The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 216 Adoptive mother (two more)

The business of the hospital was only cold for one day, and the next day there were more people. Fortunately, the wounded who were treated here earlier were discharged from the hospital one after another.

Jiang Shi is still under treatment.

He was one of the most serious patients in that accident, and just a few days ago he managed to survive the crisis and is now in good condition, seeing new improvements every day.

His voice is also gradually recovering, and occasionally he can say a few words hoarsely.

Gu Jiao has already learned that his name is Jiang Shi, a native of Yu County, 21 years old this year, and his sister Jiang Li, 8 years old this year.

There was a famine in their village, and their parents and family starved to death, leaving only him and his sister.

The two of them were bought by their sons, and they were sold many times. In fact, everyone was easy to sell when they were separated, but Jiang Shi did not want to be separated from his sister.

It was also by chance that the two of them were sold into the capital, and he worked as a black worker for the Ministry of Industry and yamen.

The wages for black labor are not much, but it is barely enough to give my sister a bite to eat.

From Jiang Shi's mouth, Gu Jiao also learned that there are many black workers like him. It is a blessing to be able to work as a black worker in the court. Some people were not bought by the corrupt officials of the court, but were sold to some black-hearted small workshops. That is really miserable.

Such black workers have no household registration or road guidance in the capital. Although the imperial court paid for their treatment costs and made up for their wages, all of them had to leave the capital after they recovered.

Gu Jiao hangs today's hanging needle on Jiang Shi.

Jiang Li was not in the ward, so she went to the lobby to help.

The little girl has become familiar with the people in the medical center, and she understands that the people here will not hurt her, so she gradually puts down her guard, and she will help when there are many people.

Today, she is helping to pack the medicine bag. Her hands and feet are not too quick, but she is very meticulous.

When Gu Jiao was observing Xiao Jiangli, Doctor Song suddenly came over, smiled, and said, "Little girl works very hard, she can recognize a lot of medicinal herbs, much better than me back then."

Just as he was talking, a carriage came out of the door.

The four accompanying guards were all riding on tall horses, and at a glance, they knew that the people in the carriage were extraordinary.

Sure enough, the curtain of the car was lifted, and a noble and beautiful young lady walked down.

Who is not Princess Rui?

Princess Rui met with Gu Jiao on the stone arch bridge on the first day of the new year, and has not appeared since.

She got off the carriage with the help of the two female officials, and she waved her hand impatiently: "Okay, don't help me, it's not that I have no hands or feet!"

"But you have to be careful.

' Xu said.

Princess Rui ignored her and stepped into the lobby. When she saw Gu Jiao, she smiled happily: "Girl Gu!"

Gu Jiao nodded slightly.

Princess Rui looked around, stepped forward and took Gu Jiao's hand: "Is it convenient to go to your yard to sit?"

"Okay." Gu Jiao said to Doctor Song, "I'll leave it to you."

"Hey." Dr. Song responded, and bowed his hands to Princess Rui.

The patient here does not know the identity of the other party, but he does.

Princess Rui didn't pay much attention to him, and went to the yard with Gu Jiao.

The two sat down.

Gu Jiao poured her a cup of tea.

Princess Rui didn't drink, but said, "I'm sorry, I haven't come to see you for so long. I also came back from the palace that day and found out that I was pregnant. The maids didn't let me go out, so they locked me up for two months!"

The maids also follow Concubine Yu's intention, that the fetus must wait for three months before it can be declared to the public and can go out.

"Congratulations." Gu Jiao said.

A shy look flashed across Princess Rui's face: "I have been married to His Highness for several years. This is the first child. Please help me to see how the pulse is."

Gu Jiao took her pulse: "The pulse is very stable."

Princess Rui rarely showed an innocent smile: "The imperial doctor said the same thing, but I am not at ease with what the imperial doctor said, but I am at ease with what you said!"

Thinking of something, she said again, "By the way, I haven't had time to thank you for what happened last time. If you hadn't asked me to prepare in advance, I wouldn't be able to save those who fell into the lake."

Gu Jiao said, "I'm just telling you. If you believe, they will be saved. The credit is yours, so don't thank me."

Princess Rui opened her mouth: "Ah..."

How can she take this?

Gu Jiao asked calmly, "Are you here today to check the pulse and thank me?"

Princess Rui smiled embarrassedly: "Actually, there are other things, I want to invite you to the doctor. I know I am too abrupt, I should have told you earlier, but I also got the news by accident when I entered the palace today to greet His Majesty and the Queen. , I don't worry when others see it..."

Gu Jiao is like this, eating soft and not hard.

If Princess Rui used her power to oppress her, she refused early, but Princess Rui looked at her with a pair of deer-like eyes, she sighed and agreed.

"You are the best!" Princess Rui took Gu Jiao into her carriage.

The object of Gu Jiao's visit was a concubine of the current dynasty. The concubine did not live in the palace, but in a nunnery near the Puji Temple.

to cross that river.

The rope bridge has been rebuilt, and only the stone arch bridge may be a carriage.

The carriage stopped outside the nunnery.

The two got out of the carriage.

Princess Rui asked the female official to wait outside, and brought Gu Jiao into the nunnery by herself.

This nunnery is not big, and there are not many teachers, so they only saw two of them.

"Is the concubine here?" Princess Rui asked.

"Yes, the princess is here, please." A little teacher took Princess Rui and Gu Jiao to a meditation room in the backyard.

The muffled coughing sound came from the meditation room.

Concubine Rui's heart tightened, and she walked over with her skirt: "Taifei Niangniang! Are you alright?"

In front of the bed, an old lady bowed to Princess Rui: "Princess."

Princess Rui sat down beside the bed and held the thin hand of the coughing person: "Why are you so ill?"

"Cough...what are you doing? I'm not in the way...I'm sick...cough..." She coughed badly.

Gu Jiao walked in with a small backpack on her back.

Her eyes fell on the other person, this is an old lady with hair and cultivation, about the same age as her aunt, and her elegant face vaguely shows the beauty of her youth.

"This is..." The other party looked at Gu Jiao.

"Miss Taifei, this is my friend, her surname is Gu, and her medical skills are very good! She is here to treat you!" Princess Rui said, looking at Gu Jiao, "Miss Gu, this is Princess Jing. "

Gu Jiao nodded.

She has no habit of giving people the habit of bending over and kneeling.

Concubine Jing is a monk, so she doesn't care about this, she coughed twice, and said to Gu Jiao: "Since you are Qianqian's friend, don't be cautious, I'm not a concubine anymore, you can call me Jing'an Shitai. it is good."

Gu Jiao took the pulse of Concubine Jing and checked her body: "Did Mrs. Shi also have asthma before?"

For such a young girl, she was diagnosed with asthma all of a sudden. Concubine Jing was surprised, but she was a person of this age, so she wouldn't be surprised.

She said: "I have it in the past. It's an old problem. It's the worst in spring."

"Can it be cured?" Princess Rui looked at Gu Jiao.

"It's hard to cure, but it can be controlled." Gu Jiao opened the small medicine box, took asthma medicine and asthma spray to Princess Jing, and explained how to use it and some taboos in life.

Concubine Jing thanked Gu Jiao.

Princess Rui talked with Princess Jing for a while, and she reluctantly left until Princess Jing was sleepy.

After getting on the carriage back, Princess Rui sighed: "The empress is too pitiful, what's the trouble?"

Concubine Jing was the emperor's adoptive mother. The emperor's biological mother was born in a slightly cold family, but she was just a little palace maid and was not qualified to raise the prince. As soon as the emperor was born, he was adopted under the name of Concubine Jing.

At that time, Concubine Jing was just a concubine of Jing, and a few years later she gave birth to a little princess before she was promoted to the position of Concubine Jing.

Concubine Jing is a gentle and generous woman. She is never jealous in the harem, nor does she make troubles.

It was because of her stubborn temperament that Empress Dowager Zhuang took a fancy to her. She gave up so many princes and established her adopted son as emperor.

However, she also made sacrifices.

Since the emperor has adopted her name, that is her son. When the emperor is enthroned as emperor, she should also be named queen dowager.

But how could Empress Dowager Zhuang allow a second Empress Dowager to appear in the palace?

That's why Concubine Jing misses the late emperor and is willing to lead her practice to chanting scriptures for the late emperor every day.

"However, there is another way of saying among the people." Princess Rui didn't take Gu Jiao as an outsider, she didn't have her own little sister, Gu Jiao was the first, she unilaterally identified it.

She said: "Princess Jing has a sweetheart. She is not uncommon to be an empress dowager, she is a monk herself."

She didn't even say this to her sister Du Xiaoyun.

Of course, the main reason is that Du Xiaoyun has a big mouth, and she is a big mouth that is mindless and biased towards the Crown Princess.

Could her sweetheart be—

Well, I don't say that.