I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 84 I Have an Old Friend
"This……"

Seeing Yishuo so confident, Liu Che couldn't help but feel a little shaken.

He knew that the teachers he had hired for Liu Ju were all great scholars who were well-versed in the Five Classics. It was absolutely impossible for these people to understand medical skills. Some even thought highly of themselves and disdained to learn about medical skills.

However, before this, Liu Ju had kept many retainers in Bowang Garden.

He knows all kinds of evil. Could it be that he learned them from those followers?

But that’s not quite right…

Yi Shuo was summoned to be the imperial physician in the palace because of his superb medical skills, which could be said to be the highest level among the people.

Even she admired Liu Ju's medical skills so much, so the person who taught Liu Ju medical skills must be a great doctor of the time. How could such a great doctor be unknown, and no one has ever heard of such a person visiting Bowang Garden?

So thinking about it.

Liu Che also felt that there was really no need for Yi Shuo to take the risk of deceiving the emperor for such a matter.

Moreover, this matter involves 30% of the delegation, so it is not difficult to verify it...

So after hesitating for a moment.

Liu Che finally nodded slightly to the solemn female doctor in front of him:

"I can allow you to visit Liu Ju, but the things you record every day must be presented to me first."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will obey your command."

Yi Shuo felt relieved upon hearing this and quickly bowed to express his gratitude.

"Also, an old friend of mine is suffering from a hidden illness. I want you to ask him on your behalf if there are any different treatment options."

Liu Che continued without changing his expression.

Yi Shuo immediately became serious and raised his head slightly:
"Could your Majesty please describe the specific symptoms of this hidden disease, so that I can ask the Crown Prince about it when I see him."

"It is difficult for me to explain the hidden disease in detail if it is suffered by others."

Liu Che still said calmly,

"But I can tell you that this person suffers from hemorrhoid fistula. He has been troubled by this for several years. I even sent the imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau to treat him, but he could only slightly alleviate the condition and could never be cured."

"Wei Chen takes orders."

Yi Shuo finally stopped asking questions and bowed to leave.

Speaking of hemorrhoids and fistulas, Yishuo is naturally no stranger to them.

Some concubines in the harem also suffered from this disease, most of whom were concentrated in concubines who had just given birth.

She also has an external ointment to treat this disease, but as Liu Che just said, this ointment can only treat external symptoms and can never cure hemorrhoids.

So, can the prince cure hemorrhoids and fistula?

Yi Shuo felt a little more hopeful...

If the prince really has a way to cure your majesty's old friend, it would be considered a great achievement.

This should be able to offset some of the guilt, and perhaps it would be possible to avoid death, right?
……

Imprisonment.

"Doctor Yi, why are you here?"

Liu Ju was also quite surprised when he saw Yi Shuo appear outside the fence.

It was understandable that Liu Hong entered the imperial prison to visit him. After all, there was a high chance that Liu Hong would become the crown prince, and the people in the court would give him some face in private.

It is even more understandable that Su Wen went into the imperial prison to visit him. As the emperor's close attendant, it was common for him to go to the imperial prison to convey imperial edicts.

But Yishuo is just a female doctor, not to mention whether she has the face to do so.

Even if some people still need medical treatment and need to consult an imperial physician, all the prisoners in the imperial prison are men, so usually only male imperial physicians are consulted.

As for the female prisoners...

He heard a statement from the jailer:
The semi-underground imperial prison where he was held did not hold women at all. Women would be gathered together and sent to an open prison on the ground in the back hall of the court. It was said that this was because the imperial prison was full of yin energy and women were also yin bodies.

If the two are combined, something ominous may happen.

This made Liu Ju find some similarities between the Han Dynasty and later generations.

As far as he knew, the same saying seemed to exist in places like mines and mining sites in later generations, so it seemed that this saying had already existed in the Han Dynasty.

"I have met His Highness."

Yi Shuo first bowed very respectfully, then opened the wooden box shaped like a food box that was slung over his arm.

Then he took out a piece of linen from the wooden box and spread it flat on the ground, then began to take out the things inside one by one and display them on the linen.

"Come if you want. I appreciate your kindness. What else do you want to bring?"

If he had not already tested that Liu Che had no real intention of killing him, he might have thought that Yi Shuo was here to give him his last meal.

As a result, while saying polite words, Liu Ju had already discovered something was wrong.

What Yishuo displayed on the linen was not wine or food at all.

But... water celery? Lotus seeds? Red beans? Red dates? Longan?

And a little bundle of biltong?
Just when he was puzzled.

Yi Shuo took out another bamboo slip from his pocket, then held it above his head with both hands, bent his knees and knelt down in front of him:
"Your Highness, I am humble enough to be your disciple. I wish to pass on your medical skills forever for the benefit of all people for generations to come!"

"What are you doing, ouch?"

Liu Ju quickly stood up and dodged, his brain almost unable to cope.

It turns out that these messy things are used to become apprentices?

Now go look at those things again.

Liu Ju finally realized that the six things placed on the linen cloth were exactly the ancient "Six Rites of Suixiu" ceremony of paying homage to a teacher, and each of them had its own beautiful meaning.

For example, the meaning of water celery is that diligence leads to excellence.

It seems that in ancient times, the ceremonies of becoming an apprentice in various professions all had different unique rules. Could it be that because he was the crown prince, Yi Shuo used this most formal way of becoming an apprentice?
So, Yi Shuo suddenly came to become his disciple...

Could it be that because he casually treated some malaria on the way to South Vietnam, people mistakenly believed that his medical skills were very advanced?

"Your Highness, please listen to what Yi Shuo has to say."

Yi Shuo thought Liu Ju was unwilling to accept her, so she knelt down and begged,
"Your Highness is kindhearted and possesses extraordinary medical skills, but now that you are imprisoned, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to... escape."

"Although Yishuo is powerless to save His Highness, if His Highness does not give up and accepts Yishuo and teaches His Highness his prescriptions and experiences, Yishuo will definitely find a painter to draw a portrait for His Highness. From now on, all the apprentices Yishuo accepts will worship His Highness as their ancestor and burn incense to worship him every day."

"Your Highness, although people may live in misery, they cannot escape death in the end."

"Although His Highness died young, this is also another form of...immortality."

"..."

After hearing this, Liu Ju couldn't help but want to curse.

This Yishuo is good in every way except that she is a little bit ignorant of the ways of the world and has a very stubborn mind.

He is not dead yet, so who would come to pick up the loot at this time? He even said that he will be immortalized, and the only thing missing is to erect a monument on the spot.

Besides, he won’t die this time, what bad luck!

After being depressed for a while, Liu Ju decided to speak frankly:
"Doctor Yi, I think you probably misunderstood. In fact, I don't know any medical skills. I can't even recognize the medicinal herbs. Can't you see it?"

"Your Highness, it's already this late..."

Yi Shuo raised her head, her eyes had turned red without her knowing when, her eyes were full of regret and sympathy, she bit her lip and said,

"If Your Highness has any unfulfilled wishes, you can also entrust them to Yishuo. Yishuo will do his best to fulfill them for Your Highness. I only ask Your Highness to accept Yishuo as your apprentice and teach him my experience in prescriptions."

　Thanks to [pencoral] for the reward and support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)