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God knew how long he had been suffering from this disease, and since any weakness of him might bring fatal disaster to himself, he had actually been walking on thin ice all these years.
Gu Jiao nodded, "Keep taking the medicine, and also change your diet, eat more internal organs and so on."
An Junwang never liked eating those, but since she said so, he listened obediently, "Alright."
Gu Jiao looked at him and asked, "Did you catch a cold?"
His voice didn’t sound right.
An Junwang smilingly replied, "I was finally able to see the light at night so I was very happy and went to sit in the yard for a while."
Though it wasn’t really in the yard, but on the roof.
It was hard for others to understand this joy of nearly seeing again.
"Hands." Gu Jiao pointed to the wrist cushion on the table.
An Junwang placed his hand on it.
Gu Jiao checked his pulse, then withdrew her hand a moment later and said, "It's not serious. There’s no need to take medicine."
"What kind of physician doesn't prescribe medicine for their patients? Don't you have to make money?" An Junwang teased her.
Gu Jiao glanced at him, "The consultation fee is ten taels."
An Junwang:“…”
An Junwang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, "Okay."
Not to mention ten taels, he was willing to give her even a hundred taels.
Zhuang Yuexi came out of the women's academy after class and saw his big brother's carriage parked at the entrance of the medical hall at a glance.
Her eyebrows furrowed. Did her big brother come to pick her up or——
Why was his carriage parked over there?
Without waiting for Zhuang Mengdie, Zhuang Yuexi went to the medical hall alone. At the moment, the medical hall was busy, and there was no extra hand to entertain her. She went inside and heard her big brother's voice.
When she came in front of the consultation room, she pushed the door of the room open and looked through the crack of the door, just in time to see An Junwang smiling after he was extorted out of ten taels for consultation fee.
That was a smile that Zhuang Yuexi had never seen on An Junwang's face.
An Junwang wasn’t an iceberg beauty, but he had never smiled so sincerely before.
As he looked at the other party, his eyes were full of light.
And the person he was watching was oblivious to it, or perhaps didn’t care at all as she buried her head in sorting out her own things.
Zhuang Yuexi's fingers suddenly tightened.
……
Recently, Xiao Liulang's class ended late, and today it was Gu Jiao again who picked up Little Jing Kong.
The happiest one was Little Jing Kong, who was the first to rush out of the classroom and ran to the gate like a whirlwind.
“JiaoJiao!”
He was covered in sweat again.
Gu Jiao wiped his sweat, "Did you behave well today?"
"Yep! I am the most behaved student!" Little Jing Kong said with a serious face.
"Really?" Gu Jiao took his hand. "What did you learn today?"
Little Jing Kong held Gu Jiao's hand and hopped forward, "I learned the Analects of Confucius and arithmetic today!"
"So, have you learned everything?" Gu Jiao asked softly.
Little Jing Kong patted his little chest, "Of course! I'm not as stupid as my brother-in-law!"
Gu Jiao corrected, "Your brother-in-law is not stupid, he is very smart."
Little Jing Kong seriously doubted the intelligence of his bad brother-in-law.
If he was smart, how come he always came last in the exam in the past?
The two of them talked happily as they crossed the street, came to a shop, walked past more shops, turned a corner and entered Bishui Alley.
They had barely taken two steps around the corner when Gu Jiao’s ears suddenly twitched. She grabbed Little Jing Kong, picked him up, and took a big stride toward the side!
Bang!
A huge flower pot fell on the spot where they were just standing; it smashed to pieces and the soil and broken flowers scattered all over the ground.
Little Jing Kong's eyes widened.
Gu Jiao held him with one hand and protected his head with the other, laying his head on her shoulder so that he couldn’t see it.
She looked coldly at the window above and said softly, "It's okay. It just fell off by accident."
Gu Jiao didn't pursue this matter and simply carried Little Jing Kong all the way home.
On this side, Gu Jiao headed home with Little Jing Kong, while on the other side, the Crown Princess, who taught chess all day at the women's academy, also went back to the palace.
First, she went to Kunning Palace to greet Empress Xiao and reported back how her lectures went.
Imperial Consort Zhuang was also present.
"Daughter-in-law meets Imperial Mother and Imperial Concubine Mother Zhuang."
Strictly speaking, she didn’t have to give a grand salute to Imperial Consort Zhuang, but one thing was that Imperial Consort Zhuang was the biological mother of the eldest son of the Emperor, and her status wasn’t comparable to that of other imperial concubines. The other thing was that the Zhuang Family was extremely powerful, and Imperial Consort Zhuang was almost on an equal footing with Empress Xiao in the harem.
Imperial Consort Zhuang smiled.
Empress Xiao asked, "Come and take a seat. I heard that Rui Wangfei returned at noon. Why did you come back so late?"
The Crown Princess sat down beside Empress Xiao and explained softly, "There are too many students, two classes were added in the afternoon."
How could Empress Xiao not know about the extra classes? Wasn't this question just to show off in front of Imperial Consort Zhuang?
She sent the Crown Princess to teach at the women's academy. Imperial Consort Zhuang didn't want all the benefits to fall on the Crown Princess alone, so she called Rui Wangfei and asked her to teach at the women's academy as well.
As a result, few people go to Rui Wangfei's class. Wasn't this simply bringing disgrace to oneself?
Empress Xiao took the Crown Princess's hand with satisfaction and patted the back of her hand intimately, "I just received the news that the envoys of the State of Liang are coming, and His Majesty is going to hold a welcoming banquet for them. His Majesty has appointed you to handle it."
If the banquet was held by the Crown Princess, the task of receiving envoys would probably fall on the Crown Prince’s head.
Empress Xiao envied the eldest prince and His Majesty’s incognito trip to Jiangnan, and now this could be regarded as a comeback.
This was all thanks to Linlang’s capability.
Imperial Consort Zhuang rolled her eyes and smiled quietly, "So His Majesty has ordered the Crown Princess to hold a palace banquet? That's really great. The ability of the Crown Princess is obvious to all... Unlike Ning Wangfei and Rui Wangfei, who are clumsy and can't do anything well, things will be a mess if such a task is left to them. It's better to just take care of their babies at home with peace of mind."
The Crown Princess’s face slightly froze.
Empress Xiao pinched the handkerchief in her hand, held back the anger that suddenly surged forth, and said to the Crown Princess, "Imperial Consort Zhuang came here to tell me the good news. Ning Wangfei is pregnant."
At the mention of this, Empress Xiao felt a pricking sensation in her heart.
Rui Wangfei was pregnant, that was fine. But how come after just a few days, Ning Wangfei was pregnant as well? This was already Ning Wangfei’s third child. The first two were girls, and they were not highly valued by His Majesty. But if this child was a male, the position of the eldest prince in the eyes of His Majesty would be even more difficult to shake.
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