Chapter 246 Gongsun Yetong
Demon Palace Medical Pavilion.
In a lush herb garden, a woman dressed in white was busy working, holding a clod of soil in one hand and pulling up herbs with the other. Her brocade robe, made of gold thread, was already stained with the damp mud, but the woman did not care at all and continued to focus on her work.
In the moonlight, she suddenly heard the cry of a roc from the sky above. The woman was startled, her hand loosened, and the herbs she had been clutching fell to the ground.
The Kunpeng is the mythical beast mount used by the Lord of the Palace when he travels. When the Kunpeng cries out, it means that the Lord of the Palace has returned...
Excitement and joy welled up in her eyes. Just as she was about to step out of the muddy ground, she saw her robe, which was already stained black with mud.
The woman bit her lip, quickly placed the last herb back in the mud, and then lifted her foot to leave. Because she had been standing for too long, she was a little dazed, but fortunately, she was caught by the herb boy next to her just before she was about to fall.
"Doctor Gongsun, are you alright?" the apprentice asked worriedly. "You've been in this herb garden for months now, and you've planted a batch of the newest herbs. It's time for you to rest."
"Did you hear that? Kunpeng called out. Is it Lord Que back?" Gongsun Yetong asked to herself, as if she hadn't heard what the other person said.
"I heard it. The Kunpeng's cry was heard by everyone in the Demon Palace," the young apprentice said helplessly, seeing the woman's eager gaze for confirmation. "Now that the Palace Master is back, shouldn't Physician Gongsun take a rest?"
"I still haven't figured out the medicine to treat his hidden ailment, so I'm too ashamed to talk to him about it..." Gongsun Yetong's voice was tinged with grievance. "But I can go and see if his hidden ailment has worsened and if he's taking the pills I gave him on time."
Thinking of this, Gongsun Yetong's eyes immediately lit up, his previous fatigue vanished, and he immediately wanted to go to the palace.
"Physician Gongsun, you should change your clothes before you go," the apprentice doctor hurriedly reminded him. "Also, you should go to the pavilion to fetch the necessary medicinal herbs and pills..."
"Ah, right, right!" Gongsun Yetong clapped his hands, giving the medicine boy a grateful look, and then immediately ran towards the pavilion not far away.
It's been so long since I've seen him. Just thinking about it makes my heart pound. I hope she won't be rude when we meet.
The young apprentice watched the woman hurriedly return to the courtyard to get dressed, and sighed softly.
Who in the entire Demon Palace doesn't know that Miss Gongsun is in love with the Palace Master?
However, she thought she had hidden it very well, and was determined to become a top-grade physician to refine pills in order to help Master Que cure his hidden illness. Even if she had to stay in this herb garden for several years and give up her status as a young lady, she would not have any complaints.
After changing into a white robe in the courtyard, Gongsun Yetong even put on some light makeup and wore a hairpin to adorn herself.
After that, she hurriedly went to the medical pavilion to retrieve the pills she had previously refined, but while packing the herbs in a box, she heard the voices of two young apprentices talking as they walked by.
"I don't believe it! How could this be!" one of the apprentice doctors exclaimed in shock. "How could the Lord of the Palace do such a thing?"
Gongsun Yetong, who was about to leave, stopped abruptly upon hearing the words "Lord of the Palace," holding his breath and listening intently to what followed.
“It’s true! I saw it with my own eyes. They brought back a woman, and I heard that she’s not good-looking and her cultivation is only at the Foundation Establishment stage!” Another medicine boy said with certainty, turning his head to the side.
"Foundation Establishment? That's even more impossible. How could Lord Que bring back a Foundation Establishment cultivator? This can't even be considered a lack of talent, okay? He's just a useless piece of trash in cultivation," the voice paused, then continued, "Even if he saw it with his own eyes, Lord Que would probably just be playing around. Why would he take it seriously?"
"But the Lord of the Palace never cared about other women before, yet he brought this woman back to his palace this time. What else could this be but liking her?"
"I don't care, I don't care! Why doesn't Senior Sister Gongsun have a chance, but that useless woman who suddenly appeared can?"
"But--"
"Enough!" A woman's voice suddenly appeared behind the two, startling the two young medicine boys. They turned around in fright and discovered a woman dressed in white behind them.
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry, Senior Sister Gongsun, we just... we were just being nosy, we didn't mean anything by it..."
"Senior Sister Gongsun, we won't say anything more, can you please spare us?"
Gongsun Yetong narrowed his eyes and clenched his fists behind his back, but his expression remained unchanged. "Don't let me hear you gossiping behind my back again, or you'll be kicked out of the Medicine Pavilion."
"Yes, yes, yes..."
"Senior Sister Gongsun, we won't do it again."
"Furthermore," Gongsun Yetong paused, "I only wish to repay the Lord of the Palace for saving my life."
As soon as she finished speaking, she frowned and began to regret it. Feeling that the more she said, the more mistakes she would make, she stopped in time and walked away.
Gongsun Yetong slowly walked into the palace. His originally excited mood had long since sunk because of the remarks he had just heard, and he even felt a little scared for no reason.
What if what they're saying is true?
If the Lord of the Palace truly has a woman he loves, then what does all her hard work here amount to? And what does her shameless refusal to return to her family and her staying in the palace count for?
Even though she wouldn't admit it, Gongsun Yetong found that her heart began to ache, and her eyes gradually filled with tears.
"Miss Gongsun, what brings you here?"
Gongsun Yetong stopped hopping when she heard a questioning voice beside her. Only then did she realize that she had arrived at the palace gate, and Mu Binyi, dressed in a blue robe, was looking at her with concern.
“Ah, I…” Gongsun Yetong was speechless for a moment.
Previously, whenever the Lord of the Palace returned from an outing, he would immediately send her to investigate the recurrence of her old illness. Therefore, upon hearing that the Lord of the Palace had returned this time, she brought the pills with her, forgetting that no one had actually summoned her.
“Miss Gongsun, if there’s nothing else, please return.” Mu Binyi said.
"How is the old ailment of the Lord of the Palace? Was he injured on this trip?" Gongsun Yetong quickly composed himself and still voiced his concerns.
"No, although Lord Que took action, his old ailment did not relapse," Mu Binyi replied earnestly, recalling the situation at the time.
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