Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 406: Chapter 273: Displaying Military Power Chapter 406: Chapter 273: Displaying Military Power Gu Changsheng, faced with Huo Shuixian’s gaze, pushed Uncle Song aside and pulled the already open door closed, leaving only a crack.

“Miss, I don’t have the kind of convoluted thoughts you have. What I say means exactly what the words imply. Please, don’t overthink it!” Gu Changsheng spoke leisurely while leaning on the crack in the door.

“You!”

Just as Huo Shuixian was about to retort, she heard a loud “snap” and the door in front of her was shut right in her face!

Inside the Longevity Medical Hall, Gu Changsheng hurriedly bolted the door and sighed deeply.

“Phew… At least I don’t have to face that beautiful visage anymore. I really don’t want to be that merciless, flower-crushing evildoer!”

While speaking, Gu Changsheng patted his chest and sat down beside the door.

Borjigin Nian also sat down beside him, equally out of breath.

They had run here too hastily…

“My dear… to reject people outright like this, it isn’t good, right?” Uncle Song looked worriedly at the closed door and the two people blocking it, feeling utterly dejected.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng immediately glared. “What’s wrong with keeping her out? We can’t let the wolf into the house!”

Borjigin Nian immediately nodded in agreement – her friend had spoken, and she must support her!

Uncle Song glanced at Dong Lei, who had rushed over with two kitchen knives, and exchanged a look with Si Xi, both speechless.

“My dear, people come and go on Tongji Street. If they keep shouting at the door, it will definitely attract a crowd and may harm the reputation of our medical hall…”

Uncle Song’s concern was not without reason, but Gu Changsheng clearly did not agree and immediately countered, “And letting her in would prevent a spectacle?”

Uncle Song was stunned by the response.

Gu Changsheng, filled with sorrow, leaned on the door panel and spoke as if profoundly afflicted, “Uncle Song, standing outside is Huo Shuixian, recognized by the people of Liuzhou City almost as if from the Divine Residence. She’s not someone we can easily fend off anymore!”

“She’s on a rising tide, we definitely need to avoid her sharpness! Either way, we’d be watched, so rather than letting the wolf in and causing a commotion, it’s better to let her perform a solo act!”

As expected, Borjigin Nian nodded again in agreement.

Dong Lei, standing nearby, also nodded. “The missus is right! Didn’t the missus say, ‘attack like a tiger’s first charge?’ Miss Huo is currently riding high; we mustn’t provoke her now!”

Gu Changsheng looked approvingly at Dong Lei, nodding continuously. “Exactly! Attack like a tiger, then decline, and finally exhaust. I want to see how long she can keep this up! Let her create a fuss if she likes; we’re unaffected if we shut the door and live our lives.”

Gu Changsheng paused, touched his nose awkwardly, and nudged Borjigin Nian with his elbow. “Is it a bit disgraceful? Thinking about it, it really feels quite pathetic, huh…”

“Hehe…” Borjigin Nian covered her mouth and giggled. “Not at all. I think what you said makes perfect sense. I should write this down in my notebook; the knowledge of you Han people is indeed profound!”

Gu Changsheng gave her a sideways glance. This is profound?

The truly profound knowledge was in her foster father’s Book Tower!

“Gu Changsheng, hiding behind closed doors, what kind of skill is that? Are you going to be a coward?”

Indeed, it wasn’t long before the three outside came to their senses. Ru Yu looked furiously at the tightly shut door and bellowed.

Hearing this, Gu Changsheng, imitating the moves of the Xinjiang Dance, wagged her head back and forth and simultaneously taunted, “Have you ever seen a coward act like this?”

Everyone: “…”

“I’m happy being a joyful coward; if you dare, come bite me!” Seeing the family speechless, Gu Changsheng shouted defiantly at the door.

She’d be stupid to go out and waste words with that little bitch, Huo Shuixian.

With that energy, she’d rather study her medicinal herbs in the Medicine Tower.

“Gu Changsheng, we came here sincerely seeking medical advice, yet you defiantly keep your doors shut. To think there is such a medical hall in the world, disregarding the life and death of others!” Huo Shuixian’s voice came cold and tinged with condemnation.

“Definitely, spectators have gathered. Listen, even her tone has changed,” Gu Changsheng whispered, pointing at the door and speaking quietly to her family.

Borjigin Nian frowned and muttered discontentedly, “You Han women always put on airs, not nearly as straightforward and open as we Northern Mongolian women!”

“Hey! Don’t lump everyone together; I’m not like that little bitch Huo Shuixian! I’m as straightforward and open as they come!” Gu Changsheng nudged Borjigin Nian’s elbow again and raised her eyebrows. “Have you ever seen a coward this straightforward and open? That’s me!”

Borjigin Nian: “…”

As the clamor from Huo Shuixian and the others persisted from outside, inside, Gu Changsheng feigned deafness, continuing to banter carefreely with Borjigin Nian.

“Miss, from the look of it, Gu Changsheng obviously realizes she’s lost the support of His Highness Prince Mu and doesn’t dare face you now,” Ru Yu whispered arrogantly to her mistress.

Hearing this, a flicker of disdain passed through Huo Shuixian’s eyes.

A bitch is a bitch, always ready to change sides! Where has that arrogance gone? Now she doesn’t even dare to step out the door!

“We are here for our mother’s treatment, keep knocking on the door!”

As the crowd of onlookers grew, pointing and murmuring, Huo Shuixian stood dignifiedly aside and quietly instructed.

Isn’t Gu Changsheng’s current position all thanks to her medical skills?

She wanted Gu Changsheng, that lowly person, to fall into ruin, with no place to stand!

She was determined to have Gu Changsheng treat her mother!

“Gu Changsheng, we’ve prepared the consultation fee of ten thousand taels according to your rules. What reason do you have to refuse treatment now?”

“Since when does a medical hall not accept patients? Just open the door!”

Ru Yu and Ru Ge continued knocking.

Knowing they were just behind the door, they could even hear whispering, yet there was still no response.

Feeling the pain in her shoulder, Ru Yu, unable to contain her anger, lowered her voice and spoke through the crack in the door, “Gu Changsheng, are you so frightened of losing His Highness Prince Mu’s protection that you dare not even come out?”

“Gu Changsheng let me tell you, you are nothing but an Abandoned Wife, lowly as dust, how could you possibly match His Highness Prince Mu, who is so high above? Only my Miss is the proper match for His Highness Prince Mu. You wouldn’t know how they have been dining together, the image of them enjoying their meals, so harmonious and intimate, tsk tsk…”

“Gu Changsheng, I bet you didn’t know, my Miss has already moved into Paulownia Pavilion, that’s the yard prepared for the County Princess Consort in Prince Mu’s Mansion. Moreover, His Highness even gifted my Miss the famous guqin, Jiaowei…”

Ru Yu grew increasingly smug as she spoke, not believing that these words wouldn’t infuriate Gu Changsheng, that lowly person!

“A body of fallen flowers and withered willows, yet daring to enchant His Highness Prince Mu, you deserve to be abandoned after causing chaos!”

“What now, upset that you can’t fly up to a branch and become a phoenix? Is this why you can’t face coming out?”

“…”

As Gu Changsheng listened to the voices outside, she grabbed some seeds from Borjigin Nian and started cracking them open, remarking, “Look at me, oh, the tragedy… tsk tsk…”

She even started to feel a bit sorry for herself…

Borjigin Nian rolled her eyes upon hearing this; she truly couldn’t see where Gu Changsheng was suffering.

“Wonder if they aren’t thirsty or hungry from all this incessant babbling early in the morning,” Gu Changsheng said, even as she looked out the door with sympathy.

“Eat your seeds!” Borjigin Nian said irritably, shoving a handful of seeds into her hand.

Gu Changsheng accepted the seeds and looked towards her family members, “Stop crowding around. Xiao Leizi, go cook, I’m getting a bit hungry. You all go about your business; Miss Nian and I can watch the door well enough.”

Uncle Song and Dong Lei exchanged worried glances but still nodded and retreated.

“Miss, they won’t open the door, what should we do?” Ru Yu, after shouting herself hoarse with no reply, turned to her mistress for help.

Huo Shuixian’s bewitchingly beautiful face flickered with gloom, and she softly spat out one word, “Smash!”

Just as her maid said, without Brother Mu’s protection, Gu Changsheng was nothing!

“Gu Changsheng, it would be fine if you came out, but if you don’t, don’t blame me for turning your Medical Tower to rubble!” Huo Shuixian muttered through clenched teeth, her face set with resolute ferocity.

“Pfft!”

A sudden heavy impact came from behind, causing Gu Changsheng to choke on a seed shell.

“Cough cough cough!”

“Cough cough cough!”

Borjigin Nian was in the same plight, both awkwardly clutching their throats and coughing violently.

“Damn, they dare to smash the door! They’re asking for it!” Gu Changsheng spat out the seed shell, suddenly infuriated.

“Gu Changsheng, don’t be angry, remember we have a show to watch!” Borjigin Nian quickly restrained her from charging forth.

Gu Changsheng, pouting, pointed at the thunderously banging door and spoke with profound frustration, “Lucky for me Yuan Bao didn’t cut corners, or wouldn’t our family’s door be wrecked by them?”

“You wait, Water Fairy, if you fall into my hands, I’ll let you know why the flower is so red!”

“Pfft!”

Listening to Gu Changsheng’s suppressed curse, Borjigin Nian couldn’t help but burst out laughing, very inappropriately.

“Laugh! You’re still laughing! Laugh again and I’ll throw you out, telling that wretched woman you and Zhou Mu, that evildoer, are having an affair as siblings!”

“I am not!”

“I say you are! She’ll believe that little wretch has too!”

Borjigin Nian was immediately left speechless, quickly stifling her laughter.

The pounding on the door continued, infuriating Gu Changsheng to the point of wanting to curse.

“Crap! Don’t tell me they’re planning to dismantle my Medical Hall?” Gu Changsheng, hands on her hips, fumed as she speculated.

“I think so,” Borjigin Nian gravely nodded.

“Bloody hell, a non-violent non-cooperation, what about that! I’m really not afraid of them!” Gu Changsheng declared as she walked back to the door and yelled outside, “Miss Huo, if you want to drive Zhou Mu to a place of dishonor, you might as well try demolishing my Medical Hall!”