[Red Mansions] Lin's first genius doctor

The Waiyuan is not the "limited space" as the Queen Mother said, it is a rare big stage in the palace, and the big plays that are not on the scene can't support such a big stage.

A fan-shaped viewing building was also built opposite the stage, which can accommodate all the concubines and concubines to watch the theater together.

When Lin Jiang followed the Queen Mother and Princess Qi Yang to arrive, the concubines and ladies were already waiting on two sides.

Lin Jiang saw a dozen or so concubines as soon as he glanced at them. They were all dressed in luxurious clothes, and they were all in uniform above the rank of concubine. They worked as errands in the imperial hospital. It was a basic professional quality to know the rank of concubines in the inner palace by seeing what clothes they saw.

The first person to welcome the empress dowager is the current empress. She is the emperor's first wife and is the same age as the emperor. She is already in her 40s.

I don't know if there was a problem with Fengshui in the Great Zhou Dynasty, not to mention the blood of the royal family is sick, and most of the empresses in the main palace have no sons.

Since there is no aunt, the empress obviously takes the empress dowager as an example, fulfilling the responsibilities of a aunt to all the princes, being impartial, no matter who will be the prince or the new emperor in the future, she can become a respected aunt and queen.

And the woman who followed closely behind the queen was the youngest and most beautiful among the concubines who came here.

At that time, the noble concubine of the imperial concubine, Wu family, had ten princes under her knees. She was the one with the highest status among the princes in the palace, and she was also the emperor's most beloved concubine.

Her son is too young, only over six years old, at least there will be no daughter-in-law in this group of girls, so Concubine Wu followed this time to watch the fun, and by the way, keep an eye on the girls who might become princesses.

Although there is no daughter-in-law of her own, among these people, there must be a daughter-in-law of her son's rival for the throne.

Lin Jiang felt a headache just looking at it: there are two emperors in this palace, two harems, more than a dozen princes—not to mention joining this 'big family' in person, even if you want to understand these complicated interpersonal relationships, it is enough to cause headaches that's it.

The empress dowager was obviously used to seeing the emperor's concubines, so she said casually: "Don't stand still, just sit down and watch the show as you used to." Then she said happily: "Today is too cheap for you to go, There are so many good girls accompanying you."

The Empress Dowager and Empress naturally sat in the uppermost seats on the fan-shaped viewing stage, while the Imperial Concubine and Princess Qi Yang sat behind them respectively.The rest of the concubines fanned out according to their positions, and quickly took their seats according to their order.

Both Lin Jiang and Princess Qi Yang's female officials stood at the end of the stage, watching the girls while watching the play.

The concubines had their own seats, but it was a bit awkward to leave the ladies alone, they couldn't help hesitating, not knowing how to sit: because there were two rows of seats behind the concubines, which were also fan-shaped.Since it is in the shape of a big fan, naturally some seats are very close to the queen mother and concubines, located in the center, and some seats are at the grandma's house.

For a while, all the ladies did not dare to act rashly.

The queen mother turned her head and said kindly: "Sit down quickly. I know that some of you children like to play, and you like to be quiet, and some of you who are related to each other have to sit next to each other to make out, so I won't order someone to reserve seats to restrain you." That's it, just pick the seat you like and sit."

Lin Jiangxin said: Empress Dowager, you are too bad, this is to let the girls play freely and grab seats.

Sure enough, there were only a few older ladies, who no longer hesitated after hearing this, and moved lightly with lotus steps, gracefully but quickly moving towards the central seat behind the empress dowager and empress.

There are also some who have a clear goal and walk behind the fixed number of concubines—it is estimated that these are the concubines who have princes of marriageable age under their knees.

Lin Jiang couldn't recognize the faces of so many concubines, but the girls who must have come prepared must recognize all the concubines.After all, except for Daiyu and other very rare people here, most of them are ladies from big families who grew up in the capital, and it was not the first time they entered the palace.

But the problem is... Lin Jiang looked at Daiyu: Sister Lin is entering the palace for the first time, she doesn't know the concubine.

Jia's mother knew everyone, but she couldn't draw, and she didn't have any photos at this time, so she couldn't tell Daiyu who was who. There is a difference between the costumes and jewelry of dignitaries and dignitaries.

But Lin Jiang soon discovered that sister Lin was not at a loss, but also had a clear goal and walked towards a place.

Lin Jiang hurriedly looked at it, and then couldn't help laughing: Sister Lin walked towards a concubine who was counted from the middle to the west, and ranked No. The median, depending on the service system, is a concubine.

Sure enough, Sister Lin is still Sister Lin, and her thinking is very clear.No matter how much she doesn't like entering the palace, she won't hide in the most remote place when she has time like a frightened little roe deer.

After all, the royal family has the majesty and unreasonableness of the royal family: I, the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty, may not choose you to join the royal family, and you may even be unwilling in your heart, but you must not show on your face that you dislike being a royal daughter-in-law!Is our Da Zhou family shameless?

A few girls were obviously very unwilling to enter the palace. After the Empress Dowager gave her orders to choose their own seats, they moved to sit in a quiet place at the far end of the fan as if they had been pardoned.

It deliberately ran to the far side, which was really conspicuous.

Lin Jiang heard the female officer of Princess Qiyang next to her say in a low voice: "It's really the spoiled Miss Jiao of the family. Will you or not, the scene should not be put on airs! Such hiding has become like loathing the palace, When the time comes, the concubines will spread the word, which high-ranking family is willing to have such a daughter-in-law."

You show dislike of the court in the palace, it's not that you don't admire wealth and honor, it's that those who don't know don't fear it!

This kind of thing can be done in the palace today, but what will the relatives who don't like very much do on behalf of the family to socialize outside in the future?What appropriate actions can be taken for the husband to deal with the wives and grandmas in the officialdom?

With such a vision and behavior, the aristocratic families would never choose a daughter-in-law, for fear that such a mistress would lead the whole family into the ditch.

Princess Qi Yang has been looking after her daughter-in-law for several years, so much so that the female officials around her are very clear when it comes to the criteria for choosing a daughter-in-law of the Zanying family.

Lin Jiang comforted in her heart: In contrast, Daiyu chose the right one because she was also unwilling to enter the palace. She walked towards a concubine who was neither high nor low in the palace. , the concubine looks like she is about 35 years old.

Considering that the faces of women in the palace are generally younger than their real age, it is possible that this person is over 40 years old.

When Lin Jiang looked through the cases of the princes, he also learned about the backgrounds of their mother and concubine.

The eldest prince is already 25 years old this year, and he is the eldest son of the emperor who was born at the age of 16. His biological mother was a court lady who served the emperor (who was still the prince at the time), and was two years older than the emperor.

Sure enough, the female officer followed Lin Jiang's gaze and said, "That's the First Prince's biological mother, Concubine Liu."

The eldest prince has been married for several years, he really has both children and wives and concubines.Unless he became the emperor in Feilongzaitian, none of the girls here would condescend to be his concubine due to their dignified identities.

It was extremely safe for Daiyu to sit behind Concubine Liu.

The seat behind Concubine Liu is also not in demand, because Daiyu has quick thinking and moves relatively quickly to select the target. This kind of lower middle seat is still sparse, and there is no need to compete with others, unlike the seat behind the empress dowager. For those two or three thrones, the girls who walked past looked at each other with impeccable smiles on their faces, but there were sparks in their eyes. If they were not in the palace, they might have choked up on the spot.

Wang Qingluan, Wang Ziteng's daughter, was probably born as a general, and she walked faster than others. She won the right seat behind the queen, sitting upright, with a graceful demeanor.

So far, most of the ladies have already taken their seats, only a group of girls who seem to have lost their minds are still hesitating.Thinking that before entering the palace, the family only taught them to be respectful and careful, and to obey the arrangements of the nobles in the palace and so on.As soon as they chose their seats freely, their heads were completely empty and they panicked.

Only when the rest of the people were almost seated, these hesitant contestants hurriedly found an empty seat and sat down.

Lin Jiang watched the whole seat selection, and couldn't help but feel that the empress dowager's method was straightforward and useful.

Just now in Ci'an Palace, when all the ladies kowtowed to the Empress Dowager according to the etiquette, everyone seemed to be holding a bunch of green onions neatly, and the movements were all done to a perfect standard.Apart from the difference in appearance, there is no difference.

But now, it's just a simple seat selection, and the qualifications and dispositions of the girls are revealed.

Presumably the eyes of the queen mother are everywhere in this stage, and a group of ladies have been screened out.

Standing on the side of the viewing stage, Lin Jiang saw that the performances off the stage were more exciting than those on the stage.

The empress and imperial concubine started first, and each summoned girls from their own relatives to come to them, kowtowed to the empress dowager alone again, and it was considered as a personal letter of introduction.

The noble concubine is called the girl of Xinyanghou from her mother's family. She poured tea for both the empress dowager and the empress, and did not finish until she got a plate of fruit rewarded by the empress dowager.

It can be seen that although the noble concubine's own son is too young to marry a wife, she is very happy to have another concubine in the family, who will also be an arm in the future.

Starting with the empress and concubine, all the concubines also called the girls they knew to talk to each other.

For a while, watching the girls' clothes swaying on the stage, going back and forth to greet the concubines and concubines with tea, is really much more lively than the solitary singing of literary operas on the stage.

During the period, the queen actually asked Daiyu to say a few words.

Because Jia Yuanchun was a female official in the queen's palace, Jia's mother has often flattered the queen when she entered the palace these years.This time the queen saw that Shi Taijun's granddaughter had entered the palace, and she was also the daughter of the Xunyan censor. Her father had an important position, so she called Daiyu to show her concern.

Lin Jiang wished she could grow ears to listen, but unfortunately the scene was too chaotic, she couldn't hear what the queen asked, nor could she hear Daiyu's answer.

Instead, seeing the noble concubine next to her also turn her head, she took advantage of the situation and said a few words to Daiyu.

Fortunately, within a short while, the two elders let Daiyu go and went to find the next lady.

After Daiyu returned to her original position, she turned her eyes to Lin Jiang's side and smiled, apparently she was fine.

Lin Jiang also smiled back at her.

Coincidentally, at this moment, Empress Concubine Liu, who was sitting in the front, turned her head, looked at Daiyu and then at Lin Jiang, showing a peaceful and gentle smile, and then said a few words to Daiyu, her eyes still falling on Lin Jiang from time to time , obviously asking about the relationship between the two.

Except for these two small episodes, Daiyu sat quietly through the whole morning drama as she wished.

Lin Jiang also had an exceptionally quiet morning: no girl fainted!

Compared with those imperial wives yesterday, these seemingly delicate boudoir ladies, on the contrary, each of them stood up, with great perseverance and resolutely refused to fall in the palace.

After the last part of the drama was sung, the Empress Dowager was supported by Nanny Chang: "I'm a little tired, you don't need to wait here anymore, go back individually."

These words were directed at all the concubines, and the empress should lead the crowd.

The Empress Dowager said to the ladies again: "There are three small gardens in front of and behind Ci'an Palace. You can stroll around on your own. After half an hour, go to the side hall for lunch and then go back separately. It's hard for you in this cold winter. Enter the palace and kowtow to me."

Everyone complimented: It is our blessing to pay homage to the Queen Mother.

Only then did the queen mother be sent off respectfully.

Lin Jiangxin said: It seems that after the test of the performance of the ladies in front of the nobles and elders in the palace, it is also necessary to see how the girls get along with each other in private.

After walking around the garden for a while, if there is a double-faced girl who pretends to be obedient in front of others, thinking that the queen mother and empresses are gone, she will show her original shape, and she will probably be reported to the masters of the palace.

This round of rounds is like passing five levels and beheading six generals.

"It's tiring to set up the rules here all morning." Princess Qi Yang didn't follow the queen mother, but called Lin Jiang: "I'm in Ci'an Palace, and there is a small courtyard for rest. Let's go." , I will take the two of you to drink Taiji tea."

As she spoke, she raised her chin, and the female officer beside her stepped forward to ask Daiyu to come over.

Princess Qi Yang has sharp eyesight, so she can naturally see that Daiyu has no intention of showing off, and she is not willing to let her into the palace even if she is a single child of the Lin family.He simply sold his favor and prepared to take Lin, Jiang Daiyu and his sisters to hide for a while, skipping the next round of garden tests.

Princess Qi Yang has a noble status and status in the palace, and at this time she is under the watchful eyes of her own mother, the Empress Dowager, acting without any scruples.At this birthday banquet, the queen did not dare to take away one or two ladies, but she dared to do it with full confidence.

The little courtyard of the eldest princess is in the southeast corner of Ci'an Palace, and there are red plums planted outside the gate, which looks very beautiful against today's white snow.It can be seen that the Empress Dowager loves her daughter so much that she purposely built a small courtyard in her own palace that is shady, quiet and beautiful, so that the daughter who is out of the pavilion can go back to her mother's house to rest.

"This courtyard is fine. Usually, no one is allowed to come here at will except for the palace people who clean it." After speaking, he pointed to the palace wall of Ci'an Palace and said, "This southeast corner is the most quiet, and the outside is only a quiet corner of the imperial garden. I don’t go to any palace, so it’s very quiet on weekdays.”

Seeing that Daiyu's eyes were full of joy for the plum blossoms, the eldest princess waved her hand generously: "Just break off the flower branches you like. You can't take them out of the palace. I will ask the female officer to send them to Rongguo Mansion."

Both Lin Jiang and Daiyu thanked each other.

For a while, I saw a maid from the Empress Dowager's Palace inviting the eldest princess to have a meal together.

Princess Qi Yang left a female official surnamed Qin for the two of them: "You just have to play here, and you don't have to go to get the lunch in the side hall. I will finish it with the queen mother. Otherwise, there will be a lot of palace ladies everywhere." The supervisor is watching the food, who can eat it."

It seems that the last hurdle is the manner of eating - this is the least important hurdle, no lady will lose her manners when eating in the palace.

Anyway, the eunuchs couldn't recognize the faces of the ladies, so it didn't matter if Daiyu didn't go, anyway, Princess Qi Yang would endorse her.

"Just now what did the empress and the imperial concubine ask my sister?" Lin Jiang was still thinking about it.

Lady Qin went into the courtyard and sent her maid to prepare hot tea for them, while Lin Jiang and Daiyu were enjoying among dozens of red plum trees outside.

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled: "Ask me if I have been to school and what books I have read."

Lin Jiang also laughed: It seems that everyone asked this question when they first met.It's the same when entering Jia's house, Jia's mother asks, Sanchun asks, Baoyu asks, even Sister Feng, who can't read or write herself, asks again.

This is probably the "Have you eaten? How's the weather?"

"Sister must have told the truth."

Daiyu nodded: "Yes, since I have read the Four Books and Five Classics, how can I deceive the girls." It is estimated that when the girls in the harem heard this, they thought that this girl had read too much, and she read the imperial examination books just like the men. , and it is not honest enough to say it directly.

The two laughed for a while, just looked at the white snow and the red plums, whether it was Xihua who didn't climb up, and then went into the yard.

I saw a beautiful swing at the corner of the courtyard.

The Supreme Emperor had only abdicated for five years, that is to say, the Empress Dowager had only been Empress Dowager for five years, and she had only lived in Ci'an Palace for five years - Princess Qi Yang had been married for more than ten years at that time.

But the queen mother even set up a swing in the yard prepared for her daughter.

On top of the shelf, there is a canopy covering the swing, which is protected from rain and snow, and there are some vines climbing on the top of the shed, which looks like a very pleasant swing.

Daiyu couldn't help walking over, touched the extremely smooth wooden swing frame and said: "It can be seen that no matter how old a daughter is, in the eyes of the mother, she is still a child. Even if the eldest princess has been a mother for many years, the queen mother still remembers Build the swing frame that the eldest princess liked when she was young."

I can't help feeling sad when I say it.

If the mother is still there, do some people remember their hobbies? Even if they get married and have children and grandchildren in the future, as long as they return to their mother's knees, they will still be a little girl who likes to play on the swing, and can do things as they please.

Lin Jiang asked her to sit on the swing: "Sister, sit still, let me push you to play on the swing for a while."

Daiyu nodded: Yes, this is the palace, not a place to be sad.Lin Jiang coaxed her to play on the swing, also to make her happy.

Unexpectedly, just as Daiyu sat on the swing, the two of them suddenly heard a man's voice from outside the wall.

The voice was particularly loud: "What are you afraid of? No one has lived in Aunt Qiyang's yard for many years. I'm going to climb over the wall and enter from here!"

Daiyu was startled, Lin Jiang immediately pulled her hand to get off the swing, and the two wanted to go to the house to find Mrs. Qin.

It just so happened that Lady Qin also heard this resounding declaration, and hurried out, her face paled with anger, she just waved her hands and said in a breathless voice: "You two girls, don't be afraid, stand behind me, I want to see who put us Your Highness doesn't care about it!"

The man who can be called the aunt of Princess Qi Yang must be the prince in the palace.

But Lady Qin is not afraid at all: Rare things are the most precious, and it is the same in this palace, if there are too many princes, it is not rare.The emperor himself took his son as a grassroots and threw it away, no matter whether he was crowned king or not, of course others would not respect him much.

At least in terms of dignity, Princess Qi Yang is both an elder and a super princess, much better than these princes without titles.

However, the voice did not turn over as expected, but was stopped by another voice: "Your Highness, what are you going to do? Today Ci'an Palace is full of girls from various boudoirs, how can you go over the wall and do something abrupt?" thing!"

Lin Jiang's expression changed: He recognized this voice, it was the voice of the beautiful son of the world!

Hearing the eighth prince's tone of voice, he didn't take it seriously at all, and said with a sneer: "Who am I, it turns out that our little uncle is meddling in business."

There was a disgusting contempt and intimacy in his tone: "Little Tang Shu doesn't know, these people are all here for us princes today, Ba Gaowang wants to be a royal woman! Since originally It’s just picked for us, what’s wrong with me meeting in advance?”

"Heh, these ladies from famous families are the most stuffy and boring, and they all look down on others. They only know that they are from a scholarly family and a noble family. But now they are not going to the palace to be picked by others. Maybe they have met me, the prince. , and there are those who throw themselves into their arms."

"What are you talking about!" The beauty's elder son obviously didn't want to argue, so he simply didn't argue with him about these fallacies, and only warned him: "As long as I am here, you will not be allowed to do such evil things to get a bad reputation!"

The eighth prince's voice turned into resentment: "Could it be that there is your friend here, so you are here to meddle in other people's business?"

Zhou Liheng sounded like he was about to vomit blood, and his original warm and clear voice changed: "You are spitting blood!"

Lin Jiang couldn't hear it in the inside, and couldn't help mouthing to the female officer Qin: "Is this also a prince?" What a shameless and rascal.

I saw that the corners of Miss Qin's lips were almost turned away, and she made a gesture of eight with her fingers: "A dragon has nine sons, and there are always different kinds."

This meeting is not about genetic mutation, just hear the quarrel outside getting more and more intense, of course, it is mainly the eighth prince attacking the eldest son: "It's just that you take those girl's movies seriously, and I heard that you even ran to the hospital in person The female imperial physician went to thank you? What an embarrassment to our surname Zhou!"

Lin Jiang inside the wall: Why did it suddenly fall on me?

The Eighth Prince said in a disdainful tone: "The hen crows and the rooster lays eggs, and there is a woman who is an official in this palace. This world is over."

Lin Jiang was about to move: Don't stop me, I really want to dumb this person, no, this thing.

The gentle, elegant and beautiful son finally got angry: "Physician Lin once treated my mother and concubine. I can't allow you to slander me like this at will. I will go to Mingzheng Palace to report to His Majesty."

The eighth prince continued to let out a sneering laugh: "Do you dare to go? You went to Mingzheng Palace to sue me because of a female imperial physician. Of course I would be beaten, but the emperor beat me too many times. You can't really beat me to death. But if you sue for a woman, then I will tell the whole capital tomorrow that you have an affair."

Zhou Liheng couldn't say anything when he was angry.

The eighth prince was obviously also afraid of the emperor, so he said: "Well, if you are here to meddle in business, I won't be able to make it through today. Then let's forget it, don't go and sue me in front of the emperor, just pretend to be innocent." If you see me, I won't gossip about you."

Soon, the voice outside the wall dissipated.

Lin Jiang turned her head and saw the disgusted faces of Lady Qin and Daiyu: there are such bad and vicious people in this world!

His words, tone, and demeanor are all that bad rascal. It is obvious that he is having a bad day and only wants to drag others into the same mud pit as him to get dirty.

Lin Jiang has actually seen many such people in modern times. Even if he hasn't met him, he has seen a lot of vicious and dirty people on the Internet.

But Daiyu hadn't seen her very much—in fact, many servants of the Jia family were so vicious and wicked, but Daiyu had never faced them directly, so her angry lips were trembling now.

Lady Qin put her face back a little, and first apologized to Lin Jiang: No matter how the eldest princess Qiyang also represents the royal family, the eighth prince is also the eldest princess' nephew.

"Don't worry, Imperial Physician Xiao Lin, I will report this matter to His Highness in full later. I will never let any words from the palace that will harm the reputation of Imperial Physician Xiao Lin."

"The eighth prince has no backing in the palace at all, and no one will pay attention to what he says. Even if he really wants to play tricks, our eldest princess's mansion and Prince Shao's mansion are not standing in vain. Doctor Xiaolin just needs to be on duty with peace of mind. gone."

Lady Qin apologized again and invited them in for a tea break.

Lin Jiang whispered next to Daiyu: "Fortunately, we have heard the truth and know that there is such a prince in the palace. He is exactly twelve or thirteen years old."

Lin Jiang can feel the emperor's temper. He is a standard emperor, and in some respects he has the ruthlessness of an emperor.

Regarding these sons and daughters, the emperor didn't ask too many questions about those who valued them, and threw them aside if he didn't value them. But for the sake of royal dignity, he would also match his sons with serious princes and concubines as if planting seedlings.

Even if she dislikes the eighth prince, she will find an irrelevant girl to be the eighth prince's concubine.

Considering her age, Daiyu is an unlucky member of the reserve team!

If it is really unfortunate that the emperor thinks of it and points it to this person, then it is really better to marry Xue Pan, at least Duanbawang still has a kind heart.

Now that I know there is such a prince, it's not that it's best not to enter the palace to be the prince's concubine, but absolutely not to enter the palace to be the prince's concubine!

The meaning of this is different, and the efforts of the Lin family are also different.

Thinking that she was in the palace, Daiyu suppressed her anger for the time being, and went into the room to drink a cup of hot tea.

And Lin Jiang even changed his smiling face, only when he encountered a wild dog barking on the road, he put the matter aside for the time being, and began to ask Qin's female official about the eighth prince.

Seeing that there was no one around, Miss Qin thought that Imperial Physician Lin had suffered such a big verbal grievance today, if she didn't say anything, it would make her feel bad, and the eldest princess' invitation to show her kindness to the two girls would be in vain.

So I also told the details of the Eighth Prince.

"Doctor Xiaolin, don't be angry. This eighth prince, his biological mother was a court lady, and he was gone after giving birth, and he didn't even have a title."

"Your Majesty doesn't value him, and he himself doesn't want to make progress, he just goes down. Now His Majesty is too lazy to see him again. Except for the appearance of the princes during the New Year, he is never in front of him. If the masters come to complain, His Majesty will Hit him with a board. But it’s what he said just now, His Majesty can’t beat him to death! Many people in the palace dislike him, so they have no choice but to avoid him.”

Lin Jiang thought: How did the emperor give birth to such a piece of hob meat.

When Lady Qin went out to reprimand the eunuchs guarding the gate, Daiyu was still angry about it, and couldn't help but said to Lin Jiang: "There are such scoundrels in the world? It's a pity that the son of Prince Shao has a good heart, but his mouth is clumsy." , I heard that Haosheng was worried for him, and I really wished that he would go down and I would refute it for him."

Lin Jiang couldn't help laughing: It's true that Shizi is a gentle and kind man, but it's really worrying to quarrel with others.