The envoy was slightly stunned, while the emperor sat up slightly, his eyes gliding across the face of Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, and he said with a calm smile: "Zhou Qing still has such a sudden whim, what's so difficult about it? Right? , Envoy?"
The envoys quickly regained their composure, and responded quickly, saying that they would definitely ask someone to send good Tubo seeds after they returned to China.
However, they couldn't help but glanced at Zhou Man, a little disapproving. If they had high-yielding fine seeds, would they still need to ask the emperor of Jin Dynasty
What's the use of cold and drought tolerance? Its yield is not high.
Isn't the output of grain growing
But this official looked like a woman, and her surname was Zhou, so she was the famous female doctor. The envoy had other purposes and didn't want to offend her.
Ignore this matter for the time being, most of the officials and family members are not very interested in this kind of grain and fine seeds, so the emperor smiled and said to the queen: "Let's have a banquet."
The envoys from various countries sat down in their respective positions and officially opened the banquet.
The palace maids came in one file at a time with trays, music played, and dancers entered the arena gracefully, standing in the center of the hall to perform dances.
Man Bao's position is in the upper middle, which happens to be the best position to watch the dance. When she looked up, she saw Feng Hua surrounded by the middle. She was smiling softly at the emperor above her. When she turned her head and came back, it happened to be Zhou Man. When she met her gaze, she blinked at her, full of charms, Man Bao was stunned.
Seeing her dumbfounded appearance, Fenghua couldn't help but smile brightly, and flicked the sleeve in Zhou Man's direction, her body flipped lightly, like a butterfly flipping in the air, and turned around after lightly falling to the ground Facing the emperor again.
Bai Shan couldn't hold back, and stretched out his hand to make a move in front of her. Man Bao realized his own little heart, and said in a low voice, "Do you feel like it's pounding?"
"...No," Bai Shan said, "If I had, you should beat me up."
Man Bao lowered his voice and said, "Nonsense, am I someone who can beat people?"
Bai Shan didn't speak in silence, and looked at the dance in the hall with her.
After Fenghua danced, she bowed and retreated with the dancers, and another team came up.
A palace banquet is just eating and drinking without talking about state affairs.
Eat and drink with the emperor first, and then toast each other to eat and drink.
The family members will sit with them for a while, and then they will find various excuses to get together, perhaps to enjoy singing and dancing together, or to go out and play by themselves.
It's getting dark now, but a lot of lanterns are lit outside, which is very beautiful, and the distance is enough for them to play for a long time.
Especially the young gentlemen and the young ladies are not able to sit for a long time, so after watching the adults eat and drink to the climax, they quietly retreated out to play by themselves.
Zhou Man thought he was young, so he took Bai Shan and slipped out together.
Zhou Liru was stunned. She didn't expect her sister-in-law and uncle to slip away earlier than her. She hesitated for a moment, but Liu Huan had already stood up and pulled her away.
Master Tang could only watch them leave. To be honest, he wanted to leave too, but after seeing the emperor who had a good chat with Zhao Guogong and others, Master Tang decided to sit down for a while.
Many young ladies slipped out like Zhou Man, went down the road covered with lanterns, and talked together in twos and threes.
Man Bao and Bai Shan walked down holding hands. Seeing that there were many people in front of them, they turned around and entered a dark path.
"Master Zhou, wait a moment."
Man Bao couldn't help turning his head back, a little lady quickly chased over from there, knelt down and saluted Zhou Man when she got there, she raised her head and looked straight at Zhou Man, her eyes seemed to have light, "Master Zhou, The little girl's surname is Cui."
Man Bao was slightly surprised, and looked at her carefully, but he really didn't recognize her, so he smiled back and said: "Miss Cui, I don't know why the lady is looking for me?"
Miss Cui glanced at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan pursed his lips in displeasure, but Zhou Man shook his hand, so he had to let go of her hand and turned to leave.
It's just a little unhappy, it's rare to sneak out, and someone disturbs them.
Zhou Man thought she wanted to see a doctor, but the lights here were dim, and there were many people coming and going, so I was afraid it would be inconvenient, so he asked, "What does Miss Cui want from me?" If there is no rush, we can talk about it another day.
Miss Cui looked at Zhou Man brightly and said, "Master Zhou is still compiling books in the Chongwen Museum?"
Man Bao froze for a moment and then nodded, "Yes."
Miss Cui then asked: "How many books has Mr. Zhou compiled this year?"
Man Bao said: "Not many, just two medical books."
Miss Cui breathed a sigh of relief, bowed deeply and said, "Master Zhou, I also want to be an official in the Chongwen Museum just like my lord."
Man Bao's eyes widened in surprise, and then he became pleasantly surprised, and lowered his voice and asked, "Is there a connection, little lady?"
That's great, she will not be the only female official in the court in the future.
Miss Cui blushed and said: "No, no, I would like to ask Mr. Zhou to speak kindly in front of the prince for me."
Man Bao was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "How can you say this nicely?"
She became distressed. The reason she was able to enter the Chongwen Museum to edit was because the princess was pregnant. She needed an excuse to live in the East Palace and watch the princess every day.
Later, it was because she kept compiling medical books and didn't neglect her duties, so she stayed in this position all the time, and because she made some contributions, she kept rising, but other women...
Man Bao asked her in a low voice, "Do you have any special skills?"
It is best to go in if there are no other lecturers and editors in the Chongwen Museum.
Miss Cui said: "No."
Man Bao: ...
She was straightforward and said: "I will. The lecturers and editors in the Chongwen Museum should be able to do it. But I think I have read as many books as them, and my ability is not inferior to them."
She asked: "Why do we women have to know things they don't know in order to be reused?"
Man Bao was silent for a while and then said: "Because women are more difficult than men in this world, Your Majesty and other courtiers will think, if they know what you know, why don't they use a man who is more comfortable and convenient? How about using a more controversial woman?"
Miss Cui was stunned for a moment and then said: "Master Zhou's medical skills are too good for all the imperial doctors in the hospital?"
Man Bao said: "I have something better than them, at least in acupuncture, ulcer medicine and women's diseases, they are not as good as me, um, there is also infertility disease, and now I am the first person in the Taiyuan Hospital."
Miss Cui: ...
Man Bao continued to list his own advantages, "I will also compile medical books."
She is the only one who has such a prolific editor like her, not that Xiao Yuanzheng and Liu Taiyi can't write it, but she is the only one who can write it without reservation after planning. Others always have to hesitate, and try to hide them by the way The secret recipe and the like, the medical books written in this way are not as good as hers, and the speed is not as good as hers.
Otherwise, why did the emperor like to give her a title in the compilation of Chongwen Museum so much
Not because of the little ink in her stomach.
Man Bao looked at the young girl who was obviously younger than her, full of enthusiasm but a little dazed, and said: "If you want to be an official in the court, you must have the ability that someone can't refuse, it doesn't need to be done overnight, but it must be. "
After many years in court, Zhou Man knew where her strengths and weaknesses were, and she also knew that in the future, she would only be in the three places of the Imperial Hospital, the Imperial Medical Office, and the Chongwen Museum, and it was impossible for her to go elsewhere.
It is Liu Sanniang and Zhou Liru. She plans for them two to go around these three departments. In the future, more and more women will graduate from the Imperial Medical Office. The figure of the female officer.
They are because they have a skill, so what about the little girl from the Cui family, where does she want to go, and where can she go
Man Bao thought so, and asked her the same way, "This road is not easy. Have you carefully thought about where you are going, where you can go, what you want to do, and what you can do?"
Miss Cui pondered.