The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 445

Chapter 445: 224 Grandparent and Grandchild Meet (First Update)_2

“You can tell His Majesty that I’m doing well here.”

Just as the Empress Dowager finished her sentence, Gu Jiao knocked on the door.

The conversation in the meditation room abruptly ended.

The Empress Dowager asked, “Who is it?”

“It’s me.” Gu Jiao said.

Recognizing Gu Jiao’s voice, the Empress Dowager gently said, “It’s Miss Gu. Please come in.”

Gu Jiao pushed open the door of the meditation room and stepped inside.

The figure inside saw her and widened his eyes, “You…”

The divine physician?

“Eh? It’s you?” Gu Jiao looked at Eunuch Wei.

Eunuch Wei had accompanied the Emperor when he visited the Medical Hall once, during the incident where the Emperor was bumped into by Xiao Jingkong.

Gu Jiao, unaware that he was the Emperor, only knew him as Chu Yu’s father, seeming to be some high-ranking official at court.

As for Eunuch Wei, with his ordinary steward’s attire, Gu Jiao considered him only a servant of Chu family.

It appears that it might not be the case.

“Do… you know each other?” The Empress Dowager asked, looking at them perplexedly.

Eunuch Wei mentally cursed his bad luck, how could he run into the Divine Physician here? Just now, he and the Empress Dowager were talking, did the Divine Physician overhear it? Did she guess his true identity?

He was the Emperor’s attendant. If his identity as a eunuch was guessed, wouldn’t that put the Emperor at risk too?

An idea struck Eunuch Wei, he turned to the Empress Dowager and answered: “His Majesty once sent me to accompany Lord Chu to the Medical Hall to visit the accident victims. Miss Gu is a physician at the Medical Hall, and we’ve met.”

“Lord… Chu?” The Empress Dowager hadn’t heard of this Lord Chu.

“He’s a new official appointed by His Majesty.” Fearing this lie would not stand up later, Eunuch Wei quickly changed the subject, “What brings Miss Gu here?”

The Empress Dowager gently smiled and said, “She is the young physician I was telling you about.”

Lost for words, Eunuch Wei fell silent.

What kind of fate was this? The divine physician’s treatment reached even the Empress Dowager?

“Ahem,” worried that the longer he stayed, the more likely he would be found out, Eunuch Wei told the Empress Dowager, “The hour is late, I have to return to the palace and report to His Majesty. I’ll come visit you again another day.”

Eunuch Wei then hurriedly took his leave.

Gu Jiao gave Eunuch Wei a glance, didn’t say anything, and started the follow-up check-up for the Empress Dowager.

She took out her stethoscope.

When she last checked the Empress Dowager’s chest, her lungs were full of rales, but now they were normal.

Gu Jiao then took Empress Dowager’s pulse, which was much smoother than before.

“How do you feel?” Gu Jiao asked.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, “After taking the medicine you gave, I got much better. I had attacks only twice on the second day and almost none at all on the third day.”

Gu Jiao wasn’t surprised by the result. Since the medicine from the research institute was excellent and even exceeded similar efficacy in the advanced medical world of her former life, she must keep it ready: “Keep that spray handy, in case your asthma attacks again. Use it right away if it does.”

“Alright,” The Empress Dowager agreed, and looked at Gu Jiao lovingly, “Thank you for your efforts to see me.”

Gu Jiao responded, “I did receive the treatment fee from Princess Rui.”

The Empress Dowager looked confused at first, then understood what Gu Jiao meant. Seeing the serious expression on Gu Jiao’s face, she couldn’t help but laugh.

“You are quite an interesting child.” The Empress Dowager couldn’t stop laughing. Looking at the clear sky, she said, “The sun is out now. Miss Gu, do you need to rush back? If not, would you accompany me for a walk outside? I haven’t been able to get out when I get sick, I’ve been cooped up inside for a long time.”

“Alright,” Gu Jiao wasn’t in a hurry to go back.

The Empress Dowager put on a cloak and walked out of the courtyard with Gu Jiao.

The nunnery isn’t big, only a few steps and it ends, so the Empress Dowager led Gu Jiao out of the nunnery.

The bluestone path in front of the nunnery was well laid; Gu Jiao noticed on her way here that even the path leading to the Puji Temple wasn’t as well-laid.