The Queen Mother looked up at her, but only saw the black hair on the top of her head. Although her eyesight was not very good, she still vaguely remembered that she raised her head slightly when she just knelt down below.
She snorted coldly in her heart, but she felt good about it.
She didn't want to talk too much to Zhou Man. She didn't want to talk to her in the first place. She figured she had enough time, so she waved her hand and said: "You will serve the prince carefully from now on and cure the prince's illness.
Of course it will be good for you."
Manbao responded respectfully.
The Queen Mother closed her eyes slightly and said, "Get back."
The maid behind her said loudly: "Reward——"
Man Bao couldn't understand the meaning of these words for a while. When he left the palace with the medicine box and saw many palace maids and eunuchs holding things in their hands, he realized that they were rewards for her.
Man Bao once thought that this thing was poisonous.
With a confused look on her face, she followed the procession of palace people and rewards and walked out of the palace.
The place where the Queen Mother lives is too far away, and it takes a long time to walk to the palace gate. Man Bao carries a heavy medicine box back and forth, which almost makes her hands sore.
A group of people walked out of the Queen Mother's Palace in a mighty manner. When the Prince, who was anxious in the Queen's Palace, heard this, he turned to look at the Queen in surprise.
The queen had already expected it, so she put down her teacup and said with a smile, "How about it? Your grandma won't embarrass her, right?"
The Crown Princess quickly saluted and apologized on the Prince's behalf, "It's the sons and ministers who misunderstood the Imperial Grandmother."
The queen took her hand and smiled and said: "The Queen Mother is also the mother of the country and Dalang's grandmother. She also loves Dalang very much, so naturally she will not do anything to embarrass him."
She glanced at the prince sitting beside her, teaching him as well as the princess, "As the mother of the country, she should focus on the overall situation. It is the nature of mother and son to dote on the king of Yizhou, but treating Zhou Man preferentially is beneficial to the country and the people, and stability
The behavior of the court is rational."
"In front of the country and the overall situation, personal grudges are not worth mentioning."
I don't know whether the prince heard it or not, but the princess was shocked and bowed thoughtfully.
When the queen saw that she understood, she smiled with satisfaction. She turned to look at Aunt Shang and said, "Give me and your majesty's things a reward, and deliver them to Changqing Lane yourself."
Aunt Shang bowed her head in agreement, bowed and exited.
After they left, the queen said to the prince and princess: "You are right to treat Zhou Man coldly during this period. You should not express your love for her in front of outsiders. From now on, we will be the elders in this kind of thing."
It will also scare those ghosts and monsters."
Prince:......
The Crown Princess was also speechless, not daring to let the Queen notice their original intention, so she quickly agreed.
The queen nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, you can go back. Your Majesty will leave this matter to Jing Zhaoyin for investigation. I think there will be news soon."
It was not handed over to Feng Shangshu, but to Yin Li. Obviously this time the emperor wanted to investigate thoroughly.
The prince had no expression on his face, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He said goodbye with the prince and left.
The Crown Princess looked up and saw the Prince's face was gloomy, knowing that he was still angry, so she quickly walked a few steps to follow him, reached out to hold his hand, and said softly: "Your Highness, should we go and see the Imperial Grandmother?"
The Queen Mother endured her disgust and summoned Zhou Man, and rewarded her with so many things. Of course, it was not because she liked her, but to support the Crown Prince and express her attitude, and even the attitude of the upper echelons of the royal family.
Even she, who hates Zhou Man so much, has to step back before the Crown Prince's heir. Anyone who dares to cause trouble to Zhou Man in the future will be against the entire royal family.
The prince thought for a while and then nodded, "Go ahead."
The Queen Mother was not in good health, so she became sleepy after seeing Zhou Man, and was about to lie down to rest. When she heard that the Prince and his wife were coming, she couldn't help but smile and asked people to put them in.
Seeing that the prince's face was not very good, she patted his hand and comforted him: "Don't worry, Aye is also angry this time. No matter who is behind it, he won't let it go easily."
The Queen Mother wanted to say something, but she couldn't say it. After a pause, she sighed: "You are a good child. If you have nothing to do, go see your mother more often and listen to what she has to say."
There has always been some tension between the prince and the emperor, but his relationship with the queen was a little better. She actually still hoped that he and the third prince could live in peace, as they were both her grandsons. The queen mother sighed quietly, feeling too hurt to speak.
For such a position, I have never had peace from the past to the present.
The Queen Mother was so tired that she suddenly didn't want to talk, so she waved her hand to let them go back to rest.
The prince and princess quickly bowed and left.
Man Bao was escorted out of the palace in a grand manner. As soon as he returned to Changqing Lane, the Queen Mother's gifts had just been brought in. Before he could sit down and take a sip of tea, Aunt Shang came again with gifts from the emperor and the empress.
There were more people coming this time, including Yizhi.
Mr. Zhuang quickly led his family members to kneel down and listen to the reward. After sending the people away, everyone looked at the gift boxes filled with gifts in the yard and remained silent.
This time the emperor's rewards were much more generous, including not only cloth and porcelain, but also spices, gems, and medicinal materials.
There was a box of spices in it, which was very pungent as soon as it was opened. Others did not know the goods, but Man Bao was a doctor, and Mr. Zhuang was also knowledgeable. After seeing it, he smiled and said: "With this box of spices, you can cook all the spices in the outer city."
Change to a small house."
Xiang Chao, who had just gotten up, was so surprised that he almost knelt down again. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the contents in the box. When he realized that he had not seen anything, he asked curiously: "What is the use of this thing?"
Man Bao said: "Pepper is a very expensive spice. I saw it at the shopkeeper Zheng Da. He said he bought it from Hu Shang. One tael of pepper and one tael of gold. It can be used as medicine or you can carry it with you."
Man Bao was very surprised. How could the emperor and the queen reward her with such a valuable thing? This spice could only be imported from the Western Regions. I heard that Hu merchants had to go through Tubo, Niboluo, and then to Tianzhu to buy such things.
I don't know how many hands it had to go through before it could be transported to the capital, so this spice has always been very valuable.
Man Bao had only seen it when she was sitting in the medicine shop, but shopkeeper Zheng Da was also very cautious, even more careful than he was with ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum. He only gave her a look and a sniff, but she didn't want to touch it even if she wanted to.
Thinking of this, Manbao reached out and took out one from the box, pinched it, put it under his nose and smelled it, almost sneezing.
Xiang Chao asked curiously: "Why did the emperor and the empress suddenly reward you with so many things? Did you cure the prince's illness?"
Almost, but I couldn't tell him that, so Man Bao said: "Not yet."
Mr. Zhuang glanced at her. There were not many people in the family at this time, they were the only ones there. He thought for a while, but still did not ask her.
When the child is older, it is not easy to interfere too much.
Keke, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Collect one."