Chapter 2019 Mourning 1
Manbao was secretly preparing to resign from his official position. When he went out to study, he might not bring his disciples with him, so their best future was to stay in the Imperial Hospital or be ordered to go to a local Imperial Medical Bureau.
But no matter which one it is, it won’t be a wrong thing to have more talents and connections in the Imperial Medical Service.
Unlike many imperial physicians who planned to stay in the Imperial Medical Service for the rest of their lives, Manbao did not plan to stay there forever.
Therefore, she had no qualms about teaching medical assistants, nor did she worry about teaching her apprentices and starving herself to death.
The selected assistant doctors Cai and Yin perked up when they saw Zhou Man instructing them in more detail than before, and listened attentively without slacking off at all.
To put it bluntly, they were standing there just to observe everyone's expressions. Seeing that Old Madam Cui didn't look well, Manbao asked the palace maid to ask while saying to the three people standing behind him: "See? Old Madam Cui's condition should be caused by diabetes. She's suffering from a lack of food in her stomach, and her hands are shaking. What should we do now?"
They know this, just eat, but what to eat is very particular.
The three of them discussed in low voices. After a while, the palace maid helped Old Madam Cui to the side hall to rest. The others continued to kneel and wait for the time to cry.
Manbao stood still and said to Dr. Liu, "Take Dr. Yin to take a look. If you can't handle it, send someone to call me."
Doctor Liu responded in a low voice and went to the side hall with Assistant Doctor Yin.
Assistant Doctor Yin was a little excited and lowered his voice to say to Doctor Liu: "Assistant Doctor Liu, Doctor Zhou is so kind to you."
Doctor Liu nodded in agreement. Yes, her grandfather was unwilling to teach her medical skills, but her master taught her everything and never kept anything from her.
Manbao felt that Mingda was crying too hard and looked very bad. Taking advantage of the break, he asked the medical assistant Cai to keep an eye on people and then went in to find Mingda and took her and Changyu to the side hall.
Seeing their eyes were red and swollen, she asked a palace maid to bring them an ice pack to apply to their eyes, and then comforted them, "Please don't be sad. If you cry and hurt your health, the Empress Dowager will not be able to rest in peace."
Mingda and Changyu were really sad. After all, the Queen Mother had always loved them very much.
Especially Mingda, because she is the legitimate princess, her status in the eyes of the Queen Mother is similar to that of Yunfeng. In fact, because she accompanies the Queen Mother more, she is actually closer to her than Yunfeng.
It's just that the Queen Mother pities Yunfeng, so Yunfeng seems to be more favored. But when the inheritance was divided last night, she actually got the second most after the Crown Prince and Prince Xinqing, and was two points more than Yunfeng's.
Neither of them was in a good mood to talk, so Manbao didn't bother to talk to them. He let them rest for a while, gave Mingda a few injections, and then let them go back.
Because of his good relationship with the Crown Princess, Manbao would always ask someone to help the Crown Princess to the side hall. The little prince did not have to keep vigil, but he still had to appear three times a day, held by the nanny and kneeling to kowtow, which was quite tiring.
Coupled with the intermittent crying sounds outside and the scent of sandalwood in the mourning hall, the little prince was frightened and cried within two times.
Manbao could only hold him and stroke his back, massaging his acupuncture points to calm his fear, then prescribed medicine for the wet nurse to drink, and let him slowly calm down after drinking the milk. But because he cried for a long time, he was still twitching even when he fell asleep, and from time to time he would sniffle and tremble on Manbao's shoulder.
The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess felt very distressed when they saw this, and the Emperor and the Empress felt distressed as well, but the Emperor couldn't give any orders and could only look at the Empress.
The Queen ordered that children under the age of seven in the royal family did not have to come to cry or keep vigil. The Queen Mother loved her children and grandchildren and certainly did not want the children to be frightened.
So the little prince was sent back to the Eastern Palace, and the crying of children in the mourning hall became less frequent.
When the Empress Dowager passed away, the Emperor was grief-stricken and cried for seven days. All the officials and their families cried with him for seven days. The first three days were fine, but from the fourth day onwards, people kept falling down due to exhaustion, and the Imperial Medical Service became increasingly busy.
Manbao and the other imperial doctors took turns on duty, but the total sleep time each day did not exceed two hours. By the seventh day, she felt like she was closing her eyes when she walked, but when someone fell down, she was the first to notice.
The Minister of Rites began to write a letter to the emperor, saying that he should focus on state affairs and not be too sad, otherwise he would not be able to rest easy after the empress dowager passed away...
Other ministers in the court followed suit and wrote letters to the emperor. After being persuaded three times, the emperor finally stopped keeping vigil and crying in person. Then all officials began to restore order.
The empress dowager's mourning hall was still there, and the monks of the Huguo Temple and the Taoist priests of the Xuandu Temple were still chanting scriptures and performing rituals, but except for the royal family and the clan, all officials no longer entered the palace to mourn, but started to go to work as usual.
Officials and their wives finally no longer had to enter the palace early in the morning and leave in the evening.
The emperor cancelled the grand court meetings and only held small court meetings with his ministers every day. He would then present memorials and cry from time to time when he thought of the empress dowager.
He was really crying. Manbao and Doctor Xiao rushed to the small study twice because the emperor was sad, and he was very sure that the emperor was really sad. Not only were his tears streaming, but even his pulse showed that he was very sad.
Manbao thought about it and felt that if something happened to her mother, she would definitely cry herself to death. So she was very understanding and comforted the emperor, and then prescribed him a bitter tranquilizer, hoping that the emperor, who did not like taking medicine, would be more open-minded after drinking it.
It was impossible for him to let it go. Even when Manbao was able to leave the palace and go home to rest, the emperor would still run to the empress dowager's mourning hall from time to time to cry.
She moved the box given to her by the Queen Mother back home, then walked around the house, and finally asked her eldest brother to build a small wooden house in a good location, and then put the Buddha statue and Laozi statue given by the Queen Mother in them respectively.
In front of each statue there is a platform with incense burners and offerings.
Manbao said to his family, "This is a gift from the Empress Dowager. If I'm not home in the future, remember to burn incense for me."
Zheng was stunned, stunned, "How can there be a room for worship...Should we separate them?"
"I built separate houses for them, and I think Buddhist and Taoist scriptures have something in common. They might be able to discuss it together. It doesn't matter," Manbao said, "as long as we are pious when we burn incense."
Xiao Qianshi also thought so and said to Manbao, "Sister-in-law will do it for you."
Manbao smiled and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
"Tell your sister-in-law what you wish for, and she will grant it to you."
Manbao said seriously, "I hope the medical books the Queen Mother gave me are all genuine."
"ah?"
Manbao said seriously, "I'll make this wish. I hope that the medical books the Queen Mother gives me are all genuine, especially the 'Qing Nang Jing'. It would be even better if I could get the second volume."
Bai Shan was surprised, "The Queen Mother has the Qing Nang Sutra in her hand, and she gave it to you?"
Manbao nodded, "Not only the Qing Nang Jing, but also five medical books. I've been too busy recently and haven't had time to read them."
But with the "Qing Nang Jing" in front of her, she thought that other medical books would not be much worse, so she decided to take a look at them later.
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(End of this chapter)
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