After this matter was settled, Yu Wenhao asked Yuan Qingling to go to the palace to talk to Concubine Hu and think of a way to coax his father out of the palace.
Yu Wenhao believed that his father felt that the high price of medicines and high medical fees would do more good than harm to the court. After all, it was very comfortable to collect taxes.
Yu Wenhao also checked and found that the tax paid by Beitang Medical Center and Pharmacy was relatively high. His father was afraid of poverty, so he was willing to do anything that could increase revenue for the national treasury.
He believes that people who can go to a medical clinic to see a doctor won't care if a medicine costs more than ten or twenty cents a time.
However, this is the idea of him from a high position in the temple. He takes this idea for granted. The best way is to let him see it with his own eyes and understand the suffering of the people, so that he can be ruthless to reform.
Yuan Qing Ling went to the palace according to her words. She could speak frankly to Concubine Hu. Concubine Hu was a sensible person and supported the prince and Yuan Qing Ling. After hearing the whole story, she sighed and said: "Beijing
Is this also the case?
I thought it was only like this in bitter cold places. When I was in the border areas, the medical fees were very high. It was impossible for ordinary people to go to the doctor. When they got sick, they would grab some herbal medicine or find some medicine.
Doctor Barefoot, I still remember a girl in the house. Her brother fell from a tree and was not seriously injured at first, but she had no money to hire a doctor, so her mother went up the mountain to collect herbs for him to cover the wound, covering it.
The wound started to pus, and it swelled up to a big piece. She had a high fever for several days. Then the girl knelt down in front of me and begged me to hire a doctor for her brother. But it was too late. The doctor went to see him and said:
There is no way to save it, but as long as it can be treated in the first place, this life will not be lost."
Yuan Qingling couldn't help but feel sad. There were probably many people like this.
But what can be done?
The medical clinics in Beitang have such high prices, both in terms of consultation fees and medicine fees. This is not just a place, but the entire country.
"Then please ask your Majesty to help me with this."
Yuan Qingling said.
Concubine Hu said: "Prince, don't worry. I should be able to persuade the emperor to go out for a walk. The emperor should also go out for a walk. This world belongs to him, but he only stays in the palace all day long. He doesn't know the sufferings of the people. How can he do that?"
Woolen cloth?"
This is something that other concubines would never dare to say, and Concubine Hu is not relying on the emperor's favor, she has always had such a temperament.
"Thank you very much, ma'am!"
Yuan Qing stood up and saluted.
Concubine Hu looked at her and said with a smile: "I really envy you and your wife. If it were anyone else, I'm afraid they wouldn't talk to you about these political matters, but Lao Wu didn't hide anything from you and was willing to ask you to help. How great."
Yuan Qingling smiled and said, "Empress, he asked me to help, and I can help him. Didn't he say it was really good?
I still have to suffer."
Concubine Hu shook her head, "No, it's good to be able to help the people you love. I hope the emperor can tell me some troubles, but what he never says is that he loses his temper sometimes.
It's just for me to see his temper, and I don't even know what happened."
"Father is angry with you?"
Yuan Qing Ling was startled, it was impossible, right?
The father really loves the concubine, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it at a glance, which is impossible in normal times, let alone now that she is pregnant.
Concubine Hu smiled and said: "He is not angry with me. It's just that when he comes here, his stinky face is still hidden. Sometimes when Eunuch Mu Ru is waiting around, he takes it out on Eunuch Mu Ru. Sometimes I take it out on Eunuch Mu Ru."
Look, my father-in-law is really aggrieved."
Yuan Qingling also laughed. Indeed, Eunuch Mu Ru was very angry sometimes, but what can be done?
My father cannot live without Eunuch Mu Ru.
"Where's Lao Shi?"
It had been so long since Yuan Qing had been here before she remembered that she had never met the tenth prince.
"Went to the Queen's side."
Concubine Hu said.
Yuan Qingling was a little surprised, "Went to the queen's place?
Did the queen send him a message?"
Concubine Hu said: "He was thinking about going to his mother's place to play with his eighth brother, but..." Concubine Hu tilted her head, looking like she was hesitating to speak.
"What's wrong?"
When Yuan Qingling saw this, he asked.
Concubine Hu lowered her voice, "I always feel that the imperial concubine and the empress have become much friendly recently. Not only do they accompany her every day, they also specially ask people to set up a small kitchen in the palace. Sometimes they live directly with the empress.
What's your idea?
Can the concubine tell me?"
Yuan Qingling naturally knew, but Concubine Hu was never the kind of person who was curious about gossip, so why did she ask about it? She was probably afraid that the concubine and the queen would join forces and not know what to do. After all, she was so favored now that she gave birth to a child.
If your son is pregnant again, a mother will be more cautious.
She thought it was okay to tell Concubine Hu about this, so she told her what the concubine had requested.
After hearing this, Concubine Hu felt a little relieved and said, "So it's for this reason. That's better."
"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much. So many things have happened in the past few years, and I guess nothing can happen to the harem."
Concubine Hu sighed lightly, "I can't help but worry. Someone mentioned it in front of the imperial concubine a while ago, saying that the harem has not had a talent show for a long time, and it's time to hold a talent show. They said that this rule set by the ancestors cannot allow the emperor to exclusively favor me.
one person."
"Who suggested it?"
Yuan Qingling was surprised, she had never heard of this.
Concubine Hu's eyebrows were filled with sadness, "It's Concubine Qin."
Yuan Qingling did not expect that Concubine Qin could cause some trouble. She thought that after Yu Wenjun died, Concubine Qin would live her life honestly.
"Now the youngest in the harem is me, and the emperor always comes here. And since the eldest prince left, the emperor has never been to her palace to visit her. She hates me for being so close to you. Naturally
Thinking of ways to deal with me makes my heart happy."
As Concubine Hu said this, she felt that this was inappropriate and hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that you would implicate me."
Yuan Qingling shook her head, "No, it is indeed because of me that the empress is hated by her, but I thought she would not cause any trouble again, but I didn't expect to bring up the matter of this talent show girl. In fact, the emperor didn't even
This means that you probably won’t agree in the end, right?
What did the imperial concubine say?"
Concubine Hu said: "I said hello a few days ago. The imperial concubine said this in front of everyone. She mainly wanted to hear everyone's opinions. In fact, no one would object, because apart from the fact that this is a rule left by our ancestors,
It’s also because they themselves are not very favored anymore. When I have been favored for a long time, everyone doesn’t like to see me. It’s better to choose a few young people to come in and compete with me to see the excitement.”
Concubine Hu said this with some helplessness. In fact, when she chose to enter the palace to serve the emperor, she knew that someone younger than her would definitely enter the palace in the future. The emperor was still young and in his prime, so it would not be a problem to have ten or eight more princes.