Ye Zhen was very angry about the empress dowager's intervention in Lu Xiangzhi's marriage. For a moment, she even thought of thousands of ways to deal with the empress dowager. In the end, she restrained herself and calmed down. The empress dowager did this just to force her to agree to keep Liu Zhihua in the palace. Unfortunately, the empress dowager still did not know her well enough.
Originally, Ye Zhen thought that the empress dowager would be happy with the selection, but now she did not think so. Hehe, if she continued to endure, she would really be treated as a soft persimmon and pinched however she wanted.
"I remember that the candidates have to be taught for half a month before they can be selected to their heart's content." After Pei Shi left, Ye Zhen called Aunt Pan and asked.
Aunt Pan replied, "Replying to Your Ladyship, today is the first round of selection. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will send the failed beauties out of the palace, leaving behind those who will be trained and taught. Only then will Your Ladyship select the best for the Emperor to look over and confer titles upon."
Ye Zhen nodded faintly. In this way, she still had time to take her time.
"I heard that the empress dowager went to see the candidates today and took one of them away." Aunt Pan whispered.
"Liu Zhihua." Ye Zhen showed a sarcastic smile. In order to keep Liu Zhihua in the palace, the empress dowager really went to great lengths.
Aunt Pan glanced at Ye Zhen. "Empress Dowager, you know everything."
Even if she didn't want to know, someone would tell her about it.
Ye Zhen asked someone to call Hu Yue 'er and leave the matter of training the candidates to her. If she encountered anything that she couldn't solve, she would report it to the empress dowager.
Hu Yue 'er didn't expect that the empress would entrust such an important task to her. She couldn't react. "Empress Dowager, this concubine has never taken on such a heavy responsibility. I'm afraid I will disappoint you."
"You came out of the selection of candidates. You know many things better than me. If you don't know how to deal with it, you can ask me or the empress dowager. Don't worry too much." Ye Zhen said with a smile.
If Hu Yue 'er were to do this, the empress dowager would think that she had no intention of intervening in the affairs of the candidates. Maybe she would even think that she was afraid that she would really do something to the Lu family.
Let the empress dowager think so first. She could still have some quiet days to do her own things.
Ye Zhen's instructions to Hu Yue 'er soon reached the Palace of Compassionate and Peaceful. When the Empress Dowager learned about it, she was in a good mood.
"Empress Dowager, what does the Empress want to do?" Liu Zhihua massaged the Empress Dowager's knees and looked suspiciously at the Empress Dowager. As a scholar, she had been very nervous after entering the palace, deeply afraid that the Empress would purposefully make things difficult for her. She had even been sent out of the palace at the first test. Luckily, nothing like that had happened. She was still in the palace and was highly valued by the Empress Dowager.
"What can she do? Isn't she just showing weakness? Humph, this consort has seen people like Lu Yaoyao before. In the past, there were many people like her who didn't know what was good for them. Now that you've entered the palace, as long as you properly learn the rules from aunt, when the time comes for His Majesty to confer the title of Xiu Nu, this consort will not treat you unfairly." The Empress Dowager said.
Liu Zhihua bowed her head and complied.
It was impossible for her to expect the emperor to suddenly take a liking to her. When she was in Chengde Villa, she had desperately danced in front of the emperor, but it was useless. The emperor still didn't look at her.
If there was no Empress, it would be good. The Emperor would definitely notice her. However, she didn't dare to say such treasonous words out loud.
Before going to Chengde Villa, Ye Zhen had been preparing for the establishment of a medical workshop. Now that winter was coming, she hoped to implement the medical workshop as soon as possible. In the past two days, she had been writing various arrangements and systems for the medical workshop. Some of them were her own ideas, and some were what she saw in the materials found in the library tower.
As long as Qi Jin entered the palace these two days, she would be called over by Ye Zhen. The two discussed together how to prevent the medical workshop from repeating the same mistakes and came up with many new ideas.
"Empress, if the medical workshop is built, have you thought about who will manage it?" Qi Jin asked in a low voice.
"This consort wants Jianjia to manage outside the palace," Ye Zhen said lightly. "She was originally an official's daughter. She has good skills and has lived in the military camp. Her character is firm and she is not afraid of people. She is the most suitable candidate."
Qi Jin nodded. She was not familiar with Jianjia, but since she was a person around the empress, her background was not bad. "When does the empress plan to build the medical workshop?"
"This consort has already asked people to find a suitable location in the capital, and construction will start soon." Ye Zhen said, "There must be at least two doctors in the medical workshop. As for the female doctors, do you have any suggestions?" Ye Zhen asked with a smile.
"To work in the medical workshop, one must select bold and careful people. This lowly official thinks that both Xia Yaohua and Chen Jinru are good." Qi Jin said.
They were all Ye Zhen's former classmates. Ye Zhen was also familiar with their personalities. "They are indeed good. Medical Officer Qi, then the selection of doctors and female doctors will be entrusted to me."
Qi Jin said with a smile, "This lowly official will live up to the mission."
Ye Zhen looked at her with a smile. Now, the matter of the medical workshop was finally settled. "Medical Officer Qi, do you have any news from Master?"
Ever since they parted ways in Dongqing, she hadn't heard any news about Huang Fuchen. Mo Rongzhan had sent someone to look for him, hoping that Huang Fuchen would know about hypnosis. However, there was still no news after so long.
"He has always been homeless. Sometimes there is no news for several years. This lowly official doesn't know where he has gone recently." Qi Jin said helplessly.
"He really has no fixed residence." Ye Zhen shook her head and sighed. She didn't know how Huang Fuchen developed such a habit.
Qi Jin smiled, "If there is news of him, I will come and tell the empress."
"Well, then I will trouble Medical Officer Qi." Ye Zhen said with a smile.
"If the empress has no other instructions, then this lowly official will leave first." Qi Jin stood up and said.
Ye Zhen nodded gently, "If there is anything I don't understand, I will ask someone to invite you over."
Qi Jin left. She had to go to the Palace of Compassionate Peace. In the morning, the Empress Dowager sent a message to her. It seemed that her old illness was acting up again.
Not long after Qi Jin left, Ye Zhen planned to read for a while. As a result, someone came outside to pass on a message that the concubine of the Fifth Wangye's mansion had come to see her.
The concubine of the Fifth Wangye, Ye Zhen, raised her eyebrows. She thought of Lu Jing. Apart from her, she really couldn't think of any concubine of the Fifth Wangye's mansion who dared to come to the palace without permission.
"Go and ask Lu Jing. If there is nothing important, let the Fifth Wangye enter the palace and talk to me." Ye Zhen ordered faintly.
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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