While maintaining the speed of the horse, Man Bao controlled the direction, lowered his head and asked Eunuch Wu, "The prince knows that I am going to Beijing today?"
Eunuch Wu smiled and said: "You said you would go for a month, and our family will only arrive in the capital in one or two days, so we have been waiting at the gate tower since yesterday. Oh, little doctor Zhou, we want to Don't stop to talk? This car has to avoid people, and accidentally hit it."
Man Bao reined in his horse and looked around, Bai Shan pointed to the front with his whip and said, "Go there, let's stop at the entrance of the alley."
There were few people there, and in Bai Shan's memory, that alley seemed to be a dead-end alley, and there was no traffic in it, so there was no one there.
A group of people stepped forward, and the three of Man Bao jumped off the horse, and the three of them also jumped off with the hands of the guards. They looked very curiously at Eunuch Wu who got off the front car.
When Eunuch Wu got out of the car, he saluted the three of Man Bao first, and then said: "Young doctor Zhou, you see that you have also entered Beijing, why don't you go into the palace to meet His Highness?"
Man Bao looked down at the clothes on his body and said: "It's dusty, I haven't washed or changed clothes, it's too rude."
She said, "Why don't we talk about it when I go home and change my clothes?"
Eunuch Wu looked embarrassed: "This..."
Bai Shan had already found out his own money bag, without looking at the money inside, he directly stuffed it into Eunuch Wu's hand, and asked, "Eunuch, but what happened to Your Highness?"
"Oh, I dare not say that," Eunuch Wu pushed the purse back, and said in a low voice, "Little Doctor Zhou is kind to our family, so you can buy snacks with this purse."
He hesitated for a moment, but lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness, he drank the wrong wine not long ago..."
Man Bao looked puzzled, "What do you mean by drinking the wrong wine?"
Eunuch Wu said vaguely: "Mr. Zhou will know when he enters the palace. For this matter, during the Chinese New Year, His Majesty killed several people. Prince Gong didn't even spend the seventh day in the capital, so he was sent back to Luozhou directly. .”
Prince Gong is the third prince. After he came out of Beijing, everyone habitually called him Prince Gong.
Man Bao was confused, but looked at the clothes on his body, and said: "I still have to wash up, we have been on the road for nine days, and we haven't washed much."
Eunuch Wu didn't stop him anymore, he just smiled and said: "Then our family will accompany you back?"
"good."
Originally, I wanted to take a stroll along the street, and I bought some food by the way, so I had to go back to Changqing Lane honestly.
The porter who stayed in Changqing Lane opened the door and saw them, and immediately shouted happily, while opening the threshold to let them in, he said: "I think the young masters will only arrive in these two days, and they are still with the young masters and young ladies of the Zhou family. We discussed going to guard the city gate tomorrow, but I didn't expect the young masters to arrive today."
Bai Shan handed the horse over to him, and said: "Go to Erliu Lane and let me know that grandma and the others are entering the city now, please tidy up the yard quickly, they will put the car in later, and boil the water for the old lady and Ma'am's room is ready..."
Man Bao had already led Santou and the others into the house, pointed to her room and said to Sanya: "This is my room, that's Erya's, you choose one to live in first, the third, the fourth, You rest in the fourth brother's room, and then figure out where to live later."
She ran to the kitchen, just bumped into Aunt Rong who heard the noise and wanted to run out to have a look, Man Bao grabbed her, "Aunt Rong, I want to wash up, is there any hot water?"
"No," Aunt Rong said, "I'll go burn it right away, Miss Man, why don't you send a letter in advance when you come back, so we can pick you up."
"I'm afraid the delivery is not as fast as ours." Man Bao shook her arm and said, "I have to go to the palace immediately to see a doctor for the prince, and I will give you a red envelope when I come back."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Rong immediately said: "That's an urgent matter. You go back to the house to find some clothes. I'm just about to make lunch. The stove is hot, just pour water on it and it will boil."
Man Bao agreed, and happily went back to the house to find clothes.
Bai Shan arranged for someone to notify Erliu Lane and the restaurant, and rolled up his sleeves to tidy up the yard so that the car could be parked.
He went to the guest room to take a look, and was about to ask Brother Xiang Mingxue, but found that there was no one at home who could ask.
Seeing that they were all busy, Bai Erlang could only invite Eunuch Wu to sit down in the main room. He touched the teacup and found that it was empty, and the teapot was also clean, without a drop of water.
Sanya walked in with a straight face, without looking sideways, took the teapot from him nervously, turned and went out, and ran to the kitchen as soon as she got out.
The third and fourth heads have also rolled up their sleeves and started working, especially in the kitchen.
Because of the Chinese New Year, there were few people in the house, so Aunt Rong asked two helpers to go home for the Chinese New Year. After a while, so many people came back for lunch, but there was rice and noodles at home, but not much food.
So after the cook lit the fire, she began to arrange guards to go to the street to buy meat and vegetables, while Santou and the others took a few cabbages from the cellar, chose vegetables according to the existing vegetables, and washed rice for cooking.
Eunuch Wu didn't even have a glass of water, so he couldn't sit still, so he walked in the yard with his hands behind his back, looking at the bustling yard, feeling a little dazed for a while.
Seeing that Bai Shan was still carrying a few flowerpots to the garden by himself, he turned his head and asked Bai Erlang, "You guys still do the work yourself?"
Bai Erlang said as a matter of course: "We just came back to clean up, otherwise the carriage will be very busy when we get back."
After the hot water has been boiled, Man Bao really wants to wash her hair, but on this day, it’s obvious that her hair won’t dry in a short time after washing, and she doesn’t dare to risk the cold wind with her hair wet, so she just washes and changes her hair. After getting a set of clothes, he went out.
She said to Mr. Wu empty-handed: "My medicine box is still outside the city."
Eunuch Wu immediately said, "These things are available in the palace, as long as Mr. Zhou comes into the palace with our family."
Bai Shan, who has been busy all this time, also stood beside Man Bao at some point, he was a little worried, "Shall I take you there?"
Man Bao was already used to entering the palace, and after getting along with him a few times, she felt that the prince was not so unreasonable, so she shook her head and said, "Forget it, you can stay at home, Mr. Liu and Grandma Liu will be back in a while."
Bai Shan could only send them out, watched them get into the car and leave.
Santou also stood beside Bai Shan, and asked after the car had gone far, "Little uncle, is it dangerous to enter the palace?"
Bai Shan was so frightened by this "little uncle", his ears turned red, he swallowed and said, "Yes, it's okay, I don't know what news happened in the palace , so I'm a little worried."
Santou breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and waved his hands: "Don't worry, if you try your luck, sister-in-law's luck has always been very good."
Bai Shan nodded, and was about to turn around and go back to the house with Santou when he saw Xiang Mingxue walking slowly from the other side of the alley with a cane on his back, and he saw Bai Shan asked in surprise, "Are you back?"
Bai Shan immediately stepped forward to support his other side, helped him into the house with Xiang Chao, and asked, "Do you know what happened to the prince during the Chinese New Year?"