Chapter 8 Wanting to be the Son of the Medical Immortal
"What do you mean?"
Zhou Zhili was just about to ask for clarification when another palace servant came to report.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the people from the Jing'an Marquis's residence are requesting an audience. They say the old lady is seriously ill. Please return home immediately, Your Majesty..."
Zhou Zhili was stunned, and looked at Gu Ruanci's expression with even more resentment.
"Rebellious daughter, if you hadn't made Mother angry, how could her condition have worsened? If anything happens to her, I will make you pay the price."
Gu Ruanci said with remarkable composure, "Are you talking about funeral gifts? I'll give it to you even without you asking. How much do you think is appropriate?"
Zhou Zhili was about to say something when the emperor reminded him, "Marquis Jing'an, the old lady's condition is serious. You should take Imperial Physician Zang back with you..."
With the emperor's mediation, Zhou Zhili finally regained some of his sanity and left in anger.
Gu Ruanci's light words just now made Gu Congyun particularly satisfied.
His daughter is not someone who can be bullied.
He looked at the emperor with an extremely proud look, and the emperor felt it was too shameful to look at his proud expression.
"Alright, I've brought my daughter here for you to see. If you want to make me angry, go home now..."
The emperor's tone already showed some disgust.
Watching them leave, the Emperor finally couldn't help but say to the Empress, "How much hatred must Gu Ruanci have in his heart to say these words so calmly to his own biological father?"
However, the Empress gently replied, "How wicked must Zhou Zhili be to allow his daughter to be so heartless? Your Majesty, don't forget, there's only Gu Ruanci now, not Zhou Qingran."
"It seems that I have to give this generous gift to the family reunion banquet in a few days."
On the way out of the palace, Gu Congyun couldn't help it.
"Soft words, what you just said about Zhou Zhili really resonated with me. Don't worry, our family won't restrict you by any rules or make you extremely careful with your words. We also don't look down on those who disdain your upbringing and say they dare not marry you because of what you said. They are all cowards."
Gu Congyun was in a good mood, at least his daughter was not a wimp.
Over the years, he has been making preparations to protect his daughter in all aspects when she returns.
Zhuang Hefeng said, "My daughter just came back, and I want her to stay with me for a few more years. Why are you talking about getting married for no reason? Don't you have anything to say?"
Gu Congyun quickly apologized: "Madam, I was too proud just now and said something without thinking..."
"Alright, hurry home. This family reunion banquet must be held in a respectable manner. We must let everyone in the entire Dizhou know that the daughter of our Shouguo Mansion has returned."
She was very relieved that Gu Ruanci's attitude just now was extremely calm, and she would not be coerced by those people from the Zhou family in the future.
Those shameless people, who knows how much more shameless things they can do.
After Zhou Zhili met Zang Jizhi at the imperial physician's office, he hurriedly took him back to the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion.
Along the way, he slandered and insulted Gu Ruanci in various ways, but Zang Jizhi listened indifferently, without any agreement, nor any attempt to stop or correct him.
Anyway, this family has nothing to do with his junior sister anymore, so there is no need for him to help them calm down.
Let them hate as much as they want, but in the end they will regret it when they find out that the person they hate the most is their old lady’s only hope of survival.
"How is it, Doctor Zang?"
After Zang Jizhi finished acupuncture, Zhou Zhili hurriedly asked.
Ye Lanxin also stepped forward and emphasized: "Doctor Zang, my mother-in-law is very anxious and angry. She was not in good health to begin with, and she got worse after hearing all these messed up things. Originally, if she was carefully taken care of, there would be no problem when your sister came. Now I am afraid it will be a bit troublesome. If you need any precious medicinal materials, just tell us, we are not afraid of it..."
"It's all that bitch Zhou Qingran's fault. If she hadn't come back so rashly and said those rude words, how could things have turned out like this? My younger sister was driven to suicide by her, and now my grandmother is almost pissed off to death by her. She's a disaster. If she ever returns to the mansion, I'll make her kneel for three days and whip her several times."
Zhou Yuzhi spoke with gritted teeth.
Seeing Zang Jizhi's even colder eyes, he thought that it was because he was distracted and did not pay full attention to his grandmother's condition that disappointed Doctor Zang.
He quickly explained: "Doctor Zang, I'm really angry and worried about my grandmother, so I had such thoughts. I'm worried and confused, so please don't mind..."
Before Zang Jizhi could reply, he immediately said, "Grandmother's condition is special now. If it weren't for your exquisite needlework, I'm afraid we would be helpless. Putting aside my previous request to become your disciple, could you please teach me a few of those needlework techniques just now, just in case?"
Zang Jizhi felt it was unlucky when he recalled that the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion had been trying to get Zhou Yuzhi to become his disciple over the years. Treating the old lady was his duty as a doctor, and even more so the responsibility of an imperial physician. His junior sister would not think much about it. If Zhou Yuzhi was accepted, the master would directly expel him from the sect without his junior sister having to break up with him.
"You know all the acupoints, but the strength and depth of the silver needles require experience. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to use what you've learned on the spur of the moment on your grandmother."
Zhou Yuzhi understood that Zang Jizhi had rejected him again. While he felt a little annoyed, his other longing became even stronger. After meeting the Little Medical Fairy, he would try to become her disciple.
According to Zang Jizhi's previous description of his junior sister, she was knowledgeable, had superb medical skills, and was already somewhat better than their master. She must be an elderly woman, unmarried and childless. Maybe she could treat him as her child and be her future support.
Doctor Zang didn't have time to analyze his delusions. He just wrote a prescription and left.
Only at this time did everyone have time to ask what had happened in the palace.
Zhou Zhili grew increasingly angry as he recounted the entire incident. The usually steady Crown Prince, Zhou Yuxiu, spoke with a sullen expression, "Ten years have passed, and she's become so disobedient. We shouldn't have let her leave with the Ye family back then."
"Since she left, she shouldn't have come back. We were living happily ever after, but now everyone is unhappy because of her appearance. She's simply a nuisance. If I see her one day, I'll definitely teach her a lesson."
Zhou Yuqi, the youngest son of the Marquis's Mansion, did not even hide his disgust.
The person they were talking about at this time seemed not to be their biological sister, but an enemy.
Wen Zimei, the eldest wife's widow who had been silent, spoke up at this moment: "I don't know when that young medical genius will be able to come. I should have asked Imperial Doctor Zang just now..."
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