Chapter 1305 Pei Zhixiu’s fear!
In order to prevent Ye Mingsheng from facing criticism from the officials, Pei Zhixiu reluctantly closed the Changshan Medical Clinic which she had founded three days before Ye Mingsheng proclaimed himself emperor.

However, Changshan Medical Clinic has been open in Yijing for so many years. Because Pei Zhixiu has superb medical skills and does not charge consultation fees but only medicine fees, Changshan Medical Clinic has accumulated many female patients.

Changshan Clinic can be closed, but their diseases will not go away, so these women do not want Changshan Clinic to close. So these women use various means to ask Pei Zhixiu to keep Changshan Clinic open so that they can continue to enjoy cheap and high-quality medical services.

Although Pei Zhixiu took the initiative to close the Changshan Clinic, she was actually feeling bad. Therefore, after learning about the pleadings of those female patients, she felt even more sad. However, as a royal concubine, it was no longer suitable for her to continue to show up in public and run the clinic.

After learning about Pei Zhixiu's confusion, An Miaoyi did a good thing. She reopened the Changshan Medical Clinic, and then asked the medical school to send imperial doctors to Changshan Medical Clinic to take turns seeing patients. She still adhered to Pei Zhixiu's previous principle, not charging for consultations, but only for medicine.

An Miaoyi's behavior also solved Pei Zhixiu's worry, and Pei Zhixiu also personally thanked the Queen Daqian.

Although the relationship between the two of them is far from being good sisters, ever since Jingren fell ill last time, An Miaoyi seemed to have really realized that Pei Zhixiu had no intention of competing for the throne, and therefore her attitude towards Pei Zhixiu gradually became gentler. It was for this reason that An Miaoyi stepped forward to solve this problem for Pei Zhixiu...

Although the problem of Changshan Medical Clinic was solved, Pei Zhixiu could not be happy at all as she continued to stay in the palace!

In the past, because she could go to Changshan Medical Clinic to see patients during the day, Pei Zhixiu had a fulfilling life when she returned home at night, so she did not feel constrained.

But now that she can no longer leave the house during the day, Pei Zhixiu feels more and more what it means to be trapped in the palace. The feeling of being restrained becomes stronger and stronger in her heart!
Thinking of this, Pei Zhixiu couldn't help but reveal a self-deprecating smile on her face. Although she had been married to Ye Mingsheng for many years and had given birth to two children for Ye Mingsheng, she had never regarded herself as a lady. Deep down, she was still the same person she was back then.

She is a very intelligent woman. She had actually anticipated this situation since the day she decided to marry Ye Mingsheng. She knew that this day would come sooner or later!
Therefore, Pei Zhixiu has been building up her mental strength over the years to prepare herself for the arrival of this day. Pei Zhixiu thought she was ready to face this situation, so she took the initiative to close Changshan Medical Clinic before Ye Mingsheng ascended the throne.

At that time, Pei Zhixiu comforted herself that it was very tiring to see patients at Changshan Medical Clinic every day. Now she could take a good rest and learn to be an exquisite lady like An Miaoyi and Murong Qingwu. It would also be nice to be served by maids and nannies every day.

However, this muddle-headed life of staying at home every day makes Pei Zhixiu feel at a loss. When she thinks that she may have to spend the rest of her life in this way, Pei Zhixiu once again feels the fear··················
Although he had taken the initiative to close Changshan Medical Clinic because he didn't want to embarrass Ye Mingsheng, Pei Zhixiu, who had been in a daze for a period of time and felt fear, couldn't help but feel an impulse in his heart!
She wanted to talk to Ye Mingsheng and tell him that she didn't want to be a royal concubine anymore. She just wanted to be a palace maid so that she could continue to see patients at Changshan Medical Clinic and live a life that made her feel fulfilled and meaningful!

Although she had such an impulse, Pei Zhixiu's reason kept telling her that she should not do this!

When she married Ye Mingsheng, according to traditional customs, she should have stayed in the mansion like An Miaoyi and Murong Qingwu and become a noble lady who never went out of the house, staying in the deep courtyard of the Ye Mansion every day. It was Ye Mingsheng who gave her freedom against all odds and despite layers of criticism.

How much criticism and public pressure has Ye Mingsheng endured over the years?

How many people have been pointing fingers and talking about you behind your back?
Let's not talk about others, just the women in the Ye Mansion, who didn't envy her for being able to leave the house freely before? Who didn't say a lot of sour and weird things in secret?

But Ye Mingsheng never backed down and still insisted on letting her keep Changshan Medical Clinic, so Pei Zhixiu, while grateful, also felt that she should not be so selfish. She could not solve any problems for Ye Mingsheng, but she also did not want to create any trouble for Ye Mingsheng.

She has been able to leave the house freely these years, and she is still making a lot of money by opening a clinic outside and living the life she wants, so she shouldn't make Ye Mingsheng feel embarrassed anymore...

Thinking of this, Pei Zhixiu's eyes gradually became firm, and she completely suppressed the urge in her heart to find Ye Mingsheng to discuss returning to the clinic. She wanted to treat this as a practice. She wanted to suppress her impulses and desires and gradually adapt herself to her current life.

Maybe I can raise a kitten or a puppy like other people do, so that my daily life will not be so boring with the company of a cat or a dog.

Just when Pei Zhixiu was hesitating whether to raise a cat or a dog, her new maid Xiaoyue came over and bowed and reported:

"Your Highness, Imperial Concubine Bai is here!"

As soon as Pei Zhixiu said this, she frowned slightly and said:

"What is she doing here?" "I don't know, but Concubine Bai brought a lot of gifts!"

Hearing that Bai Yuanyuan had brought a gift, Pei Zhixiu felt even more confused. She and Bai Yuanyuan did not have a good relationship. Although on the surface Bai Yuanyuan never dared to say anything because of her favor, Pei Zhixiu knew very well that Bai Yuanyuan had said many times in secret that she was of humble origin, only knew how to seduce Ye Mingsheng, and was a vixen from the palace, etc.

If one were to rank the women in the Ye family who are most envied and jealous of one another, Bai Yuanyuan would definitely be in the top three and a strong contender for first place.

If it were Pei Zhixiu's personality back then, she would have died quietly of illness long ago, but fortunately Pei Zhixiu has been cultivating herself and improving her character over the years, so she is too lazy to care about Bai Yuanyuan, but she doesn't show any color when she sees Bai Yuanyuan on weekdays...
Because of this, Pei Zhixiu basically has no contact with Bai Yuanyuan on weekdays. If Pei Zhixiu remembers correctly, although the two have been together for many years, this is the first time that Bai Yuanyuan has come to visit. When Pei Zhixiu thought of this, a word emerged in his mind - no one comes to visit you for no reason!

Thinking of this, Pei Zhixiu couldn't help but become alert. Although she didn't like Bai Yuanyuan, after all, Bai Yuanyuan was named a noble concubine by Ye Mingsheng because she gave birth to Jing Heng and Xing Tong. Therefore, it would be unreasonable for her to avoid Bai Yuanyuan now that she had come to her house.

Thinking of this, Pei Zhixiu's beautiful eyes flashed with helplessness, but she still instructed Xiaoyue:
"Tell Concubine Bai to wait in the front yard. I'll be there soon!"

"Yes!"

After a cup of tea, Pei Zhixiu packed up and went to the front yard to meet Bai Yuanyuan. Just as Xiaoyue said, Bai Yuanyuan brought a lot of things this time, many of which were nourishing medicinal herbs. She said that these were sent to her by her parents, and she couldn't finish them all by herself, so she gave some to Pei Zhixiu.
It cannot be said that Pei Zhixiu has no interest in gold, silver, jade, silk and other things on a daily basis, but she is not very interested in them either. The things that the Ye family gave her are more than enough, so she does not have much pursuit for them.

However, as a doctor, Pei Zhixiu is still very interested in precious medicinal materials, especially those that Bai Yuanyuan brought are indeed of very good quality, so Pei Zhixiu is inevitably tempted and wants to put these things in his pocket·····················

At this time, Bai Yuanyuan felt the change in Pei Zhixiu's expression, and understood that Pei Zhixiu was attracted by these things. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart that the old ones are still the best!
This time, as Ye Mingsheng became emperor, the female members of the Ye Mansion were also rewarded. Empress Dowager Ye Cui and Queen An Miaoyi were rewarded, but there should be a rule on how to reward other female members, who should be the noble concubine, who should be the concubine, and who should be the imperial concubine!
This incident also caused quite a stir in the Ye Mansion. These women of Ye Mingsheng quarreled with each other openly and secretly. You said she was not worthy, and she said you were not worthy. Everyone had their own reasons and no one was convinced by the other.

Because her own interests were involved, Bai Yuanyuan was very concerned about this matter. She also wanted to become a royal concubine, so she found An Miaoyi and wanted An Miaoyi to speak in her favor.

However, An Miaoyi was embarrassed about this and said that the Queen Mother Ye Cui felt that she had been married before and Shen Yutong had been an actress before, and that both of them had poor backgrounds, so she did not want to see her, Bai Yuanyuan, and Shen Yutong become imperial concubines of Daqian.

When Bai Yuanyuan heard this, her heart was extremely cold. She had long known that Ye Cui disliked her because of this, so she had been trying to please Ye Cui all along, wanting Ye Cui to think well of her. For this reason, she even asked her father to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to hold a birthday banquet for Ye Cui.
Bai Yuanyuan originally thought that even if her mother-in-law Ye Cui's heart was as cold as a stone, she could warm it up by holding it in her arms. But now it seems that she can't change anything··················
Although she was extremely disappointed with all this, due to her obsession with becoming a royal concubine, Bai Yuanyuan still begged An Miaoyi to speak well of her in front of Ye Cui, so that Ye Cui would only target Shen Yutong and let Bai Yuanyuan go.

At that time, Bai Yuanyuan's attitude towards An Miaoyi was already very sincere, and she almost knelt down to An Miaoyi, but An Miaoyi still said that she had said all the good things to Ye Cui on Bai Yuanyuan's behalf, but Ye Cui was so hard-hearted that she had made up her mind, and she could do nothing about it!
After hearing this, Bai Yuanyuan was extremely disappointed with Ye Cui and An Miaoyi, and she no longer had any hope of becoming a royal concubine!

However, when you seem to have no way out, there is always a way out. Seeing that everyone was arguing, Ye Mingsheng simply made the four concubines, Bai Yuanyuan, Shen Yutong, Pei Zhixiu, and Murong Qingwu, who had given birth to his children, all become imperial concubines. In this way, Bai Yuanyuan got her wish and became Imperial Concubine Bai!
Although she became Concubine Bai, Bai Yuanyuan's disappointment with An Miaoyi did not change after this incident, so after communicating with her father Bai Wanhao, Bai Yuanyuan began to consider trying other options.

After discussion, Bai Wanhao also chose Pei Zhixiu as a good friend for his daughter. Bai Wanhao believed that although Pei Zhixiu had no background in the harem, she was the most favored one, and Pei Zhixiu was kind-hearted. She was willing to lend a helping hand when others encountered problems. Therefore, if Bai Yuanyuan could make friends with Pei Zhixiu, it would be of great benefit to her...

Bai Yuanyuan was actually somewhat resistant to her father's choice. After all, for a long time in the past, out of envy and jealousy of Pei Zhixiu, she had said a lot of bad things about Pei Zhixiu in private, saying that she was a S-type from Gongdu who only knew how to pretend to be pure and seduce Ye Mingsheng. So, Bai Yuanyuan felt a little uncomfortable asking her to make friends with Pei Zhixiu now.

But Bai Yuanyuan had to admit that her father Bai Wanhao's analysis was correct. If there was only one kind-hearted person among the women in the Ye family who had no bad intentions towards others, then that person would undoubtedly be Pei Zhixiu!
So even though she was still a little resistant in her heart, Bai Yuanyuan still made a more realistic choice. Since she had already decided to try to make friends with Pei Zhixiu, Bai Yuanyuan was still willing to spend the money. She prepared some exquisite silks, gold, silver, jade, and some rouge and powder. She naturally thought that as a woman, Pei Zhixiu would absolutely not be able to refuse these things.

However, Bai Wanhao told Bai Yuanyuan that gifts should be given to the person according to his or her preferences. If Pei Zhixiu really cared about these things, considering how favored she was, she would want as much of these gold, silver, jade and silk as she wanted. Therefore, since Pei Zhixiu did not have these things now, it meant that Pei Zhixiu was not very interested in these material possessions.

After educating Bai Yuanyuan, Bai Wanhao also personally prepared these precious medicinal materials. Bai Wanhao believed that Pei Zhixiu was a doctor, and Changshan Medical Clinic had been open for so long, which meant that Pei Zhixiu had aspirations in medical skills, so she absolutely could not refuse these precious medicinal materials, so he asked Bai Yuanyuan to give these things to Pei Zhixiu.

Bai Yuanyuan was originally skeptical about her father's arrangement to give it to Pei Zhixiu, but judging from the change in Pei Zhixiu's expression at this moment, Bai Yuanyuan couldn't help but sigh that her father was better at judging people than herself...

(End of this chapter)