Man Bao smiled and said, "I know, look at this, the carriage and horse fares given by their family are one yuan more than those paid by Pi Guogong's Mansion."
Man Bao opened his purse and gave one to Liu Sanniang.
Liu Sanniang didn't refuse and kept it in her purse.
Man Bao got on the carriage, returned to the side door of Zhou's house, and took out a silver corner and gave it to the carriage driver, "You can take Sanniang back to the palace."
The coachman didn't want to take it, so Manbao smiled and said, "Take it. I have a happy event today, so I'll treat it as wedding money."
When the coachman heard this, he immediately took the money and saluted Manbao with a smile, "Congratulations on your promotion."
Obviously, almost everyone in the palace knew about what happened in the morning.
Man Bao smiled and nodded, letting him and Liu Sanniang go.
Man Bao and Doctor Zheng said that they could go back to the palace tomorrow, but Liu Sanniang obviously couldn't because she still had to work.
Watching their carriage go away, Man Bao turned around. The concierge who had opened the door early and was waiting immediately came forward to help Man Bao carry the medicine box, "Miss Man, Mr. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou, and Grandma Zhou.
They are all at home."
In the past, the side door of the Zhou family was always closed. Mrs. Liu considered that the side door led to the house where the Zhou family lived, and she was afraid that the concierge would not be strict enough to leak things to the outside, so the concierge always stayed inside and knocked on the door when people outside.
Only then will you know.
But since the last time the concierge was punished by Bai Shan, the concierge has changed. Mrs. Liu chose three people with stricter mouths to guard the side door. The door is open most of the time, and they will also be with other people.
Like the concierge, he sat on the threshold and watched the people coming and going on the street, so that now the Zhou family even knew how many trains the Du family next door took out in a day.
As soon as Man Bao entered, Lao Zhoutou, who was sitting not far from the courtyard door, met her eyes. He immediately put down his cigarette rod, ran up and asked, "Why are you back at this time?"
Man Bao raised his head and looked at the position of the sun. He knew that the people notified by the palace had not arrived yet, so he said: "Dad, there is a happy event in our family today."
Old Zhoutou, "Have you been promoted again?"
Man Bao: "...it's not like he was promoted."
"Oh," Lao Zhou lowered his voice and said with some disappointment: "Is that another reward from the emperor?"
"Dad, you know so much."
Lao Zhoutou said proudly: "That's right, this is what your Grandma Liu said. She said that you have made great achievements this time, and she asked us to make preparations in advance. I thought you were going to be promoted again.
I was thinking that if you divide the fields again, could you choose a place closer to us so that we can grow vegetables..."
"Although I was not promoted, I was knighted,"
Lao Zhoutou didn't quite understand, "Who is it?"
"Miss Man, someone is coming from the palace." Before Man Bao could explain, the concierge guarding the side door hurried over.
A young chamberlain followed him in. When he saw Zhou Man standing with a medicine box, he smiled and said, "Master Zhou is also at home. That's good. The imperial edict will arrive in a quarter of an hour. Please prepare."
Manbao responded politely and asked the concierge to notify the steward to open the door.
Then she took her father back to prepare to receive the order, "Find mother too, and quickly prepare the things to receive the order."
This was not the first time that the old Zhou family had received an edict, and they were still very experienced. Lao Zhou had no time to ask what the edict was, so he hurriedly prepared the incense table with Qian. When they were ready, the person who announced the edict arrived.
This time it was an official from the Ministry of Rites who announced the decree, followed only by the chamberlain.
The other party was not familiar with Zhou Man, but he was still polite to Zhou Man. He smiled at Zhou Man and then began to read out the imperial edict.
Man Bao led a group of old Zhou family members to kneel down and listen to the imperial edict. After reading it for a long time, no one except Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu, who were at home including Man Bao and Xiu Mu, could understand the meaning of the imperial edict.
"... he is gentle and courteous, he has principles, he is skilled in etiquette, he is a benevolent doctor, he is humble and respectful, and he has made great contributions to the country. He is now regarded as a holy metaphor and canonized as the head of Yueyang Township..."
Both Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu were stunned, but the imperial edict was not finished yet, so they continued to read: "Rewarding virtuous workers is a book of the imperial court; showing kindness and virtue is also the deepest love of the son of man... Zhou Jin is the editor of Chongwen Hall and the imperial physician of the imperial hospital.
Zhou Man's adoptive father is benevolent, charitable, and meticulous with others... I am specially named a government official to increase the brightness of the forest and enjoy the happiness of mulberry trees."
Now Manbao was stunned. She looked up at the officials from the Ministry of Rites with a surprised look on her face. So this was the main reason why the officials from the Ministry of Rites came to announce the decree?
But this was not over yet. The person holding the imperial edict paused, swallowed, and then continued: "The mother's family is hard-working, righteous and practical, as well as education; she is favored by the court, and etiquette is more important than praise... Qian's family is Chongwenguan
The adoptive mother of Zhou Man, editor and imperial physician of the imperial hospital, is Huilang, knows justice, is gentle and courteous and observes etiquette... I am hereby named the Lord of Luojiang County, and she will flourish with the splendor of her crown and will forever show the character of her family."
With tears in his eyes, Man Bao respectfully kowtowed to the imperial edict and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, thank you for your kindness!"
The edict officer smiled and folded the imperial edict together, put his hands into Zhou Man's hands, and said with a smile: "Master Zhou, congratulations."
Then he bowed to Old Zhou, who still didn't understand what was going on, and called out: "Doctor Zhou, I'm going to ask you for a glass of water and wine."
Man Bao immediately said: "I'll go to the Etiquette Department to send out invitations later."
When the proclaimer heard this, he burst out laughing and agreed.
Man Bao only prepared one purse, but this was obviously not enough. Fortunately, Zhou Lixue and Zhou Ligu were smart enough to retreat quietly and directly pulled Xiao Qian away, whispering: "Mom, we need to seal two more
Take out the red envelope, as well as the copper coins, and as many copper coins as you have at home, and after a while people outside will give them a few strings."
Xiao Qian: "...give this much?"
"Oh, mother, this is not just an imperial edict. There are three people sealed on it."
Xiao Qian was confused, but she still took her son to get the money. While Man Bao was talking, they took a bag of money to share.
The chamberlains and guards who followed just declined and stuffed it into their arms. This was money for happiness, and it would be bad if you didn't take it.
Everyone left happily.
Only then did Lao Zhoutou speak, "Is this gentleman drunk? Why are you calling me doctor?"
Zhou Lixue: "Grandpa, His Majesty has just made you a Fengzheng doctor."
Lao Zhou's heart trembled and he was a little scared, "What, what is this? No wonder I seemed to have heard my name just now."
Man Bao immediately comforted him, "Dad, this is Enyin, it's just a title."
Zhou Lixue had already shouted: "Grandpa, didn't I always say that I would become an official in the future to earn a royal title for my mother? This is a royal title. You have become a political official under the kindness of my sister-in-law. From now on, you will also be a person of high rank. See you.
You don’t have to kneel down even if you are the county magistrate, I will still call you sir.”
Lao Zhoutou's eyes widened in surprise, and he felt a little dizzy. After a while, he swallowed his saliva and asked, "Why, how come it's me who's so kind? What about your mother?"