…There’s a traitor.
The possibility of this cognition is so high that it makes the people in the Imperial Hospital want to kill someone.
Feeling guilty towards Xiaocao, they didn't dare to go see her. You know, nowadays people value apprenticeship and respect teachers. Although Xiaocao said that they were learning from each other, in fact, they were the ones who were learning all the time. No matter whether it was the repair of cleft lip and palate this time or solving their doubts before, her patience was far beyond that of the masters they had kowtowed to and served tea to. Even though they didn't become her disciples, she had really taught them. It was one thing not to show it on the stage, but they could not forget their roots in their hearts.
When something like this happens, it's like a slap in the face to them.
Everyone was restless, pacing back and forth, "Who did it?"
Especially the younger people who were just promoted to imperial physicians, they knew where this opportunity came from, so Xiaocao still had the "favor of promotion" for them; there was also the imperial physician Dong, who admired Xiaocao more than anyone else in the Imperial Hospital, and he coveted Xiaocao's "art of resurrection" and "art of bone setting". After all, he knew the original situation of King Dingbei best, and now, Imperial Physician Dong had found every possible excuse to go to the Dingbei County Prince's Mansion, and having seen the current situation, it was no exaggeration to say that he was astounded. He wanted to learn Xiaocao's medical skills, of course, not through any crooked means, he just wanted to increase his favorability, even if it was good to get a little pointers, and it would be even better if he could offer tea and become a disciple. He didn't care at all whether it was shameful for him to become a disciple of a little girl at his age.
But now that this has happened, their faces are almost distorted with hideousness.
"No, we must find that person out!"
Even if this person might be their superior!
The Imperial Medical Service is no different from other places. To put it bluntly, it's just that simple. Even if it's the higher-ups, because of their respective expertise, even the hospital envoy can't cover up everything. Even if this matter is made public, it may be meaningless. It all depends on the reaction from above.
Even so, there are some things they still did.
Therefore, when Wei Tingyu came to the Imperial Hospital, everything had already been investigated clearly.
Speaking of which, he is a court judge. Not to mention that he himself has a high opinion of himself. Relying on his good medical skills, he is highly regarded and often takes advantage of his seniority. In addition, there is an imperial physician who has some indirect relationship with him. The imperial physician is the only person who was directly cleared out of the Imperial Medical Bureau. He has lost both face and reputation. Especially those who study medicine will naturally doubt his character and medical ethics. The reputation of a medical practitioner is very important. Once questioned, it is basically impossible for him to continue to work there.
Correspondingly, people related to him were also affected, and this judge was one of them. Even his position was in jeopardy. In this situation, he did not reflect on himself, but instead bore a grudge against the "instigator" and waited for an opportunity to take revenge. It just so happened that a nephew of my daughter's in-laws was in the Censorate not long ago. He was eager for success and profit, so he thought this was a good opportunity and his attitude was arrogant.
Naturally, not all people in the Censorate are upright and selfless. They are also divided into factions, and sometimes they act as a knife for their masters behind the scenes. But no matter what, they should not hide it from the Chief Censor and submit their memorials directly. To do so is like thinking that their superior will derelict in his duty and suppress their memorials. In fact, the Chief Censor's inquiry into the memorials of the Censorate is also an internal supervision. Some things need to be taken seriously even if they are impeachments, and some things are not theirs to ask about.
Xiadu Yushi has always been fair. Even if it is about his own things that should be reported, he would not even frown. He would suppress the memorials unless it was really nonsense or it was beyond their jurisdiction.
The Censorate is mainly responsible for supervising all officials. Xiaocao's matter will definitely be rejected by the Xiadu Imperial Envoy based on this point.
Okay, Wei Tingyu doesn’t have to do anything, the matter has been resolved.
Of course, since no one knew what he was doing, he just came here under the pretext of returning something and visiting his fiancée. This place couldn't hide anything at all, and everyone would know everything if they just took a walk around.
Wei Tingyu looked at Xiaocao outside for a while without disturbing her. He turned back and told the people in the Imperial Hospital not to tell her about the matter.
In Wei Tingyu's opinion, there is no need to bother her with these things. The evil in people's hearts and the darkness everywhere, Wei Tingyu is willing to isolate them. She just needs to focus on her own affairs.
The people in the Imperial Hospital were naturally happy and even relieved.
Then in the afternoon, there were some small waves in the Imperial Medical Bureau and the Censorate, but the incident died down completely before it attracted wider attention. Xiaocao was not affected at all because she was immersed in the sea of books. She thought of some questions but did not pay attention to them. When she thought about them again, nothing had happened. She was still a little confused, but forgot about them as soon as she turned around.
The grass felt that everything was calm and peaceful, as if nothing had happened, but of course that was not the case.
Prince Heng was tricked when he presented the birthday gift to the Queen Mother, so naturally a thorough investigation had to be conducted in private. However, after much investigation, even after several people had died, there were only some vague clues, and these clues were in two directions, Prince Dun and Prince Cheng.
Prince Heng's face was so gloomy, even Prince Dun was not his opponent, let alone Prince Cheng. But this time, he was tricked by them. Moreover, in Prince Heng's view, these two people were not capable enough to reach their hands into his palace, and there must be other people involved. Therefore, almost all of his adult brothers became the targets of his attacks. Of course, Prince Dun and Prince Cheng were the first to bear the brunt.
Therefore, these days, the court was quite lively, especially during the grand court session, where everyone would report me and I would report you, and all the trivial matters would be brought up. In comparison, the Censorate was very quiet.
The court was in chaos, and Prince Heng vowed to drag all his brothers into the water, but he himself was not much better off, so they were all very angry. In comparison, Prince Cheng, who was under house arrest, might be better off. Even though the power he had built up with great difficulty was beaten to pieces, he probably didn't get too angry because he was unaware of the outside world.
Emperor Xuanren sat calmly on the throne. To be honest, there were not many things that could really make him angry, and the things that could make him angry were definitely not trivial matters. Therefore, when Emperor Xuanren was angry, no matter how tough a person was, he would have to shrink his neck and pretend to be a quail, trying his best to settle the matter. Therefore, even though they are jumping around fiercely now, the big guys are actually more stable than each other.
Prince Dun was so overwhelmed that he couldn't take care of the affairs of Marquis Pingyang's Mansion.
Wei Tingyu never went to court. He had done everything he was supposed to do. He had nothing else to do recently, so he just quietly recuperated. Being a weak and beautiful man, he could be said to have hidden his merits and fame.
The Wen family's side was also quite lively. First of all, there was Wenren Xiang's wedding. At first, the Zhang family refused to change Zhang Junliang's original wedding date, and later, because they did not want Wenren Xiang to enter the palace as a wife of the Zhang family to attend the empress dowager's birthday, they insisted on postponing the wedding date. On the Wen family's side, Han also agreed, but now, it was about to enter July, and there was no movement from the Zhang family.
Han sent someone to ask when the wedding would take place. There was no response, so Han was determined. Two days later, she sent Wen Ren Xiang to a nunnery outside the city with great fanfare, and even asked the nunnery's mother to shave Wen Ren Xiang's head herself.
What’s even more amazing is that Han also invited many people to watch the ceremony of shaving Wenren Xiang’s head.
Wen Renxiang was forced to kneel on a cushion by two nuns who were doing rough work. Her hair was still disheveled. The master who was going to shave her head was right beside her. Everything was ready, and the auspicious time was just around the corner.
Han stood in front of Wenren Xiang and looked at her calmly, "Xiang Jie'er, don't blame me as your aunt. I can't help it. You sacrificed your innocence to save the young master of the Zhang family, and even almost lost your life. But the Zhang family changed their minds again and again, and didn't take your life-saving grace seriously. There are other brothers and sisters in the family, and they can't let you delay them all. So, I can only let you down. You should practice well, and your food may be a little frugal, but in other areas, as long as it is allowed, the family will definitely not lack you."
Wenren Xiang looked at Han woodenly, with a dead look in her eyes. Did she hate Han in her heart? I don't know. She had suffered enough during this period. Even though no one beat her or scolded her, and she had recovered her appetite recently, she felt that she was going crazy. She was also afraid of her aunt to the core. When her aunt gave them subsidies, she was always dissatisfied and picky, thinking that her aunt was stingy. She was so rich, but she only gave them so little. Now, thinking back, if she could go back to that time, she would even be willing to worship her aunt as a bodhisattva and would not hesitate to fight back against those who tried to destroy these things.
She would not be foolish enough to think about climbing up the social ladder again. She now wanted to ask her past self, what was so unsatisfactory about her that made her keep doing stupid things
When the auspicious time arrived, Han stepped aside so as not to interfere with the master's ordination.
The sharp scissors cut her beautiful long hair to the ground strand by strand with a click.
Although Han had been competing with Madam Zhang from the beginning, Wen Renxiang knew from the moment Han wanted to send Wen Renxiang back to her ancestral land that Han was never joking, and if the Zhang family did not compromise, she would definitely proceed according to the original plan.
Seeing these strands of hair, Wen Renxiang's eyes finally showed some movement, and tears fell down.
“Stop, stop…” When Wen Renxiang’s hair was cut into pieces, Mrs. Zhang finally arrived, panting.
The master who was going to shave her tonsure looked at Han, but she remained indifferent. The master's eyes moved slightly, but he said nothing and continued to do it as if nothing had happened, as if he had not heard what Madam Zhang said at all.
Mrs. Zhang was so angry that she hadn't even caught her breath before she rushed forward, snatched the scissors from the master's hand and threw them away.
Madam Zhang looked at Han, and she wanted to eat her alive. "Madam Wenren, this is meaningless. My Zhang family is here to propose marriage today. Madam, are you going to send my Zhang family's daughter-in-law to become a nun?"
"Proposal? Madam Zhang, why didn't you tell me earlier? Didn't I send you a message a few days ago to ask what was going on? After all, everything was done according to your Zhang family's wishes before. Now there is no news at all. I thought that the Zhang family looked down on our illegitimate daughter and planned to ignore her. This girl just lives in our house without knowing why, affecting the reputation of others. I have no choice but to send her to the nunnery. If you had given me a message earlier, it would definitely not be the case, don't you think?"
Madam Zhang wanted to ignore Han on purpose. She was really suffering losses again and again and she was not convinced. As a result, Han actually sent her to the nunnery and got ordained today. She invited people to watch the ceremony and then sent her a letter in a roundabout way. She rushed over in a hurry. If she was a little later, her daughter-in-law would really have become bald, and she didn't know how others would blame her.
Han was so cruel and vicious that she could do such a thing to her own niece.
"Madam, did you misunderstand? I have been busy with the betrothal gifts these days, but I haven't received any news from you?"
"No? But I told the matchmakers on both sides, how come Madam didn't receive the news?" Han expressed surprise.
Madam Zhang curled her lips. She couldn't beat Han when she was young, and it's still the same now. She schemed against me and did it perfectly, not giving me any chance to bite back. "Maybe someone below made a mistake. I'll definitely rectify it later."
"Is that so? It seems like this is really a misunderstanding."
"Look, Madam Wenren, now this..."
Han smiled and said, "Since it's just a misunderstanding, it's fine if we talk it out. It's not too late. It's just that our girl has been wronged."
Mrs. Zhang turned around and hurriedly pulled Wen Renxiang up. She immediately put on a loving mother's face, wiped away her tears herself, and comforted her in various ways.
If Wen Renxiang had not seen her initial attitude, she might have really been deceived. In fact, she no longer wanted to marry into Lord Zhang Chengen's mansion. However, if she said she didn't want to marry now, it might not be as simple as becoming a nun or being locked up in the family temple. She might have to sacrifice her life. But she didn't want to die, so she could only pull up the corners of her mouth and respond reluctantly, trying her best to show her pitifulness, weakness and helplessness.
After such an incident, the nunnery was almost aware of the situation. Mrs. Han added some incense money. The monks were kind-hearted and naturally did not make a fuss about it. They just thought that the Sixth Miss Wenren had no affinity with Buddhism.
After returning home, the other spectators felt that they had watched a great show and were quite satisfied.
The rest depends on the two families continuing to argue. If the Zhang family wants to smooth things over, it may be difficult to resolve the issue.
The more Mrs. Zhang tried to put it off, the more Han would not allow it.