GTB Chapter 196

Chapter 198: Seeing a Doctor

Ji Shutíng nodded, then glanced out the window, feeling the direction was a bit off, and asked Jiang Jiuchu, “Where are we going now?”

“To the Lan Zhu Courtyard to find Princess Xiao Li of the Northern Kingdom. We’re going for a boat ride on the lake together.”

Jiang Jiuchu looked at the warm sun outside, “In this weather, basking in the sun and boating on the lake is wonderful.”

“Okay,” Ji Shutíng nodded, then thought for a moment and still felt a little worried.

“Jiuchu, are you sure that Northern Kingdom princess keeps cozying up to you not because she can’t get close to the Crown Prince and wants to find another way through you to get a front-row seat?”

Jiang Jiuchu shook her head, “No, don’t worry!”

“Alright, whether that’s the case or not, I’ll help you observe later. Your intuition in this area isn’t as good as mine.”

Jiang Jiuchu leaned against the carriage wall, twirling a strand of hair falling from her shoulder with her finger, and said nonchalantly, “Okay, then I’ll have to trouble Shutíng to help me observe carefully.”

Ji Shutíng seemed to remember something, suddenly leaned close to Jiang Jiuchu’s ear, “By the way, I heard that Lan Zhu Courtyard is your Highness’s residence. Do you think Fan Yuwan went there to find your Highness?”

“After all, I shouldn’t be mistaken about her liking your Highness, and I really can’t figure out why Fan Yuwan would take the initiative to offer herself to the Northern Kingdom Crown Prince. Given her status, there’s absolutely no need for her to demean herself like that.”

“This… this is really unclear, but it’s not like it was pitch black. It’s not like she could climb into the wrong bed, could she?” Jiang Jiuchu felt this was truly an unsolved mystery.

“That’s true.” Ji Shutíng felt that no matter how she thought about it, it didn’t make sense. She shook her head to end the topic and pulled on Jiang Jiuchu’s arm, saying with a gloomy expression, “Jiuchu, I really envy you for not having a mother-in-law.”

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jiuchu immediately covered Ji Shutíng’s mouth, “What kind of grievances have you suffered that you dare to say anything? These words are outrageous for both you and me. Be careful that disaster comes from the mouth.”

After reminding her, she let go of her hand and looked at Ji Shutíng, “Weren’t you a diligent and obedient daughter-in-law before? How dare you say such a thing today?”

Ji Shutíng also knew she had said the wrong thing, and said with an embarrassed smile, “I know, I know, a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue.”

“My mother-in-law is just a bit pretentious, but at first, I thought most mothers-in-law are like that, so I didn’t take it to heart and wholeheartedly did my duty as a daughter-in-law. But I didn’t expect that the more dutiful I was, the more energetic she seemed to become.”

As Ji Shutíng spoke, she sighed, “Oh! If you hadn’t run into me today, I wouldn’t have bothered to mention these things to you.”

Jiang Jiuchu looked at Ji Shutíng, expressing sympathy as she comforted her:

“Just ignore the trivial matters. If it’s like today, you still need to have Gu Changxuan step in, otherwise, if you refute her, you’ll also get a reputation for being unfilial. No matter what his son says, she wouldn’t dare to give her own son that reputation.”

“Yeah.” Ji Shutíng nodded, but she had some unspeakable secrets in her heart. She always felt that her relationship with Gu Changxuan was like a layer of untouchable gauze, too polite and distant, not the kind she wanted.

Sometimes, she really couldn’t tell whether it was Gu Changxuan’s personality or whether he didn’t love her enough.

At the entrance of Lan Zhu Courtyard, just as Jiang Jiuchu and Ji Shutíng got out of the carriage, they saw Xiao Li stepping out of the courtyard gate.

Xiao Li also saw the two getting out of the carriage at the same time, and her face immediately lit up with joy. She ran a few steps to Jiang Jiuchu, “Jiuchu, why are you here? I was just about to go to the palace to find you!”

After she finished speaking, she looked at Ji Shutíng, “This is…?”

Before Jiang Jiuchu could introduce her, Ji Shutíng said with a smile, “My name is Ji Shutíng, I’m Jiuchu’s close friend.”

Jiang Jiuchu nodded to the side, “That’s right, we’re here to ask you to go boating on the lake. Are you going?”

“Yes, yes, yes.” After Xiao Li agreed, she smiled at Ji Shutíng, “Okay, since you’re Jiuchu’s friend, you’re my friend.”

The three of them got into the carriage, and inside the carriage, the three quickly became acquainted as they talked back and forth.

When the carriage drove to the Wonderful Doctor Hall on East Magpie Street, Ji Shutíng quickly stopped the carriage.

Only then did Jiang Jiuchu remember that Ji Shutíng wanted to get her pulse checked, and she quickly got up and said, “I’ll go with you.”

Seeing this, Xiao Li asked curiously, “Go where? I’ll go too.”

“We’ll be right back, you just wait for us in the carriage for a while.” Jiang Jiuchu was worried that Ji Shutíng would mind, so she declined Xiao Li.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Li put her hands on her hips with a dissatisfied look, “Okay, so you two wear the same pants and exclude me, right? Go where? Is it somewhere I can’t go?”

Just as Jiang Jiuchu was about to explain, she heard Ji Shutíng say, “It’s nothing. I’m just going to the clinic here to get a routine checkup. If the princess doesn’t mind the trouble, let’s go together!”

“I don’t mind, I don’t mind. I’ve been feeling irritable lately and get angry easily. I might as well ask if it’s because I’m not used to the local environment.”

Jiang Jiuchu was speechless, thinking, “It’s been two months since you arrived, and you’re still not used to the local environment?”

Isn’t her irritability because of Shí Yuanchen?

Inside the clinic, the old doctor had just finished examining a patient when he saw three beautiful girls enter, and they all looked quite healthy, not like they were ill.

“Which of you wants to see a doctor?”

“I do.” Ji Shutíng immediately sat down across from the old doctor’s Instrument table and extended her wrist. The old doctor of this Wonderful Doctor Hall had medical skills no less than the imperial physicians in the palace, and she trusted him very much.

The old doctor reached out to feel her pulse while asking, “Where in your body do you feel unwell?”

“Nowhere feels unwell.” Ji Shutíng said a little embarrassedly, “I just want to see if there are any problems with my ability to conceive?”

The old doctor nodded, his hand already on Ji Shutíng’s wrist, and after a moment, he shook his head and said, “There are no problems with the young lady’s body.”

The old doctor retracted his hand and looked at Ji Shutíng, “How long has the young lady been married?”

“Four months.”

Upon hearing this, the old doctor seemed a little speechless. He thought she had been married for at least a year!

He had even thought about how to persuade the girl in front of him to bring her husband in for a checkup, but it turned out she had only been married for four months.

“The young lady doesn’t need to be anxious. Individual constitutions and the frequency of intercourse differ, so the time it takes to conceive varies. As long as it doesn’t exceed a year, there’s no need to worry too much. It’s also a matter of fate.”

“Moreover, you look quite young, so it’s beneficial for your body to get pregnant later.”

Upon hearing this, Ji Shutíng nodded with a red face. As long as there was nothing wrong with her body, she was relieved.

“Take a look at me too!” Xiao Li quickly sat down and extended her hand.

The old doctor glanced at Xiao Li in front of him and reached out to feel her pulse again, “Where do you feel unwell?”

“Nowhere feels unwell, I just want to get a routine checkup.”

The old doctor pursed his lips upon hearing this. It was the first time he had seen someone come to his clinic for a routine checkup.

He only felt her pulse for a short while before retracting his hand and saying, “The young lady’s Qi and blood are vigorous, she could run from East Magpie Street to West Magpie Street in one breath. You’re in very good health.”

“Oh, that’s good.” Xiao Li smiled and got up.

“Jiuchu, you should take a look too! We’re already here.”

Ji Shutíng felt that getting her pulse checked here was better than getting it checked at home in case there were any problems that were not easily disclosed.

Jiang Jiuchu waved her hand, “No need, I already had someone look at it yesterday, and there’s really no problem.”

Seeing this, Xiao Li directly pulled Jiang Jiuchu down to sit, “You’re the only one left. It doesn’t take much effort to take a look. Good sisters should be healthy together.”