Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 245: Chapter 144 Curiosity Killed the Cat_2 Chapter 245: Chapter 144 Curiosity Killed the Cat_2 “What news?” Du Chenzhi was perplexed.

“Well, about that invitation for us to meet, Yuan Bao delivered the message to Zhou Mu,” Gu Changsheng, indulging in intrigue, began to play coy as he saw Du Chenzhi appearing unconcerned.

“Er… what did Lord Yuan Bao say in the message?” Seeing Gu Changsheng like this, Du Chenzhi became cautious.

“Nothing much, just wrote down a single sentence.”

Suddenly, Du Chenzhi thought of that “surprise,” and his whole demeanor faltered, stepping forward apprehensively, he cautiously asked, “Lord Yuan Bao didn’t write about me falling on top of you, did he? Heaven and earth be my witness, I really did step on a small stone and slipped, I have a family and a son, I had absolutely no improper thoughts about you!”

“The truth isn’t important, what matters is, Yuan Bao indeed wrote a sentence, exactly mentioning that incident,” Gu Changsheng helplessly shrugged his shoulders.

“So what exactly did Lord Yuan Bao say?” Du Chenzhi was genuinely anxious now, feeling like a scholar incapable of reasoning with a soldier.

“Yuan Bao told Zhou Mu that I, an old lady, am a red apricot about to escape over the wall, unfortunately, you are that man outside the wall,” Gu Changsheng pointed directly at Du Chenzhi.

The next instant, Du Chenzhi darted out of the hall with the speed of light.

That speed was astonishing…

“Lady Chang Shou, I’ll find a place to hide first, you’re right, life is more important, the bandit suppression can wait till Commandery Prince Mu leaves,” he said.

Gu Changsheng, watching the vanishing figure, couldn’t help but wonder, “Isn’t this guy from a scholarly family? Why do I feel like he’s more of a martial arts practitioner? Such speed, how outstandingly fast?”

The escaping Du Chenzhi, now disregarding everything else as Gu Changsheng said, indeed had fallen onto Lady Changsheng by accident, he had unintentionally dishonored the woman whom Commandery Prince Mu fancied, a predicament anyone would find pressing; once Commandery Prince Mu returned and saw him, it would only take a moment, and he would be dead for sure, his innocence notwithstanding.

He didn’t know how Prince Mu would react out of jealousy, but he was well aware that few who upset Commandery Prince Mu lived to tell the tale.

Nothing else to say, one word, hide!

He had to hide at least until Lady Changsheng clarified that misunderstanding for him to return!

With a straightforward and decisive escape, Du Chenzhi vanished as Yue Xilou walked into view, gracefully lifting the bamboo curtain.

“Girl, are you saving him?”

Gu Changsheng tilted his head to look at Yue Xilou, who was ever so charmingly flirtatious, “Saving him? Do I look like that kind of good-hearted person?”

Yue Xilou stared at her for two seconds, then nodded, “You do!”

Bullshit! I’m not even adding insult to injury, let alone pouring oil on the fire, and you expect me to go out of my way to save someone? How could that be?” Gu Changsheng self-mockingly said. “Besides, I’ve already got enough on my plate, being in constant trouble like a clay Bodhisattva crossing a river, how could I have the spare energy to save anyone?”

Yue Xilou shook her head, “Girl, you don’t have to hide from me about Zhou Mu, and you can’t hide it either.”

Gu Changsheng was startled, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, “What do you mean?”

“Ten years ago, the Former Crown Prince was incompetent and jealous, narrow-minded; the Emperor intended for Zhou Mu’s grandchildren to take up his ancestral trade, but back then he was still young, his mind needed refining, thus, the Emperor had his trusted subjects issue an imperial order.” Yue Xilou leaned against the railing, her folding fan gently stirring, “It was this very decree, that pushed the narrow-minded Former Crown Prince to desperation, eventually leading to the great fire in the Eastern Palace.”

As he spoke, Gu Changsheng’s frown deepened.

“And the one who delivered the decree was Du Mingli,” Yue Xilou said, her face blooming like a flower as she closed her fan, “Am I right, girl?”

“You scared Du Chenzhi away because you feared that Zhou Mu would come back and vent his anger on him, right?”

Gu Changsheng assessed Yue Xilou, who was stunning in her Five-Colored Brocade Clothes, her beauty and cheer as charming as ever, “Yue Xilou, that matter, Zhou Mu keeps deep within, how do you know about it?”

The royal secret of Zhou Mu killing his father was so significant, she’d bet the grass over the graves of those in the know was knee-high by now, yet Yue Xilou knew all too well!

Under her scrutinizing gaze, Yue Xilou looked back, unruffled.

“Since ten years ago, you’ve been taking an interest in him? Why?” Gu Changsheng’s gaze was penetrating, unyielding, “Zhou Mu was only ten years old at the time, hardly influential, with your capabilities, if you wanted to eliminate him, it would have been effortless, why wait until now?”

“You’ve never intended to take his life, but I saw jealousy and resentment in the way you looked at him, Yue Xilou, why? What is your relationship?” Gu Changsheng pressed closer.

“Girl, one of us is an Imperial Kin and the other is a businessman from the Itinerant World, what kind of relationship can we have?” Yue Xilou finally responded under Gu Changsheng’s relentless pressure.

Gu Changsheng found his answer unsatisfactory, but clearly, they had nothing in common; a big question mark remained over her head, yet her reasoning told her there had to be a catch!

“It’s about those two elders, right? Your attention to and exclusion of Zhou Mu are because of those elders?” Gu Changsheng blinked her eyes boldly speculating, if there was one thing correlating Yue Xilou and Zhou Mu, it was the person Yue Xilou had been desperately searching for, who was around Zhou Mu.

At the mention of the elders, Yue Xilou’s demeanor changed abruptly, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, “Girl, I’m seeking revenge! If I catch those two, I’ll flay and disembowel them, digesting them completely!”

Gu Changsheng, watching Yue Xilou storm off, called out from behind, crooking her neck, “Such great enmity, huh? Do they have a blood feud with you, or did they dig up your family’s ancient tomb?”

Yue Xilou’s body paused, he harrumphed heavily, and then in the blink of an eye, he was gone.

“What kind of person is this, doesn’t he know that curiosity killed the cat!” Gu Changsheng stomped her foot in frustration.