Chapter 433: 219 Grandfather (First Night Watch)
This is truly a first in all of history.
Even Zhuang Yuexi, standing to the side, was stunned.
How did her brother desert her and run off with another woman?
Gu Jiao looked at the Prince of An County in frustration: “Did you do that on purpose? You even copied his walk!”
The Prince of An Country chuckled, “Mhm, yes, I did it on purpose.”
He knew the moment she grabbed him that she had mistaken him for someone else. Despite not walking very fast, she was trying to shield him from the crowd. She rushed ahead.
Yet he didn’t stop her, and even purposely misled her.
He wanted to continue this act for a bit longer before revealing the truth, but he couldn’t help himself any longer.
Gu Jiao’s face was as dark as could be.
The Prince of An County said, “I am your patient, you are my doctor, you can’t hit me.”
Gu Jiao clenched her small fist, controlling her temper and ignoring him. She turned around and walked away!
The Prince of An County followed her steps.
The parade of the courtesan had passed, and the streets once again returned to calmness.
The two of them appeared one after another.
Zhuang Yuexi, lifting up her skirt, couldn’t help but rush over and grabbed his arm, “Brother! What happened just now?”
“It’s nothing. Let’s get in the carriage.” He told her.
Zhuang Yuexi wanted to clarify the situation on the spot, but he gently stroked her head.
Zhuang Yuexi’s heart melted, and she took her brother’s hand and stepped into the carriage.
Before leaving, the Prince of An County smiled and looked at Gu Jiao and Xiao Liulang. “Miss Gu, see you another day.”
The carriage left, leaving only Xiao Liulang and Gu Jiao in the deserted street corner. The atmosphere became incredibly awkward.
Gu Jiao thought for a moment and said, “If I say that I caught the wrong person, would you believe me?”
Xiao Liulang: “Ha ha.”
Your husband is very angry, the kind that can’t be placated easily!
No words were spoken on the way back.
Gu Jiao was mainly self-reflecting. She had caught the wrong person and caused her husband to wait for her in the cold wind for so long.
Xiao Liulang was sulking. The less she spoke, the angrier he got.
He couldn’t even explain why he was so angry!
Finally, as they stepped over the threshold, he found his voice, “What did he mean by ‘see you another day’?”
Gu Jiao merely replied, “He’s a patient at the Medical Hall, he’ll be coming back for a follow-up in a few days.”
Apparently, there was even a doctor-patient relationship between them!
Xiao Liulang clenched his fist. Seemingly calm, he asked, “What’s wrong with him?”
Gu Jiao said, “That’s the patient’s privacy, I can’t tell you.”
Great, now they have their own little secret.
The little boy, Xiao Jingkong, peeked his head out from the cracks of the door of the western room.
Gu Jiao quickly lost interest in gossiping with Xiao Liulang about the Prince of An County. At this late hour, Xiao Jingkong was still awake. He obviously had crawled out of bed.
Gu Jiao walked over, picked up the little boy, put the fried fruit on the table, and took his cold little feet into her hands. She tucked him into the blanket, “Why aren’t you asleep yet?”
Xiao Jingkong all wrapped up tightly, unmoving like a well-behaved silkworm, “Waiting for Jiaojiao.”
Gu Jiao asked, “I didn’t buy candy hawthorns, I only have fried fruit. Do you want to try one?”
“Hmm!” Xiao Jingkong obediently nodded his head.
Gu Jiao fed him a piece of fried fruit. He ate, mouth watering with oil, and squinted his eyes with satisfaction.
“I want more,” he said.
“You can’t eat more.” Gu Jiao poured a glass of hot water for him to rinse his mouth, “Go to sleep, we’ll eat more tomorrow.”
Xiao Jingkong is a good child, he was soon fast asleep, snoring gently.
After Xiao Liulang finished his nightly ablutions, he laid down beside the little man but tossed and turned uneasily.
Finally falling asleep, he ended up having a dream.
The scenes in the dream were jumbled and chaotic. He finally managed to shake off the enormous bonds that held him and opened his eyes, only to find himself back in the Marquis Residence.
He was lying in a bed that was both strange and familiar, a scenery that was both strange and yet familiar before his eyes.
There were servants standing in the room, but it had been so long that he could not recall their names.
A woman in a goose-yellow dress, Princess Xinyang, stepped in with a gentle expression, “Ahen, you’re awake!”
He stared blankly at Princess Xinyang. Princess Xinyang sat by his bedside, reached out and touched his forehead, and said in confusion, “What’s wrong? Why are you staring at me ? Don’t you recognize me anymore?”
Feeling flustered, she quickly shouted to the outside, “Royal doctor! Quickly summon the royal doctor!”
The royal doctor came, took his pulse, checked his body, and told Princess Xinyang, “Your Highness, the young Marquis is fine. He must have been frightened, that’s why he is .”
Princess Xinyang looked worried, “Ahen, Ahen, are you okay? Don’t scare me. I told you not to go to the Palace Examination. What’s so great about the Palace Examination? If you want officialdom, I can help you. You don’t need to take the imperial examination!”