The crown prince sacrificed to heaven on behalf of the emperor, and the courtiers who had been persistently handing the impeachment papers to the emperor for the past few days were silent. Most of them pressed down the papers in their hands and stopped handing in new impeachment papers.
Only a few courtiers persisted in handing over.
But the pressure on the prince also eased a lot.
Before the night fell completely, the Ministry of Rituals finally prepared the dress and hat for the prince to sacrifice to heaven. They used the emperor's old ones. The embroidered lady dismantled one of the dragon's claws and turned it into a jellyfish, and then made the clothes according to the prince's body. It's fine if you collect the amount.
Although it's a little short, at least I have a dress to wear, right
The Ministry of Rites also felt shabby, but they felt that this was not their problem.
The prince didn't care about such details, he said to the princess while trying on clothes, "I don't know what the third child is doing right now."
The Crown Princess glared at him reproachfully, patted him lightly, and said, "Your Highness, restrain yourself, don't provoke him these few days, and make some gestures in front of the father."
The prince snorted coldly.
The Crown Princess said in a low voice: "Even if it's for the empress mother, it is not appropriate for Your Highness to have any conflicts with the Third Highness at this time."
The prince fell silent, and asked after a while, "How is mother?"
The princess sighed softly.
The prince frowned and said, "What do the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital eat?"
He paused and said, "Why don't you take Zhou Manxuan into the palace to have a look?"
The concubine knew that the prince was referring to the little genius doctor who opened his abdomen and treated her brother's wounds. After thinking about it for a while, she said in a low voice, "I will mention it to the empress after the sacrifice to heaven is over."
The prince nodded, looking at himself blurred in the bronze mirror, but the corners of his mouth curled up, "Tomorrow, I will be so mad at you."
The princess couldn't hold back, and reached out to pat him again.
During the Double Ninth Festival, Man Bao and the others climbed up early, Guozixue has activities, and today they are going to climb the mountain!
Bai Erlang and his first-grade students decided to go to Mohui Garden to play music and water cups, and Man Bao finally decided to accompany Mr. Zhuang to climb the mountain.
Bai Dalang naturally had his own place to go, so early in the morning, after breakfast, everyone dispersed.
Man Bao took out his small basket, went to the kitchen to pack a lot of hot freshly baked pastries, and even small white steamed buns, and went to the husband's room to find a jar of chrysanthemum wine.
Mr. Zhuang watched her wandering around the yard, finding out all kinds of things to put in the back basket like a hamster, and finally he habitually took out his needle pack from the medicine box, wrapped it up, and stuffed it at the bottom of the back basket .
Then I took two bamboo tubes to the kitchen to fill up boiling water for drinking when I was climbing the mountain.
Daji accompanied Bai Shan to climb the mountain, while Liu Gui drove the carriage and waited for Mr. Zhuang and Man Bao outside the door.
Mr. Zhuang held a folding fan, and followed Man Bao with a relaxed expression.
Man Bao got into the car before remembering to ask, "Sir, where are we going to climb the mountain?"
Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "As a teacher, I thought you wouldn't know how to ask. Coincidentally, the mountain that Bai Shan and the others climbed is the same mountain, Qinghua Mountain."
Man Bao: "...then why should we go separately?"
Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "Isn't it because you delayed too long? Bai Shan has been waiting for you at the door for a quarter of an hour."
Man Bao felt that the problem was not with him, "You didn't tell me that you were going to climb Qinghua Mountain, I thought I was going to visit Xuandu."
"Xuandu Temple is still a bit short," Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "This time we will go to a farther place. There are cliff stone carvings on Qinghua Mountain. This time, I will take you to visit the Buddha."
Man Bao was curious, "The cliff carvings?"
Mr. Zhuang nodded with a smile, "It's a reclining Buddha carved in stone, and there are some Buddhist scriptures carved in stone on the mountain, you can take a look."
He raised his hand and patted her on the head lightly, and said with a smile: "In case you spend all day reading at home, your mind will be dumbfounded."
Man Bao lowered his head and smiled, and asked curiously, "Do you also believe in Buddhism, sir?"
"If you have read some Buddhist principles, you can watch them occasionally, but you are still young, so you don't need to delve into it. When you get older, it depends on your own preferences."
Man Bao responded, "So this time we are going to climb a mountain?"
"Well, Shun will lead you to learn more."
Qinghua Mountain is outside the city, much larger than Xuandu Temple, the most important thing is that there are no people in the fields, no, there are no people in the fields at ordinary times, today is Chongyang, there are people everywhere at the foot of the mountain, but there are not many people on the mountain.
Because the mountain is not short, it is quite big, and those who really come to climb the mountain will disperse as soon as they enter the mountain, so it seems that there are not many people.
On the contrary, at the foot of the mountain, there are many small vendors who come here to do business, almost blocking the road.
When Manbao's carriage reached the foot of the mountain, she got out of the carriage with a basket on her back first, and then turned around to help Mr. Zhuang down.
She looked at the lively crowd, "Where are Bai Shan and the others?"
"Let's go up the mountain," Mr. Zhuang said with a smile, "Qinghua Mountain is so big and there are so many entrances, so we may not meet each other, just let it happen."
Man Bao then asked, "Sir, where are your friends? Where are Mr. Chen and Mr. Jiang?"
Mr. Zhuang also shook his head and said with a smile: "I only made an appointment to meet you at the foot of Qinghua Mountain the day before yesterday, but today I came to have a look. There are so many people, it may be difficult to find them. Maybe they may not be there in the morning, so let's go up the mountain too." , can we meet, let’s go.”
Man Bao nodded, "I also think it's good to follow the fate."
So the master and apprentice greeted Liu Gui and went up the mountain, Man Bao and Liu Gui said: "You can park anywhere, you can go and play by yourself, when we go down the mountain, we will find you. If you can find the best, let it go if you can’t find it, and go home by yourself in the evening.”
Mr. Zhuang: ... He said that he went to the mountain to find someone to follow his fate, but he didn't say that he also went home to follow his fate.
But Man Bao was already standing at the foot of the mountain happily, pointed at the top of the mountain with two fingers and shouted vigorously: "Come on—let's go up the mountain!"
Mr. Zhuang shook his head, followed her and began to climb the mountain.
Qinghua Mountain is quite big, and there are several peaks in the past. The one they climbed is neither high nor short, and it is relatively gentle. Although Mr. Zhuang is not young, he has always paid attention to his health, and he has the love of Manbao. With the piercing little apprentice here, the body is naturally in better condition, so climbing the mountain is okay.
The two of them climbed for half an hour and stopped to rest for a while. Mr. Zhuang sat on the stone that his apprentice had found, while Man Bao was rummaging in the grass with her basket on his back. After a while, he came across a twig. Planed out an unknown grass.
She looked at the grass with joy, and tore off a big leaf from a small tree nearby, then wrapped the grass with the leaves and put it in the basket.
Seeing this, Mr. Zhuang shook his head. It seems that this little disciple's problem cannot be corrected in this lifetime.
Man Bao felt that the husband must have not rested for a while, so he waved to Mr. Zhuang and turned to go to the deeper woods. Keke was also very happy to scan the animals and plants nearby.