"Mother! Mother, come and save me quickly! The ghost of Gu Zhengwan came to me last night. I'm so scared! I'm so scared... Wuwu..."
When Gu Yimiao saw Shen Menglan coming, she directly threw herself into her arms and kept talking. But halfway through her words, her mouth was firmly covered by Shen Menglan.
"Stop talking! What does Gu Zhengwan have to do with us? She ended up like that all on her own!"
The old matriarch didn't allow anyone to mention Gu Zhengwan anymore. If the old matriarch found out, the second branch of the family would surely be in trouble.
Shen Menglan immediately motioned to the two maids beside her. They lifted Gu Yimiao from the ground and dragged her into the house, ignoring her struggles.
"Let go of me! I'm not going back! I'm not going back!"
Gu Yimiao seemed to be very resistant to that room. It was as if as soon as she went in, she would recall everything that happened yesterday. She opened her mouth and bit hard on Shen Menglan's hand.
"Ah!!"
Gu Yimiao bit quite hard. Shen Menglan cried out in pain and pulled Gu Yimiao even more forcefully.
"Gu Zhengwan will come for us. We'll all get our just deserts!"
She kept shouting, but even so, she was still dragged inside.
The door slammed shut. There was a moment of silence among the crowd, as if they were all frightened by what Gu Yimiao had just said. The head maid of the second branch was the first to react. She waved her hand at the crowd and said,
"Everyone, disperse. Disperse."
Ji Yunsheng couldn't help but shiver when he saw Gu Yimiao's miserable state just now. He said,
"We're not even sure if Gu Zhengwan is dead or not. Maybe she's just done too many immoral things, so she's having these thoughts."
Before Gu Jiangyue beside him could say anything, Xie Jiuan put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her into his embrace. His thin lips parted slightly as he said casually,
"Don't worry. Gu Zhengwan deserved what she got."
His words seemed to be comforting Gu Jiangyue. Gu Jiangyue wasn't afraid of any ghosts because Gu Zhengwan was anything but innocent.
"She brought this on herself. Gu Yimiao is just a coward. But this plan was a complete success."
Gu Jiangyue's eyes curved into a smile. But then, as if she remembered something, her mood suddenly turned a bit low. She said,
"Let's go and see Gu Yi. He should be awake by now."
By now, most of the onlookers had already dispersed. Xie Jiuan and Ji Yunsheng had no objections to Gu Jiangyue's suggestion. They nodded and said,
"Okay."
Then the three of them left together and headed for Gu Yi's courtyard. There was a side room in Gu Yi's courtyard. For the convenience of treatment, Song Zhong had been living there.
When they arrived at the courtyard, Gu Jiangyue immediately saw Gu Yi. He didn't want to stay in the room and was now sitting in the courtyard, looking at the flowers and plants that Gu Jiangyue had brought for him, looking a bit preoccupied.
Gu Yi was dressed in a blue robe. His face was sickly pale, and his body was as thin as paper, as if a gust of wind could easily tear him apart. Gu Yi noticed them, but he just gave them a cursory glance and said nothing. He continued to look down at the plants.
"You're here."
It was Song Zhong, who had just stepped out of the room, who saw them. He stroked his gray beard and greeted them with a smile.
"Doctor Song, how is Gu Yi's health?"
Seeing that Gu Yi didn't want to talk, Gu Jiangyue didn't ask him anything either. But she was still worried, so she walked directly to Song Zhong's side and lowered her voice so that Gu Yi couldn't hear.
"The medicine from the Ninth Prince has been used. He should be fine these days. Since he wanted to come out and have a look, I let him."
Song Zhong still seemed to be smiling. He also unconsciously lowered his voice. But the next moment, Song Zhong's expression turned solemn. He said,
"But we need to find the other two medicines quickly."
As soon as Song Zhong finished speaking, Gu Jiangyue nodded.
"I'll figure it out."
As soon as Song Zhong mentioned those medicines yesterday, Gu Jiangyue had already sent Zhiyuan to post notices to look for them. She didn't know if there was any news yet.
The group stayed in Gu Yi's courtyard for a while. Gu Yi was still cold and said nothing. His face was expressionless, but Gu Jiangyue could still faintly feel that Gu Yi was happy.
They chatted about the interesting things that had happened these days. No one noticed that on the roof beside them, a black robe flashed by. The owner of that robe was Xie Yuwen.
Gu Jiangyue was looking forward to someone coming to tell her that the whereabouts of the medicine had been found every day. She was willing to spend any amount of silver. But after three or four days, there was still no news. Gu Jiangyue was living in agony every day.
When she was free, she finished making the clothes for Xie Jiuan. Although she loved Xie Jiuan, she didn't want to owe anyone anything.
Gu Jiangyue was quite good at needlework. She had learned it from the court embroiderers in her previous life when she was idle. She originally wanted to learn it to make something for Xie Chengrui, but all she got in return was Xie Chengrui's contemptuous look.
"What are you doing making these? What's the use? You might as well learn how to assist me. If I ascend to the throne, you'll surely get your share of the benefits."
Then he threw away Gu Jiangyue's embroidery and accepted the sachet embroidered by Gu Zhengwan. Xie Chengrui didn't know that when Gu Jiangyue was with him, she didn't want any benefits. All she wanted was for Xie Chengrui to love her.
This time, when Gu Jiangyue made clothes for Xie Jiuan, she embroidered with the most difficult Mo Yin embroidery. This embroidery method was extremely difficult and very skillful, but Gu Jiangyue embroidered it very well. On the pure white robe, there was a faint golden embroidery, extremely elegant and delicate.
Gu Jiangyue had almost finished embroidering the thing and was doing the final finishing work. Just then, Zhiyuan rushed over in a hurry.
"Miss, miss! There's news! There's news about the medicine!"
Zhiyuan was out of breath from running. Her eyes sparkled with joy. She looked at Gu Jiangyue excitedly and was still gasping for breath.
"Tell me in detail quickly."
As soon as Gu Jiangyue heard the news, she immediately stood up. Her voice was excited.
"Miss, there's news that one of the medicines, the Wood Spirit Moon Orchid, is in Liangzhou. As long as we find it, the young master will be saved!"
Liangzhou wasn't far from the capital. Gu Jiangyue immediately decided to set off to look for it in the next few days. Gu Yi's illness couldn't be delayed.
"Liangzhou. Is the news reliable?"
Gu Jiangyue didn't have time to waste, so she confirmed again.
"Absolutely certain."
Zhiyuan looked at Gu Jiangyue with a determined look in her eyes.
"Then go and prepare quickly. We'll set off to look for the medicine in the next few days. I'll go and find Xie Jiuan first."
Gu Jiangyue quickly put away the clothes and then prepared to go and find Xie Jiuan. She definitely couldn't do it alone. She would feel more at ease with Xie Jiuan.
"Okay, miss."
Zhiyuan was also extremely happy. After receiving the order, she immediately retreated to prepare things.