Chapter 1541: Receiving Salary (Reward for the book friend "Yanwei who loves reading books")
The prince looked at the cooling tea she handed him in silence.
Eunuch Wu reacted and immediately stepped forward to take it.
Manbao looked the Crown Prince up and down, then took out a medicine packet from the medicine box and handed it to Eunuch Wu, saying with a smile, "This is a mosquito repellent packet. You can put it in your purse and let the Crown Prince wear it. Don't worry, it can be worn even when close to the Crown Princess. It is very useful."
Eunuch Wu hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take it.
The gifts were all given out, and Manbao was very satisfied. He carried the medicine box and said with a smile: "Then I will go to Daming Palace to see the Crown Princess first."
The prince raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at her and asked, "Are you leaving now?"
Manbao nodded and turned back to ask the prince, "Do you want me to take your pulse?"
The prince put down his pen, rolled up his sleeves and extended his hand, "Come on."
Manbao stepped forward and felt his pulse, then confirmed, "Your Highness is doing well, but perhaps you were overworked today. You should pay more attention to rest and go to bed early tonight."
Seeing that Manbao didn't make any requests after taking his pulse and was even picking up the medicine box to leave, he looked at Eunuch Wu.
Eunuch Wu received the prince's signal and immediately put away the two packets of medicine. He smiled and escorted Manbao out, escorting him all the way out of the Zhanshi Mansion and even to the corridor. "Young Master Zhou, this place is far from Xing'an Gate. You were going to Daming Palace, so why did you end up here?"
Manbao said, "I am leaving the Imperial City today and entering through the main gate."
Seeing that she didn't understand, Eunuch Wu looked around. After confirming that no one was around, he whispered, "Little Doctor Zhou, if you have anything to say, you can speak directly to His Highness. You have a good relationship with His Highness, and His Highness will not hesitate to help."
Manbao reacted and immediately shook his head and said, "I don't need your help, Your Highness. I gave that medicine bag to Your Highness the Crown Prince sincerely."
Eunuch Wu was also a little suspicious, mainly because Manbao was never the kind of person who would show off his kindness for no reason. He hesitated for a moment, then asked directly, "Did something happen that made you leave the palace in such a hurry yesterday?"
Manbao: "...It's nothing, I just need to go to the Ministry of Revenue to register and collect my salary."
"Really?" Eunuch Wu didn't understand what the rush was and started running around the East Palace.
No matter whether Eunuch Wu believes it or not, this is the truth.
Manbao also knew that her behavior today had caused the Crown Prince and Eunuch Wu to overthink things, and she couldn't help but sigh and said, "I really do care about the Crown Prince."
Eunuch Wu just watched Manbao leave sadly.
Eunuch Wu thought about it and began to doubt himself. Did he misunderstand Doctor Zhou?
In fact, Mrs. Zhou Xiaoda is quite nice.
But that medicine bag, giving it to him, or even to others, was just like her usual behavior, but giving it to the prince...
It seems a bit strange no matter how I think about it.
Although Zhou Man did not show it very obviously and was usually very close to the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, everyone felt that she would give gifts to the Crown Princess, the eunuchs and the maids in the palace, but not to the Crown Prince or the Emperor.
As for why, no one has figured it out yet, but this is the understanding anyway.
Eunuch Wu hadn't completed the task assigned by the Crown Prince, so he could only cautiously return to the official quarters and whisper to the Crown Prince, "Little Doctor Zhou said she was worried you might have a heat stroke, and that she genuinely cares about you, so she sent you this gift."
The prince asked, "Did the princess reward her with a generous gift yesterday?"
Eunuch Wu shook his head and whispered, "I haven't heard of it."
That means there is nothing left.
The prince glanced at the medicine bag that Eunuch Wu had put away, waved his hand and said, "Forget it. If she doesn't tell me now, she will tell me later. You should use the medicine first."
"yes."
Manbao, who had already boarded the palace carriage and was leaving the palace, was asking the driver to slow down as he passed by the Ministry of Revenue's warehouse.
That would require a long detour, but the eunuch driving her this time happened to be the Fourth Eunuch Rong, who had brought Man Bao to the Eastern Palace to see the prince.
After Manbao had an accident last time, it was a blessing in disguise for him. Although he had to lie in bed for a long time, because Manbao went to see him every now and then, adjusted his bones and brought him medicine, Eunuch Wu simply promoted him to serve in the Eastern Palace instead of leaving him to fend for himself in the epidemic prevention center.
After he recovered from his injury, he stayed in the Eastern Palace. Although he was still doing errands, his rank was raised by one level and his life was much better than before.
So when Manbao said he wanted to take a stroll around the Ministry of Revenue's warehouse, he went there. Anyway, Mr. Zhou came out early today, so if he walked a little faster, he wouldn't be late.
From a distance, when they were still some distance away from the Ministry of Revenue's warehouse, Manbao lifted the curtain and leaned over the car window to look forward.
Many people were waiting in line at the train station, and an official was calling out their names. "The family of Zhang Zheng, the Grand Councilor, step forward. The family of Zhou Man, the editor of the Chongwen Academy and the Imperial Hospital's imperial physician, step forward..."
At this moment, Eunuch Rong Si knew what to do without Zhou Man's instructions. He slowly stopped the carriage and let Manbao watch from a distance.
He lowered his voice and said to Manbao, "Master Zhou, we can't go forward. If the palace knew that we had a private meeting with outsiders, we would be punished. Even if the crime is not serious, it is not good to be punished."
Manbao nodded repeatedly, "I know, so I just watched from a distance."
Manbao leaned over the window and looked over there. There were many people coming and going, and many parked carriages, so Manbao and his carriage did not attract any attention at all.
However, some people noticed that Rong Si was a eunuch and still looked at the carriage curiously.
Zhou Wulang, who was standing in front of the door, didn't know that Manbao was watching from afar. After hearing the announcement, he immediately took Zhou Lijun and Zhou Liwei in.
After all, it was the first time in his life that Zhou Wulang received a salary from the palace, so he was still a little timid, so he asked Zhou Liwei to come along to give him courage.
The three of them entered. The clerk from the Ministry of Revenue checked the documents and seals on both sides before handing them a note, confirming: "Fifth-rank editor and sixth-rank imperial physician?"
Before coming, Madam Liu and Zheng had explained to them that as long as they confirmed that Manbao's official rank was correct, then it would be the case, so the three of them nodded in agreement.
The clerk looked up at them and saw that there was a girl there, so he looked at her curiously, but no one said that girls from officials' families were not allowed to come and collect salaries.
There are all kinds of situations in the backyards of officials' homes in the capital. Some are for servants to come and collect their salaries, some are for wives and children to come and collect their salaries, and of course, there are also daughters who come to collect their salaries.
Anyway, as long as the post and seal are correct and they are indeed the official's family member, it's fine.
The clerk took notes while asking, "Who are you to Zhou Man?"
Zhou Wulang immediately said, "I am Zhou Man's fifth brother, and these are Zhou Man's nephews and nieces."
He emphasized: "They are all relatives!"
Clerk: “…I didn’t say you were fake.”
He flipped through their registers, confirmed their identities, and stamped the note, saying, "Alright, take the note and go collect your salary."
See you tomorrow, tomorrow is May Day, Labor Day. Labor is the most glorious thing. Happy Labor Day!
I hope the epidemic will end soon so I can go out and have some fun.
(End of this chapter)
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