Director Xiao did not speak, so Manbao had to take the initiative. Of course, she did not directly complain. Bai Shan had mentioned that the emperor actually disliked seeing his ministers argue in front of him; after each reception—no, after meeting the squabbling, complaining ministers—the emperor would silently be angry for a while.
Therefore, Manbao directly brought up their purpose, first mentioning the effectiveness of the variolation method, then its prospects, and finally saying that they wanted to cultivate variolators specifically at the Imperial Doctor's Office.
After all, the imperial doctors of the Imperial Hospital couldn't keep traveling back and forth between the palace and the royal estate. It might be okay for one or two years, but ten or twenty years would require a lot of extra time due to part-time work.
