Man Bao was stunned for a moment and then stepped forward.
The eldest maid had already opened the box, and the Queen Mother said: "You are a good boy. Originally, this thing should be rewarded to you later, but since you are here today, you should take it too."
Man Bao saw at a glance that there seemed to be several books underneath the box, and two large boxes on top. He didn't know what was inside.
The emperor took a look and couldn't see what was in the box, so he couldn't help but ask: "What did the queen mother reward her with?"
The Queen Mother smiled lightly and said: "There are a few books on medical classics collected in the warehouse. It is useless for Ai's family to keep them, and it is a waste to give them to you. She is devoted to learning, and learning medical skills will be beneficial to the country and the people.
So the Ai family asked someone to find it and give it to her."
Manbao's eyes brightened, and he knelt down sincerely, "Thank you for the reward."
The Queen Mother looked at the other two big boxes.
The eldest maid carefully took it out and opened one of them.
The Queen Mother looked reluctant to part with it, "This is the statue of Lao Tzu that was beaten by the Ai family. I wanted to enshrine it myself, but it was too late. You also worship me, so I will give it to you."
Everyone:......
Man Bao raised his head and saw that the eldest maid carefully took out a statue of Lao Tzu that was mainly white with some yellow dotted in it.
Perhaps for the sake of health, in addition to the dust whisk, I also held a medicinal gourd in my hand. The medicinal gourd is yellow.
Other than that, there are only some red spots on the lips and cheeks. I don’t know whether it was fired or added later, but it looks very beautiful, even better than the statues of Lao Tzu they usually see made of black jade, white jade and sapphire.
nice.
Man Bao was stunned and asked: "Is this porcelain?"
The Queen Mother stretched out her hand to touch the statue of Lao Tzu gently, "Yes, it was burned in the torture kiln. Of the three statues of Lao Tzu that were sent, this one is the best. The other Ai family statues were all broken into pieces, and only this one was left.
One statue."
The emperor only felt that his mother was a waste of natural resources. He remembered that some time ago he heard that the Queen Mother sent someone to Xingzhou to have a statue of Lao Tzu burned.
I heard that the execution kiln was in operation day and night, and a lot of things were broken. So it turned out that this was what was being fired?
By the way, who did the Queen Mother give to the kiln in Xingzhou?
His eyes slid over the books in the hands of several children.
The Queen Mother just looked at it, signaled the eldest maid to close the box, and opened the other one.
The other is a Buddha statue carved from jade. It is not only shiny and smooth, but also full of treasures. You can even smell the faint scent of sandalwood. The Queen Mother said: "Aijia, I heard from Master Zhishen that you are also destined to be a Buddhist. This Buddha statue is offered to Aijia."
I have been using it for more than thirty years. I burn it every day and wipe it every ten days, and I don’t dare to neglect it.”
Her eyes fell on Zhou Man, and her eyes were a little blurry. "The Ai family thinks that you are a very spiritual person, so I give you this statue of Laozi and a statue of Buddha. I hope you can pray for peace in the world."
If the world is peaceful, then her children and grandchildren will definitely be safe and healthy.
Man Bao breathed a sigh of relief. It was not just for her to become a monk.
Man Bao nodded repeatedly, knelt down and thanked the Queen Mother for the reward.
The emperor didn't know what to say, and his face was at a loss for words. How could the statue of Laozi and the statue of Buddha be given together?
The Queen Mother didn't think it was anything, or maybe she couldn't think of it at this time.
She felt that the strength in her body was draining, and she was not so energetic anymore, so she looked at the emperor and said, "You guys go out, the Ai family needs to change clothes."
When the emperor heard this, his lips trembled, and he paused for a long time before taking his children and grandchildren out, while the queen stayed behind with the maids to serve the queen mother in dressing.
Man Bao hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but look at Dr. Xiao. Dr. Xiao nodded to her and exited together with Dr. Liu.
Manbao stayed and watched.
The Queen Mother put on her clothes layer by layer, but did not dress up. She sat on the bed, leaned slightly on the soft pillow, and smiled with the sad Queen: "It will be great if the Ai family can leave with dignity."
"Mother..." the queen forced a smile and said, "my daughter-in-law called your majesty and the others in."
The Queen Mother nodded slightly, and when she looked at the emperor and others who had hurried in, her vision was already blurry. She could clearly feel that her heart seemed to slow down suddenly, and then slowly, slowly, it made a few thuds.
No longer as powerful as before.
My body is very sleepy, as if all the organs in my body have fallen asleep.
The Queen Mother felt her hand being held. Her eyes slowly fell on it, and she heard the Emperor call out, "Queen Mother!"
The Queen Mother twitched the corner of her mouth, raised her eyes, and passed over the Crown Prince, Prince Gong, Mingda and Yunfeng, and finally slowly settled on Yunfeng. She said in a low voice: "You have to be good..."
Be obedient and keep your filial piety to her...
Unfortunately, these words were so low that even the emperor who was holding her hand didn't hear them clearly. The queen mother slowly closed her eyes, and the strength in her hand was gone.
The emperor couldn't help shouting anxiously. As the imperial physician, Man Bao could only step forward to check, then knelt down and announced, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has passed away..."
Suddenly there was a burst of crying in the palace, and the queen led everyone to kneel down and cry. When the descendants of the clan and the royal family kneeling in the outer chamber heard the cry, they immediately started to howl along with them. Suddenly everyone inside and outside the palace knew that the queen mother was gone.
After crying for a while, everyone began to operate in an orderly manner.
The queen mother had to dress up, arrange her remains, hang white linen in the palace, and prepare for the funeral.
The prince led the Ministry of Rites to do all this. The emperor held the head of the bed with one hand and bowed his head in tears. The queen stayed with him to prevent him from being too sad.
Man Bao suddenly had nothing to do and retreated to the side hall with Dr. Liu and others. The box given to her by the Queen Mother was also moved to the side hall.
Both Dr. Xiao and Dr. Liu looked at her with envy. They both felt that she would not be liked by the Queen Mother, but they did not expect that the Queen Mother would leave a relic for her.
Manbao himself didn't expect that when he took out the two boxes, he saw several books placed under the boxes.
She carefully took it out and looked at it. Doctors Xiao and Liu also came forward and found that there were six books in total. One of them almost broke when picked up because the paper was very worn. It was the one Man Bao opened first.
Doctor Xiao glanced over and froze immediately, his heart beating rapidly, "This is... this is the hand-written "Qing Sang Sutra""
Man Bao was also startled, and then carefully discerned the text on it. It was very illegible and somewhat damaged due to poor preservation. She stared at it for a while and then said: "It doesn't seem to be the original. If it was copied and handed down by someone else, it might be wrong."
There are errors and omissions." It may also be false.
Doctor Xiao also suspected that it was a fake. Hua Tuo's "Qing Sang Jing" was lost in the Wei Dynasty. He only heard of its name and had never seen its manuscript. However, someone said that he had seen it.
But most of them are no longer reliable, and some are proven to be false.
But this book...
Doctor Xiao said: "Maybe the one in the hands of the Queen Mother is not fake?"
All of a sudden, all the imperial doctors in the room stared at the torn book in Zhou Man's hand with bright eyes, their eyes were so intense that they wanted to burn her hand.