"Then get ready. I'll take you to the Imperial Medical Office to sign up after the Chinese New Year."
Wutou clenched his fists happily. He didn't want to study in the academy for a long time, but my sister-in-law said that even if he was going to study medicine, he had to study hard. Even if he couldn't read well, it would be even more difficult to learn medical skills. .
Zhou Man looked at the six heads and asked with a smile, "What about you?"
Liutou immediately said: "Sister-in-law, I'm still young, sir asked me to continue studying."
Zhou Man nodded with a smile, "Then you should study hard and try to get into Jinshi or Mingjing in the future."
Seeing that his mother kept talking to his two cousins and ignoring them, little Bai Jingxing ran over and nestled into his mother's arms, "Mother, take us out to play."
Zhou Man stroked her head and said with a smile: "There are a lot of guests coming to the house today, so I can't go out to play. Big sister, you are the master, and you have to entertain the little guests who come to the house with your cousins today."
"Who's there?" Bai Jingxing asked enthusiastically, "Are there any young ladies? I like to play with young ladies."
"Of course there are, and there are quite a few. Mother will take you to see them then."
Upon hearing this in May, she turned around and went back to prepare.
When Zhou Man took her hand to pick up the guests outside the gate, Wu Yue brought up a small cloak, put it on for little Bai Jingxing, and tied it with a rope.
The small, pure white fox-fur cloak is very similar to Zhou Man's. Standing together, the mother and daughter not only look alike, but even look alike.
Looking at it, Zhou Man was overjoyed, and couldn't help touching the fox fur, "Where did this come from, why don't I remember?"
Wu Yue said with a smile: "The old lady asked someone to do this not long ago. The young lady couldn't sit still, even if it was cold and snowy, she wanted to go out to play, so the old lady picked two pieces of leather to make this for the young lady. Fox fur."
"Besides this one, there are some other cloaks, one of which is red, and it is also very beautiful."
Zhou Man said: "Go and get it, one white and one red look good, we don't want to wear the same."
Wu Yue responded with a smile, and turned around to get the red fox fur.
Zhou Man put it on for her, and then took her hand to stand by the gate.
The first to arrive were Bai Er and Ming Da, they had a good relationship with Zhou Man, so they came early regardless of their status.
After getting out of the car, the kid Bai Ruoyu in a black cloak broke away from the servant's hand and ran directly towards the kid Bai Jingxing.
The two of them didn't know beauty or ugliness yet, they only thought that the other person's dress was very good-looking today, so they hugged each other and praised each other, and then went in to play hand in hand.
Bai Jingxing wanted to introduce his cousins, nieces and nieces to him, "They are all my new friends, that's great."
Zhou Man patted her head and said, "Okay, then you, as the host, bring the guests in."
Mingda: "It's still early at noon, and the other guests shouldn't have come so early, why don't you go in with us and have a rest?"
"It's getting late, I'll stand a little longer, and I'll go in if I'm tired."
Bai Erlang stood still and said, "I'll accompany you, let Mingda take the child in."
Mingda smiled and nodded, leading the two children in.
After a while Yin You came, Zhou Man said: "The front yard is a bit cold, but there is a brazier in the back yard, you go to the back yard."
Yang Heshu and Mrs. Yang also came early, and they brought the child with them. When these close people were welcomed in, other guests also arrived one after another.
Zheng Shi and Zhou Lijun were waiting at the second gate, but Zhou Man wanted to stay at the gate.
There is no way, the guests who came today are all for Zhou Man's title of "Princess Lord". Bai Shan is not at home, so she can only greet her in person.
Zhou Man and Bai Erlang stood at the door, picking up one guest after another with smiles on their faces, but she just said hello, turned around and handed over to Zhou Zhoulang to arrange.
When Cui Shangshu came, Zhou Man made a calculation in his heart, and the guests were almost all here, so Zhou Zhoulang left the rest, and she and Bai Erlang turned back.
"Among the people who came today, I don't know a lot of people. Isn't it too wide for you to spread invitations?"
"Don't, don't blame me," Zhou Man said, "There are many people who didn't invite you, but they are all colleagues. I can't turn them away when they arrive, right?"
Although it is said that invitations are distributed widely, she only sends them to those who have friendship or have to. There are so many civil and military people in Manchuria, she can't really send it to everyone she knows, that is madness Woolen cloth.
Upon hearing this, Bai Erlang gave a thumbs up and said, "You can see how favored you are now."
Zhou Man ignored him.
Bai Erlang: "Do you think His Majesty will send someone to give gifts today?"
"No way, it's just housewarming, not getting married, nor living a long life." Zhou Man raised his hand and said, "Don't think too much about it."
The emperor didn't send anything, but the prince did.
The others didn't arrive, but Eunuch Wu brought a lot of presents. Zhou Man, who hadn't reached the backyard, turned around and went to the front to pick him up again.
Eunuch Wu bowed and said with a smile: "Lord Zhou, these are all gifts carefully prepared by the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess. There must be a lack of decorations when you move to a new house. These things are just right to be placed on the shelf."
The congratulatory gifts were all packed in boxes. Zhou Man reached out to take the gift list and glanced at it. He clicked his tongue twice in his heart. Sure enough, they were all things suitable for displaying on antique racks. Most of them were porcelain and some were jade.
The prince is really generous, but even though she just glanced at it, she can also see that the things on the paper are gifts from the emperor, right
It is likely to bear the royal logo on it.
This kind of thing is generally not bought or sold, but can only be given away.
The crown prince specially gave her these things this time, probably because His Majesty has rewarded too many things for the East Palace, right
Zhou Man was thinking wildly in his mind, but with a smile on his face, he handed the gift list to Jiu Lan behind him, and was about to thank him, when he saw Zhou Zhou Lang trotting in from outside, and whispered: "Man Bao, His Highness Prince Gong is here."
Zhou Man: "...what is he here for?"
Zhou Man, who felt that his relationship with Prince Gong was very ordinary, even at odds, generously did not send an invitation to Prince Gong, in case he had to give her a gift if he didn't come.
In the past, Princess Gong never sent invitations to Zhou Man even if she had something to do, so no matter whether it was Prince Gong's birthday celebration or the addition of a child, Zhou Man never added any gift money.
In this case, she was naturally embarrassed to invite Prince Gong, but she never thought that he would come here uninvited.
Zhou Man took a look at Eunuch Wu, and went to the door to greet him with Zhou Zhoulang in a daze.
There was a carriage parked at the door, guards and servants stood on both sides of the carriage, Zhou Man looked around, Zhou Zhou Lang motioned her to look at the carriage, and whispered: "It has been parked at the entrance, and I haven't got off the carriage yet."
Zhou Man: ...
She could only go forward, stood beside the car and said with a smile: "Prince Gong is here, it's really luxuriant."
The servant opened the curtain, and Prince Gong and Princess Gong got out of the carriage.
Prince Gong raised his chin arrogantly and said: "Zhou Man, do you have any objections to this king? Why did Princess Ankang receive the post, but this king didn't?"