The Prime Minister’s Darling-Chapter 428 - : 217 Jealousy (First Update)
Chapter 428: 217 Jealousy (First Update)
The Consort of Prince Rui had quite a few young sisters before she got married. However, after her marriage, they all drifted apart. Once she became the consort of the prince, they no longer treated her like the ordinary sister she had been before.
Miss Gu was really nice.
She never treated her differently or distantly because of her status as the prince’s consort.
In fact, she didn’t understand how Gu Jiao managed to do it. It seemed like she was always calm and composed, with not much affecting her greatly.
Being with someone like this was quite comfortable.
The Consort of Prince Rui sent her back to the Medical Hall, paid her consultation fee, and then left.
In the afternoon, the Medical Hall received a call for another home visit. The patient, who had once received treatment there, had his stitches removed.
Doctor Song and his team were busy, so Gu Jiao asked for the address and got on the horse-drawn carriage of the Medical Hall to go over.
The patient had a waist injury caused by fragments of a broken stove. He had over twenty stitches. While the initial healing was good, he had accidentally fallen while going to the restroom and the wound had partially reopened.
This time, the healing was good.
Gu Jiao removed his stitches.
“Do I have to take any medicine or apply any ointment?” the patient asked.
Gu Jiao shook her head: “No, this is good. Just keep to a light diet.”
The patient expressed his gratitude enthusiastically: “Thank you, Miss Gu!”
This patient was a regular craftsman invited by The Ministry of Works. He was a local resident of the Capital City, and would be able to return to the Ministry after his wounds were healed.
Gu Jiao thought of Jiang Shi and Little Jiang Li at the Medical Hall who had no home to return to.
However, she didn’t dwell on this for too long.
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Gu Jiao got on the carriage.
The carriage driver, Little Sanzi, suddenly said, “Miss Gu, it seems very lively over there!”
Gu Jiao was inherently a cold person, but she liked lively places. This was indeed a contradictory characteristic.
She pulled back the curtain to take a glance and understood why it was so bustling: “It’s the Qingfeng Building.”
“Ah, is it that Qingfeng Building?” Though Little Sanzi had heard of it many times, he had never been and seemed quite eager.
The Qingfeng Building was one of the most elegant restaurants in the Capital City, providing food, drinks, entertainment, and even unusual gambling games from time to time.
“Let’s go take a look.” Gu Jiao suggested.
“Great!” Little Sanzi rejoiced and the both of them went off to the Qingfeng Building.
Today’s boisterous activity was mainly because of Xiao Liulang.
Apparently, the Qingfeng Building had opened a new gambling game and this time, players would not just place bets on who would come first or second, but directly place bets on who would take the Grand Prize, known as the “Da Sanyuan”.
This was quite exciting.
After tying for the first place with Prince An in the Imperial Examination, who was there left in their hearts to win the Da Sanyuan?
The Qingfeng Building declared that if there were two winners, they would pay double the reward. But of course, there wouldn’t be two Da Sanyuan. It wasn’t a mere guess, but a reliable tip from those who had probed for information in the palace. The emperor wouldn’t allow two winners.
So, the question was, whom should they bet on?
“Of course Prince An. Does this need to be asked?” declared a man in his thirties. “Prince An has been topping in every exam since the Imperial Examination begun. As long as he gets the top spot in the Palace Examination, he will win the Da Sanyuan. Xiao Liulang is from a small town, a far cry from those in the Imperial Examination here in the Capital City. Moreover, his performance swings wildly. I heard he didn’t do well in the College Examination, didn’t even win the Little Sanyuan. Are you still daring enough to place bets on him?”
After hearing this, everyone thought it made sense.
He might have topped the local exams, but what good was that here in the Capital City?
Getting tied to Prince An in the first round was sheer luck.
The Cabinet Ministers must have felt sorry for him because of his humble background, and hence gave him some sympathy votes. Otherwise, how could he possibly compete with Prince An?
Those people were crazy!
In the end, the overwhelming majority placed bets on Prince An, with only a daring few placing bets on Xiao Liulang.
In order to attract more desperate gamblers, the Qingfeng Building boldly displayed the leaderboard for the Da Sanyuan in the most prominent place in the Grand Hall.
Prince An’s name was the first on the right side, followed by Xiao Liulang.
But the number of bets on either of them was vastly different.
Beneath Prince An’s name hung a multitude of gold ingots, while under Xiao Liulang’s name, there was just a solitary silver ingot.
Each gold ingot represented one thousand taels.
Each silver ingot represented a hundred taels.
Gu Jiao had previously sold the emperor’s secondhand brushes for eight thousand taels, of which three thousand taels she used to manage the Medical Hall and a newly opened pharmaceutical factory, leaving her with five thousand taels.
She did not have the silver banknotes on her, but she had the bank’s deposit receipts.
She walked into the Grand Hall: “I want to place a bet.”
Meanwhile, in a private room in the Qingfeng Building, Prince An was also placing his bets.
He did not reveal his identity.
