Chapter 381 The Reality of Husband and Wife (Second Update)
Gu Jiao learned from Prince Ning that the top three masters in the underground martial arts arena were qualified to go to Yan State to compete, and could even bring people with them.
Gu Jiao knew about the relationship between Zhao and Yan. Yan was a superior country, and even the emperor of Zhao could not easily go there without Yan's consent. However, a small underground martial arts arena was qualified to send experts to Yan.
It's ostensibly a martial arts competition, but actually it's an opportunity to win people over.
Such martial arts arenas existed in all six states, but Yan's methods were far too simplistic and brutal.
Prince Ning said, "The top two on the list haven't appeared for many years, and there's no opportunity to challenge them. The third-ranked expert has only recently come to the martial arts arena."
Prince Ning's meaning was clear: Gu Jiao only needed to eliminate the third-ranked person.
"I believe in Young Hero Xiong's strength."
Gu Jiao didn't believe he had only said this to her; she suspected he was casting a wide net and focusing on cultivating key talents.
In addition, Gu Jiao also extracted a piece of information from their conversation: Prince Ning wanted to go to the State of Yan.
"What do you think, young hero Xiong?" Prince Ning asked.
Gu Jiao glanced at the incense on the table, then stood up abruptly, signaling to him with her eyes—time's up.
Prince Ning, who nearly choked to death: "...!!"
After Gu Jiao left, the guard looked around warily at the door and returned to Prince Ning's side to report: "Your Highness, someone was watching us nearby just now."
"Have they left?" Prince Ning asked.
"Let's go." The guard nodded.
Prince Ning's gaze softened slightly: "Have you seen who it is?"
The guard shook his head: "I didn't see his face clearly, but his figure seemed familiar to me. He looked like someone from the Crown Prince's side."
Prince Ning picked up his teacup: "So, the Crown Prince has come too?"
The guard's expression tightened: "Could it be... that the Crown Prince has discovered us?"
Prince Ning wasn't worried at all. He calmly sipped his tea and said, "It's alright if they find out. They have no evidence. Just be more careful next time and don't let anyone keep an eye on you."
"yes!"
Meanwhile, the servant wandered around outside Prince Ning's room without finding anything, then inquired with the gatekeeper before reporting back to the Crown Prince and Crown Princess: "...I was too late, that person has already left."
"They're gone?" The crown prince frowned, his expression displeased.
The Crown Princess asked, "Have you found out who he is? And who invited him just now?"
The servant truthfully relayed the information he had gathered: "His name is Xiong Batian. I don't know who invited him there. He's in the room on the east side."
The Crown Princess looked in the direction he was pointing and saw a gourd hanging on the roof, realizing that the other party was no ordinary person.
The man asked curiously, "How can someone have such an awful name?"
“It must be an alias,” the servant said. “No one here uses their real name.”
The Crown Princess paused for a moment, then said, "Then go and find out who brought Xiong Batian here."
"Yes!" the servant replied, turning and leaving the room.
The Crown Princess sighed, lowered her eyes, and picked up her teacup.
The Crown Prince looked at her with heartache: "Linlang, don't be sad. He's just a new expert. If not him, there are others. I will find someone to make it into the top three and take you to Yan to see Master Meng."
The Crown Princess lowered her eyes: "Your Highness, am I being selfish? I am the Crown Princess of Zhao Kingdom, and I already have enough. Why should I still hope to see Elder Meng?"
The Crown Prince said solemnly, “How can this be considered selfish of you? Isn’t it only right that you see Master Meng? You broke Master Meng’s chess game, and if he knew, he would surely appreciate you greatly. There has been no reply from Yan so far, and I suspect that the message has not reached Master Meng. Once you go to Yan and see him, everything will be resolved. I know you want to become Master Meng’s disciple, and I will help you.”
The Crown Princess's eyes were filled with tears: "Your Majesty, my trip to Yan was not just to see Master Meng. I wanted to see the culture of Yan, to understand what this number one power was really like, and to learn the way the King of Yan governs, so that I could better assist Your Majesty when I return."
The Crown Prince was moved: "Linlang, you are so kind."
The Crown Princess smiled and said, "Your Highness is my husband, this is what I should do. I just heard about that young hero, and I think this young hero named Xiong Batian is promising and has great potential."
The Crown Prince said, "Since you put it that way, then I will go and invite him!"
The Crown Princess said earnestly, "Young people from the martial world are bound to have some chivalrous spirit, and it's not uncommon for them to be impetuous in their youth. Your Highness, please remember to treat people with courtesy and never let the incident involving Bi Nu happen again."
Upon hearing this, a hint of unease flashed across the Crown Prince's eyes.
Binu was a Turkic master, incredibly strong and swift, ranking thirty-ninth on the list. The Crown Princess asked the Crown Prince to win him over, but the man said some arrogant things to the Crown Prince, who then punished him with a beating for disrespect.
This incident occurred outside the martial arts arena, and the arena itself did not interfere. However, the Turkic experts spread the news, causing them to lose several experts who disapproved of the prince's actions.
The Crown Prince coughed lightly and said, "Don't worry, I will not use my status to intimidate him this time. I will speak to him calmly and rationally."
Gu Jiao was unaware that she was being targeted again.
It was still early, not yet time for Xiao Jingkong to finish school, so after leaving the Narcissus Embroidery Building, she went back to the clinic first.
She entered through the back door, so no one could see her.
She entered her courtyard, took off her mask, washed up, and changed into her usual clothes.
Just as I finished doing all that, a commotion broke out outside the courtyard.
Why did you bump into me!
It was a little girl's voice.
"Who bumped into you! You bumped into me!"
...It was a man's voice, and it sounded somewhat familiar, like...Gu Chengfeng's.
"A giant wasp!"
"Cylinder!"
That's right, in the backyard of the clinic, Gu Chengfeng, who came to buy hair growth tonic for his younger brother, met Yuan Tong, who accompanied her older sister to the clinic.
When they met, it was like two peas in a pod.
Yuan Tong's eyes widened: "You really did bump into me on purpose! I can't believe a grown man like you is so petty! You're bullying a woman!"
Gu Chengfeng bristled and raised his right foot: "Who bullied you! Look at my shoes! You clearly stepped on them! I haven't even said anything, and you're already accusing me of bumping into you! Are you even being reasonable?!"
Yuan Tong looked closely and indeed there was a shoe print on it. Her eyes flashed, and she stammered, "Who...who told you to walk without watching where you're going?"
Gu Chengfeng chuckled and said, "I don't watch where I'm going? Fine, even if I don't, you must have eyes, right? Why didn't you move aside? So you were deliberately stepping on my feet and bumping into me because you thought I didn't watch where I was going!"
Gu Chengfeng meant nothing by it, but Yuan Tong interpreted it as her being shameless, unreserved, and deliberately trying to get his attention.
Yuan Tong was furious: "You, you, you are shameless!"
Gu Chengfeng said coldly, "Who is shameless?"
Yuan Tong angrily retorted, "Whoever answers is shameless!"
"you……"
"snort!"
"Yuan Tong, come back."
At the back entrance of the main hall, a pale-faced young Taoist nun, supported by her maid, spoke to Yuan Tong.
Yuan Tong turned around and walked over, her face pale. "Sister, why did you get off the carriage? Didn't I tell you to wait in the carriage? I'll go and fetch Miss Gu for you!"
Gu Chengfeng had no grudge against the young Taoist nun, and seeing that she was so ill, he didn't want to start a fight with her sister.
He snorted and turned away.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, Gu Jiao came out.
Gu Jiao had already seen the young Taoist nun, and her expression was not quite right.
Gu Chengfeng cleared his throat and said, "You go and treat the patients first, I'm not in a hurry."
"Mm." Gu Jiao nodded. The clinic was full at the moment, and Gu Jiao asked Yuan Tong to help the little Taoist nun into her courtyard.
Gu Chengfeng couldn't go in, so he waited in the lobby for a while, but Gu Jiao still didn't come out. He didn't want to urge her, and since he wasn't in a hurry, he waited idly in the lobby.
The young nun lay on the bed in the side room, clutching her stomach, cold sweat pouring out in layers.
"Where do you feel unwell?" Gu Jiao asked her.
The young nun glanced at the maidservant and Yuan Tong standing guard beside her.
Gu Jiao turned her head and said, "You guys go out first. I'm not used to having someone watching me when I'm treating patients."
Yuan Tong opened her mouth: "Oh, then, then I'll leave my sister in your care."
Gu Jiao nodded.
Yuan Tong and the maidservant withdrew.
Gu Jiao looked at the young Taoist nun again: "Now you can tell me where you feel unwell?"
The young nun hesitated, seemingly too embarrassed to speak, before finally murmuring, "I...I have a stomachache..."
"Let me see." Gu Jiao pinched her wrist and began to take her pulse.
Seeing Gu Jiao's silent demeanor, the young nun lost all her usual composure. She bit her lip and whispered, "Am I...am I going to miscarry?"
Miscarriage?
Gu Jiao doubted that she had heard correctly.
Gu Jiao looked at the young Taoist nun's wrist, then at her face.
The young nun's eyes reddened with grievance, and she burst into tears, sobbing, "I knew it... I miscarried... My baby is gone..."
Gu Jiao: "..."
Wait, what did I miss?
The young nun cried so hard, sobbing and hiccuping, that it took Gu Jiao a long time to understand what had happened.
It turns out that on the day Gu Changqing rescued the person, he had an unspeakable encounter with the young Taoist nun in the carriage.
“I started it... I tore his clothes... I... I couldn't control myself... I just... I just..."
"My period hasn't come for two months..."
"This morning...I suddenly had a stomachache..."
"And then there was bleeding..."
When you get your period, of course you'll have stomach cramps and bleeding!
Gu Jiao looked at her, her expression indescribable. "Your pulse indicates irregular menstruation!"
Gu Jiao said, "You're not pregnant."
The young nun cried, "I don't believe it! I don't believe it! I was riding on top of him!"
Gu Jiao was dumbfounded. Was it really that explosive?
"You're really not pregnant, and this isn't a miscarriage."
"You don't need to comfort me... I know... the baby is gone... sob..."
Gu Jiao: "..."
Having been a doctor for two lifetimes, this is truly the first time my medical skills have been questioned like this.
Well, the one who tied the knot must untie it.
Gu Jiao summoned Gu Chengfeng and asked him to bring Gu Changqing over.
Gu Jiao didn't say what it was about, so Gu Chengfeng didn't expect it to be related to the Yuan family.
As luck would have it, Gu Changqing was at the mansion today, and Gu Chengfeng quickly brought him over.
Gu Jiao used the excuse of getting medicine and buying food to send Yuan Tong and the maid away, and then led Gu Changqing directly into the courtyard.
Gu Chengfeng also wanted to come inside, but Gu Jiao ruthlessly refused!
Inside the room, the young nun had cried herself to sleep. Gu Jiao told Gu Changqing about her situation.
Gu Changqing never expected that this matter would be brought to the public in this way, and his perpetually icy face turned bright red!
“That’s not true!” He took a deep breath and cracked his knuckles. “I never had marital relations with her.”
Gu Jiao raised an eyebrow: "Oh, you just touched it and rubbed it?"
“No…” Gu Changqing wanted to say that she didn’t rub against him, but the words caught in his throat. He turned around, his face flushed, and said seriously, “In short, she won’t get pregnant. She’s still a virgin.”
Men always know a little more about this than women.
Gu Jiao had no doubt about the reliability of Gu Changqing's words. She pointed with her index finger and said, "Then you can explain to her yourself that it's getting late and I need to go pick up Xiao Jingkong."
After saying that, she slung her small basket over her shoulder and walked away decisively.
Gu Changqing tried to call her, but she couldn't stop him!
Gu Changqing was in the room, unsure whether to stand or sit.
No one knows what kind of shame and torment he went through while waiting for the young Taoist nun to wake up.
What happened that day was indeed an accident. He never wanted to get married in his life. However, since they had been intimate, if she couldn't let go of the past like Gu Jinyu, then he would take responsibility for her and propose marriage to her.
However, after she regained consciousness, she said she did not want to get married, and this matter became a secret between the two of them.
Who would have thought... she actually thought that would make her pregnant? And she even cried after the miscarriage, could it be that she originally planned to secretly give birth to that "child"?
Without informing him at all?
He's the child's father!
No, there are no children.
I almost got led astray.
Gu Changqing pinched the bridge of his nose helplessly.
At this moment, the young Taoist nun on the bed slowly woke up.
Still immersed in the immense grief of losing her baby, she saw Gu Changqing. Forgetting that she had no feelings for this man, she suddenly felt incredibly wronged and grabbed his hand: "Waaah... our baby is gone..."
Upon receiving the news, Chief Minister Yuan rushed over without stopping, only to suddenly hear this sentence as he arrived at the door.
Yuan Shikai was speechless on the spot: "...!!"
(End of this chapter)
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