Zhou Lizhong met with Dr. Liu several times in private. Under the guidance of his sister-in-law, Bai Shan and his uncles, every time he went, he would send something to Dr. Liu, either flowers picked from the garden, or flowers from the garden. Some small things like hairpins and rings bought outside, or some food...
Physician Liu also occasionally returned gifts, because it was cold, she even made him a sleeve to warm his hands when he went out.
The relationship between the two quickly heated up, and the Liu family saw it, and agreed to the marriage immediately after Xiao Yuanzheng came to the door for the second time.
Xiao Yuanzheng was not very surprised, anyway, it was a marriage that was agreed in advance, there is not much difference between being reserved once and twice.
As soon as the Liu family agreed, the Zhou family chose a good day to bring Zhou Lizhong to formally propose marriage. At that time, Man Bao was still working in the palace.
Therefore, it was Xiao Yuan who was present, and Imperial Physician Liu and Lao Zhoutou made the decision for them.
The two sides exchanged Geng Tie and Ding Li, and the marriage was considered finalized.
Man Bao could only accept congratulations from everyone in the palace with Imperial Physician Liu. The next day when he went to the Imperial Medical Office for class and saw Dr. Liu again, she had a strange feeling. She was not only her apprentice at the moment, but also her Her niece and daughter-in-law are gone.
Zhou Liru was even more mischievous. When the two of them got along well, she would obediently call her Senior Sister.
Man Bao didn't care about their disputes, usually after class, he gave them a small lesson, assigned more homework than others, and then went back to the palace.
Same thing today.
At the gate of the palace, Man Bao jumped out of the carriage, picked up his book basket, and walked slowly towards the East Palace. When he finally entered the East Palace, he saw that it was busy inside, and many people were unloading things from the cart to deliver them inside.
She couldn't help but stop and look at it for a while.
Eunuch Wu, who was instructing people to move things, saw Man Bao, and immediately trotted forward to salute, "Doctor Zhou is back from class?"
Man Bao hurriedly bowed his hand to return the gift, and asked curiously, "Where did you get so many things?"
"His Royal Highness is back. These are New Year's goods that His Highness bought back from Jiangnan."
"Your Highness, be safe."
"Safe and safe," Eunuch Wu said with a smile, "It's just that I'm a little thinner than before going out, but fortunately I'm still energetic."
He smiled and said: "Your Highness just came back, so he must ask for Ping An's pulse. Originally, our family was also going to pick up Doctor Zhou, but it happened that you came back."
Man Bao smiled and said, "Then I'll take the book basket back first, and then come over with the medicine box."
Eunuch Wu responded with a smile.
Man Bao returned to the Chongwen Hall, put down his book basket and picked up the medicine box to see the prince.
The prince just came back from other places, usually in order to prevent acclimatization, he would have to see the doctor, please ask for a safe pulse.
Even Wei Zhi received grace, and I heard that Imperial Doctor Zheng was ordered to visit him.
The prince has indeed lost a lot of weight, but it has been more than a month since he has seen him, and he still has a beard, which made Man Bao look at him several times, and always felt that he was getting old.
Seeing her peeking again and again, the prince couldn't help but cast a glance at her, and asked disdainfully, "What are you looking at?"
Man Bao opened his mouth and said tactfully, "Your Highness, do you want to shave your beard?"
This change is too big.
The prince frowned, stretched out his hand to stroke his beard, and said somewhat complacently: "It's so easy to keep it alone, what's the point of shaving it off?"
Man Bao opened his mouth, you can't say that you look old and ugly with a beard, can you
It happened that the crown princess came over with the little emperor's grandson in her arms, and Man Bao said, "Aren't I afraid that the little emperor's grandson might not recognize you?"
The prince snorted and said, "It's a joke, how could Gu's son not know Gu?"
The Crown Princess also smiled and said yes, then she hugged the child and went forward, coaxing him: "Yingnu, who do you think this is? Is it the father?"
The prince also smiled at the little grandson, and reached out to touch his face.
Little Huangsun looked at his father, then turned to look at Man Bao, then reached out and talked to her, not knowing what he was talking about.
Seeing that the prince always reached out to touch him, and even scratched his face, he turned his head uncomfortably, seeing that he couldn't get rid of it, he glanced at his father, then simply closed his eyes and began to cry.
The prince was startled, and immediately withdrew his hand, and glanced at his fingers, "Did Gu hurt him?"
The concubine also hugged the child distressedly and coaxed him. Seeing that his cheeks were a little red, she couldn't help but glared at the prince.
The prince didn't take his pulse anymore, he took back his left hand from Zhou Man and went up to look at the little Huangsun. Seeing that his cheeks were indeed a little red, he looked down at his fingers, only to find that there were many calluses on his fingertips. left by martial arts.
And recently running around on the horse, pulling the reins has also worn out some cocoons.
The prince disliked the little emperor's grandson for being too delicate, but he couldn't help looking at Zhou Man anxiously.
Zhou Man also stepped forward to take a look, stretched out his hand to touch it, and said: "It's okay, just wash it with warm water, and it should be fine next time."
The princess took the child down and scrubbed it.
Man Bao said: "The child's skin is delicate, so it is easy to scratch, just pay attention to it in the future."
She motioned the prince to sit down and continue to feel his pulse.
The prince didn't have any minor ailments, such as overwork and lack of sleep, Man Bao didn't prescribe any medicine, but just prescribed some medicated diet for him, and told him to rest more.
The crown prince looked up at Eunuch Wu when she was prescribing the prescription. Eunuch Wu bowed and led the servants in the palace to retreat, then closed the door, and stood in front of the door to blow the cold wind.
When Man Bao finished writing the prescription, he looked up and found that there was no one there, so he couldn't help but look at the prince.
The prince asked: "Gu heard that the emperor's grandmother is not in good health?"
Man Bao thought for a while and nodded, "It's much better now, but I'm still taking medicine."
Now Man Bao has received a new task. Every two days, he has to take the pulse of the Queen Mother and give her acupuncture treatment. Occasionally, she will bring Dr. Liu along to let her do it.
Although Xiao Yuanzheng had agreed to let Dr. Liu take the pulse herself, and the Queen Mother didn't mind the person who got the needle, but Zhou Man must come to determine the acupuncture method.
She estimated that in the next six months, or even longer, she would give the Empress Dowager a pulse and acupuncture method, and occasionally give acupuncture until...
The prince asked: "How is the imperial grandmother's condition?"
Man Bao hesitated for a moment. Under the prince's piercing eyes, she couldn't help thinking. Speaking of which, the prince is also a family member. Anyway, what he asked was not about the emperor's physical condition, so she hesitated and said, "Not very good."
The prince was already mentally prepared, because as soon as he came back, the princess told him quietly that the queen mother was coughing up blood.
The prince pursed his lips and asked, "Can't it be cured?"
Man Bao shook her head. There were some things she couldn't tell the emperor directly, but she was less concerned about the prince. She said, "The empress dowager has been ill for too long."
Since the beginning of winter last year, her health has not been very good. She has been taking medicine intermittently this year. It seems that the evil wind has entered the body and caused the cough, but in fact, her body has reached its limit and is at the end of its strength. .
She just didn't want to die, that's why she survived until now.
Man Bao said: "If the weather is fine, she may still be able to watch the little emperor's grandson catch the week."
She didn't say what would happen, but the prince already understood.