Of course, the sentence before departure was just a joke. Xie Wangzhi should have thought it was a good thing at that time. Naturally, he missed Li Qishen after he left, but as time went on, he could not take care of it. At least during the day, he was overwhelmed by affairs. If he wanted to think of him, he had to rest at night and toss and turn on the couch alone.
It's not that she is heartless, it's just that there are too many things to do. After Li Qishen left, she realized that there were so many affairs in the palace. He had previously suppressed them and dealt with them when reviewing memorials. This is easy to solve. They are all trivial matters anyway. Xie Wangzhi is not stupid. He found it difficult at first, but he got the hang of it after two or three days.
The real trouble was the epidemic. It was June, when the weather was the hottest, and an epidemic broke out suddenly in Chang'an. No one in the palace was infected yet, but it also alarmed the imperial physicians. The imperial physician was so anxious that half of his hair turned white. He barely suppressed the epidemic by isolating and burning corpses, but in the circle where the disease occurred, those who were supposed to get sick still got sick, and those who were supposed to die still died.
The epidemic was not too serious, and people were not panicking. Everything seemed normal in the city, but it might not be the case if it was left alone. The imperial physician had no choice but to leave the palace. Pei Wen was originally a traveling doctor, and unlike the well-behaved imperial physicians, he looked gentle but was very courageous. Hearing that a doctor had come to Chang'an City who could cure the epidemic, he went there alone to seek medical treatment.
But after going back and forth, he did not get the doctor. Pei Wen was frustrated and refused to explain the reason in detail when he came back. He only vaguely said that he said something wrong when he saw the doctor and accidentally angered the other party, so he failed to get the prescription. He was not a person who did not know etiquette, and he went there sincerely, so there would not be any quarrels. But he kept his mouth shut and refused to say more. Xie Wangzhi guessed that there was some misunderstanding, so he did not ask more questions, but only asked where the doctor lived and went there himself.
The doctor's place was remote, but not far from the epidemic area, so there were not many people. Xie Wangzhi couldn't find anyone to ask. The sun was shining brightly the last two times he went back, and he couldn't just stay there, so he had to go back to the palace. Today the weather wasn't hot, it was cloudy, but stuffy, and the clouds were gathering in the sky, with a hint of a thunderstorm.
Xie Wangzhi thought she could look for it before the rain came. She turned the corner and her cloak was suddenly grabbed. She was startled and looked in the direction where the force came from, and met a pair of children's eyes.
The boy stared at her for a while, then shouted in surprise: "Sister, it's really Sister! Do you still remember me? I'm Hu Zi, the one. My mother is sick, and you gave me money... the one!"
Xie Wangzhi was slightly startled, then recognized who it was and smiled at him. Boys of this age grow fast, Hu Zi is a little taller and stronger than he was then, a little darker, but his face is flushed with a healthy blush, and his smile is also sincere, looking quite cute, making people want to rub him.
Seeing that he was still in good spirits, Xie Wangzhi guessed that his mother's illness must have recovered, and asked casually: "How is your mother now?"
"Okay, this time she's really cured! I used the money you gave me to buy medicine. My mother got better after taking it, but she would cough if she didn't take it," Hu Zi was not very good at describing, so he could only gesture. "A few days ago, a doctor came and he didn't charge for seeing patients. I took my mother to see him, and she took medicine. Now she doesn't cough even if she doesn't take it. She's really cured!"
What he said was so confusing that Xie Wangzhi took some time to figure it out. He was really happy for the woman he had never met before: "That's good. You are growing up slowly. You should take good care of your mother. I have something else to do. I'll leave first."
"...Oh." Hu Zi obviously wanted to chat with this beautiful lady for a while, but he also knew that he couldn't block her way. He nodded and suddenly remembered something, "What are you doing here? You must be the wife of a wealthy family. This place is very shabby..."
"I'm going to find a doctor." Xie Wangzhi thought of Hu Zi's previous words, "By the way, the doctor you mentioned is from outside? Does he say he can cure the epidemic?"
"… I think so. She can treat illnesses and heal injuries. A few days ago, the uncle next door fell ill, with a cough and fever. The clinic said they couldn't cure him and that no one could see him. He had to be locked up, otherwise he would infect others. It was this sister who cured him." Hu Zi didn't know what an epidemic was, so he followed Xie Wangzhi's words and asked, "Are you looking for her?"
"Yes." Xie Wangzhi was a little surprised and swallowed, "Can you take me there? I want to ask for a prescription for someone."
"Sure." Hu Zi didn't think too much and pointed in a direction. "It's over there. We'll be there in a short walk. Follow me."
Xie Wangzhi responded and followed Hu Zi.
It was not far away indeed. At least when she stood at the corner, she could vaguely see the fence of the courtyard. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, she arrived nearby and could enter the courtyard after walking a little further.
"That's it." Hu Zi stopped and said, "The doctor said not to go to her if there's nothing wrong. I won't see a doctor or take medicine, so I can't go to her. You go in by yourself."
"Okay." Xie Wangzhi nodded, "Thank you for bringing me here."
"It's okay, it's okay. I said I wanted to repay you." Hu Zi quickly refused and scratched his head, "Then I'll go! Sister, talk to the doctor yourself. She's actually very easy to talk to!"
He didn't wait for Xie Wangzhi's reply, he turned around and ran. After all, he was a child who was used to running in the fields, so he ran fast. In a moment, he disappeared, and I couldn't even see where he ran to.
Xie Wangzhi shook his head, sighed softly, and walked towards the hut.
The house was not big, the yard was also small, and the fence was less than half a person's height, which did not provide any shelter at all. Xie Wangzhi walked a few steps closer and saw a shelf in the yard, drying various herbs. Next to the shelf stood a girl, tall and slender, wearing a simple skirt, with her hair loosely tied up with a wooden hairpin, just like a common female doctor.
Xie Wangzhi thought that this should be the doctor, but judging from her figure, she should be young. She was a little unsure, so she asked through the fence: "Excuse me, are you the doctor who can cure the epidemic?"
"It's me." The female doctor turned around and looked at Xie Wangzhi, "What's wrong? Is someone sick?"
Just now, she was half-sideways, so Xie Wangzhi could only see her back. Now that she turned around, he could see her clearly, which made Xie Wangzhi stunned for a moment. Her face was cold and beautiful, and she was clearly a Han Chinese, but her eyes were emerald green, and at first glance she looked like a cat. It was estimated that her ancestors had some Hu blood.
Xie Wangzhi had a similar impression to Li Qishen, so he couldn't help but feel a little more favorable towards the female doctor. He shook his head and said, "No, I'm from the palace. There are many people in the city who have been infected with the plague, and not everyone can come to seek medical treatment. So I'm asking for a prescription to cure the disease. Please give me the medicine to save them."
With Pei Wen's experience as a lesson, although she spoke sincerely, she was actually a little afraid that the doctor would get angry. After all, she was asking her for a prescription, and it might be a secret recipe that could not be passed on to others. But the doctor did not get angry. She just stared at her for a while, and suddenly smiled: "So it's you."
"… The doctor knows me?"
"I know. I heard someone say that a woman was looking for me two days ago, but I was not there. I saw her today. It should be you, right?" The doctor said, "Please come in."
"Thank you." Xie Wangzhi pushed open the fence door and entered the yard.
"I live alone and don't like to drink tea. There is water on the table. You can drink some if you are thirsty." The female doctor turned and went into the house, saying, "Wait a moment. The paper and pen are in the room. I will go and write."
Xie Wangzhi had never expected that the female doctor would be so easy to talk to. She didn't even bother to use the persuasion she had prepared, and she didn't even bother to drink water. When the female doctor came out of the room and handed her a small envelope, she couldn't believe it: "Are you really going to give it to me like this?"
"What else?" the doctor said, "I am treating illnesses, not harming people. It's just a prescription. What's so shameful about it?"
That's the truth. Xie Wangzhi groaned, took the envelope, and carefully put it into his sleeve: "Excuse me, a doctor came to see you before, he is a man in his twenties. I want to ask, did he say anything to offend you? If he did, I would like to apologize for him again, and thank you for your generosity and willingness to save the patients in Chang'an City."
"He told you?" The female doctor was surprised and shook her head. "It's not an offense, and I don't hate him. He's not a bad person. Doctors are like parents, and they want to save people. He's just not very good at talking."
"… What's wrong?"
"He asked me for a prescription. Since it was about saving lives, I would not refuse to give it to him. But he didn't say it politely. He told me about the Imperial Medical Bureau in the palace, saying that if I could save lives, I could probably get a job there." The female doctor found it funny when she thought about it, and couldn't help but sigh again. "To me, Daming Palace is just a cage. If a cage is woven with gold threads, is it not a cage?"
It was just a casual remark, but Xie Wangzhi sounded a little sad. She was silent for a moment and then responded, "This is indeed an offense. I heard that you don't charge for treating patients. I think you regard fame and fortune as dirt... I apologize for the offense, my lady."
"It's nothing serious. I'm not angry. I just said what I said just now. He might have been wrong." The female doctor really didn't care about this. "By the way, are you in a hurry to go back?"
It doesn't matter whether this matter is urgent or not. Anyway, it's still early, and it won't take long to give the prescription. Xie Wangzhi shook his head: "Is there anything you want?"
"Yes." The female doctor walked to the shelf where medicines were drying and picked out a few herbs at random. "Help me boil the medicine. That's all. Boil three bowls of water into one bowl of water. I have something to do and I have to go out for a while. I will be back in about two quarters of an hour."
"My lady, you want me to stay here alone?" Xie Wangzhi was stunned.
"Don't worry, it's very safe. No one will come."
"... No, that's not what I meant." Xie Wangzhi was a little embarrassed, "I mean, there's no one at home except me... Are you at ease?"
"We are poor, there is nothing to worry about." The female doctor didn't care at all and pushed open the fence door and went out. "Then I will leave first and come back later. The smell of the medicine will be a bit pungent when it is boiled, please bear with it and don't run away in the middle of boiling."
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