Chapter 14: Gaining Sympathy

After a while, the court doctor came with Dong Mo, followed by a maid who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old, carrying a food box.

The maid looked Gu Huan up and down curiously.

Dad said that she was the one the master wanted. Before she met her, her mind was full of the image of a charming and alluring woman.

Unexpectedly...

The young lady from the Gu family has good facial features, and her fair skin looks even more fair without makeup.

She was dressed simply, with only a silver hairpin on her head and no earrings, which made her slender neck look like a swan.

She was wearing a loose, grey skirt and it was hard to tell whether she had a good figure or not.

His eyes were like those of a frightened rabbit, not daring to look people in the eye.

She's just a simple little girl.

Saying that she seduced the master?

Oh, I really can’t imagine that scene.

The court doctor wanted to untie the handkerchief that wrapped Gu Huan's hand, but found that the blisters had broken and yellow liquid had overflowed, sticking the handkerchief to the skin tightly. The handkerchief was also twisted into a mess, which was simply horrible. The court doctor's eyebrows were immediately twisted into a knot.

"How did it come to this?"

Gu Huan lowered her head and dared not speak.

Her palms were all rubbed raw after the fight with Mu An last night, but she didn't untie them and reapply medicine because she wanted to let the people from Wen Hanxuan see it today.

The more miserable she was, the more her elder sister and Mu An's actions were criticized.

The more miserable she is, the more people in Wen Hanxuan will pity her.

Dong Mo took a deep breath and said, "Didn't you apply the medicine yesterday? How did it become like this? Did the young lady ask you to do heavy work again?"

"No, I just accidentally touched it."

Gu Huan's eyes were red and she looked aggrieved.

This kind of pain is no longer a problem for her.

Dong Mo snorted.

It must be the young lady and the young master who are bullying us again.

"My lady, please bear with it. It will be very painful." The court doctor felt a little reluctant.

Gu Huan took a deep breath and said, "It's okay. I can bear it."

The court doctor carefully wet the dried handkerchief with medicine, and then separated the handkerchief from the palm of the hand little by little.

Tears welled up in the little girl's eyes. She bit her lips tightly, trying hard not to cry. The three people present felt heartbroken seeing this.

The court doctor applied medicine to her, bandaged her again, and reminded her, "Change the medicine every day. Don't touch water for at least three days, and don't move your hands around to avoid further damage to the wound."

"Thank you, doctor." Gu Huan bowed with tears in her eyes.

The court doctor replied: "By the way, you should avoid certain foods."

"Okay, I understand." Gu Huan said softly.

After the court doctor left, the maid opened the food box and brought out a bowl of chicken and lotus seed porridge, four meat buns, and a plate of side dishes.

Dong Mo smiled and said, "Mrs. Gu came here so early, she must not have had breakfast. Come and eat."

Gu Huan guessed that it was Dong Mo who arranged this, and bowed to him gratefully: "Thank you, Brother Dong."

"Why thank you? It was all my master's order."

Dong Mo pointed at the maid and said with a smile: "I still have things to do. Zhilan will stay with you in the study. You can just read a book and take a rest."

The maid named Zhilan smiled and said, "My last name is Zhou, Madam Gu, you can just call me Sister Zhou from now on."

In the previous life, Gu Huan had seen her.

She is the only biological sister of the chief steward Zhou Chunyu.

On weekdays, he helps Manager Zhou manage the household finances and money transactions, and does not serve anyone. He has a very high status in the Duke's Mansion.

"Thank you, Sister Zhou." Gu Huan didn't dare to look down on her.

"You're welcome."

Zhou Zhilan wanted to carry the bowl of porridge, but Gu Huan said hurriedly, "I can do it myself."

Butler Zhou’s own sister is not someone who can be ordered around casually.

"Your hands are already injured like this, let me do it, you sit down."

Zhou Zhilan pointed at the soft cake, served the porridge herself and handed it to her, staring at her curiously.

Gu Huan readily took the bowl of porridge, ate it in small bites, and let her look at it.

Yesterday I heard my father talking about this young man's sister-in-law, saying that she was cautious and timid. Now it seems that she is indeed like that.

There is an indescribable charm in her every gesture.

She is not like those coquettish girls in the young master's room. She is as clean as a white lotus.

Well, maybe it’s because he is so good-looking, no matter what actions he performs, he looks good.

Zhou Zhilan likes such clean beauties.

After Gu Huan finished her bowl of porridge, Zhou Zhilan was still staring at her. Her scalp felt numb. She raised her head and said shyly, "Sister Zhou, please sit down and eat together. I can't finish it by myself."

Zhou Zhilan shook her head: "Servants cannot sit with their masters."

Gu Huan said sincerely, "I am also a slave, so you don't have to be polite, sister. If I can't finish it, wouldn't it be a waste?"

Zhou Zhilan's eyes widened: "Are you a slave?"

"Yeah." Gu Huan took a bun, lowered her head and took a bite to hide her sadness.

Zhou Zhilan was not polite either. She sat down in front of her and said gossipingly, "My brother said you are a concubine's daughter of Marquis Gu's mansion. How can you be a slave?"

Gu Huan raised her slightly red eyes and said, "Before my aunt sent me into the mansion, she forced me to sign a slave contract, saying that it would put my elder sister at ease."

Zhou Zhilan's eyes widened: "Your own mother forced you to sign a slavery? Is she your own mother? Were you picked up?"

Suddenly, he realized that what he said was inappropriate, and quickly tried to make amends: "I'm not talking about your biological mother, maybe the Marquis's wife forced her to do it."

Although the Duke's Mansion is small in number, she knows a lot about the ins and outs of the aristocratic family's residence.

Gu Huan took a bun and stuffed it into her hand, saying quietly, "My mother sent me here to be the son-in-law's concubine. No matter what, I am still a servant."

Zhou Zhilan rolled her eyes: "Duke Yong can hardly accommodate the women in the young master's courtyard, and he has no shortage of women. The young lady doesn't even think about you. After all, you are sisters."

"My eldest sister is pregnant."

Zhou Zhilan knew that the young lady was pregnant, and when Gu Huan mentioned it, she immediately understood.

When a wife is pregnant, it is a common practice for ladies from wealthy families to find a trustworthy person to be a concubine for their husband.

"Young Madam can just bring a maid as a dowry. Why humiliate your own sister? She will lose face too."

Zhou Zhilan was very ashamed. She took a big bite of the bun and chewed it hard.

Gu Huan sneered inwardly.

This is where Gu Wanru's stupidity lies.

Her own sister serves as her husband's concubine and allows herself to be humiliated by others. She is actually embarrassing herself.

Some people.

Born with humbleness in their bones, the mother and daughter have to keep them under their eyes and step on them hard before they can feel at ease.

I don’t know if her biological mother would cry for her if she knew.

In her previous life, no one had ever shed tears for her.

No one supported her.

Zhou Zhilan was a cheerful person. She quickly put aside her unhappiness and asked Gu Huan about her preferences while eating.

Gu Huan answered them one by one.

"You also attended private school?"

Zhou Zhilan was surprised. "Oh, yes. My brother said that you write beautiful calligraphy with hairpin flowers. He asked me to become your disciple and learn from you. But I like to use an abacus and don't like to read flowery poems and books."

Gu Huan also laughed: "I can't be your sister's teacher."

Then he changed the subject: "In the private school, I had to study hard, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do the homework for my elder sister. The teacher was very strict. If I didn't write the assigned poem well, I would be spanked. My elder sister handed in the homework, but the teacher would spank her instead."

She was actually grateful to her elder sister for being lazy. She was supposed to serve her to study, but instead she achieved success on her own and learned good calligraphy and wrote good poems.

"Ah? You're still helping the young lady with her homework? And you're even fighting for her?" Zhou Zhilan's eyes widened.

Gu Huan's eyes were slightly panicked, and she covered her lips. After a long while, she said, "It's just copying books."

Zhou Zhilan frowned and glared at her. Seeing that she was flustered, she was afraid that she couldn't say it, so she didn't bring up the topic anymore.

After they finished eating, Zhou Zhilan put the dishes and chopsticks into the lunch box: "I'll go back to the kitchen to put these away first, and I'll be back to accompany you in a while. You teach me how to write, otherwise my brother will spank my hand too."

The girl winked at Gu Huan playfully.

Gu Huan smiled and said, "Okay. I promise that Manager Zhou will give you a thumbs up and praise you."

"Yes, all right, lady."

The call of "female teacher" filled Gu Huan with mixed emotions.

Looking at the girl's cheerful back, I felt sad and happy.

Sadly, she never had such a lively temperament and nothing was worth her laughing at.

To her delight, she saw the sun.

There seems to be a glimmer of hope in this life.