Chapter 3248 Master Na Luoer
The emperor and his ministers were very satisfied with Zhou Man's work in Qingzhou over the past five years, and had no objection to his joining the Imperial Medical Bureau, but...
Minister Li said, "Your Majesty, Lord Zhou is an exceptional doctor. It would be a waste of time if he were to remain in the Imperial Medical Bureau. Should the Imperial Hospital also reinstate him?"
The emperor nodded and said to Xiao Yuanzheng and the Ministry of Personnel, "Restore Zhou Man's position as a fourth-rank imperial physician."
Xiao Yuanzheng and Cui Shangshu responded respectfully with "yes". No one had any objection to this. After all, her medical skills were there. If she didn't go to the Imperial Hospital, they would have objections.
Zhou Man stood up and thanked him. Then the emperor started talking to his ministers. Zhou Man took this opportunity to lower his head and eat.
She was starving.
I didn't eat much breakfast on the way, and after arriving in Beijing, I had to go through this whole meal again...
Zhou Man lowered her head and ate quickly and quietly, listening attentively to the emperor and others talking about the establishment of pharmacies in various places based on her previous performance report.
There were people who opposed it, but there were more people who did not raise any objections or express their agreement. They directly raised various questions, and Zhou Man knew that they were inclined to agree as long as these problems were resolved.
As he was eating and listening with great interest, he heard the eunuch come to announce, "Your Majesty, Master Luo Er is here."
The emperor was in high spirits and immediately said, "Please come in."
A eunuch came up and took the food box away. Zhou Man scooped a large spoonful of rice and gravy, mixed it, and stuffed it into his mouth. He took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and chewed anxiously while turning his head to look back.
Then a eunuch came leading an old monk from a foreign country with snow-white eyebrows and hair. Behind him were two monks, one of whom was holding a tray.
The young eunuch took the food box away from Zhou Man, and a palace maid immediately added a plate of fruit and snacks for her. When she saw her looking over, she whispered, "It was ordered by His Highness."
Zhou Man turned his head and looked up at the prince.
The prince glanced at her with disgust, then gestured for her to go see the old monk.
Zhou Manchong curled his eyes at the prince, then looked at the three monks who were approaching.
Na Luo Er clasped his hands together, bowed slightly, and saluted the emperor. He spoke in a heavily accented Central Plains dialect, "Your Majesty, this batch of elixirs was refined to excellent quality. It has produced three pills in total, enough for Your Majesty to consume for a month."
"Oh?" The emperor sat up straighter and said excitedly, "Show it to me."
Zhou Man slowly swallowed the food in his mouth and went to get some tea in a leisurely manner, but his eyes were fixed on the tray in the monk's hand. What kind of elixir was it? Only three pills were produced in one furnace?
Not to mention the doctors rolling the pills, even in other Taoist temples making elixirs, there would be no less than ten pills in one furnace, right?
Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste of medicinal materials?
Gu Zhong presented the tray and opened the box to show the emperor.
There were three round black and red pills in the box. Zhou Man had good eyesight and at first glance, the pills seemed to be emitting golden light through the sunlight.
The emperor also saw it and thought that the pill looked very high-end, so he picked up one and examined it carefully, praising it, "It is indeed better than the previous one."
The prince was speechless. This was medicine, not clothes. Could its quality be judged based on appearance?
He glanced at Zhou Man, who looked very interested. He knew she probably didn't know anything yet. Seeing that the emperor was about to take the tea and drink it, he hurriedly said, "Father, since this immortality elixir is so rare, why not let Zhou Man see it for herself?"
Zhou Man choked and the tea in his mouth sprayed out, then he started coughing violently.
The ministers were not surprised and just looked at her silently.
Zhou Man hurriedly wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and looked at the emperor in shock... the pill in his hand, "What did your highness say this medicine is called?"
Without the Crown Prince's advice, Minister Li, who had long despised the monk, took the initiative to speak: "The elixir of immortality is said to be a magical medicine from India. Taking it can make people immortal."
Zhou Man was shocked and looked at the emperor, "Your Majesty, do you believe it?"
All the ministers immediately lowered their heads, not daring to look at the emperor. Apart from Duke Wei in his early years, perhaps only Zhou Man would dare to blurt out such words.
After Zhou Man finished speaking, she felt that what she said was not good and too straightforward. She warned herself in her heart that she must remember Bai Shan's words and be more careful.
But she couldn't help but stare at the emperor, and asked in a different tone, "Your Majesty, do you believe it?"
The emperor seemed to sense her efforts. After glancing at her, he didn't get angry. Instead, he put the pill into the box and said, "I don't expect to achieve immortality anymore. I just want to prolong my life and live a few more years."
He smiled at Na Luoer, who was standing in the middle, and said, "If I could live to half the age that Master is now, I would be satisfied."
Zhou Man looked at Luo Er's face, then at his figure, and asked hesitantly, "May I ask how old this master is?"
Na Luo Er had also noticed Zhou Man a long time ago. He took a look at her position and knew that her status was not low, otherwise she would not be able to sit below the prince.
Na Luo Er thought of the way the prince addressed her just now, and something moved her heart. It was rumored that there was a female official in Da Jin who had a high status and was very favored by the emperor and the prince. Moreover, she was good at medicine.
Na Luo Er smiled slightly and said kindly, "It's been so long, I don't even remember how old I am."
The monk behind him immediately said, "Existing records say it's two hundred years old, but the master can't remember exactly how many years old it is. The records only cover those from two hundred years ago, so we can only tentatively estimate it to be two hundred years old."
Zhou Man was amazed, his eyes sparkling as he looked at Luo Er, "Is he really two hundred years old?"
In Teacher Mo's era, people with a normal lifespan of two to three hundred years were considered normal. She didn't expect that this was also the case in their era. Doesn't that mean that life is indeed universal? Even though they are much backward here, there are conditions that can be achieved.
There is no need to change your genes like Teacher Mo and the others did at the beginning of the transformation. You know, the biggest trouble for Teacher Mo and the others now is the sequelae left behind by their ancestors' gene changes.
Of course, no one explained this to her, and the encyclopedia didn't have this knowledge either. But she wasn't stupid. She had known Teacher Mo for so many years, and Koko had vaguely revealed some of the information, so she had already guessed it.
Zhou Man stared at Master Luo Er as if he were looking at a treasure. She immediately wiped her hands, straightened her clothes, stepped out and bowed deeply to him. "Master, I am Zhou Man from the Imperial Hospital. I have some research in the field of life. Of course, my knowledge is very limited and far inferior to yours. I wonder if I can ask you for some advice?"
The ministers widened their eyes and looked at Zhou Man in disbelief.
Zhou Man, you actually believe what he said is true? The ministers wanted to shake her head to make her sober up.
Na Luoer glanced at Zhou Man and directly refused. He said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, this alchemy technique is a secret of our Tianzhu. Not only outsiders, but even the monks in our Tianzhu Buddhist temples cannot learn it. It must be passed down by the Tianzhu national master."
(End of this chapter)
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