The queen felt sorry for Prince Gong's leg illness, and ordered the imperial hospital to send an imperial doctor to Luozhou to visit Prince Gong.
The queen prepared a lot of medicinal materials for Prince Gong, and the emperor also opened the inner warehouse and brought out a lot of things, all of which were gold, silver, silk, satin and books that Prince Gong liked.
The crown prince found out about this when he went back to the East Palace for dinner in the evening. The crown princess filled the crown prince with a bowl of soup with a strange expression, "Does your highness know who the queen mother sent to Luozhou?"
The prince didn't care too much, the third child's leg was lame, and there was no chance to fight with him, but now it was a break time, the prince didn't mind watching the third child's joke, so he asked, "Who did you send?"
"It's full week."
The prince almost spit out the soup he just drank, but he still couldn't help coughing. He covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and only raised his eyes to look at the princess when he could not be rude.
The princess was also very funny and surprised, "Your Highness is also surprised, isn't it? The concubine was also surprised when she first heard about it, so she sent someone to inquire about it, only to find out that Zhou Man asked for this job."
The prince frowned, "Although Zhou Man and Prince Gong are at odds, she is not someone who would waste time on these grievances. Why did she go to Luozhou to see Prince Gong?"
Zhou Man's time has never been enough. Ten times when she saw her, she said nine times that she was very busy and did not have enough time. Prince Gong didn't deserve her to waste this time.
The Crown Princess lowered her voice slightly and said, "It is said that her disciple in the Luozhou Medical Office had an accident and was arrested by the local county government. Now the whole family is in prison."
She paused and said, "Your Highness, if something happens to Zhou Man's disciple, will her teacher be implicated?"
The prince didn't speak.
The concubine refilled half a bowl of soup for him, and said, "But it's in Luozhou, Prince Gong's fiefdom, so it's not easy for us to intervene."
The prince lowered his eyes and did not speak. After eating, he went to the study and asked a few officials of the East Palace to come and talk.
Mr. Guo of Zhan Shi's Mansion knew about this matter, and the Imperial Medical Office was still under the management of the prince. This matter was not big or small, and Guo Zhan Shi still knew about it.
He said: "We should not intervene in this matter, we can only let the Tai Medical Office do it by itself."
The crown prince asked, "Then what happened to Zheng Gu? He is so incompetent, how could he be deceived by fake medicinal materials?"
"It's not necessarily because I was deceived," Guo Zhan said, "I know that this Zheng Gu is Master Zhou's eldest disciple. Sitting in the hall to prescribe prescriptions, but grabbing medicines on the cabinet for two or three years, taking care of Jishitang's accounts and taking medicines, Master Zhou let it go, and she is not as good as the other party in terms of understanding of medicines."
"Is that being framed?" The prince first thought of Prince Gong, and then shook his head, "It's not the third child. He doesn't need to do such thankless things at this time."
"It is indeed not His Royal Highness Prince Gong," Mr. Guo said calmly, "If the Imperial Medical Administration wants to take root in the local area, this is the only way. Your Highness, it is not time for us to intervene."
When the crown prince intervenes, it's time to shed blood.
The current system of the Tai Medical Administration is not perfect, so there are some overlapping functions and powers with the local government. They will definitely compete with each other, and they will compete with local pharmacies for more interests. These battles have just begun.
The crown prince knew it well after knowing it, he said: "Zhou Man's medical skills are superb, the others are fine, she must be saved."
Guo Zhan responded, "I will do my best."
He also wants to keep it full next week.
Zhou Man has always been very close to the East Palace all the way, no matter whether she admits it or not, she is recognized as the prince's person.
And she herself is more inclined to Donggong.
With such a good medical skill, Guo Zhan would only let him go if he was stupid.
Whether it is the prince, the princess, or the little emperor's grandchildren, they all need such a close imperial doctor.
Even for the emperor, an imperial physician with good medical skills and who is close to the East Palace is especially important.
So Zhan Shifu is also quietly paying attention to this matter.
Man Bao didn't know it at all. After getting the order, she packed up her things when she got home.
Old Zhou Tou didn't know that she was about to be demoted or even dismissed from office, so he stared at her worriedly and said, "It's cold, why are you going away on business at this time?"
After finishing speaking, he felt that this remark disrespected the emperor, so he changed his words again: "But you are an official, although it is cold at this time, but we have taken so many benefits from the emperor, we still have to work when we need to work."
Man Bao said to Lao Zhou: "Father, this should be heard by the emperor, he must be happy to hear it."
Bai Shan prepared some money for her, and when he brought it, he rolled up the cloth bag when he saw the old Zhou Tou, and walked forward with a smile behind his back, "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, let's have dinner here at night. It can also be regarded as a farewell to Man Bao."
Qian glanced at his hands behind his back, responded with a smile, got up and pulled Lao Zhou away, "Let the two children pack their things, let's talk to the in-laws."
Old Zhou Tou muttered, "I haven't finished talking yet, they will go out not long after they come back..."
Bai Shan bowed to see his father-in-law and mother-in-law away, closed the door, walked to Man Bao, and opened the cloth bag for her to see.
Man Bao couldn't help but wow, "Is this gold leaf?"
Inside the cloth bag are palm-sized gold flakes, very thin, but there is a pile of them, as thick as a thumb.
"I got it from my grandmother. Let Xibing sew it into your clothes and shoes for you. It is used in case of emergency. As for the money and gold and silver that are actually needed, we have it."
Just as Bai Shan wanted to take out his private house, Man Bao nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, I have it too, there are quite a few boxes."
Bai Shan narrowed his eyes slightly, and did not mention his private house, "You have so many?"
Man Bao came back to his senses, and coughed lightly, "It's not a lot, it's mainly copper coins, so it seems a lot, by the way, you must have saved private money, how much have you saved?"
Bai Shan then changed the topic, "The shopkeeper Zheng Da knew that you were going to Luozhou in person, and he had already packed up to go with you. That's why he sent someone to tell you to wait for him when you leave the city tomorrow."
Man Bao's attention was turned away, "Okay."
Shopkeeper Zheng Da had sent a group of people to Luozhou before, but there was no news of them coming back (it was only three days, and the pigeons were not so fast), so shopkeeper Zheng Da handed over Jishitang to the people in the clan, and the burden was collected , but also to follow Zhou Man to Luozhou.
Man Bao and the others prepared a cart, but not a carriage. She brought good luck and cakes, and did not bring any extra people. In addition, they were ordered to deliver things to King Gong, the servants and the imperial army, and everyone hurried out of the city gate.
Although the servants are not as tall as the imperial guards, they are also tall and rough. They looked at Zhou Man with a smile, and their voices could not be heard at all, "Master Zhou, please don't think our family is rude. We all do rough work and are no match for those in the palace." Brothers are careful and thoughtful."
One of the servants who came to see off the decree was familiar with Zhou Man, lowered his voice and said to her: "Master Gu personally selected these."
Man Bao said in a low voice: "Thank you, Mr. Gu, for me."