Chapter 3285 Preferential Treatment
Several people couldn't help laughing, and Chang Yu said helplessly: "Alright, I'll give it to you."
She sighed and said, "Now that I'm living with my husband in Xiangzhou, there are many things in the Princess's Mansion that I can't take with me. The other things are fine, they're all dead things, so I just assign someone to guard them and clean them from time to time. But the plants in the garden can't be taken away, and it's hard to take care of them."
Mingda: "Didn't you leave a craftsman in the mansion to take care of it?"
Chang Yu said angrily, "They are all unruly servants. They become lazy when no one is watching over them. When I returned home this time, several pots of peonies and chrysanthemums I had previously raised have all withered. Even the flowers and trees in the garden are not growing well. It is obvious that a mansion still needs an owner to live in it."
"Originally I thought if they died, I would just let them die and raise them again when I returned to live in Beijing. But since you've moved into a new house and you love flowers and plants, I'll give them to you."
Zhou Man: "Really?"
"Would I deceive you for a few plants?" Chang Yu waved his hand and said, "When I'm almost gone, you can ask the craftsmen to dig them up."
Zhou Man comforted her, "Don't worry, you won't go wrong by entrusting these flowers and plants to me. Not only do I love these things, but my mother-in-law also loves them very much. She is also good at cultivating flowers and plants. When you return to Beijing in the future, please ask someone to come to my house to pick them up. Then I will give you a garden of flowers and plants."
Chang Yu raised an eyebrow. "Really? The herbs in my garden are all rare and valuable. I bought them from all over the place at great expense."
Changyu had never thought of leaving the princess's mansion before, so she paid great attention to every plant and tree there. Even the sunflower on the rockery was carefully arranged by her.
She was very open-minded at that time. If her husband was to be sent out to other places in the future, he could be sent out on his own. She would not mind giving him two concubines to take care of, and she would also have two male favorites.
While her husband and his concubines were out there making great achievements, she was living the life of a princess in the capital with her lover. How comfortable was that?
As a result, when Wei Yu was about to be sent away after completing his mourning period, she was still reluctant to let him take a concubine, nor was she willing to be separated from him for a long time, so she could only be sent away with Wei Yu with a look of disgust on her face.
"I have plum blossoms and crabapple blossoms in my garden. I can say we have everything. If you like these large flowers and trees, you can transplant some, but don't transplant too many. Even if I don't live here, this garden can't be bare. Otherwise, it will look ugly."
Seeing her so conflicted, Zhou Man couldn't help but say, "How about I send someone to check on your garden every month or two? It's better to take care of it regularly than to rush and plant when you come back to live here in the future, right?"
Mingda smiled and said, "Leave it to me. My house is next door. You leave the servants here, and I'll send people to check on it from time to time. I believe they won't dare to neglect it again."
Chang Yu hugged their arms and said with a smile, "Then I'll leave this matter to you two. Fortunately, our three families live close to each other now, otherwise I would be embarrassed."
Zhou Man looked unconvinced, "Are you still embarrassed?"
"Why wouldn't I? I'm also very thin-skinned. Oh, by the way, can you tell me quickly, are there any top-quality sea pearls appearing at Longchi Wharf? I heard that a lot of foreign merchants go there, and that there have been sea pearls as big as a child's fist. Is that true?"
Zhou Man chatted with her for a while, and then the servant came over and said, "Madam, you may take your seat."
When Zhou Man heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "Come on, let's go to the table."
She was already hungry, but she was pregnant now, and she felt that eating snacks would not fill her up at all, but would take up space in her stomach, so she was unwilling to eat.
Zhou Man went to invite the female guests to the table. Old Lady Liu and the others also joined in. Seeing Zhou Man busy among the crowd, she called Zheng over and said, "Zi Qian is pregnant and can't be tired. Let her come and sit down. You can take Li Jun to entertain the guests."
Zhou Lijun also stopped Zhou Man and arranged for the ladies to take their seats according to their assigned seating arrangements. Zhou Sisao and the others then arranged for the servants to bring out the dishes and serve the food...
Zhou Man sat down next to Old Madam Liu, who then looked at her and asked, "Is Master Zhou pregnant?"
I can't tell at all.
Zhou Man smiled and replied "Yes", "It's been more than four months."
The month was still young and she was wearing so many clothes in the middle of winter. Apart from the doctors in the Imperial Hospital, no one in the court knew that Zhou Man was pregnant.
But after today, everyone in the court will know about it.
"I went to court with you every day, and you didn't even notice that I was pregnant. You're such a blockhead."
"Not to mention that Lady Zhou is a woman, even if she were a man, I can't stare at her belly, right? Besides, I see Lady Zhou moving around as usual, moving with ease, without any signs of being weak from pregnancy. How would I know she's pregnant?"
Even the emperor knew about it from Gu Zhong's gossip, "Zhou Man is pregnant? Doesn't that mean..."
Gu Zhong smiled and said, "That's right. When Lady Zhou returned to Beijing, she was already nearly two months pregnant."
The emperor couldn't help but sigh: "She has worked hard during that time. When she gives birth, give her another month, no, half a month's leave."
Gu Zhong smiled and took note.
The emperor then asked, "How is Beihai County doing now?"
"I haven't heard of any news. Your Majesty, would you like to ask the Ministry of Personnel?"
The end-of-year official performance evaluation is recorded in the Ministry of Personnel.
The emperor said, "Bai Shan's evaluation must be top-notch. What is there to check?"
The emperor knocked on the table and thought for a moment, "He's stayed in Beihai County long enough."
Gu Zhong stepped aside and did not interrupt, letting the emperor talk to himself. The emperor did not need him to talk, he just needed someone to listen.
After moving to a new house, Zhou Man was treated with special favor when she attended court again. At the grand court meeting, her cushion was thicker than others, and the feeling of sitting on it was very different from before.
During the small court meeting, the cushions in the study were replaced with low stools. She no longer had to sit cross-legged respectfully. She could cover her legs and feet with her official robe, and no one would notice if she crossed her legs and feet on the ground. It was so comfortable.
Zhou Man hadn't expected pregnancy to have such benefits. She was overjoyed and whispered to Xiao Yuanzheng, "If I had known there would be such a privilege, I should have announced my pregnancy earlier."
Xiao Yuanzheng ignored her and handed her a list. "This is the finalized list. Take a look. If there are no problems, we will have them leave for the border after the Lantern Festival."
The emperor and the Ministry of War wanted to quickly dispatch military doctors to the military camps, but the Imperial Medical Bureau was struggling to resolve issues such as the military doctors' official titles, treatment, and promotions, so it kept dragging its feet.
It was not until now that the matter was resolved that the Imperial Medical Bureau finalized the list.
Zhou Man looked around and found that they were all male students, so he asked, "Have you asked them all?"
"We asked, and they volunteered to go."
Zhou Man nodded and asked thoughtfully, "Are there no female students willing to go over?"
Xiao Yuanzheng said: "There were a few, but we persuaded them to leave."
Zhou Man looked up at him.
Xiao Yuanzheng said, "Military doctors also have to go to the battlefield. Swords and guns are blind, and they have to carry wounded soldiers. Most of their work involves dismantling arms and legs. Female students are not as useful as male students."
(End of this chapter)
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