Chapter 2419 Are You Scared? (An additional chapter for the reward from book friend "Hua")
The housekeeper came running over. She already knew that this master was not someone to be trifled with. Although she hadn't said a word from beginning to end and hadn't complained, she had made the people in Duke Zhao's mansion wait for an hour and a half in vain, and the masters still hadn't said a word. She knew that she would be skinned alive if not dead, so how could she dare to provoke her at this time?
When she saw her asking for her clothes, shoes and socks, and asking for them in front of Liu Langjun, she knew she was finished.
Her knees felt weak and she wanted to kneel down, but seeing Zhao Liulang staring at her with unfriendly eyes, she didn't dare to kneel down and beg for mercy. She could only bend over and say, "It's in the room. I have been keeping it well for Doctor Zhou."
So Zhou Man asked Zhao Liulang to wait in the yard, and took Jiulan in to change her clothes, shoes, socks, etc., and exchanged them for her own things. Jiulan also took out the set she had just worn and returned it to the housekeeper. Then the master, servant, and apprentice left.
Zhao Liulang silently escorted Zhou Man out. When they reached the side door in front, he said, "The servants at home were so rude and wronged you."
Manbao turned around and looked at him, baring his teeth and saying, "No, I'm not the one who was wronged today. Besides, you and I both know whether it was the servant who was being unruly or not."
This wasn't the first time she'd left the imperial manor. Every time she'd gone to the Tang residence for treatment, who'd avoided her? Hadn't Madam Tang always held her hand and talked to her affectionately?
The last time she went to Liu's house for a drink, she also came out from the imperial farm. Although there were people who talked about her at the table, no matter whether they were male or female guests, who deliberately avoided her?
There are so many guests at the Liu Mansion, and everyone still gets together to have fun.
How could a servant dare to do such a thing if the master did not express such intention?
Manbao did not take the Zhao family's carriage, but left directly in Liu Sanniang's carriage.
Liu Sanniang's car was the Imperial Medical Bureau's official bus, but it was lunch time now, and today Liu Sanniang was ordered to go out for an outpatient consultation, so this bus would always obey her orders.
The carriage drove out of the Zhao family and went directly to the Zhou family's house.
The Zhou residence and the Zhao residence were in different blocks, but only two blocks apart, not very far away. This was the residential area of powerful and wealthy families, the roads were wide and there were few people, so the carriage was a little faster and could arrive in just half a minute.
As soon as she got in the car, Liu Sanniang's face turned unhappy. She said to Manbao, "Master, they humiliated you."
She only knew that the master had deliberately delayed the time to avoid going in, but she didn't expect that they actually asked the master to change his clothes, shoes and socks before going in.
Jiulan was still furious, shouting, "Our wife always washed and changed her clothes and shoes every time she left the manor, so there was no way she could bring smallpox with her. To save time, our hair wasn't wrung out properly, and we all smelled like soap. I don't believe the steward couldn't smell it, yet he still specifically ordered our wife to wash and clean herself, leaving her so busy that she didn't even have time to eat."
Manbao: ...
"That's a bit unfair. They just left the meal for me."
"It was already noon when you came to see her old lady. Wouldn't a polite family eat first?" Jiulan said confidently, "You said you wanted to see a doctor, and they actually let you see the doctor first. It's a good thing you were quick this time. Otherwise, you would have been treated like other patients for half an hour and an hour. Wouldn't you have been starving?"
Zhao Liulang's smile faded after their carriage left. He turned gloomily to find the housekeeper, stared at her, and asked, "Who gave you the order?"
The housekeeper immediately knelt down and trembled as she said, "I thought that if Imperial Doctor Zhou came out of such a place and there was anything wrong with him, it would bring disaster to our entire family, so I took the initiative..."
"Acting on your own initiative?" Zhao Liulang kicked the man, knocking him aside. His face was gloomy and he said, "Think carefully. Do you think Zhou Man is just an imperial physician? She is also my half-classmate and a fourth-rank editor at the Chongwen Academy. Seriously, she is my boss. Who do you think you are? How dare you humiliate her on your own initiative? Don't you think you have any brains?"
When they first entered Chongwenguan, Zhou Man occasionally went to attend classes with them. This period lasted for nearly a year. Later, when the Imperial Medical Bureau was opened, she had to take classes there and stopped attending their cultural classes.
Even if we don't count their friendship as classmates, based on his relationship with Bai Shan and Bai Er, how could Zhou Man be trampled upon at will?
Not to mention that she is a fourth-rank editor in Chongwenguan, and he is still studying in Chongwenguan. Although there is no direct relationship between the two, in terms of rank, she is his superior.
The more Zhao Liulang thought about it, the more annoyed he became. Zhou Man had been wronged in his home. How could he have the face to see Bai Shan and Bai Er in the future?
He looked as if he wanted to eat her. The housekeeper couldn't escape and could only kneel down and beg for mercy, saying, "This is all ordered by the Crown Prince's wife and several other ladies. The ladies are also worried that she might have brought something inappropriate with her..."
"roll!"
Zhao Liulang went to the backyard angrily, intending to ask his mother to help him. But there was no other way, as he was a junior and could not yell at his sisters-in-law.
At this time, the situation in the backyard suddenly changed.
This was not the first time that Lady Zhao had asked Zhou Man to treat her. She had been ill twice before and had asked Zhou Man to prescribe medicine for her.
In her impression, she was a very polite, well-behaved and sensible young lady. So as soon as she left, she asked the old nanny, "Before, there were so many people that you couldn't leave, and I couldn't ask why Doctor Zhou was delayed up ahead?"
The old nanny brought a bowl of soup to the wife of Duke Zhao and said with a smile, "I told you, please don't be angry."
"You speak first."
The old lady said: "No, you have to agree to it first, then I will tell you."
"Okay, okay, okay, I promise you, how much time do I have left? I've stopped being angry with them."
"What are you talking about? You still have a long time to live," the old nanny paused before saying, "I asked around and found out that Doctor Zhou was taken to the guest house to wash and change clothes as soon as he entered. I heard he even washed his hair and changed his shoes and socks before coming in."
Why did Lady Zhao not react for a moment?
The old nanny whispered, "Madam, Doctor Zhou came from the imperial manor."
Lady Zhao reacted and slammed the table in anger, "Which idiot did such a stupid thing?"
The Crown Prince's wife, worried about what Zhou Man had brought in, was complaining to her younger brothers and sisters-in-law, "I never thought she was so short-lived but had such a bad temper. She took a full hour and a half to get here. She came here to see the doctor under the order of the Empress, but she relied on her skills to do whatever she wanted."
The next chapter will be around 10:30 pm
(End of this chapter)
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