Chapter 2493 Tired
Mid-Autumn Festival is a good day, and Manbao and his friends still decided to go out to find food. After all, it is a festival, and there are really a lot of delicious food outside.
Manbao sighed as she shared her purchases with Bai Shan and the others, "It's a pity that Mingda and the others are still in mourning and can't leave the palace for fun."
Bai Erlang nodded and said, "What a shame! We can't even bring lanterns into the palace. I just saw a palace lantern hung up by someone. It was made of fine silk and was very beautiful. The flowers on it were particularly beautifully painted."
As they talked, they wandered to the East Ward, and Manbao looked around to determine the direction.
Liu Huan asked, "There are so many people here in Dongfang. What are we doing here? Are we going to visit the bookstore?"
"No, I'm looking at the shop my family is about to buy."
The shop Zhou Lijun chose was the third-to-last shop on a street. Because it was near the end, there were relatively few people, which was why the price was so cheap.
But this is Dongfang, and there are very profitable businesses everywhere. Although there are fewer people than in other places, there are still a lot of people overall.
The shop is not very big, but not small either. Like all the shops on this street, it has two floors. Zhou Lijun has already paid a deposit. The shop is being emptied today, so she is here too.
Manbao browsed around and thought the place was pretty good, so he said to Yin or Liu Huan, "From now on, my shop will specialize in selling things like whitening cream. Your grandmother and sisters can come here to buy these. I'll ask Lijun to make a few signs for you later. If you bring them to my store, I'll give you a discount."
Liu Huan wasn't interested in any of this, but Yin Huo, thinking about how his sisters had been nagging him these past two days, said, "Okay, I'll trouble you then."
Manbao just came to take a look, and after returning, he gave his share of the money to Zhou Lijun, because she was going to enter the Daming Palace tomorrow.
These ministers can take a day off during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the royal family cannot. Although only the emperor's family is in mourning, the emperor is doing his best to observe the mourning. Others would not dare to indulge in too much fun under his nose, right?
Therefore, on the 16th, I went straight into the Daming Palace. It was boring outside anyway, and I was envious of it.
This time, Manbao was the chief officer, and Doctor Lu was still assisting her. Doctor Zheng and six medical assistants including Liu Sanniang were also imprisoned together.
Let's take care of these royal relatives together.
Changyu and Manbao were the most familiar with each other. Although they were from wealthy families, they had occasionally been injured when practicing with whips, so they didn't feel anything when being pricked by a thick needle. However, the others cried bitterly, and the entire Daming Palace was filled with the howling of ghosts and wolves.
The Crown Prince, who had come to visit his younger siblings and offer his condolences to the royal family, was startled outside the wall and asked Xiao Yuanzheng, who had accompanied him, "Are they okay?"
Xiao Yuanzheng said calmly, "It'll be fine. The princes and princesses are spoiled and probably aren't used to acupuncture."
The prince thought about Zhou Man's long and thin needle. Although it looked scary, it didn't hurt much when it pricked people, so he didn't take it seriously. He walked around the wall and communicated with the people inside through the wall. After making sure that they had enough food and other things, he went back to report.
When the emperor asked him about it, he replied, "My younger brother and sister may be afraid of needles, so they cried for a while, but otherwise there is no problem."
The emperor nodded and didn't take the matter to heart.
But the children inside the wall cried until their voices were hoarse. It was horrible that such a thick needle would pierce their body and cause blood to come out. It could not stop the bleeding and had to be covered with such a dirty thing.
Zhou Man, who had successfully imprinted a terrifying mark in the hearts of the royal family disciples under the age of nine in just one day, was promoted to the person they hated the most. At least they would not forgive her until their pain subsided.
Chang Yu was amazed and said, "Finally, someone hates you."
Manbao: "...Why are you so happy that someone hates me?"
Chang Yu said, "It's really strange. Look at the palace. The Queen Mother likes you, the Crown Princess likes you, Yang Guifei likes you, many concubines like you, the palace maids and eunuchs like you, even the most difficult brother, the Crown Prince, likes you. I often wonder, how do you manage to make them all like you?"
Manbao said happily, "Firstly, it's because I have good skills and can help them. Secondly, it's because of my personal charm. For example, I'm good-looking and have a good personality. Otherwise, Xiao Yuanzheng and the others can also treat diseases, so why can't I please everyone? That's the difference."
Chang Yu was shocked. "I thought you were proud, but I didn't expect you to be this proud."
Manbao: "This is called fully knowing oneself. This is what it means to know oneself and the enemy. This is it."
Chang Yu didn't want to talk to her anymore. He sat cross-legged on the couch and beckoned over a palace maid who had also been vaccinated and had a bandage on her hand. He said, "Go and cut a fruit plate. I want some fruit."
Manbao kindly advised, "Changyu, please eat less. I just felt your pulse and it seems you have some signs of indigestion. Besides, it's only been half an hour since lunch, and you've already eaten half a plate of snacks."
Chang Yu couldn't help but say, "Well, I'm bored. What else can I do besides eat? Besides, it's already past Mid-Autumn Festival, and the delicious fruits and vegetables will be gone soon. If I don't eat them now, I'll have to eat stale ones in the ice cellar later."
Changyu believes that one should eat when it is time to eat.
"How about you prescribe some hawthorn for me? Oh, and we have some fresh hawthorn right now. Go and ask them to wash half a plate of it."
Manbao: "...Eating fresh hawthorns when you're full will only make you feel even fuller."
Even if it can help digestion, after eating half a plate, your already bloated stomach will only get bloated even more, okay?
In the end, Changyu still didn't get to eat the hawthorn and fruit plate. She could only follow Manbao around the rooms out of boredom, to see her sister, cousin, niece and the like.
Changyu only developed the smallpox on the third day, making him the last one to develop the smallpox. After all of them developed the smallpox, Manbao and Doctor Lu became busy. They basically took turns to be on duty at night, which was much more tiring than before at the imperial farm.
They are really too annoying. Some young princesses, princesses, princes, and young princes can't stand the itch at all and want to scratch all day long.
Manbao and Doctor Lu wanted to tie their hands together, they were exhausted.
After the acne scabs had fallen off safely, both of them breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to close the door and sleep soundly that day.
However, it didn't work. They still had to test whether they were really immune to smallpox, so it would take another seven or eight days.
It was already the first day of September when the Daming Palace reopened. Manbao and Doctor Lu both had dark circles under their eyes, and it was obvious that they were very tired during this period.
After sending these little ancestors away, Manbao, who had been annoyed by the chatter during their daily interactions, immediately said to Changyu, who wanted to speak: "I know. I will come to see you and bring you the ointment."
Chang Yu said, "Huh, do I care about those one or two acne scars? I even got hit on the forehead when I was practicing with the whip. What I mean is, I see dark circles under your eyes, and I want to feel your pulse to see if it's the kidney deficiency and weak academic performance you mentioned before..."
Manbao reached out and pushed her out. "Go quickly! If you want to learn, I'll teach you later. I'm still watching people deal with the things inside. If you don't leave now, why don't you stay and help me deal with those clothes and cloth strips?"
Changyu turned and left.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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