Zhao Liulang walked directly to Bai Erlang and said, "We are also relatives. Can we call my cousin to hear about it?"

Bai Erlang:......

Everyone joked around Bai Erlang for a while before letting him go. Like Liu Huan, some in the Chongwen Hall felt that being a prince-in-law was not as good as being a rich son-in-law, and there were also some who envied Bai Erlang.

The most important thing is that they did some digging about their family backgrounds and had no idea where they were missing. Why didn't the emperor even meet them and settle on Bai Er?

Apart from being two years younger than them, what other advantages does Bai Er have?

No matter how dissatisfied they were, everyone still smiled at Bai Erlang to congratulate him.

Not only the people in Chongwen Hall, but also many ministers in the court did not expect that Bai Cheng would hire Princess Mingda in the end.

Unfortunately, no one from the Bai family was an official in the court, so after attending the court meeting, everyone congratulated Mr. Zhou Manzhuang.

Man Bao, who was inexplicably congratulated because his junior brother became the consort, said:...

Even Mr. Zhuang was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was doing, so he quickly returned the gift and thanked him. Because Bai Er, he had to bend down more today than he did in the previous two imperial meetings combined.

Prince Gong was among the last people in the palace to get the news. After all, he was injured and no one would mention it in front of him.

It was when Princess Gong mentioned that she needed to prepare some cosmetics for Mingda and Changyu that he found out that Mingda was engaged.

Prince Gong asked: "Mingda's marriage has been decided? Whose son is he?"

Princess Gong glanced at him and said, "It's settled, Bai Cheng of the Bai family in Mianzhou."

"..." Prince Gong couldn't help but straighten his waist slightly, "Who?"

"Bai Cheng." Princess Gong said, "My ancestral home is Longzhou, and I can be considered a noble family..."

Prince Gong trembled his lips and said: "What aristocratic family? Isn't it Zhou Man's junior brother?"

Princess Gong stopped talking.

Prince Gong said disgustedly: "Why did my father like him? How can he be worthy of Mingda?"

Princess Gong said: "The Queen Mother is also very satisfied."

Prince Gong felt as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly. When Zhou Man came to change his dressing, his eyes were not eyes and his nose was not a nose.

Man Bao didn't care. He took the medicine and told the people around him to watch him carefully before leaving.

Prince Gong's injury has improved, but it is certain that his legs will never recover as before. The Queen's condition is also improving, at least she is out of danger and will not have to stay in bed every day.

The emperor then dealt with the issue of Prince Gong's crooked bones. Xiao Yuanzheng was deprived of his post as Chancellor and demoted to the fifth rank. In addition, he was also fined and deducted his salary.

However, in Xiao Yuanzheng's view, salary deduction and demotion are really not worth mentioning.

The post of Emperor Zheng of the Taiyuan Hospital was instantly lost, and the doctors in the Taiyuan Hospital all paid attention.

Under Xiao Yuanzheng, there are three fifth-grade imperial doctors, one is Imperial Physician Liu and the other is Imperial Physician Lu. There was also Imperial Physician Ji before, but Imperial Physician Ji resigned, so now only Imperial Physician Liu and Imperial Physician Lu can compete for this hospital.

Right job.

Among them, Imperial Physician Lu has the most advantage, because Imperial Physician Liu is old and rarely cares about the affairs of the Imperial Hospital, and does not handle as many matters as Imperial Physician Lu.

The Imperial Hospital is different from other departments. The heads of other departments have to ask courtiers for their opinions, but the Imperial Hospital can be appointed by the emperor at a single word.

The emperor never thought of asking the courtiers for their opinions, so he asked Xiao Yuanzheng who he thought could succeed him.

Xiao Yuanzheng did not directly propose Dr. Liu, but only commented on Dr. Liu and Dr. Lu. He thought that Dr. Liu had excellent medical skills but a peaceful personality but was too gentle; he thought that Dr. Lu had superb medical skills but was too strong in his prime.

The emperor pondered for a while, and when he met Zhou Man at the queen's place, he asked, "Do you think it would be better for Dr. Liu to be the hospital, or for Dr. Lu to be the hospital?"

Man Bao said without thinking: "Mr. Liu."

The emperor didn't expect her to be so direct. He said "Oh" and then asked with a smile: "Why?"

Man Bao said: "Because of the stability, Imperial Doctor Liu is the hospital president, and the decisions made by Xiao Yuanzheng will not change much. It is different with Imperial Doctor Lu. He is in the prime of life, and some of his ideas are different from the previous decisions of the Imperial Hospital."

It’s different. If he is the president of the hospital, he will have to change.”

The emperor thought thoughtfully, "The Imperial Physician Lu is also doing good for the Imperial Hospital. Isn't it a good idea to make the Imperial Hospital better and better?"

"Okay," Man Bao said, "Change is not bad, but the Imperial Medical Office has only been opened for a year, and the policy has only been stabilized before, so it is not appropriate to change it. If Your Majesty had asked me a few years later, I might have

Said Dr. Lu."

The Queen on the side smiled and said: "It's not that Imperial Physician Lu is incompetent, but that he is not suitable to be the chief official at this time?"

Manbao nodded.

The emperor became thoughtful, nodded and asked her to retreat.

Manbao also changed the medicine patch for the queen, put away the medicine box and left.

After she left, the queen sighed, "This insight is many times better than that of the imperial physician from the same hospital. If the imperial hospital leaves it in her hands in the future..."

The emperor came to his senses and said, "She is still young and is not suitable. Let's talk about the future in the future."

I don't think there is anything wrong with a woman being the chief official, which is very different from when I felt it was inappropriate for Zhou Man to be a sixth-grade official.

The queen raised her lips and mentioned another matter, "I heard that the queen asked someone to go to Longzhou to buy the statue of Lao Tzu."

emperor:……

After returning from Xuandu Temple, the Queen Mother thought more and more unwillingly. She still seemed to think that the statue of Lao Tzu that Zhou Man had worshiped was the best, so she called her mother-in-law into the palace and asked people to bring money to Longzhou to buy the statue of Liu Laozi.

The statue of Lao Tzu was given away.

I just didn't buy it.

The queen said: "I heard that the statue of Lao Tzu has been priced at two thousand taels, and my cousin also brought out two bolts of silk. Now the Zhang family still refuses to let go."

The emperor now had a toothache when he heard the amount of money. He asked: "Money from the Queen Mother?"

The Queen shook her head, "I don't know if it's the Queen Mother's body, or if it's the cousin who paid for it themselves. If it's the Queen Mother's body, forget it. If the Dou family paid for it themselves..."

The emperor felt even more headache. He thought for a while and said: "Forget it, let my cousin take the person back. This is not how the family spends their money."

The main thing is that the money spent by the Dou family will definitely have to be recouped from him in the end. He has lost money, but the Dou family may not have made a profit, so it is not worth it.

The Queen thought the same thing and said with a smile: "My mother is very pious and doesn't want to buy it by force, so I thought it would be better for me to come forward and exchange it for it."

It is difficult for the emperor to come forward in such a matter, and the queen mother must be pious, so the only choice is for the queen to come.

She said: "Choose a similar portrait of me from the warehouse and give Mr. Zhang some copybooks. I think they will agree to change it."

The emperor then hummed: "The copybook that Zi Tong took out at random could be worth thousands of gold. Of course they agreed to exchange it."

Seeing how distressed he was, the Queen smiled and said, "I'll give you one too."

The matter was settled just like that.

The Zhang family was indeed very happy when they received the gift from the Queen. Mrs. Zhang took one look at the copybook and immediately asked someone to take out the statue of Lao Tzu that Mrs. Liu had sent to the chamberlain.
Chapter completed!