Chapter 1960 Summoning
When Manbao returned to Chongwenguan with the medicine box, Bai Shan and others were sitting on the observation deck drinking tea and enjoying the view. When they saw Zhou Man, they waved to her.
Manbao went upstairs and asked, "Why don't you go eat?"
"There was a small incident in the kitchen, so dinner will be postponed for half an hour." Bai Shan pointed to the seat next to her and asked, "Are you busy today?"
"Fortunately, nothing's wrong. It's just that Dean Xiao's face has been gloomy. We dared not breathe loudly while working in the Imperial Hospital." Manbao sat next to Bai Shan and saw a stack of manuscript paper on the table. He asked, "What is this?"
Bai Shan smiled and said, "Erlang plans to make money."
Manbao couldn't help but open it and saw that he planned to grow some fruits and vegetables to make money.
She was very curious, "Where did you get the land?"
"I plan to rent the new land that my husband has been allocated."
"Why do you want to make money from farming?"
Bai Erlang said, "Didn't you say that His Majesty was short of money?"
Not to mention Bai Shan, Yin Huo on the side couldn't help laughing, and finally said: "I think what Your Majesty lacks is not money, but a way to make money."
Liu Huan had been watching him work diligently these past two days and asked curiously, "Why did you suddenly want to make progress? Didn't we agree to study for two more years and then go abroad to study?"
Bai Erlang's way of trying to please the emperor looks like he wants to become an official right away.
Manbao looked at Liu Huan, then at Bai Erlang, and said, "I have inside information. You two are on the list."
"On what list?"
Manbao shook his head and said, "On the list for selecting a prince consort."
Bai Erlang's eyes widened in surprise, while Liu Huan's eyes widened in horror. They both asked in unison, "Why?"
Manbao glanced at Liu Huan and said to Bai Erlang, "I heard from Changyu that His Majesty wants to choose a son-in-law from the Imperial College and Chongwen Academy."
Then he turned to Liu Huan and said, "You must have been chosen based on your family background."
Liu Huan immediately said, "I don't believe it. I don't want to be a prince consort."
Manbao said: "It may not be you. Maybe you can't be one even if you want to."
Bai Erlang asked him curiously, "What's wrong with being a prince consort? Why are you so scared?"
"What's so good about being a consort?" Liu Huan said, "I have neither lack of splendor nor wealth, nor have I ever thought of becoming any great talent. Besides, being a consort won't do much for my career, so why should I be a subject husband?"
Do you think it's easy to be a prince consort?
If the princess does not live with their family, she will have to live in another princess's mansion, and then he will be in a difficult situation.
He was an outsider in the princess's mansion and half an outsider at home.
Liu Huan said, "My family is not a noble family. Now the one we are talking about is a legitimate princess, so we will definitely have to build a princess's mansion. A princess marrying a prince consort is almost the same as marrying a son-in-law. I don't want to be a son-in-law."
Bai Erlang: "...Princess Mingda is not a rude person, why would she embarrass her husband?"
"This isn't a problem, it's the rule!" Liu Huan said, "Anyway, I don't want to be a consort."
Minister Liu was moved. He discussed with his wife, "Liu Huan is a simple-minded guy. I'm afraid he won't achieve much in the officialdom in the future. If he marries the princess, he can guarantee his prosperity for two generations. I think it's a good idea."
Madam Liu said, "If it were any other princess, it would be fine, but Princess Mingda is not suitable."
"Why?"
"Princess Mingda is frail. It's uncertain how many years she can live after entering the family, let alone have children." She said, "If Huan'er doesn't have a legitimate child by then, how can we talk about two generations of prosperity?"
Minister Liu fell silent.
But the emperor was quick. Within two days, he found an excuse to call the 18 people still on the list into the palace to appreciate the flowers together.
Well, I enjoyed the pomegranate flowers, but the pomegranate fruits were as big as my thumb.
Minister Liu thought the emperor's excuse was not very good, and said to Liu Huan, "Don't say anything else when you enter the palace. Just eat and drink tea, okay?"
Obviously, he was finally persuaded by his wife.
Liu Huan nodded repeatedly, he thought so too.
Bai Erlang, who was also called into the palace, hurriedly pulled Bai Shan to choose clothes for him, and said to Zhou Man, "Come with me to the palace."
Manbao refused, "It's rare for me to have a day off."
"Since the holiday ends tomorrow, why not come back a day early today?" Bai Erlang said, "It will be more convenient for you to enter and exit the palace. Just find any excuse."
Seeing that Manbao still missed the lunch and dinner made by her sister-in-law, he said, "They say we are fellow disciples, but I can't even compare to her for two meals?"
Manbao emphasized, "It's three meals a day, and there's another meal tomorrow morning. But since you said so, why don't you call me Senior Sister and let me hear it? Maybe I'll agree."
Bai Shan picked out a coat, threw it on Bai Erlang and said with a smile: "Call me brother again."
Bai Erlang hissed and shouted with a sore teeth, "Senior Sister, Senior Brother, I'm leaving this to you, okay?"
Manbao nodded happily and said, "Okay, I promise you."
Bai Shan smiled and asked, "I came up with two poems about pomegranate flowers and pomegranates on the spur of the moment. Do you want to copy them?"
Bai Erlang hesitated, then shook his head. "Forget it. I don't mind copying yours, but what if His Majesty really chose me because of my poetry? What if he asks me to do it again in the future and I can't? And wouldn't that be deceiving Princess Mingda?"
Bai Shan was about to nod in satisfaction when Bai Erlang said, "But you can read it to me so I can learn from it. Maybe after listening to it, I'll be inspired to come up with several poems at once."
Bai Shan and Man Bao: ...
Bai Erlang was dressed brilliantly and went out with a handsome appearance, while Manbao was dressed in ordinary clothes and followed him with a medicine box.
When he arrived at the palace gate, he saw other people who had also been summoned.
Some people have already found out the inside story, but most people are standing at the palace gate with confused faces and knowing nothing.
Manbao stood there for a while, then went into the palace first. Her reason for going into the palace was to see the empress dowager.
She was the imperial physician and had the power to enter and leave the palace freely, just like the officials of other three provinces and six ministries who could freely enter and leave their offices in the imperial city.
Manbao went to the Imperial Hospital and asked Doctor Liu, "How is the Empress Dowager's health? Doctor Liu didn't come into the palace to give acupuncture today. How about I go and give her an injection?"
After the acupuncture, go find Changyu. You should be able to see the results when you go there.
Manbao's plan was perfect, but then Doctor Liu said, "The Queen Mother's condition relapsed last night, and Dean Xiao is guarding over there right now. If you want to..."
"I don't want to." Manbao said immediately, "Forget it, I'll go see Princess Changyu and Princess Mingda."
If I go to see the Queen Mother now, there is a high possibility that I will be scolded by Xiao Yuanzheng, who has been in a bad mood recently.
Doctor Liu watched her run away, then smiled and shook his head. What a child she was. She was even on leave but still took the initiative to go to the palace to find work.
See you at 10pm
(End of this chapter)
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