Chapter 239 Everything is for Junjun's sake
Bai Lan shrank back two steps, bowed respectfully, and said, "Greetings, young master."
Guo Bingwen glanced at Bai Lan and nodded. "Has Madam taken her medicine and gone to sleep?"
"Young master, they've already gone to bed."
"Then you go and stand guard over there. What if Madam wakes up and wants something, and there's no one to serve her?"
Bai Lan glanced at Jiang Wan Ning, "Aren't you going yet? I'll take care of things with the Princess." Guo Bingwen urged.
Then he turned to Jiang Wan Ning and said, "Princess, please don't be offended. I was thinking of going to see Jun Jun as soon as I arrived. I only heard from the servants on the way that you and the Prince had arrived."
"It's my fault for not being hospitable enough, leaving you here all alone."
Jiang Wanling had never met Guo Bingwen, but had only heard of him in a letter from her aunt to her mother, who described him as humble, polite, and handsome.
Indeed, it can be considered quite proper.
"It's alright," Jiang Wanning said.
"Your Highness, please move to the front hall. Bai Lan is here to take care of you, and I have also invited a doctor. Your Highness need not worry."
Seeing Guo Bingwen there, Jiang Wanning didn't dare to say anything. She could only nod and instruct Bai Lan, "When Shaoyao arrives, take her to decoct the medicine."
"Brother-in-law, I wonder if we could invite the doctor who is treating Junjun to come? I would like to ask Junjun about her symptoms in person."
Kwok Ping-man bowed and said, "I will send someone to invite him right away."
Seeing that Guo Bingwen did not refuse, Jiang Wanning was quite satisfied.
Pei Yanchuan saw Jiang Wanning coming over and got up to greet her. Guo Bingwen's eyes gleamed as he stared at Pei Yanchuan for a long time before he reacted, "Greetings, Prince of Langya."
"Hmm." Pei Yanchuan responded softly, taking Jiang Wan Ning's hand and asking gently, "How is it?"
Jiang Wan Ning shook her head slightly and said in a low voice, "It seems we'll be staying here for a few days."
“Okay,” Pei Yanchuan said.
Haitang originally intended to bring the old lady to the front hall, but fearing she would disturb the prince, she waited in the garden for a while and watched Jiang Wan Ning walk towards the front hall before bringing her over.
When the old lady saw her son, she burst into tears as if she had lost control of her bladder, crying out, "My son, please save your mother!"
"Mother has suffered terribly."
Guo Bingwen quickly stepped forward to untie the ropes binding the old lady's hands, and then gently comforted her, "Mother, dear Mother, what's wrong?"
Before the old lady could speak, Jiang Wan Ning said, "It's nothing, she was just a bit noisy and tried to stop me from saving Jun Jun, so I had my maid tie her up first."
Guo Bingwen glanced at the old lady in surprise. "Mother, although you usually treat Junjun with disdain, you would never think of harming her."
"Why are you stopping the princess from saving Junjun?"
The old lady shrank her neck and said with a wronged expression, "She's talking nonsense. I didn't do it. Those are all methods passed down from our ancestors."
"You can't be exposed to wind during postpartum confinement. If you are exposed to wind, you will develop postpartum illnesses that are hard to cure. How will you be able to carry on the Guo family line in the future?"
“Mother!” Guo Bingwen scolded softly, “I told you long ago that what you said was wrong. You should listen to the doctor. The princess knows medicine, and what she says can’t be wrong.”
How could something passed down from our ancestors be wrong?
“You young people, you just listen to the doctors now. But many doctors haven’t even had children. And the princess, you say she’s skilled in medicine, but has she ever had a child?”
Guo Bingwen quickly stopped his mother from speaking, "Mother, this is the Princess, you mustn't be rude!"
Then he said to Jiang Wan Ning, "Princess, please don't be offended. My family has been commoners for three generations, and I am the only scholar among them. My mother is not very knowledgeable."
“She always uses those old folk remedies from when she was young, and I’ve told her several times, but she just won’t listen.”
"But she really didn't mean any harm."
"She didn't have bad intentions? You mean we should thank her for making our Miss Jiang sick and injured because of her wrong methods?" Haitang asked.
Guo Bingwen repeatedly said, "That's not what I meant, that's not what I meant. I will never let my mother interfere in Junjun's affairs again."
Jiang Wan Ning said, "Fine, let me ask you, where have you been these past few days? Why haven't I received the letter that Jun Jun asked you to deliver?"
Guo Bingwen paused for a moment before saying, "Junjun did ask me to deliver a few letters, but... but I kept them all."
Jiang Wan Ning tightened her grip on the armrest. "I suppose you have a reason for doing this?"
Guo Bingwen quickly replied, "Your Highness is right. I do have my reasons, and it's all for Junjun's sake."
Jiang Wanning didn't respond, gesturing for Guo Bingwen to continue.
Kwok Ping-man swallowed hard and continued, "Yes."
Junjun always said that she and the Princess Consort had a deep affection for each other. Later, I heard that you had become the Princess Consort of Langya. I wanted to give Junjun a surprise, so I asked my mother-in-law to help send a message to see if you had time to visit Junjun.
"But not long after, I went to ask my mother-in-law with great joy if she had replied. She said that I was now a princess and was very busy, so I had not even written a letter, let alone come to visit Junjun."
"So I didn't send those letters out, and I always made excuses to delay."
Jiang Wan Ning loosened her fingers slightly and continued to ask, "So what have you been doing all this time?"
Without any hesitation, Guo Bingwen continued, "I lied to Junjun that I was going to the capital to find you. In reality, I just hid. I didn't know what to do next. I just thought that I should try to make Junjun feel better first, and then everything would be fine."
As he spoke, Kwok Ping-man wiped away his tears with his sleeve, looking much more dejected.
"So, it turns out that Junjun's problem is still my fault as her older sister." Jiang Wan Ning said as if she were talking to herself, but everyone could hear her.
Kwok Ping-man quickly said, "The Princess must have been too busy to come all this way to see Jun-jun."
"You're talking nonsense! My princess has never received any letters from Miss Junjun." Haitang couldn't help but say, this whole family was full of suspicious things.
She didn't believe the princess couldn't tell.
Especially this Kwok Ping-man, who looks so affectionate, but always makes people feel very uncomfortable.
Kwok Ping-man looked surprised. "But I really did have my mother-in-law send the letter. I swear, I absolutely did not lie to anyone."
"If Your Highness does not believe me, you can ask your mother-in-law. I can go with you."
“I believe you,” Jiang Wanning said. “My maid just spoke rashly in her haste.”
Kwok Ping-man breathed a sigh of relief. "It seems it was my mother-in-law... or something happened on the way."
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault." Kwok Ping-man said, slapping himself repeatedly. "I should have sent you another letter back then."
Jiang Wan Ning waited until everyone had finished fighting before saying, "Alright, let's help the old lady to rest first."
"The medicine should be ready by now. I'll go check on Junjun."
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