Dingbei Hou's doctor brother

Lu Ziqing stood motionless in the rain, the heavy rain making it impossible for him to open his eyes.

The weather is not at its hottest yet, but it is still extremely cold when it is windy and rainy. My body has been immersed in water and I slowly start to shiver.

He looked up at the sky with empty eyes, thinking, "God, have you seen enough of this excitement? If you have, please withdraw your magical powers."

In addition to the sound of rain, there were also cries coming from the palace gate.

"Ah, Aunt Hongxiu, please forgive me. I really didn't do it. I won't dare to do it again..."

Lu Ziqing recognized that it was Xue'er's voice and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"Under the Emperor's feet, within the Imperial Palace, everyone is so unreasonable."

Everything in the world must be governed by justice and fairness. He and the palace maid clearly did nothing, but they made such a fuss and refused to give in.

In the past, we have seen many cruel officials and evil gentry who abused their power to bully and exploit the people.

But now it seems that those are nothing compared to the strict rules of the palace in front of us.

In this desolate and chaotic world, if justice were as fair as everyone talks about, there wouldn't be so many injustices in this world.

Lu Ziqing shook his head helplessly, letting the crying and shouting enter his ears.

A moment later, Hongxiu came out of the palace gate holding an umbrella, looking very powerful.

"You're a new doctor, but you haven't learned the palace rules and etiquette properly. Even delivering medicine to the Empress is so outrageous. The palace is different from the common people. If you have thoughts that shouldn't exist or do things that shouldn't be done, be careful to bring about a fatal disaster."

Lu Ziqing stared at her and said, "I didn't realize that Auntie was so good at wrongly accusing people."

Hongxiu raised her eyebrows slightly, "It's up to the master to decide whether it's wronged or not. Our queen said that the imperial physician slapped her in the face today, so she must pay it back, but..."

She looked around at Lu Ziqing carefully, reached out and touched his lower back, and said meaningfully.

"The doctor's face is so beautiful, I would be reluctant to leave a few marks on it."

Hongxiu leaned closer and whispered, "But if you're nice to me, I can let you go and even mention you in front of the Empress in the future. How about that?"

Hongxiu was quite close, holding an umbrella in front of Lu Ziqing, and the heavy rain hit the umbrella with a "swish" sound.

Lu Ziqing looked down at her and said, "Aunt Hongxiu is behaving so frivolously and shamelessly. Does the Empress Chen know about this?"

"you……"

"Clap--"

Two slaps landed hard on Lu Ziqing's face, leaving five finger marks, which caused him to jump with burning pain.

"Let me tell you, this is the Imperial Palace," Hongxiu said. "If you, a mere doctor, want to gain a foothold in the palace, you'd better be aware of current affairs."

Lu Ziqing said expressionlessly, "Aunt Hongxiu has finished the treatment. I have important matters to attend to at the Imperial Hospital, so I'll take my leave now."

On Judge Gou's desk were several piles of pulse case logs and several stacks of prescriptions.

He put his fingers into his mouth with saliva and turned the pages carefully, checking them one by one. When he checked the last book, his hand suddenly stopped.

Judge Gou frowned and hissed, then took out the prescription and checked it several times. After making sure that his presbyopia was not wrong, his face immediately fell.

He threw the prescription on the table, took a quick look in the office next door, and said seriously.

"Where's Lin Yi? Let him come see me."

When Lin Yi walked into the judge's office, he saw that Judge Gou's expression was comparable to Bao Gong's. He glanced at Xu Shizhang at the next table and walked to the desk with a nervous heart.

"What do you want from me, sir?"

Judge Gou stared at him, pointed at the pulse case book on the table and threw out three words.

"See for yourself."

Lin Yi took a closer look, his heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, "It's over. I forgot to change the wrong medicine name I recorded earlier."

He said vaguely, "This... maybe Lu Ziqing recorded it wrong this morning. I was busy writing a prescription for the Empress and forgot to check it for a moment, so..."

"Did you forget for a moment?" Judge Gou slammed the table and stood up.

"You've been at the Imperial Hospital for a long time. If you prescribe the wrong medicine or record the wrong pulse, you could be dismissed and investigated at the very least, or lose your head at the worst. If one person makes a mistake, our entire Imperial Hospital will be held accountable. Don't you know that?"

Lin Yi listened attentively to the lecture and dared not say a word.

"Fortunately, the prescription was correct. Otherwise, if the wrong medicine was given to the ladies and any problems arose, both you and I would be doomed today."

Judge Gou stared at the self-proclaimed innocent face and tapped the table three times with his fingers.

"There are trainee doctors in the hospital. You medical officers must always be vigilant and conduct thorough investigations. The officials from the Ministry of Rites are waiting to find fault with our Imperial Hospital."

Lin Yi apologized and said, "Your Excellency's reprimand is true. I will definitely remember it and will strictly investigate my subordinates in the future."

Judge Gou looked at him coldly and said, "If I find you wrong again in the future, there will be plenty of people to take your position as imperial physician. Get out of here."

"Yes." Lin Yi turned around, his face immediately fell, and he cursed inwardly: "Old man, why are you showing off your authority?"

Lin Yi was not nice to Yuanpan Gou because when he first entered the Imperial Hospital, he was inexplicably unwelcome.

Later, a new imperial physician came into the hospital. Not only was he liked by the two judges, but he was also promoted to imperial physician in less than seven years.

Apart from Doctor Ding, it is quite difficult to be promoted from a junior medical officer to an imperial physician.

One must have worked in the Imperial Medical Service for at least six years, plus three assessments of three to five years or longer. All in all, it would take at least more than ten years to succeed.

The newcomer was lucky in every way and was able to take the exam just in time for the vacancy of the imperial physician.

Lin Yi has always been brooding over this, always thinking that it was the bias of the two judges that delayed him for so many years.

He held his breath and walked to the door, bumping into someone coming in. When he looked up, he saw a face that he hated.

This person is the imperial physician who is luckier than Lin Yi in every way.

He picked up the prescription on the ground, walked around Lin Yi with an expressionless face and went inside, only to hear Judge Gou speak.

"Chi Musheng, you came just in time..."

In the corner of the desk in the office, there were several crumpled paper balls scattered around. Lin Yi bit his pen and supported his cheek, pondering the contraindications of drug combinations and muttering to himself.

"Add ginseng, which benefits the spleen and lung meridians and has the effects of tonifying the spleen and replenishing qi, promoting fluid production and nourishing blood..."

He took the prescription and hurried to the imperial pharmacy. After getting the medicine, he passed by a gatehouse and stepped in. A young eunuch came to greet him.

"It's Doctor Lin, what's going on?"

Lin Yi looked inside and said, "I came to get some medicine, so I stopped by to see if the two of you are okay?"

The young eunuch followed his gaze and smiled, "Those piles of medicine are enough for them both to eat."

"That's not the way to say it, but..." Lin Yi raised his eyebrows, "It's always good for newcomers to have more opportunities to gain experience."

The young eunuch suddenly understood, "What Imperial Physician Lin said is absolutely right."

Wu Ji and Su Chengfeng were ostracized everywhere in the Imperial Pharmacy because of Lu Ziqing's affair with the powerful.

There was endless work to do every day, and he was hungry and scolded every day. Wu Ji glanced at Su Chengfeng in annoyance.

"I don't know what Brother Lu is doing?"

The cold wind wrapped in flying rain poured in from the window, and he looked out through the lattice window.

There was a hazy fog outside, and the heavy rain was lashing the ground like a whip, with no sign of stopping.

It was already past 3:00 PM when Lu Ziqing returned. He went to the locker room to change into dry clothes despite the humidity. He saw his swollen face in the bronze mirror, with the fingerprints particularly obvious.

"This vicious woman is too cruel." He touched his face and hissed, "How can I face people with this face?"

If he was ever beaten, it was once when he was wandering at the age of seven. Later, when he followed his master and met his bodyguard Su Chengfeng, he didn't have to get involved in fights.

What happened today is simply a great shame and humiliation.

Lu Ziqing glanced around and saw that apart from a bunch of smelly men's clothes hanging in the room, there were only tables, chairs and wooden cabinets, and no rouge or powder.

Do I really have to go out with this face?