The queen mother called lightly: "Zhou Man."
Man Bao was stunned for a moment and then stepped forward.
The maid of honor had already opened the box, the Empress Dowager said: "You are a good boy, originally this thing should be rewarded to you later, but since you are here today, you should take it together."
At a glance, Man Bao saw that there seemed to be several books under the box, and two large boxes on top, and he didn't know what was inside.
The emperor glanced at it, but couldn't see what was in the box, so he couldn't help asking, "What did the queen mother reward her?"
The Empress Dowager said with a slight smile: "There are a few books about medical classics in the storeroom. Those books are useless to keep at home, and it is also a waste for you. She is dedicated to learning, and learning medical skills is good for the country and the people. So Aijia asked someone to find it and give it to her."
Man Bao's eyes were bright, and he knelt down sincerely, "Thank you for your reward."
The queen mother looked at the other two big boxes.
The grand lady carefully took them out and opened one of them.
The queen mother looked reluctant, "This is the portrait of Lao Tzu beaten by the Ai family. I wanted to enshrine it myself, but it was too late. You also worship Lao Tzu, so I will give it to you."
Everyone: ...
Man Bao raised his head to look, and saw that the maid of honor carefully took out a statue of Lao Tzu whose body was mainly white with some yellow dots in it.
Perhaps it is for health, so besides the dust whisk, I also hold a medicine gourd in my hand, and the medicine gourd is yellow.
Other than that, only the lips and cheeks are a little red. I don't know if it was fired or embellished later, but it looks very good-looking, even better than the Laozi statues made of black jade, white jade and sapphire that they usually see. nice.
Man Bao was stunned and asked, "Is this porcelain?"
The queen mother stretched out her hand to gently touch the statue of Lao Tzu, "That's right, it was fired in a criminal kiln. Of the three statues of Lao Tzu sent here, this one is the best. The rest of the mourners are broken, and only this one is left." One."
The emperor only thought that his mother was reckless. He remembered that some time ago, he heard that the queen mother had someone go to Xingzhou to have a statue of Lao Tzu burned.
I heard that the criminal kiln was working day and night, and a lot of things were broken, so it was firing these things
By the way, who did the Queen Mother give to that kiln in Xingzhou
His eyes slid over the booklets in the hands of several children.
The Empress Dowager just looked at it, and motioned for the lady-in-waiting to close the box, and opened the other one.
The other one is a Buddha statue carved out of jade. It is not only lustrous, but it can even smell a faint scent of sandalwood. After more than 30 years, incense is burned every day, wiped every day, and I dare not neglect."
Her eyes fell on Zhou Man, and her eyes were a little blurred, "Aijia thinks you are a very spiritual person, so I will give you this statue of Lao Tzu and a statue of Buddha. I hope you can pray for peace in the world."
The world is peaceful, so her children and grandchildren must be safe and healthy.
Man Bao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that, it's better to let her become a monk.
Man Bao nodded repeatedly, knelt down and thanked the Queen Mother for the reward.
But the emperor didn't know what to say, his expression was indescribable, how could the statue of Lao Tzu and Buddha be sent together
The queen mother didn't think there was anything, or she couldn't think of it at this time.
She felt that the strength in her body was losing, and she was not so energetic, so she looked at the emperor and said, "Go out, Ai's family needs to change clothes."
When the emperor heard this, his lips trembled, and he paused for a long time before taking his children and grandchildren out, while the empress stayed behind with the maids to help her change her clothes.
Man Bao hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help looking at Imperial Physician Xiao, who nodded to her, and left with Imperial Physician Liu.
Man Bao stayed and watched.
The queen mother put on her clothes layer by layer, but she didn't make up. She sat on the bed, leaned on the soft pillow slightly, and smiled with the sad queen: "It's good that the Ai family can leave decently."
"Mother..." The queen forced a smile and said, "Daughter-in-law, call Your Majesty and the others in."
The Empress Dowager nodded slightly, and her vision was a little blurred when she looked at the emperor and others who hurried in. She could clearly feel that her heart seemed to slow down abruptly, and then slowly, slowly pounding a few times, already Not as powerful as before.
And the body is very sleepy, as if all the organs in the body have fallen asleep.
The Empress Dowager felt her hand was being held, her gaze fell slowly on it, and she heard the emperor call "Mother Empress!"
The Queen Mother twitched the corners of her mouth, raised her gaze, and slid past the Crown Prince, Prince Gong, Ming Da and Yunfeng, and finally settled on Yunfeng slowly. She said in a low voice, "You have to be obedient..."
Be obedient and obedient, and keep her filial piety...
It's a pity that this sentence was very low, even the emperor who was holding her hand couldn't hear clearly, the queen mother slowly closed her eyes, and the strength in her hand was gone.
The emperor couldn't help but yelled anxiously, Man Bao, who was an imperial physician, could only go forward to check, then knelt down and announced, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is dead..."
There was a burst of crying in the hall, the empress led everyone to kneel down and cry, the royal grandsons of the imperial family who were kneeling in the outer room heard the cry and howled immediately, everyone inside and outside the hall immediately knew that the empress dowager was gone.
After crying for a while, everyone began to work in an orderly manner.
The Empress Dowager has to dress up, tidy up the remains, hang white linen in the palace, and prepare for the funeral.
These were all done by the prince leading the Ministry of Rites. The emperor held the head of the bed with one hand and lowered his head to cry, and the queen stayed by his side to prevent him from being too sad.
Man Bao suddenly had nothing to do, and retreated to the side hall with Doctor Liu and others, and the box given to her by the Queen Mother was also moved to the side hall.
Doctor Xiao and Doctor Liu both looked at her enviously, thinking that she would not be liked by the Queen Mother, but they didn't expect that the Queen Mother would leave something for her.
Man Bao himself didn't expect that when he took out the two boxes, he saw several books under the boxes.
She carefully took it out to read, and Imperial Physicians Xiao and Liu also stepped forward, and found that there were six books in total, one of which was almost torn when picked up, because its paper was very old, and Man Bao opened it first.
Imperial Physician Xiao glanced over and froze for a moment, his heart beating violently, "This is... This is the hand-copied "Qing Nang Jing""
Man Bao was also taken aback, and then carefully distinguished the writing on it. It was very scribbled and a little damaged due to poor preservation. She stared at it for a while and said: "It doesn't seem to be the original. If it was copied by someone else, it may be There are mistakes and omissions." It may also be false.
Imperial Physician Xiao also suspected that it was a fake. Hua Tuo's "Qing Nang Jing" was lost in the Wei Dynasty. He only heard its name and never saw its manuscript.
But most have been unreliable, and some are proven to be false.
But this book...
Doctor Xiao said: "Maybe the one in the Empress Dowager's hands is not a fake?"
Suddenly all the imperial doctors in the room stared at the torn book in Zhou Man's hand, their eyes sparkled, and they wished they could burn her hand.