Chapter 1463 Public
Lord Tang personally led his men to Changqing Lane to fetch the potion. Manbao divided the potion into three parts and sealed them in jars. Seeing Lord Tang bending over and looking at him curiously, he stuffed a jar into his arms and said, "Let's go. Be careful. The potion is hard to come by. Don't break it."
Master Tang turned around and handed it to someone to carefully seal up, then asked, "I just saw it was blue. Is the medicine actually blue?"
Manbao said, "The health of the three of them should be getting better, right?"
"Yes, the doctor said the situation has improved a lot, and the antidote is effective." Lord Tang pondered for a moment and then asked, "We have also recently come into contact with this poisonous stone. We..."
Manbao turned back to the house and took out ten porcelain bottles. He said, "There are a total of one hundred portions. Ninety are sealed in jars, and the other ten are given to the people who escorted the stones along the way. As for you, you have only been in contact for a few days, so you don't need to take medicine. Just jump and sweat a little, and your body will eliminate the poison in ten or twenty days. But don't have sex with children during this period, as it may affect the children."
Lord Tang: ...
Lord Tang took the ten porcelain bottles.
There were only eight people who escorted the poisonous stone and the witness back. It seemed that Manbao was very knowledgeable and even prepared two extra copies.
Lord Tang quickly sent the two extra antidotes to the palace.
The emperor did not ask him what to do with the remaining antidote. He also agreed that the prince should send someone to Gaochang to deliver the antidote and look for the remaining poisonous stones.
He opened the porcelain bottle, took a look at the medicine inside, thought for a moment, and summoned Xiao Yuanzheng.
Xiao Yuanzheng took half a bottle to study, and the emperor put the rest away.
Zhou Man was unwilling to reveal the prescription, but he couldn't force others to hand it over. There were many secret prescriptions in each family, especially those from wealthy and powerful families.
The noble families could do this kind of thing secretly, but the emperor absolutely could not do it, otherwise it would set a precedent and cause endless troubles in the future.
So not only could he not do it, he also had to ensure that others could not force Zhou Man to take out the prescription.
After the emperor accepted the porcelain vase, he said to Gu Zhong, "Tell the inner court to make a set of fifth-rank inner court official uniforms for Zhou Man and send them to him."
Gu Zhong was stunned for a moment and then said, "Your Majesty, Doctor Zhou has not been appointed to an official position. This..."
The emperor said, "Whether she accepts the seal is up to her, but the official uniform can be given as a gift. Doesn't she want to re-establish the Imperial Medical Bureau? Send the uniform to her first."
Gu Zhong's eyes flashed, and he immediately lowered his head in agreement.
The emperor had a lot of things to do. Now it was spring sowing time. Some places had already shown signs of water shortage and drought, while some places had too much rain and the newly planted seedlings were washed away by the water.
The farming was not going well, and coupled with Hou Ji being implicated in several cases, the ministers in the court were not in a good mood. Sometimes they would start arguing while discussing things.
Even the emperor lost his temper in court for two days in a row. At this time, Prince Gong brought a group of people to the capital at the imperial edict. He also took into custody the people that Hou Ji had sent to Luozhou twice.
Then, as soon as he entered the palace and knelt down to pay his respects to his father, before he could even stand up, a eunuch rushed in and congratulated him, "Your Majesty, there is a baby in the East Palace!"
The one who came in to report was a young eunuch from the Eastern Palace. He was beaming with joy and excitedly shouted, "Your Majesty, the Crown Princess was feeling unwell this morning, so we sent for the imperial physician. The physician said she's over two months pregnant!"
The emperor knew it a long time ago, but he didn't expect the prince to choose to reveal it at this time. However, he still cooperated with a happy smile.
Then he repeatedly ordered people to deliver rewards to the East Palace.
But the ministers in the room and Prince Gong, who was still kneeling on the ground, were struck by lightning and were so shocked that they forgot to speak.
The emperor had already sent people to deliver rewards to the Eastern Palace. Turning around, he saw his ministers all gaping in surprise. He felt somewhat pleased with himself and said with a smile, "The Crown Prince has been married for many years and finally has a son. I'm finally going to be a grandfather, hahahaha..."
Upon hearing this, Minister Li and others immediately came to their senses and congratulated the emperor.
Especially the Duke of Zhao, who was planning to enter the palace to mediate, was so happy that he spoke without restraint to the emperor, "Your Majesty, let's have a good drink tonight."
The emperor also liked drinking with his uncle, so he readily agreed.
Wei Zhi frowned below, and wanted to take the opportunity to report Duke Zhao for corrupting the emperor, but seeing that the emperor was so happy that his eyes were narrowed with joy, he endured it.
Forget it, I’ll go back tomorrow.
Prince Gong collapsed to the ground in a daze. When he heard the emperor say that he was finally going to be a grandfather, he pursed his lips. Isn't his son his grandson?
Just as he was thinking this, the emperor had already noticed him. He sighed and raised his hand to let him stand up.
Because of the sudden happy event in the Eastern Palace, not to mention the ministers, even the emperor who had known about this for a long time was in no mood to listen to Prince Gong’s report about Hou Ji.
Prince Gong suddenly lost the mood to argue, so everyone dispersed in a whimpering manner.
The people brought by Prince Gong were first handed over to the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple for detention, while Prince Gong himself returned to the palace to wait.
Prince Gong had just entered the palace and left again in less than half an hour. His eyes were still a little red. He sat in the palace before his enfeoffment in a daze, feeling very aggrieved.
Prince Gong's staff, upon hearing the news from the palace, remained silent for a moment, then regained their spirits and said, "Your Highness, don't worry. It's only been over two months, and the birth is still over seven months away. The Crown Prince is infertile, so the child may not be healthy, and it's not certain whether it will be a boy or a girl."
Seeing that Prince Gong remained silent, the staff continued, "Your Highness, we should deal with the Hou Ji incident now. You are completely wronged in this matter, and you even took the initiative to capture Hou Ji's people. If you speak sincerely, His Majesty will definitely believe you..."
The staff talked a lot, but Prince Gong just stood there in a daze, and it was unknown how much he heard.
At this time, the prince, who had just let the imperial physician leave, snorted coldly as he looked at the various supplements that were being delivered to the East Palace like a stream.
Isn't it just conspiracy? Who can't do that?
The announcement should have been made three months into the pregnancy, but the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess discussed it and decided that now was the best time to do so.
So, this morning, the Crown Princess accidentally felt dizzy and nauseous, and then she asked someone to watch the city gate. As soon as Prince Gong entered the capital, they started to go to the Imperial Hospital to find the imperial physician.
After Prince Gong entered the palace, the people who brought the good news also started to go to the Taiji Hall.
They no longer tried to control what happened afterwards, so the news that the Crown Princess was pregnant spread throughout the palace almost instantly, and then flew out of the palace.
First, the emperor sent a large amount of rewards, then the empress, and the empress dowager was only one step later.
The three most important masters in the palace showed their attitudes through their actions, so everyone in the palace became cautious, and no one dared to cause trouble for the East Palace at this moment.
Just as the news spread outside the palace, the prince generously pointed at a pile of things and treasures and said, "Pick something at random. Consider it a reward from me."
Manbao politely declined, "That's not good. After all, it was His Majesty and the two ladies who gave it to the Crown Princess."
The prince thought about it and nodded, "Yes, it is not appropriate."
Manbao: ...
The prince suddenly remembered something and was delighted. He smiled and said, "I remember when I asked you to come to the palace to see my mother, I said that if you could save her, I would give you 500 gold. As it happens, I will reward you with both."
After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Eunuch Wu beside him.
Eunuch Wu immediately came forward with a box in his hand and a smile.
See you at 4 p.m.
(End of this chapter)
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