My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Today, Gu Li and his personal maid Zhen'er had just finished lunch in the yard. The servants had just cleared away the dishes and Zhen'er pulled Gu Li back to the room.

The Gu family was in the jade business, so Gu Li also knew some jade carving skills. After getting married to Chang Anyi yesterday morning, she went to the storehouse at home and personally selected a jade pendant embryo that looked white and glutinous, of excellent quality, and had already been shaped. She brought it back to her room and carved it by herself as an engagement token for the wedding in a few days.

Gu Li had roughly carved out the outline yesterday, and today she had to follow the outline carved yesterday. In the morning, she used a tool equipped with a diamond drill to drill some holes in the jade pendant embryo. But just as she picked up the tool and was about to start hollowing out the embryo, she suddenly felt a slight itching pain in her chest. Before she could put down the tool, Gu Li started coughing.

At this time, Zhen'er had just walked in with medicine. When he saw his wife starting to cough again, he quickly quickened his pace and walked over.

"Sanniang," Zhen'er put the medicine aside and reached out to touch Gu Li's back, "Why are you coughing so badly today? Did you catch a cold?"

Gu Li took a deep breath and said, "Maybe the weather has started to get colder. Where are the medicines?"

Zhen'er quickly brought the medicine to Gu Li. After Gu Li drank the medicine, he asked again, "Do we have enough medicine at home?"

"No, I'll go to the pharmacy to get some medicine later."

"I'll go with you and get you some medicine to keep warm," said Gu Li.

"Okay, Sanniang, I'll go and give the order right away."

Zhen'er put the empty medicine bowl back on the tray, turned around and left the room, closing the door.

After a while, Zhen'er came back and said, "Sanniang, I have given all the instructions. Let's go out now."

"it is good."

Zhen'er took out a coat from the closet and put it on Gu Li's shoulders, then pulled her to the door of Gu's house, where the servant had already led the carriage and was waiting. Zhen'er first helped Gu Li into the carriage and then followed her in, then told the servant the destination.

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The carriage arrived at the West Market and stopped at the entrance of the clinic. As soon as Gu Li and Zhen'er entered the clinic, a pharmacist came up to them and asked respectfully, "Madam Gu, are you here to see a doctor today?"

Gu Li has been a frequent visitor to the clinic since more than a year ago. She nodded slightly and asked, "Is Doctor Zhang free now?"

"If you are free, please follow me, Madam Gu."

The medicine boy turned around and led Gu Li and Zhen'er to a compartment, where an old man was sitting. He was the Doctor Zhang that Gu Li mentioned.

"Master, Madam Gu is here."

The old man heard the voice, turned around and stood up. After taking a look at Gu Li's face, he said, "Madam Gu looks a little unwell. Has your old illness not healed yet? Or has you caught a cold?"

"My cough is a bit severe today. I must have caught a cold." Gu Li replied.

"Madam Gu, please."

Doctor Zhang extended his hand and motioned for Gu Li to sit down. After Gu Li sat down, she slightly lifted up the sleeve of her right hand, exposing her wrist, and placed it on the table where Doctor Zhang was taking her pulse. Doctor Zhang also sat down, extended his hand and placed it on Gu Li's wrist, and took her pulse.

Doctor Zhang quickly withdrew his hand and said, "Mrs. Gu's lung disease has improved somewhat after taking medicine. The reason why her cough has worsened is probably because it is the cold season and she has caught a slight cold."

"In addition to the medicine for lung disease, how about I add some medicine for treating colds and keeping warm for Madam Gu today?"

"Thank you very much, Doctor Zhang." Gu Li nodded slightly to express his gratitude.

Doctor Zhang nodded in return and immediately started writing a prescription.

While prescribing the medicine, Doctor Zhang suddenly asked, "When I was seeing patients today, I heard from some of the patients that Madam Gu is about to get married. Is that true?"

Gu Li was a little surprised. He raised his head and looked at Zhen'er. He could only see confusion in the other's eyes. They had just discussed the marriage and chosen the birth date yesterday, but someone knew about it today?

"Dr. Chang forced Mr. Chang to go to the Gu Mansion to propose marriage. There were rumors that Mr. Chang went to your mansion early yesterday morning, so naturally some rumors spread." Doctor Zhang laughed and said.

"Everyone in Chang'an knows that Mr. Chang is a man of both literary and martial talents, and he is a very romantic man. However, he is a little unruly and doesn't like to associate with businessmen. However, he agreed to discuss the marriage with Madam Gu, so naturally many people discussed it privately. I hope Madam Gu will not mind."

Gu Li pursed his lips and did not respond to Doctor Zhang's words. Instead, Zhen Er answered on Gu Li's behalf: "We just discussed the marriage yesterday and exchanged our birth dates."

"That's a done deal." Doctor Zhang picked up the written prescription and handed it to Zhen'er, and continued, "I have nothing to say about Madam Gu's marriage. What I want to say is that Madam Gu's lung disease has only improved slightly, and as for the matter of offspring, we need to wait until she is better before making any plans."

"Thank you, Doctor Zhang." Gu Li stood up, saluted Doctor Zhang, and then went to the front with Zhen'er to get the medicine.

Don’t like interacting with businessmen?

Was Mr. Chang forced to discuss marriage?

After coming out of the consultation room, Gu Li kept thinking about these things and was in a trance. He didn't know when Zhen'er got the medicine, he was just being pulled by Zhen'er.

When she came to her senses again, she heard a voice:

"Madam Gu."

Gu Li saw Chang An in front of him. He didn't know when he came to him, nor did he know why he met him here. He just saw him salute, so he returned the salute and said, "Mr. Chang."

"Ms. Gu, you are here at the clinic. Are you feeling unwell?" Chang An asked.

"It's just some lung disease left over from two years ago, and I caught a cold. Thank you, Mr. Chang, for your concern." Gu Li smiled, still thinking about what Doctor Zhang had just said.

"Colds are easy to cure. Just take medicine on time, drink more hot water, and get more rest. But lung disease..." After hearing this, Chang An held up his chin seriously and thought about it. Lung disease in the Tang Dynasty was indeed a difficult disease. Most of the quick-acting medicines that can cure lung disease were developed by Westerners more than a thousand years later. They are indeed not available now.

"Does Madam Gu cough often? Do you cough up blood? Does your chest hurt when you cough?" Chang An continued to ask.

"I do cough often, but I have never coughed up blood. My chest also hurts slightly when I cough." Gu Li was also confused, but still answered these questions.

"That's good, that's good..."

Fortunately it's not lung cancer.

The latter sentence was naturally not said out loud, after all, it was a bit impolite.

This should be just a mild pneumonia that cannot be more common, with neither coughing up blood nor chest pain. Although there is no way to cure it quickly now, it can eventually be slowly treated with Chinese medicine.

Gu Li was a little nervous about Chang An's series of actions. He didn't know what "that's good" meant, so he could only change the subject and asked, "Isn't Mr. Chang going to the Imperial College today? Why are you in the West Market?"

"I just got out of school, so I took advantage of this free time to come here to deal with some important matters."

As for what it was, Chang An didn't say, always wanting to keep it a little mysterious, and Gu Li was also tactful enough not to ask.

"Is it done? Is there anything I can help you with? I'm familiar with several shops here and can always help." Gu Li said.

"Thank you for your kindness, Madam Gu. I have already made the arrangements."

"That's great... cough cough..." As he spoke, Gu Li suddenly started coughing again. Scared Zhen'er, she quickly pulled Gu Li onto the carriage.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chang, I'm not feeling well, so I have to leave first." Gu Li said apologetically before getting in the car.

"I should be sorry. I knew that my wife was unwell, but I kept her talking." Chang An felt that he had forced Gu Li to talk, causing her to catch a cold. "After you go back, Madam Gu, please rest more and drink some hot water. Don't catch a cold again."

"Thank you, Mr. Chang. I will." Gu Li smiled, turned and got into the car, his figure disappeared behind the curtain.

Chang An was standing at the door of the clinic, watching the carriage go away, when he suddenly felt someone patting his shoulder.

"Brother Chang!"

Chang An turned around and found that it was Du Chengming.

"Brother Du."

"The third wife of the Gu family just now is your future wife? No wonder you broke the rules in your heart." Du Chengming looked at Chang An with a gossipy look on his face again.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"She is indeed so beautiful that she can make fish sink to the bottom of the water and geese fall to the ground. I never thought that a great talent like you would be tempted by beauty one day." Du Chengming patted Chang An on the shoulder, "Even the most beautiful singer in Zuiyun Tower is not as good as her in my opinion."

Chang An suddenly felt very upset and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I still say the same thing. If you are envious, let Envoy Du tell you about her. What if she is prettier than the third daughter of the Gu family?"

"Forget it," Du Chengming waved his hand. "My father said that the most important thing for me now is to study hard and pass the imperial examination. Besides, the Jinshi exam is not as easy as the Mingjing exam. Do you think everyone is like you, Brother Chang?"

Just as Du Chengming was about to pull me in and talk more, I suddenly heard Huaiqin's voice:

"Master! It's getting late, we should go back and eat!"

Chang An looked back and saw Huaiqin sitting in the carriage, opening the curtains and calling out to him. He immediately felt like he had seen a savior, but he still turned back to Du Chengming symbolically and said:

"Brother Du, I can't chat with you anymore. Look, I need to go back and do some things."

"Then I won't keep you any longer. Brother Chang, take care."

After the two of them exchanged greetings, Chang An fled into the carriage, leaving Du Chengming standing there alone, muttering to himself: "I really envy Brother Chang..."