The sky outside was getting brighter, and the morning light came in. The palace people came in and out carefully, extinguished the lanterns and took them away.
The emperor and the empress burned the last handful of paper money in silence. The prince got up to burn incense and add lamps, but paused when he turned around a large pillar in the palace.
Eunuch Wu, who was serving the prince to put on the lamp, raised his head slightly and saw that Zhou Man was sleeping soundly with his head on the big pillar, and he didn't know when she dragged a futon over and put it under her knees, but she couldn't kneel down.
If you don't kneel properly, you just look like you are sitting, with one hand resting on the medicine box on your left hand...
Because there was a white curtain hanging in the hall, and white linen was tied to the pillar, it hung down just to block her. No one noticed that she was hiding here last night.
The prince saw that her mouth was slightly open as she slept, and her saliva was about to flow out. It was really hurting her eyes, so he walked past her quickly and touched her lightly with his toes as he passed.
Man Bao woke up instantly and sat up straight. She turned her head and looked at the prince's beiying in confusion. When she raised her head, she was faced with Eunuch Wu who was winking at her. Before she could realize it, Eunuch Wu ran away with the prince.
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Man Bao moved his body to relieve his kneeling numb legs, and then he stood up holding on to the pillar for a while.
The prince put in all the lamps that needed to be added in the palace. When he came back, he saw Zhou Man moving the futon out from behind the pillar and kneeling in front.
Just because she slept against a pillar, half of her face still has marks.
The prince glanced at her and pretended not to notice her. He walked forward and handed the burned incense to the emperor and empress.
The emperor and the empress burned some incense and kowtowed before standing up together.
The emperor still had to bathe and change clothes and go to the front to meet the officials. The queen also had to meet the officials and their families soon. Each of them brought their subordinates to cry. So the emperor did not say much to the queen. He just nodded to Zhou Man who was kneeling behind in a daze and said: "
Zhou Man, take good care of your empress."
Man Bao came to his senses and immediately agreed. He waited for the emperor and the empress and the prince to pass by before getting up from the mat, then carrying the medicine box and following the empress back to the Tai Chi Hall.
Man Bao checked the Queen's pulse. Unlike her laziness, the Queen actually stayed on guard all night, so she was a little weak at this time.
Aunt Shang also knew this, and she would have to meet with the official family soon, so she asked Manbao to check if the queen needed medicine.
You can't take medicated meals at this time, because many of the medicated meals that replenish qi and blood use meat and fish, so Manbao still prescribed the medicine, then asked the queen to bathe and change clothes, give her an injection, and eat breakfast before eating.
medicine.
After finishing all this work, the queen leaned on the couch, closed her eyes and rested her mind, waiting for the time to go to the front to meet the officials and their family members.
Maybe it was because of the injection and medicine, or maybe it was because she didn't sleep all night. The queen, who had always been a light sleeper, fell into a deep sleep leaning on the soft pillow, because everyone heard gentle snoring, which was rare.
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So the palace people became light-hearted and quietly retreated.
Aunt Shang pulled Manbao and gently exited. She smiled and said, "Let the queen sleep for half an hour. Doctor Zhou can go have a meal first. You will accompany the queen to kneel at the funeral later."
Man Bao agreed and turned around to eat in the side hall.
When the queen woke up, everything was ready. The queen went to the mourning hall. The square in Taiji Palace was already filled with people on both sides. The emperor and the queen led the people in the clan to stand in front of the mourning hall. Manbao followed Shang
Auntie and the others stood to the side, separated by a hall, and across from them was Dr. Xiao, who was responsible for taking care of the emperor.
Doctor Liu has already gone to rest after his shift.
The Minister of Rites presided over the funeral ceremony, guiding the emperor and empress to bow. Outside, there were heralds delivering orders, and hundreds of officials and their family members obeyed the orders and bowed, and then the mourners cried.
Man Bao didn't follow the queen down until noon. When she went down to rest, he took the opportunity to go back to the side hall of the mourning hall. This was already the temporary office and rest room of their hospital. At this time, there were people sleeping and sitting on their stomachs.
The imperial physician and medical assistant were resting.
Zheng Gu, Zheng Shao and Dr. Liu were also there. The three of them came in to help early in the morning, and then went to finish the refreshing and cooling soup. When they saw the master coming in, they immediately stepped forward.
Man Bao then called them forward, and the four masters and apprentices pulled out the box under the bed. She checked the contents and found nothing wrong, and then asked Zheng Shao to carry them out to Eunuch Wu. She asked Eunuch Wu to have someone carry them for her first.
Return to the East Palace.
Eunuch Wu wanted to send someone back to the East Palace to get the prince's wedding clothes. After receiving the things, he lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness asked you to keep a close eye on the empress and the little emperor's grandson."
Man Bao nodded, "I will pay attention."
Eunuch Wu was satisfied and asked someone to pick up the things before turning and leaving.
Man Bao then turned around and arranged for his three disciples, "Zheng Gu, I made an agreement with Doctor Xiao, you go and help him. Zheng Shao, you go follow Doctor Zheng, Sanniang, you follow me."
The three people who could only boil medicine and start the treatment were arranged in a perfect manner. The medical assistants who were still sitting and resting in the room were extremely envious, but they could only watch them go.
Man Bao turned around and saw it. After thinking for a while, he went to see Dr. Xiao, "Doctor Liu said that it is not obvious today, but there will definitely be a lot of people sick in the next two days. It is better to come in turns and stay in the back in batches to get medicine and brew it, so that the front and back
Everyone can rest."
Doctor Xiao understood what Zhou Man meant. She wanted to train more doctors. However, "hundreds of officials, nobles, and women from various families are all in the palace. If your majesty is considerate, it will only last for seven days. If your majesty is filial,
Those nine days are the least. For those seniors kneeling at the front, we can’t tell anyone who is sick, so we must not only be fast, but also have good medical skills. These medical assistants have no experience, and they have to teach them all over again when they are brought to the front...
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This is also one of the important reasons why they don't like to bring in inexperienced medical assistants. Because if nothing happens, they will be a little angry at most. But if they delay someone or make a mistake, it is naturally not the fault of the medical assistant, just the fault of the medical assistant.
Maybe it was the fault of the attending imperial physician.
The three of Zheng and Gu were fine. Not to mention that they were taken to sit in the hall for a while by Zhou Man when they were in Jishi Hall. They also went into the palace for a long time to see the maids and chamberlains, taking pulses, lower limbs, acupuncture, boiling medicine, etc.
All the steps are familiar, and the details can also be written in detail and rules.
But other medical assistants are different.
Man Bao thought for a moment and said, "So I still need to teach you."
She turned around and said: "You and Dr. Liu should have taken them with you a long time ago, so that if something happens, you won't be too busy. There may be more such things in the future, so why not start now."
Dr. Xiao knew that she felt that they did not train the medical assistants well, but none of his medical skills were brought by strong winds. Those medical assistants were not their own nephews. They had to rely on themselves to learn things. They also brought what they should usually bring.
OK?
Even now, he is not a disciple for Zhou Manbai. Is he willing to teach Zheng Gu or she will study the "Qing Nang Sutra" together later.
Some words are hard to say, but Doctor Xiao looked at Zhou Man and his eyes revealed everything.
After Man Bao realized it, he sighed: "Okay, then I will choose two more medical assistants to take with me?"
Xiao Yuanzheng smiled and said: "Of course I have no objection if Dr. Zhou is willing to take care of you."
Manbao no longer forced him, and went in to pick two more medical assistants who she thought had good medical skills and conduct, and asked them to follow her.