Liu Yaoyu asked in confusion, "How does Third Sister know your cousin?"
Chen Guan smiled and said, "You forgot that my cousin was originally married to Qingzhou. I kept it a secret from everyone the other day because there were so many people talking about it. In fact, Yu Jiao and I had met in Qingzhou before, and she was also familiar with my cousin Xueyan."
"I was wondering why you avoided us and took your third sister to visit the garden that day. It turns out that you two knew each other long ago!" After Liu Yaoyu was surprised, she said, "I stupidly introduced you to each other."
Chen Wan smiled and made an excuse, "You also know that there have been a lot of gossips about my cousin Xueyan. She has been depressed since she returned to Beijing and doesn't like to socialize with the young ladies in Beijing. So I thought of taking your third sister to talk to her."
Liu Yaoyu understood very well after hearing this, "So that's how it is. Then you guys go quickly, I won't go with you."
Chen Guan said, "In a few days, the plum garden outside Beijing will bloom. Let's invite Jingrong to go and enjoy the winter plums together."
Liu Yaoyu smiled and agreed. She said to Yu Jiao, "Third sister, I'll go back to the yard first. Grandmother had someone wake me up early in the morning, and I'm still sleepy." Liu Yaoyu stood up and yawned, "I'll go back and take a nap."
Yu Jiao smiled and nodded, "Okay, thank you for getting up so early, second sister."
After Liu Yaoyu left, Yu Jiao found a white square towel, asked Yu Fuling to carry the medical box, took Jianjia and Bailu with her, and followed Chen Guan out of the courtyard.
Before she reached the gate, an ugly man wearing an iron mask suddenly followed her and asked, "Miss, are you going out? Why don't you take me with you?"
He reached for the medical box in Yu Fuling's hand and said, "I'm just sitting around doing nothing in the courtyard. I can help you carry things and run errands when you go out with me, young lady."
Yu Jiao glanced at the iron mask on his face. The entire mask completely covered the burns on his face, leaving only a pair of eyes visible. He was wearing a servant's clothes, and his original appearance was completely unrecognizable.
Yu Jiao nodded, "Follow me."
They got on the carriage at the screen wall and went to the Wu family.
Having nothing to do on the way, Chen Wan chatted with Yu Jiao, "The eldest master of the Wu family is the right councilor of the Tongzhengsi, the second master of the Wu family is unemployed at home, and the third master holds the seventh-rank official position of the right supervisor of Shanglinyuan, so the Wu family is headed by the eldest master Wu Yi. I heard that the third master of the Wu family does not like the third wife Wu, but the third wife Wu is the cousin of the first wife Wu, so she is still honorable and respectable in the mansion."
Yu Jiao nodded. There were many women in the inner house, and they all relied on competing for the favor of one man to survive, so it was inevitable that some strange things would happen.
"Mrs. Wu San has never had a child. She finally got this baby, so she naturally took it very seriously. Unfortunately, something went wrong." Chen Guan sighed, feeling that life is not easy for women. A woman like cousin Xueyan, who is suitable for a family, married the wrong man and ended up with a mess.
Yu Jiao saw that Chen Wan was thinking of him and there was worry in her eyes. She knew that she was also at the age to get married, but she saw such things happening one after another, so she couldn't help feeling worried.
Yu Jiao didn't know how to comfort her. Even in the world she lived in, which practiced monogamy, not all marriages were perfect.
She had no experience in love in her previous life, and had never been married. Yu Jiao privately felt that it was not easy for a person to meet someone they loved in their lifetime. Life was too long, and no one knew what would happen in the future or whether love would disappear. When they met, they must love each other well, so that even if they separated in the future, at least there would be no regrets.
If you don't meet him, just live your own life well.
"People don't live their whole lives just to get married and have children. No matter what, it's enough to live happily and fulfillingly every day and not to waste the time that has passed." Yu Jiao said what was in her mind.
Shen Wan came back to her senses, nodded in agreement, and said with a faint smile, "Your words are always thought-provoking. Although you are younger than me, you always speak to my heart."
She let out a long breath and smiled, "You're right. The days are getting shorter and shorter. The most important thing is to be happy in the present. There's no point in dwelling on those trivial things."
The Wu family also lived in the inner city, not too far away. After a quarter of an hour, the carriage arrived outside the Wu Mansion.
Yu Jiao covered her face with a scarf before getting off the carriage. Chen Wan's maid told the doorman her name, and the doorman quickly opened the side door and led the group into the mansion.
After passing through the hanging flower gate and arriving at the backyard, a nanny came to greet them. This nanny was the eldest lady's servant, and she led Chen Guan and Yu Jiao directly to Madam Wu San's courtyard.
After entering the room, the nanny said to the woman in a maroon jacket sitting on the chair at the head of the hall, "Madam, Miss Shen is here."
Madam Wu stood up quickly and said, "Miss Shen, you are finally here."
She looked at Yu Jiao, who was covering her face with a scarf beside Shen Wan, and asked, "Is this the female doctor?"
Shen Wan nodded and said to Yu Jiao, "This is Madam Wu."
"Are you the female doctor who performed a Caesarean section on Miss Wang in Qingzhou?" an old-fashioned voice asked.
The man who was speaking was sitting on a chair. He had half a head of white hair and was nearly fifty years old. He stared at Yu Jiao with a look of doubt and contempt on his face.
Madam Wu said, "This is Doctor Wang from the palace. My third brother's wife has been hanging on by half these days thanks to Doctor Wang's prescriptions."
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