The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 982 - 976: Stab Him

Lin Qianqing took this opportunity to stuff a piece of white cloth into Prince Jin’s mouth.

Gu Youyou withdrew the needle, wiping the sweat beads from her forehead, and said to the dying Prince Jin, "Your Highness Prince Jin, your illness comes quickly and leaves just as quickly. Rest assured, as long as you let this commoner administer acupuncture thrice, you will be cured. Tomorrow and the day after, if it is convenient for you, come to Jisheng Hall to seek treatment from this commoner. You know that Jisheng Hall does not easily make house calls. Today is an exception; this commoner cannot break the rules because of you."

Prince Jin was staring at Gu Youyou with dead fish eyes.

Gu Youyou didn’t pay him any attention but instead said to Lin Qianqing, "Young lady, your Prince’s illness cannot be delayed. Acupuncture will cause some pain, but it must be used. Otherwise, the lineage of Prince Jin Residence might end."

Upon hearing these words, a look of knives almost flew from Prince Jin’s eyes.

Lin Qianqing nodded earnestly and said, "Tomorrow I will definitely persuade Prince Jin to go to Jisheng Hall to see my cousin. If he refuses, I will tell the Empress."

The Empress was very anxious about issues of progeny.

After Gu Youyou left, Prince Jin, feeling something was wrong with his body, immediately summoned the Imperial Physician, and had everyone informed of the matter sworn to secrecy.

After the Imperial Physician examined his pulse, he was so shocked that he dared not speak.

"What is wrong with my body?" Prince Jin asked, glaring at the Imperial Physician with a displeased expression.

The old Imperial Physician knelt on the ground, sweating profusely, and said, "Your Highness Prince Jin, do you... do you feel weak?"

...Prince Jin stumbled and nearly fell to the ground.

He hadn’t tried since being needled by Gu Youyou, so how could he know?

But he did feel that something was off, like...?

The Imperial Physician, drenched in sweat, said, "This humble servant is limited in knowledge and has never seen a condition like that of Your Highness Prince Jin. I am truly at a loss. Perhaps Your Highness Prince Jin could allow this humble servant to return to the Imperial Medical Bureau to consult with Imperial Physician Xu and the others, and then..."

"No need." Prince Jin interrupted angrily, saying, "Go back, and remember, not a word of this matter may be leaked."

How could he let such a humiliating matter become common knowledge?

The Imperial Physician hastened to say, "Yes, of course, this humble servant dares not."

Prince Jin knew he had been played by Gu Youyou; she must have seen that he was not sick at all, yet made him sick with her needles.

And it was precisely this kind of disease... one that he found difficult to speak of.

In that case, even if he went to trouble her over this, by bringing up this disease, he would lose all face.

And Prince Jin was a man who valued his face; he could not afford to lose it.

So he had to suffer in silence?

So he would still have to go to Jisheng Hall tomorrow and the day after to let her needle him again, or remain like this for life?

What a formidable woman Gu Youyou was, truly remarkable.

...

The wedding was set for a date not far off, causing the Ministry of Rites endless headaches.

It wasn’t that the national treasury lacked the silver to afford the dowry; rather, with princes and princesses getting married, everything used had to be approved by the Empress.

Before the eldest prince had returned to court, Prince Jin was treated as the eldest son, and also of legitimate birth.

As the only son of the Empress, his marriage would use the finest, and the Empress was pleased. Although he was not the Crown Prince, because he was the eldest son born in wedlock, the bride’s status was suitably noble. Thus, the items used in Prince Jin’s wedding were all up to the standards of the Crown Prince marrying his chief wife.

Prince Qin was born of a concubine and was naturally considered inferior; no one would have any objections.

But now that Jin Zijin had returned to court, he was the legitimate eldest prince. What should be given as his dowry, then?