The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife - Chapter 162-1

On the other side, Gu Changqing led the horse and sent Gu Jiao back to Bishui Alley.

He couldn’t figure out how Fei Shuang, the number one thief in the capital, could know Gu Jiao. He thought that perhaps Gu Jiao was just thinking too much.

Fei Shuang only stole things of great value, either precious treasures or imperial court secrets. But the most valuable thing in her back basket was merely a small medicine chest.

However, even a box of high-grade medicinal materials couldn’t get into Fei Shuang’s eyes.

Could it be that he really came for her?

But Gu Changqing didn’t think there was anything wrong with Gu Jiao herself.

Or perhaps… Fei Shuang was eyeing the Marquis Ding’an Estate?

“Here we are.”

Gu Jiao’s voice pulled back Gu Changqing from his thoughts.

Gu Changqing stared at the house behind Gu Jiao. It was really a house smaller than his own courtyard at the estate, but there was a different atmosphere in this house, which he couldn’t tell what exactly it was. Anyway, it made him feel the feeling of yearning.

“Do you want to go in?” Gu Jiao asked.

“No, I have to go home.” Gu Changqing answered.

Actually, he should have gone back to the estate a long time ago. After sending Gu Yan home, he came across a fight and went to take a look, only to find her. Then, he sent her back the same way.

It was already very late at the moment.

Gu Jiao looked at him with clear eyes and said, “Thank you.”

“I didn’t do anything.” When he got there, Fei Shuang had already left the scene. Furthermore, he thought that even if he didn’t show up, nothing would probably happen to this girl.

Gu Jiao, of course, would be fine, but she wouldn’t have gotten the medicine chest back so easily.

Moreover, that wasn’t what Gu Jiao was thanking him for.

Gu Jiao curved up the corners of her lips and said, “Thank you for taking Gu Yan out to play. He’s very happy.”

When she went for a house visit in Zhuque Street, he saw Gu Yan sitting on Gu Changqing’s horse, holding a bunch of sticks of candied haws. He even had that little expression of showing off.

Gu Yan actually lacked a father figure during his growing years. Marquis Gu failed to act as one, but now Gu Changqing did.

Gu Jiao had never seen Gu Yan showing such a boastful expression before.

Gu Jiao could give him some stability, but some things such as boldness could only be given by his father and brother.

That little sickly boy who couldn’t even carry a bucket of water would gradually start to grow his own wings.

“Ah, you saw it.” Gu Changqing cleared his throat, saying, “When we left, I didn’t think we would go to so many places. I forgot to pay your family a greeting; I wonder if I caused them to worry.”

Gu Jiao smilingly said, “Grandaunt knows.”

Don’t look at how lazy the elderly woman seemed all the time. In fact, she had her eyes fixed on several children in the family.

When Gu Yan was waiting at the entrance of the alley, Little Jing Kong’s seven little fat chickens, the little falcon and Gu Yan’s puppy all lay motionless on the threshold of the gate.

If he had really gone away with strangers, they would make a noise.

“That’s good then.” Gu Changqing relaxed.

“I’m going in.” Gu Jiao said.

“En.” Gu Changqing nodded, but he thought of something and suddenly stopped her, “By the way, is there any more of the jinchuang medicine you gave me last time?”

……

“What? Jinchuang medicine?”

The following day in the medical hall, Second Owner was stunned upon listening to Gu Jiao’s words. He asked, “How much did you just say they wanted?”

“More than a thousand bottles.” Gu Jiao answered lightly.

Second Owner fell down from the chair and pinched himself repeatedly!

Finally, his pinch sobered him up.

A thousand bottles of jinchuang medicine. How much money would they earn if they sell such an amount?

Second Owner rubbed his hands, saying, “Should we lower the price?”

Gu Jiao replied, “No need to lower the price, sell it at the same price you sell it to others.”

Second Owner was bewildered, “We sell it to others at a retail price. Do they really want a thousand bottles at the same price? Who is so arrogant ah?”

Gu Jiao: “The military camp.”

Second Owner choked up and wanted to faint again.

How could a humble medical hall like theirs be able to do business in the military camp? What kind of pie-from-the-sky thing was this?

There were medical officers of the imperial court in the military camp, and all the medical supplies they used were the ones distributed by the imperial court as well. They really hadn’t done any private business with the common folks. And even if there was something they couldn’t get from the imperial court, they were also likely to seek the most famous medical hall in the capital.

For example, the Rejuvenation Hall of the Hu Family.

This business wasn’t urgent. The goods would not be delivered until after New Year’s day. For the meantime, Gu Jiao told Second Owner to collect medicinal herbs, as only with medicinal herbs could the medicine be mass-produced.

The medical hall’s business was good nowadays, but at the same time, they no longer had enough manpower. After Second Owner woke up, he immediately sent people to contact some physicians in the capital to see if they were willing to work in their Miraculous Hands Hall.

Gu Jiao and Second Owner were both busy with their own affairs. Near noon, an acquaintance, Du Xiaoyun, who hadn’t appeared for many days, came to the medical hall.

Du Xiaoyun was no longer dressed as a scholar. She had put on a girl’s light blue dress. Other ladies wore beautiful and moving dresses, but the one she wore had a valiant feeling.

She strode into the medical hall, walked up to Gu Jiao, pointed to herself and said, “Young Miss Gu, remember me?”

That’s right. Du Xiaoyun already knew that the other person’s surname was Gu.

Gu Jiao was currently sorting out the medicines and putting them into the medicine cabinet. When she heard the voice, she didn’t stop her actions and just replied lightly, “Physician Song is the one on duty today.”

“I’m not here to see a physician! I’m here for you! ” Du Xiaoyun said, “I’ve wanted to come for a long time, but I’ve been too busy with my homeworks recently!”

Schoolwork in the women’s academy wasn’t so intense at first, but god knew what happened recently. All of a sudden, the students in the class made a lot of progress, and all of their homework was basically correct; they almost caught up with Zhuang Yuexi and Gu Jinyu.

Some of them only copied their answers, but the rest actually understood the problem. The teacher asked them to explain how they got the answer, and they actually explained correctly!

The teacher thought that he was really doing well in teaching his students and raised the difficulty of the lessons for the whole class.

Du Xiaoyun was not a bad student, but she wasn’t top-notch either.

She belonged to the type that would rather be scolded for having a blank paper than to copy other people’s homework. Recently, she had been staying up very late to do her homeworks.

She also hadn’t played outside for a long time. If her sister hadn’t told her to come to the medical hall today, she would still be doing her homework in the classroom.

“My elder sister told me that you have medicine to prevent scars here. She has been busy recently and isn’t able to come. She asked me to get the medicine for her.”

Gu Jiao mentioned the medicine for preventing scars to only one person, and that was the Third Prince’s Consort.