Without Princess Consort Yun’s instructions, the nanny personally led Yun Jiao to the kitchen.
On the way, Yun Jiao said to the nanny: "I must trouble you to find a single piece of clothing, anything the maids wear will do. I’m a bit hot in my padded jacket, and I’m afraid I’ll sweat during the surgery."
The nanny quickly replied, "Doctor Gu, rest assured, it will be ready for you shortly."
A small kitchen had been set up in this courtyard specifically for Princess Consort Yun. Yun Jiao had water prepared and put the surgical instrunts and the cloth covering them into a pot to boil.
There were no modern sterilization thods here, only this primitive thod could be used.
At this mont, Princess Consort Yun held Prince Kang’s hand excitedly, "My dear son, will I truly be able to see soon?"
Prince Kang nodded firmly, "Yes, it’s true. I saw with my own eyes how Doctor Gu cured that peasant woman."
Princess Consort Yun slowly nodded as tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, "I don’t know how long it has been since I last saw my son’s face."
Prince Kang tightly held Princess Consort Yun’s hand, "Once mother’s eyes are healed, she will be able to look at her son properly."
He patted Princess Consort Yun’s hand, "Mother, don’t worry. I will be by your side during the surgery."
"That peasant woman said the surgery isn’t painful, so don’t be afraid, mother."
As Prince Kang spoke, he too felt like crying.
Princess Consort Yun was not favored by the Emperor, perhaps for this reason, Prince Kang was also not liked by the Emperor. Mother and son were living cautiously and dependently within the palace.
Finally, when Prince Kang turned eighteen, he was sent to govern his fief. Princess Consort Yun petitioned to follow her son to the fief.
Perhaps the Emperor was not particularly willing to see Princess Consort Yun, so he readily approved.
Princess Consort Yun followed to Xiang City, where she was relieved to be free from the palace’s intrigue and sches, and lived a life of imnse comfort.
Unfortunately, before long good tis passed, her eyes developed problems.
Prince Kang, eager for his mother to enjoy happiness, felt deeply guilty.
But the Imperial Physician said that the illness was incurable.
Prince Kang had long sent people to various places to seek skilled doctors, and Princess Consort Yun had taken dicine for two years, but to no avail.
Recently, Princess Consort Yun said she no longer wanted to take dicine; after consuming bitter dicine daily, her mouth had lost all taste, and her stomach was almost ruined. Blindness felt inevitable.
Yet Prince Kang refused to give up hope, telling Princess Consort Yun to try one last ti, and again ordered people in Xiang City to post notices seeking a doctor.
Now, the mother and son’s wish was about to co true, so how could they not be excited?
In a short while, Yun Jiao, who was boiling surgical instrunts in the kitchen, was invited by a maid to an empty room.
The room held a set of brand new clothes: an ivory yellow shirt and lotus-colored skirt adorned with exquisite and intricate embroidery.
Additionally, there was a set of pure white silk inner clothing.
The maid smiled and said, "These are new spring clothes made for the Princess by the Princess Consort, and they have not yet been worn. Miss, would you like to try them on?"
The clothes had been brought, and it would be too pretentious for Yun Jiao to refuse further, especially as she had been in the kitchen watching the fire, sweating even more, and now her inner clothing was soaked through.
She had the maid bring her water.
After she cleaned herself and changed into the new clothes, she felt much fresher.
The maid clapped her hands beside her, "Ah, Doctor Gu looks really fitting in these clothes. The size is right, and the color suits Doctor Gu, very beautiful."
Yun Jiao smiled and, bringing the boiled surgical instrunts from the kitchen, headed to the small pavilion she had been to earlier.
The room had been recently treated with vinegar fumigation, leaving a strong scent.
The wooden bed that the peasant woman had lain on had long been carried out and disposed of.
Inside, a bed of the sa height and size made from chicken wing wood had been replaced.
The maids placed brocade mattress padding on it.
This bed was ordered by Prince Kang long ago; he could not allow his mother to use a bed previously lain on by a peasant woman.
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