Wang Bai saw that as soon as the emperor came out, he excused Zeng Rong first without asking the reason, he was dissatisfied, and bowed down to explain the matter.

Zhu Xu saw that he repeatedly emphasized that Zeng Rong and Zeng Lin had a close relationship and did not avoid suspicion, and he was out of character, so he couldn't help but pull his face and wave his hand, and said: "The prince is too worried, this girl and Imperial Physician Zeng are old partners, and they are also from their own family, so they are naturally more familiar than others, so they often ask Imperial Physician Zeng for some medical knowledge, why make a fuss?" ”

"Back to the emperor, but after all, there is a difference between men and women." Wang Bai is still not giving up.

"The prince's words are wrong, firstly, it is inevitable that these two people will meet when they work together; Second, as colleagues, it is natural for them to have questions and ask each other for advice. Third, where is the female doctor by the emperor's side? How did the female doctor know the emperor's physical condition? Fourth, these two people did not meet in private, it was normal to ask the emperor for peace, and he was in charge of taking advantage of the time to ask for advice from his predecessors, which was a good thing worthy of affirmation, I don't know if the public thinks so? In the last sentence, Xu Fushan asked the others present.

Everyone couldn't answer directly, they didn't want to sweep Xu Fushan's face or lose Wang Bai's face, so they had to push Xu Fushan and Wang Bai forward with haha.

When everyone walked away, Zhu Xu glared at Zeng Rong, "You don't feel bad if you don't toss something for me for a day?" ”

Seeing that the emperor brushed his sleeves and turned around and entered the house, Zeng Rong hurriedly followed, "Back to the emperor, this matter is really not bad for the lower officials, and the lower officials can't hide yet. ”

Zhu Xu didn't answer her, only gave her a closed look.

Coming into the house, Zeng Lin trembled forward to take Zhu Xu's pulse, Zhu Xu didn't stretch out his hand, and looked at Zeng Lin coldly, Zeng Lin was so frightened that his legs trembled when he saw this, and he knelt down, "Xiaguan, Xiaguan should die, Xiaguan should die, Xiaguan... ”

Zeng Lin wanted to admit his mistake to the emperor, but he said several times that "the lower official should die", but he couldn't say the specific reason, could he say that Zeng Rong took the initiative to ask him for advice and took the initiative to move closer to him? Or can it be said that Wang Bai deliberately found fault in order to vent his personal anger?

He's just a small six-rank imperial doctor, which of these people can he offend? But if he said against his will that he provoked Zeng Rong, he wouldn't dare, he was afraid that the emperor would pull him as a shield in anger, he couldn't hold it, and the whole family still pointed at him.

Zeng Rong saw that Imperial Physician Zeng was frightened like this, and somewhat understood his concerns, so he had to step forward and kneel down, and said: "Returning to the emperor, it is the fault of the lower officials, it is indeed the lower officials who asked Imperial Physician Zeng for acupuncture and moxibustion, and the hands of the lower officials are the evidence." ”

After speaking, Zeng Rong stretched out his left hand, and there were still blood stains on it that had just been squeezed out.

Zhu Xu snorted coldly, did not speak, but stretched out his hand, Zeng Lin didn't understand the taste at first, it was Zeng Rong who reminded him, Fang hurriedly crawled over and pinched the emperor's wrist.

Half an hour later, Zeng Lin finished the pulse, repeated it to Zeng Rong, and left first, Zeng Rong had to stay because the pulse case was not completely recorded, Chang Dezi took the people in the house out with great eyes, and guarded the door.

Half an hour later, Zeng Rong packed up his things, and saw that the emperor was still leaning against the arhat in front of the windowsill with a straight face, holding a book in his hand, but his eyes were looking at the stack of folds on the desk in a daze, Zeng Rong walked over and stood in a proper manner.

Zhu Xu didn't speak, and raised his eyebrows to look at Zeng Rong.

"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else to do, the lower officials will leave." Zeng Rong said. Ranwen.com

Zhu Xu nodded.

Who knew that when Zeng Rong walked to the door, Zhu Xu ordered her back again and asked, "What about the rest of the Pharmacopoeia Bureau?" ”

"Back to the emperor, Aunt Cui is sorting out the medical records of the past three years, Sister Du Juan needs to stay by her side to do chores and errands, and there are also two fathers-in-law who are responsible for managing the old files and medicine cabinets." Zeng Rong replied.

"Do you know what happened to you?" Zhu Xu looked at Zeng Rong and asked.

"Back to the emperor, knowing his mistake, it is because the lower officials did not abide by their duties, and they should not ask for advice from Imperial Physician Zeng, take a step back and say, even if they ask for advice, there is no need to get so close, and it is the lower officials who are not thoughtful to hand over the handle to others for no reason." Zeng Rong obediently admitted his mistake.

At this time, she did regret a little, being splashed with a basin of dirty water for no reason was one thing, and it was another thing that even affected Imperial Doctor Zeng, but Zeng Rong was most worried that Wang Bai was aware of her intention to learn acupuncture.

In the end, she didn't calm down, the previous wormwood incident had obviously taught her a lesson, and she couldn't be in a hurry, but she didn't learn her lesson, and she was arrested again after only a few days.

"Why do you want to learn acupuncture?" Zhu Xu asked.

"Back to the emperor, I was curious, curious that a small silver needle could actually cure diseases, curious about whether such a long silver needle hurt when pierced into the flesh, and why there was no blood." Zeng Rong had already found a good excuse when he admitted his mistake.

Zhu Xu was noncommittal when he heard this, stared at Zeng Rong for a moment, and asked: "I remember you said that you are from the countryside, and your family is living a very hard life. ”

When Zeng Rong heard this, he remembered the population growth and taxes mentioned by Zhu Heng before, thought about it for a while, and explained the general situation of his family.

"You have six children? One more person is studying? Zhu Xu asked.

According to his understanding, Zeng Rong's family has six brothers and sisters, which is not a small population base, how can it be said that the growth is slow?

Besides, the two main laborers planted more than ten acres of land to feed such a large family, and there was also a scholar among them, is this tax heavy?

"Back to the emperor, this account can't be counted like this, although there are six sisters in the Xiaguan family, but the two younger brothers are still young, Xiaguan and his sister are not eating rice, Xiaguan and his sister have to grow vegetables, feed pigs, feed chickens and ducks, and go to collect firewood and mushrooms, Rao is like this, it is still hungry and unclothed, and the eldest brother can only wait when he reaches the age of marriage, so Xiaguan's parents have moved the mind of selling people, otherwise, this family will definitely not be able to support it, in a few years, the two younger brothers will grow up, I am afraid that even the sister of Xiaguan will have to be sold together."

Zeng Rong was telling the truth, if there was no land bought by silver taels left before she left, in a few years, when the two half-brothers grew up, this family would definitely not be able to survive, and the boys would have more food than the girls.

This is also the reason why she wants to take the two brothers out, she really doesn't want to watch the foolish eldest brother be a cow and horse for that family for a lifetime.

It's just that the truth doesn't sound so pleasant, Zhu Xu's face immediately darkened, it's not Chong Zengrong, as a generation of emperors, no one wants to see that their people need to sell their sons and daughters to make a living, what is the difference between this and slapping him in the face?