Man Bao took out his hand, and wiped the mud on the mud very thoughtfully to make it smoother.
She pulled out her hand, looked down at the already turbid stone jar, turned her head and smiled at Mingda, "Wait a while for the mud to settle, and the water will be clear."
Mingda tiptoed to look, but he could only see a little bit of water on the top, which looked very muddy.
Man Bao jumped off the stool, took down the pile of stools, and gave her one.
Mingda also stepped on the stool, only then did he see that the water was not as muddy as usual.
She was worried, "Can the water really be cleared? Do I need to change the water?"
"No need," Man Bao said confidently, "When we were young, we went to play by the river. There was a lot of mud and sand in the river. If you step on it and play with it, it would become muddy. After you come out and wait for a while, the water will be clear."
She said: "The sand is heavy, as long as there is enough time, they will always settle down."
Man Bao put down her sleeves, only to realize that she was too close to the stone jar just now, and her clothes were already a little wet, so she thought for a while, then simply wiped her wet hands on her skirt, wiped them dry, and rubbed her hands together, After rubbing his hands to warm them up, he said, "Let's go over there and have a look."
The emperor, who had been silent all this time, coughed lightly.
The two people who were still standing on the stool turned their heads to look to the left. The emperor asked with a straight face, "Mingda, what are you doing?"
Princess Mingda happily jumped off the stool, returned the tuber to Man Bao, and went straight to the emperor, "Father, why are you here?"
As soon as Ming Da rushed forward, the emperor couldn't hold back his face anymore. He couldn't help showing a smile, he held her hand and said, "Master and Prince Feng, they came to relax, and saw you two mischievous here."
Man Bao had already stepped aside to salute, "See Your Majesty."
The emperor waved her to get up, and asked with a smile, "Zhou Man, why did you dig up my lotus?"
Man Bao: ...
She glanced at the tuber in her hand, and said hesitantly, "Shall I plant it for you again?"
Now it was the emperor's turn to be speechless.
Mingda shook the emperor's hand and said coquettishly, "Father, I want to give it to Zhou Man."
The emperor nodded her nose and said: "The spring is cold, the water is still freezing at this moment, how can you touch the water?"
"I didn't touch it, Zhou Man did it."
The emperor turned his head and said to Zhou Man: "I have also heard that you are good at growing flowers and plants. Since you like it, I will reward you with a vat."
Gu Zhong on the side took note of it, and asked someone to send a vat of lotus to Zhou Man later.
Man Bao quickly thanked him.
Only then did the emperor lead everyone down the corridor, and walked to the side of the stone vat to look at it. When he saw the stone vat, which was still turbid, but the mud was up and down, he shook his head and smiled, and said, "This lotus has suffered a great crime, so let's leave it alone." Let’s go, choose a better tank and send it to her.”
Gu Zhong agreed.
The emperor looked at the lotus in the vat and thought of something. After a long silence, he suddenly turned his head and asked Zhou Man, "If you break the lotus tuber into two and leave only a little bit for the lotus, can it still live? "
Man Bao was taken aback for a moment, and knew that he had watched it a long time ago. After all, it was someone else's flower. She was a little embarrassed, "Can you..."
She was thinking of good words, "Not only is the lotus out of the mud, it is also very strong. I think, as long as we don't interfere with it in the future, it will come back to life by itself, and maybe it will grow even better. Woolen cloth."
The soaking liquid is buried next to the tuber. As long as no one thinks about changing the water and mud, she can guarantee that it will be a vibrant lotus again in one night.
But the emperor stared at the limp lotus in the stone vat and pondered, "Won't you intervene?"
Man Bao nodded again and again, and also saw that the lotus branches and leaves in the stone jar were a little wilted because of their too much strength just now, she immediately said: "This is only temporary, as long as you don't move it, it will be fine in a day or two, say Maybe the longer the better."
The emperor thought for a while, then nodded with a smile, "Okay, then I will wait for two days to see."
The prince standing behind lowered his eyes and glanced at the lotus in the stone jar.
Feng Shangshu, Yin Li and others looked at each other and stopped fighting.
That's right, they were quarreling in the study just now, and they almost got into a fight in front of the emperor.
Last night a thief visited the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and then the Ministry of Criminal Justice did not catch the thief, but was caught by the Jingzhao Mansion.
Feng Shangshu lost face, and he was upset all morning, but because Tang He persuaded him, he also felt that the Ministry of Punishment was too negligent, so he held back his anger.
As a result, after going to court, not only Yushi impeached him, but even Dali Temple came to join in the fun, stripped his lining, and put his face on the ground and stepped on it, so Feng Shangshu couldn't help arguing with others, and by the way, Yin Yin Li Ge was dragged in to make the water more cloudy.
In addition, the prince had published a new self-examination book, so everyone changed positions and quarreled in the study.
The prince has never been gentle, not only joined, but also stoked the fire. Before they came, Feng Shangshu and the others were arguing so hard that their faces were red and their necks were thick, and they almost got into a fight in front of the emperor.
What Zhou Man said may have been unintentional, but it was exactly what the prince meant. The life and death of this vat of lotus is now of great importance.
Man Bao and Ming Da didn't know anything about this, seeing the serious faces of the emperor and his officials, they felt that they were not fun at all, so they took the opportunity to say goodbye and slipped away quietly.
Slipping back to the imperial garden, Changyu and the others had already arrived, even Princess Yunfeng, who was sitting alone with a sullen face.
She had a quarrel with Changyu just now, of course, it was she who quarreled with Changyu, Changyu didn't quarrel with her.
The queen had already told them that she would not ask them to conflict with Yunfeng.
Her nanny told her in private, "It's different now. Before you quarreled with Princess Yunfeng, she was backed by the queen mother, and you were also surrounded by the queen. No matter how fierce the quarrel is, it's okay. But now you quarrel with her again. If it spreads, people will think that you are bullying her."
The mother said: "The princess has reached her age, and she will choose a son-in-law in the next two years. Now she is a tile, but you are jade. Why bother to touch the tile with jade?"
Changyu felt that what she said was right, so Princess Yunfeng was the one who found fault, and she didn't quarrel with her even when she was angry.
The girls invited by Changyu and Mingda were not all their friends, at least they were decent on the surface, and they didn't like to play with Yunfeng, so they ignored her.
The little girls can get together to talk and play if they like, but the princess can't, so she sat next to Princess Yunfeng and talked to her with a smile.
As a result, she only opened her mouth to say a few words, and Man Bao and Ming Da came back holding hands. When Princess Yunfeng saw it, her face darkened, she gave Zhou Man a hard look, and then got up and left without even talking to the prince. The concubine resigned.
The Crown Princess's face was slightly gloomy, but she put on a smile again for a moment, and waved to Ming Da Manbao who ran over, and asked with a smile, "Look at you, your clothes are covered with mud, where did you go?"