"You're just one person, how many students can you teach?" Bai Shan asked, "Even if you don't go to Jishi Hall to treat patients, don't study, and stop making visits, can you handle twenty students at a time?"
"These twenty students would have to follow you for ten years before they become independent practitioners. By then," Bai Shan lowered his voice and said, "it's uncertain if the Empress will still be around. If she's not around, who would still remember this Female Imperial Hospital?"
Manbao shivered, startled by another realization. "Oh no, does that mean I would have to stay in the palace for ten years, solely focused on this one thing? That's way too terrifying."
Bai Shan nodded and said, "Which is why you cannot accept this position."
Manbao looked troubled and said, "Then can the Female Imperial Hospital even be established?"
