Zhu Zhen washed herself under Mu Xiang's service and lay comfortably on the soft big bed.
The previous mattress was too hard for him, so Mu Xiang replaced it with several freshly dried quilts to make the bed. Lying on it finally gave him the feeling of immersion he had been pursuing.
"Mu Xiang, how come this quilt is still so fluffy after several days of drying?" Zhu Zhen asked curiously.
"Just bask in the sun every day." Mu Xiang covered her mouth and chuckled. His Highness seemed to have changed since he fell into the water. He was not particular in many places, but in some strange places, he was inexplicably particular.
"Is it so troublesome?"
"No need to worry, this is your job as a servant." Mu Xiang smiled sweetly, and then she straightened herself up, stood solemnly, cupped her fists with her right hand, pressed her left hand with her right hand, bowed her head, bent her knees and looked down, and performed a serious Wanfu ceremony.
"What are you doing?" Zhu Zhen was confused.
"My maid congratulates Your Highness on your great work." Mu Xiang's big eyes were full of admiration as she said, "Others don't know, and I don't know yet. Is it all because of Your Highness that your Majesty is able to come back this time?"
"Hehe, that's right, you are also an accomplice." Zhu Zhen suddenly became energetic, sat upright, and finally started to brag: "It's a pity that you didn't see the scene where the woman served my mother and concubine tea and apologized.
That’s a lot of fun..."
"It's such a pity." Mu Xiang sighed regretfully.
"It's okay, okay, you ask me?" His Highness the King of Chu said with joy.
"What's the scene?" Mu Xiang also cooperated.
"I'll tell you..." Zhu Zhen started to talk boastfully.
Mu Xiang listened with interest while serving him a bowl of water and snacks for a late night snack.
The little fat man felt much more comfortable now. Although he was full and warm and thinking about something...but he was still a child and had no such thoughts. Instead, he thought of the poor women in Nei'an Le Hall.
"Mu Xiang, you said before that you can't get out after entering Nei'an Le Hall, so why is that one next to my mother, that..." Zhu Zhen said and gestured: "Can you get out?"
"Your Highness is talking about our Miao Shang Palace? She followed the empress in voluntarily. When the empress came out, she naturally followed her back." Mu Xiang said with admiration: "Aunt Miao looks fierce, but she is a hater.
One is good!"
"So that's it." Zhu Zhen suddenly realized, thinking that no wonder the mother-in-law could live so comfortably in the cold palace. With such a big and round female bodyguard following her, who would dare to bully her?
"What about the others? They are in there and can't come out for the rest of their lives?" He asked back to the topic.
"There's nothing we can do about it. There have been several plagues in the palace in the past. Several empresses, as well as His Highness's ninth brother, King Zhao, all died like this." Mu Xiang explained:
"So later on, there were rules. Eunuchs who were seriously ill were sent to the Outer Anletang. Female officials and palace maids who were seriously ill were sent to the Inner Anletang. If they could survive and survive, they were sent to the Clothing Bureau outside the palace. Anyway,
Can't come back."
"How can people not get sick if they eat whole grains?" Zhu Zhen asked puzzledly: "If you get sick and send them to Anle Hall, how many people will be left in the palace?"
"Of course not all of them will be sent away. Those who can handle minor illnesses and disasters will be able to handle them." Mu Xiang whispered with some self-harm:
"Only those who are seriously ill will be sent."
"Isn't this nonsense? Most diseases are not contagious." Zhu Zhen asked more and more puzzledly: "Don't the imperial doctors even understand this?"
"The imperial doctor treats your highness and ladies. How can we slaves be so lucky?" Mu Xiang sighed quietly.
"Can't the imperial doctor treat you?"
"No, this is a rule. Because the palace is strictly forbidden, no one is allowed to enter the inner court unless summoned. Only when treating the empress, the imperial physician can enter the palace according to the order. Female officials and palace servants under the concubines are not allowed to be summoned when they are sick.
Those who come to the hospital can only 'explain evidence and get medicine.'"
"Tell the symptoms and get the medicine?" Zhu Zhen didn't understand.
"The father-in-laws at the Royal Pharmacy will report the patient's symptoms to the Imperial Hospital, and then the Imperial Doctor will prescribe a prescription and send it in, and the Imperial Pharmacy will take the medicine according to the prescription." Mu Xiang explained:
"This is a treatment that can only be enjoyed by respectable female officials and maids of honor. If you don't use the money, who will do the work for you?"
"Can the eunuchs at the royal pharmacy know how to treat patients?"
"The emperor doesn't allow the eunuchs to be literate. They say they can't even read medical books..." Mu Xiang said quietly:
"Your Highness is wondering, can the imperial doctor diagnose the disease correctly without listening, smelling, asking and feeling? The people in the Imperial Pharmacy also knew this, so if the three medicines didn't work, they sent the patient directly to Nei'an Le Hall and left him alone..."
Zhu Zhen couldn't help but exclaimed: "What kind of broken rules are these?"
"Your Highness, don't dare to talk nonsense. These rules are set by the emperor." Mu Xiang was so frightened that her face turned pale.
"That's it, let's go to sleep." Zhu Zhen was really scared.
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Early the next morning, the brothers still came to ask Zhu Zhen to go to school, but they no longer went to Wan'an Palace.
Because the empress has returned to the palace, brothers are not allowed to enter without being summoned.
Concubine Chong did not go to bed until midnight last night, and she is still fast asleep...
Fortunately, Mu Xiang and Eunuch Wang were dedicated to their duties, so the brothers did not have to wait for long.
On the way to school, Zhu Zhen asked his elder brother to confirm what Mu Xiang said last night.
"Yes, there is a rule that 'if a concubine or a concubine is sick, doctors are not allowed to enter the palace to take medicine based on their evidence.'" Zhu Biao nodded and said:
"This is because the emperor in the late Yuan Dynasty could not strictly control the palace affairs, and the concubines and palace people had adultery with foreign ministers..." In fact, the harem of the Yuan Dynasty was having fun, but the prince couldn't explain it in detail to a child, so he said vaguely: p>
"As a result, the etiquette and law were lost, leading to death. Never forgetting the past is the guide for the future. Therefore, the prohibition in the father's palace is particularly strict. Sometimes it is inevitable to go too far..."
"It's too much..." Zhu Di repeated it in a low voice, inaudibly: "Unkind."
Zhu Biao heard it, but he didn't scold his fourth brother for being presumptuous like an ordinary prince. Instead, he patted King Yan on the shoulder with understanding and sighed:
"My father is extremely wise, but at the beginning of the country's rule, there are too many things for him to worry about in all directions in Jiuzhou, and it is inevitable that there will be things that are not satisfactory. We, as ministers, have finished complaining and have to find a solution.
Help your father check for leaks and fill in the gaps."
"I know, that's what I said..." Zhu Di nodded, and the gloom between his eyebrows disappeared.
Although he is in the rebellious stage, his elder brother can still calm him down.
"Eldest brother said he would help his father check for leaks and fill them up. I remembered what my mother and concubine said yesterday..." Zhu Zhen then continued:
"She said that she saw many palace residents getting sick and not receiving medical treatment in the Inner Hall, and many palace residents were sent in because of misdiagnosis, which was very miserable."
"Well, what do you think of Concubine Concubine?" The prince nodded and asked.
"She said, since the palace selects female officials from the private sector to be responsible for the affairs of the harem, why not select some female doctors to serve as female medical officers in the palace?" Zhu Zhen imitated his mother's tone, like a parrot.
"Uh..." The prince's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but said: "This is great. You don't have to break the rules and you can treat them at the same time. Isn't this a simple dilemma?"
"Lao Liu, your mother-in-law is so amazing!" Zhu Di hugged Zhu Zhen excitedly.
"Concubine Chong has a bodhisattva heart, and she really takes the affairs of the palace people at heart!" Fifth brother, who has always been quiet, also praised her.
‘Sneeze!’ Wan’an Palace, Dong Nuan Pavilion, Concubine Chong sneezed several times, pulled the quilt, and continued to sleep soundly.
