The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 898 - 898 414 Confession (two updates)_3

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Once his elder brother turns to Gu Jiao for confirmation, the Crown Princess and Yuan Tang might start to take notice of Gu Jiao, putting her in danger.

Prince Ning said with a somber expression, “I understand. Don’t spread the word about this for now. I’ll investigate and uncover the whole truth. It won’t be too late to report to Father Emperor once I have solid evidence.”

Prince Rui nodded seriously in agreement, “Elder brother makes sense.”

The Crown Princess was not an ordinary woman after all; she was a royal princess of the most revered status in Zhan Country and was destined to be the mother figure of the nation. If there were true evidence to bring her down, that would be one thing, but if the evidence was insufficient and she bit back, all of elder brother’s painstaking efforts over the years would go down the drain.

Thinking of something, Prince Rui said with concern, “Then… could Qianqian be in danger? The Crown Princess has seen her. If she tells Yuan Tang that their conversation might have been overheard by Qianqian, would Yuan Tang come to silence her? Yuan Tang’s martial arts are so advanced, and he has even attempted to assassinate Father Emperor…”

The more he spoke, the more terrified Prince Rui became.

Why did his wife have to encounter such a situation?

Prince Ning smiled gently and replied, “I will send someone to protect my sister-in-law at Prince Rui’s residence. For the time being, it’s best if she refrains from leaving the residence. If she must go out, she should take the shadow guard I sent her.”

Prince Rui’s heart settled back in place, and he bowed with a smile, “That would be for the best. On behalf of Qianqian, I thank elder brother!”

Prince Ning clapped him on the shoulder, “There’s no need for thanks between family.”

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Medical Hall.

Gu Jiao had just returned from outside, where she treated a client by resetting his dislocated left arm. Then, the second owner came over, knocking on her consulting room door and asked with a smile, “Gu Jiao, do you have a moment later?”

“Speak,” Gu Jiao responded succinctly.

The second owner entered, grinning, “Do you remember what day it is tomorrow?”

“What day?” Gu Jiao inquired.

The second owner said with feigned hurt, “You really forgot!”

Gu Jiao pulled up the memory in a second, “…Isn’t it the merchants’ gathering?”

A genius’s brain never disappoints.

The second owner beamed, “Exactly, it’s the merchants’ gathering at the Villa in the eastern suburbs of Capital City. Shall I have someone pick you up from Bishui Alley tomorrow morning?”

Gu Jiao uttered a sound of acknowledgment, “How many days will it be?”

The second owner indicated with his fingers, “Three days, it’ll be over quickly!”

“Alright,” Gu Jiao nodded in agreement.

The second owner looked at her skeptically, “Gu Jiao.”

Gu Jiao, “Hmm?”

The second owner, “Have you gained weight? Your clothes seem tight.”

“Really?” Gu Jiao looked down at her physique, not noticing any difference.

Gu Jiao measured her waist with a tape measure; she had been exercising more lately and had even lost half an inch.

But speaking of clothing becoming tight… it was indeed tighter, not anywhere else, but at the chest, where it was beginning to strain.

Gu Jiao felt a headache coming on.

If she continued to develop like this, it would be very difficult to continue masquerading as a man.

The Medical Hall was exceptionally busy today, and soon the second owner was called away by Shopkeeper Wang.

Jiang Li came over, “Sister Gu Jiao, there’s someone at the door looking for you.”

While Gu Jiao was busy organizing the previous patient’s records, she responded, “Is it a patient? Tell them to get in line.”

Little Jiang Li shook her head, “It’s not a patient, it’s a lady. She said she knows you and that you had agreed to make a house call to treat her mistress.”

“I agreed to a house call for her mistress? Did I?” Gu Jiao rummaged through her mind and was certain she had no such memory; she instructed Little Jiang Li to send the lady away.

Soon, Little Jiang Li returned, this time with a token in her hand, “Sister Gu Jiao, the lady said you’ll understand once you see this.”

“Let me have a look,” Gu Jiao extended her hand and took the token.

The token bore the royal crest of Zhan Country and a large ‘Ning’ character.

It was someone from Prince Ning’s residence.

Indeed, she had once promised Prince Ning that she would make a house call to treat the Princess of Prince Ning’s household, although before she could visit their residence, the princess had gone to visit her parental home.

Even though her parental home was also in Capital City, making a house call there to diagnose her pulse still seemed somewhat odd.

Gu Jiao instructed Little Jiang Li, “There are three more patients here for me to see. Ask the lady to wait a while longer, and if any new patients come, direct them to Doctors Song and Lu.”

“Understood, Sister Gu Jiao!” Little Jiang Li obediently departed.

Despite her small stature, Little Jiang Li was very thorough in her work.

After Gu Jiao finished with the three patients, Little Jiang Li led in a lady-in-waiting from the household of Prince Ning’s Princess.

The lady-in-waiting greeted Gu Jiao politely, “Doctor Gu.”

Gu Jiao asked, “Has the Princess of Prince Ning returned to the residence?”

The lady-in-waiting replied with a smile, “Indeed, our princess returned to the residence last night. She visited the Empress and the Noble Consort this morning at the palace to pay her respects and suddenly felt a tightness in her chest upon returning in the afternoon. Having heard from the prince about Doctor Gu’s excellent medical skills, we especially invite Doctor Gu to come and take her pulse.”

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