Farmer’s Blessed Girl

Zhou Man returned to Beijing with only one car and five rides, and Zheng Shi and Xiao Qian took Bai Jingxing to the county town to wait for Zhou Man to return.

Bai Shan sent people out of the city, glanced at the lively official road, and told her: "Be careful when you return to Beijing. Now that we are older, we will no longer be treated as childish words when we talk and do things."

Zhou Man nodded and said, "I know, don't worry."

Bai Shan sent Zhou Man into the car and nodded to Daji who was driving.

Zhou Man opened the curtain and waved to him, "Okay, go back quickly."

Said to let Bai Shan go back, but she kept looking out, Xibing knocked on the wall of the car, and after letting Daji drive, poured a cup of tea for Zhou Man, "Madam, do you want to drink tea to moisten your mouth? ?"

Zhou Man glanced back and looked back, "What kind of tea is this?"

"Almond brown sugar tea."

"...What a chic tea," Zhou Man stared, "Why haven't I heard of it?"

"Oh, the lady heard from the master that it is good for pregnant women to eat almonds, so the lady asked someone to grind the almonds to make tea, and the eldest lady said it was not good, so she added brown sugar, lady, try it. Look."

Zhou Man took a sip, his eyes lit up, and he took two sips and said, "Don't say it, it's pretty good."

Zhou Man's journey was not slow, but it wasn't particularly fast. Daji had been controlling the itinerary so that he could find a place to sleep every time he stopped, and returned to the capital on the ninth day.

Two days slower than riding a horse.

But people in the capital don't know.

According to the old example, the normal handover of officials, plus family leave, etc., are counted together. As long as there is no need for expedited position changes, each official has one month.

Therefore, although Zhou Man's arrival time is not too early, it is not too late. The courtiers who did not know that Zhou Man completed all the handovers in just five days were satisfied with Zhou Man's speed.

When officials enter Beijing to report their duties, they must report to the Ministry of Officials as soon as they enter Beijing.

Zhou Man was the same. While she asked the guards to take her documents to the official department to line up to report, she thought about going home to freshen up and change clothes first, and the palace might summon her later.

As a result, the guard with the paperwork left, and before she could return to Chongyuan Square, the servants and guards in the palace quickly chased after her, "Master Zhou, stay!"

The carriage stopped, Zhou Man lifted the curtain and looked at the person who came, "This is you?"

The inner servant held an iron decree and said, "The Empress has a purpose, Xuan Zhouman will see her."

Zhou Man couldn't help but glance at Daji, and after thinking for a while, he nodded, "Let's go to the palace, Daji, you go back to the mansion to report safety and let them know that I'm back."

"Yes."

Dae-gil jumps out of the carriage and lets the other guard drive the car.

The servants and the Imperial Army escorted the carriage forward, and Daji immediately mounted the horse after seeing the carriage leave, and took the rest back to Chongyuanfang.

Zhou Man helped Xibing's man to get out of the car, and looked up at the entrance of the palace. It had been three years since she left last time, and the entrance of the Taiji Palace had not changed at all, except for the guards guarding the entrance of the palace.

Zhou Man turned his head to the cake in the car and said, "You all go back first, you don't have to wait here."

The cake and the guards should come down.

Zhou Man followed the servant into the palace, but instead of going to the harem, he went to the front hall of Taiji Hall.

Zhou Man couldn't help but take two steps to catch up with the inner servant who was leading the way, and asked in a low voice, "What's the name of your lord?"

The servant bowed his head and said, "I don't dare to be called that as an adult, the servant is called Fulai."

Zhou Man boasted: "Good name, I have never seen Lord Fulai in front of the niangniang before. Did the lord Fulai only come to the niangniang in the past two years?"

Fu Lai laughed softly: "The servant used to be the servant of the Taiji Temple, but because the servant's name is good, His Majesty gave the servant to the Empress."

Zhou Man nodded and asked, "The Empress is in the front hall at this time?"

Fu Lai shook his head and said, "This is the time when the courtiers are discussing matters, why is the empress in the front hall?"

Zhou Man: "...Didn't you say that the empress summoned ministers to see her?"

Fu Lai raised his face slightly, glanced at Zhou Man and then whispered, "Your Excellency is returning to Beijing to report on his work, shouldn't he come to see His Majesty?"

Zhou Man:  …

Something must have happened in the palace, no, something must have happened in the court, otherwise the queen would not have interfered in the affairs of the courtiers.

Zhou Man lowered his voice and asked, "Lord Fulai, what happened to the DPRK?"

"It's nothing, Lord Zhou, don't worry too much," Fu Lai said softly after a pause, "But this time should be about to have lunch. Recently, His Majesty has a good appetite and always likes to leave the ministers in the palace to eat together. Next day, today is the day that Master Luo Er will present the medicinal pills. After lunch, Master Luo Er will serve His Majesty and take the pills. He will meditate for a while in the afternoon, so Lord Zhou should hurry up, or wait for His Majesty. I'm going to have lunch, I'm afraid I won't be in time for my job today."

The maids in the palace are all very shrewd, even if Zhou Man is well-liked, it is rare to find out so many lines of information at once.

When they don't give money, they jump out word by word, when they give money, they jump out word by word, and they refuse to say a single word of extra words.

With such a long sentence, Zhou Man felt that it was not Fulai who wanted to tell her, but the empress behind him.

Zhou Man followed Fulai to the Taiji Temple, while thinking wildly, but what is the medicine pill, and who is the master?

Zhou Man asked, "Then why is Master Luo Er not from the Central Plains?"

Fu Lai whispered: "Na Luo Er Saha, from Tianzhu, returned to Beijing with Lord Wang a few years ago."

"Which Lord Wang?"

"The newly-appointed Chaosan doctor, Lord Wang, was envoy to Tianzhu before and was robbed by Zhongtianzhu. Then he and Tubo and Nibra borrowed troops to destroy Zhongtianzhu. Last year, he escorted the Zhongtianzhu king and dignitaries back to Beijing to offer prisoners. have you heard of it?"

Zhou Man suddenly realized, nodded again and again: "I heard of it, and it is very famous."

Last year, Bai Erlang, who was the favorite of the storyteller in Beihai County's teahouse and restaurant, was so attracted that he left government affairs and ran to listen to it every day, but was cut down by Bai Shan and Yin or together.

"He also brought back a... master?" Zhou Man asked, "Tianzhu, wouldn't he be a Taoist priest?"

"No," Fulai's voice became even lower, and he looked around and said inaudibly, "It's a monk."

Zhou Man: "Monks also concoct alchemy?"

Fu Lai has never been out of the palace. The words he is going to say today are all taught by someone, so he doesn't know, "Don't monks make alchemy?"

"I haven't studied this seriously. I'll go back to Huguo Temple and ask Master Zhiren. Maybe it's a school of Buddhism. There are many schools of Taoism and Buddhism," Zhou Man brought back the topic. , and asked, "So the mother-in-law asked me to see the medicinal pills?"

Fu Lai smiled and said, "This slave doesn't know."

So much has been said, you can handle it yourself.