Although the words of Wei Zhi and Mr. Tang were very unpleasant, and the emperor didn't like to hear them, he still listened to them. He was really afraid that the farmers would change their fields into melon fields because of the heavy profits of melons this year.
Therefore, the county magistrates of Chang'an County and Wannian County were specially summoned, and asked them to do a good job of persuading farmers and mulberry this year, and to pay close attention to the grain planting of major villages next year, and not to allow the rich and powerful to take the lead in improving the fields into melon fields.
It was also because he was so busy that the emperor didn't think about settling accounts with Zhou Man at first, and he forgot about it when he was free.
But Man Bao didn't know, she had been quietly avoiding the emperor, she didn't even go to give the emperor acupuncture and moxibustion in person, but taught Xiao Yuanzheng carefully, and then let Xiao Yuanzheng leave her alone .
Xiao Yuan was eager to learn more about acupuncture and moxibustion from her, so he followed Man Bao to the Piandian, found two servants who had a bad stomach and had two needles, and after confirming that there was no problem, he stood against the emperor without hesitation. The cold air went to give the emperor an injection.
Because someone went to take it on his own behalf, although Man Bao hid from the emperor, he still ran to Daming Palace every day. Occasionally, he had ample time. Condition the body.
At the beginning, Man Bao gave Princess Mingda an injection when he didn't even have a pulse case. Mingda's maids and maids wanted to stop her, but found that the princess's appetite did improve after the injection, and she would sleep more peacefully at night. , then turned a blind eye and let it go.
Forget it, anyway, Zhou Man will never harm the princess, and she seldom goes to court for giving the queen an injection.
Your Majesty's harem is a bit different from others', not to mention far away, even the late emperor's harem would inevitably be framed.
Today there are very few.
Even if there is jealousy, it will never harm the heirs. The empress takes good care of the harem.
It is precisely because of the relaxed environment that Man Bao can give Ming Da an injection so freely.
When she saw them applying rouge on their faces, Man Bao also expressed interest that she found some rouge prescriptions while reading medical books in Chongwen Museum, which looked very good.
Planning to play with Mingda Changyu.
The old nanny who looked at Mingda listened to these words, and thought to herself: If this was in the former dynasty or the first emperor, they would not dare to let the princesses touch such medicinal materials and use such rouge, who knows what is hidden in this matter? What about the scourge
For now, they can play if they want.
So, the old mother watched Man Bao and the two princesses go to the Hetai Hospital to get a lot of medicinal materials, and then went to the small kitchen for a while, and felt that the kitchen was smelly, so the three of them squatted in the corridor together and lit a fire. make up.
Man Bao couldn't quite understand them. While weighing the medicinal materials with a small scale, he asked, "What's the smell in the kitchen? I went in and walked around, and it's obviously quite fragrant."
There is still broth hanging on the stove, and it is said that noodles are to be cooked at night.
But this is for the princesses, and Man Bao can't eat any more. She has to go back to the Chongwen Hall from here before dinner, or the East Palace will be locked when the sun goes down.
Chang Yu said: "The chicken was killed in the kitchen, didn't you smell that bloody smell?"
Man Bao thought for a while, then shook his head, "Human blood seems to be bloodier than chicken blood."
There was no way to answer this question, so Chang Yu simply didn't answer it.
Man Bao sorted the medicinal materials that had been weighed, and Ming Da and Chang Yu sat in front of a small table to pound the medicinal materials, and their personal maid squatted in front of the stove to light the fire.
They expressed doubts about the abilities of Zhou Man and the two princesses. They had never heard that rouge was made of medicinal materials. Shouldn't rouge be made of flowers
Mingda and Changyu can only sit and have people put on makeup. Now they are still young, they only put on flower tints, or painted forehead yellow, not even enough powder, but the ladies in the palace often messed with their faces, rouge and so on. I didn't buy less.
I bought a lot, so I naturally know how this rouge is made. To put it bluntly, isn’t it made of red and blue flowers
A good rouge will add other flowers to it to make it better in color and aroma. How can it be made of medicinal materials
Man Bao was very confident. He brought Ming Da and Chang Yu to pound and cook medicinal materials. It took three days of hard work. Just when the queen couldn't help but ask, Man Bao asked Chang Yu to come from the imperial court. Get a piece of suet.
Not to mention the maids, even the old mothers were stunned, and then they watched Man Bao melt the sheep oil and mix it with the light purple "rouge" they had made for three days, the color of the "rouge" was already light It's lighter.
After reconciliation, Manbao put it in the ice basin aside to freeze it, and stared at it from morning to afternoon, and when the jar was opened again, the inside solidified, and the color was light, probably because it was not well-distributed, and some were light purple , some are milky white.
After smelling it, Man Bao felt that it was not bad, so he became proud and let Chang Yu and Ming Da hear it.
They both smelled it and nodded, "It smells good, but is it rouge?"
Although they have never used rouge, they have seen people use it, okay
Mingda hesitated, "Is this ointment?"
Man Bao said: "Didn't you say that rouge is what makes people look good? This can make people look good. Naturally, it is rouge."
Man Bao showed them the prescription he copied down, "Nuo, it's written on it, it's called Run Rouge."
Changyu and Mingda didn't doubt anymore, but looked at the rouge in the jar together and asked, "Then this can be used?"
"Okay."
Man Bao picked some up with her fingertips and rubbed it in the palm of her hand, then wiped it on her face, and finally the back of her hand. She looked at the back of her hand, nodded and said, "It's really good."
Man Bao immediately ran to open the medicine box, took out three small wooden jars, and said to Ming Da Changyu, "I want to dig some."
They made quite a lot, one big jar, although Manbao brought three wooden jars, but they were not big, so the two of them nodded without being stingy at all, and asked her to dig out three small jars and leave.
Man Bao happily carried the medicine box back to the Eastern Palace. When she walked forward, the emperor and empress arrived. As soon as she entered the side hall of the daughters, the emperor looked around and asked, "Where is Zhou Man?"
Changyu was still studying the rouge with Mingda, and rushed out immediately when he heard the emperor's voice, "Father, queen, come quickly, we have made something good."
The emperor said: "I came to see if you burned down the side hall. For three days in a row, I saw smoke coming out of this side."
Mingda ran forward and hugged his mother's arm, and asked with a smile, "Then why did you come here to ask now?"
Of course it was because there was no time.
Recently, the upper reaches of the Yellow River have been frozen, and there is still a lot of water falling. The governor of Shengzhou is now rushing to report the crisis of the Yellow River.
The matter that the emperor ate too much melon was nothing. Wei Zhi was already calculating the relief money to be paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs this year, and it would be sent to Shengzhou in a few days.
The Ministry of Industry was also there, and it was better not to let the Yellow River burst its embankment.
The regulations were all set today, and it was rare for the emperor to get off work on time. It happened that there was no smoke in the side hall today, so he curiously asked the queen to come and have a look.