GTB Chapter 159

Chapter 161: Did giving a pulse reading make you unable to leave?!

Chapter 161: Did giving a pulse reading make you unable to leave?!

Luo Luo and Luyi were both stunned by Jiang Jiuchu’s question. After exchanging a glance, Luyi was the first to speak:

“This servant believes that even if His Highness has some affection for that Miss Lin, it’s out of gratitude. After all, that girl helped His Highness resolve the plague in Dancheng. There’s definitely no romantic interest between them.”

Luo Luo also quickly nodded in agreement, “Yes, I see that apart from bringing that girl into the residence, His Highness isn’t treating that girl any differently. When he speaks, his face is always cold, and he’s never smiled at her.”

After she finished speaking, she raised her hand and touched her chin, pondering, “However, that girl might have a crush on our Highness. After all, His Highness is so handsome and noble. It’s inevitable for a girl with some beauty and no family to have such thoughts.”

Luo Luo said this, and then looked at Jiang Jiuchu with a serious expression, “So, Miss, you need to step up your game, quickly reconcile with His Highness, and then have His Highness drive that girl out of the residence.”

Jiang Jiuchu was startled by Luo Luo’s domineering and unreasonable appearance. After thinking about it, she hesitantly said:

“This… this is just speculation, is it necessary to go this far? Wouldn’t it make me seem unreasonable and tyrannical?”

Luo Luo looked quite confident, “Whether it’s speculation or not, you can tell at a glance. Isn’t she here to be the resident physician?”

“A resident physician doesn’t spread illnesses where there are none, so they won’t often appear before His Highness. If she acts differently, then Miss should immediately drive her out to prevent future trouble.”

“That’s easier said than done. What if His Highness likes her?” Jiang Jiuchu propped her chin with one hand and drew circles on the table with the other, her voice a little sour, “After all, she understands medicine and isn’t bad-looking.”

“Miss, why are you being so self-deprecating? She just understands medicine, but are her skills in zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting as good as yours?”

Jiang Jiuchu sighed softly and said, “Zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting are the most useless things. They can’t resolve plagues and save the people of Dancheng.”

Luyi looked at her Miss’s dispirited expression, as if she finally knew where the problem lay.

“Miss, everyone has their strengths. There are many who understand medicine! And just as many who don’t. There are many who are more skilled than that Miss Lin, it’s nothing special.”

“Even without that Miss Lin, His Highness would definitely be able to find someone else to resolve the Dancheng crisis.”

Jiang Jiuchu nodded, “That’s true, but she did help His Highness a lot after all…”

“Princess Consort, it’s time for dinner.”

Aunt Xing’s voice came into the room, interrupting Jiang Jiuchu’s words.

Hearing this, Jiang Jiuchu got up and went to the dining room next door, but didn’t see Shiyan’s figure. She turned to Aunt Xing and asked, “Didn’t you call His Highness?”

“I did, but His Highness still has official duties to attend to. Judging by the way he looks, he probably won’t be finished for a while. Later, if His Highness still isn’t finished, this old servant will send it over to him.”

“Oh!” Jiang Jiuchu nodded and sat down. Then, remembering something, she quickly stopped Aunt Xing, who was about to turn and leave, “Aunt Xing, give the meal to me later, I’ll take it to His Highness.”

“Okay! Good.” Aunt Xing responded with a smile and retreated.

Jiang Jiuchu looked at the dishes on the table. Today was his first day back at the residence, but he wasn’t dining with her. He had never done this before in the residence.

She turned her head to look outside, the wooden door of the study, enveloped in the setting sun, was tightly closed, as if it would never open on its own accord again.

She retracted her gaze and ate a little without much appetite, then put down the celadon bowl. But just as she stepped out of the dining room threshold, she saw Lin Yue walking into the Emerald Bamboo Courtyard with a tray.

“Greetings, Princess Consort.” Lin Yue stepped forward and bowed slightly to Jiang Jiuchu, a hint of surprise in her lowered eyes.

She had seen this Princess Consort wearing a soft and charming lotus-root pink dress in the afternoon, but now she had changed into a water-blue dress. This cool and otherworldly appearance was completely different from the charming look of the afternoon.

If only… She glanced at the water-blue dress she was wearing, thinking that she should have changed to a different color.

“You may rise. What is this…” Jiang Jiuchu looked at Lin Yue. Having washed away the dust of travel, she seemed even more refined.

Her gaze fell on Lin Yue’s water-blue dress, and she thought, “She wouldn’t be deliberately wearing the same color as Shiyan, would she?”

Lin Yue looked at the tray in her hand and replied without hiding anything, “I noticed that His Highness had a poor appetite on the way back to Kyoto, so I stewed some appetite-boosting sweet soup to send to His Highness.”

Jiang Jiuchu nodded and tentatively asked, “Good, do you need me to deliver it to His Highness for you?”

Lin Yue’s eyes widened for a moment. She had thought that Jiang Jiuchu wouldn’t let her deliver it, but she hadn’t expected Jiang Jiuchu to ask her this way.

“Thank you, Princess Consort, but I also need to take His Highness’s pulse, so it’s convenient for me to take it in.”

“Okay, then go!” Jiang Jiuchu nodded, turning her head to watch Lin Yue head towards the study. For some reason, she felt a dislike towards her.

“Miss, you hurry inside, you can’t give her a chance to seduce the Prince.” Luo Luo looked in Lin Yue’s direction, looking vigilant.

“Didn’t she say she’s going in to take His Highness’s pulse? It’s business.”

Although Jiang Jiuchu said this, her eyes were fixed on the direction of the study.

“Miss, you believe whatever she says! It’s always right to go in and guard against her, and also see if she has any ulterior motives towards His Highness?”

“No rush, give her some time to take his pulse, and see if she comes out.” What Jiang Jiuchu wanted to know more was whether Shiyan would let her out.

She watched Lin Yue enter the study and sat directly on the veranda to wait.

Inside the study, Shiyan didn’t seem surprised by Lin Yue’s sweet soup.

“Put it aside! I don’t have an appetite right now.”

“Okay.” Lin Yue stepped forward and placed the soup beside the desk, having long anticipated Shiyan’s coldness.

“Let me take your pulse, Your Highness! Although a poor appetite is not a serious illness, it should not be ignored.”

“No need.” Shiyan subconsciously rejected Lin Yue, and without even raising his head, he placed all the letters he had read into the drawer one by one.

Hearing this, Lin Yue didn’t say anything more. Instead, she looked at the bookcase covering one wall, “I wonder if I could borrow a book from Your Highness. I’m a little bored since I just arrived at the residence and want to pass the time.”

“Look around!” Shiyan took out a book from the side and flipped through it casually.

Seeing that Lin Yue took the book but didn’t leave, but instead sat by the window and started reading, he didn’t say anything to chase her away.

His handsome phoenix eyes glanced at the half-closed wooden door of the study, then he leaned back in his chair and lazily looked at the book in his hand.

Lin Yue glanced at Shiyan and curled her lips. A man with such a personality, allowing her to stay in the study, must feel a little different about her.

“Miss…” From the veranda of the main room, Luo Luo had just called out “Miss,” when Jiang Jiuchu immediately got up and headed towards the study, her steps like the wind, without the slightest hesitation.

She quickly walked to the study door, and without even knocking, she directly pushed open the slightly ajar carved wooden door.

Shiyan glanced at Jiang Jiuchu as she came in, then continued to flip through the book in his hand.

Jiang Jiuchu’s gaze shifted away from the desk and turned to look inside, seeing Lin Yue sitting by the window reading.

Although the two were sitting far apart, they presented a picture of peace and tranquility.

She sneered in her heart, “Good, good, this Lin Yue probably has some thoughts, it’s almost dark, and giving a pulse reading has made her unable to leave?!”

“Princess Consort.” Seeing Jiang Jiuchu come in, Lin Yue immediately stood up, her eyes secretly glancing at Shiyan, her face showing a shallow sense of unease.