Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 592: Chapter 444: A Breathtakingly Magnificent Dowry

”He’s gone!” Zhou Zongbao reluctantly spoke up from the side.

”Gone?” Gu Changsheng felt uneasy at once upon hearing this, ”Liuzhou City has just been through chaos, and he left? Where did he go?”

Under Gu Changsheng’s intense gaze, Zhou Zongbao’s face also soured as he angrily approached, speaking indignantly, ”Where do you think he went? You, Gu Changsheng, think you’re something! A simple outburst of your wrath is one thing, but you actually went and killed soldiers from the Three Kingdoms! Thankfully, they deserved it! But you even killed Lin Yuan, the Second Prince of Liaodong!”

”That is the favorite son of Empress Xiao of Liaodong! Do you think she would just let it go?”

”Little Wood has already led troops to the Liaodong Border! You’ve killed all the visitors from Liaodong, leaving none alive; a conflict between Liaodong and Great Zhou is inevitable!”

Gu Changsheng was stunned for a moment before he responded, ”What about Southern Chen and Northern Mongolian?”

She remembered that Borjigin Nian had rescued Borjigin Lvchi from her and seen through her intentions, releasing the Sima brothers!

But now, what was the situation, and how was it handled? Gu Changsheng really had no idea!

Zhou Zongbao rolled his eyes upon hearing this and awkwardly spoke, ”Borjigin Lvchi has gone back to Northern Mongolian alone, just as you wished. The Sima brothers took Huo Shuixian back to Southern Chen! Don’t worry, Little Wood has already ordered it; the Female Star of the Occupation Room, that’s Huo Shuixian! The elite soldiers they brought were all buried by your hand, severely weakening them. They won’t recover quickly, and what’s more, Little Wood has dispatched troops to the Southern Chen and Northern Mongolian borders to guard against any mishaps. This should stabilize the situation for the time being!”

”Sima Changhao! Sima Liancheng!” Gu Changsheng spoke through clenched teeth, ”They better pray they never appear before me again, or I will take their lives!”

The matter of Little Bun hiding in the Baili Mountain was known only to Sima Liancheng!

If not for his intentional leak, her precious son wouldn’t have faced such great danger!

”Enough! You’ve fought and killed! Outside the city, several mass graves were dug to bury those you killed. Now just cool down and think about how to stabilize the Liuzhou Region!” Zhou Zongbao said with a droopy face.

”Me? Why me? What does the Liuzhou Region have to do with me?” Gu Changsheng said, immediately glaring.

Damn it, what does it have to do with her?

She’s neither an official nor manages affairs!

Why come to her?

”Because before Little Wood went to war, he wrote his fief on the betrothal gift! Look!” As Zhou Zongbao spoke, he pulled out a large red Liu Jin note from his chest, and with a droopy face said, ”This is his betrothal gift, already stamped with the Imperial Decree of the Founding Ancestors, sent to the Zhou Family Ancestral Hall in the Capital City!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng was instantly stupefied!

The people around her also lowered their heads.

After a good while, Gu Changsheng still hadn’t fully grasped the situation. Her eyes wandered among those around her several times, and she couldn’t help but raise her hand to rub her forehead, ”I must be overly exhausted these days... I must be experiencing illusory hearing...”

Betrothal gift?

What is all this fuss?

Definitely, these days of fighting and killing, of life and death, had been too overwhelming, leading to such illusory hearing!

Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but shake her head, trying to clear her mind a little!

Betrothal gift? Betrothal gift!

Godfather...

She now felt as if she would rather stay asleep forever!

Zhou Zongbao glanced at the incredulous Gu Changsheng, his lips twitching slightly, and slowly unfolded the Liu Jin red note, reading aloud, ”Great Zhou Imperial Family, Zhou Mu, the twelfth generation descendant of the Zhou Family, has long cherished Madam Gu Changsheng’s name, sincerely pleased with her, petitions for marriage! Requesting to marry her!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng was immediately alarmed, staring blankly at Zhou Zongbao’s moving lips.

Under Gu Changsheng’s gaze, Zhou Zongbao rolled his eyes again and continued, ”Requesting a wife like myself, bestowing the rank of Princess upon my wife, offering my fief as a betrothal gift, giving my wealth as a dowry, entrusting you with all I have, proposing to you, ’Yours alone for life, to forge a bond as strong as that between Qin and Jin! Heaven and earth bear witness, the Founding Ancestors as proof, through joys and sorrows, never to part, even in death!’”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s face filled with horror as she impulsively took a step back, her eyes widening in disbelief.

As Zhou Zongbao finished reading, everyone in the room knelt down.

Seeing Gu Changsheng’s ghostly expression, Zhou Zongbao’s face finally relaxed a bit, casually watching her as he spoke, ”Gu Changsheng, this is the shortest betrothal letter I have ever seen in my life, and looking across the Four Kingdoms, it’s the heaviest betrothal gift!”

”Since the founding of Great Zhou, the first female Princess! Since the founding of Great Zhou, the first female Princess with a fief! Little Wood has given you his all, proposing to you, even risking everything just to ensure you are never wronged. From now on, you can legally maintain private troops and do as you please!”

Zhou Zongbao waved the betrothal letter in front of Gu Changsheng, his tone incredulous, ”He even dared to write ’Yours alone for life’ on this betrothal gift, without fear of the world’s ridicule. Gu Changsheng! From now on, you are Little Wood’s fiancée!”

Gu Changsheng, looking at the glaring red note before her, shook her head and muttered in a daze, ”No! No! I haven’t agreed to marry him yet!”

She damn well wasn’t mentally prepared!

How could a single betrothal note make her the evildoer’s fiancée?

The battle at Hengtang Lake had just passed, and before she could recover from the bloody scent of slaughter, she had suddenly transformed into the evildoer’s fiancée?

She had intended to tell the evildoer that his love was too burdensome for her!

How could such a reversal suddenly make her his fiancée?

In this instant, Gu Changsheng was utterly disoriented!

She liked the evildoer, but...

But after going through all this, she had to seriously consider the burdens of truly being with the evildoer!

But...

Reality had completely exceeded her expectations!

She wasn’t even given time to think when the evildoer dropped such an unprecedented betrothal gift list and went off to battle!

This was definitely fleeing the battlefield!

Damn it!

Zhou Zongbao immediately widened his eyes upon hearing this and stared at Gu Changsheng with a hostile expression, ”Gu Changsheng! You wouldn’t be thinking of backing out of the marriage, would you? Little Wood said you promised him that once this matter was settled, you would marry him!”

”I...” Gu Changsheng opened his mouth and was at a loss for words.

Did she?

Did she really promise the evildoer that?

No, right?

The evildoer did mention it, but she hadn’t responded!

Damn it, silence doesn’t mean consent!

”Gu Changsheng, thinking of calling off the engagement is absolutely impossible! The betrothal gifts have been delivered, and the marriage letter has been exchanged. Where is there room for regret? Just obediently wait to marry Little Wood and give him a little Little Wood!” Zhou Zongbao added gleefully upon seeing her like this.

Gu Changsheng’s mind suddenly cleared up quite a bit at his words, ”Marriage letter? What marriage letter?”

She didn’t have elders overseeing her and was in sole charge of the Gu Family. Who would exchange the marriage letter for her?

”This doesn’t count! I’m not the evildoer’s fiancée!” Realizing this, Gu Changsheng immediately denied it vehemently.

Damn, the big chaos had just ended, and she hadn’t even recovered yet, and now she was about to be finished?

How could this be!

Absolutely not admitting it!

She would rather die than admit it!

Zhou Zongbao burst into laughter upon hearing this, waving the betrothal gift note in his hand, and said smilingly, ”Since ancient times, marriage has been dictated by matchmakers and the commands of parents. Oh, Gu Changsheng, this mediation was personally protected by me. You can’t deny it now!”

”What about the commands of the parents then?” Gu Changsheng immediately retorted with wide eyes.

”Old husband!”

An elderly voice arose from outside the main hall.

Gu Changsheng, startled, turned around and saw her foster father leading a small bundle and slowly entering the room with other family members.

”Foster... father...” Spotting Mr. Ban Shan for a moment, Gu Changsheng stood there thunderstruck.

She could feel the circling mosquito coils above her forehead and the layers upon layers of dark clouds pressing down!

”Your marriage letter was written personally by me as a father!”

Just as Gu Changsheng expected, Mr. Ban Shan entered the hall and dropped such a line...

”Mother, I was the one who ground the ink...” The little bundle added with a twisted face...

Hearing this, Gu Changsheng immediately felt terrible, glaring at the little bundle hiding behind her foster father’s legs, Gu Changsheng gritted her teeth and exclaimed, ”Gu Ze! Gu Yaoyao!”

Could there really be such a son in this world?

A son who would sell out his own mother?

Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but suspect that her beloved son wasn’t actually her biological child at all, right?

The stab! The stabs at her heart were chilling!

”You! All of you! You all knew about it, didn’t you? Was I the only one in the dark?” Gu Changsheng lifted her hand and pointed at everyone present, speaking bitterly.

Seeing her pointing at them, everyone bowed their heads.

Gu Changsheng’s face immediately turned red with anger, ”Damn it, selling me off without my consent, is this really okay?”

Is this really okay?

It was supposed to be a consensual matter, why did she feel like a duck being forced onto a perch?

”At that time, you were comatose and even harbored a desire for death; I was truly worried. Zhou Mu came sincerely seeking marriage, presenting such a mind-blowing betrothal gift list that I ultimately couldn’t think of any reason to refuse!” Mr. Ban Shan slowly spoke.

”Yeah, yeah! Mother, Uncle Wood is so good! He’s handsome and treats us well!” The little bundle spoke excitedly, ”Besides, how can you say we sold you? Uncle Wood is really rich now. Grandpa said that just a few words on the gift list are worth a lot and lots of Silver!”

As the little bundle spoke, he gestured with his hands!

Seeing this, Gu Changsheng suddenly looked utterly defeated!

She had indeed sought death out of guilt, but she hadn’t died, had she?

Now, right now! She really felt like dying all over again!

Gu Changsheng didn’t hesitate to lift the little bundle up, gritting her teeth, ”And you dare say you didn’t sell your old lady? Look at those shiny little eyes of yours! How could I have such a money-grubbing son!”

”It was you who said, Mother, that one who refuses money that comes their way is a fool! I don’t want to be a fool!” The little bundle, caught by the collar of his shirt by his own mother, kicked his little chubby legs, still unable to resist defending himself...