At this time, everyone calmed down. Man Bao stood quietly. After waiting for a while, he was a little disappointed when he saw that everyone stopped making noise.
Mingda breathed a sigh of relief and stood beside the emperor to comfort him.
Everyone's emotions slowly calmed down, and they were too embarrassed to argue in front of the two little girls, so the emperor gave each of them a fifty-fifty slap, gave them a good scolding, and gave them a symbolic penalty of confiscation.
Just a month's salary is over.
Neither the nobles nor the officials who came from aristocratic families pointed to this salary to support their families, so they didn't take it too seriously and agreed honestly.
Man Bao, who was standing aside, thought, this punishment is quite severe, it seems that we can't just fight in the court.
It is easy to accidentally injure oneself without telling others, and it is also easy to be fined.
Manbao warned himself based on the lessons of others, and happily returned to the Chongwen Museum, and then received the documents from the Ministry of Officials.
She opened it and looked at it. She was stunned for a moment and couldn't help shouting, "Why are you deducting my salary for two months?"
Xiao Yuan, who was about to leave, stepped forward and took a look. When he saw the comment above, he looked at her with a look that didn't know what was good or bad. "It's just a deduction of two months' salary. It's not a demotion. What's your name?"
"I was only late once, and they still want to demote me? Who hasn't been late and left early before? Xiao Yuanzheng, haven't you?"
Xiao Yuanzheng coughed slightly and said: "This, this, Doctor Zhou, don't talk nonsense. When have I ever been late and left early?"
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Man Bao was very sad. She also thought that she would have to find a time to take a break at the beginning of next month to receive her salary. Then she would bring her father with her...
It's so embarrassing. Could it be that her father went to collect her salary for the first time after coming to Beijing, but he couldn't receive the money?
Man Bao was so sad that when he had dinner, he felt that the braised pork on the plate no longer tasted at all.
Bai Shan said: "Don't worry, this is a small punishment but a big warning."
"What about my dad?"
Bai Shan thought for a while and then said: "It's too good to be too face-saving. This is a shortcoming. You have to correct it."
Manbao still wasn't happy to let her family know about her punishment.
Bai Shan put the two best pieces of meat on his plate into her bowl and said to her: "This is just like the teacher punishing us to copy books. What is there to be ashamed of? I have asked other students, their
Not to mention having their salaries deducted when my father and brother were officials, demotions were common. The officialdom was ups and downs. When it was up, you might not be able to become prime minister. When it was down, your life might be gone.
"
Man Bao raised his eyebrows at him.
Bai Shan smiled at her and said, "So, being punished may become the norm from now on. If you have to worry about hiding it from your family every time, how much worry will you have to worry about?"
Man Bao tilted his head and asked, "Is this normal?"
Bai Shan nodded affirmatively, "Look at Mr. Wei, he has had ups and downs many times. He is used to being punished."
"Okay." Man Bao reluctantly accepted this statement.
She couldn't help it if she didn't accept it. She was in the palace right now, and there were still six days before Xiu Mu. She couldn't keep worrying about it in these six days, right?
Since you are in a bad mood, do something fun.
The next day, Manbao, Mingda, Changyu and the others climbed to the top of a small hill in Longshouyuan and asked Prince Gong to climb to the top of the hill too.
Prince Gong was naturally unwilling. He had lost a lot of weight during this period and his body was not as heavy as before. However, it was still difficult to climb such a high mountain, so he stopped moving halfway up the mountain.
But Aunt Shang was following him, so Man Bao didn't even need to say anything. She directly had Prince Gong half dragged and half pulled to the top of the mountain.
Prince Gong was out of breath. He sat on a stone with his hand and kept mumbling: "I can't walk anymore. I can't walk anymore. You guys want to kill me..."
"
Manbao and the other three had calmed down and felt refreshed now. She pulled Mingda and stood on the edge, pointing to the unobstructed view of the palace city and the imperial city, and even to places further outside the imperial city: "
Look, does it look good?"
Mingda was very happy and nodded fiercely: "It looks good!"
Man Bao said: "If you stand here and look out during the Mid-Autumn Festival and Lantern Festival, it will definitely be a different experience."
Chang Yu said: "It's also very good to stand on the palace tower during the lantern festival. There are many bugs here at night, so I don't want to come here."
Mingda sighed: "We may have to move back to Tai Chi Palace soon. The next time we come will have to be next year."
Man Bao said: "The summer heat is not over yet."
"It's almost August. Qin Tianjian replied that the weather won't be so hot after the ninth day of the Lunar New Year and will gradually cool down." Mingda said: "The Queen Mother said that we have been living in Daming Palace for three months.
It is very inconvenient for my father to handle the affairs of the court, so it is better to return to Taiji Palace."
Manbao still couldn't bear to part with the endless mountains of Longshouyuan, so he encouraged her: "I think the construction of Daming Palace is still very messy, and the garden is overgrown with weeds, which is quite wild. Why don't you come here to relax, Tai Chi anyway?"
The palace is not far from the Daming Palace, and it can be reached in a short time by boat from the West Inner Garden."
Chang Yu said: "It's easy for you to say, we still have to study with Mr."
She sighed and said, "That's the bad thing about not getting married. You always have to go to class."
Mingda said with a smile: "Then sister is going to get married?"
"Then I'd better take classes," Chang Yu said: "Those people my father selected for me are either not good at literary talent or bad at martial arts. They have both, but they are not good-looking."
Both Man Bao and Ming Da had seen the portraits of her consorts and couldn't help laughing.
Changyu sighed: "It's very difficult to find someone as good as Yang Changbo in this world."
Man Bao thought for a moment and then asked: "Do you want to go to Chongwen Museum? There are many people there who are not engaged yet."
"Forget it, you think I haven't seen it?" Chang Yu said: "The only good ones among them are Yin He and your Bai Shan. Yin Or is a sick boy. He gets out of breath when he walks hurriedly. I
I don’t want him.”
Man Bao sighed, "It depends on your face."
Mingda asked curiously, "Isn't face important?"
Man Bao tilted his head and thought carefully, then nodded, "It's important, Senior Brother Yang and Senior Brother Tang. I like Senior Brother Yang better."
But in fact, both of them have similar personalities and knowledge.
Changyu looked at Mingda with a "you see" expression.
Prince Gong, who had been sitting in the back to take a breath, was forced to listen to his little daughter's worries. After looking at Zhou Man, he couldn't help but said to Chang Yu: "Apart from Yin He, there is someone who you think is good-looking.
?"
The three little girls looked back at him together.
Prince Gong then smiled maliciously at Man Bao and said, "That man named Bai Shan, if you like him, propose to your father. I think your father loves you and will definitely grant you a marriage. He dare not refuse."