Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 856: Chapter 680: Did the Evildoer Cheat?

Another vassal king sighed, his face ashen, and spoke, “Enough is enough, that position is destined to have nothing to do with me, I won’t fight for it anymore!”

Then, this speaking vassal king turned around and walked down from the city gate, withdrawing from the chaotic struggle for the throne in the Capital City!

With him taking the lead, another two vassal kings quit one after another.

Honestly, within Great Zhou, there truly wasn’t anyone who could withstand Zhou Mu’s troops; they couldn’t even match one of Zhou Mu’s great generals, so what right did they have to fight and snatch?

Prince Liang jumped and Prince Jin’s face was somber and unpredictable.

In the Great Zhou Capital Region, hundreds of scholars and those in front of the city gate were imprisoned, the General-Sealing Platform opened, plunging into an unprecedented turmoil!

Already in Liuzhou City, Gu Changsheng, who had secretly dug up her ancestral grave, heard this news and her mouth formed an “O” shape.

“Such guts, even at this time, they can still make such a scene!” Borjigin Nian clicked his tongue, expressing deep admiration for those vassal kings of Great Zhou.

“Don’t gloat, my foster father has been kidnapped!” Gu Changsheng glared, turned her head, and looked eagerly at her own father, who was staring deeply at a coffin, and spoke softly, “Dad, my foster father has been kidnapped, I need to rush to the Capital City.”

“Hmm, go.” Gu Taitian didn’t even lift his head, speaking softly, “In those years, I had a life-saving grace with that little one from the Gu Family, and his family took care of my wife and raised you to adulthood, which can be considered as repaying that life. Now that I’ve disturbed their ancestral grave, I should stay here and offer prayers for seven days.”

“Dong!” Beside Gu Taitian came the sound of a heavy wooden fish, and a shiny little bald head lifted, Little Monk Bu Jie raised his little eyebrows, rarely showing his anger, “It was you who dug up the ancestral grave and did such a despicable act, why is it the poor monk who must offer prayers?”

“Because I don’t know how to chant sutras!” Gu Taitian’s answer was very simple and straightforward.

“Dong dong!” The sound of the wooden fish immediately became heavier.

Gu Changsheng glanced at her father, then at the indignant Little Monk Bu Jie, and rubbed her forehead in exasperation.

“You should head to the Capital City first, once matters here are resolved, we will join you.” Gu Taitian finally lifted his head from the coffin and looked at his daughter, “It won’t delay your wedding.”

“Uh… alright.” Gu Changsheng touched her nose awkwardly, leaving half of the Dark Night Army behind to take care of her father, and led the other half northward.

With mountains high and waters distant, many obstacles lay ahead, Gu Changsheng had fled from the Capital City in disgrace to Liuzhou, and now, over two years later, she was returning!

This time, however, they didn’t take the old road but traveled the Grand Canal to save time!

They had to arrive before the Southern Country’s diplomatic mission reached the Capital City, otherwise, Gu Changsheng really couldn’t imagine what chaos would ensue if Hongyan Jiaojiao’s old ministers couldn’t find her and witnessed such turmoil!

Great Zhou has a canal running north to south, and traveling by boat, the speed was quite fast, and before she knew it, Gu Changsheng was at Dajin Port, just a few hundred miles from the Capital City!

Gu Changsheng and her entourage rented an inn at the dock for a brief rest because they knew they wouldn’t fall behind the Southern Country’s diplomatic mission while traveling up the canal, so they weren’t in too much of a hurry.

However, just as Gu Changsheng was washing up and resting, Yuan Bao’s panicked shouting rang out downstairs.

“Lady Changsheng, something’s wrong! Something big is wrong!”

As soon as Gu Changsheng heard this, she immediately sensed trouble, and with a flick of her sleeve, she smacked towards Yuan Bao, who had barged in.

“Plop!”

Yuan Bao’s round body suddenly hit the ground.

Outside the door, Si Xi felt this and grimaced in sympathy, how unfortunate!

“Lady Changsheng! Why did you hit me…” Yuan Bao was aggrieved; if not for his thick skin, he would have been smashed to bits by that slap.

“I’m fine!” Gu Changsheng glanced at him, and just those three words.

Yuan Bao climbed up from the ground, looking aggrieved, and immediately realized that his lady despised hearing that phrase the most.

Yuan Bao’s loud voice had already startled everyone.

Borjigin Nian hurried over, and Yue Xilou also came over, leading a little meat bun.

“Lady Changsheng, I just heard outside that the lord has returned to court… but…” Yuan Bao quickly spoke under the gaze of the crowd, but hesitated when he reached this point.

“Oh? The evildoer has returned? That’s good news!” When Gu Changsheng heard about Zhou Mu’s news, she immediately beamed with joy.

However, Yuan Bao’s expression was evidently not so good; he wrung his fleshy hands, hesitating, “But, the lord brought back a woman from Northern Mongolian…”

Bang!

One sentence stirred up a thousand ripples, and in an instant, everyone was stunned.

Gu Changsheng, hearing this, frowned slightly.

After a while, Borjigin Nian finally managed to close his gaping mouth with his hand, incredulously speaking, “Xiao Yuanbao, are you mistaken? My senior brother brought back a woman from Northern Mongolian? Really?”

“Absolutely true, people outside are all talking, saying the lord’s relationship with that woman is quite special!” Yuan Bao spoke with great certainty.

There is no smoke without fire, and if something happens, there’s bound to be a reason!

Zhou Mu has always stayed away from women, yet he returned from Northern Mongolia with a woman, and the outside world even thinks their relationship is unusual!

This…

“Did the evildoer cheat?” Gu Changsheng blinked her long eyelashes and finally said this, entirely wearing a look of someone about to enjoy the drama.

“Girl, what kind of expression is that!” Yue Xilou’s face darkened, and he growled, “You are Zhou Mu’s fiancée!”

As Zhou Mu’s fiancée, with the wedding approaching, Zhou Mu is entangled with another woman but this girl looks like she’s watching a show, which is absolutely intolerable!

Gu Changsheng raised her eyebrows upon hearing this, “That’s a normal expression!”

After saying this, she turned her head to look at Borjigin Nian, and patted her on the shoulder, “Nian, your words truly aren’t false. Northern Mongolian women are indeed fierce; even the evildoer can be knocked down, impressive!”

“Uh…” Borjigin Nian was speechless, “I think, even if my Northern Mongolian women are fierce, the possibility of knocking down my senior brother is still incredibly small!”

“So you’re saying, Northern Mongolian women are irresistibly charming, even the evildoer is moved.”

Borjigin Nian glared, “That’s nonsense, Granny grew up with senior brother, and I’ve never seen him moved!”

She is also from Northern Mongolia, and she is a Northern Mongolian princess!

Gu Changsheng raised an eyebrow, wearing a look of mockery, “That clearly shows, your skills aren’t deep enough…”

“You!” Borjigin Nian was exasperated, feeling deeply despised by Gu Changsheng, she spoke through gritted teeth, “I think, the one whose skills aren’t deep enough is you. Obviously about to marry my senior brother, and now my senior brother is tangled with another woman, tsk tsk…you’re really pitiful, wouldn’t you get divorced before even getting married?”

“Obviously, the possibility is also incredibly small.” Gu Changsheng raised her eyebrows, carried on with what she was doing, not caring in the slightest.

“Girl! Please pay attention!” Yue Xilou angrily spoke looking at Gu Changsheng, “You must know, beyond the mountains are taller mountains, and beyond the people are greater people, the world isn’t short of brilliant women, if that brat Zhou Mu truly changed his heart…”

“If he truly changed his heart, I won’t want him!” Gu Changsheng spoke, “Three-legged frogs are hard to find, but two-legged men are everywhere!”

Everyone: “…”

“Boohoo! No, no! I want Uncle Wood, not a stepmother!” Behind Yue Xilou, the little meat bun suddenly burst into tears, he held deep resentment towards the idea of a stepmother, all thanks to Gu Changsheng’s excellent teachings as a mom.

“…” Gu Changsheng was speechless and bent down to pick up her little meat bun.

“Mommy, I don’t want a stepmother, I want Uncle Wood…” The little meat bun’s round eyes were overflowing with tears like they cost nothing.

Gu Changsheng shook her head helplessly and lifted her hand to wipe them away, “Alright, almost six years old now, still crying all day, how can you find a wife like this?”

“But the father I caught is about to be taken away by a vixen! Boohoo…” the little meat bun remained stubborn.

Gu Changsheng felt a headache, “Son, you’re overthinking it. Even if it’s a refined vixen, when she faces your mother, she has to reveal her true form! Don’t worry, the father you caught won’t fly away!”

“Someone, prepare immediately to set off for the Capital City.”

Saying this, Gu Changsheng gave orders to the people outside the door.

Everyone’s expression slightly improved upon hearing this.

After all, quickening the steps to rush to the Capital City, it seems like Lady Changsheng does care about him.

Actually, Gu Changsheng feels, these people are overthinking, she is simply curious about the woman who caught the evildoer’s eye, impatiently wanting to meet her!

Dajin Port is but a two-day journey from the Capital City, and as they traveled that day, news continuously streamed into Gu Changsheng’s ears.

Great Zhou Capital Region’s Capital City was a chaotic mess, Zhou Mu’s return was nothing short of adding fuel to the fire, a million soldiers were poised outside the city, yet Zhou Mu couldn’t even enter the city, he simply joined forces with Jiang One’s troops and camped outside!

Meanwhile, the Southern Country’s emissary procession was also not far from the Capital City, they could arrive at the Capital City within two to three days.

Thus, the situation in the Great Zhou Capital Region became rather intriguing, and this intrigue wasn’t due to the sealed Capital City, but because of a woman outside it, a woman who caught Prince Mu’s eye!

For a time, rumors abounded, with some saying the woman Prince Mu brought back from the Capital City was the most beautiful in the world, hailed as a stunning beauty, while others said she was unfathomable, daring to compete with Southern Emperor Changsheng for a husband!

The rumors flew like they had wings, swiftly spreading across the several towns surrounding the Capital City.

Rushing along, Gu Changsheng listened to these rumors with great interest while snorting in disdain, clearly, it wasn’t just her little meat bun who was overthinking, these people’s imaginations were even more vivid!

The Dark Night army’s four hundred men stayed in Liuzhou and did not come, so Gu Changsheng was only accompanied by just over four hundred people!

This group traveling wasn’t very conspicuous, especially since they had the official pass, allowing for smooth passage straight toward the Capital City!

The Great Zhou Capital Region, a vital and pivotal location, was in a delicate situation, controlled by several Vassal Kings, Prince Mu’s million-strong army stationed outside the city showed no signs of action, the Southern Country’s fifty-thousand strong emissary procession was about to arrive, causing a climate of cautious whispers, widespread anxiety, and extreme unease!

And just as everyone hesitated to approach the Capital City, a brigade of several hundred swept in astride their horses…