The emperor and ministers were very satisfied with Zhou Man's work in Qingzhou over the past five years, and had no objection to Zhou Man joining the Imperial Medical Office, but...
Li Shangshu said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou has outstanding medical skills. If his appointment in the Imperial Medical Office is in vain, will the Imperial Hospital also reinstate his original position?"
The emperor nodded and said to Xiao Yuanzheng and the officials: "Restore Zhou Man to the position of fourth-grade imperial physician."
Xiao Yuanzheng and Cui Shangshu respectfully responded "Yes". No one had any objection to this. After all, her medical skills were there. If she didn't go to the hospital, they would still have objections.
Zhou Man stood up and thanked him, and then the emperor spoke to the ministers. Zhou Man took advantage of this time and immediately lowered his head to eat.
She was starving to death.
I didn’t eat much for breakfast on the way, and after arriving in Beijing, I struggled with this meal...
Zhou Man lowered his head and ate quickly and quietly, listening carefully to the emperor and the others talking about the creation of a pharmacy based on her work report just now.
There were people who objected, but there were more people who didn't mention their objections or said they agreed. They raised various issues directly, and Zhou Man knew that they were inclined to agree, as long as these issues were solved.
As I was eating and listening with great interest, I heard the chamberlain coming to report, "Your Majesty, Master Naluo'er is here."
The emperor perked up and immediately said: "Please come quickly."
A waiter came up and took the food box away. Zhou Man took out a big spoonful of rice and gravy, mixed it and stuffed it into his mouth. He took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and chewed in a hurry while turning his head to look where he came from.
I saw a chamberlain leading an old monk from a foreign land with snow-white eyebrows and white hair. Behind him were two monks, one of whom was holding a tray in his hand.
The little chamberlain removed the food box in front of Zhou Man. Immediately, a palace maid added a plate of fruit and snacks to her. Seeing her looking over, she whispered: "His Highness ordered it."
Zhou Man turned around and looked at the prince who was standing above him.
The prince glanced at her with disgust, then motioned for her to see the old monk.
Zhou Manchong bent his eyes at the prince, and then looked at the three monks approaching.
Na Luo'er clasped his hands together, bent slightly and saluted the emperor, and said in the Zhongyuan dialect with a thick accent: "Your Majesty, this furnace of elixirs was refined extremely well, and a total of three elixirs were produced.
It will be given to His Majesty for one month."
"Oh?" The emperor sat up straighter and said enthusiastically: "Send it up for me to see."
Zhou Man slowly swallowed the rice in his mouth, and went to bring the tea slowly, but his eyes were fixed on the tray in the monk's hand. What kind of elixir, only three pills were produced in one pot?
Not to mention the way their doctors make pills, but even if they make pills in other Taoist temples, there won't be less than ten pills in one pot, right?
Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste of medicinal materials?
Gu Zhong presented the tray and opened the box to show the emperor.
There were three round black and red elixirs in the box. Zhou Man had a good eye. At a glance, through the sunlight, the elixirs seemed to be glowing golden.
The emperor also saw it and felt that the elixir looked very high-end, so he picked one up and looked at it carefully, and praised: "It is indeed better than the previous one."
The prince was speechless. This is medicine, not clothes. Can it be judged based on appearance?
He glanced at Zhou Man, who looked very interested, and knew that she probably didn't know anything at the moment. Seeing that the emperor was taking the tea and taking it, he quickly said, "Father, since this elixir of immortality is so rare,
Why not let Zhou Man see it too?"
Zhou Man choked, the tea in his mouth spurted out, and then he coughed violently.
The ministers were not surprised and looked at her silently.
Zhou Man hurriedly wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and looked at the emperor in shock...the elixir in his hand, "What did your Highness say this medicine was called?"
There was no need for the prince to tell him. Li Shangshu, who had long been disgusted with this monk, took the initiative and said, "Elixir of Agelessness is said to be a miracle medicine in Tianzhu. Taking it can make people immortal."
Zhou Man was speechless and looked at the emperor, "Your Majesty, do you believe it?"
The ministers immediately lowered their heads, not daring to look at the emperor. Except for Duke Wei in the early years, only Zhou Man dared to blurt out these words.
After Zhou Man finished speaking, she felt that what she said was not good and too straightforward. She warned herself in her mind that she had to remember Bai Shan's words and be more cautious.
But she still couldn't help but stare at the emperor, and asked in a different tone, "Your Majesty, do you believe it?"
The emperor seemed to feel her efforts. He glanced at her and was not angry. Instead, he put the elixir into the box and said, "I don't expect immortality anymore. I just want to prolong my life and live a few more years."
He smiled at Na Luo You, who was standing in the middle, and said, "I would be satisfied if I could live to be half of Master's current age."
Zhou Man looked at Na Luo Er's face, then at his figure, and asked hesitantly: "May I ask this master Gui Geng?"
Luo You had also noticed Zhou Man a long time ago. He took a look at her position and knew that she was of high status, otherwise she would not be able to sit under the prince.
Naluo Er thought of what the prince had called her just now, and her heart moved. It was rumored that there was a female official in the Jin Dynasty. She had a high status and was very favored by the emperor and the prince. Moreover, she was good at medicine.
Na Luo You smiled slightly and said kindly: "It's been so long ago that I don't remember exactly how old I am."
The monk behind him immediately said: "The existing records indicate that it is two hundred years old, but the master cannot remember exactly how old it is. In the records, we can only find those from two hundred years ago, so we can only temporarily calculate it to be two hundred years old."
age."
Zhou Man was amazed, his eyes lit up when he saw Na Luo You, "You really lived two hundred years?"
People in Teacher Mo's time had a normal lifespan of two to three hundred years. She didn't expect that it could be possible in their time. Doesn't that mean that life is indeed common? Even though they are far behind here, there are still conditions to achieve it.
There is no need to change your genes like Teacher Mo and others did at the beginning of their transformation. You must know that the biggest trouble for Teacher Mo and others now is some of the sequelae left by their ancestors after they changed their genes.
Of course, no one explained this to her, and there was no such knowledge in the encyclopedia, but she was not stupid. She had known Teacher Mo for so many years, and Keke had vaguely leaked some information, so she had already guessed it.
Zhou Man stared at Master Luo Yi as if he were looking at a treasure. She immediately wiped her hands, straightened her clothes, stepped out of the queue and bowed deeply to him, "Master, I'm here with Zhou Man at Tai Hospital.
There is some research in the field of life. Of course, my knowledge is only rudimentary and far less advanced than yours. I wonder if I can ask you for advice?"
The ministers stared at Zhou Man with wide eyes and disbelief.
Zhou Man, do you actually believe what he said is true? The ministers wanted to shake her head to wake her up.
Na Luo'er looked at Zhou Man and refused directly. He said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this alchemy technique is a secret that is not taught in Tianzhu. Not to mention outsiders, even the monks in our Tianzhu Buddhist temple cannot learn it.
Those who arrive must be the successors of Tianzhu’s imperial masters.”