The evening breeze is as cool as water, and the flowers and trees in the courtyard are dancing in the wind.

She could clearly hear the sound of wind blowing through the branches, the sound of falling flowers, the sound of flowing water, the flapping of birds' wings... and the almost inaudible chirping of insects.

After a while, she finally opened her eyes and was sure of one thing -

The spiritual energy in this small world is very thin, almost non-existent. Even a genius with natural spiritual roots will not be able to draw the spiritual energy into the body throughout his entire life.

If she can't practice, she will just be a helpless mortal.

The cool breeze from outside blew in from the window, and a corner of the stack of white paper under the paperweight was lifted up by the wind, making a rustling sound.

Gu Yanfei took a piece of paper and spread it flat on the table, then slowly began to grind the ink. The ink stick spun around on the inkstone, and the scent of the ink became stronger...

The candlelight on the desk made Gu Yanfei's black eyes appear unusually bright, just like the night sky filled with stars.

Confucius said: "Don't worry about not having a position, worry about what you stand for. Don't worry about no one knowing you, seek to be known."

After experiencing two lives, Gu Yanfei can more deeply understand the deep meaning of this sentence. In life, if you want to gain a foothold, you must have a skill.

Gu Yanfei picked up a wolf-hair brush, dipped the tip of the brush in ink, and wrote the words "Taoist doctor" on the paper.

These two characters are written like flowing water, vigorous and powerful, and end cleanly and neatly, giving people a feeling of clouds and smoke falling on paper and being written freely.

Gu Yanfei stared at the two words quietly.

The "Tao" in Taoist medicine is not the Tao of Taoism.

Taoist medicine uses Taoism to benefit life and medicine to save the world. It is not only good at using herbal decoctions, prescriptions and acupuncture to treat diseases, but also includes the use of health-preserving methods such as guiding, regulating breathing, inner alchemy, and fasting. In addition, there are various means such as Taoism, morality, talismans, divination, lots, incantations, fasting, sacrifices, and prayers. It emphasizes the treatment of both the body and the spirit and has its own system.

When she was in the Yaoling Realm, she was a medical practitioner and became a disciple at the age of five.

Master taught her that all things have the same destination, different paths but different destinations; the Tao is in things and things are in the Tao.

This small world naturally has its own "Tao".

Gu Yanfei curled his lips and smiled, his smile as bright as the peony flowers blooming under the moon.

"girl."

Juanbi's voice was heard outside the door.

After Gu Yanfei responded, Juanbi pushed the door open and walked into the room, carrying a food box in one hand, with a look of worry on her pretty round face.

"Young lady, the maid in the kitchen told me that Aunt Xu is going back to the capital." Juanbi put down the food box and reported, "Aunt Xu said that you are unruly and will bring shame to the Marquis' Mansion if you return to the capital, so she will not take you back."

Juanbi frowned tightly, looking very worried.

With Madam Xu's penny-pinching personality, she would definitely complain to the Madam Dowager after returning to the capital, and the Madam Dowager's likes and dislikes would determine whether the second young lady could return to the capital...

Gu Yanfei didn't even move his eyes or eyebrows, and uttered three words without any emotion: "Let her go."

"But..." Juanbi wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Gu Yanfei.

"Send someone to Xijiao Mountain to collect the body." Gu Yanfei stood up and walked to the dressing table, and took out a pair of red gold earrings inlaid with pearls from the dressing box. "Take these earrings to Dou's Pawn Shop and hire someone to do it."

Juanbi took the earrings and felt warm in her heart, but then she felt a strong sense of sourness.

Aunt Xu wanted to give the girl a warning, and the people in the house would definitely not listen to her, so they could only go outside and hire someone to collect the body.

"Miss, don't worry, I'll do it right away." Juanbi took the order and left in a hurry. For a moment, she forgot that Nanny Xu said she was leaving.

The news of Juanbi's going out was immediately heard by Nanny Xu.

A woman in her early fifties with brown spots all over her face smiled at Aunt Xu and said flatteringly, "I deliberately leaked the news to Juanbi, and she was so scared that she almost dropped her food box. Just now, after she went to the second young lady's place, she hurried out."

"I think the second young lady realized her mistake and asked Juanbi to go out and buy some good things to honor you, Madam!"

Aunt Xu picked up the teacup, curled the corners of her lips calmly, and sighed: "The second young lady grew up outside since she was a child, and her temperament is strange... We, as slaves, can only bear more."

Aunt Xu had just knocked out one of her front teeth. Now when she opened her mouth, there was a black hole between her lips, and she couldn't help but leak some air when she spoke.

The old woman nodded repeatedly and said some flattering words.

Next to them, two little maids were packing their bags, coming over to ask for instructions from Madam Xu from time to time.

"Mrs. Feng, go keep an eye on the second young lady."

Nanny Xu casually dismissed Mrs. Feng, with a hint of cruelty flashing in her eyes: the Second Young Lady made her lose face in front of the servants, and she would never let this go.

However--

A stick of incense passed, an hour passed, two hours passed... When the candle burned out, the moon set and the sun rose, but Nanny Xu still didn't see Gu Yanfei.

"Madam Xu, we have packed our bags. Old Li is asking when we will set off..."

After breakfast, the little maid came to ask for instructions from Aunt Xu, not daring to look directly at her gloomy face.

After a bad night's sleep, the calmness on Aunt Xu's face had long disappeared, replaced by embarrassment and anger.

She placed the teacup heavily on the tea table beside her. The loud noise of the impact made the little maid's heart tremble and she lowered her head even more.

“……” Madam Xu rubbed her temples anxiously.

Now, she had only two options: either slap herself in the face and not leave, or leave the second girl behind and return to Beijing immediately.

Of course, she would like to choose the second path, but the problem is that if she returns to Beijing alone without taking the second girl, she will have to give an explanation.

She still remembered that before she left the capital in June, the lady had specifically told her to teach the second young lady good manners, as this concerned the reputation of the Gu and Fang families.

The lady-in-waiting attached great importance to the marriage between the Marquis's Mansion and the Duke of England's Mansion, and was waiting for the second young lady to return to fulfill the engagement.

This mission cannot afford to fail... To put it bluntly, if she fails, there are still many people in the Marquis' Mansion waiting to take over! Thinking of this, Madam Xu felt a burst of pain in the place where the tooth was missing, and the pain seemed to penetrate into her bones.

"Madame Xu, something bad has happened!" Mrs. Feng shouted in panic and ran into the house hurriedly, her round chin and bloated body trembling as she ran.

Aunt Xu disliked Mrs. Feng's vulgarity, but she still asked, "What's wrong?"

Mrs. Feng replied, "Early this morning, when Mrs. Qian was shopping and passed by Dou's pawnshop, she was stopped by the clerk there. The clerk said that someone went to the pawnshop to pawn a pair of earrings yesterday evening, and the earrings had the mark of our mansion on them."

"Now, rumors are spreading outside that our Dingyuan Marquisate has become poor and penniless... and is going to be stripped of its title."

The sound of the last five words became lower and lower, as thin as a mosquito's hum.

(End of this chapter)