Chapter 3260 Conspiracy
Master Na Luoer sent Zhou Man to the door with a kind face. Zhou Man got into the car with a smile on his face. As soon as the curtain was lowered, the smile on Zhou Man's face fell, and he lowered his eyes to look at the jade cup in his hand.
Zhou Man carefully placed the jade cup into Keke's space and asked, "How is it? What's the result?"
Of course, Keke would not give her a direct diagnosis. It was only responsible for scanning, and diagnosis was Zhou Man's job, so it directly showed her the scanning results.
There were quite a few images of the internal organs and bones, so Zhou Man carefully examined them in the carriage. Daji asked from outside, "Madam, where are we going?"
Zhou Man said without even looking up: "Go home."
Daji turned out of the imperial city at the intersection ahead.
After reading it, Zhou Man sighed, "Although his exact age is still unknown, judging by the condition of his internal organs and bones, he doesn't have many years left to live."
Koko agreed. "Data like this is pretty much what all intelligent creatures in our world look like when they get very old. Most of them are in this physical state after the age of 260."
Zhou Man touched his chin and said solemnly, "So if he really lived for two hundred years, it's not impossible. We still have to look at his blood."
"But he wouldn't even let me feel his pulse, let alone draw blood." Zhou Man frowned, then remembered something and immediately lifted the curtain and said, "Let's go to the princess's mansion."
Daji had no choice but to stop the carriage and turn around to take another route.
As soon as she entered the door, little Bai Ruoyu ran towards her like a polo ball, and before Zhou Man could reach out, Daji reached out and grabbed her and picked her up.
The palace maids and nannies ran after him breathlessly, rushing up to him, "Little boy, please slow down, don't fall..."
Zhou Man waved at Bai Ruoyu in Daji's arms, and Daji put him on the ground. She held his hand and asked, "Haven't you fallen recently?"
Bai Ruoyu was very proud and said, "No!"
Zhou Man nodded and said, "No wonder."
She said to the palace maids, "It's okay. He knows the pain after falling. He won't dare to run like this again."
Palace maids: ...
"You're talking nonsense again," Mingda asked with a smile as he came forward, surrounded by maids and servants. "Isn't it time to go to the government office now? How come you have time to come to me?"
Zhou Man smiled and said, "I have my own time, and your Majesty won't blame me. I'll come in and take a look when I pass by the Princess's Mansion."
Zhou Man touched his stomach and said, "I haven't had lunch yet."
Mingda glanced at the position of the sun and asked in surprise, "Now?"
She turned around and ordered, "Tell the kitchen to prepare some food and send it up."
The two of them held Bai Ruoyu's hand and went to the study. Most of the palace maids in the room had left, leaving only a few who were there to serve her. "Bai Er went to work at the Hanlin Academy?"
"Well, if you come earlier, maybe you can meet him and have lunch together."
"You're so spoiled! Why do you have to go home for lunch?"
Mingda said: "He has little to do, and it would be a waste of time to stay in the Hanlin Academy, so he came back."
The princess's mansion is not far from the imperial city.
The maid quickly brought the food up, and little Bai Ruoyu also took a small bowl and sat next to Zhou Man. Mingda couldn't help but say to him, "You only had lunch an hour ago, why do you want to eat again?"
"It's okay. Eating small meals frequently is good for your stomach." Zhou Man picked up some dishes for him and let him eat them by himself. Then he talked about Master Na Luoer with Mingda while eating.
"Do you know him?"
Mingda nodded. "We heard about him not long after we returned to Beijing, but I haven't met him."
She glanced at her trusted palace maid, then quietly retreated with the servants in the room.
"My mother dislikes this man very much and has advised my father against it. However, my father has been ill frequently over the past two years, and his old injuries have occasionally recurred. As you know, when those old injuries recur, he suffers greatly from consecutive illnesses, sometimes even missing morning court." Mingda sighed, "So, although my father has his doubts about immortality, he can't help but want to give it a try."
In the words of the Queen, "Your father is now quite desperate. He just wants to feel better and live a little longer. There is nothing wrong with that. If he had taken the right path and had the Imperial Hospital treat him, I would be willing to pay any price. But alchemy is not the right path. Money is a small matter. I am only afraid that he will harm his own health."
"So when the Emperor asked Yin Huo to return to the capital, the Empress Mother also took the opportunity to let me come back," Mingda said, "so that I could persuade the Emperor. There are some things that the Crown Prince can't say, and the other brothers are far away in their fiefdoms and can only submit memorials. It would be more appropriate for me to speak."
“Is it effective?”
Mingda shook his head. "I can sense that Father is becoming less and less convinced of the Master's words, but he still takes the elixir the Master sent. Gu Zhong said that after taking the elixir, Father's spirits did improve, and his pain was also alleviated."
Mingda couldn't help but move closer to Zhou Man and asked in a low voice, "Can you tell me if that elixir is really useful for my father?"
The emperor had issued an order, so Zhou Man couldn't tell her the truth. Therefore, he said, "I'm still researching."
"The emperor's body..."
Zhou Man said: "You should go to the palace more often to care for His Majesty and make him happy. When he is happy, his health will be better."
This was like saying nothing, but Mingda also knew that this question was not so easy to answer, and she shouldn't even ask it out loud. It was just that she was too concerned...
"Forget it, tell me, what's the matter with you coming to see me now?"
"Frankly, I'll tell you straight," Zhou Man paused and looked at the third person in the room, the chubby little Bai Ruoyu on her right.
Mingda also looked at her son and said speechlessly: "...He is only a few years old, what can he know?"
"It's no use if you can just parrot messages." Zhou Man picked up a lot of food for Bai Ruoyu and led him outside to the palace maid. "Find him a place to eat."
The palace maid silently took their young master and carried him to the corridor in the courtyard to eat.
Zhou Man closed the door and then started mumbling to Mingda, "We can't let people outside know that I'm involved in this matter, otherwise..."
"I know," Mingda said, rubbing his hands together, "Don't worry, I won't look for you, I won't even look for the Crown Prince. I'll go look for my brothers and sisters."
Mingda pondered for a moment. "Among the royal family, the Prince of Hejian is the most suitable. He's the Minister of Rites and has always disliked this master. He'd be the best person to lead the charge, but the Taoist who makes the elixir..."
"Isn't there a ready-made one in the capital?" Zhou Man said, "Xuandu Temple."
Mingda: “…but I don’t know him.”
"It's okay, I know him," Zhou Man calculated his schedule and whispered, "Well, we'll have a day off in two days. Then we can go to Xuandu together to admire... the chrysanthemums."
"Is there still chrysanthemum viewing at Xuandu Temple right now?"
"If you look carefully, you can still find some. After all, they are winter flowers, and it's not that cold right now. The chrysanthemums must not have all withered. I saw quite a few in the palace yesterday."
See you later
(End of this chapter)
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