Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 1354: Chapter 1012: Southern Emperor, Allow This Maid to Show You!

Shi Wei glanced in the direction of the Ten Miles Peach Grove, then turned and walked back to the Heaven Deceiving Hall. She stood before the White Jade Warm Bed and gazed at the familiar sleeping face of Gu Changsheng for a long time, motionless.

Even Ling Xi, who was responsible for some chores in the Heaven Deceiving Hall, found Shi Wei’s behavior a bit inexplicable, yet she wisely chose not to speak.

On this day, as dusk approached in Linyuan City, the townspeople once again furrowed their brows, looking toward the Ten Miles Peach Grove behind the City Lord’s Mansion...

”What’s going on? So many peach blossom petals?”

Looking at the petals swirling around, each fierce-looking citizen had a bewildered expression on their face.

At this moment, the scene indeed aroused suspicions. It seemed as if the entire Linyuan City was experiencing a petal rain. The fiery petals danced and scattered, making the surrounding city appear as if it were painted in blood red...

Piece by piece, blown out by the wind from behind the City Lord’s Mansion, they scattered everywhere...

”What’s all the fuss? Actually, the peach blossoms outside have long passed their peak, but the peach blossoms behind our City Lord’s Mansion have an unusually long blooming season. Now that they’re wilting, it’s within reason.”

”But clearly this afternoon, those peach blossoms were still vibrant as blood, how could they suddenly...”

”Who knows? Perhaps our City Lord sought to charm a beauty by showering the entire city with petal rain?”

”Ha! Indeed, that woman whom the City Lord carried into the mansion has been there for half a month without being seen outside. It seems... we are indeed gaining another Lady of the City Lord. Still, who exactly is she, and how is she of such captivating beauty to win our City Lord’s heart...”

”I’m curious too. That day, the City Lord carried her into the city with such protection. I was so close, yet I couldn’t see what she looked like. It’s killing me with curiosity, it’s like there’s a cat scratching in my heart...”

”...”

In a flash, the town folks’ topic shifted to their favorite gossip, ignoring the petal rain, ignoring the glaring, vivid red petals...

Gu Changsheng’s body was already frail, and after taking medicine, she naturally slept more than usual. To be honest, for ten out of twelve parts of the day, she was asleep!

Once again, Gu Changsheng awoke from slumber, and with a slight turn of her head, she glanced toward the bedside. Her Phoenix Eyes noticed the palace-dressed woman kneeling beside the bed and couldn’t help but be startled. ”Shi Wei? What are you doing?”

Gu Changsheng thought to herself that she wasn’t a demanding person and had always been gentle with those around her.

Even during her illness, she didn’t ask much of Xiao Cui and Han Qiu, but Gu Changsheng felt that aside from when Zhou Mu got angry and she spoke coldly to the Palace Maid, she hadn’t made things difficult for her...

So why was this Palace Maid bowing so formally at the foot of her bed and not rising?

Shi Wei’s behavior left the newly-awakened Gu Changsheng a bit bewildered. Her face, which had just regained some color, was full of confusion.

”Southern Emperor, this maid dares to speak!”

Ling Xi, behind the Palace Tassels, watched her sister Shi Wei’s expression of resolve. Her small face changed several times before she ultimately stood still, making no move.

Upon hearing Shi Wei’s words, Gu Changsheng was even more evidently taken aback. ”What are you doing? Whatever you have to say, just say it. I’m not a monster that eats people; you needn’t be so fearful.”

She maintained that the identity of the Southern Emperor was a burden, scaring a good Palace Maid like this!

In recent days, Shi Wei had hardly left her side, caring for her, keeping her company while she was ill, and helping to relieve her boredom. Gu Changsheng considered herself easy to get along with, and her relationship with Shi Wei was fairly harmonious, so she attributed Shi Wei’s sudden behavior to fear of her identity.

Gu Changsheng felt it was unnecessary!

Truthfully, she was not at all like an emperor, not in the slightest! Cough, cough.

”Southern Emperor, please forgive Shi Wei’s great disrespect, but these words have been buried in her heart for a long time. Even if it defies upper wishes, Shi Wei has to speak out!” Shi Wei, however, knocked her head to the floor with a thud three times, then raised her head, her face full of sorrow and resolve.

Gu Changsheng noticed this and his expression involuntarily became serious.

If earlier she felt that Shi Wei was merely apprehensive about her identity as the Southern Emperor, now, seeing Shi Wei’s expression, Gu Changsheng suddenly had a bad premonition arise in her heart!

It was as if something was about to break through a layer of gauze...

Tears hung in Shi Wei’s big eyes and unexpectedly fell, looking desolate as she gazed at Gu Changsheng. Under her gaze, she seemed to take a leap and said, ”Southern Emperor, pardon my boldness, please don’t believe what His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu says, he... he is slandering my City Lord!”

”Impudent!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s face immediately sank. The pressure belonging to the Southern Emperor, even in sickness, even with a face still pale with illness, was fully displayed, causing Shi Wei’s expression to tense up, yet she stubbornly refused to bow.

”Do you know what you’re saying? Zhou Mu is my fiancé, and you dare say such things in front of me, what exactly is your intention?” Furrowing her brow tightly, Gu Changsheng scolded sternly, ”Disrespectful to the Venerable, sowing discord? Is this how Shi Wujue teaches his maids? I indeed misjudged him!”

”Southern Emperor!” Shi Wei retorted upon hearing, her eyes widening and anger filling her gaze, ”The Southern Emperor may look down on me, but don’t implicate my City Lord because of this. My City Lord sacrificed for you... for you...”

As she spoke, bean-sized tears fell from Shi Wei’s eyes like a kite whose string had broken, and she seemed extremely sad.

Seeing this, Gu Changsheng’s Phoenix Eyes couldn’t help but narrow, struggling to lean against the soft pillow, her gaze fierce as she looked towards Shi Wei and spoke in a deep voice, ”What did Shi Wujue do for me?”

”Maid... maid...” Shi Wei showed a hesitant expression on her face upon hearing this, bowing again with a crying tone, ”The City Lord has given orders, I dare not speak even if it costs me my life...”

”Dare not speak?” Leaning against the soft pillow, Gu Changsheng looked at Shi Wei with disappointment in her eyes and said in a deep voice, ”Shi Wei, as Shi Wujue’s maid, I am just a guest here and cannot act beyond my rank to deal with you. Considering how you’ve cared for me these days, go to your master to receive punishment and do not appear before me again...”

With that, Gu Changsheng shook her head, seeming somewhat fatigued, and waved her hand.

Usually, if someone dared to speak badly about her evildoer in front of her, accusing her evildoer, Gu Changsheng’s protective nature would flare up on the spot!

But, after all, she was ill. Even if her heart was willing, her strength was insufficient. Moreover, Shi Wei was indeed someone she couldn’t deal with, not her subordinate, right?

Hehe... if she were her subordinate, how could she do such a thing to slander her evildoer?

Thinking of this, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but sigh. Being a guest definitely had some lack of freedom!

”Southern Emperor, do you really believe His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu? Believe that everything he says is true? Haven’t you ever doubted his motives?” At this moment, Shi Wei, kneeling, suddenly stood up and argued anxiously, pointing at the doors of Heaven Deceiving Hall.

”Impudent!” Another stern reprimand came from the person lying reclined on the bed. Gu Changsheng turned her gaze with sharp eyes towards Shi Wei and said in a deep voice, ”Shi Wei, are you challenging me because you know I’m sick? Since when is Zhou Mu someone an outsider can judge? You’re looking for death!”

”Maid looking for death? Haha... Regarding His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu, it is not for the maid to judge him. But I cannot stand him always speaking ill of my City Lord and turning right and wrong in front of the Southern Emperor! The maid only seeks justice for my City Lord!” Shi Wei responded with a cold laugh, patting her chest, and spoke with determination.

Seeing this, Gu Changsheng’s eyes continuously changed, and the fierce aura on her face was momentarily replaced by confusion, ”What are you talking about? Turning right and wrong? Seeking justice for Shi Wujue? That evildoer...”

Gu Changsheng shook her head slowly, her evildoer was such a cold and aloof person, how could he be involved in such things as Shi Wei said. For someone as arrogant as him, he certainly wouldn’t lower himself to do what Shi Wei claimed...

Just looking at Shi Wei acting as though she had nothing to lose, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but feel some hesitation. From what she had known about Shi Wei these days, this Palace Maid was rather cautious and well-behaved... it seemed somewhat inexplicable...

Could it be... she was speaking the truth?

Gu Changsheng’s Phoenix Eyes couldn’t help but narrow...

”Southern Emperor doesn’t believe, right? The Southern Emperor feels, with the heart linked with His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu, naturally won’t believe the words of an outsider like me. But Southern Emperor, facts speak louder than words! The maid, under the order of the City Lord, dared not disclose the facts. However, Southern Emperor, the maid can take you to see, take you to see what the truth really is, whether it is as His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mu says!” Shi Wei spoke, then bowed to Gu Changsheng, ”Southern Emperor, if after learning everything, the Southern Emperor still thinks Shi Wei is guilty, Shi Wei will willingly accept death to atone. But for now, Southern Emperor, please excuse Shi Wei’s offense!”

Saying this, Shi Wei loudly called out towards the hall’s exterior, ”Someone, bring in the palanquin!”

”Yes!” A voice answered from outside, and in an instant, four guards dressed in black from the City Lord’s Mansion came in carrying a palanquin, with no curtain drapes around, only a canopy installed at the top with Palace Gauze hanging down...