Excitedly and proudly, Changyu and Mingda showed half a jar of ointment to the empress, "Father, empress, this is the rouge we made."
The emperor looked at the contents of the jar and praised loudly without pausing: "Good! Our daughter can make rouge."
Even if the emperor didn't use it, he had seen the empress and other concubines use it, so he naturally knew what kind of rouge it was, so he felt that the rouge made by his daughters was broken.
But seeing their happy faces, he obviously didn't know it, and the emperor didn't want to hit them, so he praised them vigorously, then turned around and asked Gu Zhong to pick some good rouge for the two princesses.
The emperor took their hands and said with a smile: "It's not easy for your mother to raise you, so let your mother use the rouge I made with my own hands. You can use what I gave you."
Changyu and Mingda agreed without much hesitation, and stuffed the rouge jar into their mother's arms, thinking it was for her.
Queen: ...
She looked down at..."Rouge" in her arms, and was speechless for a while.
Even if she is well-informed, she has never seen this color of rouge.
After glancing at the emperor, the queen handed the "rouge" in her arms to Aunt Shang, and thanked them for their filial piety with a smile.
The couple talked with the two little girls for a while, and then they left with "Rouge" in their reluctant eyes.
Back in the main hall, the emperor squeezed the empress's hand flatteringly, and said to Aunt Shang: "Put away this rouge, Zitong, how about I take a trip out of the palace and buy you a good rouge myself?"
The queen withdrew her hand from his, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I am not so stingy, this is the children's filial piety, let's keep it."
The emperor pulled his hand back again, and said with a smile: "The two children were struggling to make it, and I don't know what to add. The color doesn't look good. For filial piety, we just know it and don't need to use it. I don't think so. I'm afraid they don't know the depth, what if I use up my face?"
Only then did the queen give him a good face, and said angrily: "The people around them are not ignorant, how can they let them use it?"
Aunt Shang interjected in a timely manner: "Master Zhou brought the prescription, and the three of them made it together. The people around Princess Mingda just dug up some and sent them to the imperial hospital. Let the imperial doctors help to see if they can be used." .”
The emperor asked, "What do the imperial physicians say?"
"She hasn't come back yet." Aunt Shang bowed and said, "I waited for her to come back, and this servant asked her to come and report back."
The emperor nodded, and then said to the queen: "Mingda and Changyu have been playing crazy these days because of Zhou Man's taking care of them. You should also take care of it. Girls should still focus on chastity."
The queen said: "It's really rare that His Majesty would say such a thing."
The emperor froze for a moment, only to realize that he had slapped himself in the face.
In the past, Changyu and Mingda were mischievous, and he was the one who pampered and the queen took care of. Every time the queen wanted to be cruel, the emperor would say, "My daughter, it's normal to be more cheerful, and there's nothing wrong with being lively." Okay, why do we have to ask them to be chaste and gentle?"
The emperor felt a little uncomfortable, feeling that he was either angry with Zhou Man or worried about the matter of Shengzhou.
He found a reason for himself, "Zhou Man, you are too dishonest. You have promised not to write medical records, but you have kept your word. Don't let the two children play too closely with her."
The Queen smiled and said, "But His Majesty didn't ask her about her crimes, obviously she knew that what she did was right."
She smiled and said: "There is nothing wrong with following the rules. I am trying to teach my two children how to behave, so let's start with this one."
The emperor didn't expect that at the end of the day, he would have to become a textbook for his two daughters, which was still the opposite, so he stopped talking.
Seeing that he was silent, the queen felt relieved.
The court lady who went to ask the imperial doctor came back quickly, she lowered her head and said: "The imperial doctor said that this is not rouge, but facial fat, which is used to treat dry and cracked faces in winter, and belongs to ointment. But after the imperial doctors read the prescription It is said that Little Doctor Zhou has omitted some medicinal materials, so it is fine for the princesses to use daily."
What the maid didn't dare to say was that the two imperial physicians studied it and said: "It's okay to paste all the bletilla striata on the face, right? Just use it."
"Princess Mingda and Princess Changyu have swollen faces, or have malignant sores? Why did you use this prescription to make ointment? Actually, it is still not as good as using Baiji powder. Why doesn't Master Zhou prescribe Baiji powder?"
The maid didn't tell the masters about these discussions, she knew what the masters wanted to hear, as long as she knew that the ointment would work.
The emperor didn't take it too seriously, and laughed with the queen: "Since it can be used, the queen can use it, but the color is really ugly. Didn't Zhou Man say that he would take them to make rouge? How to make it into ointment? Sure enough. Doctor, everything can be made into medicine in the end."
The queen was thoughtful, so she stretched out her hand and rubbed a piece on the back of her hand. The light purple ointment melted away. After wiping, there was nothing left on the back of her hand, and naturally it lost its color.
The emperor also saw it, shook his head, and decided that the rouge was spoiled.
Man Bao, who ran back to the East Palace with the rouge in his arms, showed off happily to Bai Shan: "I saw the prescription in the library some time ago, and only then did I know that there are special prescriptions for chapped hands and feet, and there are even doctors who can do it." Not spring and summer, I will rub ointment on my hands to prevent chapping in autumn and winter."
Bai Shan took the wooden jar and asked, "But we don't need it right now, it's still far away from winter."
Man Bao said: "This is for my mother and my elder sister-in-law. They have cuts in their hands all the year round. Aren't Bai Er and Brother Bai going to deliver letters home in the next ten days? I'll let them take them back when the time comes."
Bai Shan nodded, returned it to her, and then asked: "You gave it to your sister-in-law, but wouldn't the second sister-in-law and third sister-in-law not give it back? After all, sending things back from thousands of miles..."
Man Bao was taken aback, scratched his head, and said: "Princess Mingda and I just made one pot, wouldn't it be bad if we dig two more small wooden pots?"
Bai Shan was curious, "Can't you do it yourself?"
"Yes, yes, but the rest period is only two days, and some medicinal materials are quite expensive, at least lily petals are needed..."
This thing is not cheap.
Bai Shan then seriously thought about it for her, "Then you can figure out another prescription, and go to Princess Mingda and the others to make another one. Don't you all have prescriptions with similar effects but with some differences?"
Man Bao's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help giving him a thumbs up, "Your idea is good, then I'll think about it, I remember that there were two prescriptions in the back of the medical book, but those two prescriptions were It’s for acne, last time I saw Brother Liu had one on his forehead, and I can let him try it first.”
Bai Shan: "Is he alright?"
"It's okay, he is often in the kitchen, and he will definitely grow again."
Bai Shan didn't know why, but suddenly felt sympathetic to brother Saturday.