People from Quzhou also have the surname Yang, and nine out of ten of them are Yang from Quzhou.
That was the famous Xinglin family in the medical field of the Ming Dynasty.
There is the Li family (Li Shizhen) in the north and the Yang family (Yang Jishi) in the south.
Could it be that the little girl's grandfather's family is the legendary 'Quzhou Yang Family'?
Su Lan walked to the yard and grabbed a handful of Baiwei, raised her hand to Xiuying and asked:
"Tell me, what kind of medicinal material is this?"
"This is Bai Wei."
Xiuying spoke casually, and seeing Sulan's eyes burning with anticipation, she quickly added:
"Baiwei is cold in nature and tastes slightly bitter and salty. It can clear away heat and cool blood, diuretic and relieve stranguria, detoxify and treat sores. It is usually used for fever caused by warm evil, fever due to yin deficiency, bone steaming fever, postpartum blood deficiency fever, hot stranguria, etc. Bloody, carbuncle, swollen and poisonous.”
Xiuying has had a special talent since she was a child. She has an amazing memory.
Basically, I can have a photographic memory, whether it is books, articles, words, or music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
"What medicine should I avoid?"
"Astragalus, rhubarb, spurge, dried ginger, dried lacquer, jujube, dogwood."
"..."
Su Lan's face was full of surprise, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised in appreciation.
"Then tell me, what if the patient is internally weak and feels cold in his abdomen?"
Seeing that Su Lan clearly wanted to test herself, Xiuying became more energetic.
She replied without hesitation:
"Compendium of Materia Medica" says that in cases of typhoid fever and celestial fever, excessive sweating, excessive yang loss, internal deficiency, inability to think about food, inability to eat, internal deficiency after incontinence, feeling cold in the abdomen, or due to incontinence, Do not take it if it is too much and the diarrhea does not stop."
"Wow haha…"
She was able to recite it backwards and forwards, which made Sulan laugh out loud.
She put down Bai Wei in her hand, clapped her hands and said loudly:
"You are a good candidate for medicine, and you are worthy of being a descendant of the Yang family in Quzhou, but why do you want to enter the palace and become a palace maid?"
"I..."
Xiuying paused obviously, and then became speechless.
You can't say that you are a sinner.
She lowered her head and murmured for a long time, unable to explain why.
Seeing that the other party had something to hide, Su Lan was not the kind of person to inquire deeply about other people's privacy.
Moreover, she also learned that many of the maids in the palace entered the palace out of necessity.
Every family has its cupboard.
Bypassing the topic, she said directly:
"But it doesn't matter. You can take the imperial examination. With your qualifications, it won't be a problem to become a medical lady. She's always more elegant than a palace maid."
Too hospital?
Xiuying couldn't even think about it.
To her, that was something out of reach.
"In order to take better care of the female relatives in the harem, this dynasty has allowed women to practice medicine, with the same treatment and status as men. The rank of female medical officers ranges from the ninth to the fifth rank, and the special one can be the fourth rank."
"Medical women are more favored by harem masters than male imperial doctors. Queens, concubines, princes, Han princesses, etc. will all arrange personal medical women."
Su Lan started to recommend.
"But...but..."
Xiuying's face turned red and she wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.
She had heard from her father that the medical officers at the Imperial Hospital had been vetted by eighteen generations of ancestors and had to be very reliable.
She is the daughter of a criminal, so she will definitely not pass the background check.
Moreover, you wouldn’t know it until the trial, and the first trial revealed the truth.
Then he would really stir up a hornet's nest and implicate many people who helped him.
Su Lan always thought at first that this girl was just a child who couldn't stand up to the public, and was as thin-skinned as a soft persimmon.
But today's exposure to medicinal herbs made her change her original mind.
Although this child doesn't like to talk, he is meticulous in his heart.
He has a dull personality and has the patience to pick up medicinal materials.
"I thank my aunt for her kindness."
Su Lan was very surprised by Xiuying's polite refusal, "Little girl, you... aren't you planning to take the imperial doctor's exam?"
"Um!"
Xiuying nodded affirmatively and replied in a deep voice:
"I just want to leave the palace and regain my freedom when I'm old enough to marry an honest family. I don't want anything else."
Under the system of the Ming Dynasty, when a palace maid reaches the age of twenty-four, if she is not favored by the royal family, no matter how high or low she is, she can apply to leave the palace and go home.
Therefore, many maids endured the humiliation.
They worked hard to win the favor of their master in the palace and obtained various rewards, including gold, silver, jade, jewelry, etc.
He even sold his soul and body and waited until he got out of the palace to find an honest man to marry.
But Sulan didn't know that what Xiuying said was against her will.
After hearing this, she felt very unhappy.
I almost blurted out a curse: I am self-destructive and have no future.
But she finally endured it.
This girl is thin-skinned, and after being scolded, she won't be able to get angry with herself again.
I had been with this girl twice, for more than ten days, and still had some feelings for her.
Su Lan, who was childless, couldn't help but shook her head in regret and said:
"It's really hopeless. What's the benefit of leaving the palace? I didn't expect you to be as virtuous as other palace ladies."
"Forget it, let's eat."
Su Lan put the food box brought by Xiao Anzi on the dining table and went back to the room to change clothes angrily.
This was the first time Xiuying heard someone say that the palace was good.
When entering the palace, waiting for the maids is the lightest punishment the court can give to the female relatives of guilty officials.
But compared to being sent to the frontier and serving as an official prostitute in the Jiaofang Division, Xiuying was luckier.
The equivalent of eight years in prison.
But even so, for a lady from a high family, this is no different than falling into a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.
If she was really allowed to stay in the palace for the rest of her life, just thinking about it would make her hair stand on end.
The word "East Palace" is written on the food box and basket.
This should have been sent by Xiao Anzi. Why didn't he come in by himself?
This guy hasn't come to see his sworn sister for a long time.
Xiuying thought about opening the food box.
Wow, it’s her favorite braised Dongpo pork.
There are also two seasonal dishes.
Fresh spring bamboo shoots, stir-fried dried tofu, old pumpkin and pickled cabbage soup.
Su Lan, who had changed into casual home clothes, looked sullen when she saw the dishes in the food box.
This little girl is like a woman who has been hidden by a certain nobleman. This kind of treatment is many times better than that of some noble concubines who are locked up in the cold palace.
It is true that people cannot be judged by appearance, and there are all kinds of wonders in the world.
Xiuying had already laid out the food at the table. Looking at the bright and oily braised pork, Su Lan moved his chopsticks in one step.
Despite the fact that she is the queen's medical daughter, she has a rank of fifth grade, her status is equivalent to that of a local magistrate, and she is well paid.
An independent dormitory, not to mention the annual salary, there is also a lot of gold, silver and jade that are usually rewarded.
But he is not very good at eating.
She was alone and not good at eating, so she usually ate with the eunuchs and maids in Kunning Palace.
Sometimes I cook some gnocchi at home and put at most two eggs in it.
These days, I have really taken advantage of this little girl and enjoyed the delicious food in the palace.
These are all the skills of Donggong chef.
Even if the East Palace doesn't usually bring dishes, this little girl is still very good at cooking.
She is quite good at cooking. It is said that her father is very good at cooking, and she has learned a lot from it.
Last half month, because it was winter, Su Lan went out to buy more fish and meat, and the little girl slowly cooked it at home.
Hey, it’s nice to have someone at home to keep you company.
Su Lan suddenly had the thoughts of an ordinary person.
