Chapter 1736 Mood Improves
Manbao: "Is there no exception?"
"have."
"Who is it?"
"A madman," Lord Tang said, patting her head. "Basically, people like that won't achieve anything in their lives. They're unknown, and even their families abandon them. I've never considered being a madman like that. Sometimes, compromise is necessary in order to accomplish more, for a longer-term future."
He laughed and said, "I don't want to be involved in local affairs yet. I just want to focus on investigating cases. But I'm just a lowly Jinshi. Who would dare to let me become a vice minister of the Ministry of Justice and inspect the country right from the start? So I can only work my way up step by step. This is a compromise."
County Magistrate Tang said, "Even if I cannot give them justice now, I will do my best to find out the truth and give them justice in the future."
Manbao thought about it and nodded.
"Okay, let's eat first. You have to eat something even if you don't want to." After saying that, he turned around and went to the kitchen to bring her lunch box to her.
The food was already a little cold, but Manbao didn't have the mood to pay attention to it at the moment. Lord Tang was not the kind of person who would take care of others, so he just sat aside and watched her eat the cold rice and cold dishes.
Manbao couldn't eat anymore after a few bites. Lord Tang didn't force her because he saw she really couldn't eat any more. He said, "I'll send someone else to look after her tonight. You don't have to stay here."
Manbao: "...I don't live far away."
County Magistrate Tang smiled and said, "This is for your safety. Just come back to see her tomorrow morning."
Manbao asked, "What if she has a high fever again at night?"
County Magistrate Tang said with a deep gaze, "Being alive is not necessarily better than being dead."
Manbao hesitated for a moment before finally asking the question he had been wondering about. "Xiaoxue Tang, have you ever thought about what if it's not her?"
County Magistrate Tang looked down at her and said, "Judging from her confession, there is no such possibility."
When Manbao heard this, he didn't know whether he felt relieved or sighed, but he stopped talking anyway.
County Magistrate Tang has left. By now, all the medicine residue should have been cleaned up. He still has to go to the Imperial Hospital.
Manbao sat there in a daze for a while, then stood up and turned behind the screen. She washed her hands, and after they were dry, she picked up Xu Yu's fingers and looked at them. She then took out a knife bag from the medicine box, picked out a smaller knife and tweezers to clean her fingers.
Xu Yu seemed to feel pain. She shuddered and struggled, then tried to open her eyes. After looking at Manbao for a moment, she fell into a deep sleep again.
Manbao sat on a stool and cleaned her fingers bit by bit, then applied medicine and bandaged them.
It took them more than an hour to finish the work, and Bai Shan and the others were about to finish class.
Manbao moved his stiff neck, gently placed his bandaged hand under the quilt, and then wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief.
She reached out and touched her forehead. The medicine must have taken effect, as her fever was gone.
It seems that she wants to live, otherwise, even if she took medicine and had injections, she would not recover so quickly.
However, she seemed to show no signs of waking up, so Eunuch Wu came over with two palace maids to check on her.
He had chosen these two palace maids to guard Xu Yu. He felt a little sorry that Xu Yu was safe and sound for the whole afternoon. Those people were really patient.
Manbao saw the disappointment in Eunuch Wu's eyes and thought to himself, if I were Xu Yu, I would definitely not want to wake up either.
If you wake up, you will be beaten. Only a fool will wake up.
Manbao gave the two palace maids a prescription of medicine and asked them to boil it for Xu Yu to drink in the evening. Then he packed up his things and went back to his room.
Eunuch Wu personally escorted the person to the door. He smiled and said, "Little Doctor Zhou, I'm really sorry to trouble you today. When I came here just now, the Crown Prince was asking about you. I told you to go and see the Crown Princess and the Emperor's grandson when you have time."
Manbao said, "I'll go when I'm free. Is the little grandson doing well today?"
I just saw him yesterday. He's a very nice person. There's really no need to visit him every day.
"Very good, very good. Aunt Yu said that he seems to have grown a little bit and looks more and more like His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
That’s such a pity, the Crown Princess is obviously more beautiful.
Manbao carried the medicine box back to her room, put it on the bookshelf, and sat in front of the bronze mirror for a while. When she heard the sound of running outside, she looked out the window.
It happened that the person who came just ran to the window and looked out, and Manbao and Baishan almost bumped their heads into each other.
Bai Shan smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go have dinner. We have roast lamb tonight."
Manbao, who was originally a little sad, was distracted and asked curiously, "Why is there roast lamb in the kitchen?"
Bai Shan had already urged her, "Come out quickly, the roast lamb should be eaten hot, otherwise it will get cold soon."
Manbao reached out to close the window, turned around and was about to run out, but when he reached the door, he remembered, "I'm covered in blood and haven't changed my clothes yet. Wait for me."
After saying that, he closed the door again and ran back into the house to find clothes to change.
When they ran to the cafeteria, Bai Erlang, Liu Huan and others had already started eating.
Manbao looked around and found that only their table had roasted lamb. Feng Zongping and Yi Ziyang were sitting next to them, and from time to time they would use their chopsticks to pick up a slice or two from the plate over here. Bai Erlang reached out and picked up a handful and put it on Bai Shan and Manbao's seat, and pushed away Feng Zongping and Yi Ziyang who were trying to steal the lamb from them.
Manbao ran to his seat and sat down. The aroma of roasted lamb hit him in the face. It was not much worse than the venison they had roasted before.
She sniffed and asked curiously, "Why don't others have it, but only our table has it?"
Yin Huo smiled and pointed at Bai Shan and said, "He bought it with his own money."
Manbao exclaimed "Wow" and praised: "You are really rich."
Bai Shanye smiled and sat down. He picked up a piece of roasted lamb from his plate and gave it to her. He said with a smile, "Eat quickly. This is also the first time I've eaten roasted meat made in the palace kitchen. I don't know how it tastes."
Manbao rolled up a piece and ate it. His eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly, "It's much better than what we bake ourselves."
She looked up and asked Bai Erlang and Liu Huan, "Have you eaten?"
Liu Huan said with a smile, "We've already eaten, so the rest is yours. Big Brother Feng always reaches out his chopsticks to grab it, so Bai Erquan put it on your plates."
Feng Zongping turned his head and smiled at her, "It tastes better if we eat together."
Manbao let him, but he shook his head again, put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Forget it, eating too much mutton will make you get angry. I have already eaten quite a lot."
Bai Erlang held out his bowl and said, "Here, give me two slices."
Manbao thought about it for a moment, then picked up a piece for him. Baishan also picked up a piece for him with a smile.
Bai Erlang gave them a displeased look and lowered his head to eat the mutton.
After a fight and a good meal, Manbao's mood was indeed better. When Lord Tang came to play with them with his hands behind his back, they were already sitting on the railings of the corridor in the yard, kicking their legs and talking.
Lord Tang sat down beside them, ignoring the many people who were listening attentively to their conversation, and said, "The Imperial Hospital has checked the drug residue and records. The poison needle must have been soaked outside the palace."
He smiled and glanced at the exquisite architecture of the East Palace. "But I'm curious, are there really so many spies in the East Palace? Can they achieve this level of stealth?"
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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