A few days after Huangfuxun returned, the Huangfu family sent a message asking Manmiao to go home and see her.
After the old lady had finished her meal and had a rest, several ladies took her into the house. There was already a man dressed as a doctor with a gray beard in the house. Manmei knew that these ladies wanted to make sure.
He simply sat down and asked the doctor to check his pulse, and told him that he had taken anti-diarrheal medicine.
She spoke very calmly, and all the ladies had worried looks on their faces. Huangfu Xun's mother even wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
The new doctor didn't bring good news, he just said the same thing. Take good care of your body and take care of yourself.
Manmei knew that this disease was probably incurable for ancient people. There are many drugs available in modern times, and detection methods are much better. If it is not possible, there are test tubes and surrogacy. Wanting a child is much easier than in ancient times.
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After the doctor was sent away, several ladies gathered around her and comforted her silently. Some said they would adopt a child and hold it as soon as it was born, so it would be the same as their own.
Manmei frowned when she heard this. Not to mention whether the child's biological mother was willing to send the child over. Even if she did, she would not recognize the mother when she grew up. She had to eradicate the root cause from the beginning, just in case someone told the child the truth.
Having said that, the children you worked so hard to raise become your enemies in the blink of an eye. Why bother with that?
But she couldn't tell the ladies what she was thinking, so she could only listen with a smile on her face and repeatedly promised to do everything, so the ladies wiped their eyes and agreed.
Manmiao told them again not to let Lan Ting know. These women always thought too much, thinking that Manmiao was afraid of falling out of favor with Lan Ting, so they agreed wholeheartedly.
Huangfujin's biological mother, Mrs. Huangfu held Manmiao and talked for a long time, mostly to comfort her. Manmiao thought it was her mother nagging her and listened patiently.
Finally, she asked Manmiao to go with her to burn incense at the famous Fahua Temple on the outskirts of the capital in a few days.
It is said that this temple is very efficacious, and many noble women have received good news when they go to ask for children.
Manmei had a dark look on her face. In this situation, what does it mean that she is pregnant? Even if she is fertile, now is not the time to give birth to a child.
She felt so dark recently that she didn't want to go out at all. But looking at Mrs. Huangfu's worried face, she thought, why is she the one who called her mother? It's not appropriate to not give her this face.
.I nodded in agreement.
Mrs. Huangfu was very happy, as if her worries had been relieved, as if she could be cured by going to the temple once.
On the agreed day, she and her wives traveled together.
Huangfuxun was worried about his mother and Manmei, so he took the initiative to go with them.
The second lady was very happy to see her son and daughter coming together, and she was in good spirits all the way.
After getting off the carriage, Manmei wrapped her cloak tightly around her body. It was already late autumn, and fallen leaves were everywhere. It looked so desolate.
The wind on the mountain was strong, and a gust of wind blew the withered yellow leaves everywhere. Many monks in the temple were sweeping the floor, but the fallen leaves kept falling down.
Manmei looked around out of habit, and suddenly saw the familiar figure of a sweeping monk not far away, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it.
She stood for a moment, waiting for the second lady to instruct the servants to carefully carry down the tributes such as sesame oil.
When the monk finished scanning and turned around, Manmei's eyes widened.
That bald man was clearly the tomb robber she met in Dan Country!
Afraid that I had made a mistake, I looked carefully and over again to make sure that I was not dazzled. The guy really turned into a monk, shaved off his hair, and even had a ring scar. If I hadn’t seen him before, no one would have imagined that he was a monk.
A monk with a calm face will kill someone neatly.
The man swept over slowly, and Manmei deliberately did not move away. When the broom swept near her, she saw the man raised his head and glanced at her, and his movements were startled, as if he did not expect to meet her here.
After recognizing Manmiao, he smiled and winked at her. Manmiao nodded with a clear smile and stepped back a few steps.
A tomb robber appears in a thousand-year-old temple and can figure out what he wants to do.
As long as this person doesn't come against Lan Ting, Manmei doesn't want to care what he does. Maybe she can do him a small favor or something. After all, he is her savior, isn't he?
The man read this information from her eyes, grinned, and continued to sweep the floor with his head down.
Manmiao also turned around and followed the second lady's footsteps, looking like a good girl.
This day was probably a Buddhist festival, and there were many people here. She met many acquaintances along the way. The second lady took her to greet them one by one, and introduced her son and daughter to everyone, with a very proud look on her face.
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The Huangfu family were distinguished guests to the temple, so the abbot hired someone to receive them. He also invited them to worship in the more exquisite inner courtyard.
When Manmiao was on the road, she heard that this temple is a very old temple, and even the royal family often sends people here. Some halls only allow dignitaries to visit, while other commoners can only build new halls in the outer courtyard.
When she reached the heavily guarded inner courtyard, she realized why the man had sneaked in disguised as a monk.
There are actually imperial guards patrolling this royal inner courtyard.
"Today there are royal nobles coming to pay homage. Madam, please wait a moment." The monk leading the way clasped his hands together and his attitude was polite but firm.
The Huangfu family were royal relatives, so naturally they could not compete with the royal family itself. The second lady agreed with a smile, then turned around and went to socialize with the other ladies who were also waiting.
Manmiao took the opportunity to look around. The security was very tight, not many people were hanging around, everyone was doing their own thing. The guards patrolled, and the monks swept away the dead leaves.
From her observation, it would be quite difficult for that person to sneak in.
She remembered that the man had a very strange little bell. When the sound rang, people would be in a trance for a moment, but with so many people, it was really difficult to operate it.
When she turned back and looked around, she found that the man's figure was gradually approaching, sweeping up the fallen leaves and following them.
Seeing that he wanted to use her to enter the inner courtyard, Manmei was willing to return the favor.
He reached out and tugged Huangfuxun's sleeve and said to him, "You have a stomachache now."
Huangfu Xun glanced at her in surprise, and urged gracefully, "Hurry up, you are not feeling well now, please ask that monk to help you." As he said this, he pointed at the monk secretly.
Although Huangfuxun didn't understand what Manmei meant, he thought that she wouldn't ask him to do this for no reason, so he shouted to the monk, "You, it's you, come here and help me."
Upon hearing Huangfu Xun's call, the man immediately threw away his broom and walked over.
Huangfu Xun put his hands on his shoulders, as if he needed his support.
The man supported Huangfu Xun and nodded gratefully to Manmei.
