The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 778 - 778 362 Revealing the Truth (Second Update)

Chapter 778: 362 Revealing the Truth (Second Update) Chapter 778: 362 Revealing the Truth (Second Update) A person can hide their skills, but not their illness. Gu Jiao, after taking the Empress’s pulse, found her to be somewhat weak, but otherwise fine.

In other words, she was far from being in such a critical condition as to require medication from a Yan Country pharmacist.

She could not have gone merely for the sake of socializing.

Gu Changqing had said, that pharmacist was an outcast, always alone and seldom socialized with others, except for selling medicines.

So the Empress must have gone to buy medication today.

Nurse Cai came in with a tray of fresh fruits. Gu Jiao quickly glanced at her: “Nurse Cai, you look pale recently. Are you feeling unwell? Let me check you too?”

Nurse Cai was taken aback: “Ah, this…this…”

“Let her check.” The emperor said to Nurse Cai.

“Oh.” Nurse Cai, not knowing what was going on, took a look at the Empress who seemed usual, then walked over to let Gu Jiao take her pulse.

Honestly, Nurse Cai hasn’t been feeling well lately. When Gu Jiao found out that she was unwell and offered to take her pulse, she was glad.

Just the thought that Gu Jiao was the Empress Dowager’s person made her hesitate. Now, that the Emperor had given his orders, all was well.

“Nurse Cai has been overworked and has a lot of heat in her liver recently.”

“Yes, some internal heat indeed. My mouth and tongue have sores!”

“I’ll get you some medicine, and you’ll be fine.” Gu Jiao turned to open her first aid kit, intending to take some bezoars detox pill, but realized she had none left.

You picky about your patients?

Got some temper there, you!

A cool breeze swept across, and her first aid kit remained silent.

Gu Jiao snapped the kit shut, cleared her throat, and said, “I ran out of this medicine. Never mind; I’ll write you a prescription. Nurse Cai, you can get the medicine according to it.”

Gu Jiao wrote a prescription for reducing internal heat and gave it to Nurse Cai.

Nurse Cai looked at the haphazardly written characters, her eyebrows almost jumping off her face in fright!

Gu Jiao hadn’t seen many of the Empress’s confidantes. Gu Jiao dared not say that the Empress was getting medicine for someone else.

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

However, there was another possibility behind seeking medicine; the medicine the Empress obtained might not necessarily be used to treat people. It could also be used to harm people.

Gu Jiao stayed at the nunnery for a vegetarian meal.

Considering the unknown medicine, Gu Jiao was particularly careful while eating. She confirmed that the food was not poisoned.

After the meal, Gu Jiao hinted no intention to leave by herself. The Emperor, not wanting to leave Gu Jiao alone to talk privately with the Empress, exchanged a few words of greeting with her before leaving the nunnery together.

The emperor was delighted.

The little witch doctor still cares about him, she even came to examine his mother for him.

He looked at Gu Jiao, struggling to hide his smile: “I’ve received a box of newly tributed…”

Before he could finish his words, Gu Jiao had turned her small face and walked away coldly.

Emperor: “….”

Chancellor Wei awkwardly said: “I’ll see Miss Gu off.”

Just now, Gu Jiao glanced at him. He felt she wanted to say something to him.

The Emperor did not object and Chancellor Wei immediately followed her: “Miss Gu!”

Gu Jiao looked around cautiously, making sure no one was watching, then said to him: “Pay attention to the food at Huaqing Palace recently. Don’t eat anything brought by anyone from outside, even if it’s sent by the Empress.”

“Why is that?” Chancellor Wei asked, puzzled.

“Nothing much.” Gu Jiao said lightly, “Just to prevent the potential assassin might poison the Emperor.”

Chancellor Wei laughed dryly: “Should we also watch out for the Empress?”

Gu Jiao replied solemnly: “Especially her!”

Chancellor Wei was startled.

Gu Jiao spoke calmly: “She is the person the Emperor trusts the most. If someone tampers with the food she sends, isn’t that the hardest to guard against?”

Chancellor Wei remembered the date paste pastry that the little nun from the Empress’s side brought this morning. The Emperor ate it without a second thought, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

Thankfully, the date paste pastry was not poisonous. Otherwise, wouldn’t the Emperor have…?

Chancellor Wei was quite startled and quickly reassured her: “I understand, I will be careful. I won’t let the Emperor eat anything from outside Huaqing Palace!”

Gu Jiao didn’t go to remind the Empress Dowager, as the Empress’s reach hadn’t extended to Renshou Palace yet.

Gu Jiao also said: “Just be alert to this matter yourself, don’t tell the Emperor, to avoid unnecessary suspicions.”

“I understand.” Chancellor Wei said, “I’ll arrange for a carriage to take Miss Gu home.”

“Alright.”