Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 407: Chapter 274: Long Time No See Chapter 407: Chapter 274: Long Time No See Huo Shuixian, upon hearing those words, was momentarily stunned, her incomparably beautiful face stiffening for an instant.

Finally hearing a response from inside Longevity Medical Hall, the onlookers immediately erupted into an uproar.

Listened to the chaos around her, Huo Shuixian felt extremely irritated.

She had everything planned perfectly, to first ruin that wretch Gu Changsheng and then ensure she met a miserable end!

She didn’t expect that the wretch would have no dignity and simply shut herself in!

If this continued, even her own reputation as Huo Shuixian might be tarnished.

“Gu Changsheng, what do you mean?” Huo Shuixian’s brows furrowed tightly, her eyes flaming with rage as if she wanted to bore two holes through the closed door, “Even if I want to tear down your medical hall, what does it have to do with Brother Mu?”

“Gu Changsheng, don’t tell me that even now, you’re still delusional enough to think Brother Mu will stand up for you?”

As she spoke, Huo Shuixian couldn’t help but let out a sneer, her voice ringing with conviction, “You’re truly dreaming!”

Gu Changsheng, inside the door, heard Huo Shuixian’s remarks and responded with a mocking smile, shouting back at her with scorn dripping from her face, “Miss Huo, as the daughter of the Grand Tutor’s Family and the foremost talent in the Capital City, can’t you read?”

“Please raise your noble head and look up. The king’s decree is clearly hanging there, are your goddamn eyes blind?”

No one could blame Gu Changsheng for her rudeness, she had already tried very hard to suppress her anger.

There’s a limit to patience, and this Miss Huo seemed determined to turn picking faults into a game of matching pairs. If she weren’t to get angry, she wouldn’t be human!

Gu Changsheng felt sure that she was definitely human!

So getting angry was inevitable!

Outside, Huo Shuixian looked up icily to see that the plaque of the medical hall bore only the powerful characters of “Changsheng,” clearly written by a master’s hand, and beside it hung a dazzling golden plaque.

“Commandery Prince Zhou Mu’s decree: Those who trespass in the medical hall, life or death are in my hands!” Huo Shuixian’s eyes narrowed into slits as she read out loud through gritted teeth.

Her Brother Mu had actually issued such a decree!

That imperial seal cannot be forged!

In that moment, jealousy swept through Huo Shuixian like a surging river, her Brother Mu should only be kind to her and no one else, only her!

“Gu Changsheng, if it weren’t for you casting some vixen’s spell, Brother Mu would never have issued such a decree without reason!” Huo Shuixian glared at the firmly shut door of Longevity Medical Hall, speaking bitterly, “Times have changed, and Brother Mu has already abandoned you. Do you still think you can use this king’s decree as a means to intimidate me?”

“Not only will I smash your medical hall today, but I will also raze this place to the ground. What can you do to me?”

Though separated by a door, Huo Shuixian’s voice was neither loud nor soft, but clearly reached Gu Changsheng’s ears.

Hearing this, Gu Changsheng looked somewhat speechlessly at Borjigin Nian, who was happily cracking sunflower seeds beside her, and muttered, “Did you hear that? The heart of a woman is the most poisonous…”

God, she hadn’t provoked or offended anyone, yet Miss Huo acted as if she was hellbent on a relentless vendetta against her.

Handsome men are surely a calamity!

This evildoer was truly a source of trouble for her.

Borjigin Nian nodded noncommittally while continuing to crack his seeds.

Truth be told, if anyone was watching the drama, it was he who was truly disengaged and watching the whole spectacle.

Seeing him like this, Gu Changsheng pursed her lips and shook her head before turning back to the door, her voice laced with regret as she spoke loudly, “Miss Huo, your imagination is rich, but reality is always skeletal. Do you really think you can tear down my medical hall? Do you think you can actually reduce this place to ruins?”

“Miss, if you wish to daydream under the bright sun, you’d best go back, wash up, and sleep–come to your senses all the quicker!”

Outside, Huo Shuixian’s face flushed red with anger upon hearing these words.

Concerned with her own image, she had deliberately kept her voice low, but that wretch Gu Changsheng had spoken loudly enough for everyone to hear.

Huo Shuixian could clearly feel the disdain and mockery in Gu Changsheng’s words and could even imagine her outrageously arrogant expression.

Gu Changsheng’s voice was indeed loud; the onlookers were taken aback for a moment before grasping her meaning and then were immediately shocked.

“Miss Huo wants to tear down Longevity Medical Hall?”

“Good heaven! Wasn’t Miss Huo here to seek medical treatment? But from the look of it, she seems to be here for revenge?”

“Shh! Don’t talk nonsense; Miss Huo is considered a Heavenly Chosen Noble who attracts the phoenix’s auspicious presence. You can’t speak ill of her!”

“Who would have thought Miss Huo would dare to defy a king’s decree? With her stance, it looks like she’s about to force her way in!”

“…”

The noisy chatter around her caused Huo Shuixian’s expression to darken further.

King’s decree? So what about the king’s decree? Brother Mu’s heart is with her now! She couldn’t believe that Brother Mu would make things difficult for her again because of this vile woman!

Borjigin Nian leisurely took out a brocade handkerchief, wiped his hands, tilted his head to look at Gu Changsheng, and blinked his big eyes as he asked, “Are you playing with fire here? Knowing it will infuriate her, yet you still said it!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng shrugged indifferently, as if the matter did not concern him, “It’s unreasonable for old mama to be blocked at the door and fuming with anger while the culprit herself struts around triumphantly!”

“Aren’t you afraid she will really smash your medical hall?”

“I’d lend her the guts–forget smashing my medical hall–if she dares to even damage my door, I will make her regret it!” Gu Changsheng immediately glared back upon hearing this.

Damn it, there’s no reason for Zhou Mu to put on a big show and for her to suffer the consequences, right?

In Gu Changsheng’s life dictionary, the word ‘suffer’ did not exist!

Whoever made her unhappy, she was determined to make their whole family unhappy!

“Hit it!” Huo Shuixian’s gaze was sinister as she stared at the great door, muttering two words in a low voice.

Gu Changsheng heard it clearly from inside and sneered, “Miss Huo, don’t say I didn’t warn you. If you dare to trespass my medical hall today, Zhou Mu will surely expel you from the residence. Do you believe it?”

Thwarted multiple times, Huo Shuixian’s face darkened to the point it seemed it could drip ink, “What do you mean?”

The Gu Changsheng inside the door raised her eyebrows and said, “Didn’t I just say it? If you don’t want to trap Zhou Mu in a position of being unjust and dishonorable, you’d best not come to my medical hall making trouble!”

“Do you think that just because you and Zhou Mu are basking in love, and you are living in such harmony, that I will set it all aside? Miss Huo, even if there’s no more affection between Zhou Mu and me, the king’s decree is still the king’s decree. Would you dare to act against it in front of him?”

Huo Shuixian clenched her fingers tightly into fists upon hearing this, slowly digging into her palms.

Gu Changsheng was right; the king’s decree represented Brother Mu. If she made a wrongful move in front of the king’s decree, it would be like slapping Brother Mu’s face in front of all the people of Liuzhou.

Huo Shuixian hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to do.

Seeing her own Miss Huo waver at the mention of His Highness Prince Mu, Ru Yu grew anxious. She was on the verge of taking her revenge. Why should they just let it go now? Ru Yu’s mind raced as she quickly leaned near her miss and whispered, “Miss, at this moment that despicable woman still dares to invoke His Highness Prince Mu’s name. She’s hoping His Highness will still hold on to past affections!”

Upon hearing this, Huo Shuixian’s eyes flashed with a vengeful glint.

Everyone who dared covet her Brother Mu deserved to die!

“Gu Changsheng, don’t try to intimidate me. I don’t believe that Brother Mu would expel me from the residence for your sake. He definitely can’t bear to do so…”

“Tsk…” Gu Changsheng leaned against the door and sneered immediately upon hearing this, as if mocking the fool before her, “Miss Huo, you really should have your ears checked. You can’t even hear what I’m saying clearly. This is an illness that needs treatment!”

“You!” Miss Huo outside immediately became so angry she was at a loss for words, breathing heavily.

“Miss Huo, I’ll tell you right now whether this king’s decree will stand or fall because of your favor,” Gu Changsheng said in a tauntingly low voice.

Huo Shuixian suddenly had a bad feeling at the bottom of her heart.

Gu Changsheng did not give her the chance to ponder. She immediately raised her voice to those outside, “The reason Zhou Mu issued this king’s decree was not because of any private feelings between him and me, but because I saved his life!”

“Miss Huo, saving a life is a grace as great as recreating it. Even if our past affections are gone, I, Gu Changsheng, am still his lifesaver. If he indulges you in breaking into my medical hall, it would mean he’s ungrateful and unrighteous!”

“With so many people outside to witness, Miss Huo, you came to my door under the pretense of seeking medical help. What you’re doing is clear to everyone, so drop those self-righteous pretenses. You want Zhou Mu, I will graciously hand him over! But if he dares to indulge you in causing a commotion in my medical hall, isn’t he afraid of what everyone in the world would say?”

“Given all this, Miss Huo, do you still believe he wouldn’t expel you from the residence?”

After finishing her statement, Gu Changsheng abruptly pulled the door open, her figure clad in a blood-red dress standing tall upon the steps, looking down at Huo Shuixian and her servants below.

Huo Shuixian trembled with rage, gazing at the scorching figure in red before her.

It must be said, Gu Changsheng was exceedingly beautiful, her beauty not that of being unworldly like her own, but one that was bold and vivid to the extreme, impossible to forget!

“Gu, Chang, sheng! You are taking advantage of your grace!” Huo Shuixian stared at the woman before her in shock, her words bitterly spat out.

She had been unaware that this woman, this woman actually had the grace of saving her Brother Mu’s life!

She thought, given Brother Mu’s cold and aloof nature, how could he have any entanglement with such a lowly abandoned wife?

It must have been some fortuitous coincidence that had allowed this woman the chance to save Brother Mu!

Huo Shuixian felt extremely envious. If she had been the one to save Brother Mu’s life, how wonderful would that have been!

“Miss Huo, I never had such high-minded intentions as to perform acts of grace without expecting anything in return. I am just an ordinary person!” said Gu Changsheng, her phoenix eyes slightly squinted, looking at Huo Shuixian with a nonchalant air.

Huo Shuixian stared fixedly at Gu Changsheng with a sinister look. After a while, she turned around furiously and walked away.

If it was truly as Gu Changsheng said, then she really couldn’t act rashly towards this medical hall! If she implicated Brother Mu in being unjust and unrighteous, then Brother Mu might indeed expel her from the residence to silence all the gossip!

Seeing her Miss Huo leave, what else could Ru Yu and Ru Ge do? They quickly followed her.

Watching the trio walk away, Gu Changsheng waved her hand in mockery, “Have a good journey, I won’t see you out!”