"I haven't been out for a few days, why are there suddenly so many people here in Confucius Temple?" At this time, on Gongyuan Street in the north of Qinhuai River in the capital, Zhu Xiancai opened the curtain of the carriage and looked at the crowded street in front of him with some surprise.
"Oh, I forgot, I shouldn't take you down this street today." Luo Yi patted his head and said, "Did you forget? It's already late July, and the provincial examination will be held in another half month. Zhili
Scholars from various prefectures came to the capital to wait for the provincial examination."
"On the right side of the Confucius Temple is the Gongyuan. Scholars are willing to live nearby. They also read the Di's newspaper, communicate with each other, and figure out what aspects of this year's policy topics will be included. Naturally, they will eat in the inns and restaurants near the Confucius Temple.
While chatting, there are naturally a lot of people here."
"It's already late July, and I can't even remember the time if I don't go out." Zhu Xiancai said, "Since this road is so crowded, let's find another way."
Zhu Xiancai married Luo Yi on the ninth day of March. They originally planned to stay in the capital for more than a month and then return to the southwest if she was not pregnant. She was not pregnant, so she planned to ask Yunxi to resign; but in mid-April, they asked Yunxi for their resignation.
Before leaving Beijing, news suddenly came that Yun Lan was pregnant.
As soon as the news came, the Yang family and the palace were very happy. Zhu Xiancai was also happy for her and sent her gifts; but a few days later, when she asked to resign, she was rejected by Yunxi.
"Sister Xiancai, you have great medical skills and you are a woman. If something goes wrong with Miaojin or Yunlan, it would be much easier for you to treat the illness than with the imperial doctor. You will stay in the capital during this period and take Yunlan's pulse. I'm the emperor's brother.
Please, please stay in the capital for a few more months." Yunxi said.
Yunxi said this, how could Zhu Xiancai answer? He could only agree. He lived a life of going to the palace every ten days, and the Anqiu Princess's palace and the palace were on the same line.
At other times, she was naturally restless and wanted to go out to treat patients in the capital; but Luo Yi was unwilling to get up. When she was in the southwest, the local ethnic and social atmosphere was not as conservative as the Ming Dynasty, and both men and women could be generous.
When Fang went out, it was very common for unmarried men and women to tell each other their love in public. He didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhu Xiancai showing up in the village. But it was different in the capital. Young women rarely went out. Even if they went out, as long as it was not too big.
Poor people also wear hats or veils, so Luo Yi doesn't want his wife to go out to see patients.
But he couldn't persuade Zhu Xiancai. In order to prevent his wife from leaving the house and thinking hard, he decided to invite the imperial doctor from the Imperial Hospital to come to the house in turn to teach the couple medical skills to pass the time. However, Zhu Xiancai still wanted to go out of the house and finally decided to leave the house every month.
Twice, I went to a medical clinic north of Confucius Temple to treat patients.
After entering June, because the weather was getting hotter and hotter, Zhu Xiancai couldn't bear to go out, so she canceled her arrangements to go out to see a doctor. But this morning it rained heavily, and even after it cleared up, the weather was very cool, so she decided where to go out.
The family medical clinic treated patients. As a result, Luo Yi had not left the house for many days, so he forgot about the upcoming provincial examination and took this crowded road.
"I'm afraid this won't work." Luo Yi said: "The roads near Confucius Temple are crowded every time there is a rural examination or a general examination. If you want to avoid it, you have to go far away; and we have already arrived near this place, and it is difficult to go back if we want to."
It’s not easy. We can only keep moving forward.”
"Then keep walking, but next time you leave the house, you must be careful not to go this way." Zhu Xiancai said.
Luo Yi agreed and asked the driver to continue driving to the hospital.
After a while, they finally squeezed through the most crowded road and arrived at the back door of the hospital's backyard. Luo Yi and the accompanying guards breathed a sigh of relief and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from their foreheads. Luo Yi took out a water bottle to drink.
After getting half a pot of water, he ordered a guard to call the door.
The guard agreed, stepped forward and knocked on the door. After knocking for a while, someone opened the door. Seeing that it was the guard from Princess Anqiu's Mansion, he opened the door completely and welcomed Zhu Xiancai.
Zhu Xiancai got off the carriage with the help of the maid and said to Luo Yi: "Although it is cooler today because of the rain, it is July after all and it is still a little hot in the house. You don't have to wait for me in the hospital.
, just go to a cool place and wait."
"How can this be done? If I don't look at you personally, I won't worry." Luo Yi immediately replied.
Of course Zhu Xiancai was happy to hear his answer, but she still said: "With Xing'er and Xin'er accompanying me, what can happen to me? And the patients all know my identity, and they are trembling even when they are being treated by me.
, dare not do anything.”
"You should go to a cool place to rest. Just arrange for a guard to wait in the hospital." She then said deliberately: "What, could it be that you want to get sick from the heat and ask me to treat you to tire you out?"
"How could this be possible?" Luo Yi heard what she said and knew that she was sincere, so he agreed: "Then I will arrange for Xiao Li to wait here."
"Okay." Zhu Xiancai agreed and walked into the hospital with the maid.
After watching her go in, Luo Yi asked the guard named Xiao Li to follow her, and then he ordered the coachman to go to the place where the carriage was stored.
But just before he spoke, he suddenly heard someone say: "Luo Yi, why are you here?"
"Your Majesty," Luo Yi almost revealed the identity of this person. He finally swallowed back the words he was about to blurt out before finishing speaking. He quickly dismounted and walked over and said, "I have met Mr. Sun."
"Why are you so polite to me?" Yunxi, who was guarded by the guards, smiled and said, "You should call me brother-in-law."
"Brother-in-law." Luo Yi said quickly.
"That's right. Since we are relatives, of course we should call it this." Yunxi said with a smile, then pointed to the medical center and said, "What are you doing here?"
"Brother-in-law, Anqiu (using the title as a nickname) has stayed in the capital, but she has a restless temper. In addition to being taught by the imperial doctor, she also has to go out to see people twice a month. Just choose
This is the medical center." Luo Yi said.
"Oh," after hearing what he said, Yunxi also remembered that Jin Yiwei had reported it to him, but it was not important to him, so he forgot about it. At this time, he was reminded and remembered it.
.
"Xiancai is indeed a role model for our Ming Dynasty clan. He always keeps the people in mind and provides medical treatment for the people." Seeing that there were no outsiders nearby, Yunxi said in an emperor's tone: "Luo Yi, I will reward you with a new building for the internal officials and supervisors in the palace."
I will give you a set of jewelry, a hundred taels of gold, and two fine Hequ horses as mounts."
"Thank you for the gift, Your Majesty." Luo Yi bowed and said with a happy face. Jewelry and gold are of little use. Neither of them are money-loving people. The money they have now is enough to buy medicinal materials from the mountain people when they return to the southwest.
, but I am very happy to get two horses. These are the best horses produced by the Ming Dynasty. Even Yunxi usually rides Hequ horses, so he is naturally happy to be given one.
"Luo Yi, how long will Xiancai stay in there for treatment?" Yunxi asked again.
"About two hours, I will leave the hospital before dark and rush back to the house. However, if the last patient treated before leaving is very difficult to treat, it will be delayed for a while; but I will definitely go back before the curfew."
"She has been here for two hours to treat her illness, and you are here to wait for her for two hours?"
"Of course I won't. I will ask for a room in a nearby inn where the carriage can be stored, and wait for her to return home after the diagnosis and treatment."
"You have been waiting for her for two hours." Yunxi shook his head and said, "You have already caught up with the people who go shopping with your girlfriend."
"Your Majesty, what did you say?" Luo Yi asked. Yun Hei's voice was very low and he didn't hear the words clearly.
"It's nothing," Yunxi said perfunctorily, and then said: "Since you met me today, you should go with me and don't wait for her here." After that, he ordered the guards of Princess Anqiu's Mansion to
His horse moved over.
Since Yunxi had given him such an order, Luo Yi did not dare to disobey him. Moreover, he felt a little happy that he did not have to wait in the inn. He bowed to Yunxi and got on his horse and tied it behind him.
Yunxi led him slowly around the street under the protection of the guards. But what surprised Luo Yi was that he guessed that Yunxi came to the Confucius Temple to take a look because the provincial examination was about to be held recently, but Yunxi
But he didn't go to the busiest street, and walked around on roads with fewer pedestrians; and he didn't go into any inn, restaurant or shop.
But he didn't dare to ask, so he could only follow Yun He with a look of confusion on his face.
How did he know that after remembering that there were several people suspected of being White Lotus cultists in the capital, he ordered the Jin Yiwei lurking in the Zhou Palace to notify Tang Jingyu and others every time they were allowed to rest or sent out for official business.
He shouted, but he still didn't dare to take it lightly: Who knows if there are other people lurking in the capital who intend to rebel? So if you can take a carriage on the way out, take a carriage. If you can't take a carriage, let the guards protect you in four directions. There are many people at the same time.
Unless you reveal your identity and clear out the shops on the streets, you won't go in to avoid danger. The son of a rich man cannot go out without risking his life if he doesn't sit in the hall.
This time he left the palace and came to the vicinity of the Confucius Temple, just as Luo Yi guessed, it was because of the upcoming provincial examination that he could not ride a car but had to ride a horse, but he was also very careful to protect his own safety.
Yunxi walked around the Confucius Temple for a few times. Seeing that the sun was getting hotter and hotter, and he was sweating even if he stood still, he planned to go back to the palace. Anyway, he was just here to take a look and had no specific goal.
He was about to say a few words to Luo Yi, when he happened to pass by the entrance of an inn, and suddenly five or six people walked out of it. The guard who was riding in the front kept staring at the pedestrians on both sides of the road, and almost bumped into him without paying attention.
People coming out of the inn. "Uu! Uu!" The guard hurriedly pulled the reins and managed to avoid these people.
"You don't have eyes when you're riding a horse!" One of them was the closest to the horse. Just now he could hear the horse panting, and he immediately cursed in displeasure.
"How can you talk!" The guard had a bad temper, so he could only say reluctantly because he was guarding the emperor.
"You..." This man was probably a person of some status. He became even more angry when he heard the guard's words and was about to reprimand him. But before he could say anything, a person next to him suddenly changed his face and whispered in his ear.
What? The man's expression also changed, he put down his hand pointing at the guard, stopped talking, turned around and left.
"What's going on? It seemed to me that he was about to curse, but why did he stop cursing all of a sudden?" The guard was wondering when he heard a voice from behind: "Because he recognized your identity." The voice then became louder.
He said in a loud voice: "Xiao Zhuo!"
"The villain is here!" The person who was speaking in the ear of the man who was almost hit just now heard this cry, turned his head hurriedly, trotted to the guard, and said to the person behind the guard: "See you, villain."
Pass the Young Master."
"Xiao Zhuo, what are you doing here?" Yunxi thought for a moment and said, "I remember that you still have the reputation of being a scholar. Are you going to take part in the provincial examination in Yingtian Mansion?"
"No, no, I remember that your place of origin is Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. Even if you take the provincial examination, you must be in Hangzhou."
This person is naturally Xiao Zhuo, a big businessman who was licensed by Yunxi to sell Nanyang people in the capital. Ever since he and the Siamese businessman Zheng Pai received the license from Yunxi, they have been stationed in the capital to take care of business in the capital and rarely go to the capital.
Shanghai Shipping Company is here.
Hearing Yunxi's question at this time, his heart tightened, and he immediately bowed and said: "Master Sun, although I still have the reputation of being a scholar, I have long forgotten all the four books and five classics. How can I take part in the provincial examination, let alone
Ti Xiaoren’s native place is in Zhejiang and cannot participate in the capital.”
"The villain came here today because the son of a businessman whom I met when I was doing business in Shanghai Shipping Company was coming to the capital to take the provincial examination. I asked someone to tell me to take care of him. I have a good rapport with him.
, so I agreed.”
"But since this man is going to take the provincial examination, I can't take him home. I can only rent a room for him in an inn near the Confucius Temple. I come over to see him every few days and ask him what he needs. So the villain
We are here now." Xiao Zhuo replied respectfully.
But even though he said so, the reality is not like that. (To be continued)
