Chapter 665 Female Doctor

Mother and daughter don't have to worry about others when they talk. It doesn't hurt to chat and laugh occasionally, and it can relax the atmosphere.

The eldest princess quickly asked: "Has the imperial doctor checked your pulse?"

"Yes." Nan Xi nodded, "But the imperial doctor only performs routine pulse diagnosis, and the imperial hospital is full of men. After all, there are no female doctors left around for convenience."

"That's true." The eldest princess pondered for a moment, "Qing Ling will stay in the Dazheng Palace from now on, but something happened to her now."

"What's up?"

"Although Qing Ling is a medical girl, she actually comes from a family of officials." The eldest princess said, "Her father is Ruan Kun, Bo of Xiping. He is also from a distinguished family. Although he has no real power, Ruan Kun is relatively rigid and does not know how to adapt. ”

Uncle Xiping?

Nan Xi frowned. She couldn't remember the palaces like Dongling, which only had titles but no real power. There was no need to remember: "How did Uncle Xiping's daughter become a medical girl?"

"Qing Ling is a concubine in the family. Her biological mother died young, and she was fostered by her aunt's mother since she was a child. In the past, there were many concubines in the palace, and routine pulse diagnosis at the Imperial Hospital was occasionally inconvenient. So the Emperor ordered to select from the families of officials who volunteered to be medical ladies in the palace. "Girl, after completing your studies, you will stay in the palaces to serve the concubines," the eldest princess said, "Studying medicine not only requires hardship, but also takes a long time to achieve success, so most of these medical women have entered the palace since they were young. Starting from the age of three or five, the legitimate daughters are so delicate that the mother at home is naturally reluctant to let them go. "

Nan Xi held the tea cup and said clearly: "So most of them are concubines entering the palace?"

The eldest princess nodded: "The palace has extremely strict control requirements for medical women. They are not allowed to have easy contact with men, and they are not allowed to have contact with princes or princes. This is to prevent the occurrence of things like climbing a dragon and a phoenix. Anyone who dares to violate it will be directly executed. ”

Nan Xi nodded slowly. This is understandable. After all, many women who have entered the palace since ancient times have had some thoughts. Not to mention the medical women, many of the humblest palace ladies have the intention to soar to the sky. Longing for a night of favor, he flew up to the branches and enjoyed prosperity from then on.

Although the palace rules are a bit strict, they are still a bit unkind to some peaceful women, but if they are too unkind, many unpleasant things will happen, and there is nothing that can be done about it.

"Qing Ling is one of them?"

The eldest princess hummed: "Some of the medical girls who studied medicine with her back then are still serving in the palaces of the queen mother and concubine. Others who have no place to live have returned home. Most of those who are of the right age are taken care of by their parents at home. Make arrangements to get married."

Nan Xi frowned: "The world is very unfair to women. Just because there are no concubines in the harem, what these medical girls have learned for many years is useless. However, the most important years of their lives are spent on studying medicine. In other aspects, If you don’t know anything about your talents, even if you get married and have no other talents besides medical skills, you won’t be able to please your husband.”

The daughter of an aristocratic family was born into a noble family, and she focused on cultivating her manners, bearing, and self-cultivation. She learned everything from music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. The best ones were proficient in all aspects of their talents, while those with mediocre qualifications could at least show off one or two outstanding talents. Moreover, her mother taught her how to run a family, and most of them became official wives after leaving the cabinet.

As for these medical girls, they have humble origins. Most of them who can be sent to the palace to study medicine are daughters who are not very favored by their families. After ten years of boring medical study career, if they can be assigned to the harem and concubines, they will not be able to do it. I have planned a job. If I can be liked by the master, I will be given a female official title in addition to the reward. This will also increase my worth when I get married after leaving the palace. Those who are not willing to marry will stay in the palace to serve the master for the rest of their lives. , at least he has medical skills at his side.

But now there are not so many concubines to serve, and medical girls have no place to go. Marrying a woman depends on luck. Some men place too much emphasis on beauty and talent. These girls who only know medical skills but not talents will really displease their husbands. .

Nan Xi felt that the arrival of her as the Queen had greatly affected many things in Dongling. Shen Mei thought for a moment, then raised her eyes and said, "I think we can open a women's thatched cottage."

"Women's Cottage?" The eldest princess frowned, "Let those women show their faces?"

"Men are superior to women. This is a system that has been passed down from ancient times. If I had not become this queen, I would not be too opposed to this system. But now that I am in this position, I feel that I can improve the status of women in the world." Nan Xi said calmly, "The Women's Thatched Cottage is one of the changes. These female medical students are of no use. They have wasted more than ten years of learning and it is not fair to them. They simply put these women into thatched cottage, specially for officials' wives and young ladies. diagnosis.”

This can also solve some symptoms that male doctors do not look at, as well as embarrassing situations that men and women occasionally encounter.

Although there are no men and women in the eyes of doctors, many women are bound by rules and concepts of chastity and are still shy to speak out when they have some unspeakable illnesses. Female doctors can play a big role at this time.

However, this issue can be left to be discussed and decided later.

Nan Xi asked: "What happened to Qing Ling now?"

The eldest princess said: "Her aunt asked her to be a dowry for her eldest sister."

Dowry?

"Isn't she a medical girl in her mother's house? Without mother's consent, her aunt became her master?"

The eldest princess said: "After the medical girls were dismissed, they all became free. Because Qing Ling was one year younger and had not yet reached the age to leave the palace, she was sent to the eldest princess' mansion by me - you and Rong Yu She was only thirteen years old before she came to Tanglin."

Qing Ling was thirteen that year, and now she is sixteen. At the age of marriage, it stands to reason that she can actually regain her freedom.

Nan Xi was silent for a moment.

She probably understood that Qingling was a female doctor, but because all the female doctors were released from the palace and became free, only her parents had the right to decide her marriage. Qingling had reached this point now. Unless Qingling told the princess that she didn't want to get married and wanted to stay in the princess's mansion to serve her for the rest of her life, she could choose not to get married.

But Qingling was only sixteen years old now. Life was too long. Who wouldn't want to have a complete and happy family, with a husband and children to take care of?

Nan Xi thought for a while: "What does Qingling think?"

"I don't know." The princess shook her head, "She didn't tell me, nor did she ask for help, so I couldn't manage it even if I wanted to."

After all, this was someone else's family affair. Even if she was the princess, she couldn't manage everything.

"I do know something." Rong Yu suddenly said, "Chu Nanyi should have some ideas about Qingling."

Nan Xi turned her head: "Chu Nanyi?"

Rong Yu hummed, turned around and called Qingyang, and ordered: "Send Chu Nanyi to the palace."

"Yes."

Nan Xi was surprised, Chu Nanyi had ideas about Qingling? When did it happen?

In fact, Chu Nanyi not only had ideas about Qingling, but also hid his love for her and planned to marry her as his wife, but at present, he encountered some unpleasant things.

"The Chu family's illegitimate son can't decide on his own marriage, and he still wants to marry the daughter of my Xiping Marquis's Mansion?" The head of the Xiping Marquis's Mansion, Mrs. Tao, said coldly, "Don't even think about it!"