Chapter 776, Incomplete
"You won't tell me that you're going to prick me with this needle, will you?"
Prince Ping opened his eyes wide and watched Gu Jian open the bag of silver needles he carried with him, and couldn't stop swallowing.
Gu Jian glanced at him, said nothing, and quickly inserted a needle into Prince Ping's back.
“Ah~”
A sound like slaughtering a pig was heard.
Daohua was startled and quickly comforted him, "Your Highness, relax. Don't be nervous. Acupuncture doesn't hurt."
"Well"
The screams stopped abruptly, and Prince Ping looked at Daohua awkwardly.
At this moment, Gu Jian has already started the second injection.
I really didn't feel any pain.
“Hehe~”
Prince Ping smiled uncomfortably, embarrassed in front of his future daughter-in-law again.
Alas, I’m afraid he really won’t be able to act like a father-in-law in the future.
Forget it, if I can’t do it, then I can’t do it. At least I have to cure my illness.
"That girl Yan, ask your master to treat me well. I won't treat her badly." He paused and said, "I won't treat you badly either."
Daohua glanced at her master, seeing him calmly administering acupuncture, and said with a smile, "Your Highness, don't worry. Xiao Yeyang has always respected my master. You are his father, so my master will naturally treat you well."
Prince Ping nodded with satisfaction. He was not surprised that his eldest son knew this old man. His eldest son had been in contact with the Yan family in Zhongzhou for so many years. If he couldn't even recognize all of his wife's family members, he would be too incompetent.
Obviously, his legitimate son was not an incompetent person. On the contrary, he was very slippery.
Prince Ping felt very unhappy when he thought about how his eldest son had been defeated in several battles since returning to Beijing.
Gu Jian originally wanted to make Prince Ping suffer, but seeing how innocent he was, he sighed inwardly. Well, most of the royal family members are scheming, and it might not be a bad thing for Xiaojiu to grow up like this.
Half an hour later, Gu Jian put away the silver needle.
"Is that all?"
Prince Ping stood up with a look of doubt on his face, stretched his body a bit, and suddenly showed joy: "Old Master, your medical skills are really superb. I feel a lot lighter."
Daohua silently turned her head away, trying hard to hold back her laughter.
There was nothing wrong with Prince Ping's body. The master just used acupuncture to help clear his meridians.
"Ahem~"
"Your Highness, your blood and qi are somewhat stagnant. Please come to Four Seasons Villa every few days so that my master can help you recuperate."
Prince Ping nodded quickly, then shook his head after a moment. "It's too much trouble to come to Tangyu Mountain every few days. So, I will send a carriage to pick up Mr. Gu and have him come to the palace to treat me with acupuncture."
Gu Jian gave Prince Ping a cold look and said, "You're afraid of trouble, but I'm not?"
Daohua followed suit and said, "Your Majesty, my master is already so old, how could you bear to let him travel back and forth in a carriage?"
Seeing Daohua looking at him with a condemning look, Prince Ping felt a little aggrieved.
He is a prince, and he is willing to let the old man take care of him. The old man should be grateful.
"Love can't be cured!"
Gu Jian snorted and was about to leave, but when he turned around, he stumbled because he stepped on a stone.
When Daohua saw this, she hurriedly supported Gu Jian.
"My teacher is dead"
Daohua interrupted Gu Jian and exclaimed, "Master, are you suffering from heatstroke?"
Gu Jian was stunned for a moment, and then he found that at some point, the servants around them and the servants around Xiao Jiu had disappeared. Seeing his apprentice blinking at him frantically, he knew that it was this girl who was causing trouble.
Gu Jian glanced at Prince Ping next to him, coughed lightly, and nodded: "Yes, I have a little heatstroke. I just concentrated on acupuncture for a while, and now I feel a little dizzy."
Upon hearing this, Daohua immediately looked at Prince Ping eagerly.
Prince Ping was puzzled by Daohua's gaze: "Why are you looking at me?"
Daohua looked at Prince Ping with an embarrassed look on her face: "Your Highness, the servant I brought with me left for something. My master is dizzy and I'm afraid he can't walk."
Prince Ping laughed and said, "I thought it was something else. It's nothing. I'll let Huai'en carry your master back to the front yard." As he said that, he turned his head to look to his side.
"Um?"
Prince Ping looked around: "Where is Huai En?"
Daohua also looked bewildered, but she was thinking in her heart that Dongli was indeed worthy of being the emperor's man, and even Huai'en was fooled away by him.
"This damn Huai En left without saying a word. When I see him again, I will teach him a lesson." Prince Ping was furious.
Seeing Daohua still looking at him with eyes wide open, supporting the old man with an overwhelmed look, Prince Ping was stunned for a moment, then looked at Daohua in astonishment, pointing his index finger at himself: "You don't want me to carry him, do you?"
Gu Jian felt very uncomfortable when he heard the disdain and unwillingness in Prince Ping's tone. Just as he was about to speak, a voice came from the side road.
"Who's that over there?"
Daohua was startled. It was difficult for her master to be seen by outsiders, and she was relieved that Dongli would make arrangements for her going out this time.
But unexpectedly, accidents happened one after another.
It's okay if I meet Prince Ping, but other outsiders are really not suitable for contact.
"Master, let's go back to the front yard."
As she said that, Daohua was about to help Gu Jian leave.
However, at this time, a group of people came out from the fork in the road.
"It turns out to be Uncle Ping!"
The eldest prince, the second prince, the third prince, the fourth prince, and the fifth prince, the five princes on duty in the court, were all present.
Prince Ping looked at the princes and asked, "Why are you here?"
The eldest prince glanced at Daohua and Gu Jian, then smiled and saluted Prince Ping: "Uncle, isn't the Royal Grandmother ill? Your nephews and I have come to the temple to pray for her."
Hearing this, Gu Jian, who was originally sizing up the princes, snorted.
When the eldest prince heard this, he couldn't help but look over.
He knew Daohua. There was no way he could avoid it. She dared to confront the two wives of the Jiang family, talk back to the empress dowager, and disrespect Princess Ma's tea. After all these things happened, it was hard for these princes not to know about it.
The old man next to him looks unfamiliar.
The eldest prince carefully recalled the nobles in the capital and was sure that there was no such person, so he was too lazy to give him any good face.
He was so bold as to dare to sneer at those princes.
Although the eldest prince was a little annoyed, he didn't lose his temper when he saw Daohua supporting Gu Jian with Prince Ping standing beside him. He just smiled faintly and asked, "Who is this?"
Prince Ping clapped his hands fiercely and said with a smile, "Ye Heng, you've come just in time. Grandpa Gu has a heat stroke. Please help me carry him to the front yard."
The eldest prince looked at Prince Ping in a daze, as if he had heard some incredible joke.
Asking him, the great prince of Daxia, to carry an old man on his back?
Daohua glanced at her master and didn't speak in a hurry.
Prince Ping urged, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and recite it! Mr. Gu is a great doctor. I'm counting on him to take care of my health in the future."
The eldest prince took a deep breath to maintain a smile on his face: "Uncle Ping, my nephew's personal eunuch is right behind us. How about we wait for the eunuch to arrive and let him carry us?"
It was also because he had some quarrels with his second brother, and he didn't want his servants to laugh at him, so he asked the servants who followed him to stay away.
Prince Ping frowned: "How long will we have to wait? Old Master is dizzy and needs to go back to rest." He also saw that the eldest prince was unwilling to be carried, and his eyes could not help but fall on the second prince and others behind him.
The second prince, the third prince, and the fifth prince all turned their eyes away and avoided looking at Prince Heping.
Seeing them like this, Prince Ping was extremely angry.
He was the king's uncle, but when he asked them to do some small things, no one was willing to do it.
hateful!
Seeing Prince Ping's gloomy face, the eldest prince didn't want to offend this uncle who was quite favored by his father. After thinking for a moment, he said loudly to the fourth prince, "Fourth brother, you will carry this old man on your back."
The Fourth Prince glanced at the First Prince, then looked at the Second Prince and the other two who had nothing to do with the matter, and walked forward silently.
When Prince Ping saw that the Fourth Prince was willing, he immediately smiled and said, "Ye Zhen is really sensible."
Gu Jian glanced at the Fourth Prince standing in front of him and saw him clench his fists. His face showed a look of struggle for a while before he squatted down silently.
Princes are born with noble status. Anyone would feel ashamed to be asked to carry an old man they don't know.
"Forget it, I'll go by myself." Gu Jian didn't want to make things difficult for the Fourth Prince.
Because the words were spoken softly, the Fourth Prince did not hear them. He squatted on the ground and waited for a moment. Seeing that Gu Jian still did not come up, he turned his head to look at him, and then took the initiative to hug his legs: "Old man, hold my shoulders."
Gu Jian stood there without moving. Prince Ping, who was standing next to him, thought that Gu Jian was embarrassed, so he walked over and personally helped him lie on the back of the Fourth Prince.
"Okay, we can go now!"
Gu Jian glanced at the Fourth Prince who was carrying him on his back, but didn't say anything.
Just let him carry it on his back, he can handle it.
Daohua took a step behind and asked Prince Ping beside him, "Your Highness, my master didn't allow the Fourth Prince to carry me, so why is he still insisting on carrying me?"
Prince Ping pointed to his ear and said, "Ye Zhen's left ear is deaf. He probably didn't hear what your master said."
Daohua was shocked: "How could it be?"
Prince Ping sighed and lowered his voice, "A few years ago, on the Empress Dowager's birthday, several princes competed in horseback archery with the Jiang brothers and sisters. Ye Zhen's horse got startled for some reason, and he fell off, landing headfirst on the ground. He then became deaf."
Daohua's eyes widened: "Was it the Jiang brothers and sisters who did it?"
Prince Ping glared at her and said, "Don't say anything. My brother asked Ye Zhen about this, and Ye Zhen said it was just carelessness on his part."
Daohua looked at the back of the Fourth Prince and didn't quite believe this statement. However, she was too lazy to delve into it because these princes had nothing to do with her.
Prince Ping seemed to be in high spirits as he continued to talk to Daohua, "Ye Zhen is quite clever, talented in both civil and military matters. Unfortunately, his biological mother was a palace maid, and without the protection of his maternal family, he was naturally inferior to the other princes. Now he's deaf, and even though he's entered the court to perform his duties, he still has little presence."
Daohua's face showed enlightenment. No wonder the eldest prince was so rude when he ordered the fourth prince around just now.
(End of this chapter)
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