Chapter 1887 Nap
Manbao didn't care about them. He pulled Mingda and said, "Forget about them. Let's go play."
Chang Yu finally ate the steamed meat and meat pie she had been craving, and drank a bowl of particularly sweet chicken soup. She felt a little sleepy out of satisfaction, so she said, "Let's sit down and rest for a while, and then go after we're tired."
Manbao took them into the farm to rest.
The farm is quite large, with separate courtyards. Manbao's room is next to the courtyard chosen by Bai Shan, Bai Erlang and Mr. Zhuang.
As we walked along, we found that the branches planted last winter had sprouted, and the flowers and plants sent from the mansion and other families this spring had also been planted. It was the time when summer flowers were in full bloom.
Even though the flowers and plants planted are very common and not rare, I feel good when I see so many blooming flowers along the way.
Changyu saw the beautiful roses and reached out to pick one for Mingda to pin on her hair. She said, "Manbao, you've taken good care of the farm. It's just that it's still early. With more time, the garden will definitely be more beautiful."
Manbao nodded.
Chang Yu couldn't help but complain to them, "The Daming Palace is much worse. After so many years, most of it is still deserted. I don't know if we will go to the Daming Palace to escape the summer heat this year."
Mingda smiled and said, "The national treasury is out of money, and the emperor's inner treasury is also tight, so naturally it can't be built. I think it's pretty good now. Although it's only half built, the main palaces are all completed. As for the gardens, they have their own wild charm even if they are not taken care of for a while."
Chang Yu couldn't help but burst into laughter and said happily, "What kind of wild fun is this? It's obviously just like the wilderness."
Manbao said, "But I saw you had a lot of fun last year too."
Chang Yu shook the grass he had plucked and said, "It's fun the first time, of course, but if it's the same wild fun every year, where's the fun in it? And since you two were with me last year, can Zhou Man still go to Daming Palace every day this year?"
Manbao sighed and said, "That depends on where the Queen Mother lives."
When talking about the empress dowager's illness, Mingda's smile faded a lot. Maybe it was because of the change of seasons. The empress dowager had been in poor health these days. Xiao Yuanzheng and Imperial Physician Liu took turns to see her every day. Occasionally, they would ask someone to go to the Imperial Physician's Office to ask Medical Girl Liu to go with them for acupuncture; most of the time, Zhou Man would go with them.
Mingda thought for a moment and said, "The Empress Dowager will probably not move the palace."
Although Taiji Palace is relatively warm, the Queen Mother's current condition makes it inappropriate to move. Moreover, the Queen Mother would definitely prefer to stay in Taiji Palace.
Mingda said, "If the Empress Dowager doesn't move to another palace, then Father and Mother probably won't be going to Daming Palace for the summer vacation this year."
When Changyu heard this, she knew that they couldn't go this year.
When they arrived at Manbao's yard, Manbao took them into her room to rest.
Her room was about the same size as the one in Zhou's house in the capital, but it was not as exquisitely decorated as the other one. After all, it was a manor house and she would not live there for long.
The screen in the room was made of bamboo. There were no patterns on it, but it looked very wild when opened. There was also a wooden couch by the window, and it was not small. It looked bigger than her bed. Zhou Dalang specially asked the craftsmen to make it bigger.
Because they always liked to sit on the couch and read. As the three of them grew older, what would it look like for them to always huddle on a small wooden couch and read?
So Zhou Dalang simply asked someone to build a bigger one. After all, the room was big enough, and she didn't have many books and things to put here, so there was enough space.
The three of them sat on the couch, exhaled at the same time, and leaned back on the couch, drinking tea, chatting, and even dozing off.
Bai Shanze and Bai Erlang explained the relationship between the Crown Prince and Prince Gong to the family and comforted them, "It's okay, as long as they don't fight in our house."
Old Zhou sighed and said, "What a sin! How could brothers end up like this?"
Bai Shan couldn't help but hissed, "Uncle Zhou, you can't say that."
Old Zhou was puzzled. "They did it, so why can't they say it?"
Bai Shan lowered his voice and said, "It's not that we can't talk about the fight between brothers, but we can't use the word 'evil'."
"Why?"
Bai Shan was speechless for a moment. There were many guards standing outside and many eunuchs and palace maids walking around. What should he say?
Qian gave Old Zhou a sidelong look and said, "I told you not to say it, so don't say it. Why do you have to ask why you did it?"
Old Zhou stopped talking immediately.
Madam Liu smiled and said, "We've been busy for half a day. I think the two princesses get along well. Let the children play by themselves and don't disturb them."
Old Zhou nodded repeatedly and said to Bai Shan, "The fire is always simmering in the kitchen. If you want to eat anything, just ask someone to tell your sister-in-law and let her cook it for you."
Old Zhou then remembered and turned to his daughters-in-law and said, "The soldiers outside haven't eaten yet. Go to the kitchen and make some food for them. Don't neglect the guests."
Old Madam Liu wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, they should be polite to these people now, which would also be good for the children. After all, it is easier to deal with the King of Hell than the little ghosts.
Xiao Qian agreed and turned to cook.
Fang, Lu and Qiu hurried to follow.
Madam Liu turned to Madam Liu and said, "Let the servants in the house help. This way, things will go faster. Since lunch needs to be prepared for the imperial guards, let's prepare lunch for the palace maids as well."
Nanny Liu lowered her head and replied "yes", then bowed and retreated.
Originally, the palace maids had taken out the dry food they had brought with them and wanted to have a simple meal, but a servant came to inform them that the kitchen was already preparing their meal and they would be able to eat after waiting for a few minutes, so everyone put the dry food away again.
You can eat it hot, who wants to eat it cold?
It just so happened that the masters had dinner early, and it was only noon now.
Changyu slept on the pillow for quarter of an hour and was awakened by the chirping of birds outside. When he opened his eyes, he saw Manbao and Mingda sleeping soundly opposite him.
Changyu nudged Mingda with his foot. Mingda turned over and continued to sleep without waking up. Manbao was sleeping soundly. Her wrist was resting on Mingda's arm. It could be seen that her wrist was a little fatter, fleshy, white and tender. Changyu wanted to take a bite of it just by looking at it.
She lay on the couch and stared at them for a long time. Seeing that they showed no signs of waking up, she could no longer lie there.
She sat up and looked out the window, and saw a few birds perched on a tree not far from the window. They seemed to have noticed her gaze and flapped their wings and flew away.
Changyu couldn't help but lean over to take a look, and watched them fly over the wall and disappear. She couldn't help but think that such small birds probably didn't even have two taels of meat, and Manbao actually said that she had eaten them when she was a child.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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