The queen mother looked up at her, but only saw the black hair on top of her head. Although her eyes were not very good, she still vaguely remembered that she raised her head slightly when she knelt down.
She snorted coldly in her heart, but felt obedient.
She also didn't want to talk too much with Zhou Man, she didn't want to talk to her in the first place, she guessed that there was enough time, so she waved her hand and said: "You will serve the prince carefully in the future, and heal the prince's illness. Naturally, there are benefits for you."
Man Bao responded respectfully.
The queen mother closed her eyes slightly and said, "Back off."
The maid behind her said loudly: "Appreciate—"
Man Bao couldn't understand the meaning of these words for a while, and when he left the palace carrying the medicine box and saw the things held in the hands of many maids and eunuchs, he realized that it was a reward for her.
Man Bao once thought that this thing was poisoned.
Confused, she walked out of the palace with the palace staff and reward team.
The place where the queen mother lived was too far away, and it took a long time to walk to the gate of the palace. Man Bao carried a heavy medicine box back and forth, and his hands were almost sore.
A group of people walked out of the Empress Dowager's palace in a mighty manner. The anxious prince who was in the empress's palace turned his head to look at the empress in surprise.
The queen had expected it, put down the teacup and said with a smile: "How about it, I said that your imperial grandmother will not make things difficult for her, right?"
The concubine hurriedly saluted and apologized on behalf of the prince, "It's the sons and ministers who misunderstood the emperor's grandmother."
The queen took her hand and said with a smile: "The queen mother is also the mother of the country and Da Lang's grandmother. She also loves Da Lang very much, so naturally she will not do anything to embarrass him."
She glanced at the prince sitting beside her, teaching him as well as the princess, "As the mother of the country, you should put the overall situation first. It is the nature of a mother and child for the queen mother to love the king of Yizhou, but it is good for the country and the people to treat Zhou Man well. It is rational to act in court."
"In the face of the country and the overall situation, personal grievances are not worth mentioning."
The prince didn't know if he heard it or not, but the princess was shocked, and she bowed thoughtfully and agreed.
Seeing that she understood, the queen smiled with satisfaction. She turned to look at Aunt Shang and said, "Reward me and Your Majesty's things as well, and send them to Changqing Lane yourself."
Aunt Shang bowed her head in response, bowed and left.
After they left, the queen said to the prince and princess: "It's right for you to treat Zhou Man coldly during this time, it's not good for you to express your love for her in front of outsiders, in the future we will be elders in such things, It’s also good to deter those ghosts and ghosts.”
Prince: ...
The crown princess was also speechless, not daring to let the queen notice their original intention, so she quickly responded.
The queen nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, you guys go back. Your Majesty will hand over this matter to Jing Zhaoyin for investigation. I think there will be news soon."
Instead of handing it over to Feng Shangshu, it was handed over to Yin Li. Obviously this time the emperor wanted to investigate thoroughly.
The prince had no expression on his face, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He said goodbye with the princess and left.
The princess raised her head and saw the prince's gloomy face, so she knew that he was still angry, so she quickly walked a few steps to follow him, reached out to hold his hand, and said softly: "Your Highness, do we want to go and see the imperial grandmother?"
The queen mother endured her disgust to summon Zhou Man, and rewarded her so many things, of course not because she liked her, but to support the prince, expressing her attitude and even the upper echelons of the royal family.
Even she, who hates Zhou Man so much, has to back off before the prince's heir. Whoever dares to trouble Zhou Man in the future will be against the entire royal family.
The prince thought for a while and then nodded, "Go."
The queen mother was not in good health, she became sleepy after seeing Zhou Man, and was about to lie down to rest, when she heard that the prince and his wife had arrived, she couldn't help but smiled and asked people to let her in.
Seeing that the prince's complexion was not very good, she patted his hand to comfort him: "Don't worry, you Aye is also angry this time, no matter who is behind it, he probably won't let it go easily."
The queen mother wanted to say something, but she couldn't speak, she paused and then sighed: "You are a good boy, if you have nothing to do, go visit your mother more and listen to what she has to say."
There has been some tension between the prince and the emperor and his son, so she has a better relationship with the queen. In fact, she still hopes that he and the third prince can live in peace. They are both her grandsons. The queen mother sighed faintly, feeling too hurt to speak.
For such a position, from the previous dynasty to the present, there has been no peace.
The queen mother was so tired that she didn't want to talk immediately, so she waved her hand to let them go back to rest.
The prince and princess hurriedly bowed and left.
Man Bao was escorted out of the palace in a mighty manner, just returned to Changqing Lane, the Empress Dowager's gift had just moved in, before she had time to sit down and have a sip of tea, Aunt Shang came again with the emperor's and queen's rewards.
There are more people coming this time, and there is still Yizhi.
Mr. Zhuang hurriedly led the family to kneel and listen to the reward for a while, and after sending them away, everyone looked at the gift boxes in the yard together in silence.
This time the emperor's rewards were much more generous, not only cloth, porcelain, but also spices, gems, and medicinal materials.
Among them was a box of spices, which was pungent when opened. Others didn’t know the goods, but Man Bao was a doctor, and Mr. Zhuang was also well-informed. Change to a small house."
Xiang Chaowenyan, who just got up, was so surprised that he almost knelt down again. He widened his eyes to look at the things in the box, and found that he hadn't seen them before, so he asked curiously, "What's the use of this thing?"
Man Bao said: "Pepper is a very expensive spice. I have seen it from the shopkeeper Zheng Da. It is said that he bought it from a Hu merchant. One tael of pepper is one tael of gold. It can be used as medicine, or you can carry it with you."
Man Bao was very surprised. How could the emperor and empress reward her with such a precious thing? This spice can only be imported from the Western Regions. I heard that Hu merchants have to go through Tubo, Niboluo, and Tianzhu to buy this kind of thing.
I don't know how many hands it takes to transport it to the capital, so this kind of spice has always been very precious.
Man Bao only saw it when she was sitting in the pharmacy, but the shopkeeper Zheng Da was also very careful, even more careful than the ginseng and ganoderma. He only showed her a look and smelled it, and she didn't even touch it if she wanted to.
Thinking of this, Man Bao reached out and took one out of the box, squeezed it, put it under his nose and smelled it, and almost sneezed.
Xiang Chao asked curiously: "Why did the emperor and empress reward you so much suddenly? You cured the prince's illness?"
Almost, but you can't tell him that, so Man Bao said: "Not yet."
Mr. Zhuang glanced at her. There were not many people in the family at this time, and they were the only ones here. After thinking about it, he still didn't ask her.
The child is grown up, it is not good to interfere too much.
Keke, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Record one."
Man Bao pinched that one in the palm of his hand.