Chapter 1855 Spring is Here
The forum was lively for two days before it became quiet, because Zhou Man, who was currently very popular, had no intention of striking while the iron was hot. Without the real person showing up, there was a limit to how much fun everyone could have, although everyone was still very curious about how old this cub was.
There are more than just humans among the intelligent creatures in the worlds of the forum. They come in all kinds of forms, but they basically maintain a friendly attitude towards children, especially those who have no direct interest in them.
Even if you really don't like children, you won't feel bad about them as long as they don't bother you.
It was not very convenient for Manbao to live in the palace. Although he cut a few branches every now and then, packed them and sold them on the forum, he was not keen on it.
After all, she was busy, busy taking classes with Teacher Mo and also busy teaching students from the Imperial Medical Bureau.
With the arrival of spring, the nobles in the palace also began to feel unwell.
The Queen suffers from respiratory disease and basically doesn't go out in the spring, and Mingda is the same, so now Manbao visits them from time to time, checks their pulses, and occasionally gives them acupuncture, but more often he watches the palace maids in the two palaces change to fine and thin gauze screens to block out flying catkins and other objects in the air.
The emperor knew that the empress and Mingda could not touch things like willow catkins, so he ordered people to cut down all the willow branches near the two palaces early on. Now the willow trees by the water are basically bare trunks, which looks ugly.
But besides willow catkins, there will be other flower and grass catkins in the air, so be extra careful.
As the weather warmed up, Mingda changed into bright spring clothes. Seeing Manbao still dressed in winter clothes, having only taken off a few cotton-padded jackets, he pulled her aside and asked with a smile, "Why don't you change into spring clothes?"
Manbao said, "My family had already made them when I entered the palace, so I'll have new clothes when I leave."
Mingda looked her up and down and said with a smile, "You look good in light yellow."
Chang Yu, who was sitting beside the chessboard in distress, looked up at Man Bao and said, "I think she looks good in both green and blue, especially blue. If she combs her hair into a bun and pins a peony in it, I wouldn't say she's unrivaled in the world, but at least she'll be ranked among the top five in the palace."
Mingda glanced at Manbao's face and nodded slightly, "Sister, are you talking about the blue silk with dark cloud patterns?"
"It's that brocade," Chang Yu said to Ming Da, dropping the chess piece in his hand. "When I saw that piece of cloth, I thought it suited her best. Mother certainly wouldn't wear that style; it's too tender. As for you, you're suitable. You need something with a brighter color. As for me, red and yellow suit me best. Blue looks too cold."
She pointed at Manbao and said with a smile: "Don't be fooled by her smiling face all day long. After all, she is an official and has the authority of an official. If she wears blue and puts on a serious face, she will look like a cold beauty."
Mingda smiled and said, "I guess you've never seen her look cold, so you wanted to use that dress to complement her, right?"
Chang Yu turned around and sat back in his seat, saying, "Anyway, I think it's appropriate."
Mingda said, "I have that piece of cloth in my hand. If that's the case, I'll have it cut and made you a set of spring clothes. How about that?"
Manbao asked, "Is this a reward from His Majesty?"
Mingda smiled and said, "Every season the palace sends new cloth. I thought the dark cloud pattern on that blue cloth was particularly beautiful, so I kept it."
Chang Yu smiled coldly and asked, "Isn't it because Li Yunfeng bullied you that you gave her the yellow one?"
Mingda glanced at her and smiled, "I forgot about this a long time ago, but how come you haven't forgotten it yet, sister?"
Chang Yu held the chess piece in his hand and said, "It's fine if she stole my things, but what right does she have to steal yours?"
Manbao knew that they had another conflict with Li Yunfeng, and it seemed that Li Yunfeng had won.
Chang Yu was furious. "She's fighting with us now because she just had a miscarriage and because the Empress Dowager loves her. I wonder how long she can keep her complacency."
Mingda shook his head and pointed at the chessboard, saying to her, "Sister, you still have half a day. If you still can't crack this game tomorrow, I'm afraid the master will go and complain to the Queen Mother."
Upon hearing this, Chang Yu immediately stopped thinking about Li Yunfeng. She glanced at the chessboard, which still had no clue what to do, and said with a headache, "What should I do? I'm already engaged, why do I still need to take chess lessons?"
Mingda smiled and said, "Not only do you need to take chess lessons, you also need needlework lessons. Mother said she wants someone to teach you needlework."
Changyu almost fell on the chessboard, but she didn't dare to do so, because she had worked so hard to set up the chessboard as it was, and she didn't dare to ruin it again.
She stared at the chessboard back and forth for a long time, and could only look at Mingda and Zhou Man eagerly.
Seeing Mingda turned away with a heart of stone, she looked at Zhou Man and tried to hold back some tears and said, "Manbao, we are friends, right?"
Manbao glanced at the chessboard and said, "Even if I broke it for you, you still wouldn't be able to play."
"It's okay. Just break it for me first. I'll make it if I can. If I can't, I'll think of a way later." Break it first and talk about it later.
Manbao listened and went forward to take a look, then reached out and picked up a chess piece from the chessboard and placed it. She picked up three useless pieces from the black side and said to her, "Okay, you can continue playing."
When Changyu saw this, he immediately became alert and picked up the black chess piece, intending to sacrifice eight hundred pieces to make way for the white chess piece.
Mingda took one look and said, "Your move wasted the move she helped you break. It's obvious you're cheating, sir."
"So how do you do it?"
Mingda picked up her chess piece and placed it in another position.
Manbao saw this and picked up a white chess piece and placed it down. Mingda took a quick look and followed suit with a black chess piece...
You put down seven or eight pills each, and then you paused when it was Manbao's turn.
She looked at it for a long time, and finally put down the white chess piece and said, "No, I can't think of a move for the time being. Wait for me, I will ask Bai Shan how to play later. He is better at chess than me."
Mingda finally came to his senses, glanced at the changed chessboard, and reached out to clear it, but Changyu grabbed his hand. She immediately called her maids and eunuchs, shouting, "Hurry and take this chessboard away properly. This is my homework for tomorrow, and no one is allowed to mess it up."
Mingda and Manbao: ...
Mingda shook his head and pulled his hand away. "Alright, I won't mess up your chessboard. But you can't just rely on cheating all the time. I heard Wei Yu is very good at chess. Mother asked you to focus on learning the technique so that you can have something to talk about in the future."
Wei Yu had passed the Imperial College examination not long ago and was officially enrolled in the Imperial Academy. Originally, because he had good grades and was Wei Zhi's youngest son, the emperor wanted to promote him to the Imperial College, but both Wei Zhi and Wei Yu declined.
They felt that in terms of teaching quality, there was not much difference between Taixue and Guozixue, except that 99% of the students in Guozixue were royal relatives, powerful people and children of aristocratic families.
But Wei Zhi felt that his son needed to communicate with the poor more.
Wei Yu also had several friends in the Imperial College, so he chose the Imperial College.
Chang Yu sighed, "But I just don't like playing chess. It would be much better to play polo with this time. Why should I learn chess to please my husband, instead of him learning polo to please me?"
See you at 9pm
(End of this chapter)
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