Chapter 3193 Summoning
Zhou Man sat down beside the couch and waved at her. "Mingda and I brought you some things, but it will take a few days for them to arrive in the capital. You can pick them up at my house then."
Changyu walked over and sat next to her, sighing and nodding, "Okay."
Zhou Man reached out and held her hand. "Don't be too sad. The Wei Mansion still needs you to take charge, right?"
Chang Yu nodded, "My mother-in-law and the prince consort are both sad, and I am in charge of things here now."
She sighed and said, "Actually, everyone in the family has been mentally prepared for this. I won't hide it from you. Earlier, you said that your father-in-law was in poor health and was on his last legs. That's when the family started preparing. It just dragged on for three years, and we thought it might drag on even longer. But he fell ill before the New Year, and it's been over half a year now. His health has been up and down. When he's fine, he can handle official business, but when he's not, he can't even get out of bed. So we've made all the necessary preparations at home."
"Although I'm prepared, I still can't accept it in my heart." Chang Yu felt that he was okay. Although he was a little sad, he could accept it. But Wei Yu and Mrs. Wei obviously couldn't.
Chang Yu held Zhou Man's hand tightly, staring at her intently, and asked, "Man Bao, is his illness really incurable?"
Zhou Man analyzed the effects of the medicine after checking Wei Zhi's pulse and shook his head. "We doctors have diseases we can cure, but we also have diseases we can't. Sir Wei is one of those diseases that can't be cured right now. Not to mention us, even a god wouldn't be able to save him."
She said, "If Lord Wei had listened to me three years ago and put aside his official duties to relax and recuperate, he might have been able to delay his death for another five, six, seven, or eight years. But during these three years, he has been so busy with state affairs, exhausted and exhausted. Even if I had the ability to save him, I couldn't do anything to save him."
Chang Yu was silent for a moment. "I'll be thankful to trouble you for the next few days. You just returned to Beijing, so you must be tired. You should rest now. By the way, do you want me to send someone back to your house to get some things? I'm afraid you won't be used to the things here. If you need anything, please tell me and I'll have someone open the warehouse to get it for you."
Zhou Man was amazed, "Oh my God, Changyu, you are so thoughtful."
Chang Yu: "...I'm already a mother."
"Then please call Xibing over for me. She knows what to bring."
Changyu agreed and sent someone to Zhou's house to order some cakes.
Lord Wei couldn't leave his place, and Zhou Man had to find time to go to the palace to report back, so he basically couldn't go home. So even though Zhou Man went home, the Zhou family still couldn't see him.
On the fourth day after Wei Zhixing's acupuncture, the other two sons of the Wei family arrived with their wives and children. At the same time, Zhou Lizhong also went to Beijing.
As soon as he arrived in Beijing, he was taken to the palace and couldn't even go home.
He stood nervously in front of the Taiji Hall, stroking his sleeves vigorously to smooth out the wrinkles. However, he had been traveling a lot these past few days and was exhausted. He had worn these clothes for three days.
Zhou Lizhong felt a little regretful. He should have asked to go home to wash and change clothes after arriving in Beijing. He remembered that whenever his aunt came back from a business trip, as long as the errand was not particularly urgent, she would wash before entering the palace...
Just as Zhou Lizhong was lowering his head in regret, he suddenly heard a eunuch whisper, "Master Zhou is here."
Zhou Lizhong immediately turned his head to look down, and saw in the distance his young aunt carrying an official robe and walking up the stairs. The sunlight shone on her, making her whole body glow, as if even the sunlight had shattered into pieces.
Zhou Man walked up the stairs and looked up to see Zhou Lizhong waiting at the door. He smiled and asked, "When did you come to Beijing?"
Zhou Lizhong felt relieved and exhaled, "An hour ago? I was brought into the palace as soon as I arrived in Beijing."
Zhou Lizhong had never been to the palace, so he was so nervous from beginning to end that he didn't notice the passage of time.
Zhou Man nodded and said to the eunuch, "Please inform His Majesty that we are here."
The eunuch agreed and hurried in to report. A moment later, Gu Zhong came out in person, bowed and said with a smile, "Master Zhou, His Majesty invites you two in."
Zhou Man brought Zhou Lizhong along and asked Gu Zhong in a low voice, "Are there many people in the room?"
Gu Zhong also lowered his voice, "All the adults are here."
Zhou Man knew what was going on, so he turned around and said to Zhou Lizhong, "Just answer whatever His Majesty asks, and listen more and talk less."
Zhou Lizhong: "Yes."
The emperor was holding a small court meeting, so all the important ministers were present, and the meeting had just concluded.
Zhou Man led Zhou Lizhong to meet the emperor.
The emperor waved his hand and said, "Stand up."
"Are you Zhou Lizhong? Raise your head so I can see you."
He looked at Zhou Lizhong carefully. Although he was a little dark, he looked very energetic. His face was angular, but he was still handsome.
He glanced at Zhou Lizhong, then turned to look at Zhou Man, who couldn't help but look up at him out of curiosity. He couldn't help but laugh, "You two aunt and nephew have similarities in your eyebrows and eyes. I heard that there was someone in your ancestry who was extremely good-looking?"
Zhou Man thought for a moment and then said, "My great-grandmother and grandmother?"
The emperor waved his hand, not caring much about it. However, he still liked good-looking people, so he urged Zhou Lizhong, "With your looks, you can study and take the imperial examination. As long as you can pass the imperial examination, you will have a bright future."
Seeing that the emperor was so openly obsessed with looks, Lord Tang couldn't help but cough loudly.
Seeing Zhou Lizhong's embarrassed face, his face flushed red, and he didn't know how to respond, Zhou Man said on his behalf: "Your Majesty, he has no intention of taking the imperial examination, so please don't make things difficult for him."
"Studying is good, but other professions are not bad either. There are 360 professions, and every profession has its own top talent. If you are a good farmer, can't you also contribute to the country and the people?"
The emperor lowered his eyes and thought, "There are top scholars in every field? That's quite new."
Isn’t there such a thing?
Which storybook did she read that in?
Zhou Man swallowed hard and quickly changed the subject, "Your Majesty summoned us regarding the new rice seeds?"
"Yes," the emperor nodded as he came back to his senses. "This is a serious matter. I heard from Master Zhuang that the Zhou family has records of the test data."
Zhou Lizhong nodded repeatedly, took out two booklets from his sleeves, two from his waist, and two from his boots...
Zhou Man: ...
The Emperor and his ministers: ...
Zhou Lizhong raised the six books he had taken out above his head and presented them.
Gu Zhong was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward to take it and presented it to the emperor.
Zhou Man couldn't help but whisper to Zhou Lizhong, "Why did you stuff it in your boots?"
Everyone pricked up their ears to listen.
Zhou Lizhong whispered, "They said we couldn't bring any foreign objects into the palace, so I had to hide it on my body."
Everyone: ...If you put it on your body, then it is no longer an external object?
The emperor's forehead twitched, and he began to flip through the books. After a while, he asked, "Which one is the latest?"
Zhou Lizhong quickly replied, "The one marked with the number eight."
The emperor pulled it out and asked, "There are only six books here, why is it marked with the number eight?"
"Because I didn't bring two."
Is it because it can’t be hidden? The emperor complained in his heart, but did not ask aloud.
(End of this chapter)
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