Entering the Daming Palace by boat, Man Bao found that the Daming Palace looked more... wild.
After the Emperor and the Empress Dowager brought Prince Gong and Mingda to spend the summer vacation, the Daming Palace had a brief opportunity for repairs. Unfortunately, it was short-lived. Within two months, it was closed again due to funding problems, and only two months were available.
Just one of the half-built palaces was built. However, the palace was empty after it was built, with no furniture or anything inside.
Later, the emperor was very poor, and the internal treasury was unable to make ends meet. The treasury was tightly controlled by the courtiers. As long as he revealed his intention to build the Daming Palace, the imperial censors from Wei Zhi to the sixth grade would write to dissuade him, thinking that now
It is considered safe for the people, but it is still far away from Cathay Pacific, and it is really difficult to carry out major construction projects at this time.
The emperor listened to the advice and later forgot about the Daming Palace.
Later, people kept filial piety, and it was not easy to carry out large-scale construction; last year, there was a Western Expedition, and the treasury ran out of money, so the Daming Palace... well, let alone construction, there was even less repairs, so the grass and trees grew a bit wantonly, full of
Bao stood on the boat and looked at the weeds on both sides of the bank. He shook his head slightly and thought that the emperor's home was a good one with many houses, but he could let his home be so abandoned.
When they arrived at the ferry, the chamberlain stopped the boat and asked Zhou Man to disembark.
When Manbao landed, he walked to see the palace that was being renovated by the Ministry of Works.
There are not many people here, and most of them are people from the Ministry of Industry and servants. However, this time the emperor failed to build the palace, but wanted to renovate it.
The emperor asked the Ministry of Industry to select the two largest palaces and build walls to seal them up. The princesses would be in the same palace, and the princes would be in the same palace. Men and women would be vaccinated separately, and people inside could only enter but not leave.
A very long lane was built between the two palaces for the imperial doctors to go back and forth between the two palaces.
Therefore, once people from the royal family move in, the two palaces will be sealed, and even food will be brought in in hanging baskets.
The reason for being so cautious is because this is Daming Palace, which is too close to Taiji Palace, so as to prevent smallpox from being exposed.
Originally, vaccinations should have been carried out to Huangzhuang, as it was the safest place.
It's a pity that the emperor couldn't bear to let his children and grandchildren suffer. Six people lived in one room in the Huangzhuang, and it was still a house built with a mixture of earth and stone that was urgently added. It couldn't compare with the palace here in the Daming Palace.
Here, at least one person is guaranteed a room.
That's right, this is a room for one person. The emperor was so generous that he had a long screen made to divide the big room into two rooms. One room could not only accommodate a little princess or princess, but also the princess and the princess.
The masters can also bring a maid to serve them.
Well, the selected palace maids are all around sixteen years old, and they must also be vaccinated with the same vaccination as their master. If nothing unexpected happens in the future, they will continue to serve their master.
Man Bao came to inspect, just to check whether the two palaces were really sealed and there were no secret passages to pass things inside and outside. This kind of thing is not a big problem in the Imperial Mansion, but it is a big taboo in the Imperial Palace.
They also need to check whether the medicine halls prepared for them in the hospital are in compliance with regulations, as well as the palace's hygiene, etc.
After Man Bao checked today's work, she held her hands and raised her neck to watch the craftsmen busy. As she watched, she felt that with their level of work today, it would probably take a lot of time to build the remaining Daming Palace.
For several years, that was still when the emperor was very rich.
If we don't have enough money, I'm afraid we won't be able to build it in more than ten years.
Man Bao shook his head, noted down the progress of their project, and left.
It's almost time for her to go to the office. When she takes the boat back to Tai Chi Palace, it should be almost the time for her to go to the office. Well, she still has to walk back to Tai Hospital, which is quite a distance.
But thinking about the makeup box in the hospital, she was filled with motivation.
Man Bao happily hugged the makeup box and left the palace. Before he left the palace, he saw Bai Shan waiting outside the palace gate.
Man Bao immediately stepped forward with a smile. The guards checked her makeup box and stared at it with bright eyes.
Manbao said generously: "This is a gift from Princess Gong to me."
Of course, the guards didn't think this was a bribe, but a reward.
Zhou Man was considered one of the most rewarded foreign ministers they knew.
Prince Gong and the former King of Yizhou are not included.
The guards gave her an envious look, noted down what she had brought out today, and then let her go.
As soon as she came out, Bai Shan reached out to take the makeup box. When his hand sank, he steadied himself and asked, "Why did Princess Gong give you a gift?"
Man Bao said: "Get in the car and talk."
Daji came to take them home from the Yamen.
After arriving in the car, Man Bao rubbed his sore arms and said, "This is what Princess Gong bribed me to do, but she said it was to add makeup to my face."
Man Bao paused and then said: "Prince Gong definitely doesn't know about this. I think the couple will definitely quarrel after they return."
Bai Shan was puzzled, "Why are we arguing?"
Man Bao thought for a while and then said: "If I gave Lu Yue a very expensive gift in private, and said you asked me to give it to you, would you be angry?"
The relationship between Bai Shan and Lu Yue is not very good. They basically maintain superficial harmony because they are both students of Chongwen Hall.
Well, there is also Zhao Liulang in the middle to mediate.
If Man Bao gave something to Lu Yue privately and said it was from him, and it fell into Lu Yue's eyes, it would mean that Bai Shan was seeking peace with him, and Bai Shan would definitely be angry!
Bai Shan glanced at her, "Will you give Lu Yue a gift?"
Man Bao shook his head, "We have no interest in him. Not to mention that we don't ask for anything from him. Even if we do, we won't ask for it because our attitudes are not harmonious."
She paused and then said: "But Princess Gong is a gentle person."
He is just too gentle, so he cannot be the master of Prince Gong, and it is even difficult to influence him.
Zhou Man thought it right. Prince Gong and Princess Gong did have a quarrel. It should be said that Prince Gong unilaterally scolded Princess Gong to tears.
On the other side of the couple in the main hall of Taiji Hall, it was the queen who was scolding the emperor, "Sanlang's wife wants to give Zhou Man a gift, why do you have to point it out in front of Sanlang?"
"Didn't you say that Sanlang's wife wants to ease their relationship with Zhou Man?"
Queen: "...but do you think Sanlang is willing? It's not like you don't know what his temper is. After he pointed it out, he only felt embarrassed. In the end, it was Sanlang's wife who was wronged, and the relationship may not be able to be eased."
She said: "It's better to let Sanlang's wife send it off quietly. It doesn't matter whether Zhou Man has a good relationship with Sanlang. As long as she has a good relationship with Sanlang's wife, that's all."
This is the survival wisdom of the housekeeper. Except for some grievances that are impossible to resolve, other festivals are for you men to compete with each other, and we also have our own friendships.
In fact, speaking of it, Zhou Man and Prince Gong did not actually have any deep hatred. They just had different positions because of their position as prince.
Zhou Man has never dealt any damage. What she has always done is treat illnesses and save people. She just saved the prince.
Therefore, the queen believed that as long as time lasted long enough, the grudges between them would be reduced. Regardless of whether it existed or not, Zhou Man was an upright person and would not harm anyone for it, so it was better to let nature take its course and the emperor to intervene completely.