Zhou Lizhong met Dr. Liu several times in private. Under the guidance of his sister-in-law, Bai Shan, and his uncles, he always gave Dr. Liu something every time he went there, either flowers picked from the garden or flowers from the garden.

Some small things like hairpin rings bought outside, or some food...

Dr. Liu occasionally returned the favor. Because it was cold, she even made him a sleeve to warm his hands when he went out.

The relationship between the two quickly warmed up. The Liu family saw it and agreed to the marriage after Xiao Yuanzheng came to their door for the second time.

Xiao Yuanzheng was not too surprised. Anyway, the marriage was agreed in advance. There is not much difference between being reserved once and being reserved twice.

As soon as the Liu family agreed, the Zhou family chose a good day to bring Zhou Lizhong to formally propose marriage. At that time, Man Bao was still on duty in the palace.

Therefore, Xiao Yuanzheng was present, and Imperial Physician Liu and Lao Zhoutou jointly made the decision for them.

The two parties exchanged Gengtie and Dingli, and the marriage was confirmed.

Man Bao could only accept everyone's congratulations with Dr. Liu in the palace. The next day when he went to the Imperial Medical Office to attend class and saw Dr. Liu again, he had a strange feeling. She was not only her apprentice now, but also her disciple.

Her niece-in-law.

Zhou Liru was even more naughty. When the two of them were getting along well, she would obediently call her senior sister. If things were not going well, she would change her name to sister-in-law, and she would have to call Dr. Liu until her face turned red and she became angry.

Man Bao ignored their disputes and usually finished his classes, gave them some homework and gave them more homework than others, and then went back to the palace.

Same today.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Manbao jumped out of the carriage, picked up his book basket, and walked slowly to the East Palace. When he finally entered the East Palace, he saw that it was busy inside, and many people were unloading things from the carriages and delivering them inside.

She couldn't help but stop and look at it for a while.

Eunuch Wu, who was directing people to move things, saw Man Bao and immediately trotted forward to salute, "Dr. Zhou Xiaotai is back from class?"

Man Bao quickly returned the gift and asked curiously: "Where did you get so many things?"

"His Highness is back. These are the New Year's goods that His Highness bought in Jiangnan."

"Your Highness, be safe."

"Safe and safe," Eunuch Wu said with a smile, "I'm just a little thinner than before I went out, but fortunately I'm still energetic."

He smiled and said: "Your Highness has just come back. He must have asked for Ping Anmai. Originally, our family was also going to pick up Dr. Zhou, but it happened that you came back."

Man Bao smiled and said, "Then I'll take the book basket back first, and then come back with the medicine box."

Eunuch Wu smiled and agreed.

Man Bao returned to Chongwen Hall, put down his book basket, and picked up his medicine box to see the prince.

The prince has just come back from overseas. Usually, in order to prevent acclimatization, he has to see a doctor and ask for a Ping'an pulse test.

Even Wei Zhi was favored. He heard that Dr. Zheng was ordered to visit him.

The prince had indeed lost a lot of weight, but after not seeing him for more than a month, he still had a beard, which made Man Bao look at him several times and always felt that he was getting older.

When the prince saw her peeking again and again, he couldn't help but glance at her and asked scornfully: "What are you looking at?"

Man Bao opened his mouth and said politely: "Your Highness, do you want to shave your beard?"

This change is also too big.

The prince frowned, stretched out his hand to touch his beard, and said with some satisfaction: "It's easy to grow it when you're alone, why do you want to shave it off?"

Man Bao opened his mouth. You can't say that you look old or ugly with a beard, right?

Just as the Crown Princess came over with the little grandson in her arms, Man Bao said, "Aren't I afraid that the little grandson won't recognize you?"

The prince snorted and said, "What a joke, how could Gu's son not know Gu?"

The Crown Princess responded with a smile, then hugged the child and came forward, coaxing him: "Yingnu, do you think who is this? Is it the father?"

The prince also smiled at the little emperor grandson and reached out to touch his face.

The little grandson looked at his father, then turned to look at Man Bao, then reached out and spoke to her without knowing what he was talking about.

Seeing that the prince kept reaching out to touch him and scratching his face, he turned his head uncomfortably. When he couldn't get away, he glanced at his father, then simply closed his eyes and started crying.

The prince was startled and immediately retracted his hand and glanced at his fingers, "Did you hurt him?"

The Crown Princess also hugged the child distressedly and comforted her. Seeing that his cheeks were a little red, she couldn't help but glare at the Crown Prince.

The prince didn't even feel his pulse. He took back his left hand from Zhou Man and stepped forward to look at the little emperor grandson. Seeing that his cheeks were indeed a little red, he looked down at his fingers and discovered that there were many calluses on his fingertips.

Left behind by practicing martial arts.

Moreover, I have been running around on horses recently, and pulling on the reins has also worn out some calluses.

The prince said he disliked the little emperor's grandson for being too delicate, but he couldn't help but look at Zhou Man anxiously.

Zhou Man also stepped forward to take a look, reached out and touched it and said, "It's okay, just scrub it with warm water and it should be fine next time."

The princess took the child down and scrubbed it.

Man Bao said: "Children's skin is delicate, so it is easy to get scratched. Just pay more attention in the future."

She motioned the prince to sit down and continue taking his pulse.

The prince didn't have any minor ailments, such as overwork and lack of sleep. Manbao didn't prescribe any medicine. He just prescribed some medicated meals and told him to get more rest.

The prince raised his eyes and looked at Eunuch Wu while she was prescribing. Eunuch Wu bowed and led the servants in the palace to retreat, then closed the door and stood in front of the door to blow the cold air.

After Man Bao finished writing the prescription, he looked up and found that no one was there, so he couldn't help but look at the prince.

The prince asked: "I heard that the emperor's grandmother is in poor health?"

Manbao thought for a while and nodded: "I'm much better now, but I'm still taking medicine."

Now Man Bao has received a new task. Every two days, she has to check the Queen Mother's pulse and give her acupuncture treatment. Occasionally, she will bring Dr. Liu with her and let her do it.

Although Xiao Yuanzheng had agreed to let Dr. Liu take the pulse herself, the Queen Mother did not mind the person doing the acupuncture, but Zhou Manlai had to decide on the acupuncture method.

She estimated that in the next six months, or even longer, she would check the Queen Mother's pulse and determine acupuncture techniques, and then occasionally insert acupuncture until...

The prince asked: "How is the condition of the royal grandmother?"

Man Bao hesitated for a moment. Under the piercing gaze of the prince, she couldn't help but think. Speaking of which, the prince was also a family member. Anyway, he was not asking about the emperor's physical condition, so she hesitated and said, "It's not very good."

The prince was mentally prepared, because as soon as he came back, the princess quietly told him that the queen mother coughed up blood.

The prince pursed his lips and asked, "Can't it be cured?"

Man Bao shook her head. There were some things she couldn't say directly to the emperor, but she felt less worried about the prince. She said: "The Queen Mother has been ill for too long."

She has not been in good health since the beginning of winter last year. Over the past year, she has been taking medicine on and off almost all the time. It seems that the cough is caused by evil wind entering the body, but in fact, her body has reached its limit and is at the end of its strength.

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She just didn't want to die, so she survived until now.

Man Bao said: "If the weather is good, she might be able to watch the little emperor's grandson capture Zhou."
Chapter completed!