Dr. Liu paused and followed her grandfather to the study.
Dr. Liu handed the medicine box to his entourage and took it down. He sat down in the study room, looked at Dr. Liu's daughter up and down and said, "The Queen Mother is sick. It's a cough. Dr. Zhou and I treated her last night.
"
Dr. Liu lowered her head and listened. Although she didn't quite understand why her grandfather told her this, she still listened attentively.
Dr. Liu said: "Before leaving the palace today, Dr. Zhou and Xiao Yuanzheng recommended you, thinking that you can perform acupuncture for the Queen Mother on her behalf."
Dr. Liu was slightly moved when she heard this, and couldn't help but raise her head to look at Dr. Liu.
Doctor Liu nodded to her and said to her: "This is your chance."
He paused and sighed: "Your medical skills are all inherited from the Imperial Physician Zhou. You grew up in the Liu family. You should know that each family's medical system is different."
Doctor Liu responded in a low voice and whispered: "Grandpa, don't worry, my granddaughter has no intention of fighting for family resources."
Doctor Liu was silent for a while and then said: "Grandpa, that's not what I meant. I want to tell you that so far, the only one who can allow women in the family to enter the palace to be doctors or go out to practice medicine is Doctor Zhou."
The others are all little-known local women with average medical skills and only know some simple medical principles. They are not systematic at all.
Doctor Liu said: "Sanniang, you are not young anymore, you should get married."
Doctor Liu's expression changed, and she quickly knelt down and said, "Grandpa, my granddaughter is willing to stay home and serve the master for the rest of her life."
She said: "If my granddaughter serves as an official in the palace, it will also be a help to the family."
Doctor Liu's heart skipped a beat shamefully, but when he looked down at his granddaughter, he still shook his head and sighed: "It would be too miserable to marry with your hair tied up. If you stay unmarried for the rest of your life, you will have nothing to do with the maids in the palace who die of old age."
How much difference?"
But her medical studies are at a critical stage. Wouldn't it be a waste of all her efforts to get married now?
This is what Dr. Liu has been most afraid of this year. She knows her family very well. She is old enough and if she continues to delay marrying, it will definitely affect her younger brothers and sisters.
Not to mention her uncle and aunt, even her parents would not be willing to do it.
Dr. Liu almost burst into tears. She said: "Grandpa, I studied medicine with my master under the orders of the Queen..."
Dr. Liu said: "Letting you get married does not mean that you will not study medicine."
Doctor Liu paused after saying this and looked at her suspiciously, "Speaking of which, that boy from the Zheng family is older than you, right? You are brothers and sisters..."
Dr. Liu was a little sad and angry, "Grandpa, there is no granddaughter!"
Doctor Liu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good if it doesn't happen, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see your master."
He said: "I have made an agreement with your master to find a date for you to meet her nephew. If you like her, the two families will find a date to get married."
Doctor Liu was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Doctor Liu in surprise, "My master's nephew?"
Doctor Liu nodded and sighed: "If you want to continue studying medicine and aim at officialdom, your master is not willing to let you go. This is the best choice."
He pointedly said: "The Zhou family already has a female imperial physician. Obviously, they won't mind if their daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law become officials in the palace again, but it will be different if it comes from someone else's family."
"You entered the palace for a good marriage. You should know that after getting married, it will be difficult for such a family to show up again. If your family background is lower, if you are willing to go out to practice medicine, I am afraid that the family's character will not be very good.
." Doctor Liu said: "After all the calculations, the Zhou family is the most suitable."
Dr. Liu became thoughtful.
Doctor Liu saw that there was no objection on her face, so he nodded slightly with pleasure. Remembering that she had two senior brothers of the same age, he felt a little uneasy, "Sanniang, Zheng Shao's talent is average, and Zheng Gu is good, but his status is not suitable."
,The Zheng family has always been very smart..."
Dr. Liu heard the subtext of her grandfather and was quite speechless. She could only guarantee: "Grandpa, my granddaughter has no feelings for a man and a woman towards her senior brother, only a relationship between him and his brother and sister."
Seeing this, Imperial Doctor Liu nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's good. The Zheng family has Jishi Hall, and our Liu family has always been close to Baicao Hall. Our two families are absolutely not allowed to get married."
But there can be other relationships in a roundabout way.
Dr. Liu lowered her head and responded.
Doctor Liu waved his hand and said: "Okay, you can go down. Prepare some nice clothes and jewelry in the next two days. If you need anything, go and ask your parents for it."
Dr. Liu responded in a low voice.
When she arrived at Jishi Hall, she was already the last one to arrive. Even Zhou Liru was here and was helping shopkeeper Zheng pound medicinal materials and make ointment in the backyard.
Doctor Liu saw that there were not many patients in the front hall, and Zheng Gu and Zheng Shao occupied Zhou Man's clinic, so she went to the backyard to sit with Zhou Liru and pound medicinal materials with her.
She could only pound medicinal materials in the yard, and she could not get into the pharmacy to boil ointments. After all, that involved some confidential prescriptions of Jishi Hall.
In contrast, Zhou Liru was free to come and go and learn whatever she wanted. Shopkeeper Zheng basically kept nothing from her.
Dr. Liu is also very careful to avoid suspicion.
So she knew from the beginning that the Liu and Zheng families would never get married.
It's just that she didn't like it very much, why did the adults look like they were getting married when they saw their senior brother and sister getting closer.
Zhou Liru was boringly pounding medicinal ingredients and asked Dr. Liu, "Senior Sister, are you worried about something today?"
Doctor Liu looked at her, hesitated for a moment and couldn't help asking, "Junior sister, I remember you have a brother above you, right?"
"Yeah," Zhou Liru said with a look of disgust: "You are more than two years older than me, which is really annoying."
Dr. Liu did some calculations and found that she was one or two years younger than herself, but she was a junior woman holding a gold brick. She asked without any concern: "How is your second brother?"
Zhou Liru shook his head directly, "No, you are fighting for steamed buns with me today. My eldest aunt made steamed buns stuffed with meat, which are very delicious. I wanted to bring some to my senior brothers and sisters, but they were all eaten by my brothers.
I rushed to finish eating."
Doctor Liu: ...It doesn’t sound very reliable.
Doctor Liu: "I remember you have a cousin?"
"Yes, there are two of them. My third cousin is two months older than my sister-in-law."
"What about your cousin?"
"He's the biggest in the family."
"How are others?"
Zhou Liru said without thinking: "It's much better than my second brother. My eldest brother never competes with us for food and always lets us go."
Doctor Liu nodded, feeling quite satisfied.
Zhou Liru was very curious, "Sister, why are you asking this?"
Dr. Liu was slightly embarrassed, because the matter had not been decided yet, so she couldn't say anything, so she could only vaguely say: "Just ask."
At this time, Man Bao was sitting at home, drinking goat milk and eating steamed buns, while talking nonstop about her female apprentice to Xiao Qian.