Chapter 1507 Become Cautious
Since she didn't have to go to work the next day, Manbao stayed in bed for a while and only got up when she heard a knock on the door.
Xu Yu brought warm water for her to wash, turned around and was about to make her bed. She saw the book on the bedside and her eyes flashed slightly. She looked back and saw Manbao washing his face with his head down, so she reached out and picked up the book.
The book had a common blue cover, with the words "History of Ancient Medicine" written in large letters on the front. She was about to open it to take a look when she suddenly remembered Manbao's smiling voice behind her, "Just leave the book on the table. Once you've made the bed, bring breakfast."
Xu Yu was startled, but he put the book steadily on the table beside him. Without turning his head, he continued to adjust the quilt in his hand and replied "yes" with a smile.
Manbao wiped his hands clean, hung the handkerchief on the shelf, turned around and walked to the table, picked up the book and flipped through it. Xu Yu, who was standing beside him, spread the quilt and then stepped back.
Koko waited until she left before saying, "Host, she's gone far away."
Manbao said "hmm" softly, and did not put the book into the book box, but put it into the system. She thought that it would be better to put this kind of book in the system in the future. It was too troublesome to put it in the book box, and it was too conspicuous to put it on the bookshelf.
Manbao tidied up the medicine box and put it on the shelf, while she stuffed some things she needed to take out of the palace into a cloth bag.
When Xu Yu brought breakfast over, the books on the table were gone.
Manbao was sitting in the outer room eating breakfast and said to her, "You go ahead and do your work. I'll take it out and put it away after I finish eating."
Xu Yu agreed, bowed and retreated.
After Manbao finished his breakfast, he put the tray outside the door, then slung his cloth bag over his shoulder and locked the doors and windows. Then he went to the next door to meet up with Bai Shan and the others.
Bai Shan and the others only took their schoolwork out of the palace, leaving everything else inside, so their luggage was very light.
This time, they went out from Changle Gate. Since there was no time limit, they walked out slowly, mainly to take care of Yin Huo, otherwise they would have run away long ago.
Yin Huo has been well taken care of in the past eight days. The prescription written by Manbao for him has been submitted to the Imperial Hospital, which will prepare enough medicine for him. Ma Fuming, the eunuch serving in their room, will help him boil the medicine. Combined with Manbao's acupuncture, he has been in good health recently.
So when they slowly walked to Changle Gate, he was just breathing slightly.
The carriages of each family were already waiting outside Changle Gate. Bai Shan and the others also saw Daji, so they waved and ran over.
Daji asked with a smile: "Master, where are Daoli and the others?"
"They are being kept in the East Palace. We are not going to go horse racing during our day off, so we didn't go to pick them up."
It's hot now, so they wouldn't be so stupid as to run to the suburbs to race horses in the scorching sun.
Daji responded with a smile, put down the horse stool and helped them into the car.
The carriage gradually drove out of the imperial city.
There were not many people in the Imperial City today, only these thirty students and their families who came to pick them up, because the court officials were also on holiday today, and most of them went home last night and did not come to the Imperial City today.
Except for a few people on duty, the entire imperial city seemed empty, but those on duty did not hang around outside the yamen.
So everyone could gallop freely towards the outside of the imperial city. When they reached a fork in the road, some people turned out of the Suzaku Gate, while others continued forward and left the imperial city from the Anshang Gate.
Chongyuanfang is just southeast of Anshangmen, not far from the imperial city, so they went straight out of Anshangmen.
When they returned to Zhou's residence, Zhou Silang was indeed at home. He had just returned to the capital yesterday and had just learned that Manbao had been awarded the fifth-rank official position.
Seeing her now was extremely rare, "Is she really an official?"
Manbao nodded modestly, "It's just so-so."
Zhou Silang narrowed his eyes and smiled, and asked, "Do you have an official letter?"
Manbao was on guard, "What do you want the official letter for?"
"Of course it's used as a talisman. Think about it, if I had your official letter in Chenggu County, would the county magistrate still dare to let the Luo family bully our family?" He said: "Even if they didn't arrest the Luo family, at least they wouldn't dare let them bully us like this."
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense, but there are some very important rules for how to use this official document. Fourth brother, please don't use it to do anything wrong or bully others. Otherwise, I don't know if you will be fine, but I might get my head chopped off."
Zhou Silang, who was calculating in his mind, was startled and asked, "Is it so serious?"
Bai Shan, who was standing by, laughed and said, "It's nothing serious. A few years ago, there was a rumor that a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel gave a letter of official title to my cousin. He used the letter to occupy land in his hometown. When someone reported him, he used the letter to evade charges. After the incident was exposed, his entire family was exiled to Lingnan."
Zhou Silang was struck by lightning and immediately assured Manbao, "Don't worry, I will never use your official card for any purpose. At most, we will use it to clear the way for others if we are severely bullied."
Manbao then said, "Then I'll write one for you later."
She was still afraid that her fourth brother and his companions would be bullied when they were traveling outside. If she wrote an official letter, it would be easier to ask the soldiers to help if they encountered bandits on the road, right?
Manbao went to write the official letter, while Bai Shan couldn't help but stay and ask Zhou Silang, "Brother Zhou Si, have you decided to go to Xiazhou?"
Zhou Silang nodded and said, "We'll leave once we've finalized Lao Liu's marriage and agreed on a wedding date. We'll be back in two months at the most, which will be just the right time to prepare for Lao Liu's wedding."
Zhou Si's wife recovered from her illness, and the matchmaker Zhou Silang had hired earlier had also made an agreement with the Qiu family. They were just waiting for Fang to recover so that she could represent the women of the Zhou family and Zhou Silang to go to the Qiu family to get engaged.
Once the engagement is completed, a good wedding date can be chosen immediately and both families can start preparing.
Zhou Silang even asked Manbao, "Your sixth brother is getting engaged tomorrow, are you going?"
"Would you like to have a feast at home?"
Zhou Silang shook his head and said, "That's too much trouble. Let's just eat at our restaurant. Invite Mr. Zhuang and Madam Liu to join in the fun. The Qiu family has also invited a table of relatives and friends. It will be quite lively."
He was talking about dinner, and before that, the arrangement had to be made before anyone could be invited. However, the two families had discussed this marriage for quite some time, and they had discussed all the issues that needed to be discussed, so they didn't think there was any problem.
So Manbao nodded and agreed, and the next day he followed Zhou Silang and Zhou Wulang to the Qiu family.
Zhou Lizhong and the others wanted to join in the fun, but they were the younger generation. Zhou Silang felt that if too many people went, it would seem like a boxing match, so he didn't let them go. He only asked them to help in the restaurant and prepare meals for lunch and dinner.
Zhou Liulang dressed up early in the morning and was given two hands full of gifts by Zhou Silang, who personally carried them to the Qiu family.
Old Man Qiu had also invited relatives from the Qiu family and his father-in-law's family to be witnesses. As soon as the two sides met, Zhou Silang shook hands with Old Man Qiu and greeted him very warmly.
The next update will be around 8pm
(End of this chapter)
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