Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Capítulo 1141: Chapter 810: Sky Wolf, Human in Disguise?

“Through the trials of both summer and winter, if you’re not afraid to endure hardships and practice diligently, one day you will be like your mother, invincible wherever you go!” Zhou Mu spoke warmly while rubbing the small head by his leg.

“No! I want to be like Uncle Wood, overwhelmingly handsome! Only then can I marry a wife as beautiful as my mother!” The little bun shook his head firmly upon hearing this.

Overwhelmingly handsome?

“Haha!” Zhou Mu suddenly laughed, bent down, and picked up the little bun who relied on him by his feet, tapping his small forehead with a raised hand, “So young, yet already thinking about marrying a wife. Aren’t you fond of Xiao Yueyue, calling her your wife all day?”

“But she doesn’t like me! She thinks I’m small and ignores me…” The little bun said plaintively while lying on Zhou Mu’s shoulder.

“Haha…” Zhou Mu, hearing this, laughed even more heartily and patted his head to comfort him, “Don’t worry, Yaoyao will definitely grow handsomer, and maybe Xiao Yueyue will like you in the future…”

“Really? Okay… I’ll trust Uncle Wood for now…”

Gu Changsheng, after finishing off the remaining Sky Wolves, stepped out of the formation, only to see his little bun lying on the evildoer’s shoulder, pale-faced and asleep.

“Changsheng, see if he’s unwell?” Zhou Mu beckoned to Gu Changsheng, looking worriedly at the sleeping little bun on his shoulder.

Gu Changsheng walked over, took the little bun’s hand, checked his pulse, and shook his head, “Nothing serious, just excessive blood loss. Given some time to recuperate, he’ll be fine.”

As he said this, he helped straighten the little bun’s clothes, looked at him sleeping peacefully on the evildoer’s shoulder, and let out a long sigh.

Zhou Mu, hearing this, relaxed his mind.

The night was eerie, the ground littered with wolf corpses, none surviving.

Gu Changsheng frowned at the messy scene on the ground, a sharp gleam flashing in her phoenix eyes.

“Liaodong is my territory, and it’s my fault that Yaoyao encountered such an incident here. I shall go investigate the origin of the wolf pack…” Empress Dowager Xiao spoke to Gu Changsheng, her old face a bit embarrassed.

Under the moonlight, standing next to Zhou Mu, Gu Changsheng’s spine was straight like a pine tree, even as her wide-sleeved robe was stained with blood, her undeniable elegance shone through. She shook her head, waved her robe sleeve, and said in a deep voice, “You are already old, recklessly using all your Inner Strength, you must have severe internal injuries. It’s better to come back with me to recuperate. There’s no need to investigate the wolf pack’s origin anymore!”

“Girl?” Empress Dowager Xiao’s face showed a hint of urgency upon hearing this, “If someone is indeed plotting in secret, we are completely unprepared…”

“If someone is plotting in secret, then it’s naturally targeting me and the evildoer!” Gu Changsheng’s face was cold and resolute, she said in a deep voice, “The little bun is just a baby, who would go to such lengths to summon a pack of wolves to attack you? They only know your identities and target me and the evildoer!”

Saying this, Gu Changsheng lifted her eyes, looking at the countless wolf corpses, continued in a deep voice, “Sky Wolves, human transformation perhaps? Hmm! Dare to hurt my family, whether human or god, I, Gu Changsheng, will slay gods and kill Buddhas! Bring on both open and hidden schemes!”

“Oh…” Empress Dowager Xiao sighed helplessly upon hearing this.

The group walked past the strewn wolf corpses.

“I think once Father-in-law finalizes the Southern Country affairs, he’ll likely take Mother-in-law’s coffin and leave the Capital City…” Walking alongside Gu Changsheng, Zhou Mu said solemnly, “Yaoyao left the Heavenly Palace unwittingly and encountered such danger, if Father-in-law…”

Gu Changsheng heard this, bowed her head in thought, then nodded in agreement, turned to Empress Dowager Xiao and said, “May I trouble you, Empress Xiao, to deploy the Liaodong troops to guard the border with Great Zhou? Since we’ve made a big scene here, anyone with ill intentions will surely notice our actions. If the old man leaves the Capital City, he’ll definitely come to Liaodong to find me, bothering you to protect him with your troops…”

“Girl, that sounds too distant. Liaodong belongs to your Southern Country, and I’m your household servant, so Liaodong’s troops are your troops. Don’t talk about bothering or not bothering!” Empress Dowager Xiao responded, laughing and shaking her head.

“Hehe…” Gu Changsheng chuckled awkwardly, raised her hand to touch her nose, “I left in a hurry to escape marriage and didn’t bring the Liaodong Commander’s Seal you gave me.”

“You! How shameless! You have no idea what a mess your escape from marriage caused in the Capital City!” Empress Dowager Xiao shook her head upon hearing this, pointing at the handsome couple beside her as she walked, “The Lord, His Majesty Emperor Lin, and Mr. Ban Shan, the three old men were almost fainted from fury, the tea cups in the Heavenly Palace were smashed in countless numbers, for days, I couldn’t find a cup to drink from amidst the chaos, numerous guests who came to witness the ceremony received news of the postponed wedding before reaching the Capital City and had to turn back, you a Southern Emperor and you a Crown Prince of Great Zhou, such reckless and willful behaviors…”

Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu exchanged a glance, both wearing an awkward smile.

“Empress Xiao, please don’t scold us as soon as we meet, my father will soon come, and I must endure another round, please have pity on us! Hmm?” Gu Changsheng said to Empress Dowager Xiao, wearing a flattering smile.

“Regarding the matter of eloping, it was my own lack of foresight. Now that Father-in-law is here, I hope Empress Xiao, you could put in a good word for me,” Zhou Mu also smiled and turned his head to look at Dowager Empress Xiao.

“Don’t look at me! Even if I’ve grown old, I can’t help with this matter!” Dowager Empress Xiao waved her hand as she walked, her old face showing deep resentment, “I left the Heavenly Palace with these four little ones without permission, which is a fault not unlike your own elopement. When we go back face Gu Taitian, I have no idea how to explain myself. I’m like a Bodhisattva crossing a river, struggling to protect myself, how could I possibly have the spare capacity to manage you!”

“Empress Xiao…” Gu Changsheng tugged on the sleeve of Dowager Empress Xiao, with a face full of distress.

Pity heaven, she really was a bit afraid of her own father!

If they got caught, what should she do?

Although they would get caught sooner or later!

After tonight’s events, it seemed the time to get caught was brought forward a little!

She and Zhou Mu had originally planned to run away for a year or two. Over time, her father’s anger, no matter how great, might have subsided. If they managed to visit the Divine Demise Land and fulfill her father’s long-held wish by finding a way to resurrect her parents, perhaps the merits and demerits could cancel each other out, and the punishment wouldn’t be too severe…

But now, they had barely escaped from marriage, achieved nothing, and were caught already. It would be hard to explain…

“Don’t pester me! Pestering me is useless too! Right now, we are in the same boat, one on mud and one on tiles, but no one is better off than the other!” Dowager Empress Xiao looked much better than before, helplessly gazed upward, but immediately felt much better, looking at Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu with a face full of schadenfreude, “But, with you two falling at the bottom, it seems I won’t be the first person Gu Taitian goes after. At worst, I’ll just play the old complainer, refusing to admit to leaving the Heavenly Palace with these four little ones, simply saying I encountered them in Liaodong! Hahaha! A great plan! It’s decided then! You two better fend for yourselves!”

“You! You! You shameless old woman!” Hearing this, Gu Changsheng was left tongue-tied.

“…” Zhou Mu, holding a small dumpling, also twitched the corners of his mouth, his face, as divine as ever, flashed with helplessness.

These old mischief makers, the older they get, the more childish they become!

This Dowager Empress Xiao, her age was even twenty or thirty years older than his Father-in-law, who would’ve thought she could be so mischievous!

To come up with the method of playing old and refusing to admit!

At the edge of the wolf carcass blood pool, the father and son of the Guo Family stood straight, watching the small group of elderly and young walking towards them through the blood pool, their minds echoing with the bloody massacre scene they had witnessed earlier, and the conversation they overheard…

“You… you… Shui Mu… Mu… Changsheng… Southern Emperor Changsheng…” Guo Luo raised a hand, trembling and pointing at the two people walking in front, looking utterly flabbergasted, stammering intermittently.

“Slap!”

Elder Guo, with sharp eyes and quick hands, slapped down the hand Guo Luo had raised and growled at his own son, “Who are you pointing at? Kneel down now!”

“Huh? Oh!” Guo Luo, startled by his father’s sudden outburst, realized he was pointing at Southern Emperor Changsheng and Crown Prince Zhou Mu of Great Zhou, shivered instantly, and dropped the wooden club in his other hand, quickly lifting his robes to kneel.

“Brother Guo, Elder Guo, no need for such formalities. The Lord and I are here incognito, and as you are people of the Itinerant World, there’s no need to stick to Imperial Court etiquette!” Zhou Mu spoke warmly, not showing any of the airs of a Crown Prince of Great Zhou.

“Yes, there’s no need for formalities. We have been guests at your residence for several days without expressing our gratitude. Moreover, I have connections with Beauty Sai and Liu Fengyun of Wind Cloud Mountain Villa, so being overly courteous would appear distant!” Gu Changsheng also smiled and said, “Today, my son faced danger, and you both lent a hand graciously. I haven’t yet thanked you. If you insist on being formal, I can’t very well take this frightened and injured family to disturb you at your house!”

“What are you saying, Southern Emperor! You and our Wind Cloud Mountain Villa go way back, and you saved my daughter-in-law’s life! Receiving a bow from me is only proper. Your visit to our humble residence brings even greater honor!” Elder Guo said with a serious face. Seeing that Gu Changsheng didn’t seem to be joking, though he didn’t formally salute, he still clasped his fists and bowed deeply.

Guo Luo followed suit and saluted.

“Alright then! We’ve hidden our identities all this way, and it turns out because of my disappointing son, we can’t keep it secret anymore!” Gu Changsheng looked at them with a smile, but then added, “Since you’re all here, where is Beauty Sai?”

“She stayed at the residence, Southern Emperor need not worry,” Elder Guo quickly responded.

“That’s good! She’s about to give birth to twins, and they are well-grown, so she might suffer during delivery. She needs people around her, and we should hurry back,” Gu Changsheng finally felt relieved and said.