[Red Mansions] Lin's first genius doctor

Eunuch Thrush is still holding his whisk, as if this is the real body.

He sat down familiarly, and briefly talked about the emperor's treatment of Ningguo Mansion.

"A branch of the Ningguo Mansion will remove officials and seize titles, and their descendants will not be allowed to be officials for five generations—in fact, that's all. It's all about the face of the Supreme Emperor. Xiaoqi committed such a big mistake. If he is not exiled, his life will not be affected."

If the Ningguo Mansion's "Hey Yangyang" is allowed to make troubles in Beijing for a few more years, it is estimated that illegal and criminal incidents will not be simply dismissed from office and seized titles.

In the eyes of all the thrushes, Duke Ning also contributed the last bit of usefulness: since the death of the Supreme Emperor and the emperor directly took down the government of Zhen Guo, most of the veterans in the court have a feeling of cold lips and teeth. In the past two years, there has been a tendency to form a group.

Ning Guogong Jia Zhen's matter was very bad in terms of national etiquette, but the emperor mentioned the kindness of the Supreme Emperor to the Jia family in the past, and dealt with it quite leniently.

Let those veterans relax their vigilance, and some veterans in the military camp who have received the favor of the Jia family also deeply feel His Majesty's generosity.

It was a coincidence today, Eunuch Thrush sat down and said a few words, only to see Vice President Liu come in with a bitter face.

Lin Jiang couldn't help but be surprised: Of the two deputies of the Tai Hospital, the deputy of Ma Yuan is a lively and sociable one, and the deputy of Liu Yuan is rigid and well-behaved.

If the deputy of the horse court was on duty, most of the time, he would come here specially to find something to talk to Lin Jiang and ask her to make up his mind, and take the route of meeting and three-point love; but the vice president of Liu Yuan is a rigid person, In everything, Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao, I just feel that it is the right way to do things well according to the rules, and to not disturb the righteous people in the court, so I don't come to Lin Jiang here.

Seeing him coming over with a sad face at this time, Lin Jiang first asked: "What's the matter? Has someone knocked on our hospital's door?"

She was joking, but Vice President Liu just sighed and said: "Although no knife or gun was used, it's almost the same."

As soon as he said this, even Eunuch Thrush turned from looking down at the tea to look at Vice President Liu.

Vice President Liu looked unhappy: "It's the imperial concubine, who sent two palace maids and two capable inner eunuchs to stand at the entrance of the lobby and refused to leave, saying that she was seriously ill. The imperial doctors on duty in the lobby You can’t even see it, you have to go and see it yourself, Mr. Yuanzheng.”

Lin Jiang also wanted to stretch out her hand to press her swollen forehead like the emperor, and the imperial concubine was too busy these days.

She nodded to Deputy Liu Yuan first: "Don't be embarrassed, you go ahead, I will go out to support you in a while."

Vice President Liu went out with resentment,

People who have always followed the rules themselves also want others to follow the rules.

He was the deputy of the dignified hospital. According to the rules, the imperial doctor was assigned to see the harem according to the rules. I was very dissatisfied and unhappy.

At this moment, Vice President Liu came out, and when he saw the noble concubine and palace people blocking the entrance of the Grand Hospital lobby like the four heavenly kings, he couldn't help but hum in his heart: I just saw Yuqian Bai Gonggong, and your noble concubine's palace is like this If you don't follow the rules and force the Taiyuan Hospital to be upright, I'm afraid His Majesty will be unhappy if he knows the first one!

And here, Lin Jiang couldn't help but also ask Eunuch Huamei: The imperial concubine has recently invited her majesty to the imperial hospital because of her discomfort - isn't it afraid that the emperor Longyan will be furious with such trouble?

Seeing that she was going to face the imperial concubine, Mrs. Thrush thought about it, and told her a very secret news.

"Actually, the noble concubine has a reason for the trouble: Your majesty was happy during the Chinese New Year, and drank two more glasses. He heard the noble concubine say that the tenth prince missed his father, and was looking forward to seeing the emperor every day in the palace. He also saw that the imperial concubine was crying all the time, so he made a promise." The noble concubine said, after the next year, the ten princes will be crowned kings."

Lin Jiang showed a clear look: it turned out that the emperor was coaxed into a daze by the beauty Lihua and said something wrong.

In fact, the noble concubine's desolate cry was not only because she was worried about her son, but because the emperor had a new favorite, and the new nobleman was pregnant with a dragon fetus, so the noble concubine cried, and there was quite a bit of genuine emotion in it.

This stopped crying so hard that the emperor who had drunk too much cried so hard that he got a promise.

only……

Eunuch Huamei shook his head and said, "But after your Majesty sobered up, he naturally realized that this matter was very inappropriate: the tenth prince is not yet ten years old, and he suddenly becomes king, what will the courtiers think?"

Lin Jiang nodded: The courtiers will definitely think that the emperor has the heart to establish a heir. After all, the biological mother of the tenth prince is the highest-ranking imperial concubine among the princes, mothers, and concubines, and she is also known as a favorite.

Sure enough, His Majesty is Your Majesty, even if he is soft-hearted towards the beauty for a while when he is drunk, he will immediately weigh the pros and cons and make a clear judgment after waking up, knowing that there are some things that cannot be preceded.

No matter what the emperor said, he immediately turned his back on it and refused to crown the tenth prince as king, let alone allow the noble concubine to mention this matter to others, so as not to disturb the court.It's fine for the imperial concubine to cry for nothing, and even made a fuss to fetch water from a bamboo basket.

It's just that the emperor's order is hard to bear, so the imperial concubine had to accept it in tears again.

But also because of this, the emperor felt a little guilty towards the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine was complaining about getting sick these days, the emperor turned a blind eye and let her go.

Lin Jiang got up: "Even if your majesty can't bear it for a while, it's not a wise move for the imperial concubine to continue making trouble like this."

Eunuch Thrush flicked the whisk, didn't he?

Today His Majesty does have pity for beauties, but how much is hard to say.As for sincerity, with His Majesty, there is not much that can be assigned to the harem. Anyway, there is not as much sincerity to anyone as to Jiangshan Sheji.

"By the way, there is one more thing." The two of them were about to go out, and Eunuch Thrush reminded Lin Jiang: "If the noble concubine mentions the matter of the son of Prince Shao's mansion or Prince Heng, you have to answer carefully."

Lin Jiang even had a headache: "What's the reason for this?" Why did the beauty and the eldest son get involved.

"You also know that the son of Prince Shao used to have a good relationship with His Royal Highness Fifth Prince when he was in the palace. This year, for the sake of the queen of Qianxiang Kingdom, His Royal Highness, the son, hid from the palace, and later lived in Prince Heng. House for a few days."

"The imperial concubine is very concerned about this matter, and during the New Year's Eve, she brought it up to the emperor several times, both openly and secretly, asking whether Prince Shao's mansion is too close to Prince Heng's mansion."

"Now Lin Shangshu's daughter is assigned to Prince Shao's mansion again." Eunuch Thrush looked at Lin Jiang: "I'm afraid that the imperial concubine is worried that she will be with the Lin family, and even Lin Yuanzheng, you and Lord Wei will stand with the fifth prince. .”

Lin Jiang rubbed her forehead again: Women have stayed in the harem for a long time, and their associative ability is getting stronger and stronger, and their nerves are getting thinner, and they will be on guard like a frightened bird about anything.

She thanked the thrush father-in-law for his reminder.

When he arrived at the imperial concubine's palace, after hearing what the imperial concubine had said, Lin Jiang was glad that he had heard the reminder from his father-in-law Thrush.

The noble concubine's sentences were full of connotations and hidden thorns, and she was always asking about the relationship between Prince Shao's mansion and the fifth prince, as well as the relationship between the Lin family and the fifth prince.

Lin Jiang saw that she was not seriously ill at all, but she was about to be questioned by the imperial concubine that she was seriously ill.

The noble concubine saw that she had been indifferent, so she couldn't help being anxious, and said directly: "If Lin Yuan is honest in his heart, he can just say something fair for my ten princes in front of His Majesty. it's the same."

Her beautiful eyes looked at Lin Jiang, but there was no warmth inside, only a kind of vigorous ambition. She stared at Lin Jiang: "Although my son was a little weak in the past, but with the careful conditioning of the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital, he has gradually improved over the years. Well, I will be able to take on important responsibilities in the future."

What he said was blatantly naked, a prince, what important responsibilities should he shoulder, it was nothing more than the position of prince.

It's strange that when Lin Jiang first entered the palace as an imperial physician, there was still a thick book on the cases of the Tenth Prince, but it has gradually decreased in the past two years.

Presumably the imperial concubine was also afraid that her son would be weak, which affected the emperor's decision to choose the crown prince.

She looked at Lin Jiang: "This is also a credit to the Tai Hospital, please ask Lin Yuan to go and tell the emperor."

Lin Jiang was left speechless by the concubine's logic. This is why I suspect you are guilty, but I don't show evidence. I ask you to show evidence to prove your innocence.

In short, the magical logic of the imperial concubine is: if you agree to speak for the tenth prince, it proves that you are helping the fifth prince!

Cai Cai's words didn't just carry the meaning of ordering, but also carried the taste of coercion.

Lin Jiang became annoyed, and signaled Jiang to tidy up the medical box with his eyes, then evened himself up, and said to the imperial concubine: "I don't understand what you said, my lady. I am the director of the imperial hospital, your majesty's imperial physician What difference can there be between the princes? Why do you have to speak well for the ten princes of your empress to be fair and just?"

Before I could even hold back, I added an extra sentence: "It can be seen that the empress is indeed suffering and thinking a lot during the illness, so it is not good for the liver and spleen. I will prescribe some medicines for the empress to calm the liver fire." .” Go back and find some Andrographis paniculata.

"Lin Yuanzheng!" The imperial concubine has been favored in the palace for many years, and the empress avoids her, trying not to have any confrontation with her. It can be said that a queen in the palace is on a [-]/[-] level with the imperial concubine, so naturally this imperial concubine has not experienced it The expressions and words of the people in the palace.

Hearing that Lin Jiang directly rejected her like this, and said that she was sick, the noble concubine was furious on the spot, and wanted to show Lin Jiang some color.

However, since Lin Jiang dared to say it, she was not afraid of her, and just continued to act without sadness or joy—she knew that when quarreling, pretending to be innocent and otherworldly, was more irritating than jumping and furious.

She said with such a slightly casual tone: "I have felt the pulse of the imperial concubine, and it is not worth going to war. I ordered the people in the palace to block the entrance of the imperial hospital and ask me to come over for a pulse diagnosis. I believe that any imperial doctor Can give the empress a suitable prescription."

"I'm afraid that the empress is not disturbed by her body, but has a heart disease. Then the Tai Hospital will be helpless. I'd better go report to His Majesty, and ask Your Majesty to treat you with this heart medicine."

Looking at her calm face, the imperial concubine felt really pained in her heart for a moment.

Only then did she realize that she couldn't do anything to this imperial physician!

It is related to the Lin Yuanzheng, all of which were selected and cultivated by His Majesty, and even the emperor granted her that she does not have to kneel when she sees Shengjia.

So she never knelt down when she met her noble concubine.

If she went to His Majesty and said that she was pretending to be sick, although the imperial concubine did not want to face this fact very much, she still told her rationally, who would the Emperor trust.

In fact, the imperial concubine's original attitude was so tough, it was a strategy.

It is the so-called I want to open a window, but I am afraid that you will not agree, so I say that I will push the wall to scare you, and then I will go back and compromise, saying that only one window will be fine. [1]

That's why the noble concubine said the robber logic: If Lin Jiang doesn't help the tenth prince, he will be the fifth prince's man!

Unexpectedly, Lin Jiang didn't take this kind of tough tricks to scare her at all, so she directly yelled at her: You want to tear down the wall, right? Then let's do it, and I'll help you do it together.

I'm not afraid of not having a 'house' to live in, but the imperial concubine, are you afraid?

On the contrary, the imperial concubine was forced to come down a bit.

In the end, the noble concubine still softened first under the anxious eyes of the maid next to her, but her voice softened, and Lin Jiang said with a beautiful attitude: "Oh, what Lin Yuan is saying is that recently, my liver is not flat, and I always I'm not happy in my heart. Some words are blurted out without meaning, Lin Yuan just don't take it to heart."

"Ever since Lin Yuan was entering the palace as an imperial physician, I have always admired you in my heart. The Yurong ointment you made has been kept in my palace all the time."

As soon as these words came out, Lin Jiangcai really admired her a little bit: she can bend and stretch, and she is good-looking, the imperial concubine really can be favored.

When she left the gate of the imperial concubine's palace, Lin Jiang couldn't help sighing: It's a troubled time, the imperial concubine bowed her head softly in the last dress, I'm afraid she will hate herself even more in her heart.

She also sighed again that she was really not suitable to stay in the harem, and she really couldn't learn the words "tactfully refuse".

However, it was because of her that there was nothing to be afraid of.Back then, she had to give in to the Supreme Emperor, but now she doesn't need to be in front of the imperial concubine.

After returning to the Tai Hospital, Lin Jiang saw Deputy Liu, who was still on duty in the lobby, looking forward to it.

Lin Jiang couldn't help smiling, and told Vice Yuan Liu that everything in the imperial concubine's palace will follow the rules in the future, and there is no need to be special. If the imperial concubine wants to file a complaint before the imperial court, she is not afraid, she will explain to the emperor.

Deputy Yuan Liu became happy: he just likes to follow the rules.

It's just that the Imperial Hospital didn't wait until the next time the imperial concubine asked for something. The emperor announced Lin Jiang to come over today, and asked the imperial concubine why she was so sick that she insisted on looking for her.

The old-timer Thrush next to him watched his nose, nose, nose, and heart: he is not complaining, he just truthfully reported to the emperor what he saw in the imperial hospital just now.

Seeing the emperor asking about it, Lin Jiang confessed the matter to the emperor.She didn't wrong the imperial concubine, nor did she whitewash herself, she just calmly recounted all the conversations with the emperor, and finally admitted her mistake to the emperor, saying that she couldn't hold back and slapped the imperial concubine on the spot.

She acted openly and aboveboard, and the emperor always believed in her.What's more, the emperor can see clearly that she and Wei Ren are already married, for their husband and wife, only when the emperor is in power will they have the best time.Going to praise the prince at this moment is really not worth the candle.

As for the noble concubine's words, she was very ambitious, she was eyeing the position of the crown prince, and directly wiped away the emperor's sympathy for the noble concubine, and the little bit of regret she had regretted.

Eunuch Huamei watched all this and thought to himself: A noble concubine can be favored for many years, she has her own abilities.

But this move was very wrong.

Many people know the importance of the words of a confidant imperial physician to the crown prince.But few people realize how important Lin Jiang's words are to the crown prince.

The emperor placed high hopes on her, and hoped that she could completely solve the persistent illness of the Zhou family.

But before this matter is resolved, if any prince is told by Lin Jiang that he has Zhou's genetic disease, he will basically bid farewell to the throne.

Onlookers can tell, from the perspective of Eunuch Huamei, the best thing for the princes to do to the Imperial Hospital is to keep them at arm's length, and don't offend or win over.

It's just that the imperial concubine made a mistake first, and I don't know how much effort she will spend in the future to make it up.

Father-in-law Huamei was wrong, the imperial concubine didn't think about redeeming her at all, but Lin Jiang was not wrong, the imperial concubine really hated her deeply because of the last forced bow.

Immediately holding grudges, he wanted to trip up the Lin family, and just as he was discussing with the officials in the palace, he found out about the recent incidents in Ningguo Mansion.

The imperial concubine asked her mother's family to find a familiar censor to impeach Lin Ruhai.

In addition, on the day when Ningguo Mansion was punished for confiscating titles and dismissing officials, there was a censor who participated in Lin Ruhai's book at the court, only saying that he himself was a minister of the Ministry of Rites.

King Shao sneered immediately after hearing this.

The emperor left the censor alone and asked, "Why is King Shao smiling?"

Seeing the emperor's roll call, King Shao took a step forward: "It is true that the Lin family and the Rongguo Mansion are related by marriage, but what is the direct relationship with the Ningguo Mansion? All the aristocratic families in Beijing are related. The imperial court has relatives."

"This king is here to ask Hu Yushi a word. Do you dare to say that all the relatives in your family are innocent? If there are one or two who are not innocent, you will not take the initiative to impeach them as a censor. Is it the same crime?"

Hu Yushi's eyes were wide open, but he just didn't dare to speak.

Because he believed that if he dared to say that his relatives were all innocent, King Shao would definitely investigate.

In fact, everyone is an official, and they are all officials in the capital. Who doesn't know who.The reason why Ningguo Mansion is so ugly is that they don't even want a face. Ordinary people would pull a quilt to cover it up.

But the degree of cover-up would definitely not stand up to a prince's careful investigation.

Hu Yushi blushed from holding back.But he refused to lose the fine historical tradition of censors daring to impeach kings, and was afraid of a prince instead.

He stayed there for a long time, and when he saw his colleagues looking at him with mocking eyes, he bravely said to Shao Wang: "The eldest son of the prince's mansion has a marriage contract with Lin Shangshu's daughter. Avoiding suspicion is the only way to avoid suspicion in court affairs. Wouldn’t the prince be biased and protect his weaknesses by defending him in this way?”

This time Shao Wang directly sneered three times.

"You've said all the good and bad things: Ningguo Mansion violated the national law, and Lin Shangshu didn't say anything. You jumped out and said that the Jialin family is in-laws, forcing Lin Shangshu to speak. And my Shaowang Mansion and the Lin family are also in-laws. , I took the initiative to speak out, and you told me to avoid suspicion and not to speak—you Yushitai are very good at doing things, whether to co-author or avoid suspicion, it’s all up to you? If you take the seal when you go to court, look at who It's not suitable for talking today, so just keep your mouth shut?"

Hu Yushi was pushed into his own logical dead end by King Shao, and he couldn't help but fell silent.

King Shao was too lazy to argue with a little censor, so he suddenly turned his head and went directly to Doctor Yushi, the leader of Yushitai: "Your Master Fu taught this?"

Dr. Fu was suddenly named, and he shook his head three times to prove his innocence: many of his subordinates like to impeach crazy censors everywhere to make trouble for their own reputation, he also has a headache, okay?

After several years of being a royal doctor, he has attracted more hatred than before when he was an official for 30 years. Mr. Fu is always looking forward to the emperor's transfer of him from his job and a different department to take care of him.

After this day, both Lin Ruhai and King Shao felt a little strange.

The case of Jia Zhen caused quite a stir in the court. During the whole trial of the case, when the charges came to light, no one mentioned anything about Lin Ruhai.How come after several days, when the final verdict was reached, the Ningguo Mansion sign was about to be removed, but someone suddenly approached Lin Ruhai?

Shao Wang followed the vine and found out the Wu family behind Hu Yushi.

Because Daiyu was going to be a princess, Lin Ruhai naturally didn't hide this from her, so she told her daughter that after getting married, she would spend a lot of time in the palace, so she had to beware of the noble concubine.

Daiyu kept it in her heart, and she was even more worried about Lin Jiang who was in the palace every day, but this matter could not be written in a letter, so she asked Lin Jiang to come back home in her spare time.

Lin Jiang thought that Daiyu was not feeling well, so he packed up and went back to Lin's house that night, leaving only a note for Wei Ren.

As soon as Daiyu told Lin Jiang about this, Lin Jiang thought, "Wait a minute, the imperial concubine suddenly made trouble, maybe I started this matter."

Lin Jiang thought for a while, then went to the study in the front yard to talk to Lin Ruhai about the matter, and then asked Lin Ruhai, if he did not give the imperial concubine any face, would he still involve the Lin family in the future.If so, she would feel a little uneasy.

Lin Ruhai didn't mean to blame her at all, but only asked how she answered the emperor.

He was relieved to hear that she had reported the truth to His Majesty, and said: "If you are an imperial physician, of course, if you are a pure minister among pure ministers, don't be afraid of offending others, let alone take care of your family, everything will be fine."

As an official, no one has ever been impeached, and Lin Ruhai's inspection of the salt censor was not done for nothing.

Even if King Shao didn't directly sneer to solve this matter today, Lin Ruhai still has countless drafts, and he can be safe and sound.

It's just... Lin Ruhai and Lin Jiang couldn't help expressing emotion at the same time when they thought of these things.

Lin Jiang sneered: "They are busy for nothing. As far as I can see the emperor's body, it is absolutely no problem to persist until he is 70 years old. There are still two or three decades to come. Now the princes and concubines who are showing their glory and starting to bite, I am afraid they will not be able to fall. good."

She thought to herself: The history of the Kangxi and Qianlong dynasties tells us that there is no prince in the world for 40 years, and it is not a good thing to be a prince early.

And this night, Lin Jiang sent someone home to tell her, and she stayed at Lin's house, planning to live in the same room with Daiyu.

It's been a long time since the two of them slept in the same bed and whispered.

Madam Xia and the others retreated very considerately, and did not arrange for anyone to watch the night in the back room.

Daiyu and Lin Jiang, because they saw each other less than before, they were together at this time, even if they were gossiping, talking about family affairs, and talking about cats and cats who had recovered but could not regain their glory, they could talk for a long time.

Until the third watch, neither of them felt sleepy, and they were even a little hungry.

I don't want to ask someone to bring in supper.

Lin Jiang now feels the convenience of being at home, she and Wei Ren often have to work late into the night, and it is common to add a supper at night.

Don't be afraid of eating too much, anyway, Lin Jiang has prepared Xiaoshi pills.

But this is not the case in the Lin Mansion. Once you want to eat some hot food at night, there will be troubles for everyone from the courtyard to the kitchen. Madam Xia and the others will all wake up. What to eat and what not to eat.

Lin Jiang didn't want to call anyone, so she got up by herself: "I remember that there are always charcoal-roasted pine nuts and walnuts in the small drawer next to my sister's desk, are there any more?"

Daiyu nodded: "It's still in the original place."

The two of them were wrapped in quilts on the bed, like two squirrels, with a handkerchief as a cushion, and ate a pack of walnuts peeled by the snow geese today.

The moonlight shone in, and the two of them sat on the bed wrapped in quilts, and they couldn't help thinking of the night before the eldest princess' concubine left.

Coupled with the matter of the noble concubine this time, the moonlight seemed to cast a faint shadow of the court.Daiyu couldn't help asking: "Is my sister very tired?"

She will do the same in the future.

The friendship between Zhou Liheng and the fifth prince was just a buddy of a teenager studying in the past, and one was a young prince, and the other was a prince from a humble background.

But now it has become the focus of everyone's attention, and it may even become the reason for assassinating the Lin family.

Lin Jiang ate the last piece of walnut, wiped his hands with tissue paper, then turned to Daiyu and smiled: "Sister, don't worry, I will always be with you."

Daiyu nodded.

Just like seven years ago, Lin Jiang came to Lin's house and said with a smile that she could cure her illness.Lin Jiang never broke his promise to her.

Although the two are not close in relationship, they are just of the same clan but not the same branch, but in Daiyu's heart, Lin Jiang is a compatriot and sister she has never had.He is the closest relative like his father.

In the future, Lin Jiang will always be with her.

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Before the Dragon Boat Festival in May, Ningguo Mansion, no, now it can only be called Jia’s family’s house, and everyone set off to return to their hometown in Jinling.

Although Jia Zhen had the intention of seeing Jiangdong's elders without face, but considering that her descendants would not be allowed to be officials for several generations, she had no place to gain a foothold in the capital, so she had to return to her hometown in desperation.

After this incident, not to mention Jia Zhen, even the Rongguo Mansion was shocked. They thought that the Jia family was so grand and dignified, but in the end they couldn't match the emperor's words and anger.

And what Cai Shilang did made the Jia family understand that there are too many people in the capital who can step on their family.

As Jia Zhen and others left Beijing and returned to their original place of origin, the Jia family's family of two males finally became a real history.Because Jia Zhen was originally the patriarch of the Jia family, after this incident, she was naturally no longer worthy of the position, so the officials ordered that the position of patriarch be passed on to Jia She.

Jia Amnesty: Aha, justice descended from heaven, I am the patriarch.