While feeling her pulse, he asked, "Yue Niang? Are you the most popular prostitute in Yuzhou City, Ziyue Tower?"
Yue Niang pursed her lips and smiled slightly, shyly covering her mouth with a handkerchief.
"The girl is smart, exactly."
Liu Qiaoer asked again: "What are the benefits of selecting the most beautiful courtesan in the capital?"
Yue Niang said, "The most beautiful courtesan will be selected every three years and will be able to enter the palace to meet the emperor. If the emperor likes her, she will be selected to enter the palace and accompany him."
How big is this? You have to know that these women in brothels are lowly all their lives. If they really enter the palace and become the emperor's concubines, it would be like a fish leaping over the dragon gate and becoming a superior person.
But is it just that simple
The more Liu Qiaoer felt Yue Niang's pulse, the more she felt something was wrong, so she simply knocked her out and sent her to space for testing.
In space, Long Batian also received another piece of news.
"In fact, the owner of this flower boat is Zhao Ziyu, also known as Prince Yi. The flower boat travels back and forth between the capital and Yuzhou City, stopping here and there to get news."
Liu Qiaoer became more depressed: "Just take the flower boat, why did Zhao Ziyu knock me out?"
After examining Yue Niang, Liu Qiaoer went to find Zhao Ziyu angrily.
Zhao Ziyu was not surprised at all that Liu Qiaoer could guess the owner of the flower boat. In his impression, Liu Qiaoer seemed to know everything.
He looked a little uncomfortable: "After all, it's a flower boat, I'm afraid of tarnishing the girl's reputation."
Liu Qiaoer was furious: "I treat everyone equally. In my eyes, you and Yue Niang are the same..."
At this point, Doctor Zhu coughed heavily, indicating that Liu Qiaoer had said the wrong thing.
Not only did Liu Qiaoer not admit it, she became even angrier.
"Doctor Zhu, isn't that right? As doctors, do we have to treat patients based on their status? Doesn't it say on the first page of Shennong's book that no matter how high or low a patient's status is, in the eyes of a doctor, they are all patients... You don't even have this most basic medical ethics, do you?"
Doctor Zhu's face turned red and white at Liu Qiaoer's words.
In the end, it was Zhao Ziyu who admitted her mistake first: "Okay, okay, I was wrong. I underestimated Miss Liu. This was just a trick of mine."
From the beginning of leaving the city, Zhao Ziyu arranged three groups of people to leave the city, just to avoid certain people.
Zhao Ziyu had long planned to follow the flower boat out of the city. Yue Niang was ill, and she was an important candidate for the title of Oiran, so Zhao Ziyu had long planned to let Yue Niang enter the palace.
"You should first tell me, what is Yue Niang's illness?"
Things have become like this, and Liu Qiaoer didn't delve into it further. She was just worried when talking about Yue Niang's illness.
"Yue Niang's illness is quite serious. If she is scheduled for surgery immediately, she will be guaranteed to be healthy in a month."
But it only takes one and a half months to get from Yuzhou City to the capital. One month is used for recuperation and half a month is used for dancing practice, so the hope of winning is not great.
"But if I have surgery after the game, it might get worse. I'm afraid I might even lose my life by then."
Liu Qiaoer has already found out that Yue Niang has Zigong fibroids, which is quite serious and needs to be removed immediately.
If the diagnosis and treatment are delayed and the bad cells reach the pelvic cavity, they may develop very quickly and the patient may die in three years at the slowest and half a year at the fastest.
After hearing what Liu Qiaoer said, Doctor Zhu was a little troubled.
"Ah? Surgery? Do you want to cut open the skin and flesh? That would also be fatal."
Liu Qiaoer had a dark face and looked at Doctor Zhu silently.
Doctor Zhu realized it belatedly: "Since Miss Qiao'er said that she can recover in a month, we should give it a try. Young Master, Miss Yue has spent a lot of effort on you."
Liu Qiaoer understood Zhao Ziyu's idea and asked Yue Niang to enter the palace as a spy.
Since Lu Yunzheng thought of using Yue Nishang to infiltrate the official's backyard and obtain information, Zhao Ziyu used women to enter the harem to obtain information. In fact, the principles and methods are the same.
In the huge imperial palace, the palace maids and eunuchs are all spies of various forces. It’s just a matter of who has more or whose people are smarter.
Liu Qiaoer had watched many palace fighting dramas, so she naturally understood them, but she still found it very interesting when she watched them with her own eyes.
But this time even Zhao Ziyu was a little skeptical.
"Can Miss Liu really make Yue Niang recover in just one month?"
If we use ancient equipment, it may not be the case.
But Liu Qiaoer used modern medical equipment, and she didn't even remove the stitches when suturing the wound, so of course she recovered faster.
The confinement period after a caesarean section is only two months at most, and this type of surgery is minimally invasive.
Liu Qiao'er did not answer Zhao Ziyu directly, but stared at him angrily: "How long has it been since I met you? How do you feel about your recovery?"
Zhao Ziyu had a chronic illness, and it has been almost three months now. He has become a normal person, and after a period of exercise, his body has become stronger and he has muscles.
After thinking for a while, he said, "Okay, then you can have the surgery. Yue Niang is an important person to me, and I don't want anything to happen to her."
Liu Qiaoer agreed because he gave Zhao Ziyu a lot of money when he treated her last time. This time, Liu Qiaoer didn't feel comfortable asking him for money.
However, in the evening, Zhao Ziyu asked Hong Yuan to bring her a few boxes of clothes.
"Miss, the master thinks the material of your clothes is not good, so these are made for you and brought here for you."
Zhao Ziyu was indeed generous. She sent boxes of clothes, including underwear and skirts, all made of high-quality materials.
Liu Qiaoer excitedly chose a pink one.
Hong Yuan helped her put on her clothes. Looking at herself in the bronze mirror as tall as a person, Liu Qiaoer felt as if she had become a different person.
"It's true that clothes make the man, Hong Yuan, put on this outfit, don't I look like a country girl anymore?"
Hong Yuan pursed her lips and smiled: "The girl is already as beautiful as a fairy."
Xiaoliu woke up from his nap and came to the third floor. Seeing Liu Qiaoer wearing new clothes, he pointed at her and suddenly blurted out something.
"I want to marry you."
Liu Qiaoer was so angry that she laughed: "Xiao Liu, don't say such things. When you grow up, I will be an old woman and you will despise me."
Zhao Ziyu was a really generous person, and he was grateful for what he had received, so Liu Qiaoer no longer had any temper.
It took one and a half months to sail from Yuzhou City to the capital, with frequent stops along the way.
After Yue Niang recovered from her illness, she rested for a month. During the remaining half month, she either practiced dancing or playing the piano every day.
In terms of expertise, this time Liu Qiaoer did not show off her skills, nor did she plagiarize modern dance music for Yue Niang.
Liu Qiaoer thought that the four songs that Yue Niang selected for the competition were all very nice to listen to, and they were all very poetic and charming.
Sometimes we have to say that people of noble birth in ancient times did have some quality. At least in terms of poetry and songs, they were really strong.
In another three or four days, we will reach the capital.
Liu Qiaoer, standing at the bow, actually felt an indescribable sense of nervousness.
Although they were on the ship, news from the capital never stopped.
The imperial examination in the capital was approaching, and after Lu Yunzheng restored his reputation, he also took the examination this time.
The Queen Mother has already announced that as long as he passes the imperial examination, she will grant him a marriage with Princess Mingxin.
In recent times, Lu Yunzheng no longer ran around and stayed at home reading every day.
The Lu family in the capital did not openly quarrel with Mrs. Lu and her family.
But some things are bound to happen.