Chapter 238 Fierce and Cute (First Update)
Jiang Shi's recovery is a pleasant surprise. Gu Jiao is preparing to perform one last surgery on him. It's just a minor operation, and after that he can rest and recuperate without needing any more surgeries.
Just as Gu Jiao put on sterile gloves, Princess Yu arrived with her son.
To conceal her identity, Princess Yu wore the dress of an ordinary noblewoman, and only wore two or three hairpins on her head. Even so, those two or three hairpins were considered extremely valuable by commoners.
The second boss personally received her.
The second master was perceptive; the lady's complexion was rosy, and she didn't seem to be ill at all. However, the child in her arms, who was around ten years old, was pale and coughed softly from time to time.
He asked, "Young master, are you here for a medical consultation?"
The eunuch stepped forward and stood between him and his master.
What right do ordinary people have to speak to the Queen Consort of Liang?
The Liang Kingdom held a higher status than the Zhao Kingdom, so the Liang Kingdom's queen was naturally of a higher status than the Zhao Kingdom's queen.
Let alone a small clinic owner, even an official of the imperial court might not be qualified to speak to his own princess.
“Mother…” Ming’er felt sad and tugged at Princess Yu’s sleeve, her small body softly leaning against her.
Princess Yu didn't have time to talk to the second master for a moment. She touched her son's forehead reassuringly and said, "Don't be afraid. We've arrived at the clinic. A doctor will treat you soon."
The second landlord awkwardly touched his nose, seemingly sensing that the other party was not someone to be trifled with.
Having run a clinic for so many years, I've seen all sorts of people, so naturally I won't be bothered by such disdain.
He politely looked at the eunuch and said, "May I ask what's wrong with the young master? Tell me the symptoms so I can recommend a suitable doctor for him."
"Who is the most skilled doctor here?" the eunuch asked bluntly.
It must be his son, Xiao Gu!
But his daughter, Xiao Gu, is performing surgery on Jiang Shi right now and can't come.
Besides, he didn't think the child's illness was an acute one. After thinking for a moment, the second master called over Doctor Song: "Doctor Song, please take a look at this young master."
Doctor Song said to Princess Yu and her son, "Please come inside."
"Are you the best doctor in the clinic?" The eunuch looked at him suspiciously. "You look quite young, only twenty, right? Can't your clinic even afford an experienced senior doctor? Where did your clinic's reputation come from?"
In the eyes of ordinary people, a doctor's medical skills are often linked to his age; the older he is, the more experienced he is. However, those who have met Gu Jiao know that this is not absolute.
Gu Jiao is the youngest doctor in the clinic, but no one can deny her medical skills.
Doctor Song couldn't argue with the patient about these things right now, but he wasn't as smooth as the second master, so he said, "I treat children more often and have more experience in this area. But if we're talking about the most skilled doctor, I'm not really in the running. Miss Gu is busy right now, so if you're not in a hurry, you can wait in the lobby."
The eunuch was about to explode with anger. "Even the Emperor of Liang wouldn't dare to treat my Princess Consort so disrespectfully. You're just a lowly commoner doctor. You've got a big head on your shoulders!"
"Step down," said Princess Yu.
The eunuch: "...Yes."
"How much longer will that take?" Princess Yu asked Doctor Song.
Dr. Song said, "It'll be quick, just a minor surgery, you'll be fine soon."
Princess Yu nodded: "Alright, I'll wait."
The eunuch muttered under his breath, "Your Highness..."
Princess Yu gave him a look that told him to shut up.
The eunuch fell silent.
Gu Jiao didn't keep Princess Yu waiting for long; she came out in a quarter of an hour.
Princess Yu realized that the doctor had indeed referred to Miss Gu, not Doctor Gu, when she saw that it was a fifteen-year-old girl.
But... they're too young.
Gu Jiao was used to such questioning looks. She calmly led the person into the examination room, first taking the child's pulse, and then taking a clean tongue depressor from a jar on the table.
"Open your mouth."
Ming'er had never been examined like this before, and she was a little scared.
Princess Yu looked at Gu Jiao with a strange expression.
Gu Jiao said, "This won't hurt. I need to press down on your tongue to see your throat."
Hearing her say that, Princess Yu was relieved: "Good girl, listen to the doctor."
Gu Jiao didn't like having her tongue depressor used when she was little, as it would make her uncomfortable if it was used too much. Her movements were quick and light, and before Ming'er could even feel uncomfortable, she had already taken out the tongue depressor.
My tonsils are a little red and swollen.
Gu Jiao took out her stethoscope again and hung it on her ear: "Unbutton your clothes."
Princess Yu had never seen anything so strange or such a bizarre examination method, but she simply assumed it was something unique to this clinic and didn't think much of it.
She went to undress her son, but he grabbed her wrist: "Men and women shouldn't touch each other! I won't take off my clothes in front of her!"
There's an old saying that boys and girls shouldn't sit together after the age of seven. He's already ten years old (by Chinese reckoning), a grown man!
Gu Jiao glared at him fiercely: "You have to take it off whether you like it or not."
Especially a female hooligan!
Ming'er: "..."
Once you're at the clinic, who wouldn't listen to the doctor? Ming'er's clothes were successfully stripped off, and she watched in utter humiliation as someone listened to her chest and back with a strange object.
He felt as if his entire body had been touched.
How embarrassing!
"pneumonia."
Gu Jiao gave a diagnosis.
"Is this serious?" Princess Yu asked worriedly.
Gu Jiao took off her stethoscope: "Mild pneumonia, not too serious. Take some medicine first."
Princess Yu frowned: "But he's been coughing for more than ten days."
Does she mean that coughing for more than ten days isn't serious?
Gu Jiao understood, but she couldn't lie and say that her son's condition was serious and his life was in immediate danger. This pneumonia, considered serious in ancient times, was nothing to her.
She has anti-inflammatory medication.
Gu Jiao said, "It's a slow infection that spreads to the lungs. You need to start taking your medication seriously now."
Otherwise, she would have to get an IV drip, but Gu Jiao didn't mention that.
Gu Jiao stamped the completed form and handed it to Princess Yu: "Go to the counter to pay, and I'll bring you the medicine in a bit."
Princess Yu took the list and went there, seemingly believing it but not quite.
Although the young girl seemed to have the air of a senior doctor, she couldn't quite believe that she could cure her son's illness so easily.
Princess Yu took her son out.
Gu Jiao opened the small medicine box and found children's cough syrup inside.
It is a drug independently developed by the research institute, which is safer and more effective than similar drugs on the market, but of course, it is also several times more expensive.
She gradually discovered a problem—the medicine cabinet contained only research institute products, not those available on the market.
Does this mean she can only use things from the research institute?
Or perhaps she just takes anything from the research institute and uses it?
So far, the first-aid kit only contains the medications she needs and basic surgical supplies; there are no instruments or anything else yet, otherwise she could have performed surgery on Gu Yan.
Gu Jiao packed the anti-inflammatory medicine and cough syrup into separate porcelain bottles and gave each person a 10ml spoon: "Take the syrup three times a day, one spoonful each time. Take the pills twice a day, two pills each time. Take them after meals."
He paused, glanced at the sky, and asked, "Can we have a drink now? Have you eaten anything?"
One sentence woke me up from my dream. I was so focused on taking my son to the doctor that I forgot to give him breakfast.
Of course, it's not that we didn't prepare anything; it's just that we took it out and put it aside since Ming'er didn't want to eat it, planning to eat it later.
But soon they got on a carriage and arrived at the clinic. After going around in circles, it's almost noon now, and the child hasn't had a drop of water.
Princess Yu looked at her son with guilt: "Are you starving? It's all my fault, I forgot you didn't eat breakfast."
Ming'er was sick and had a poor appetite, so she didn't feel hungry.
Princess Yu, however, was unwilling to delay and abandoned the idea of returning immediately. She reasoned that there would be no one there anyway, and that Prince Yu must still be arguing with the ministers of Zhao Kingdom in the palace.
Princess Yu took her son back to the side room of the clinic and instructed the eunuch to buy some delicious snacks. Upon learning that the clinic had a cook, she also gave the cook some money to prepare some food.
After eating, Ming'er took her medicine and fell asleep.
Princess Yu didn't disturb him and let him sleep.
Time flew by and it was already afternoon.
After the Imperial Academy's elementary school let out, Liu Quan picked up Xiao Jingkong and took him to the clinic. Afterwards, Liu Quan went to Qinghe Academy to pick up Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun to learn their skills from Master Lu.
Xiao Jingkong squatted on the sand in the backyard of the clinic, teaching Xiao Jiangli to write with a bamboo stick.
“Jiang, this is your Jiang, and this is a pear.”
"Then how do I write my brother's name?"
“The river is like you, and so is the stone.” Xiao Jingkong wrote a big stone in the sand.
There was no sand in the backyard originally, but Gu Jiao made a pile of sand for Xiao Jingkong because he wanted to play.
Xiao Jiangli carefully wrote her brother's name.
The brother's name was simple and could be written in a flash, but hers was so difficult.
Xiao Jingkong is a clever child, but not an experienced teacher. Although he often checks Gu Yan and Gu Xiaoshun's homework, he always gets so angry that he turns into a little pufferfish halfway through teaching them.
The same applies to teaching Xiao Jiangli.
Little Jiangli can't learn it, so he's become a little pufferfish again.
He was a gentlemanly little pufferfish, unable to get angry at little girls, so he could only run behind a big tree and sulk alone.
"Aaaaah! I'm so anxious!"
Princess Yu went to the kitchen, and on her way back to her room, she saw a little kid baring his teeth and roaring under a big tree!
That little bean sprout was incredibly cute, with a round head, rosy cheeks, bright black eyes, and long, curled eyelashes. The way it swung its little fists in a frantic manner was truly hilarious.
Princess Yu was so charmed that her heart fluttered.
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