The emperor didn't know anything about it, so he talked to the queen for a while, and thought that since Zhou Man was here, he might as well show it to the queen.

"The queen has had a bad appetite recently."

Man Bao felt his pulse and said: "It's bitter summer. There's no good way to do this. However, your body is weak. Don't use too many ice basins in the house. Use a fan to fan yourself, or sit in a ventilated place."

, be careful not to catch cold at night..."

Manbao kept talking a lot, and even the emperor who was listening on the side thought she was too verbose, but the empress involved listened with great interest.

When she was finally sent away, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You don't look very young, why are you so nagging?"

The Queen smiled and asked, "Your Majesty, does your stomach still hurt?"

The emperor felt it for a while, shook his head and said: "Don't tell me, her acupuncture is quite useful. I heard from the prince that their Imperial Medical Office has to teach in different subjects, and one of them is acupuncture."

The queen also thought it was good. Even though this summer was still bitter for her, it was actually better than previous years. Last year, she felt very uncomfortable, especially when the catkins were flying. She once thought she would not survive that summer.

This was the first time for the emperor to be pricked with acupuncture, and he felt fine, let alone the queen, who was often pricked.

It was precisely for this reason that the queen tried her best to persuade the emperor to reorganize the Imperial Medical Office.

If Zhou Man's skills could be taught to his disciples as written in their brochures and then spread to medical offices in various places, and then treat diseases for people all over the world, then I don't know how many people could benefit.

The emperor also began to think seriously about this matter, and he thought more deeply than the queen. "Acupuncture uses less medicine, so the cost should be less, and some poor people can also use it."

The emperor couldn't help tapping his thigh with his fingers, and said thoughtfully: "At that time, a sum of money will be allocated from the treasury every year, and medical offices in various places will purchase some commonly used medicinal materials, and they can also provide relief to patients who cannot afford medicine."

The Queen nodded repeatedly, "That's exactly what I mean."

"However, this charter must be made well, lest the people who really should be helped are not helped, but some rats are fed." The emperor thought for a while, turned to Gu Zhong and said: "The prince is doing this, call him here

, I asked him if he has any regulations there?"

Gu Zhong quickly agreed, bowed and left, and asked someone to announce the arrival of the prince.

He just gave the order and turned around to go back. He saw Zhou Man, who had just left not long ago, sitting happily with the two workers in the side hall. He didn't know what he said. Zhou Man and Princess Changyu were looking up and laughing.

Princess Mingda even rolled her eyes with laughter.

Gu Zhong shook his head slightly and turned back.

The emperor and empress in the palace also vaguely heard laughter and asked, "What are they laughing at?"

Immediately, someone from the palace went out to ask, and soon came back with inquiries, "Ms. Zhou was telling the princesses interesting stories about her childhood playing by the river in the village. The two princesses liked it very much."

Not only do they like it, if Man Bao hadn't said that the sun was too strong and she didn't want to bask in the sun, they would have almost dragged her to the river to dig mud together.

There is also a river in the Daming Palace.

And because the Daming Palace has not yet been built and occupies a large area, it is quite wild. The riverside has not been managed at all. There are water plants where there should be water plants, and there is mud where there should be mud. There are even some tidal flats with lush water plants.

There are wild ducks.

It didn't look like he was from the palace at all.

Finally, when the sun went down and became less fierce, Chang Yu, who dragged Man Bao and Ming to the riverside, saw the frightened wild ducks flying up and couldn't help but scream with joy.

Man Bao was not surprised, but he wanted to know if there were wild duck eggs in the water plants, so he lifted up and tied up his skirt, rolled up his sleeves, and walked deeper into the grass.

Chang Yu immediately followed him. Ming Da also wanted to go, but he was quickly stopped by the palace attendant, "Princess, you can't catch the cold."

Mingda felt a little regretful, so he stood on the shore waiting for them and gave them directions, "Come up a little more. The wild duck just flew away from above..."

Manbao pulled at the lush water plants on the beach, and finally found a hay nest with Princess Changyu. When he opened it, he saw five blue-white duck eggs.

Both of them couldn't help but let out a sigh and stretched out their hands to get it.

Man Bao also shook it and said very happily: "It doesn't take long and you can eat it."

Changyu took three and Manbao took two. They happily squeezed out of the water grass and went up to show the duck eggs to Mingda.

Mingda was also very curious, "How do you eat this?"

"It can be fried with leeks," Man Bao said, "fried eggs with leeks are delicious, then fried duck eggs should be delicious too."

They're all eggs anyway.

Chang Yu couldn't bear to eat them all, so he took one and said, "I want to clean this one and put it on the table as an offering. No one is allowed to eat it."

Mingda also wanted one, so he pinched one in his hand. Man Bao didn't care and handed both eggs to the palace maid, "These eggs can last for about twenty days. The weather is hot. If you

It will go bad if you don’t eat it.”

Mingda lamented, "Is there no way to prevent it from breaking?"

"Yes, let's see if it's a hatching egg. If it's a hatching egg, find a hen to incubate it. Then the eggs will turn into ducklings. The ducklings will be able to lay eggs when they grow up. Wouldn't it be broken? Hahaha.

…”

Man Bao was just joking, but Ming Da and Chang Yu actually took it seriously. They thought about it and thought it was a good idea, so they decided to take it back and have someone find a hen to hatch the eggs.

"How do you know if this is a hatching egg?"

Man Bao was stunned for a moment, carefully recalled her mother's steps for selecting eggs, scratched her head and said, "You have to light an oil lamp, and then point the egg at the oil lamp and shine it. If you shine it, you can tell whether it is a hatched egg."

The palace maids and chambermaids on the side:...

There was a palace maid who was old enough before entering the palace and knew how to recognize her. So she stepped forward and said, "Princess, I know how to recognize you."

So the group of people ran back to the palace, closed the curtains, lit oil lamps, and selected eggs.

With good luck, three of the five eggs were hatching eggs. Mingda and Changyu chose one that looked pleasing to their eyes, and then looked at Man Bao, "Are you really not going to choose one?"

Man Bao is not very interested in raising ducks. There are many ducks in her small village, so there is no need to raise them all the way in the palace.

But it was rare for her to have something in common with her friends, so after thinking about it, she picked up the remaining one, nodded and said: "Okay, but it's not convenient for me to carry it with me. Can you help me get it? I'll wait until I find it."

Brooding hens are placed together to incubate eggs.”

Mingda nodded immediately, took the duck egg from her hand and said with a smile, "I'll keep it for you."

Seeing that they had finally reached an agreement, the palace attendant on the side reminded him tactfully: "Master Zhou, it's getting late."

Man Bao looked outside and was shocked to realize that time had flown by and it was almost time for dinner.

She stood up immediately, "I have to go back, otherwise the ship will be out of service soon."
Chapter completed!