Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 631: Chapter 478: The Orphan of the Phoenix Clan

”Shut up!” Gu Changsheng ordered in a low voice upon hearing the words, then turned to the young boys beside him and commanded sternly, ”Step back, guard the Medicine Tower, and let no outsiders near, or they shall be killed without mercy!”

The young boys in the hall were startled upon hearing this, hastily bowed, and responded, ”Yes, sir!”

They then didn’t dare to delay and hurriedly retreated!

His wife had never spoken so sharply and urgently before, indicating the seriousness of the matter!

”Eh? Weren’t people here to collect a debt? Why aren’t you accompanying my mother and instead running outside?”

The little chubby hands of Little Dough lifted the curtain, watching the people filing out, he couldn’t help but ask in confusion.

He had heard someone was here to collect a debt, and had impatiently run out from his grandfather’s Book Tower to join in the excitement!

How come when he got there, everyone started running? And running so fast?

Gu Changsheng tightened his brows when he heard his Little Dough’s voice.

”Mommy...” Seeing his mother, Little Dough sweetly changed his call, wanting to run to her, but hesitating upon seeing the stranger in front of his mother.

His mother had told him to behave and understand manners in front of outsiders; was his abrupt entry rude? Would his mother be upset with him?

”Sorry! I thought... I thought the guest had already left...” Little Dough twisted his shirt corner, hanging his little head and timidly spoke.

Liu Fengyun turned his head to look at Little Dough as he entered, his gaze lingering on the child’s forehead!

Gu Changsheng glanced at Little Dough looking like this, couldn’t help but shake his head helplessly with a trace of indulgence in his eyes, and waved to him, ”Yaoyao, come here and meet the guest!”

This was her son, Gu Changsheng!

She knew what Liu Fengyun was about to say, she was curious herself!

And her son, her blood-related son, he had a right to know as well!

Upon hearing this, Little Dough Gu Ze’s face immediately brightened with a warm little smile, how wonderful it was that his mother wasn’t angry!

”Yaoyao has seen the honored guest. I apologize for intruding, please don’t be angry, honored guest! Yaoyao won’t do it again!” Little Dough ran up to the people with his short legs, bowed deeply to Liu Fengyun, and started speaking with a hint of shame on his little face.

”It’s fine!” Liu Fengyun heard this, smiled gently, and shook his head.

”Yaoyao, come here!” Gu Changsheng called his son over upon seeing this.

Little Dough quickly ran over, climbed onto the soft bed, and leaned whispering into his mother’s ear, ”Mommy, why is he dressed like that? Doesn’t he like to be clean? Didn’t you say being unclean can lead to illness? Is he sick?”

Gu Changsheng, upon hearing this, couldn’t help rubbing his brow and shot a glance at his Little Dough, pretending to be angry as he sharply commanded, ”Shut up! Sit quietly at the side and stop causing trouble!”

”Umm...” Seeing this, Little Dough immediately raised his chubby hands to cover his mouth.

Upon witnessing this, Gu Changsheng turned his gaze away, then looked over at the only remaining people, Borjigin Nian and Yue Xilou, and slowly addressed Liu Fengyun, ”Liu Fengyun, continue what you were saying!”

Liu Fengyun, upon hearing this, looked up again, shook his head slightly, then pointed towards Gu Changsheng’s forehead and began speaking in a grave voice, ”Lady Changsheng, tracing the cause of all this, I’m afraid it’s all because of you! That mark on your forehead, it isn’t a flower adornment, is it?”

Gu Changsheng heard this, his lips curved into a bitter smile, and he slowly nodded, ”As you said, it indeed isn’t a flower adornment!”

Nowadays, women liked to adorn their foreheads and eyebrows with flower adornments to enhance their beauty, but clearly, Gu Changsheng was not among them!

Many had assumed that the decoration on her forehead was a flower adornment, something Gu Changsheng was only too happy to let them believe, naturally not bothering to correct them. Unexpectedly, Liu Fengyun had seen through it at a glance!

”Then, Lady Changsheng, do you know what this mark actually signifies?” Liu Fengyun asked again.

”I don’t know!” Gu Changsheng slowly shook her head, ”Liu Fengyun, if you know, please tell me, it would also resolve the doubts in my heart!”

Liu Fengyun couldn’t help but give a faint smile, ”Lady Changsheng, why deceive yourself? With your capabilities, do you truly know nothing about your origins?”

”People from the Southern Border are adept with Gu magic and revere the sun and moon as gods! They believe that the light of the sun and moon can lead them away from all misery!”

Liu Fengyun said this, looking intently at Gu Changsheng, ”And this mark on your forehead, it’s the clan mark of the Phoenix Clan from the Southern Border! The Phoenix Clan was, I assume you know, the former royal family of the Southern Border! And you, Lady Changsheng!”

”You are the lone survivor of the Phoenix Clan! The heir of the former Southern Border Royal Family!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s expression remained unchanged, but the little dumpling covered his mouth, his big eyes filled with confusion blinking rapidly.

”Oh my! This can’t be true, can it?” Borjigin Nian exclaimed in shock upon hearing this, as if struck by lightning.

”Didn’t you already know? Even though little is known about the Southern Border among the Four Kingdoms, there are still some records within the Imperial Family! Being a princess from the Northern Mongolian, how could you not be aware of this?” Yue Xilou glanced at her and spoke in a deep voice.

”I thought it was just a coincidence! Besides, the drawings in the royal archives are so vague. Who would know if it’s this mark?” Borjigin Nian touched her nose and awkwardly spoke upon hearing this.

”Liu Fengyun, your words are not mistaken. Perhaps my mother indeed hails from the Southern Border, and I, as you said, am truly the lone survivor of the Phoenix Clan, the heir of the former Southern Border Royal Family. But how does that matter?” Gu Changsheng patted his little dumpling gently and slowly spoke.

Upon hearing this, Liu Fengyun frowned slightly, ”Lady Changsheng, do you genuinely not understand, or are you feigning confusion?”

”I have said before, people from foreign tribes have infiltrated the Central Plains, and these people are exactly from the Southern Border! Lady Changsheng, more than twenty years ago, unrest rocked the Southern Border’s Imperial Family. The rule changed hands, the Phoenix Clan was betrayed by family servants and lost great power in the Southern Border. Now, they have infiltrated the Central Plains in force, targeting who else but you?”

”So what can be done about it?” Gu Changsheng slowly stood up, her sleeves fluttering, and she spoke in a deep voice, ”I have been aware for a long time; I guard the Liuzhou Region as solid as a rock fortress. People from the Southern Border can hardly fly here even if they grow wings. I do not return to the Southern Border, seek no power, and even if they wish to eradicate the roots, they lack the capability!”

Upon hearing this, Liu Fengyun slowly shook his head, ”Just as Lady Changsheng said, you guard the Liuzhou Region like an impenetrable fortress. That’s why they targeted me with the Soul-capturing Gu!”

Gu Changsheng lightly smiled upon hearing this, ”Indeed, they suspected me and thus devised your involvement to test me!”

”In the Liuzhou Region, they find no entry, and against me, they are powerless. Unexpectedly, it led you into trouble instead!”

As Gu Changsheng spoke, his gaze shifted to Liu Fengyun, carrying a trace of guilt.

”These matters are of no concern. After being affected by the Soul-capturing Gu, I thought, if there is no solution, I would pass my affairs to someone else. Even in death, I shall not be swayed by the people of the Southern Border!” Liu Fengyun lightly smiled upon hearing this, slowly shaking his head, ”I do not fear death, nor do I wish for anything else. I only desire peace in the Itinerant World, without turmoil. Knowing the Southern Border people deliberately tested us, Lady Changsheng, what do you intend to do?”

”I don’t know!” Gu Changsheng looked up speechlessly, ”I’m just curious. This matter has been over for more than twenty years; they have attained great power, and my mother has already retired to the Central Plains. I do not intervene in Southern Border affairs. What can’t they let go of, clinging so desperately to it?”

Where there is power, there is strife. Damn, it is a murky mess indeed!

She would rather die than get involved!

”I also know little about the matter of the Southern Border!” Liu Fengyun shook his head as well upon hearing this.

The scene fell into silence for a moment, the little dumpling’s big eyes scanning over everyone, eventually unable to resist tugging at his own mother’s clothes, his voice soft and sticky, ”Mother, what are you talking about? I don’t understand.”

Gu Changsheng turned around, gently rubbing his little son’s head, spoke softly, ”Wait, mother will explain it to you later. You sit quietly over there!”

”But you all look so serious, I’m a bit scared!” The little dumpling’s eyes looked pitifully at his mother, his voice hesitant.

”Don’t be afraid! Mother is here!” Gu Changsheng reassured him by pulling the little dumpling into her embrace.

”Gu Changsheng, if it’s really as the Scholar says, those people from the Southern Border, they’re coming for you, aren’t they?” Borjigin Nian asked gravely.

”You already know the answer! It is indeed so!” Yue Xilou glanced at Borjigin Nian and spoke coldly.

”Hey! What’s gotten into you today? Why do you keep opposing me? Whenever it concerns Gu Changsheng, you become unreasonably irritable. Yue Xilou, let me remind you, Gu Changsheng is my senior brother’s fiancée, and you are the one who promised to marry me! Don’t get it twisted!” Borjigin Nian shot back immediately, hands on her hips and fuming. Yet, turning to Gu Changsheng, she hesitantly spoke, ”Um... Gu Changsheng, you are from the Phoenix Clan. Does my senior brother know about this?”

Gu Changsheng rolled his eyes upon hearing this, ”What do you think?”

Damn, Zhou Mu, that evildoer, what doesn’t he know before her?

He loves playing dumb!

Borjigin Nian immediately felt relieved, clapping her hands, ”That’s good, that’s good! I was truly worried that you two wouldn’t be together over this! Then Yue Xilou would definitely seize the chance!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s mouth twitched.

Yue Xilou even more so. His gaze towards Borjigin Nian seemed to carry knives!

”Let’s not discuss others for now, Liu Fengyun. I once swore to preserve a life for you at the Wind Cloud Inn. As long as I’m breathing, I will save you. I, Gu Changsheng, am a person who keeps promises. You’ve come to collect a debt, and I’ll rid you of this Soul-capturing Gu right now!” Gu Changsheng looked at Liu Fengyun, his tone casual and light.

”Knowing the Southern Border deliberately provoked this test, yet Lady Changsheng, you still choose to help me?” Liu Fengyun looked at Gu Changsheng, his brows slightly furrowed, and he spoke seriously, ”But even if Lady Changsheng wishes to save me, I cannot accept! I refuse to claim this debt!”