After Zhou Man received the first edict, she began to prepare to return to Beijing. She first packed the things that everyone needed to bring back, then packed her own luggage, and planned to go out to the streets to bring some local products to her family.
As a result, before she could finish packing, the second edict arrived in Beihai County.
When Zhou Man saw the edict, he quickly closed the imperial edict and ran to find Bai Shan, "Something seems to have happened in the capital. Your Majesty urgently ordered me to return to the capital. I will set off tomorrow. I will drive lightly and pack the luggage at home..."
Bai Shan: "You go first, I'll have someone take you back later."
Zhou Man originally wanted to stop taking it, "Isn't it troublesome?"
Bai Shan said: "It's all sorted out, no regrets."
He said: "It's okay to ask the guards to escort some things back to the capital. They can also bring more things when you come back."
Zhou Lang ran over and said, "No, no, I can just take those things back."
He said: "We are also going back to Beijing. Leave all these things to me when the time comes. Don't be afraid when we come back. I will just bring you whatever the family has brought for you."
"Now is the time when you need manpower, and the costs are huge. Just leave it all to me."
When Zhou Man heard this, he immediately nodded, "Okay, I'll leave it all to you."
Bai Shan took her hand and went back to the backyard, "Take Daji and the cakes with you. Even if you have to go back to Beijing quickly, don't make yourself too uncomfortable on the way."
Zhou Man nodded repeatedly, indicating that he had taken note of it.
Early the next morning, Zhou Man quickly returned to Beijing with Daji cakes and two groups of imperial guards who came to announce the decree.
They rushed back to the capital from Qingzhou in only six days.
As soon as he entered the city gate, Zhou Man looked around and found that no one was waiting for him at the city gate, so he felt relieved and said to the imperial guard: "I will go back to the house to freshen up first, and then I will go to the palace to meet the saint later."
It was a busy time, and it was not a major military matter. Officials did not need to enter the palace immediately when they returned to the capital, so the imperial guards nodded and dispersed at the city gate.
Zhou Man ran back home, and before he had time to chat with his family, Mr. Zhuang called him to the study to talk.
"Two things. Mr. Wei is seriously ill and His Majesty is sad. He suffered from heat stroke some time ago and is now in poor health. The second thing is about new rice seeds. Your Majesty has ordered Li Zhong to come to the capital. These two
The weather should have arrived, and now the rice harvest in Pucun has been completed. Once the data is available, we can present it to the court."
Mr. Zhuang reached out from the side of the desk and took out a few sheets of paper filled with words and gave them to her, saying: "It records the characteristics and yields of rice seeds in various places. If you memorize them, His Majesty will definitely ask you what those seeds are."
Where did it come from?"
Zhou Man took it, glanced at it and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir, I know all these rice seeds. Two years ago, Bai Shan asked some caravans and stewards of the Bai family to collect rice seeds from various places. I have seen them all."
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The rice seeds given to Dr. D were selected from these various rice seeds. In fact, she did not lie. She was indeed the one who found the first generation rice seeds.
Seeing that she knew what she was thinking, Mr. Zhuang nodded and said, "His Majesty is still waiting for you in the palace. You can quickly wash up and enter the palace to meet the Holy Spirit."
Zhou Man responded.
Zhou Man found his crimson official uniform, put it on, and entered the palace in a refreshing outfit. As soon as she entered the palace gate, the prince hurriedly came out of the Taiji Hall with his people. When he saw her, he waved and said, "You haven't met me yet."
The chamberlain who declares the family’s decree?”
Zhou Man: "...I just washed up and took the car into the imperial city just to be clean."
That was probably missed.
The prince said: "Then leave the palace with Gu. His Majesty has decreed that you go directly to the Wei Mansion to diagnose and treat Mr. Wei. Xiao Yuanzheng is also there at this time."
Zhou Man then turned around and left the palace with the prince, "Your Highness, is Mr. Wei's illness serious?"
The prince said: "No, this is the second time Gu has been ordered to visit Mr. Wei in the Wei Mansion."
Zhou Man walked out of the palace worriedly. The prince got into the car first. Seeing her still looking around dumbly, he said, "Come up and ride together."
Zhou Man stepped on the stool and got into the carriage. When the carriage and horses started to move, the prince raised his eyelids and looked Zhou Man up and down, "It looks like he has improved a lot compared to before. I wonder if his medical skills have improved?"
Zhou Man thought for a moment and said, "I should have improved. I have been learning medical skills."
The prince was very curious, "Study? From whom?"
Zhou Man paused and then said: "Books and patients, every time you see a patient, you can accumulate a little experience. When you have enough experience, you will study harder, and your medical skills will improve."
Prince: "Then you should study Mr. Wei carefully this time and see if you can save him."
Zhou Man sighed worriedly, "I'll do my best."
Although she is not in the capital, she has always corresponded with Dr. Liu, the official doctor of Xiao Yuan. Except for the physical condition of the emperor and the prince, which cannot be leaked at will, other patients who were mainly treated by Zhou Man in the past, such as Wei Zhi and the empress, both of them would write letters.
The purpose of communicating with her is to better prescribe and choose treatment methods.
As early as half a year ago, Xiao Yuanzheng wrote to her, saying that Mr. Wei was at the end of his strength and was only holding on because he was worried about the Jiangnan Saltworks.
Now half a year has passed, and I'm afraid my physical condition is even worse.
When the carriage arrived at the Wei Mansion, it stopped, and the people of the Wei Mansion who had received the news in advance came to greet the prince at the door.
Mrs. Wei was about to lead others to salute when she saw Zhou Man coming out of the car first. Her eyes widened slightly and she said in surprise: "Mr. Zhou, have you returned to Beijing?"
Zhou Man smiled at Mrs. Wei, glanced at Princess Changyu behind her, and then turned sideways to let the prince get out of the car.
Everyone was busy saluting.
The prince raised his hand and said: "There is no need to be polite. Your Majesty is concerned about Mr. Wei's condition and has specially ordered me to come and visit Mr. Wei."
The prince saw Mrs. Wei's anxious face and knew what she was worried about, so he turned to Zhou Man and said, "Go in and see Mr. Wei."
Zhou Man nodded, entered Wei Mansion ahead of them, and went directly to the main courtyard.
The main courtyard smelled of medicine. Xiao Yuanzheng and Doctor Liu were sitting in the room in a daze, oh, no, maybe they were thinking.
Hearing the movement, he raised his head and saw Zhou Man. He was surprised at first, then overjoyed, "Master Zhou is back?"
The two men stepped forward, one on the left and the other on the right, holding her between them and walking towards the hospital bed. Xiao Yuanzheng lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Wei has been sleeping since noon yesterday, and there is no sign of waking up until now. I think it is very bad."
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Doctor Liu said: "Xiao Yuanzheng and I have looked at it. It's already exhausted. Let's see if there is any good way."
Zhou Man went to feel Mr. Wei's pulse, then looked at his face and the prescriptions he had recently taken. After sighing, he looked back at the Wei family and asked, "What is your request?"
When Mrs. Wei heard this, she felt sad. She suppressed herself and asked, "What does this mean? We naturally hope that the master will get better."
Zhou Man shook his head and said, "Mr. Wei has already run out of gas. We have no way to save him. The fact that he can persist until now is beyond my expectation."