Because he knew the news in advance, Man Bao woke up very early the next day, got up early, washed early, put on his official uniform early, and then sat obediently at the dining table waiting for breakfast.
It was the first time for Xiaoqian to see her get up so early. First, she looked at the dark sky outside in disbelief, and then wanted to look at the hourglass in the main room. Man Bao immediately said: "Sister-in-law, don't look, I woke up early on purpose. .”
She said with a serious face: "I haven't been to the court meeting for a long time, it's a rare one, so naturally I have to get up earlier to prepare."
Xiaoqian didn't know that she was going to be rewarded, and thought it made sense, so she nodded.
She asked, "Do you want cakes or noodles?"
Man Bao became entangled, "Should I choose?"
She wants to choose both.
Xiaoqian smiled and said: "I wanted to serve you a bowl of noodles, but I didn't know that you came back yesterday, so I didn't prepare the saozi in advance. I wanted to chop some minced meat for you to cook the noodles. I haven't talked about it yet. What about the noodles. How about I just bake you a pancake?"
Man Bao said with a serious face: "Sister-in-law, I'm not in a hurry, let's eat noodles."
Xiaoqian calculated the time and thought it was enough, so she went to pull noodles for her.
First fry the minced meat with oil, then add water to boil the noodles, and finally take out the minced meat and add some salt, sauce and vinegar, it is delicious after mixing.
Xiao Qian reminded her, "Don't drink too much noodle soup."
It is said that one cannot leave to go to the toilet halfway through the court meeting, so people who go to the morning court will not eat soup or water.
Xiaoqian cooked two bowls, and took one bowl to Mr. Zhuang through the main hall.
It happened that the Bai family also sent food to Mr. Zhuang, all of which were steamed buns and cakes. Mr. Zhuang liked Xiaoqian's noodles very much, so he gave Manbao points for steamed buns, cakes, eggs, etc. in half.
In the end, Manbao only accepted one egg, and the rest went into the stomach of Lao Zhoutou who had just woken up and washed.
Old Zhou was also curious, "Why did you get up so early today?"
He also thought about getting up early to wake his daughter up. In the past, every time she went to the court meeting, he had to wake her up.
Man Bao suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said to her father: "It's been a long time since I saw Your Majesty, I miss him."
"You should think about it," old Zhou Tou has a very good sense of the emperor, especially since he just came back from farming in Zhuangzi these two days, and seeing the large fields of employment, he couldn't help liking the emperor, so he said : "Meet the emperor in the palace, and say hello to him for me."
Man Bao nodded: "No problem."
The father and daughter gossiped while eating, and when Mr. Zhuang was ready, the two of them, master and apprentice, went to the morning court together. At this time, Bai Shan had just woken up. Baodao: "Be good at the court meeting today, don't argue with people, if someone scolds you, just pretend you didn't hear it."
Old Zhou Tou on the side was not happy after hearing this, and said: "That's no good, isn't that being scolded for nothing? Man Bao, someone scolded you? Really, how can a group of big men bully a little lady?"
Before Man Bao could speak, Mr. Zhuang at the side glanced at Bai Shan, and said with an unkind expression, "How can you teach people like this?"
After finishing speaking, Bai Shan turned his head and said to Man Bao: "It's common to argue with the ministers in the court, and there is no need to argue for a short time."
He said: "Different understandings of the future, different political opinions, and different interests will lead to disputes. If one by one, everything is pointed back at the point of view, it will have nothing to do with the quarrels in the vegetable market." What's the difference?"
"As an official, you must learn to express your own views, but also learn to think and accept other people's views, to refute those who do not agree, and accept remonstrance with an open mind when you agree. This is the right way."
After Mr. Zhuang finished speaking, he glanced at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan immediately said: "I know sir, from now on I won't dare to be frivolous and restless, I just want to refute others."
Only then did Mr. Zhuang nod in satisfaction, and then said to Man Bao: "But today is your business, and it is really not good to argue with others. Yesterday Xiao Yuanzheng had already entered the palace. Today, His Majesty has something to ask, and that is Xiao Yuan. The hospital replied, don't forget, although you are the editor of the Chongwen Museum, you are also the vice-officer of the Supreme Hospital, and you have a chief officer above you."
So don't speak up indiscriminately.
It's okay at other times, but today I have to be more stable.
Mr. Zhuang gave Man Bao a look, and the master and apprentice got into the car together.
When their carriage was far away, old Zhou Tou reacted belatedly and asked, "What's the good thing today?"
Without a clear order, of course Bai Shan couldn't tell the old Zhou Tou, so he smiled at the old Zhou Tou, turned around and ran, "Uncle Zhou will find out after waiting."
Old Zhou Tou couldn't stop anyone even if he wanted to.
Man Bao and the others arrived early, and when the master and apprentice arrived at the Tai Chi Hall, a few officials came in vaguely.
They were all not of high rank, everyone bowed to each other, and then sat down in their seats with their necks curled up.
In April, the morning is still a bit cold.
Man Bao took out a heater from his sleeve and gave it to Mr. Zhuang, then found his seat, sat down and looked around.
Once the sky dawned, the speed of light was very fast, but in just a few moments, the light outside became brighter and brighter, and finally the light shone into the main hall, and Man Bao saw the first touch of the morning sun.
Then a lot of officials came in, and Xiao Yuanzheng also came. He stood obliquely in front of Man Bao, and the distance between the two was not very far.
After saluting with the people in front, back, left and right, they sat down and waited for the arrival of the emperor.
County Magistrate Tang rushed over panting, and before reaching his place, he saw Zhou Man, said "Hey" and said, "Why didn't you Xiao Yuanzheng give you a holiday, and you came to the Great Court Meeting?"
Man Bao thought, it's a good thing she didn't come to see the rewards today.
County Magistrate Guo came in one step later than County Magistrate Tang, and his posture was quite graceful, but he was a little out of breath, and the Tai Chi Hall was still a bit far from the gate of the imperial palace.
He was also taken aback when he saw Man Bao, and then greeted her as usual, "Master Zhou is here too."
An Bian greeted them, and finally had a chance to talk about them, "Master Tang and Master Guo are a little late."
Magistrate Tang and Magistrate Guo curled their lips at the same time. After sitting in the same place for so many years, the two of them had always said this to her before.
The two decided that the grown-ups should not remember the faults of the villain and not care about her, so they sat down in their seats after saluting each other.
As a result, their buttocks just touched the mat, and there was a sound of whipping outside, well, they had to stand up again.
As soon as they stood up, there was a loud announcement from the servant outside: The emperor has arrived—
After the civil and military officials stood up in unison, when the emperor walked to his seat and sat down, everyone all bowed to the emperor and saluted, "See Your Majesty, Your Majesty's Holy Ann."