Chapter 3277 Not Public
Prince Gong certainly knew where Tianzhu was, but he didn't think it was a big problem. "It's not far from Gaochang."
"What happened after we conquered it?" The emperor took a sip from his teacup and said slowly, "You crossed the Gobi Desert, the mountains, and the desert, sacrificed thousands of soldiers, and consumed countless supplies, all just to vent my anger?"
"But if the world knew that the Indian monk deceived the emperor and was not punished, wouldn't it bring shame to the emperor and the royal family?"
"No one in the world will know," the emperor said. "Who did Zhou Man tell?"
Zhou Man didn't even tell Prince Gong, the person who participated in the blood-forcing, let alone others. So Luo Er's lifespan will only be a secret, known only to a few people.
And the fact that he concocted the poison pill to murder the emperor was even more confidential, so let's keep it secret.
The emperor did not want to pay more price for his own anger. He had already paid enough in the early days.
Prince Gong left the palace in depression, feeling that his father's words made Zhou Man seem closer to him.
As expected, Zhou Man did not tell outsiders the results of the blood test. Except for Mingda and a few others, no one knew that Luo Er was actually only in his eighties.
But this wasn't a big secret after all, so Zhou Man told Madam Liu and her parents as if it were a strange thing, and Bai Erlang also told Yin Huo and Liu Huan...
More and more people knew about it, but it was all private rumors, and nothing happened openly.
Once this rumor came out, it suppressed all the rumors about the emperor's health during this period.
The Taoist priest at Xuandu Temple who stayed in the princess's mansion used Naluo'er's blood to refine an elixir. It is said that after Princess Mingda took it, she was able to get out of bed and walk in a few days, and she was fully recovered after two days.
Zhou Man was ordered to go to the princess's residence to take Princess Mingda's pulse.
When she arrived, a group of princesses and princesses were gathering in the princess's mansion. There was a rumor outside that Princess Mingda, who was still sick, was sitting by the fire in the garden pavilion with others, watching the snow.
Zhou Man and a medical assistant came over with a medicine box and saw her holding a piece of venison and about to eat it. "You came at the right time. Sister Changyu brought a deer leg, which has just been roasted."
Zhou Man walked into the pavilion with a smile, leading the medical assistant to greet everyone. Changyu hadn't seen her for several years. Without waiting for her to bend down, he grabbed her and pulled her to his side, saying, "Why do you and I sisters have to go through all this formality? Come and sit down. Have you tasted the meat I roasted? Has it improved?"
Zhou Man held her hand, his eyes swept across the pavilion, and he smiled flawlessly, "Princess, I am still on duty. I have been ordered to take Princess Mingda's pulse."
Chang Yu: "Don't you know whether Mingda is sick or not?"
Someone in the pavilion burst out laughing, and Zhou Man said helplessly in a low voice: "It's my duty."
Chang Yu could only let go and said, "Okay."
Mingda smiled and sat down on the chair, extending his hand for her to feel his pulse.
Zhou Man and the others bent down slightly and sat on the chairs on the other side. The medical assistant opened the medicine box, took out the pulse pillow and put it away, then bowed and stood aside.
Zhou Man felt Mingda's pulse, nodded, and smiled, "The princess is feeling much better, but she's still a little weak. Be careful of catching a cold. Venison..."
Zhou Man glanced at the venison being turned over and over on the iron plate, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Eat less."
Mingda suppressed a smile and nodded, "Okay."
Zhou Man stood up and said, "Princess, I will go get the alchemy prescription from the Taoist priests at Xuandu Temple so that I won't disturb you from entertaining the guests."
"Okay, come, send Mr. Zhou over."
"Wait a moment," Princess Ankang stopped them. She stood up and walked over to Zhou Man, looking her over. She smiled and said, "Master Zhou is the Princess of Liyang, right?"
Zhou Man was stunned for a moment before responding, "Yes."
"That mansion is nearby, so we'll be neighbors from now on. I wonder when my sister will move in. When the time comes, please send me a letter so I can come and congratulate her on her move."
Mingda introduced, "This is Princess Ankang. Although you are not a member of the imperial family, your father has bestowed upon you the title of Princess. I am not afraid to call you Sister."
Zhou Man agreed with a smile, greeted Princess Ankang, and said that he would definitely send an invitation when the time came.
When the others heard this, regardless of whether they knew Zhou Man or not, they all expressed their desire to go and join in the fun.
Among those present, except for Prince Gong's Mansion, none of the other princesses' and princes' mansions were as favored as Mingda and Changyu.
Princesses and princes like them who were far away from the capital, not to mention their actual power, were not as favored by the emperor and empress as Zhou Man, a foreign minister.
Not to mention that Zhou Man has made countless contributions since she entered the officialdom and is extremely favored by the emperor, empress and prince, so no matter what they think in their hearts, they have to be friendly with her on the surface.
Especially Zhou Man and Mingda Changyu have a good relationship.
Even if some people looked down on Zhou Man's background, they still smiled at her at this moment.
Zhou Man exchanged a few words with them and then left, going directly to find the people from Xuandu Temple.
The Taoist priest of Xuandu Temple was packing up and preparing to leave. The pills had already been refined, so there was naturally no need for them to stay any longer.
Daoxu put the pills he had refined over the past few days into a bottle. Seeing Zhou Man, he waved to her and said, "You've come just in time. We've refined a lot of medicine in the princess's mansion this time, including the Ten-Herb Tonic Pill. Do you want some? I'll leave two pills for you."
Zhou Man stepped forward and asked, "Do you have a recipe?"
"Yes, don't worry, it's not poisonous. It's a life-saving medicine. My master has only refined it three times in his life. If we hadn't entered the princess's mansion this time and had many medicinal herbs available to us, I'm afraid I would never have had the chance to refine it in my life."
Zhou Man looked at the prescription and his eyes lit up. "Two pills, please."
Daoxu happily gave her two pills.
Zhou Man glanced over and saw that they had a lot of bottles and jars filled. He was surprised and asked, "How much medicine have you refined in ten days?"
"Hehehe, in order to create the image of us working hard to refine the elixir, we have been refining the elixir every day for the past ten days, right, Brother Yu?"
Taoist Master Yu responded with a smile.
Zhou Man asked, "Can you really give me this Ten-Herb Tonic Pill?"
"Sure, take it," Daoxu said nonchalantly, "The princess said at the beginning that we can take all the pills we made. The temple also said that we can keep the pills we made ourselves, but we must not leak the news to anyone else."
"This Ten-Herbs Tonic Pill was made by Daohe and I. It's under my control. I also gave one pill to Senior Brother Yu. This is for you."
Zhou Man accepted it, patted his shoulder and said, "Good brother."
Daoxu winked and said, "Daohe and I would like to thank you for coming to refine the elixir."
"By the way, where is Daohe?" Zhou Man looked around but didn't see anyone.
Daoxu glanced outside and scratched his head. "Did you go find Bai Er? Oh, right, Bai Er brought a friend here a few days ago. His last name is Yin. Daohe and he had a great time chatting. Then he stopped refining pills and went out to play with others every day. Oh, it made me so tired."
"Yin Huo, then maybe they have something to say."
Zhou Man wanted to go find someone, but Daoxu held her back and said, "No hurry, no hurry. Take a look at the other medicines we've made. If you find any that you like, keep some."
(End of this chapter)
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