"The big girl is studying in the room." Mrs. Lu immediately said, "I'll let her come over now."
"No need," Dr. Lu immediately stopped her and said, "Let her continue studying. After the Chinese New Year, let her study with her brothers. I will send her to the Imperial Medical Office later."
Mrs. Lu opened her mouth in surprise, and after a while she found her voice, "Well, how can this be done? She is already twelve years old after the New Year, and she can already start talking about kissing..."
"Why do you want to get married so early? A woman should get married after she is 18. It is just right to go to the Imperial Medical Office at the age of 12. After five years of physical therapy, after graduating at the 17th century, she can enter the Imperial Hospital or other local medical offices and work as a station for two or three years.
Just get a foothold and then get married." Dr. Lu said to her with a serious face, "If a woman gets married early, she will have children early, which is not good for her health."
Mrs. Lu: ...But you didn’t say that before.
Dr. Lu's previous idea was to meet his daughter when she was twelve years old, meet her for two or three years, get engaged before her haircut, and then choose a date two years later, and get married as soon as she turns eighteen, which would be a good time to have children.
This... why did it suddenly change?
Doctor Lu looked at Mrs. Lu seriously and said, "Don't underestimate women, they can also honor their ancestors."
He felt that his immediate boss was about to turn into a woman.
Although Zhou Man's grade has always been slightly higher than his, but that was in Chongwen Pavilion, and in Tai Hospital, their grades were almost the same. The most important thing was that they both consulted doctors independently and did not interact with each other.
Interference, if there is any cooperation, it is only under Xiao Yuanzheng's orders.
But there was no moment like today when Imperial Physician Lu could clearly feel the gap between him and Zhou Man. This gap was not a gap in medical skills, but a gap in politics.
In the former case, Dr. Lu can still work hard. At least he has diseases that he is good at treating, and he is not afraid of looking at Zhou Man who is better than him;
As for the latter, as the Imperial Medical Office was promoted and his contacts with officials in the DPRK and China increased, Imperial Physician Lu had given up the struggle, but from today's letter he could see that Zhou Man was very comfortable in this matter.
Although he didn't want to admit it, during the past few years of working with Zhou Man, Imperial Physician Lu, some of his deep-rooted ideas had already collapsed into dregs.
Even Dr. Lu was like this, let alone Xiao Yuanzheng, who was barely open-minded.
He put Zhou Man's letter away and couldn't help but sigh.
Mrs. Xiao had just put away the new year's goods from Liu and Lu's family and came over to bring him tea. When she saw this, she asked, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Yuanzheng said: "I'm thinking about when I can become an official."
Mrs. Xiao was startled and asked quickly, "How do you say this? What's wrong with you? Or is there something going on in the palace?"
Imperial doctors are also a high-risk profession, because the status of the patients is usually unusual. If a medical accident occurs, or other man-made medical accidents occur, the imperial physician usually takes the blame, so Mrs. Xiao is not frightened.
Xiao Yuan said hurriedly: "Don't worry, I just want to make way for someone else."
Mrs. Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and said angrily, "What are you thinking about? In terms of medical skills, qualifications in the Imperial Hospital, and the achievements of the Imperial Medical Office, who can make you give up?"
Xiao Yuanzheng sighed and said: "Back waves, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and my front waves can't turn into a stubborn rock blocking the road."
In the past few years with the construction and development of the Imperial Medical Office, he really felt that his brain and mind were not enough.
But he was reluctant to part with his official position and the power he had gained, so he looked confused.
Mrs. Xiao couldn't help but ask, "Who is Hou Lang?"
Xiao Yuanzheng raised his eyes and glanced at her and said: "Zhou Man, now Mantai Medical Office and Taiyuan Hospital can be called the back wave, and who else can take pictures of me, the front wave, besides her?"
Although he considers himself a front-runner, not everyone can win him. Xiao Yuanzheng still has this confidence.
Madam Xiao and Zhou Man didn't get along very much, so she didn't have the understanding of Chancellor Xiao, so she frowned and asked, "Isn't she a woman? It's not enough to be an imperial doctor, but can she also be the Chancellor and sign an order?"
Xiao Yuanzheng: "Why not?"
Mrs. Xiao: "Why is it possible? When she first entered Tai Hospital, didn't you say she was just a female doctor?"
Xiao Yuan was silent, and after a while he said: "Today is different from the past..."
Mrs. Xiao just stared at him, then pinched the flesh of his arm after a while and said: "I don't care, anyway, you can't take the initiative to resign unless you make a mistake, you hear me?"
She said: "Several children in the family are useless. You have to at least wait until the grandchildren are older to raise them. Otherwise, what will our Xiao family do in the future?"
Xiao Yuan was deep in thought, and after a while he said, "Let the girls at home study with their brothers."
"How old are they? They are five, six, seven or eight years old, and they are about to learn how to be a knitting girl."
But Xiao Yuanzheng insisted: "Let them study! They will learn whatever their brothers learn."
Mrs. Xiao said angrily: "Their brothers now not only have to memorize medicinal soup recipes with your eldest son, but they also have to study the Confucian Classics and History with the invited gentleman."
"Learn!" Xiao Yuanzheng said: "They will also learn from it!"
Mrs. Xiao looked at Yuan Zheng Xiao in surprise.
Xiao Yuan said earnestly: "There is nothing we can do about it. Look at the sons we gave birth to, have they learned my medical skills? Although the grandchildren are still young, I have seen them in the past two years and they are not particularly smart.
Talented."
Xiao Yuanzheng actually thinks that his talent is quite good, otherwise he would not have been able to stand out from a group of imperial doctors and become the Yuanzheng at such a young age. Well, although there is also the reason for his mentor.
But his mentor would value him because of his talent.
So how come his next generation of children didn't inherit his talent?
Xiao Yuanzheng glanced at Mrs. Xiao with what he thought was a subtle look.
Mrs. Xiao:......
It is said that a son is like his mother and a daughter is like her father. What if it can be passed on to the grandchildren?
For example, a grandson is like a grandmother, a granddaughter is like a grandfather...
If the grandchildren are still ineffective, but the granddaughters happen to inherit his talent, there is nothing wrong with them pursuing their futures.
He persuaded his wife with serious words, "In the future, my granddaughter will have a bright future, which is better than my grandson-in-law's bright future, right?"
He said: "Even if it means helping the family, my granddaughter will definitely care more about me than my grandson-in-law."
Mrs. Xiao: "...you still want them to become high officials?"
Xiao Yuanzheng: "Although my feet are a little wandering now, as long as I think about Zhou Man, I will be on the ground again."
He said to Madam Xiao with a serious look on his face: "I am serious. Don't underestimate Zhou Man. He must be the next Chief of the Imperial Medical Office and the President of the Imperial Hospital."
Mrs. Xiao's heart beat violently and she finally stopped talking.
At this time, the prince had just finished reading Zhou Man's letter. He looked at the two prescriptions that fell out of the envelope, read the letter again and again, and couldn't help but curl his lips. He really didn't suffer at all.
He thought about it and deduced it in his mind, but he had to admit that her proposal was more perfect. Even if the royal family was ridiculous in the future, there would still be people keeping an eye on this medicine shop so that no big problems would arise.
The prince picked up the prescription and went to the Taiji Hall to find the emperor, "Father, Zhou Man sent the prescription here."