Chapter 1790 Return
Zhou Lizhong and Dr. Liu met privately a few times. Following the advice of his aunt, Bai Shan, and his uncles, he always gave Dr. Liu something, whether it was flowers picked from the garden, small hairpins or jewelry bought from outside, or some food...
Doctor Liu would occasionally return the gift. Because the weather was cold, she even made him a pair of sleeves so that he could warm his hands when he went out.
The relationship between the two quickly heated up. The Liu family saw it and agreed to the marriage after Xiao Yuanzheng came to their house for the second time.
Xiao Yuanzheng wasn't too surprised. After all, it was a marriage that had been agreed upon in advance, so there wasn't much difference between being reserved once and twice.
As soon as the Liu family agreed, the Zhou family chose an auspicious day and brought Zhou Lizhong to formally propose marriage. At that time, Manbao was still working in the palace.
Therefore, Dean Xiao was present, and Doctor Liu and Old Zhou made the decision for them together.
The two parties exchanged engagement letters and betrothal gifts, and the marriage was finalized.
Manbao could only accept everyone's congratulations in the palace with Doctor Liu. The next day, when she went to the Imperial Medical Bureau for class and saw Doctor Liu again, she had a strange feeling. She was not only her apprentice now, but also her niece-in-law.
Zhou Liru was even more mischievous. When the two of them were getting along well, she would obediently call her senior sister. If not, she would change her name to sister-in-law. She would not stop until Doctor Liu's face turned red and she got angry.
Manbao didn't care about their disputes. Usually after the class, he would give them some special lessons, assign them more homework than others, and then go back to the palace.
The same is true today.
When they arrived at the palace gate, Manbao jumped off the carriage, picked up his book basket and slowly went to the East Palace. As soon as he entered the East Palace, he saw that it was bustling with people unloading things from the carriages and sending them inside.
She couldn't help but stop and look for a while.
Eunuch Wu, who was directing people to move things, saw Manbao and immediately trotted forward to greet him. "Little Doctor Zhou, are you back from class?"
Manbao quickly returned the greeting and asked curiously, "Where did all these things come from?"
"Your Highness is back. These are all the New Year's goods that Your Highness bought in Jiangnan."
"I hope your highness is safe."
"All right," Eunuch Wu said with a smile, "I'm a little thinner than before I left, but at least I'm still energetic."
He smiled and said, "Your Highness just returned, so he must have his pulse checked. I was originally going to go get Doctor Zhou, but it's a coincidence that you're back."
Manbao smiled and said, "Then I'll take the book basket back first and come back with the medicine box."
Eunuch Wu agreed with a smile.
Manbao returned to Chongwenguan, put down his book basket and picked up his medicine box to see the prince.
The prince had just returned from abroad, and usually he would see a doctor and ask for his pulse to prevent acclimatization.
Even Wei Zhi was spared the mercy, for he heard that Imperial Physician Zheng had been ordered to see him.
The prince had indeed lost a lot of weight, but he had also grown a beard after not seeing him for more than a month, which made Manbao look at him several times, as he always felt that he had grown older.
Seeing her peeking again and again, the prince couldn't help but glance at her and asked disdainfully, "What are you looking at?"
Manbao opened his mouth and said tactfully, "Your Highness, do you want to shave your beard?"
This change is too big.
The prince frowned, reached out and touched his beard, and said with some complacency: "I have grown it with great effort, why should I shave it off?"
Manbao opened his mouth and said, "You can't say that you look old and ugly with a beard, right?"
Just then, the Crown Princess brought the little grandson over, and Man Bao said, "I'm just worried that the little grandson won't recognize you."
The prince snorted and said, "What a joke! How could my son not recognize me?"
The Crown Princess also smiled and agreed, then she held the child up and came forward, coaxing him, "Eagle slave, look who this is? Is it the father?"
The prince also smiled at the little grandson and reached out to touch his face.
The little prince looked at his father, then turned to look at Manbao, then stretched out his hand and spoke something to her, but no one knew what he was saying.
Seeing that the prince always reached out to touch him and scratched his face, he turned his head uncomfortably. When he saw that he couldn't break free, he glanced at his father, then closed his eyes and burst into tears.
The prince was startled and immediately withdrew his hand, glancing at his fingers. "Did I hurt him?"
The Crown Princess also held the child in her arms and comforted him out of pity. Seeing that his cheeks were a little red, she couldn't help but glare at the Crown Prince.
The prince stopped taking Zhou Man's pulse. He withdrew his left hand from his hand and walked forward to look at the little prince. Seeing that his cheeks were indeed a little red, he lowered his head to look at his fingers. Only then did he realize that there were many calluses on his fingertips, which were left by practicing martial arts.
Also, I've gotten some calluses from riding horses and pulling on the reins lately.
The prince said that he disliked the little grandson for being too delicate, but he couldn't help but look at Zhou Man anxiously.
Zhou Man also stepped forward to take a look, reached out and touched it, and said, "It's okay, just wipe it with warm water, it should be fine soon."
The Crown Princess took the child down and washed him.
Manbao said: "The child's skin is delicate, so it is easy to be scratched. Just be more careful in the future."
She gestured for the prince to sit down and continued taking his pulse.
The prince had no minor illnesses, such as overwork and lack of sleep. Manbao did not prescribe medicine for him. He just prescribed some medicated food for him and told him to get more rest.
While the prince was writing the prescription, he looked up at Eunuch Wu. Eunuch Wu bowed and led the palace servants to retreat, then closed the door and stood in front of it to enjoy the cold wind.
When Manbao finished writing the prescription and looked up, he found that everyone was gone, so he couldn't help but look at the prince.
The prince asked, "I heard that the Empress Dowager is not in good health?"
Manbao thought for a moment and nodded, "I'm much better now, but I'm still taking medicine."
Now Manbao has received a new task. Every two days, she has to take the empress dowager's pulse and give her acupuncture and conditioning. Occasionally, she will bring Doctor Liu with her and let her do it.
Although Xiao Yuanzheng had agreed to let Dr. Liu take the patient's pulse personally, the empress dowager did not mind who performed the acupuncture, but she insisted that Zhou Man decide the acupuncture technique.
She estimated that for the next six months, or even longer, she would be taking the Queen Mother's pulse and determining acupuncture methods, and occasionally giving her acupuncture, until...
The prince asked, "How is the Royal Grandmother's condition?"
Manbao hesitated for a moment. Under the prince's piercing gaze, she couldn't help but think. After all, the prince was also a family member, and he wasn't asking about the emperor's health anyway. So she hesitated for a moment before saying, "Not very well."
The prince was mentally prepared because as soon as he came back, the princess secretly told him that the queen mother was coughing up blood.
The prince pursed his lips and asked, "Can't it be cured?"
Manbao shook her head. There were some things she couldn't say directly to the Emperor, but she felt less hesitant to speak to the Crown Prince. She said, "The Empress Dowager has been ill for too long."
Her health has not been very good since the beginning of winter last year. She has been taking medicine on and off for the past year. Now it seems that the cough has been caused by evil wind entering the body, but in fact it is because her body has reached its limit and is at the end of its strength.
She just didn't want to die, so she survived until now.
Manbao said, "If the weather is good, she might even be able to watch the little emperor's grandson's birthday ceremony."
She didn't say what would happen if things went wrong, but the prince already understood.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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