Chapter 842: Doctor Gu’s Impressive Skills
A few years ago, when Ruru was learning to speak, she would call Yun Jiao "mother" every day.
At first, when Qi Er heard Ruru calling her that, he started calling her the same.
Yun Jiao quickly stopped them, thinking that if they kept calling her that, the family hierarchy would be thoroughly mixed up.
It took some effort to correct Ruru and have her call Yun Jiao "sister-in-law".
But Qi Er wouldn’t be corrected for anything, stubbornly insisting on calling Yun Jiao "mother".
Later, Yun Jiao thought about it and felt sorry for Qi Er, who did not have a mother, so she didn’t bother correcting him and let him call her that, since in her heart she treated Qi Er like her own son anyway.
Yun Jiao bent down and gently touched each little face in turn, "So good."
"When mother comes back, she’ll ask the master who practiced the best."
Exiting the second door, they got on the carriage and soon arrived at the Imperial Palace.
The palace was expanded on the site of the former Prince Kang Mansion, as the emperor and the former emperor were different; they were frugal and pragmatic, unwilling to trouble the people by building a new palace.
Yun Jiao’s carriage stopped at the palace gate, and a palace maid led her to the Empress’s Kunning Palace.
Yun Jiao arrived early, and there weren’t many people in Kunning Palace yet, only a few female relatives of the Empress’s family.
The Empress smiled and waved to Yun Jiao, "Sister, come sit over here."
Now, the perfume and flower dew workshop that Yun Jiao and the Empress run is still operating, and has even expanded in scale.
More than half of the flower dew and perfume produced each year is sold to Jin Country.
The Empress and Yun Jiao earn quite a lot just from this business.
Since the Empress has a stake in the business, although many people are jealous, no one dares to meddle, as perfume and flower dew are their exclusive business.
Three years ago, Yun Jiao also involved the Empress in establishing the White Medicine Workshop.
Some of the White Medicine is supplied to the Ministry of War, and some is sold to the public.
As for the White Medicine formula that Yun Jiao had handed over to Wanyan Zhang before, she replaced two kinds of medicine, which didn’t look any different, and it seemed to have the same hemostatic effect, but the efficacy in promoting blood circulation and relieving pain was much worse.
The Empress doesn’t lack silver either; she and Yun Jiao take a significant portion of the silver earned from various workshops to set up charity boards in different places, sheltering elderly orphans and children without parents.
The Empress thus receives unanimous praise both in the community and at court.
She genuinely likes Yun Jiao, her sworn sister.
Yun Jiao approached with a smile and sat next to the Empress.
The Empress’s several sisters-in-law busily flattered her; Yun Jiao is now the wife of the influential Grand Secretary, who wouldn’t want to cozy up to her?
The ladies and young misses attending the banquet arrived one after another.
In the end, Princess Shoukang arrived fashionably late.
She walked in with her chin raised high, wearing a full golden crown and a robe of bright red brocade embroidered with golden peonies, paired with a coral-orange phoenix tail skirt.
A necklace of seven treasures embedded in red gold adorned her neck.
Her outfit clearly displayed the majestic wealth of the Royal Family.
The ladies and young misses in the room all stood up and saluted Princess Shoukang.
Princess Shoukang kept her chin up, not bothering to say "at ease", and walked directly to sit at the lower end of the Empress.
These ladies and young misses awkwardly stood straight.
Though Yun Jiao was seated beside the Empress, she also stood up to greet Princess Shoukang.
She thought Princess Shoukang would ignore her, but surprisingly, the princess stopped and carefully examined Yun Jiao from head to toe.
After a long while, her lips slightly curled up, "You are Doctor Gu?"
Yun Jiao nodded in acknowledgment.
Suddenly, Princess Shoukang smiled, "Doctor Gu, you are quite capable."