After the servant left, Jianjia picked up a thick outer robe and asked Yu Jiao to change into it. She also added some charcoal to the hand warmer. After everything was ready, Yu Jiao asked Li Jing to stay in the mansion. If she did not come back at night, she would ask the eldest master to go to Councillor Wu's house to find her after he returned home tomorrow.
Madam Wu was still waiting at the Shen family, so Yu Jiao and Shen Guan took a carriage back to the Shen family first.
Madam Shen was sitting in the living room with Madam Wu. When she saw Shen Wan coming back, she looked up and saw Yu Jiao wearing a veil on her face. She said kindly, "Is this the female doctor Yu who saved Xueyan's life? Wan Wan didn't tell the family that you came to Beijing. When you have time in the future, come to the mansion often."
Yu Jiao greeted Madam Shen, and Madam Wu had already stood up, "Doctor Yu, you made it so hard for me to find you."
Yu Jiao said politely, "I have some urgent personal matters to attend to during the day, and I didn't mean to tease you. I hope Madam can understand."
Madam Wu smiled, but her eyes could not hide her anxiety. "It's true that someone in the family suddenly got an emergency and was seriously ill. Otherwise, it would be inappropriate to bother Doctor Yu and Miss Shen so late at night."
Mrs. Shen smiled and said, "It's okay. Everyone has acute illnesses in their family. Since the female doctor is here, don't delay."
The person in the other courtyard is very ill. The master said that nothing must happen to him, otherwise Prime Minister Shen will blame him.
Madam Wu stopped dawdling and asked the maid to put the gift she brought on the table. "I'm sorry to bother you so late at night. This is just a small token of my appreciation. Please don't despise it, Madam Shen."
Madam Shen stood up to see her off. When she got outside the mansion, she saw Shen Wan also getting on the carriage. Madam Shen pulled her aside and said, "Doctor Yu is going to Madam Wu's house to see a patient. What are you going with her for?"
Chen Guan is a young girl, and if Madam Wu hadn't come to ask for help, Madam Shen would never have been willing to let her go out of the house in the middle of the night to look for someone. Now that the female doctor has been found, there is no need for Chen Guan to go with her.
Shen Wan was worried about Yu Jiao, so she said, "Mom, I'll go with Doctor Yu."
"How can you, an unmarried girl, go to another family's house and show yourself in the middle of the night?" Mrs. Shen said in a low voice.
Parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run. They will naturally consider their own daughter in all aspects. This female doctor is out in the open because it is the nature of her medical practice. Wanwan is naturally different. She is a legitimate daughter with a delicate status. The Wu family is not a good place. Mrs. Shen in Beijing has heard about the absurd things of the third master of the Wu family. How can Mrs. Shen feel at ease if a girl makes trouble in the middle of the night?
She held Shen Wan's hand and said, "It's almost midnight, come back with me and rest."
Although she knew that her mother was concerned about her, Shen Guan was still worried about Yu Jiao going alone. Not only did she want to help Yu Jiao conceal her identity, but she also knew how difficult it was for a woman like Yu Jiao to practice medicine.
When I was treating cousin Xueyan at the Sun family in Qingzhou, there were people like Lin Fang who looked down on Yu Jiao. The time before, there was also the imperial physician Wang, whose attitude was also very rude.
The Wu family only thought that Yu Jiao came from Qingzhou Township and would certainly not treat her with much respect. If she went with them, the Wu family would still be more or less considerate of the fact that she was the eldest daughter of the Shen family. Even if she couldn't help in any way, no one would dare to treat Yu Jiao badly with her around.
What's more, the Wu family's repeated visits to her house were the troubles she had brought upon Yu Jiao.
Chen Guan begged her mother, "Please let me go. Doctor Yu has just arrived in the capital and is only familiar with my daughter. She is a few years younger than my daughter. My mother is so worried about me, so her family must be worried about her too. My daughter invited her here, so I have to accompany her to see the doctor and send her back safely."
Madam Shen knew her daughter best. She had been brought up by her father since she was a child. Although she was a girl, she had learned the eight virtues of a gentleman thoroughly. She sighed and told her, "Let Jiu'er and Ping'er go with you and return home early."
Shen Guan smiled and said coquettishly, "Thank you, mother. Mother, please rest early and don't keep vigil for your daughter. After Doctor Yu finishes the consultation, your daughter will return."
Mrs. Shen smiled helplessly and patted her hands, “Go quickly.”
The maid helped Shen Wan onto the carriage, and Shen Wan turned around and said to Madam Shen, "Mother, it's late at night and the weather is cold, you should go back and rest."
"It's okay if you don't come with me. It's just a medical consultation. Nothing will happen." Yu Jiao also heard some of the conversation between Mrs. Shen and Shen Wan just now. She envied this kind of interaction between parents and children. It made people feel warm just watching it.
Chen Guan held Yu Jiao's hand and said with a smile, "I heard that Wei Min and Yao Yu had a quarrel a few days ago. Yao Yu loves you so much as a sister. I dare not let you go out with me and anything goes wrong."
In fact, this was not the case. Chen Guan insisted on going with them because she heard Yu Jiao instruct the servant in the courtyard that if she did not return home tomorrow, he should ask Young Master Liu to go to the Wu family to look for her.
Although Shen Guan didn't know why Yu Jiao said that, she always felt uneasy if she didn't accompany Yu Jiao.
Speaking of Wei Min, Yu Jiao asked hesitantly, "Is Miss Wei interested in Young Marquis Gu?" Yu Jiao later accidentally remembered that the last time in the pavilion, Wei Min had a fight with her because of Gu Yun, and this time she went to the mansion to find her because of Gu Yun. That day in the pavilion, Miss Song also said that Wei Min did not like literati, but liked brave men who practiced martial arts.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
