The emperor also sighed. Zhou Man still had a bowl of hot noodles to eat, but he didn't. After changing his clothes, he stuffed himself with two snacks and came out of the back hall, and greeted the ministers in the court with a smile.
Then he had a cordial and friendly conversation with the ministers sitting on the left and right in the front row, and took advantage of the break to discuss some state affairs.
Gu Zhong was even busier. He went out to keep an eye on it in person. After three-quarters of an hour, he finally led a team of servants into the palace to distribute the lunch boxes.
Manbao sat at his seat and also received a lunch box.
She was quite happy. Although she had just eaten a bowl of noodles, she was still a little hungry after walking back from the back hall and sitting for a while.
So she opened the food box and saw that there were two white steamed buns, a small plate of pickled vegetables, a small plate of steamed meat, and a bowl of radish broth. She happily took the chopsticks and looked at the emperor who was looking up.
The emperor also opened his own food box, then held his chopsticks and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, you must be hungry. Let's have lunch."
Gu Zhong shouted loudly, "The emperor has given me a banquet."
Man Bao opened his round eyes and bowed slightly to thank the emperor together with other courtiers. He waited for the emperor to take a bite before moving his chopsticks.
Man Bao directly picked up a piece of steamed meat that looked good and put it in his mouth. It was cold and greasy in the mouth, and had a unique taste. Man Bao held it in his mouth for a while. After looking around, he saw that everyone had avoided the steamed meat in the food box.
He only took the steamed buns and ate the pickled vegetables, and his eyes widened.
Magistrate Guo on the left caught her eye, took a look at her food box, and saw that a piece of steamed vegetables was missing, and he knew it.
A smile flashed in his eyes, and he nodded with Zhou Man and whispered: "Master Zhou, you must not be rude in the hall."
So you have to swallow it.
Mr. Tang in the front left and Mr. Yang in the front turned to look at her when they heard the voice.
Mr. Tang smiled so hard that his eyebrows curled up and he whispered, "How about it? Isn't the working meal in this palace something special?"
Yang Heshu glanced at him, turned around slightly and reached out to explore the bowl of soup in Zhou Man's box. Then he picked up her soup, gave his own to her, and said with a smile: "Just drink the soup, mine."
Hotter than yours."
Man Bao took a closer look and discovered that Yang Heshu's soup bowl was still steaming faintly, but hers had no trace of steam at all.
Man Bao reached out to take the soup and took a sip, holding it in her mouth for a while. She didn't know if the meat in her mouth was warmed. Anyway, she swallowed it wholeheartedly. Then she remembered to ask Yang Heshu, "Senior Brother Yang,
Is my soup also cold? Then I can’t drink it, or I’ll get upset.”
Yang Heshu smiled and said: "It's not cold, it's lukewarm. It's just right to drink. Since you've already eaten the noodles, eat less of what's in the food box. There's still a long time before the Great Court. It's not rude."
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Man Bao responded.
Instead of touching the steamed meat and soup, he picked up a steamed bun and started eating it with pickled vegetables.
Master Guo heard their conversation and glanced at Zhou Man in surprise. The two had sat in the same row and experienced five or six court meetings, and they were considered to be on good terms, so he asked: "Have you eaten noodles?"
Man Bao nodded and sighed: "When I ate at Princess Mingda's palace, I originally thought about having a work meal, so I deliberately held back and ate less. I didn't expect that the work meal would be like this."
Mr. Guo felt that the steamed buns in his hand no longer tasted good, and he was extremely depressed. If it were one of them who went to the palace to eat during the imperial meeting...
After finishing the working meal, the waiters filed in and collected all the food boxes, and then the court meeting continued.
The first half of the session was all about asking questions about today's excerpts, and the officials mentioned had to stand up to answer the questions.
Man Bao was also mentioned three times, and she became a little angry later on. She still vaguely felt that she was being targeted, but after seeing the number of times Tobe was asked questions, Man Bao healed instantly.
Liu Shangshu and his two ministers were asked questions all the time. They were asked almost every three questions by the Household Department. But the strange thing was that no matter how sharp the questions were, or even difficult to speak, Liu Shangshu always spoke slowly.
The answer is, there is never any anger.
Man Bao looked at them with his big eyes. He looked at Liu Shangshu for a while, then turned to look at the official who asked the question. After a while, he became thoughtful.
Man Bao was a little excited and wanted to be asked again. Then she would answer the question slowly and calmly like Liu Shangshu.
It was a pity that at the end of the court meeting, everyone started to flatter her in a friendly manner, but no one asked her any more questions.
Mr. Tang, who was sitting in front of her on the left, took a long breath, moved his buttocks and whispered: "It's finally almost over."
Man Bao was very disappointed and whispered: "I'm not hungry yet, can't you ask me two more questions?"
Upon hearing this, Master Tang and Master Guo turned to look at her in horror, and even Yang Heshu couldn't help but look back at her.
The ministers had already begun to pat each other on their backs and then patted the emperor on his ass. Even a direct minister like Wei Zhi couldn't help but praise the emperor, thinking that although the emperor had made many small mistakes during this year, the big ones were still there.
There are no problems with administration.
Although the emperor did not agree with the dragon fart that Wei Zhi photographed, he was still a little happy in his heart.
Of course, there were also people who were very good at patting dragons on their butts. They stood up and made the emperor feel comfortable and happy with just a few words. So Manbao followed the trend and stood up with everyone to express that the emperor was very wise.
The Great Court Meeting is finally over.
First the emperor left, then the high-ranking ministers in front, and then it was their turn to be minor officials.
Man Bao left the palace and ran after Liu Shangshu, leaving Mr. Tang who wanted to talk to her with no time to reach out and even speak.
Man Bao ran away in a flash. She was small, young and strong, and soon caught up with Liu Shangshu who was walking slowly in front.
"Master Liu, I have a question to ask you."
Liu Shangshu had a headache when he saw Zhou Man. She had had a serious quarrel with his Zuo Shilang in the main hall. If they were not far apart, he would have suspected that they were going to fight.
Alas, it’s good to be young, even if you have a loud voice when you quarrel.
Seeing Zhou Man now, he thought she had come up to him to quarrel, so he quickly waved his hand and said: "The court meeting is over. If you have any questions, you just raised them in the hall. We won't talk about state affairs right now."
Man Bao pulled his sleeve to stop him, "I won't talk about state affairs. I just want to ask you a question."
Liu Shangshu was helpless and asked: "What's the problem?"
"Liu Shangshu, why can you talk to others without getting angry at all when they quarrel with you?" Man Bao said with starry eyes: "I think it's amazing how calm and composed you are."
Liu Shangshu stood still instantly, with a smile on his face, folded his hands and asked, "Do you think so?"