1266 Hitting It Off

"I-It is not that I intended to neglect you," Pei Jia explained cautiously.

At this time, the young servant girl Baihui was led back over, and she gazed at her miss in exasperation.

Madam had exhorted Miss repeatedly to remember to talk more when paying a visit to someone else's house. Yet her miss ended up leafing through a book for nearly two hours…

Qiao Mu waved her hand. "You like to read medical books a lot?"

Pei Jia nodded emphatically.

The young servant girl Baihui gave a supplemental explanation, "Miss was born with a congenital deficiency, so she has always only been able to nurse her health by meditating, not even being able to cultivate her body. As prolonged illness will turn the patient into a doctor, Miss slowly started getting obsessed with the art of healing."

"Then do you like to refine pills?"

"A pill alchemist?" Pei Jia quickly shook her petite hands. "I cannot become a pill alchemist. Al-Although I do yearn to, being a pill alchemist requires talent. My talent in the art of healing is not very great e-either, I just ra-randomly ponder over it."

As she spoke, her hands were still furtively stroking the cover of that medical book, reluctant to part with it.

Qiao Mu tugged at the corner of her mouth and displayed what she thought to be a genial smile.

In reality, in other people's eyes, she wasn't even smiling at all…

"There is at most a two years' age difference between us, so let us abandon our titles of address and call each other by our names," the young crown prince consort told Pei Jia on this lazy sunny afternoon.

Although Pei Jia was a bit joyful in her heart, she was unaware that this was the happiness from making a friend.

Because her body had been weak since she was young, she basically didn't leave the house. Those noble ladies fawned on her on the surface because of her family background, yet she once overheard them secretly ridiculing her for being a chronic invalid behind her back. After that, she became even more unwilling to go out and participate in other people's gatherings.

She was 17 this year but had yet to engage in talks of marriage. It was honestly because no family would consider her because of her weak body.

Luckily, her mother had always been consoling her, saying: 'My daughter is so outstanding. You naturally deserve a good man as a match in the future.'

Besides, there were many people on Sikong Planet who married after turning 20. However, these people's situations were usually due to the fact that they had spent their teenage years focusing on their cultivation, while she was merely a normal person. Her teachers had all told her regretfully that it was impossible for her to cultivate in this lifetime with her congenitally deficient body.

"Th-Then how about I call you Qiaoqiao from now on." Pei Jia smiled widely.

The little stoic thought that her smile was quite dazzling, so she tried to crack a greater smile in return. However, it was quite difficult for this stoic face to purposefully display a smile…

"Jiajia." The little stoic nodded and then handed that medical book to her. "Bring it back with you to read."

She then turned her wrist and took Pei Jia's pulse. "You've been nursing your body quite well. I'll give you another prescription. Produce a decoction following the prescription twice a day, and you won't need to take medicine anymore after half a month."

A surprised smile surfaced on the young servant girl Baihui's face, and she spluttered, "Cr-Crown Prince Consort, i-is this true? Miss can be freed from those medicines in the future?"

Qiao Mu nodded. After chatting about the medical book for a bit longer, Qiao Mu stood up to escort Miss Pei out of the estate.

Shaoyao followed after them as she smiled while covering her mouth. Later, when the crown prince inquired about this matter, Shaoyao couldn't resist remarking, "After Miss Pei came, she sat beside the crown prince consort and quietly browsed through a book while the crown prince consort took an afternoon nap. After she woke up, they hit it off."

Crown Prince Mo was rendered speechless after hearing this.

Five days later, the Qiao Estate joyfully opened its doors for Second Uncle's wedding.

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