Although what Wei Zhi and Mr. Old Tang said was unpleasant and the emperor didn't like hearing it, he still listened. He was really afraid that the farmers would convert their fields into melon fields because of the heavy profits from melons this year.

Therefore, we specially summoned the county magistrates of Chang'an County and Wannian County and asked them to do a good job in encouraging students to teach farmers to grow mulberry trees this year. Next year, they will keep a close eye on the grain planting in major Zhuangzi and not allow the powerful to take the lead in improving the fields into melon fields.

It was also because he was so busy that the emperor didn't think of settling accounts with Zhou Man at first, and when he found time, he forgot about it.

But Man Bao didn't know that. She had been secretly avoiding the emperor. She didn't even go to give the emperor acupuncture herself. Instead, she carefully taught Xiao Yuanzheng and then left Xiao Yuanzheng alone.

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Xiao Yuan was eager to learn more acupuncture skills from her, so he followed Man Bao to the side hall, found two chamberlains who had some stomach problems, and gave them two acupunctures. After confirming that there was no problem, he went to the emperor without hesitation.

In the cold weather, I went to give the emperor acupuncture.

Because there was someone to take the blame on his behalf, Man Bao, although hiding from the emperor, still went to the Daming Palace every day. Occasionally he had enough time, and after seeing the Crown Princess, he and Ming Da Changyu went around to play, and even gave money to Princess Ming Da.

Condition the body.

At the beginning, Man Bao gave Princess Mingda an acupuncture without even revealing her pulse. Mingda's palace maids and chamberlains wanted to stop her, but they found that the princess's appetite was indeed better after the acupuncture, and she would sleep more peacefully at night.

, so I turned a blind eye and let it go.

Forget it, Zhou Man would never harm the princess anyway, and her injecting the queen with needles was rarely brought into the case.

His Majesty's harem is a little different from others. Not to mention the distant past, even during the reign of the late emperor, strife and frame-ups were inevitable in the harem.

There are very few today.

Even if jealousy happened, it would never harm the children. The queen took good care of the harem.

It is precisely because of the relaxed environment that Man Bao can give Ming Da acupuncture so freely.

When she saw them smearing rouge on their faces, Man Bao expressed with interest that she had found some rouge prescriptions while reading medical books in the Chongwen Museum and they looked very good.

Planning to have fun with Mingda Changyu.

The wise old woman listened to these words and thought to herself: If in the previous dynasty or the time of the late emperor, the princesses would not have been allowed to touch such medicinal materials and use such rouge. Who knows what is hidden in this matter?

What's the cause of it?

Now, if they want to play, they can play.

So, the old nanny watched as Man Bao encouraged the two princesses to go to Hetai Hospital to get a lot of medicinal materials, and then went to the small kitchen for a walk. After she felt that the kitchen smell was too fishy, ​​the three of them squatted in the corridor and lived together.

Make it.

Man Bao couldn't quite understand them. He took a small scale to weigh the medicinal materials and asked, "Where is the fishy smell in the kitchen? I went in and walked around, and it's obviously quite fragrant."

There is still soup stock hanging on the stove. I heard that we will cook noodles for dinner at night.

But this is food for the princesses, and Manbao can't eat it. She has to leave here and rush back to Chongwen Pavilion before dinner, otherwise the East Palace will be locked as soon as the sun sets.

Chang Yu said: "The chicken was just killed in the kitchen, didn't you smell the smell of blood?"

Man Bao thought for a moment and shook his head, "Human blood seems to be bloodier than chickens."

There was no way he could answer this question, so Chang Yu simply stopped answering.

Man Bao arranged the weighed medicinal materials in order, while Ming Da and Chang Yu sat at a small table to pound the medicinal materials. Their personal maid personally squatted in front of the stove to light the fire.

They doubted the abilities of Zhou Man and the two princesses. They had never heard anyone say that rouge was made of medicinal materials. Shouldn't rouge be made of flowers?

Mingda and Changyu only sit and let people put on their makeup. Now that they are still young, they only put on flower patches or paint on their foreheads, not even powder. However, the maids are busy applying rouge to their faces.

There is no shortage of purchases.

If you buy a lot, you will naturally know how this rouge is made. To put it bluntly, isn’t it made of red and blue flowers?

A good rouge will add other flowers to it to make it better in color and fragrance. How can it be made with medicinal materials?

But Man Bao was very confident. He took Ming Da and Chang Yu to pound and steam the medicinal materials for three days. Just when the queen couldn't help but ask, Man Bao asked Chang Yu to come from the Shangshi Bureau.

Get a piece of suet.

Not to mention the palace maids, even the old nuns were stunned. Then they watched Manbao melt the suet and mix it with the light purple "rouge" they had made for three days. The color of the "rouge" was already light.

It's lighter.

After Manbao was reconciled, he put it in an ice basin and froze it. I watched it from morning to afternoon. When I opened the jar again, it solidified inside. The color was light, maybe because it was not evenly distributed, and some were light purple.

, some are milky white.

Man Bao smelled it and felt it was pretty good, so he felt proud and gave it to Chang Yu and Ming Da to smell it.

They both smelled it and nodded, "It smells good, but is it rouge?"

Although they have never used rouge, they have seen people using it, right?

Mingda hesitated and said: "Is this ointment?"

Man Bao said: "Didn't you say that rouge can make people have a good color? This can make people have a good color. Of course it is rouge."

Man Bao showed them the recipe he had copied down, "No, it's written on it, it's called Run Rouge."

Changyu and Mingda no longer doubted it, but looked at the rouge in the jar and asked, "Is this ready to be used?"

"That's it."

Man Bao picked some up with her fingertips and rubbed it in her palms, then wiped it on her face, and finally wiped the back of her hands. She looked at the back of her hands and nodded: "It's really good."

Manbao immediately ran to open the medicine box, took out three small wooden jars, and said to Mingda, "I want to dig some."

They made a lot, including a big jar. Although Manbao brought three wooden jars, they were not big, so they nodded without being stingy at all and asked her to dig out three small jars.

Manbao happily carried the medicine box back to the East Palace. She walked in front, and the emperor and the queen arrived behind. As soon as he entered the side hall of his daughters, the emperor looked around and asked, "Where is Zhou Man?"

Chang Yu was still studying the moisturizing rouge with Ming Da when he heard the emperor's voice and rushed out immediately, "Father and Queen, come quickly, we have made something good."

The emperor said: "I came to see if you have burned down the side hall. I have seen smoke coming from here for three days in a row."

Mingda ran forward and hugged one of his mother's arms. Hearing this, he smiled and asked, "Then why did you come here to ask now?"

That's of course because there's no time left.

Recently, the upper reaches of the Yellow River have melted and the water has been flowing a little too much. At this time, the governor of Shengzhou sent people to rush to report the danger of the Yellow River.

The matter of the emperor eating too many melons was left undisturbed. Wei Zhi was already calculating with the Ministry of Household Affairs the amount of relief food that would be disbursed this year, and it would be sent to Shengzhou soon.

The Ministry of Industry is also going with us, so we should try our best not to let the Yellow River burst its banks.
Chapter completed!