Only then did Bai Shan and Man Bao recall that Bai Erlang had been promoted during the Eastern War, but it was already winter, so he hadn't caught up with the assignment field.
Man Bao cheered up, and immediately said: "That's good, let's see how many ranks I will be demoted, and see if you can take them all."
Bai Erlang let her open her mind, and she was thoughtful, "Liu Huan has also been promoted to a half-rank. Although there are not many new jobs, the benefits will not flow to outsiders. I will mention it to Liu Shangshu later, and then divide the jobs. give a part of it from me."
Bai Shan: "... Is it time to talk about this now? Shouldn't we be talking about how to save Zheng Gu?"
Man Bao sighed, "It's beyond the reach of the whip, how can I save it?"
Bai Shan looked outside, and said: "New Year is coming soon, and it will be New Year in a few days, Luozhou will have to wait until the New Year to deal with Zheng Gu. , people have been locked in prison for fear of accidents."
Man Bao said: "Shopkeeper Zheng Da sent someone to take the money to Luozhou yesterday."
But Bai Shan was very worried, "There is also a branch of Jishitang in Luoyang, and I'm afraid I won't be able to redeem people if I only have money."
When Man Bao heard this, he couldn't help frowning, "Then what should we do? The people from the Imperial Medical Office have to wait for the people from Dali Temple and Yushitai to join us. I'm afraid it will take a day or two to leave. As soon as this official document arrives in Luozhou..."
Man Bao shivered, and couldn't help sitting up straight, his face turned pale.
Seeing that she thought of it, Bai Shan lowered his voice and said: "Two ways, you go there yourself, if you can't do business, then smuggle it, find an excuse to ask for a long vacation; the second way is to ask Prince Gong to come forward. "
Bai Erlang couldn't help but said: "Can Prince Gong help us? Tell him, he won't plot against us, will he?"
He said: "It's better to tell the prince."
"No!" Man Bao and Bai Shan said in unison, their faces sank at the same time.
Bai Erlang didn't want their reaction to be so big, he leaned back in surprise.
Man Bao said: "Anyone can tell, except the crown prince."
Bai Shan nodded, he was also worried that this matter was related to the prince, if it was related, then he should stay away from the prince even more at this time, otherwise the quagmire would sink deeper and deeper; if it had nothing to do, then he could not drag the prince into the water.
He said: "The crown prince has just ended his supervision of the country. The most important thing about this matter is to keep a low profile. Luozhou is a place, and it is also the fiefdom of Prince Gong. If you are not careful, the crown prince will be dragged into the muddy water. To the crown prince, to Zheng Gu and the imperial medical office Neither is good."
Man Bao made a final decision, "I'll go find Prince Gong!"
Now Bai Shan wanted to vomit blood, "I asked you to choose one of the two, but I didn't let you choose both."
Man Bao said: "Erlang is right. If you write a letter, it would be strange if Prince Gong would agree to it. Maybe he would even try to harm me. I'd better go there myself."
If it's okay, she will ask Prince Gong for help, if not, she can also do some private work in the past.
After all, she is a fourth-rank official, isn't she
After thinking for a while, Bai Shan said: "Go ask Princess Mingda, let her take you to meet the queen."
Man Bao looked at Bai Erlang.
Bai Erlang felt that he had already skipped work anyway, and he would be scolded if he rushed back at this time, it would be better to skip a day and be scolded again tomorrow morning.
So Shi Shiran got up and took Man Bao back to find Ming Da.
Mingda and Manbao entered the palace and asked her, "You went to Luozhou, what about my sister?"
Man Bao said: "She is just afraid, and she treats the son-in-law as her own, so she can't control her temper. This kind of illness is to relax, talk more, go out for a walk to relax, but it's winter now , it's too cold outside to go out, alas, Wei Concubine can only suffer a little more and spend more time with her."
"But the princess is also hard to be pregnant. It's hard work. If two people share the burden, it won't be so hard. If I can get the task, please tell Wei Concubine about this for me. If you can't, then there's no need. I will go and talk to Prince Wei personally."
Mingda: ...
Man Bao and Ming Da went to see the Queen, first asked her for a Ping An pulse, and then talked about Prince Gong, "I don't know if His Highness Prince Gong will enter the palace to celebrate the New Year this year?"
The queen smiled and said, "It's too cold to go out. He stayed in Beijing last year, so he won't come this year."
The emperor finally accepted the reality that the relationship between Prince Gong and the crown prince was not good, so before he went to Liaodong, he was also afraid of a disaster for their brothers, so he deliberately ordered Prince Gong to stay in Luozhou honestly. Not allowed to leave Luozhou.
He also hinted to the prince that he was not allowed to summon Prince Gong during his expedition.
During the emperor's expedition, one of the two brothers was in the capital and the other was in Luozhou, and they lived in peace.
Man Bao said: "His Highness Prince Gong's dementia should be reexamined. I heard that Luozhou has a lot of snow this year. I'm afraid it will be more sore."
She said: "But it's cold and snowy, and it's inconvenient to travel. It's not easy for Prince Gong to come to Beijing. I would like to go to Luozhou for diagnosis and treatment."
This is a very normal thing. Some relatives of the emperor and the officials of the frontier are sick. To show their favor, the emperor will let the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital go to the local area to treat people in person, so the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital occasionally have to go out Poor.
But it is not so normal for this to happen to Prince Gong and Zhou Man.
Who doesn't know that Prince Gong and Zhou Man don't have a good relationship, that's fine with Prince Gong, but Zhou Man doesn't like Prince Gong very much, and often tosses him quietly in private.
The queen looked at her, and said after a while, "Isn't Mr. Zhou on vacation?"
Man Bao nodded quietly, "Yes, today is the last day."
Ming Da turned his head and said to Man Bao: "Master Zhou goes out and waits for me, the queen mother and I have something to whisper."
Man Bao got up and backed out.
After the people left, Ming Da quietly told about Zheng Gu.
Only then did the empress understand, she couldn't help laughing and said: "This is a matter for the court, your father will handle it fairly."
Ming Da said: "Of course the father will handle it impartially, other matters are fine, my daughter will not interfere, but her apprentice recently married a new daughter-in-law, it is said that she is only three months pregnant, and now they are sent to prison together."
She said: "Dali Temple and Yushitai have their own procedures and procedures for handling cases. I'm afraid they won't be able to reach Luozhou in seven or eight days. When they arrive in Luozhou, it will be Chinese New Year. They are all men, and they don't think carefully. One seal, then the case will be handled in the next year, Zheng Gu is fine, if the pregnant woman stays in prison for such a long time, I'm afraid... "
The queen was really soft-hearted, she was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and asked: "She is Teacher Zheng Gu, and she cannot participate in the case. If she goes, can she be brought forward?"
"Zheng Gu may not be able to mention it, but his wife should be fine."
The queen nodded. In fact, there is an easier way. She can just issue a decree directly, but that would be the harem meddling in politics, and it is impossible for the queen to do so.
In contrast, it is the best way to ask Zhou Man to check on Prince Gong's injury and do some work along the way.
But Zhou Man's medical skills are good, and the queen didn't want her to leave Beijing easily, so she said: "I have to ask your father."
Of course, the empress would not tell the emperor all the inside information, but told him about Prince Gong's leg injury, saying: "It's cold in winter, I'm afraid he will feel bad, and he can't come to Beijing this year, or send an imperial doctor to see him .”
The emperor agreed without thinking about it, nodded repeatedly and said: "If you ask someone to bring more medicinal materials, I may not see him for a long time, it's strange."
The queen skipped this sentence and said directly: "What do you think of Zhou Man, Your Majesty?"