Zeng Rong also realized that he had said the wrong thing again when he heard the other party's whirring panting, and when he was thinking about how to take back the words, the other party spoke first.

"Are there many people in the countryside who sell their sons and daughters?" Zhu Xu was really embarrassed to ask this.

But there was no way, he wanted to hear the truth, so he could only find out from Zeng Rong's mouth, how many of the officials in the court really came out of the countryside? Even if, after so many years, how many people have not forgotten their roots?

"There are not many children sold in the village of Xiaguan's hometown, on the contrary, our village has a very prosperous literary style, and they are willing to tighten their belts for boys to study, otherwise, it is impossible to establish a academy, and this academy has been maintained for hundreds of years." Zeng Rong simply learned the glorious history of Zengjia Village.

When Zhu Xu heard this, he finally understood where Zeng Rong's talent came from, and it turned out to be a source.

It's just that this Zengjia village is not representative, there are many people in the village who read books, and there are many people who work as officials, masters, shopkeepers, etc., correspondingly, these people give back to the villagers and clansmen, so this village can enter a virtuous circle.

But the vast majority of rural areas should not have this condition, so he asked some about the situation of the villages near Zeng Rong, Zeng Rong didn't know much, but he also knew everything.

Zhu Xu saw that Zeng Rong specifically mentioned that it was difficult for rural people to see a doctor, especially for rural women, so he stared at Zeng Rong for a while, "Do you really want to learn medicine?" ”

Zeng Rong nodded.

Zhu Xu waved his hand when he heard this, and let her kneel down.

When she came out, Zeng Rong didn't figure out what the emperor meant, muttered a few words, and quickly let go of the matter, she was now worried about Wang Bai.

Fang just made such a fuss, it is estimated that it will not take half a day to spread all over half of the capital, she is afraid of bringing trouble to the Xu family, and she is also afraid of bringing trouble to herself.

And the imperial concubine, if she knew that she was learning acupuncture, what would happen?

Zeng Rong walked into the study again after dinner to know what the emperor's sentence "If you really want to learn medicine" meant, when Zeng Lin came to ask for peace for him, he ordered Zeng Rong to watch from the sidelines, and specially asked Zeng Rong to come forward to feel the pulse for him.

After the pulse diagnosis, the emperor did not let Zeng Lin leave, and bluntly said that Zeng Rong wanted to worship him as a teacher to learn some medical skills, Zeng Lin refused in a panic when he heard the apprenticeship, "Back to the emperor, the lower officials are shallow in their learning, and they are not worthy of being a teacher. ”

Zeng Rong was about to speak, Zhu Xu glanced at her, and Zeng Rong shut up.

"It's okay, let's discuss, you two go over there to discuss, don't disturb me to review the chapter." Zhu Heng pointed to the desk and high chair in the north window.

Zeng Rong was overjoyed when he heard this, but Zeng Lin was stunned, how could he help a little female official preach and solve his doubts in the emperor's study?

After a short period of stunned, Zeng Lin understood one thing, that is, Zeng Rong's position in the emperor's heart was definitely different, he was just reprimanded by the Marquis of Zhenyuan in the morning, and he actually opened his mouth for her in the afternoon to help her apprentice, who has this face in the world?

After this day, the emperor of the Ping'an pulse in the afternoon generally hand-picked Zeng Lin to take the pulse, Zeng Rong still recorded the pulse case, the difference is that after each time, the emperor will leave Zeng Lin behind, and ordered him to teach Zeng Rong some basic medical skills and medical knowledge, and also teach Zeng Rong how to correctly stick needles on the acupuncture points.

It was often Zeng Rong and Zeng Lin who whispered softly on the side, Zhu Xu watched silently with this book or book on the arhat on the other side, and Chang Dezi stood aside silently.

One summer passed, Zeng Rong finally learned how to stick needles into the acupuncture points, but unfortunately, because of the difference between men and women, she only learned some acupuncture points on the back of the palm, head and face, but she did not test the acupuncture points on the head and face, only tried it with her own hands, fortunately, Doctor Zeng sent a book to Zeng Rong, which was about acupuncture, which contained several annotated drawings of human acupuncture points, and she could practice slowly according to the book.

The emperor moved back to the palace before the Midyear Festival, and Zeng Rong and others naturally returned, to Zeng Rong's surprise, the next morning, she returned to the Pharmacopoeia Bureau and found Zheng Jiao sitting in her daily position, which was not a big surprise.

Zheng Jiao also lived in Xiyuan with her in June, and returned to the palace in early July, when it seemed that the catering bureau was a shift system, and it was impossible for a good thing for her to come alone, but it was only half a month, why did she sit in the pharmacopoeia bureau?

"That's the case, these days I'm busy sorting out the medical records of the ten princes, and the Imperial Doctor's Department is urging me, so the queen ordered Zheng to help me." Cui Yuanhua explained.

Zeng Rong didn't believe this, the case of the tenth son of the emperor was not complicated, and it was not yet time to classify and consolidate, so why was it necessary to borrow someone from outside?

Moreover, the decree just promulgated in May, the inner chamberlain is the inner chamberlain, and it is not mixed with the harem, and even the queen's power to control the law has been stripped away, so how can the queen interfere in the affairs of the pharmacopoeia bureau?

So, Zeng Rong naturally thought of the time when he met Wang Bai in Xiyuan before, most likely what Wang Bai said to his sister, Queen Wang was scared, and found a reason to kick Zeng Rong out and get Zheng Jiao in.

But this reason doesn't seem to be sufficient, if Queen Wang wants to know Zeng Rong's dynamics, she can just go directly to Cui Yuanhua or someone from the Imperial Doctor's Department, why bother to mobilize the crowd so much?

Moreover, it should be the imperial concubine who is really afraid of Zhu Heng standing up, after all, Zhu Wu's age is the same as Zhu Heng, and he is currently the most favored prince, and the tenth prince Zhu Shen is just three years old, and he is still early to adulthood.

But if it wasn't the queen's intention, who would it be?

Zeng Rong, who realized it later, suddenly remembered something, it seemed that this summer, every time she and Zeng Taiyi were in the emperor's outer study, and there were only four people in the room, she and Zeng Taiyi, plus the emperor and Chang Dezi, Chang Dezi usually stood at the door, if someone talked back, he would stop the other party first, and the emperor would also signal them to retire.

In other words, she and Zeng Tai's medical skills should be hidden from outsiders, and the queen and the imperial concubine may not know it, since this is the case, it should not be the emperor's idea.

Perhaps, it's just that she thinks too much.

But this morning, Zheng Jiao neither handed over nor left Zeng Rong, and returned to the residence of the Inner Third Institute in the evening, but she made a deal with Zeng Rong, saying that Liu Nei ordered her to come over to replace Zeng Rong, but did not say when she could go back.