Zhou Man quickly said good things, and then lowered his voice and asked, "Master Zhang, don't you wonder if Master Luo Er is two hundred years old?"
"I'm not curious," Zhang Zhenren said firmly, "Anyway, he must not be two hundred years old."
Zhou Man was puzzled, "Why are you all so sure?"
On the contrary, Zhenren Zhang almost went crazy, "Why would Mr. Zhou doubt this? Do you think he is two hundred years old now? It is rare for a person to live to be a hundred years old, let alone two hundred years old. You are a doctor!"
Zhou Man rubbed his nose, "There is no absolute in the world, what if he is the exception? Calculated by the lifespan of the human body, it is not impossible."
Zhang Zhenren looked at her silently, and said after a while: "Master Zhou, I have to think about this matter."
As it was related to the future of Xuandu Temple, Master Zhang naturally wanted to discuss it with someone.
Zhou Man expressed her understanding and said goodbye, but she was still very confident, and said to Ming Da, "I think there is still a great possibility that he will agree."
Mingda nodded, "If he doesn't agree, I'll ask people to find some Taoist priests from outside the capital to come to Beijing, but their reputation is not high, I'm afraid the effect will not be as good as that of Xuandu Guan."
Bai Erlang asked: "Then shall we start pretending to be sick when we go back?"
Mingda thought for a while and said, "Put it on, lay the groundwork."
Zhou Man was immersed in research when he returned home, and there was news that the princess's old illness had relapsed from the Princess Mansion. The imperial doctor from the imperial hospital was helpless after coming to the door, so the emperor asked Xiao Yuanzheng to go there in person.
Even Zhou Man was sent to take a trip, and when he came back, he said that the princess's disease is an old disease, it can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause, and it hurts the foundation, so it may affect the life expectancy.
So the emperor was so sad that he couldn't go to the morning court for three days.
Zhou Man couldn't wish for it, so he didn't go out of the house very much every day, just nestled in the pharmacy and did various researches.
In the palace, the emperor came back from a walk around the garden, sweated a little, and sat down to drink water.
Gu Zhong presented the porcelain bottle, "Your Majesty, it's time to use the medicine."
The emperor stretched out his hand, Gu Zhong poured out a pill, the emperor swallowed it with water, sat on the chair with a big horse and said: "Zhou Man's pill is very good, with the medicine diet that Xiao Yuan is giving, these few days I don’t feel so uncomfortable day and night.”
Gu Zhong glanced at the pills in the bottle, and whispered: "Your Majesty, there are still five pills left, and they will be gone after two days. Do you want to ask Mr. Zhou for some more?"
The emperor nodded, "Go ahead, let her start making some."
Gu Zhong wrote down this matter, and brought the papers over to the emperor to see. The emperor flipped through them and asked, "How many papers have you sent in today?"
Gu Zhong knew what the emperor was asking about, lowered his head and said: "There are six seals, all of which are written by princes and princesses."
Since the news of the princess's illness spread, the courtiers and common people felt sorry for it, and then yesterday Xuandu Temple suddenly said that he had a pill that could cure the princess, but it needed a blind medicine, which was the key to longevity. Human blood, because it is used as medicine, does not need much, but long-lived people are hard to find.
So the person in Changsheng Temple who claimed to have lived two hundred years was pushed to the front.
The emperor flipped through the folder and threw it aside, "Nonsense."
But he didn't order them to stop. Although he didn't believe the group of people who lived two hundred years old, he was also curious about Na Luo's lifespan.
A few children have become so noisy, he can't be a hindrance, so let them go.
But if you want Naluoer to donate blood, these are not enough.
After the vassal kings and princesses from all over the country submitted the papers, Princess Mingda continued to be ill, and the illness was getting worse, so several vassal kings and princesses submitted the papers and said they would go back to Beijing to visit.
The emperor looked at these excerpts and began to think, then said with a sneer, "It's all approved, let them go back to Beijing."
He glanced at the crown prince standing below, and asked: "Your sister caused trouble, you can deal with the aftermath for her."
The prince's face remained unchanged and he said: "As long as the father is well, it won't be a problem."
The emperor was in a better mood, and a smile appeared on his face, "It's good to let them come to Beijing to have a look. I haven't seen them for a few years, so I just met them."
The crown prince responded, "Let the brothers and sisters be filial as well."
When the prince left, the emperor said to Gu Zhong in satisfaction, "The prince is much more sensible than before."
Gu Zhong smiled and said: "Your Highness is also a father, so naturally he knows His Majesty's good intentions."
"Yeah, you have to be a father to understand what it means to be a father." Sure enough, because the prince still had no children like before, now that he is a father, he will naturally be sensible.
After the emperor praised the prince, he got down to business, saying: "Order, let Chang'an County and Wannian County get ready, and the prince and princess will return to the capital. The law and order in the capital must not be disrupted."
Gu Zhong agreed.
When the newly appointed Magistrate Wang of Chang'an County and Magistrate Liu of Wannian County received the news, their faces were indescribable.
They had no choice but to go to Jingzhao Mansion, and then met at the gate, so they had to go in together.
Although Yin Li is still the magistrate of Jingzhao Mansion, he seldom manages affairs. Most of the affairs are handed over to two young Yins. One of them is Guo County Magistrate who was finally promoted from Chang'an County a year ago. Now he is Guo Shaoyin.
The two county magistrates couldn't help complaining to him, "It's neither His Majesty's birthday nor the Chinese New Year, yet so many princes and princesses have come to Beijing."
County Magistrate Liu sighed, "Last year, there were not so many people returning to Beijing during Chinese New Year. I don't know if they really went to Beijing to visit Princess Mingda, or they came for other things."
The county magistrate Wang also muttered, "That's right, there are not many princes and princesses who followed Li Shangshu in the past two days."
Guo Shaoyin: "How about seven people, isn't that many?"
"But there are a total of twelve vassal princes and princesses who have asked to return to Beijing."
Guo Shaoyin had been the county magistrate of Wannian County for several years, and later served as the county magistrate of Chang'an County for several years. His temper had been cultivated early, and he said indifferently: "It's okay, we enforce the law impartially, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, these vassal kings No matter how domineering the princess is, she doesn't dare to go too far."
Seeing that County Magistrate Wang and County Magistrate Liu didn't look very happy, he said, "The prince and Princess Mingda are still here."
"The feudal king is no better than the crown prince, and the princess is no better than Princess Mingda. Just pay attention to Prince Gong, don't let him bump into others, let alone let others bump into him."
The two county magistrates could only respond, but they still made some preparations.
For example, the streets in the capital are cleaner and the stalls are more orderly. Several disorderly streets have been cleaned up, and the entire capital is filled with this orderly vitality.
The little boy Bai Jingxing stepped into the capital in anticipation of this beautiful atmosphere.
It was the first time for her to go to the capital, and she was hugged by Mrs. Zheng and lay on the side of the car window. She poked her head out of the window and watched halfway. With her limited vocabulary, she couldn't describe what she felt, so she could only talk to her grandmother. Exclaimed: "So many people, so many things, so lively."
Mrs. Zheng also felt that today's capital city is exceptionally good, touched her head and asked with a smile, "Do you like it?"
Kid Bai Jingxing nodded fiercely, "I like it!"