The Prime Minister’s Darling-Chapter 468 - 237 Seeking a Doctor (Second Update) _3

Chapter 468: 237 Seeking a Doctor (Second Update) _3

Chapter 468: 237 Seeking a Doctor (Second Update) _3

Early in the morning, Xiao Jingkong was practicing martial arts. Gu Jiao didn’t need to make breakfast today, since it was being prepared by Room Mother, so she accompanied Xiao Jingkong for a while during his basic training.

While wiping the sweat off the little guy, Gu Jiao expressed her doubt, “Why do you always practice these exercises?”

Xiao Jingkong tilted his head, “Because these are the only ones I know!”

Gu Jiao: “…!!”

Damn, she was so focused on the child’s studies, she forgot martial arts also needed to progress step by step.

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The first few years in the temple should focus on teaching basic skills. Only when the basic skills are honed do they gradually teach some boxing techniques and martial arts routines.

But Xiao Jingkong left the mountain early and didn’t get a chance to learn martial arts.

Gu Jiao knew a little Tai Chi and Five Animal Frolics, but was not proficient. In her past life, she was taught killer moves in her organization, which was not suitable to teach a child.

It seems she needs to hire a martial arts teacher for the little guy.

The first person Gu Jiao thought of was Gu Chengfeng, who she’d been extracting more from recently, which made her think of him more easily.

However, that guy was a thief. If he accidentally turned Xiao Jingkong into a small thief—

The image of Xiao Jingkong wearing a mask and becoming a little ninja thief flashed in Gu Jiao’s mind, and she decisively shook her head!

Gu Jiao then thought of Gu Changqing. He was quite good, but too busy. He was in the military camp all year round, rarely seen on normal days.

Gu Jiao kept this issue in mind.

After breakfast, Xiao Liulang and Xiao Jingkong went to the Guozijian for school, Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun went to the Qinghe Academy, and Gu Jiao went to the Medical Hall.

She hadn’t been at the medical hall for long when the Prince of Rui’s wife arrived.

She was carrying that qin box.

Actually, after playing yesterday, she knew the qin was very valuable. The reason she didn’t show this in public was because she didn’t want to draw too much attention.

The two went to Gu Jiao’s courtyard.

The Prince of Rui’s wife explained the mix up with the qin: “My eunuch was incompetent. I’m sorry.”

Gu Jiao already understood what was going on. She shook her head, “It was negligence on my part.”

Little Jiang Li was just a child after all. She should have checked the qin box.

The Prince of Rui’s wife grasped Gu Jiao’s hand: “Then I really should thank you for your negligence! Without your qin yesterday, I would have been overshadowed by other players!”

The Prince of Rui’s wife also had a competitive spirit, especially in music. She wouldn’t accept being overshadowed.

“Wo Linlang must have known this and that’s why she didn’t tell me in advance that I was supposed to play with someone else! And Master Xie, he suddenly sprained his ankle? I think she just didn’t want Master Xie to perform!”

She had already inquired, and Master Xie was not injured.

“Humph! She wanted to sacrifice me to please those Liang emissaries!”

Yesterday evening after the Prince of Rui returned home, he had already consoled his wife, saying from a diplomatic perspective, the Crown Prince’s wife hadn’t made a wrong move, it’s just that it was a bit unfair to the Prince of Rui’s wife.

A princess can marry far away for good relations between two countries, and as a royal wife, it seemed fair to sacrifice a little for the bigger picture.

After all, the Crown Prince’s wife was a politician, the Prince of Rui’s wife was not, so their perspectives clashed.

The Prince of Rui’s wife was furious that even her own husband was defending that woman!

“Why doesn’t anyone think she did something wrong? For such a thing, shouldn’t she tell me in advance? Doesn’t she think it’s disrespectful to me?”

The Prince of Rui’s wife’s concept was quite advanced for ancient times. She had awakened some sense of women’s rights.

So, did you play well?” Gu Jiao asked.

The Prince of Rui’s wife smugly nodded, “Of course!”

She was quite reserved at home, not daring to be too flamboyant. But she was relaxed around Gu Jiao, releasing all her suppressed excitement and pride from the previous night.

“You didn’t see the way their eyes nearly popped out!”

“Prince Yu even clapped for me!”

“Even the direct disciple of Lord Yueying is not that extraordinary!”

Look at her, her tail is wagging in the air now.

Her worries just now have completely disappeared.

However, even when showing off, the Princess of Rui didn’t forget to credit others: “Actually, it was thanks to your guqin. With my own playing skills, it would have been difficult to gain the upper hand in that piece.”

Gu Jiao wasn’t too surprised.

Having seen Xiao Jingkong’s golden abacus and property deed, Gu Jiao had long stopped treating this broken guqin as an ordinary instrument.

“That musician from Liang Country actually wanted to buy your guqin with money. I refused.” The Princess of Rui looked at her as she spoke.

“Yes.” Gu Jiao nodded approvingly. “The guqin is a gift from Xiao Jingkong. I won’t sell it.”

The Princess of Rui let out a sigh of relief. It seems that she made the right decision to refuse Wuming yesterday.

Her gaze fell on the guqin, “By the way, what kind of guqin is this? It’s engraved with Fo Xi, it’s not that Fo Xi’s guqin, is it?”

The Princess of Rui thought that Gu Jiao would deny it, but Gu Jiao thought for a while, hummed, and seriously said, “It might be.”

Princess Rui: “…”

The business in the Medical Hall was not busy at this time of the morning, so the Princess of Rui sat in Gu Jiao’s courtyard for half an hour and chatted with her.

Regarding the emissary, the Princess of Rui only said one thing. After all, she is not a politician and does not have much ambition, so she didn’t care too much about the emissary’s visit.

However, due to the fact that both the Princess of Rui and Yaoshi were pregnant, Gu Jiao was also interested in this topic, and the two of them chatted about pregnancy and babies.

Afterwards, the Medical Hall became busy and the Princess of Rui returned home.

Meanwhile, within the royal garden, a magnificent mansion emitted a faint coughing sound from time to time.

The servants guarding the door all looked solemn and didn’t dare to even breathe heavily.

Inside the house, Prince Yu’s wife was holding her son, who was coughing and turning red in the face. She was anxiously asking, “When will Prince Yu return?”

The attendant replied, “Replying to your Highness, Prince Yu is having a fierce argument with the ministers from Zhan country. I can’t see Prince Yu at all!”

Such are the negotiations, always arguing, and occasionally tipping the table when things get serious.

Prince Yu’s wife didn’t care what they were arguing about, her main concern was her son’s illness.

Her son has been coughing for ten days now, and the imperial doctor they brought along has been treating him, but he obviously couldn’t cure her son’s disease.

The attendant hesitated for a moment before asking, “Should I… go into the palace to see Empress Xiao and ask her to send an imperial doctor from Zhan country over?”

Prince Yu’s wife thought for a moment: “Wait, don’t go into the palace yet.”

At such a crucial moment in the negotiations, she didn’t feel secure leaving her son’s life in the hands of the other side.

Even though the Zhan Royal Family would never harm her son, if someone wanted to cause trouble through them, her son would be in danger.

Even without any troublemakers, if Zhan country tried to raise the price for treating her son, it wouldn’t benefit Liang’s negotiations.

Having been a princess for so many years, she is always more cautious than others.

Prince Yu’s wife commanded, “You go and find out which are the most famous medical halls in Capital City? Be careful not to be discovered.”

“Yes!”

The attendant changed into the clothes of a regular servant boy and discreetly left the mansion.

An hour later, he returned, “Your Highness, I found out, the three biggest medical halls in Capital City are Lingzhi Hall, Tongde Hall and Huichun Hall, also there is a Miaoshou Hall, which is said to have good medical skills.”

Princess of Yu asked, “Which is the nearest medical hall?”

The attendant replied, “Miaoshou Hall.”