-high price. Given the relationship between the Lu family and Feng Yuheng, she was somewhat self-aware and knew that she definitely couldn't afford it.
After much thought, there was no other solution, so Ge simply left home early in the morning to go outside the city to pay homage to the Medicine King Bodhisattva statue that was modeled after Feng Yuheng.
After the Ge family left the city, Lu Song did not return home after the court session. Instead, he took a carriage and headed straight to Baicaotang...
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