The emperor thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Xuan her come in, it happens that the three ministers are here, you can discuss the dispatch of military doctors."
Gu Zhong agreed and went out to invite people in person.
After a while, he led Zhou Man in with a suppressed smile.
The emperor looked up and saw Zhou Man in dazzling attire. The pen in his hand stopped, and the ink stained the paper. He dropped the pen and looked at Zhou Man in surprise.
The other three ministers also opened their mouths wide and looked at Zhou Man.
All the colleagues that Zhou Man met along the way had such expressions, and she was no stranger to it, so she raised her hands to salute the emperor with a very flat expression.
The emperor raised his hand, "Excuse me."
He looked Zhou Man up and down, couldn't hold back, and asked twice, "Ai Qing?"
Zhou Man said calmly: "The minister came to the palace to thank His Majesty for his kindness."
"Oh." The emperor was silent for a long time before saying: "Then you are dressed like this..."
Zhou Man: "...Your Majesty, this is the princess's uniform, and I did not violate it."
"Yes, yes," the emperor found his own words after a pause, "What I mean is, why don't you wear official uniforms? Well, naturally, there is nothing wrong with wearing these clothes."
Zhou Man was hit hard. Before she entered the palace, she still raised her head high, thinking to surprise everyone, but she didn't expect to be surprised, but she attracted so many strange eyes. She couldn't help but doubt her own aesthetics, "Your Majesty , do I look weird in this suit?"
The emperor shook his head and looked at his three ministers.
The three ministers: …
Seeing that both the emperor and Zhou Man were looking over, the three of them could only shake their heads together, Zhao Guogong said: "Lord Zhou's clothes are not against the rules."
The emperor glanced at his uncle, thinking he was really stupid, and he didn't know how Mrs. Zhao Guogong could endure him for so many years.
The emperor said: "It's very beautiful."
Cui Shangshu and Liu Shangshu also looked at Zhao Guogong contemptuously, and said to each other: "Your Majesty Zhou wears this set of clothes, and his temperament is outstanding."
Another person said: "It is the best among all the hermits."
Although I don't know how polite this compliment is, and the four of them together are over 150 years old, Zhou Man is still happy and calms down a lot.
Zhou Man saluted the emperor again, and said sincerely: "I thank Your Majesty for the reward, and I will work harder for Your Majesty and my Great Jin in the future."
"Okay." Facing Zhou Man who was wearing a gorgeous dress, the emperor really couldn't open his mouth to mention the policy of military doctors, and planned to discuss this matter next time, so he said, "Ming Da is also in the harem, you go to pay the queen well."
Zhou Man bowed and stepped back.
The emperor and the three ministers watched Zhou Man go out without speaking for a long time.
The queen and Mingda looked at Zhou Man's well-dressed clothes much more normally, their eyes flashed with amazement, and they stretched out their hands to pull him up to look at him, "You look really good-looking, is there any happy event today?"
Zhou Man told the emperor's reward, and laughed with the queen, "I came to the palace to thank your majesty and empress for their kindness."
The queen smiled and said, "This is what you deserve."
The erysipelas in the emperor's body was cleared, and the queen knew about the recovery. She looked at Zhou Man's outfit today, and said with a smile: "You look good when you dress up like this, and you can always do this in the future."
Turning around, he ordered the palace servants to bring some jewelry and fabrics to Zhou Man, "This is a congratulatory gift for you."
Zhou Man looked blankly, "Ma'am, I'm here to thank you."
The queen smiled: "Then thank you."
Zhou Man can only take over.
After walking out of the palace, Zhou Man turned his head and glanced at the gate of the palace, and asked Mingda, "Is it strange that I am dressed like this? You see, many people looked at me in surprise along the way."
"That's because you usually don't wear fancy clothes and don't wear makeup, so you surprised them today."
"real?"
Mingda nodded affirmatively, "Really."
The carriage headed out of the imperial city, and many officials looked at the road along the way, but unfortunately they didn't see the people in the carriage.
I heard that Mr. Zhou entered the palace in full attire today, as beautiful as peaches and plums, but unfortunately they didn't see it.
Zhou Man went home with a gift from the Queen.
It was rare to have a holiday, Zhou Man was relaxed, and slept until the sun was high the next day. If she was not hungry, she would not want to get up.
After an early lunch, Zhou Man called over to little friend Bai Jingxing, "Come on, I'll take you to see the family fortune your mother earned for you today, and then to see Da Baoer."
Bai Jingxing immediately put the toys away, and Pidianpidian ran away with his mother.
Zhou Man went directly to the princess mansion to find Mingda and Bai Ruoyu, and invited them to visit her princess mansion together.
The two families are on the same street, but the doors open in different directions. The back door of Zhou Man's house faces the courtyard wall of the Princess Mansion.
At this time, the back door was closed, and the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry were a little far away from the back door, so no one knocked on the door.
Zhou Man was too lazy to turn to the main entrance, so he simply waved his hand and said to the guards, "Jump in and open the door."
Guards: …
They jumped into the wall silently, but after a while they jumped out again and reported: "My lady, there is also a lock inside."
"Then find someone to pick the lock. What are you doing jumping out?"
The guards had no choice but to climb over the wall again, and the little boy Bai Ruoyu and the little boy Bai Jingxing stood holding hands, looked up enviously with their little heads up, "You can fly."
Zhou Man urged them, "When you grow up a bit, you will learn too."
Mingda did not express any objection, and the group stood on the road for a long time before opening the door, and the officials in charge of the Ministry of Industry came along with them.
He respectfully stepped forward to salute Mingda and Zhou Man, "His Royal Highness, I haven't finished repairing this princess mansion, and I'm afraid it will take a while before it can be delivered."
Zhou Man asked, "Can we go in and have a look?"
"Of course, princess please."
A group of people went in, this was the back door, and connected to a corner of the back garden, where the vegetation was bleak, and someone was digging a hole in the yard, as if preparing to transplant flowers and trees.
Seeing it, Zhou Man couldn't help saying: "At this time, transplanting flowers and trees will cost a lot of money, and it may not be possible to live later."
The official said in embarrassment: "The Ministry of Industry and the Dianzhong Province are in a hurry, so..."
Thinking of her mother-in-law's hobbies and the flowers and trees in her garden, Zhou Man waved her hand nonchalantly and said, "Just let someone tidy up these fields. You don't need to transplant them. We will take care of them later."
The official's eyes are bright, which not only saves time, but also saves money.
The princess's mansion is naturally not as big as the princess's mansion, but it is not small. It is almost the same size as Zhou's mansion, but the layout and garden inside are far inferior to Zhou's mansion.
Mingda walked beside her and said: "This house originally belonged to my aunt, but she passed away seven or eight years ago, she lived with her husband's family in Huayin before she died of illness, and all the things in this garden were taken away. It's empty."
Regardless of whether it is a princess or a princess, if there is no one who receives the title after death, the princess's mansion and the princess's mansion generally have to be taken back to the palace, but the family members can move the things inside.
Different from the house given to Zhou Man by the crown prince, this house was granted to Zhou Man by the imperial court. It cannot be bought or sold, and she can only live in it when she is alive.
But Zhou Man was still very satisfied, she felt that it would not be a problem for her to live another 60 or 70 years.