Chapter 2494 Rain
After all of them left, Manbao and Doctor Lu breathed a sigh of relief. After looking at each other, they immediately turned around and watched them deal with the garbage inside. After confirming that there was no problem, they took the medical records back to the Imperial Hospital to report, and successfully got three days of vacation.
That’s right, Dean Xiao is so stingy that he only gives them three days off at most. Including today, they have to come back to work on the fourth day of the New Year.
Manbao insisted that they had only been released for two and a half days, how could it be three days?
Manbao left the palace muttering to himself, and parted ways with Doctor Lu at the palace gate, intending to go back and have a good sleep.
When I got home, there was no one at home.
Only Xibing, who stayed behind, ran over and said, "Sir, the master and the mistress have gone to Putian Village."
Manbao was curious, "Why are they going to Putian Village?" And they all went.
Xibing said, "Second Aunt built a workshop in Liyang, not too far from Putian Village, so everyone went over to see what was going on. Oh, and by the way, my eldest aunt and eldest brother-in-law accompanied my second master and his wife and my third master and his wife to Beijing..."
Manbao was stunned, and it took him a while to understand, "Daya? No, Li Xin?"
Xibing smiled so hard that his teeth showed, and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes, he said he was here to take the imperial examination this year, and he also said that if he didn't pass this year, he would take the examination on some sutra next spring. I didn't quite understand what he was saying."
Manbao closed his mouth and nodded, "Please boil some hot water for me. I want to take a bath."
Xibing agreed, carried the medicine box back to the house for Manbao, and then went to the kitchen to get hot water.
After washing her hair and taking a bath, Manbao fell asleep on the couch. Xibing wiped her hair bit by bit. When she woke up, it was already dark. She was startled and immediately jumped up to see the patient. When she jumped off the couch, she realized that she had already left the palace.
Manbao let out a breath, glanced at the dark sky outside, then sat down on the couch in a daze.
After an unknown amount of time, she heard footsteps outside the door. She tilted her head slightly and heard Bai Shan ask, "Are you still not awake?"
Xibing's confused voice sounded, "No."
Manbao:...She was sure that Xibing must have fallen asleep just now.
Manbao put the small quilt on her body aside, dragged her shoes and walked towards the door. She opened the door, and the person outside immediately looked up.
Under the moonlight, Bai Shan smiled when he saw Zhou Man. He raised the lantern in his hand and asked with a smile, "Are you awake? Are you hungry?"
Manbao nodded repeatedly, lowered his head, raised his feet to put on his shoes, and asked, "Why are there no lights in the yard?"
Xibing immediately went back to the house and took out Manbao's coat and put it on her. Manbao put it on.
Bai Shan smiled, and Xibing said, "The master doesn't give any, saying it's too expensive. Whoever goes out has to carry their own lantern, so even Madam Liu doesn't light any lights.
Bai Shan also said: "Grandma said that this saves a lot, it's quite good."
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the days become shorter and shorter. In the past, everyone would go back to their rooms to sleep before it got completely dark, so it was okay not to light lights in the yard.
But when the days get shorter, work is usually not finished by dark, so many families light lamps.
Manbao lived in the palace during this period, and his day and night were completely reversed. The lights in the two sealed palaces of Daming Palace were never turned off at night, so Manbao couldn't adapt to it for a while.
She came to her senses, nodded, and went forward with Bai Shan.
Bai Shan kept looking at her, "It looks like she's even more exhausted this time than at the Imperial Farm."
Manbao sighed, "The royal family's children are too spoiled."
Bai Shan laughed, "His Majesty said the same thing. Today, when the royal family members left Daming Palace, there was a lot of crying in the palace. His Majesty was so annoyed that he called all the princes to his side and gave them a lecture, telling them not to pamper the royal family members too much."
The kitchen prepared a bowl of noodles for Manbao with lots of ingredients in it, and Manbao ate it very happily.
She looked around and asked, "Where's Bai Er?"
"He's studying in the palace," Bai Shan said. "The exam is coming up in a few days, and the teacher won't let us disturb him and my cousin. He said he has to stay at home and study even on Double Ninth Festival."
Manbao nodded in understanding, "Then we'll be quiet this Double Ninth Festival and not go out to play."
Bai Shan nodded.
Manbao still had some complaints, "In the past two years, the Jinshi exam was held before the Double Ninth Festival, so that the exam would be right after the Double Ninth Festival. Why is it held after this year?"
Bai Shan said, "The Imperial Astronomical Observatory has chosen a date that says it will likely rain in the next few days, but the sun will shine brightly after the Double Ninth Festival."
The Imperial Astronomical Observatory's calculations were very accurate. It did rain the next day. It wasn't heavy, but fine and dense, just like spring rain.
Manbao stood under the corridor watching the rain. Bai Shan went to the yamen, and Bai Dalang was temporarily staying in the Imperial College to study hard, so she was the only master in the whole house.
Xibing ran to her and asked, "My Lord, what would you like to eat for breakfast?"
Manbao said: "That's a very good question, because I don't know either."
She said, "Tell the kitchen to serve me whatever is available. Oh, and send it to the open pavilion in the garden. I want to eat there while I enjoy the rain."
Xibing was startled and asked, "Sir, aren't you going to go play with the master and his wife?"
She also wanted to go out and play with her, but this time they brought Xihua and a few others with them, even Wuyue and Jiulan went, so she had to stay at home waiting for the adults, under the pretext that the adults were used to her.
Manbao shook his head and said seriously, "It's raining. My mother never let me get wet in the rain since I was a child."
Then you can go and enjoy the rain.
Manbao found a particularly good reason to get some time alone. He leisurely ate in the open pavilion while watching the rain, and even walked around half of the garden with an umbrella on the bluestone slabs.
The rain was not heavy, but came in fits and starts, so it did not affect her viewing of the scenery. She also took a pair of scissors and cut a lot of flowers. When Bai Shan came back from lunch break, he saw her coming back with an umbrella in one hand and a bunch of flowers in the other.
Behind her was a girl with an arm full of flowers, which showed how many flowers she had destroyed today.
Manbao smiled when he saw Baishan and asked, "Why are you back?"
Bai Shan stood at the Moon Gate holding an umbrella and said with a smile: "It's not my turn to go to the palace today, and there's not much to do in the Hanlin Academy, so I came back for lunch at noon. What are you doing? When my mother comes back and sees you cutting so many flowers, she will definitely be heartbroken."
Manbao smiled and said, "I'm going to arrange flowers. I'll pick the most beautiful one for Aunt Zheng."
Bai Shan stepped forward, took the umbrella from her hand, folded it, and held his umbrella over to her. The two of them hid under the umbrella together. He looked around and asked, "Are you still cutting it?"
Manbao shook his head, "That's enough cutting."
When they returned, Manbao asked Xibing to find a nice vase. As she gently arranged the flowers, she said, "It's really strange this year. It rained before the Double Ninth Festival."
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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