Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 168: Chapter 95: A Red Apricot Yearns to Scale the Wall_2

If I report this, I reckon I’d be the innocent fish caught in a crossfire, the moment our master loses his temper, I, Xiao Yuanbao, will be reduced to cannon fodder…

If I don’t report it, then I’m concealing the truth, and my fate won’t be much different from cannon fodder…

Either way, there’s no good outcome for me…

Is there any eunuch out there with a harder fate than me? It’s all Lady Changsheng’s fault!

“Lady Changsheng, why did you have to go and have an affair? Wuu wuu…” Yuan Bao looked accusingly at Gu Changsheng with a hint of tears.

As Zhou Mu cleansed his face, he glanced helplessly at the sobbing mess that was Yuan Bao at his feet…

What to say about this Yuan Bao?

The biggest regret of his life was being rescued by Yuan Bao at his most vulnerable, leading him to raise someone so unaware of life’s hardships, so utterly naïve!

Involuntarily catching Gu Changsheng’s sympathetic look, Zhou Mu returned an expression of shared helplessness, his mouth twitching slightly.

“So foolish!” As if reading each other’s thoughts, Gu Changsheng whispered those two words, her eyes still twinkling with mischief.

In all her years, she had never come across someone like Yuan Bao who was pure simplicity, easy to read, with a rotund body, and a face that, regardless of whether he was laughing or crying, was just naturally comical!

Suddenly aware of something, Yuan Bao abruptly stopped crying, lifted his head anxiously, and with a look of panic, turned to his master, “No! Master, how can you be here? Shouldn’t you be at the Southern Fujian Camp?”

Zhou Mu simply took a brocade handkerchief and dried his face, ignoring such an oblivious question.

“Master, as the Main General, if you left Southern Fujian without permission, desertion is punishable by death, isn’t it? Isn’t that akin to a crime deserving of death?” The sudden realization made Yuan Bao tense up.

Gu Changsheng was initially startled, then she understood. He must have made thorough preparations, having already secured a Substitute when he set out with the slow-moving army; undoubtedly, he did the same this time when he left Southern Fujian.

Gu Changsheng glanced again at Zhou Mu on the rocking chair and had an epiphany, as if enlightenment had struck him.

It seems that today’s drama wasn’t about in-house rebellion, but rather a case of mistaken family identity!

Yuan Bao, that big oaf, actually didn’t recognize his own master!

Really now!

“What affair? Sure, I’d like to be a ‘fallen apricot,’ but you at least ought to give me a wall to fall from, right?” She had just been divorced by Li Mansion! A bona fide abandoned wife! Stop spreading rumors about me when there’s no reason to!

Give me liberty, or give me death!

I’d be a fool to jump back into the tomb of marriage so quickly!

“Isn’t my master a fine wall? He’s been so kind to you, so obedient, yet you still had an affair. How could you do that to my master? Wuu wuu…”

Gu Changsheng rubbed her forehead as she watched Yuan Bao perform his sorrowful scene, her eyes sharp with spirit, “Yuan Bao, haven’t you heard of a saying?”

“What saying?” Yuan Bao hiccupped, instinctively responding through his sobs.

“With perseverance, even an iron pestle can be ground into a needle. In this world, there’s no fence that can’t be climbed over…” Ever seen the movie ‘Hedgehog, Women, and Dog’? Where there’s oppression, there’s resistance. Moreover, for me, Gu Changsheng, climbing over walls is simply natural!

However, if I were ever forced to climb over a wall, you can bet I would first grind that iron pestle down to a needle!

Shaking her head vigorously, Gu Changsheng cursed herself silently, “Evil thoughts, begone!”

Being a truly good, pure-hearted person without a hint of a scandal is a long and arduous journey!

Everyone gaped speechlessly at her. This woman, there truly was nothing she feared to say!

Yuan Bao also widened his eyes, staring intensely at Gu Changsheng.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Gu Changsheng met Yuan Bao’s gaze head-on. Let’s see who looks away first. Could his staring really embarrass her?

She defiantly glared back at Yuan Bao. With a thick skin like hers, she wasn’t afraid of being stared at!

Bring it on!

The two of them locked eyes for a long time, neither willing to concede, much to the onlookers’ discomfort.

The first to react was none other than Zhou Mu on the rocking chair. He sat up, looking at the two of them engaged in a staring contest, and sighed helplessly.

He should have known better than to expect Gu Changsheng to behave like a traditional woman.

Shyness? Timidity? He probably would never see such traits in Gu Changsheng in this lifetime!

This woman who claimed no fence was too high to climb over…

He was utterly defeated by her!

And Yue Xilou off to the side shook his head repeatedly…

He had seen countless men “not content at home,” as numerous as carps crossing the river, or else his Cool Breeze Bright Moon Tower wouldn’t be doing such brisk business, right?

But this was his first time encountering a woman who made such a righteous, impassioned case for going over the wall!

Unique! He liked it!

And then there was Gu Ze, aka Little Meat Bun, the most neutral party of all.

His big eyes swept over the three adults, taking in the scene before cautiously climbing down from the rocking chair and quietly washing his face in the basin…

Before he left, he didn’t forget to pull at the arm of the still glaring Yuan Bao, gently reminding, “Uncle Wood and Peacock Master should also wash their faces.”

Yuan Bao immediately stiffened, no longer able to care about who could last longer in the staring contest.

Like a mechanical doll, he turned stiffly and looked toward the “adulterer.”

Slap! A resounding smack as he realized the “ghost” of an adulterer, the “Uncle Wood” referred to by the Young Master, was always one and the same…

That person was his very own master, Prince Mu!

“Master?” He tentatively called, testing the waters.

“Hmm?” Standing up and refilling his washing basin, Zhou Mu, meeting their expectations, responded with a single word.

After which, Yuan Bao was utterly devastated, throwing himself into the wind and clinging to Zhou Mu’s pant leg, weeping and complaining bitterly.

“Master, you’re back; I’ve missed you to death. You have no idea, Master, while you were off at war, Liuzhou was in utter chaos, I was nearly scared to death… Wuu wuu…”

“It’s over, it’s all over now. If word goes out, it could be a life-threatening scandal. Those guards outside are our own people; they must be properly warned. But just…” Yuan Bao, displaying an unprecedented quick wit, cast a wary glance at Yue Xilou.