Chapter 1527 Salary (for Yanwei who loves to read books)
The prince looked at the summer tea she handed over and remained silent.
Eunuch Wu reacted and immediately stepped forward to take it.
Man Bao also looked at the prince up and down, then took out a medicine bag from the medicine box and handed it to Eunuch Wu. He said with a smile: "This is a medicine bag to prevent mosquitoes. Father-in-law can put it in his purse and put it on the prince. Don't worry.
You can wear it even when you are close to the Crown Princess, it is very useful."
Eunuch Wu hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take it.
After all the gifts were given out, Man Bao was satisfied, holding the medicine box and smiling: "Then I will go to the Daming Palace to see the Crown Princess first."
The prince raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at her and asked, "Are you leaving now?"
Man Bao nodded and turned back to ask the prince, "Do you want me to take your pulse?"
The prince put down his pen, rolled up his sleeves and stretched out his hand, "Come on."
Man Bao stepped forward and felt his pulse, and then affirmed: "Your Highness is doing well, but you may be too tired today. It would be better if you pay more attention to rest and go to bed earlier at night."
Seeing that Manbao didn't make any request after checking his pulse, but actually picked up the medicine box and started to leave, he looked at Eunuch Wu.
After receiving the prince's look, Eunuch Wu immediately put away the two packets of medicine and sent Man Bao out with a smile. He also sent the people out of Zhan Shi's Mansion and to the corridor, "Mr. Zhou, this is far from Xing'anmen.
You want to go to Daming Palace, how come you are here?"
Man Bao said: "I left the imperial city today and walked in through the main entrance."
Seeing that she didn't understand, Eunuch Wu looked around, and after confirming that no one was there, he asked in a low voice: "Mr. Zhou, if you have anything to say, you can tell His Highness directly. You have a good relationship with His Highness. Is your Highness okay?"
I will be reluctant to help."
Man Bao reacted and immediately shook his head and said: "I don't need your Highness's help. I gave that medicine pack to His Highness the Crown Prince sincerely."
Eunuch Wu was also a little suspicious, mainly because Man Bao was never a person who was attentive to anything. He hesitated for a moment and simply asked, "Did something happen to you when you left the palace in a hurry yesterday?"
Man Bao: "...It's okay, I just went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to register and receive my salary."
"Really?" Eunuch Wu didn't understand what was so urgent and actually started running in the East Palace.
Regardless of whether Mr. Wu believes it or not, this is the truth anyway.
Man Bao also knew that her behavior today made the prince and Eunuch Wu think too much, so he couldn't help but sigh and said: "I really care about the prince sincerely."
Eunuch Wu just watched Man Bao leave sadly.
Eunuch Wu thought for a while and began to doubt himself. Had he misunderstood Dr. Zhou?
In fact, Mrs. Zhou Xiaoda is quite good.
But that medicine bag was given to him, or even given to others, just like she would normally give it, but giving it to the prince...
No matter how you think about it, it's a little strange.
Although Zhou Man didn't show it very obviously, and she was quite close to the crown prince and concubine on weekdays, everyone felt that she would give things to the crown prince, the chamberlains and maids in the palace, but she would not give things to the prince, and,
emperor.
As for why, no one has figured it out yet. Anyway, this is the understanding.
Eunuch Wu did not complete the task assigned by the prince, so he could only return to the palace cautiously, and whispered to the prince: "Dr. Zhou said that she was worried about your heat stroke, and she sincerely cared about you, so she specially gave you something."
The prince asked, "Did the princess give her a big gift yesterday?"
Eunuch Wu shook his head and whispered: "I've never heard of it."
That means there is no more.
The prince glanced at the medicine bag that Eunuch Wu had put away, waved his hand and said: "Forget it, if she doesn't tell you now, she will tell you later. You should use the things first."
"yes."
Man Bao, who had already boarded the palace carriage and left the palace, was asking the carriage driver to slow down and pass by the Ministry of Household's warehouse.
It required a long journey, but the chamberlain who drove her this time happened to be Rong Si's father-in-law, who had brought Man Baola to the East Palace to see the prince's doctor.
He was a blessing in disguise after Man Bao's car accident last time. Although he lay in bed for a long time, because Man Bao went to see his injuries every now and then, set his bones and delivered medicine, Eunuch Wu simply moved him to the East Palace as a servant.
, and did not leave him to the epidemic prevention center to fend for himself.
After he recovered from his injury, he stayed in the East Palace. Although he was still doing errands, his grade was improved by one level, and his life was much better than before.
So Man Bao said he wanted to go to the Ministry of Finance warehouse, so he turned there. Anyway, Mr. Zhou came out early today. If he went faster, he wouldn't be late.
Far away, still some distance away from the household warehouse, Manbao opened the curtain and lay on the car window looking forward.
I saw a lot of people queuing up at the station. Officials were calling loudly, "Master Zhang Zheng, the general councilor, and his family come forward. Editor Zhou Man and his family, the editor of Chongwen Pavilion and Imperial Hospital, come forward..."
At this moment, Zhou Man knew what to do without asking Fourth Eunuch Rong. He slowly stopped the carriage and let Man Bao watch from a distance.
He lowered his voice and said to Man Bao: "Master Zhou, we can't come forward. If the palace knows that we have a secret meeting with outsiders, we will be punished. Even if the guilt is not serious, it is not good to be punished."
Man Bao nodded repeatedly, "I know, so I watched from a distance."
Man Bao lay down at the window and looked over there. There were a lot of people coming and going, and there were also a lot of parked carriages, so Man Bao and his carriage did not attract attention at all.
However, when some people saw that Eisi was a chamberlain, they would still look at the carriage curiously.
Wu Lang, who was standing in front of the door, didn't know that Man Bao was watching from a distance. After hearing the announcement, he immediately took Zhou Lijun and Zhou Liwei in.
After all, it was the first time in his life to receive a salary from the palace, so Wu Lang was still a little timid, so he encouraged Zhou Liwei to be more courageous.
The three of them entered. The secretary of the Household Department checked the posts on both sides and the seals on them, then gave them a note and confirmed again: "Fifth-grade editor and sixth-grade imperial physician?"
Before they came, Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Zheng explained to them that as long as they confirmed that Man Bao's official rank was correct, it should be, so the three of them should be.
The clerk looked up at them and saw that there was a girl there, so he looked at her curiously, but no one said that girls from officials' families were not allowed to receive their salaries.
There are various situations in the back houses of officials' houses in the capital. Some of them are servants who come to receive their salaries, some of them come to receive their wives and children, and of course, some of their daughters come to receive them.
Anyway, as long as the post and seal are correct, and it is indeed the official's family, it will be fine.
The clerk asked while taking notes: "Who are you Zhou Man?"
Wu Lang immediately said: "I am Zhou Man's fifth brother, and these are Zhou Man's nephew and niece."
He emphasized: "We are all close!"
Clerk: "...I didn't say you were fake."
He flipped through their books and after confirming their identities, he stamped the note and said, "Okay, take the note and go to the side to collect m.'s salary."