The prince thought for a while and then shook his head, "Bai Shan has the talent for governing the country. It won't do much good for him to stay in the Chongwen Museum as soon as he becomes an official. Such a talent should be put outside to practice, and after a few years, he will be transferred back to Beijing. At any time, whether he enters the Sixth Department, Menxia Province and Zhongshu Province, or the lonely East Palace, he can make a difference."
Princess Concubine: ... So you think in your heart that her brother is not a talent for governing the country, so why are you angry now
"Then who does His Highness think is suitable?"
The prince thought for a while and said: "This is not urgent. The third brother will be released from the hospital after he recovers from his illness, and he will have to take the Mingjing exam. After the Mingjing exam, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials will ask for an examiner. Then it will be up to him to choose someone else." .”
The Crown Princess was quite regretful, "If Bai Shan can stay in the East Palace, then he and Zhou Man will stay together as husband and wife. I heard from Ming Da and Chang Yu that the two families have already set a date to get married."
The prince is not very interested in the marriage of his subordinates, especially Zhou Man's marriage has already been settled, what else is there to talk about
So he said: "The two of them are not young anymore, they should indeed get married. If Chang Yu and Ming Da hadn't kept their filial piety, they should have married off last year."
The Crown Princess: "...Your Highness, the concubine means that after Zhou Man gets married, she will definitely be released with Bai Shan. It's not easy for us to separate the husband and wife, right?"
The prince was puzzled, "What's wrong with the separation of the two places? Are there still few courtiers and husbands and wives in the court who separate the two places?"
The princess's eyes widened in shock, and she looked at the prince in disbelief.
The prince looked at her inexplicably, not quite understanding her thoughts, "What's wrong?"
It took a while for the crown princess to say quietly: "Your Highness, how could the two of them be like others?"
Prince: "What's the difference between the two of them?"
The Crown Princess opened her mouth, her expression hesitant to speak, and it took a long time to find something to say, "Officials in the court will be separated from their wives and children. One is because the wife has to support the parents at home; the other is to educate the children at home. If you become a son-in-law, you can let the concubine go out with your husband, but..."
The concubine looked at the prince quietly and said, "Bai Shan and Zhou Man are going to separate before they get married, obviously they can't have children immediately; moreover, does Your Highness think Bai Shan is someone who can take concubines?"
The prince said: "What does that have to do with me? Whether they take concubines or not is a matter between husband and wife. Unless Zhou Man is no longer an official, he can freely choose whether to follow Bai Shan to go abroad, or stay in the capital, or go to the capital." somewhere else."
Crown Princess: "Your Highness is too unreasonable, what if Zhou Man also wants to go out with Bai Shan?"
Not in case, she heard what Mingda and Changyu meant, Zhou Man had this plan.
The prince waved his hand indifferently and said: "That depends on whether she can convince the imperial hospital and His Majesty, she is a fifth-rank imperial physician after all, and it is not easy for this official rank imperial physician to be released."
The Crown Princess looked at him curiously, "Your Highness is willing to let Zhou Man out?"
The prince glanced at her and said, "Isn't Gu and Donggong doing well in the year she left the capital? She is naturally fine, but if she has a more important place to go, Gu will naturally not stop her. She is an official of the court. Not a lonely retainer."
Speaking of this, the prince is still very regretful. If Zhou Man is willing to enter the East Palace, it will not be such a pity, but he also knows that if Zhou Man does not have this spirit, he will not have the current medical skills.
Bai Shan is young, both he and his father can see the talent in him, knowing that as long as he grows up, he will be a pillar of talent in the future;
The same goes for Zhou Man, although she is a woman, her intelligence and ability are not inferior to Bai Shan's, and her achievements in the future will not be inferior to him.
Let’s not talk about it far away, let’s just talk about the cowpox method that I am thinking about now, if it works, it will be a matter of great merit.
Of course, it's not just Zhou Man who has made great achievements in the future, but also her superiors, the chief officials who may become the main force to implement the vaccinia law in the future, as well as the current emperor and the prince who manages the Imperial Medical Office.
In the future, it will go down in history as their exploit, if it goes well.
Obviously, there are quite a few people who think the same as the prince, so Zhou Man and the others did the experiment in Huangzhuang, let's not talk about the internal effect, but the external is what they want.
Of course, they can't get anything else, and they have nothing but medicine and people.
Except for the higher cost of medicine, these things are not expensive.
It's just that a piece of land has been circled in Huangzhuang, and a house is being built now, even on the day of the Lantern Festival.
For the Imperial Medical Office, there is nothing bigger than this now, even if Su Jian received condolence gifts from the palace one after another, the Imperial Medical Office did not let Zhou Man absent from work to treat Su Jian.
Man Bao can only go to see Su Jian at Su's house after returning home from Yamen.
Su Jian's stomach ached for two days and got better, but Man Bao felt that the abscess hadn't completely disappeared, so he still gave him an injection every other day and took two medicines a day.
After a ten-day period like this, Man Bao said: "It's okay, just pay attention to your diet in the future."
Su Jian heaved a sigh of relief. He had been eating lightly for the past few days, but he was still drinking medicine. His mouth was so bitter that it was as if a layer of Coptis chinensis had been applied to his tongue, which was extremely uncomfortable.
Now that he had to understand the prohibition, his whole face lit up.
Man Bao couldn't help exhorting, "Drink less alcohol in the future and pay more attention to diet."
Su Jian waved his hand and said, "Got it, got it, come here and send Lord Zhou out."
After thinking about it, he simply got up, "I'll take Mr. Zhou out."
Man Bao put away the medicine box, shook his head and refused, "No need, I know the way, and I can go out by myself, little father-in-law, rest more."
Su Jian always felt that Zhou Man's words contained something.
Zhou Man is indeed very familiar with the Su family. After all, Su Jian was seriously injured three years ago, and Man Bao stayed at their home. This time, he came here for another six days. Don't you know him well
After Man Bao came out, he did not go home immediately, but took the medicine box to see Madam Pi Guogong. She recently developed a new patient by the way. A bundle.
Mrs. Pi Guogong is getting old, and she has been very angry recently, so she is not in good health.
Seeing Zhou Man, Mrs. Pi Guogong showed a smile, beckoned her to her side and said: "Doctor Zhou came just in time, and some rewards came from the palace. I think the color of this satin is suitable for Doctor Zhou. Send it to Doctor Zhou."
Man Bao immediately declined, and said with a smile: "This is for the old lady in the palace, how can I win someone's love?"
"Where can I, an old lady, wear such fresh clothes? It's still suitable for Zhou Taiji."
Man Bao said: "Aren't there three wives? There are also little ladies in the house. I think this color suits them too."
Mrs. Pi Guogong just smiled and insisted on transferring it to Manbao.
Man Bao is not good at rejecting, seeing that he has not rejected after three times of pushing, so he does not push.
Mrs. Pi Guogong laughed in satisfaction, she liked Zhou Man, she kept it when it was time to receive the gift, there was no need to be polite, the giver was also happy.