Yun Jiao didn’t say much more and first asked Princess Huaiqing where exactly she felt unwell.

Who knew that Princess Huaiqing hemmed and hawed and couldn’t get the words out.

Yun Jiao couldn’t press her, so she carefully took her pulse.

At the same time, she also checked the coating on her tongue.

Once she finished taking the pulse, Yun Jiao had a clear idea—Princess Huaiqing had a gynecological illness.

It was most likely an old ailment left over from back then.

Gynecological illnesses weren’t considered major diseases, except that some tended to recur and were hard to cure completely.

Yun Jiao wrote out two prescriptions, one for internal use and one for external use, and wrote the usage instructions right on them.

Princess Huaiqing glanced at the prescriptions and saw the words "sitz bath" on the external-use one, and at once knew Yun Jiao had accurately pinpointed her problem.

And she hadn’t said a single word about it.

Her medical skill truly was extraordinary.

With the prescriptions in hand, Princess Huaiqing relaxed and, looking at Yun Jiao with curiosity, asked, "I heard that at the gate of Zhaoti Temple, you disappeared in front of hundreds of people. Is that true?"

The Empress Dowager’s interest was piqued. "There’s such a thing?"

Princess Huaiqing then recounted all the hearsay she’d picked up to the Empress Dowager.

The way the Empress Dowager looked at Yun Jiao changed as well, with a touch of fear and a hint of doubt. She also asked, "How was that done?"

"Even a stage magician couldn’t manage that, could they? Or has Doctor Gu studied Daoist arts?"

Yun Jiao could only smile and say, "It was just a trick of the eyes."

The Empress Dowager and Princess Huaiqing still didn’t understand, but it wasn’t easy to keep asking. It was obvious Yun Jiao was trying to fob them off.

They chatted idly for a while before Yun Jiao finally took her leave.

When she got home, she saw Mrs. Chen waiting in the residence. Yun Jiao slapped her own forehead and then remembered that Mrs. Chen had long since told her that they were going to Kaiyuan Temple together today to offer incense.

Offering incense was just incidental; the main purpose was to look at a potential match for Third Girl.

Sixth Boy was eighteen this year, and Mrs. Chen had already set her sights on a young lady from a certain family for him.

The girl’s father was a scholar; the girl herself was delicately pretty, knew a few characters, was the eldest daughter of the household, and had helped her mother manage household affairs from a young age. She was very capable, and Mrs. Chen was very satisfied.

The two families had already settled the main agreement and were only waiting to hold the wedding before the New Year.

Third Girl was fifteen as well, and Mrs. Chen was anxious to find her a husband’s family.

Yun Jiao quickly said, "It’s my fault. After receiving the imperial decree, I tossed this matter to the back of my mind."

Mrs. Chen laughed. "How could I blame you? When the palace summons you, could you not go?"

"Besides, I agreed to meet them at noon. It’s still early now."

Yun Jiao said, "Even so, we should get going."

The three little rascals chimed in, "Mother (Sister-in-law), we want to go too."

Yun Jiao said helplessly, "All right, all right, but let’s make it clear first: once we’re at the temple you’re not allowed to run around. There are lots of people there!"

"And listen, you’re not to make trouble later and disturb your Aunt Third Girl’s meeting her match."

Third Girl’s face flushed red; she lowered her head and said nothing.

Today she had specially put on a brand-new peach-pink jacket, with two golden hairpins and a few velvet flowers in her hair. Though Third Girl’s looks were rather ordinary, dressed up like this she did have a bit of a maiden’s charm.

Beside her, Yingzi was wearing a leek-green everyday old jacket with two simple pearl flowers in her hair.

Yingzi took after Sister-in-law Guihua, with a pair of big, blinking eyes; she was a pretty little girl. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Ever since Third Girl returned to Xiang City, Yingzi had spent most of her time at Mrs. Chen’s place, living with Third Girl. The two little girlfriends were as close as if they were one person.

Several carriages pulled out from the Duke Mansion, with guards riding alongside them.

Kaiyuan Temple wasn’t far away; it was inside the city.

The carriages stopped at the temple gate, and everyone got down.

The children were actually quite well-behaved and didn’t run around, all following behind Yun Jiao as they walked inside.