Chapter 254 Who sounds like a eunuch!
The rumors were vivid.
"This is terrible! The General's family will be extinct!"
"If you're not good at that, what's the difference between you and a eunuch?"
"There's no difference. Oh, I heard that the Guo family originally wanted to form a marriage alliance with Xie Jingmo, but now they're afraid that the Queen Mother will arrange a marriage to appease them, so they immediately let their daughter marry off!"
"That Guo Yuanyuan said that marrying a nobody is better than marrying Xie Jingmo. Otherwise, the marriage will be meaningless. What's the point of living like this?"
A few elderly ladies laughed and spoke in a lewd tone.
"What do you know? Once a woman has tasted that feeling, she will naturally be happy. But if she has never tasted it in her life, then wouldn't her life in this world be in vain?"
"Besides, Guo Tao is looking forward to having a grandchild. If she marries Xie Jingmo, then in this life, apart from Guo Yuanyuan cheating on her, I'm afraid there will be no hope for her!"
"Who says it's not? If Guo Yuanyuan really gets pregnant, it will be a disgrace to the Xie family."
This topic has been getting more and more unpleasant throughout Kyoto recently.
Deputy General Gao frowned and rushed to the General's Mansion, saying to the guards inside, "Are all of you guards here just for free? They're making up stories about your master, and not a single one of you stepped out to say a word? What are you all doing for a living?!"
The person inside lowered his head and said, "I... wasn't wrong."
Deputy General Gao was feeling suffocated and was about to explode when Xie Jingmo's weak voice came from inside the room, "Deputy General Gao."
Deputy General Gao came in immediately.
Xie Jingmo lay on the bed and said calmly: "Don't be angry with them, it's not a big deal. Besides, what they say outside is true. I really -"
Deputy General Gao glared at him, "But you don't know how bad the rumors are. Didn't you care about your reputation the most before? Why don't you care about it now?"
Xie Jingmo's face was still pale. After being seriously injured, his aura was obviously weaker.
He whispered, "We've all died once, why do you still care about that?"
Upon hearing this, Deputy General Gao sighed deeply.
Xie Jingmo sat up, coughed heavily a few times, and suddenly turned his body to the side and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Oh my God! How can it be so serious? Where is the imperial physician?! Imperial physician!"
The imperial physician hurried in and gave Xie Jingmo medicine.
Deputy General Gao asked, "Why is he still so ill? Are your treatments effective?"
The imperial physician sighed softly, "The general is troubled and needs time to recover. He was getting better before, but for some reason, his condition has suddenly stagnated. I'm completely baffled and have called my colleagues to discuss his condition with me this afternoon.
Deputy General Gao frowned.
When leaving Xie Jingmo's place, the old housekeeper of the general's mansion stopped Deputy General Gao at the door.
He immediately knelt down in front of Deputy General Gao.
"Deputy General Gao, please save our general."
"The general was injured while saving the empress dowager. Now that his foundation has been damaged, he is disheartened. I have seen him pour medicine into flower pots many times. He is determined to die! The words spoken outside are harsh, and the ignorant gossip in the mansion is like a knife cutting into the general's heart!"
"The only solace now is the Queen Mother. I, this old servant, dare to ask Deputy General Gao to ask the Queen Mother to come and give me some advice!"
"Otherwise, our general will really be gone!"
Upon hearing this, Deputy General Gao's eyes were shocked. He took a big step and rushed into the palace!
Yun Zhao was reading the memorial.
Deputy General Gao rushed in and the sword at his waist fell off.
Yun Zhao raised his eyelids.
Deputy General Gao: "Empress Dowager, Xie Jingmo is dying!"
Yun Zhao frowned.
"He's been listening to the nonsense outside and is desperately seeking death. Now he's refusing to eat. Go out of the palace and see him. Please save his life!"
Upon hearing this, Yun Zhao slowly lowered his eyes and glanced at the memorial in his hand.
Deputy General Gao cried out, "If you think about it again, the person will be gone!"
The carriage slowly drove out of the palace gate.
We passed a teahouse on the way.
"Hey, I know something new. The maids in General Xie's mansion who originally wanted to curry favor with the rich and powerful packed up their things and left overnight! Now, the only ones left in the mansion are old maids over forty years old!"
"Huh? Why?!"
"Why else could it be? Originally, those maids were all thinking about getting promoted. Now Xie Jingmo is half dead. Even if he survives, he will only be a useless body. Those people have no hope, so they naturally left."
"That's it. Those old ladies over forty think it's unlucky to serve in the general's mansion. I heard that Xie Jingmo has been very moody since he got sick. It's really scary."
"I heard that Xie Jingmo now speaks in a soft voice, no different from a eunuch!"
“…”
Deputy General Gao heard what was said outside, lifted the curtain, and shouted angrily, "What bullshit are you talking about! Whose voice sounds like a eunuch?"
Everyone dispersed happily.
But he said, "Isn't this the truth? Otherwise, why are you so upset?"
Deputy General Gao took a deep breath, his face ferocious as if he wanted to kill someone.
Yun Zhao also frowned, "Who spread this news?"
Deputy General Gao was frustrated. "Who knows? The day Xie Jingmo left the palace, everyone in the streets and alleys knew about it. But it's obvious! When he left the palace, it was all our brothers from the border. There's no way they could say anything. Besides, they don't have that ability. You were the only one who mentioned it in the palace. There was no one else besides the imperial physician at that time!"
"After leaving the palace, I repeatedly warned the imperial physician not to spread this matter. And yet, everyone knew about it. If I knew who spread these rumors, I would definitely kill that person!"
Yun Zhao lifted the curtain of the carriage, got out and entered Xie's mansion.
Yun Zhao glanced around and saw that most of the people in the mansion were indeed men, and the maids had all been replaced by old women.
Yun Zhao frowned.
The old housekeeper rushed in and cried to Deputy General Gao, "The people outside are making up a lot of stories, saying that our general is not good in that aspect, so the mansion is looking for men to come, just to..."
Deputy General Gao was completely confused. "What's wrong with the man? The man—"
That’s all I have to say.
Deputy General Gao's face was as red as pig liver.
Yun Zhao frowned and raised his eyes, clearly seeing that the young men present were retreating one after another.
"This is a general from the imperial court! He served on the frontier for seven years, garrisoned the southwest for three! He's made great contributions! How could he be fabricated like this? Pass the order on! Anyone caught talking nonsense on the streets will be arrested!"
Fu Hai lowered his head and said, "Yes!"
The housekeeper then realized that the person in front of him was Yun Zhao. He knelt down in grievance and burst into tears again.
Yun Zhao was annoyed by the crying and pushed open Xie Jingmo's room.
The room was filled with a strong smell of medicine, and all the flowers around were watered to death.
"You're here."
"I'm fine."
"It's just a feeling of depression in my heart. I can slowly adjust myself."
Yun Zhao frowned and looked at him.
Xie Jingmo managed to sit up and smiled. He had been lying in bed for many days and no longer had the majesty of a general. Instead, he looked more like a weak scholar.
He leaned forward, trying to reach out to Yun Zhao for a chair.
But he was so weak that he started gasping for breath as soon as he moved!
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