Married to a Villainous Minister

Yu Jiao wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated into the body of a poor rural girl, sold off in a marriage of luck to a sickly man.

Thinking she’s landed in a farming-romance novel, ...

Chapter 529: Hiding Something

Yu Jiao nodded in agreement. It was already late at night, and Liu Ziqi did not stay any longer. Yu Jiao sent him out of the yard.

Jianjia prepared hot water and prepared to help Yu Jiao take a bath. Yu Jiao was still not used to being served, so she sent them to rest.

Maybe because she slept too much in the afternoon, Yu Jiao felt no sleepiness after taking a bath. She put on a thick coat, found a pen and paper, and wrote down some medicinal herbs that might be needed tomorrow on the desk.

There is no more catgut in the diagnosis box. If we really need to perform a cesarean section on the third wife of the Wu family, we will need to rub some catgut.

Yu Jiao thought again of the scalpel in Chou Ge'er's hand, and the people who practiced caesarean sections on corpses. If they really came from another world, those people would probably come looking for her after she spread the news of her caesarean section on Madam Wu San.

Yu Jiao still secretly hoped that there would be someone in this world who came from another world like her.

A north wind blew at night. When Yu Jiao got up the next day, she felt the room was warm. After asking Jianjia, she found out that the house was heated by a floor heating system.

When Yu Jiao and Yu Fuling were having dinner, Liu Yu came over. He had just finished the morning court and had not yet had breakfast. Yu Jiao asked the maid in the courtyard to get some more porridge and rice from the small kitchen and add a set of bowls and chopsticks.

Yu Fuling had become much more reserved since Liu Yu came in, and she didn't dare to breathe loudly. However, after listening to him talking with Yu Jiao, she felt that although this man was the Second Assistant Minister, he was very kind.

"Are you used to living here? If there's anything you want to buy for the house, just ask the servants to tell your mother." Liu Ci Fu asked with concern.

Yu Jiao swallowed the porridge in her mouth and said, "Big brother prepared everything very well. There is nothing missing in the room."

Liu Ci Fu looked at her and said with a smile, "That's good. I heard from your grandmother that you prescribed a prescription for her cough and fumigated her with mugwort these past two days. Your grandmother felt much better. I haven't heard Zi Qi mention that you have good medical skills before. Who did you learn from?"

Yu Jiao said, "I learned it from someone when I was young, I don't remember it very clearly, I just remember that the master who taught me medicine was very good at it."

After telling the lie, Yu Jiao was stunned. She suddenly remembered Liu Sanniang's reaction when she knew she was treating patients. Liu Sanniang once said that Meng Qingyun had repeatedly told her not to practice medicine, and also said that the master who taught her medical skills was not a good person at all. All he taught her were medical skills that harmed people. She returned to Mengjia Village from Huairou just to get rid of her master.

Thinking about these words now, they seem very contradictory.

The day Liu Ziqi took her to find Liu Sanniang, Liu Sanniang clearly said that after her biological mother Ru Niang died, they were afraid of bringing disaster upon themselves, so Meng Qingyun and her family took the baby Meng Yujiao back to Mengjia Village.

When did the original person learn medical skills from a master in Huairou?

Yu Jiao had no memory of her original body in Huairou. On the day her soul traveled through time, what impressed her most was that her original body was sold to the Yu family by her family for good fortune, as well as some things that happened during her stay at the Yu family. Could it be that after a person dies, the only memories the body can retain are those from shortly before death?

It seemed that Liu Sanniang was still hiding something from her, and her words could not be fully trusted.

Liu Yu didn't notice Yu Jiao's distraction, and immediately asked, "Then do you know where your master lives?"

Yu Jiao shook her head. "After my foster mother and the others took me back to Changkui, I lost contact with my master. Now I don't know where he is."

A trace of disappointment flashed across Liu Yu's face. Yu Jiao noticed it and asked, "Father, is there something wrong with this?"

Liu Yu spoke again, his face was normal, "Nanny Wei who is by your mother's side has a son. Due to neglect in childhood, he had a high fever that damaged his brain and impaired his intelligence. The family has invited many doctors but none of them have been able to cure him. There are many talented people among the people. When I heard you mention it just now, I thought of asking the master who taught you medical skills to come to our house to check on the child."

"Father, are you talking about Brother Tao?" Yu Jiao said.

Liu Yu nodded, "Have you seen Tao Ge'er? That child is very pitiful, and your mother loves him very much."

Yu Jiao had finished her porridge. She put down her bowl and chopsticks and said, "Brother Tao came to the hospital to see big brother yesterday. Big brother told me about his symptoms. It was just that the high fever burned his brain. The intellectual impairment caused by it cannot be cured. Epilepsy can be alleviated. I will check Brother Tao's pulse when I have time."

Although the old lady praised Yu Jiao's medical skills in front of him, Liu Yu still didn't quite believe that Yu Jiao, a young girl, could be that good a doctor. After all, the imperial doctors in the palace were helpless against Tao Ge'er's illness.

Liu Yu responded, "Okay, when you are free, go to your mother's yard and check Tao'er's pulse." He wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, stood up and said, "Father still has official business to attend to. If you are bored, go and play with your second sister."

Yu Jiao watched Liu Yu leave the yard and asked Yu Fuling to take out the medical box. Before Shen Wan came, Liu Yaoyu came to Yu Jiao's yard.

After Liu Yaoyu entered the house, she stuffed a box into Yu Jiao's hand and said, "Grandma said that Chen Wan wants to take you out to play today, so she asked me to go out with you."

Yu Jiao looked at the box in her hand. Inside was a jade hairpin. The jade was transparent and had excellent water content. "Second sister, what is this..."

Liu Yaoyu said with an unnatural expression, "This is a meeting gift for you."

She was furious when she first heard that her father had had a daughter with someone else and didn't prepare any gift for Yu Jiao. Now she has calmed down and accepted Yu Jiao as her sister. Although she has a lot of beautiful jewelry in her house, she has worn them all. This hairpin was bought for Yu Jiao by Liu Yaoyu at the Treasure Pavilion yesterday when she went out of the house.

Yu Jiao appreciated the kindness and said sincerely, "Thank you, second sister."

Liu Yaoyu pretended not to care, "Why are you being polite? You are my third sister. Outsiders have given you gifts, and I, as your elder sister, am not so stingy."

Before Yu Jiao had time to send Liu Yaoyu away, Jian Jia came in and said, "Miss, Miss Shen is here."

After Chen Wan entered the room, Liu Yaoyu directly suggested, "Let's invite Jingrong and go to Xinglou together?"

Shen Guan was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Yu Jiao, obviously confused as to why Yao Yu was there even though she was supposed to go to the Wu family for a medical consultation.

Yu Jiao couldn't think of any excuse for a moment. She shouldn't have said to the old lady yesterday that she wanted to go out and play with Chen Wan.

Chen Wan's mind was quick, and she soon understood what was going on. She said, "Yaoyu, I came to Yu Jiao to go out today for something else. We are going to see my cousin Xueyan."

Liu Yaoyu recognized Wang Xueyan. Although Wang Xueyan was a few years older than them, most of the young ladies from Beijing who came from decent families had met her at other people's banquets.

Some time ago, the news of Wang Xueyan's divorce was widely spread in Beijing. It was said that several girls who had been good friends with Wang Xueyan before she got married no longer had any contact with her.