She looked at Yuan Qingling and said, "So, I really envy you and the prince. For so many years, the prince has never thought of marrying anyone else, but only lives with you."
Yuan Qingling said softly: "Well, yes, I think I am quite happy."
Yuan Qingling said this, but she felt a little ironic in her heart. She felt happy not because Lao Wu only guarded her, but because Lao Wu was good to her, they loved each other, and they were together.
Being loyal to one's partner is the most basic thing, but in this era, it has become synonymous with happiness.
Concubine Hu then smiled again, "However, I can't have any resentment in my heart. This is my own choice. When I made the choice, I already knew that I would face such a thing in the future. It's just that the emperor has been kind to me these years. I
I can't help but have random thoughts. It would be really great if he doesn't have a woman around him in the future. Am I very greedy?
After all, it’s still inevitable.”
Yuan Qingling forced a smile and said, "Every woman hopes that her only man will be her. It's not greed."
"But he is the emperor. Even if the emperor loves a woman deeply, he cannot just keep her. If the royal family wants to continue its descendants, it must enrich the harem. Which emperor does not have three thousand beauties?
And this is originally an ancestral system.”
Concubine Hu only cared about her own injuries, but she didn't know that Yuan Qingling's words would be unpleasant to hear.
After leaving Concubine Hu's place, Yuan Qingling went to visit the empress. The empress was now taking Chinese medicine and seemed to be getting better. She was talking to Concubine Di and Concubine Huang inside.
And coincidentally, they started talking about the draft.
Although the queen now no longer has the right to manage the harem, the imperial concubine saw that she had changed a lot and always respected her as the queen, so she came in person to report the matter to her.
Yuan Qingling originally wanted to say hello and then leave, but the queen asked her to wait for a while, and after finishing the matter, she asked her to help check if there was any improvement.
Yuan Qingling had no choice but to sit down temporarily and watch the eighth prince and tenth prince playing nearby, but it was impossible to pretend not to hear what they said.
The queen said: "Originally, it should have been done the year the Queen Mother passed away, but it was not appropriate at that time. It has been postponed to this year. I have no objection to it. The ancestral system is here, so we can't disobey it."
Concubine Di said: "It's just that the emperor didn't agree with the draft before. He always pushed it away because of busy state affairs. Will he agree now?"
The queen said: "Whether he agrees or not is another matter, but it is up to the palace to deal with it. If he really disagrees, the emperor will stop him. I have heard that many senior ministers in the court have actually written to the emperor to choose a concubine.
It's just that the emperor ignored it.
However, those who know will say that the emperor is diligent in his work and will not be distracted by the harem.
I don’t know, I’m afraid that the concubine Hu confuses the monarch or the imperial concubine in charge of the harem is jealous, so I won’t choose a concubine for the emperor.”
The queen said, looking at the imperial concubine lightly, and added, "I wonder if the imperial concubine is willing to bear this crime."
The imperial concubine is now pregnant and everything is ready. After listening to the queen's words, she smiled lightly and said, "I don't have to bear this crime. I just listen to the queen. I can do it if I want to. It's just that I am born with pearls...
..." She said this herself, but burst into laughter, "I can't handle it, how about I leave it to the noble concubine?
Of course, now we first have to decide whether we want to organize it, and if we do, we can then decide on the person to host it.”
Concubine Di originally did not agree with the selection of concubines, but after hearing the words of the imperial concubine, she quickly raised her eyes and said, "Since it is an ancestral system, then listen to the queen and do what needs to be done."
"In this case, I will adopt Concubine Qin's opinion and make preparations first before reporting to the Emperor."
Queen said.
The imperial concubine laughed slowly, "This concubine selection is actually a good way to find suitable ladies for the young and unmarried royal descendants. Well, the palace will be quite lively."
Yuan Qingling looked at the imperial concubine. She said what she said was very sincere, but did she really not mind at all if a group of women came in to compete with her for favors?
Concubine Di didn't agree with her tone at first, but after getting the right to host, she ignored it. It can be seen that the emperor's weight in their hearts is not as much as the right to host.
After they finished talking, Yuan Qingling went to check the queen. The queen's edema was much better.
The ascites condition also improved, but the situation was still not ideal. Yuan Qingling only comforted her and asked her to continue taking medicine and try not to worry too much about other things.
While talking, Yuan Yongyi came with her nanny, who held medicine in her hand, and Yuan Yongyi came personally to serve the queen on the medicine.
Yuan Qingling saw that she had lost a lot of weight and looked a little tired during the past few days when she was in the palace. When she was leaving, she asked Yuan Yongyi to see her out.
"You don't have to take care of it yourself, right?
Look how tired you are, the circles under your eyes are dark."
Yuan Qing Lingdao.
Yuan Yongyi smiled palely, "Well, I don't actually have to come in person, just Lao Qi comes. Who makes me feel bad for Lao Qi?
The yamen has been very busy recently, and he has seriously not had enough sleep. Due to the problems at the medical clinic, there have been fights everywhere these days. When he came into the palace yesterday, he said that two people were beaten to death."
"fight?
Why fight?"
Yuan Qingling was so surprised that he even beat two people to death. The nature of this was quite serious.
Yuan Yongyi said: "Many medical clinics now only give out fifty patients, and they stop seeing patients after fifty. When they get an emergency, in order to compete for the quota, the family members start fighting, and they fight hard. You will get a knife and I will get a brick, and two lives will be lost."
It’s gone.”
Yuan Qingling listened to her in confusion, Lao Wu must have known about this, but Lao Wu didn't tell her, probably because he was afraid that she would be anxious and sad if she found out.
After leaving the palace, Yuan Qingling was thinking about a question. Did Princess Huiping not know that there would be such consequences?
Chronic illnesses can wait, but how can people with acute illnesses wait?
She united with the medical clinics in the capital to only accept fifty patients to threaten Lao Wu. From a business perspective, it was up to her to decide how many patients she accepted, and no one could interfere. At least she was not breaking the law.
But treating medical treatment as a business is very unethical from a moral perspective. But what Princess Huiping wants is not morality, she wants profit.
When Yuan Qingling was running the medical school, she really didn't think about the students having to face this problem after they graduated. She knew that this had leveraged some people's interests, but this matter should not be done by people from the royal family.
She was very angry because in Princess Huiping's view, the person responsible for these two lives was not her, Huiping, but Yuan Qingling and Yu Wenhao.
If they don't reform and build more medical offices, these two people will be able to get medical treatment as long as they have money, and there will be no need for their families to compete for quotas, and they will not die.
Yuan Qingling has a calm temper over the years and does not get angry easily, but this matter has touched her bottom line.
She thought about going back to the house and waiting for Lao Wu to come back to ask about the matter first before looking for Huiping. However, when she returned to the gate of the house, she saw Princess Huiping's carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley because she had given an order before.
, she was not allowed to go in, so she waited here.