Chapter 71 Two Achievements
After everyone in the Shouguo Mansion knew Gu Ruanci's identity, apart from admiration, nothing else changed. After all, this was the eldest lady they had long recognized.
Aunt Lin's condition stabilized. After the fever subsided, she basically had no symptoms and her wounds were slowly healing.
The Gu family always pays attention to the news outside, especially the movements of the Zhou family.
In order to attract the attention of the Little Medical Immortal, Zhou Yuzhi publicized that he had learned the Nine Needles of Restoring Yang and had successfully rescued an old lady.
This incident caused a great response outside, especially when many people knew that the acupuncture method he learned was originally taught by the Little Medical Fairy when he was in the Five Dragons Palace, they became more optimistic about him.
Most people believed that Zhou Yuzhi had to be the disciple of the Little Medical Immortal this time.
"The more the Zhou family behaves like this, the more we can see that they are just strong on the outside but weak on the inside." Gu Ruanci had long seen through the Zhou family's character.
Gu Congyun said, "We have already had more people working together to create the impression that Zhou Yuzhi is the number one medical genius in the Imperial State. We also said that if the Little Medical Immortal doesn't accept him as his disciple, it will be a lifelong loss."
Gu Ruanci smiled and said, "Thank you, father... They're still as foolish as ever about this matter. Without my mother's help in managing things these years, Zhou Zhili's true nature has become increasingly apparent. Even the one in the palace is just as clueless after having a son. Until the day the Zhou family is completely overthrown, they won't understand that everything they have now is because of my mother."
Zhuang Hefeng said, "That's right. The Zhou family's ancestral tomb only emitted green smoke once, when your mother came into the family. There will never be a second time in this life."
Their idle chat did not affect the developments outside.
When the servant hurriedly came to report that the emperor had arrived at the door, Gu Congyun and the others were stunned.
He didn't have time to ask any more questions or change his clothes, so he went straight to the gate to greet them.
"I am late in receiving you, Your Majesty, and I beg your forgiveness..."
At the gate, the emperor was waiting patiently.
Seeing that the Gu family had all come out, he greeted them with a smile on his face.
"Congyun, I'm here incognito today. I'm coming to your house to take a look around and get some fresh air before leaving. I hope you won't object to my welcome."
"Of course not, Your Majesty is joking..."
After answering, Gu Congyun stood up and bowed to let the emperor in.
Afterwards, the Gu family’s door was closed and no visitors were allowed that day.
Everyone returned to the main hall in a mighty procession, and the emperor sat on the main seat.
"Why did the Emperor come here without a word? I am not prepared at all."
Gu Congyun did not forget basic etiquette just because he had a good relationship with the emperor.
"Nothing. I'm just bored in the palace. I've been dealing with all sorts of trivial matters lately and I'm feeling irritable. I wanted to go out and relax, and I just happened to think of you."
When he spoke, he looked at Gu Ruanci deliberately.
"Soft words, have you adapted to everything since returning to the Imperial State?"
The emperor specifically asked questions to Gu Ruanci, and he had not had many opportunities to take care of him before.
"In reply to Your Majesty, Father and Mother are very thoughtful. My brothers and sisters are all very kind to me. I admitted that I am the Little Medical Fairy two days ago. Mother only feels sorry for me and must have suffered a lot. She has never complained about my concealment."
The emperor naturally believed Gu Ruanci's words.
He had seen how the Gu family had been looking forward to Gu Ruanci's return over the years.
When the incident just happened, they submitted a petition to come back. As soon as they arrived in Dizhou, they went straight to the palace to ask me to punish the Zhou and Ye families without even organizing their descriptions. Unfortunately, because of the policy of governing the country that I promulgated, which put benevolence and filial piety first, there was really no way I could do anything to the two families.
He remembered that Gu Congyun wanted to rush to the Zhou family with a knife. If he hadn't stopped him, the Zhou family would have been littered with corpses.
In the two years since they returned to Dizhou, the Zhou and Ye families have looked for various opportunities to get close to the Gu family, but they all ended in failure.
Gu Congyun and his wife will never be able to get over what happened to Ye Hesheng.
The Empress once told the Emperor that she envied Ye Hesheng for having a close friend like Zhuang Hefeng. He also believed that Gu Congyun and his wife truly treated Gu Runci as their own daughter.
"Isn't that what all parents do? Since you're no longer hiding things from the Gu family, I can speak frankly. The two things you did earlier were both meritorious."
The Gu family immediately became interested. They didn't expect that Gu Ruanci was really doing great things quietly.
"The woman I suspected with soft words before was the one who sold herself on the street to bury her father. After investigation, it was confirmed that she was a spy, and she wanted to steal border intelligence. The place she wanted to infiltrate most was your Gu family. It's a pity that she was discovered in advance, and later she confessed some people and things. Now the crisis has been resolved."
"There's another thing. On the first day after Ruanci returned to Dizhou, he went to help Imperial Doctor Zang treat a Dayao soldier who had been rescued from the border. He was also a trained spy. The information he brought back was crucial. Dashun and Yamato were actually planning to join forces to launch a surprise attack on your boss, Da Yutang."
"Their target is actually my brother?" Gu Yuxuan really couldn't help it.
The Emperor didn't blame him for his rashness, but nodded. "Indeed, they thought the spy was dead and the news hadn't leaked out. Unexpectedly, he was revived by soft words. Their action plan was promptly passed on to Yu Tang, who set up an ambush and routed them. It will be difficult for them to unite again in the future."
After the emperor finished speaking, he took out a letter from his sleeve while the Gu family was excited and relieved.
"The border battle report just arrived today. This is the letter tucked inside. It's from Yutang."
Gu Congyun took it with great anticipation and opened it to read in front of the emperor.
"This kid, he actually kept such a big thing a secret..." Zhuang Hefeng came over and made a casual joke.
Gu Congyun's eyes never left the contents of the letter, and his hand was tightly gripping the letter, afraid that Zhuang Hefeng would snatch it away from him. He responded very naturally, "Of course, this is military discipline."
Zhuang Hefeng immediately said, "What I'm saying is that he already knew that soft words were about the Little Medical Fairy..."
"If you know, you know. Now we know, don't we? Now he is safe, the soldiers are safe, and the border is safe. That is the best news."
"Soft words. Your eldest brother said he's proud of you and he'll always be your strongest support."
After seeing the content about Gu Ruanci on the letter, Zhuang Hefeng immediately conveyed it to Gu Ruanci.
The emperor looked at Gu Ruanci's relaxed attitude and knew that she truly considered this place her home. He also said, "Ruanci, I want to thank you too, because you caught that female spy. We followed the clues and found the traitor hiding next to the Second Prince."
When Gu Yuxuan heard this, he realized that his sister could accomplish two great feats with just one move.
"Soft words, what reward do you want?" the emperor asked generously.
Gu Congyun and Zhuang Hefeng temporarily stopped reading the letter and waited expectantly for Gu Ruanci's reply.
Gu Ruanci thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, as a citizen of Dayao, it is my honor to be able to do something for the country. If Your Majesty must reward me, please agree that in the future, if anyone from the Ye or Zhou family dies, please allow me to stand by and watch, or even add fuel to the fire..."
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