The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 362 Breaking Through the Truth (Part 2)

One can hide one's skill, but one cannot hide one's illness. Gu Jiao checked Dowager Jing's pulse and found that she was fine except for some weakness.

In other words, her condition is far from the point where she needs to seek medicine from a pharmacist in Yan State.

It can't be that she is looking for someone to chat.

Gu Changqing said that the pharmacist was withdrawn, solitary, and never interacted with others, except for selling medicines.

So Concubine Jing must have gone to buy medicine today.

Cai Nanny brought a plate of freshly cut melons and fruits inside, and Gu Jiao looked at her: "Cai Nanny, you don't look very well recently, is there something uncomfortable? Let me show you too? "

Cai Momo was stunned: "Ah, this... this..."

"Let's have a look." The emperor said to Nanny Cai.

"Hey." Cai Momo didn't understand and looked at Concubine Jing inwardly. Concubine Jing's expression was as usual, so Cai Momo had no choice but to go over and ask Gu Jiao to feel her pulse.

To be honest, Nanny Cai's body has not been very active recently, when Gu Jiao saw that something was wrong with her and wanted to check her pulse, she was very happy in her heart.

She was a little hesitant when she thought that Gu Jiao was the Empress Dowager's person. Now it's all right, the emperor ordered it.

"Cai Mama is overworked, and she has been very angry recently."

"It's a little angry, and my tongue is sore!"

"I'll get you some medicine and you'll be fine." Gu Jiao turned around and opened the small medicine box, intending to get some Niuhuangjiedu pills, but it didn't have any.

Are you still picking on patients?

Have a temper with you!

A gust of cold wind blows, and the small medicine box is as quiet as a chicken.

Gu Jiao closed the box with a click, coughed lightly, and said, "The medicine is used up, it's okay, I'll make a prescription, and it's the same for Cai Momo to go up to grab the medicine according to the prescription."

Gu Jiao prescribed a clear fire prescription and handed it to Nanny Cai.

Cai Momo looked at the flamboyant calligraphy with a brush, and was so frightened that her eyebrows almost defected from her face!

Gu Jiao, the confidant next to Concubine Jing, did not see many of them. Gu Jiao dare not say that Concubine Jing did not ask for medicine for someone else.

Perhaps it was for the Dragon Shadow Guard? Or maybe it was for someone else.

However, there is another possibility behind asking for medicine, that is, the medicine Taifei Jing asks for is not necessarily for curing people, but also for harming people.

Gu Jiao stayed in the nunnery and had a fast meal.

Considering that unknown drug,

Gu Jiao paid extra attention when eating, she was sure that there was no poison in the food.

After dinner, Gu Jiao didn't intend to leave by herself, the emperor couldn't leave Gu Jiao to talk to Concubine Jing, and after a few words of greeting, she left the nunnery together with Gu Jiao.

The emperor was very happy.

The little genius doctor still has him in his heart, and came to check the pulse of his mother and concubine because of him.

He looked at Gu Jiao with an unconcealed smile: "A box of new tributes came from me..."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Jiao walked away with a cold face.

emperor:"……"

Duke Wei said in a sarcasm, "The servant is going to see Miss Gu off."

Just now Gu Jiao glanced at him, he felt that Gu Jiao had something to say to him.

The emperor didn't object, and Eunuch Wei followed Gu Jiao in a hurry: "Miss Gu!"

Gu Jiao looked around vigilantly, made sure that no one was watching, and said to him: "Recently, you have to pay special attention to the food in Huaqing Palace, don't eat anything sent by anyone outside Huaqing Palace, even if it is sent by the empress dowager. no."

"Why is that?" Eunuch Wei asked puzzled.

"It's nothing." Gu Jiaoyun said calmly, "Just in case the assassin poisons His Majesty."

Eunuch Wei laughed dryly and said, "Does the empress dowager also have to guard against it?"

Gu Jiao said seriously: "She especially has to be on guard!"

Eunuch Wei was taken aback.

Gu Jiao said calmly: "She is the person His Majesty trusts the most. If someone tampers with the food she brings, would it be impossible to guard against it?"

Eunuch Wei broke into a cold sweat when he thought of the jujube cake that the nun next to Concubine Jing sent this morning, and His Majesty ate it without saying a word.

Fortunately, jujube cakes are non-toxic, if there are, then wouldn't your majesty...

Eunuch Wei was terrified, and hurriedly assured him: "If I know this, I will be on guard. I will never let His Majesty eat anything outside Huaqing Palace!"

Gu Jiao didn't go to remind her aunt that Concubine Jing's hand could not reach Renshou Palace yet.

Gu Jiao said again: "You just need to pay attention to this matter, don't tell His Majesty, lest there will be suspicion."

"My slave understands." Wei Gong said fairly, "My slave arranged a carriage to take Miss Gu back."

"it is good."

Gu Jiao sat in the carriage back to Bishui Hutong, while Eunuch Wei turned back to Huaqing Palace.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of Huaqing Palace, he ran into Nanny Cai.

Madam Cai also just came, and greeted him with a smile: "Eunuch Wei!"

Eunuch Wei smiled politely: "Mother Cai, did the Empress Dowager ask you to come? Does the Empress Dowager have any orders?"

Cai Momo passed the food box in her hand forward: "Your Majesty didn't eat much for dinner just now. The Empress Dowager was worried that the food was not to your Majesty's liking, so she asked me to bring the white fungus soup she made by herself to His Majesty."

Eunuch Wei took the food box and said: "The concubine has worked hard, and she is still recovering from her injuries, so don't cook all the time. Your Majesty should worry about the empress once she knows."

Cai Momo sighed: "I said the same thing, but the empress wouldn't listen. Eunuch Wei also knows that there are only two children under the empress' knees, His Majesty and Princess Ning'an. Princess Ning'an married far away, and the empress only has her majesty by her side. How can this make her not care about His Majesty? In the past, the empress lived outside the palace and couldn't help herself, but now that she is back, she must make up for the longing for His Majesty these years."

Eunuch Wei also sighed: "Even so, you still have to persuade the empress dowager."

Madam Cai replied: "I know, I will. Eunuch Wei, hurry up and take the white fungus soup to His Majesty. I won't disturb Eunuch Wei. The concubine is still waiting for me to serve her."

Eunuch Wei nodded: "Mother Cai, go slowly."

"Ah, I almost forgot." Nanny Cai just walked a few steps, then turned back, took out a bag of silver from her wide sleeve and handed it to Eunuch Wei.

Eunuch Wei hurriedly raised his hand to block it: "What are you doing!"

Cai Momo said: "Eunuch Wei just accepts the concubine's kindness."

Eunuch Wei repeatedly refused: "Where can I receive money from the empress dowager?"

Cai Momo stuffed it into her bosom forcefully: "Accept it, don't accept it, it's not good for me to go back and return to the empress dowager!"

After Madam Cai left, Eunuch Wei carried the food box to His Majesty's bedroom.

In the past, he would have given the tremella soup to His Majesty, but today...

The little genius doctor's advice flashed through his mind, and he hesitated suddenly.

"How about I try it first? Try a poison?"

Eunuch Wei scooped up a spoonful of white fungus soup and took a sip as if he was dead.

After a while, he touched his heart.

He's alive and well, no problem.

This tremella soup should be for His Majesty to eat, right?

He walked a few steps, sighed, and went to the small kitchen to exchange for a bowl of white fungus soup boiled here in Huaqing Palace and send it to the emperor.

Gu Jiao took the pulse of Concubine Jing and confiscated the consultation fee. As a thank you, the emperor asked Eunuch Wei to give Gu Jiao a copybook of his own calligraphy the next day.

The little genius doctor's handwriting was not very beautiful, so the emperor wrote a copybook overnight, asked the little genius doctor to copy it, and stamped the emperor's jade seal on it.

This is much more precious than the imperial brush back then, and the emperor thought that the little genius doctor would definitely like it.

As a result, when the little genius doctor saw the copybook, his face turned dark all of a sudden.

What kind of hatred does the emperor have against her?

Didn't she just give him a face shake, is it necessary to take revenge on her like this?

Gu Jiao scratched her little head irritably, and pounded on the copybook with her fist.

Eunuch Wei was shocked!

"Sister! We are back!"

It was Gu Xiaoshun's voice.

Gu Jiao calmed down for a second, stood up and walked towards the door.

Gu Xiaoshun jumped out of the carriage with his bags and bags, and Gu Yan also jumped down.

Yes, he can jump now.

This is a new carriage bought by my uncle, and the driver is Gu Yan's dark guard.

Behind the two people's carriage, there was another carriage, which looked a bit unfamiliar.

A middle-aged man in a gray robe got out of the carriage, then he opened the curtain and helped a woman in a white tunic skirt out of the carriage.

The woman has a graceful figure and a light body, and her pair of jade hands are as beautiful as jade carvings.

Her clothes are not gorgeous, and she only has a simple bun on her head. The only headgear is a wooden hairpin.

She wore a veil, revealing only a smooth and full forehead and a pair of quiet and wise eyes.

"It's Master and Mistress." Gu Yan said to Gu Jiao.

This was the first time Gu Jiao met the master and wife of her two younger brothers. She knew that one of them was Master Lu and the other was Nan Xiang.

Master Lu looks ordinary, but Nan Xiang is a bit amazing. Her gestures and actions reveal the atmosphere of a famous lady, but she does not lose the heroic spirit of the sons and daughters of the world.

The two came to Gu Jiao.

Nan Xiang smiled and said, "You are the sister of Xiaoshun and Ah Yan, right? My name is Nan Xiang." She took Master Lu's hand, "This is my husband-in-law, surnamed Lu, if you don't mind, call him Lu Dazhuang That's fine."

Gu Jiao: "..."

Several people entered the house.

Gu Jiao introduced Master Lu, Nan Xiang and Eunuch Wei.

"Hello, Eunuch Wei." Nan Xiang greeted with a smile.

Eunuch Wei looked at Nan Xiang, for some reason, he always felt that those eyes were familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere.

Mrs. Yao and Nanny Fang went for a walk in the orchard. They were not at home, and Xiao Jingkong also went out to play. Xiao Liulang and Lao Jijiu were working overtime at the Imperial Academy and the Imperial Academy.

Gu Jiao invited her to the main room.

The big and small bags in Gu Xiaoshun's hands were sent by Master Lu and Nan Xiang. In Gu Jiao's two lifetimes, she only saw students give gifts to teachers, and it was the first time she saw teachers give gifts to students.

Gu Xiaoshun sat beside Nan Xiang.

Nan Xiang smiled at Gu Jiao and said, "To be honest, I came this time to discuss something with Miss Gu."

"What's the matter?" Gu Jiao asked.

Nan Xiang touched Gu Xiaoshun's head: "I like Xiaoshun so much, I want to adopt Xiaoshun as a foster son, but Miss Gu can agree? Don't get me wrong, Miss Gu, it's not that I don't like Ah Yan, but that Ah Yan has parents. It's inconvenient for me to take someone's son with me. I've already learned about Xiao Shun's situation, and his parents are not in the capital."

She said this tactfully, what does it mean that parents are not in the capital? Gu Xiaoshun's parents didn't want Gu Xiaoshun at all. When Gu Jiao took away this useless oil bottle and bought off his relationship with the Gu family with twenty taels of silver, Gu Xiaoshun's parents were so happy.

Nan Xiang learned all these things from Gu Yan.

She felt sorry for Gu Xiaoshun even more.

Gu Jiao looked at Gu Xiaoshun, honestly, she was surprised, she didn't expect Nan Xiang to like Gu Xiaoshun so much.

Let's put it this way, if the four of them stayed in the orphanage together, Gu Xiaoshun would definitely be the last one to be adopted.

"Xiao Shun, what do you think?" Gu Jiao decided to listen to his opinion.

"I always listen to my sister." Gu Xiaoshun said.

This guy is also clueless, so Gu Jiao changed the way of asking: "Then do you like Mrs. Nanxiang and Master Lu?"

"I like it." Gu Xiaoshun said without thinking.

Gu Jiao continued: "Then if they are too old to support themselves in the future, are you willing to take care of them?"

Gu Xiaoshun puffed up his chest: "I will be a teacher for a day and a father for the rest of my life. Master and mother are like recreating parents, so naturally they have to take care of them!"

Gu Jiao has been his sister for so long, this is the most elegant speech she has ever heard from him.

Gu Jiao almost understood what was going on in his heart.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with two more people loving Gu Xiaoshun.

Gu Jiao was delighted to hear it, so she nodded: "Okay, listen to me. Why don't you pour tea for your adoptive father and mother?"

Gu Xiaoshun was startled: "Huh?"

"Oh!" Gu Yan bumped his shoulder with her little shoulder, "My sister agrees!"

"This, this, this, this... you agree?" Gu Xiaoshun was so surprised that he stuttered.

He actually only found out today, he hadn't digested the news yet, and then he...became someone else's son?

The happiest place is Nanxiang.

She has been greedy for Xiaoshun for a long time, and finally she can justifiably abduct him back to be his son!

Eunuch Wei didn't expect such a festive event when he came to Bishui Hutong to deliver things. He said that he didn't know that Gu Xiaoshun's background was so pitiful.

He suddenly felt sorry for Gu Xiaoshun.

"Come, come, Xiaoshun, come here!" He waved to Gu Xiaoshun.

"Why?" Gu Xiaoshun walked over.

Eunuch Wei untied the purse at his waist, took out a money bag from it, and took out a piece of gold leaf from the money bag: "Here."

"Why did you give me this?" Gu Xiaoshun refused.

Eunuch Wei wanted to say, congratulations on making you a son, but why doesn't that sound right? He cleared his throat and said, "Caitou, Caitou, do you understand? If you want to accept it, just accept it!"

He didn't know what to say anymore.

"I do not want."

Gu Xiaoshun resolutely refused to accept it.

Eunuch Wei clicked his tongue: "Oh, you child, you don't like it, do you?"

Gu Xiaoshun said stubbornly: "I don't look down on you, but I can't take them! My sister said, you can't just take other people's things!"

Eunuch Wei stuffed it into his hand, and Gu Xiaoshun pushed it into his hand.

Nan Xiang came over: "What's wrong?"

Eunuch Wei took the opportunity to stuff the gold leaf into Gu Xiaoshun's arms.

Gu Xiaoshun took out the gold leaf and said, "Eunuch Wei wants to give me this, but I don't want it."

Nan Xiang smiled, took the gold leaf, and was about to return it to Eunuch Wei, when he suddenly smelled an unusual fragrance.

She frowned, put the gold leaf on the tip of her nose and smelled it.

"What's wrong?" Eunuch Wei asked.

Nan Xiang's eyes flickered, and he said with a smile: "This gold leaf is so unique, it's made just like the real thing, do you still have it, father-in-law? Can you lend me a look?"

"There are some! They are all here!" Eunuch Wei handed Nan Xiang a bag of gold leaves that Nanny Cai had given him.

Nan Xiang calmly flipped through the gold leaves in the purse, and scratched with his fingertips: "Oh, I'm sorry, my nails are too long, and they scratched Eunuch Wei's purse."

Eunuch Wei laughed and said, "It's okay! It's just a money bag!"

Nan Xiang asked: "Is this purse your father-in-law's own? This color is really pretty."

Eunuch Wei said: "The master in the palace rewarded it. If Mrs. Lu likes it, I'll ask later to see if there are many."

Nan Xiang smiled and said, "That's not necessary. I broke this one. I'll pay you for a new one."

Eunuch Wei: "No need!"

Nanxiang insisted again and again, but Eunuch Wei still confiscated it. It was just a broken money bag, which was worthless in his opinion.

Gu Jiao sensed something was wrong and looked towards Nan Xiang.

Nan Xiang smiled and said, "Miss Gu, do you have needlework? I broke Eunuch Wei's purse, so I'll mend it for him."

"No need, really no need!" Eunuch Wei said.

Gu Jiao glanced at Nan Xiang: "Yes, please follow me."

The two entered the east room.

Gu Jiao closed the door: "Did something happen?"

Nan Xiang took out the money bag, tore it with both hands, and a pile of dried flower fragments fell out from the interlayer of the money bag.

Gu Jiao picked up a piece of dried flower and put it on the tip of her nose to smell it: "It smells so fragrant, what kind of flower is this?"

Nan Xiangdao: "This is not a flower, but a grass. It is a kind of medicinal herb that grows in the territory of Yan Kingdom. It is colorless and odorless, but after being soaked in medicinal juice, it will emit a flower-like fragrance."

Gu Jiao asked, "Is there something wrong with this kind of grass?"

Nan Xiang stared: "There is nothing wrong with it, but after soaking it, it becomes a blind medicine."

"Yao Yin?" Gu Jiao frowned.

Nan Xiang looked at Gu Jiao steadily, and said, "A medicine that can make people like you, but also make people hate you. Does this father-in-law suddenly get close to anyone, or hate someone particularly?"

Eunuch Wei did not... His Majesty did!