Chapter 3263: Great Fun
Zhou Man spread his hands, "There's nothing we can do about him right now. We can talk about settling the score later. Right now, the most important thing is to detoxify His Majesty."
She pushed forward the prescription she had just written and said with a giggle, "Director Xiao, just stamp it."
Xiao Yuanzheng could only take it and cover her up. She was right. The most important thing now was to detoxify His Majesty. He could do so at any cost and the rest could be discussed later.
Zhou Man did not take the prescription, but said: "Please process these medicines and send them to my home."
Xiao Yuanzheng raised an eyebrow, and after a moment's thought, he understood. "That's good. It will save you a lot of effort. But I'm afraid the processed herbs can't be kept for long. With so many precious herbs..."
Zhou Man waved his hand and said, "It's okay. Once your Majesty's affairs are resolved, I'll find time to make them all into pills."
That's a good idea. "Go ahead, I'll have someone take care of it and send it to you."
Zhou Man took the antidote to the pharmacy to get some medicine, then left the palace and went home.
She planned to make a simplified version of the detoxification pill for the emperor first, and use it with the one-third tube of medicine. As for other more suitable prescriptions, she would study them later.
Zhou Man called Xibing to deal with the medicinal materials.
After all three medicines were prepared, Zhou Man asked her to leave. Then he took out the medicine, poured it all in, stirred it evenly, and started to make pills.
Zhou Man put the pills into the bottle and sealed it, then called Daji over. "Take my official letter to the palace and personally hand the gift to Xiao Yuanzheng. Remember, don't let anyone else get their hands on it."
Daji agreed, took the bottle and stepped back.
Xibing said, "Madam, you haven't eaten yet."
"Well, let's send the meal to the study," Zhou Man pondered. "Your Majesty, we can add some nourishing herbs to the detoxification prescription. This may help the medicine work better..."
Zhou Man dived into the teaching room and refused to come out. Nothing could call her out of the pharmacy except a small meeting.
Everyone in the Zhou family knew that she was busy. Although they didn't know what she was busy with, they still carefully avoided the main courtyard, and the children who were running around in the house were also restrained.
Until the day she took leave.
Zhou Man woke up early in the morning, had breakfast and prepared to go out.
Mr. Zhuang was shocked by her diligence. "You still have to go to the government office during your day off? You haven't rested since you returned to Beijing."
Zhou Man: "Today is a day off. Bai Ermingda and I have an appointment to go to Xuandu Temple to play."
Mr. Zhuang looked at her suspiciously, "At this time?"
Given Zhou Man's personality, even if he doesn't dive into research today, he should at least sleep in, right?
Are you so interested in visiting Xuandu Temple when you are so busy?
Zhou Man nodded seriously, "Yes, it will get colder if it goes on like this, and it will be hard to go out and play."
They had never been out less in winter before. Mr. Zhuang narrowed his eyes and looked at her, "Shall I go with you?"
Zhou Man immediately refused, "No, no, sir, please come with us next time. This time, the three of us will have fun on our own."
Mr. Zhuang is now the Prince's Tutor. If he goes there, there will be chaos, and Xuandu Temple may not agree.
Zhou Man sat in the carriage and waited at the intersection for the carriage from the princess's mansion, and then they went to Xuandu Temple together.
Xuandu Temple is still the same, but there are more people coming to burn incense and ask for divination.
The carriage went up the mountain via another road. Zhou Man and Mingda were already squeezed into the same carriage. She introduced her, "The abbot's surname is Zhang. You can call him Master Zhang. He's a very nice guy. He really enjoys playing chess with my husband. A few years ago, when we were in the capital, we would visit him at Xuandu Temple three or four times a year."
Mingda: "Isn't this just for fun?"
"Well, having fun is just a side job, but the most important thing is to visit Master Zhang and the others."
The carriage stopped, and many Taoists from the temple were waiting to greet them. Mingda said, "I sent someone to tell you yesterday."
As soon as the two of them got out of the car, a Taoist priest named Yu, whom Zhou Man was quite familiar with, came up with his men to greet them. "Your distinguished guests have arrived. We apologize for not being able to come to greet you."
He glanced at Zhou Man and Mingda Bai, then smiled and said, "Your Highness, Prince Consort, the backyard has already prepared rooms for the distinguished guests. I'd like to take you there to rest first."
Bai Erlang nodded and said, "Master Yu, please don't be so polite. I'm a little scared."
Taoist Priest Yu: ...
He glanced at the princess secretly and found that she did not look blaming him. Instead, she smiled gently. He said with a smile, "You are joking, my prince consort. I have always been polite and courteous like this. You have experienced this before. Let's go."
Zhou Man looked around and asked, "Master Yu, where is Master Zhang?"
"Master is in retreat, so he can't greet Master Zhou."
"You're too polite. Can he be allowed to stay in seclusion this time?" Zhou Man said with a smile, "I have something I want to discuss with Master Zhang."
Taoist Master Yu thought for a moment and said, "Master Zhou, please rest in the wing room first. I'll go and take a look."
Zhou Man nodded and watched Taoist Yu leave, not looking away for a long time.
Bai Erlang and Mingda followed curiously and looked over. They couldn't even see Taoist Yu's back, so they couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking at? Is there something wrong with him?"
Zhou Man shook his head. "No, I just saw someone walking by not far away. He looked very familiar to me."
"Koko, does this look familiar to you? Is there anyone I know here?"
Koko: "Most of the Taoist priests here are acquaintances of the host."
Bai Erlang was also saying, "Except for the new Taoist priests who have come in these past few years, who in this Taoist temple doesn't look familiar to us?"
Zhou Man didn't nod, but frowned and said, "But... I always feel that he is not the person I know here."
When Koko heard this, he began to scan outside. When he found people, he was about to speak when a head popped out from behind a wall on the road they were facing, staring at them with wide eyes.
They were not close, but their eyes met.
Zhou Man screamed, "Ah!"
Bai Jilang also yelled, "Ahhh——"
The other party also shouted, jumped out from behind the wall, pointed at them and screamed "Ah".
Koko just remained silent.
Mingda looked at them in silence.
The guards were about to draw their swords, but when they saw the three men running towards each other excitedly, they put the swords back in place.
The three of them met in the middle of the road, all of them were extremely excited, "Dao Xu!"
"Zhou Man! Second Young Master Bai!"
The three of them excitedly grabbed each other's hands. Zhou Manxian glanced behind him and asked excitedly, "Are you the only one here? Where's Daohe? Where's the abbot of Shouqing Temple and the others?"
"Master is of course in the temple. Senior Brother came with me and is currently receiving the lay Buddhists in the front," Daoxu asked excitedly, "Why are you here? Are you here to see us?"
"No, we're here to have fun," Zhou Man complained, "You didn't tell us you were in the capital. When did you come to the capital?"
Daoxu said with a smile, "We have been here for two months. Now that you have achieved success and fame, it is not appropriate for us to use your name to do anything. Besides, you are not in the capital, so we cannot meet even if I write to you. I just didn't expect you to come back to the capital."
(End of this chapter)
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