Gu Yanwei and the others were going back to the capital, and because Lin Mingzhu had saved his father's life, Shen Qingqiu also asked.
"Miss Lin, what do you think? If you want to investigate your sister, I can help." Shen Qingqiu said without boasting that she now has spies all over the world, and she can always find someone as long as she wants to.
Lin Mingzhu knew what Shen Qingqiu meant. If she was willing to ask Shen Qingqiu for help and still had feelings for her family, Shen Qingqiu would help them escape Prince Ning's pursuit. If she had no feelings and just wanted revenge, she could also help.
However, Lin Mingzhu just shook her head and said, "I don't want to care about their affairs anymore."
No matter what, people are born by their parents, and she owed them a life when she was born, but after this time, she owed them nothing. Looking at Lin Mingzhu's expression, Shen Qingqiu knew what she was thinking, so he had some appreciation for this Miss Lin.
In the past, she thought that people should take revenge, and so did she. But as she got older, it wasn't that there was anything wrong with revenge, but Shen Qingqiu herself couldn't really control her emotions and not worry about external things.
She is still the same Shen Qingqiu who would seek revenge when she had a grudge.
"Ms. Lin, what are you going to do now? Are you going back to Yan State?" After all, she is a national player of Yan State, so it is only right for her to return to Yan State.
Lin Mingzhu shook her head and said, "My ambition is to travel around the country and try hundreds of medicinal herbs like Li Shizhen. Although I can't be said to be as knowledgeable as Li Shizhen, I am willing to work for the welfare of the people like him." If she stayed in the palace, she could only treat dignitaries and there would be no such opportunity.
After Shen Qingqiu heard this, he suddenly had an idea, "Then Miss Lin, why don't you come back to the capital with us?"
This...Lin Mingzhu was a little hesitant.
Of course, she knew the identities of Miss Shen and Mr. Gu in front of her. These two people were the emperor and queen of the Central Plains. If she followed them back to the Central Plains, she would have no worries about wealth and honor. But this was not what Lin Mingzhu pursued. If she married the queen of the Central Plains, what difference would it make from marrying the queen of the Yan Kingdom?
Thinking of this, Lin Mingzhu shook her head and was about to refuse.
"Miss Lin, don't rush to refuse. Listen to me first." Shen Qingqiu smiled and said, "I asked you to go to the capital, but not to ask you to go to the Prince's Court in the harem to treat the concubines." Shen Qingqiu herself knows medical skills. If she keeps a capable person in the harem for this, it would not be meaningful.
After hearing this, Lin Mingzhu finally became interested and looked at Shen Qingqiu puzzledly, "Then you..."
Shen Qingqiu said: "To be honest with you, Miss Lin, I have also studied medicine." Shen Qingqiu said, but the fact that she came from another era was too shocking to talk about, so she changed her story and said that she had learned medical skills from a miracle doctor since she was a child. The medical skills were originally passed down to men, not women. It was because she saved the miracle doctor's life, and the miracle doctor happened to have no children, so in order to continue the inheritance, he passed the medical skills to her.
Lin Mingzhu didn't disbelieve what she heard, she just sighed, "It is precisely because many people have such a self-centered mentality that many precious prescriptions have been lost. From what Miss Shen said, the doctor you saved is an open-minded person."
Shen Qingqiu smiled, and did not explain too much about this non-existent master, but said to Lin Mingzhu: "This is exactly why I want to find Miss Lin. I once promised my master that since I learned his medical skills, I would not let his legacy be passed down without anyone. But Miss Lin, you also know that with my status, it is not easy for me to accept a disciple to inherit the legacy."
If it was for other things, it would be fine, but it had to do with medicine. There are so many tricks involved, and if you don't receive hands-on instruction and don't learn them thoroughly, it could be life-threatening.
Shen Qingqiu continued, "Moreover, women have been discriminated against since ancient times. Women cannot go to school, cannot do business, and cannot show their faces in public. I think this is wrong. Born as human beings, we women are no worse than men. If someone is truly capable, regardless of gender, they should have the opportunity to display their ambitions."
Lin Mingzhu understood what she meant when she heard her say this, "Miss Shen, do you want to open a school to teach girls medicine?"
Shen Qingqiu nodded and shook his head, "I have opened several clinics like this in the capital, but they were all opened by high-ranking officials. The women who went there ostensibly went to learn medical skills, but in reality they went there to find a good husband."
Lin Mingzhu frowned, thinking about how hard it was for her to study medicine when she was young, and she was extremely unhappy that these noble ladies had wasted such a great opportunity.
“In fact, it shouldn’t be asked to do it. Those who really want to master a skill are those who want to have enough food to eat.” Admittedly, most medical families are from wealthy and powerful families, but there are barriers between wealthy and powerful families. For example, in the minds of many princes and ministers, the imperial physician is just a servant.
Especially for a female doctor, showing up in public all day long is not what a decent girl should do.
Shen Qingqiu understood this point, so he knew that it was useless to ask the princes and ministers for these matters, and the Miss Lin in front of him was very suitable.
Lin Mingzhu was originally determined to learn medicine and pass on her medical skills. After hearing what Shen Qingqiu said, she could not only treat the common people, but also teach countless poor people how to make a living. She made a decision immediately, "Since Miss Shen has taken a fancy to my daughter, I have no choice but to do it."
Shen Qingqiu smiled, "Then Miss Lin, come ride in the carriage with me, we can talk in detail on the way?"
Lin Mingzhu refused disrespectfully.
After all, she was an unmarried girl. When Lin Mingzhu got on the carriage, Gu Yanwei couldn't stay on the carriage any longer, so he rode with Tu Jiu. Along the way, the carriage and the inn were used to travel around the mountains and rivers, eat and drink.
Shen Qingqiu and Lin Mingzhu had almost finished their discussion, so they returned to the capital.
They had a friendship along the way. Lin Mingzhu's medical skills were already superb. After talking with Shen Qingqiu, she discovered that the queen, who was supposed to be in the harem, was actually as good at medicine as herself. She was even unrivaled in the use of poison.
She was a free-spirited person by nature and did not want to be bound by worldly rules. After arriving in the capital, the two of them had already become friends.
"Empress, since you are busy dealing with matters in the palace, you should go back to the palace first." Lin Mingzhu said.
Shen Qingqiu nodded, "I have a younger brother who is currently serving in the Jinyiwei. He is very familiar with various places in the capital. In the afternoon, I will send him to take you around the capital."
Lin Mingzhu did not refuse. Although she was running a school, she also had to treat patients, so she had to choose the right place.
Being a doctor is both their duty and their business. What business is there without patients? Lin Mingzhu herself is not short of money, but that doesn't mean other doctors are not short of money. Lin Mingzhu has always understood that her will cannot be imposed on others. For most people, it is already difficult to just survive when they come to this world.
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During this period of time, Song Ruoxue naturally followed Gu Shaohe.
"What? The Queen sent you to take a girl on a tour of the city?" Song Ruoxue's face fell. "The Queen doesn't want to grant you a marriage, does she?"
Gu Shaohe naturally knew what Shen Qingqiu meant.
But seeing Song Ruoxue's expression, he couldn't help but want to tease her: "After all, I'm not young anymore. I'll be twenty in another year. Some people don't want to marry me, so my family will be anxious."
When Gu Shaohe said this, Song Ruoxue bit her lip. Of course she wanted to marry Gu Shaohe...
She had fallen in love with Gu Shaohe at first sight and had to pester him, but she didn't know where her mother got the news from, saying that a girl's family was too enthusiastic before marriage, and would be easily looked down upon by her husband's family and treated coldly by her husband. Therefore, the Marquis's Mansion had sent a matchmaker several times, but the Song family still deliberately held on to the marriage and refused to let go.
Song Ruoxue was naturally anxious to marry Gu Shaohe, but as a girl she couldn't stop her family from doing so.
In addition, ever since she confessed her feelings, Gu Shaohe started to be lukewarm towards her. Although he no longer rejects her, he has never said that he likes her...
Gu Shaohe just happened to speak up at this time, "If someone takes advantage of me again, I won't marry him."
Song Ruoxue was already sad, and now seeing that he was not admitting his mistake, she was overwhelmed with grief and stepped hard on Gu Shaohe, "If you don't want to marry me, then don't marry me. If you don't marry me, there are many people who will marry me!"
Song Ruoxue wiped her tears and ran away.
Gu Shaohe panicked now and quickly pulled the man back, "What are you going to do?"
"I'll go back and ask my mother to find me a husband. If I can't marry a rich man, can't I marry a poor scholar?" Song Ruoxue was so angry that she said something irresponsible. "You are the son of a marquis, you are noble, can't I marry you?!"
Gu Shaohe was a little angry at first, but when he pulled Song Ruoxue over and found her face full of tears, his anger turned into panic, "Don't cry... I was joking with you, I don't want to marry anyone else, I only want to marry you..."
But at this moment, Song Ruoxue didn't believe him. "You can marry whoever you want. Aren't you going to marry the girl that the Queen asked you to take to the city? Why are you still holding me? Go away, don't hold me!"
Gu Shaohe didn't dare to leave at this moment, so he could only coax her in a gentle voice, "I was just joking with you. The girl that the queen asked me to take to see is a doctor. The girl wants to open a clinic in the capital, but she is new to the capital and is not familiar with the situation here, so the queen asked me to take her around."
Song Ruoxue stopped crying at this moment, but still said: "You are not trying to comfort me, are you? You are not from Beijing, and you have only been in Beijing for a short time. Why do I ask you to go and see it?"
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