Chapter 3283 Moving
"Then get ready. After the New Year, I'll take you to the Imperial Medical Bureau to register."
Wutou clenched his fists happily. He had long wanted to stop studying in the academy, but his aunt said that even if he wanted to study medicine, he had to study hard. If he couldn't even study well, it would be even harder to learn medicine.
Zhou Man looked at Liu Tou and asked with a smile, "What about you?"
Liutou immediately said, "Auntie, I am still young, and the teacher asked me to continue studying."
Zhou Man smiled and nodded, "Then you should study hard and strive to pass the imperial examinations or become a Mingjing scholar in the future."
Seeing that his mother was talking to his two cousins and ignoring them, Bai Jingxing ran over and nestled into his mother's arms, "Mom, take us out to play."
Zhou Man touched her head and smiled, "A lot of guests are coming to our house today, so we can't go out to play. Big sister, you are the host. You have to work with your cousins to entertain the little guests today."
"Who are they?" Bai Jingxing asked excitedly, "Are there any young ladies? I like to play with young ladies."
"Of course there are, and there are quite a few. Mother will take you to see them when the time comes."
When May heard this, she turned around and went back to prepare.
When Zhou Man took her hand and was about to go outside the gate to greet the guests, May came up with a small cloak, put it on little Bai Jingxing, and tied the rope.
The small, pure white fox fur cloak was very similar to Zhou Man's. The mother and daughter standing together not only looked alike, but also had similar expressions.
Zhou Man looked so happy that he couldn't help but touch the fox fur and asked, "Where did this come from? Why don't I remember it?"
Wu Yue smiled and said, "This was made by the old lady not long ago. The young lady is very lively and can't sit still. Even when it's cold and snowy, she wants to go out and play. So the old lady picked out two pieces of fur and made this fox fur coat for her."
"Besides this one, there are some other cloaks. One of them is red and it is also very beautiful."
Zhou Man said, "Go get them. One white and one red will look good together. We don't want to wear the same thing."
May agreed with a smile and turned to get the red fox fur coat.
Zhou Man put it on her, then took her hand and went to stand at the gate.
The first to arrive were Bai Er and Ming Da. They had a good relationship with Zhou Man, so they came early despite their high status.
As soon as he got off the car, the little Bai Ruoyu, wearing a black cloak, broke free from the servant's hand and ran directly towards the little Bai Jingxing.
The two of them didn't know what was beautiful or ugly, they just thought the other's outfit looked good today, so they hugged each other, praised each other, and then went in to play hand in hand.
Bai Jingxing wanted to introduce his cousins, nephews, and nieces to him. "They are all my new friends, so nice."
Zhou Man patted her head and said, "Okay, then as the host, you can take the guests in."
Mingda: "It's still early in the afternoon, and other guests probably won't be here that early. Why don't you come in with us and rest for a while?"
"It's not early anymore. I'll stand here for a while. If I get tired, I'll go in."
Bai Erlang then stopped and said, "I'll accompany you. Let Mingda take the child in."
Mingda smiled and nodded, then took the two children in.
After a while, Yin Huo came. Zhou Man said, "It's a bit cold in the front yard. There's a brazier in the back yard. You can go there."
Yang Heshu and Mrs. Yang also arrived early, bringing their children with them. After welcoming these close relatives in, other guests also arrived one after another.
Zheng and Zhou Lijun were waiting at the second gate, but Zhou Man wanted to stay at the main gate.
There was no other way. The guests who came today were all here for Zhou Man's title of "Princess". Bai Shan was not at home, so she could only greet them in person.
Zhou Man and Bai Erlang stood at the door, welcoming guest after guest with smiles on their faces, but she just said hello and turned around to leave it to Zhou Silang and others to arrange.
After Minister Cui arrived, Zhou Man calculated in her heart that the guests were almost all there, so she left the rest to Zhou Silang, and she and Bai Erlang turned around and went back.
"I don't know many of the people who came today. Isn't it too much to send out invitations so widely?"
"No, please don't wrongly accuse me," Zhou Man said, "Many people came without invitations, but they are all colleagues. I can't turn them away now that they are here, right?"
Although she sent invitations widely, she only sent them to people with whom she had connections or those she had no choice but to send them to. There were so many civil and military officials in the court, it was impossible for her to send invitations to everyone she knew. That would be insane.
When Bai Erlang heard this, he gave a thumbs up and said, "That shows how favored you are now."
Zhou Man ignored him.
Bai Erlang: "Do you think His Majesty will send someone to deliver a gift today?"
"No way, it's just a housewarming, not a wedding, nor a birthday celebration." Zhou Man raised his hand and said, "Don't think too much."
The emperor didn't send anything, but the prince did.
He hadn't arrived yet, but Eunuch Wu brought a lot of gifts. Before Zhou Man reached the backyard, he turned around and went to the front to meet him.
Eunuch Wu bowed and said with a smile, "Sir Zhou, these are all gifts carefully prepared for you by the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess. Moving into a new house is bound to require some furnishings, and these items are perfect for the antique display shelf."
The gifts were all packed in boxes. Zhou Man reached out to take the gift list and glanced at it. He sighed in his heart. Sure enough, they were all things suitable for being placed on the antique display shelf. Most of them were porcelain, and some were jade.
The prince is really generous. Although she just glanced at it, she could tell that the things on the paper were all gifts from the emperor, right?
It probably bears the palace's emblem.
This kind of thing generally cannot be bought or sold and can only be given away.
The prince specially gave her these things this time. Maybe it was because His Majesty gave her too many rewards and the East Palace couldn't hold them all, right?
Zhou Man's mind was full of random thoughts, but he wore a smile on his face. He handed the gift list to Jiulan behind him and was about to thank her when Zhou Silang came trotting in from outside and whispered, "Manbao, His Royal Highness Prince Gong is here."
Zhou Man: "...What is he doing here?"
Zhou Man, who felt that her relationship with Prince Gong was ordinary, even unfriendly, generously did not send him an invitation, so that he would not have to give her a gift if he did not come.
In previous years, Princess Gong never sent an invitation to Zhou Man whenever she had something to do, so whether it was Prince Gong's birthday or the birth of a child, Zhou Man never added any gift money.
In this case, she naturally felt embarrassed to invite Prince Gong. She didn't expect that he would come uninvited.
Zhou Man glanced at Eunuch Wu, looking confused, and went to the door with Zhou Silang to greet him.
A carriage was parked at the door, with guards and eunuchs standing on both sides. Zhou Man looked around, and Zhou Silang gestured for her to look at the carriage and whispered, "It's been parked at the door, and he hasn't gotten off yet."
Zhou Man: ...
She could only step forward, stand beside the car and say with a smile, "Prince Gong's visit is truly an honor to my humble home."
The eunuch lifted the curtain, and Prince Gong and Princess Gong got out of the carriage.
Prince Gong raised his chin in a haughty manner and said, "Zhou Man, do you have any complaints against me? How come Princess Ankang and the others received the invitation, but I didn't?"
Good night
(End of this chapter)
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