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Published at 10th of December 2020 09:49:39 AM


Chapter 87

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Accept It
“Fourth brother, how did it go? Did Madam Su like it?”

Gu WenQing returned to the Western Wing, and Yu Fu hastily went up to greet him. Small spots of flour were still sticking to her small face.

He reached out a hand and rubbed the top of her nose, covering his finger in a layer of white powder. Bringing it down for Yu Fu to see, Yu Fu began to giggle.

This was her first time making dumplings. In the beginning, she was a complete mess, and her entire body was covered in flour.

She worked for a long time before making some that had a decent shape. She then asked Gu WenQing to send them to Madam Su’s place for her. She would use this method to try and get her to like her.

Hearing Yu Fu laugh, Gu WenQing also laughed.

“She did. Aunty really liked them.”

“Really?”

Yu Fu leaped with joy. As Gu WenQing smiled, his eyes gradually began to dim.

He did not reveal the whole truth.

Madam Su’s initial assessment was that she liked it. After knowing that they had been made by Yu Fu, she actually declined to eat any more.

On the surface, she was polite and said that Yu Fu had been considerate, her eyes had a distant look.

It seemed that this method was not too effective. He needed to help Yu Fu come up with other ideas.

A few days later, Madam Su went to see Gu HuaiJiang. She saw that he was soaking his feet, and there was a sweet smell in the room.

“Why have you decided to soak your feet in the middle of the day? This smell is quite nice.”

The two of them were roughly the same age, and they were siblings born from the same parents, thus there was no need to avoid such topics. Gu HuaiJiang continued to remain seated and said: “Eldest sister, please sit. I’ll be done in a moment. I’m not soaking my feet. I have some old injuries, and Yu Fu has prescribed me some medicine to keep the cold away.”

So it was for the sake of staving off the cold.

Madam Su could not help but take a couple extra looks. Gu HuaiJiang had a sudden realization. Madam Su was someone who was quite afraid of the cold.

“How about you also have Yu Fu prepare some for you. Adjusting the medicine based on the person would be a little more effective.”

Hearing Yu Fu get brought up, Madam Su subconsciously shook her head.

“I know that she is a disciple of the Deity of Medicine, but I heard that she is a practitioner of poison, nor a practitioner of medicine. The medicine that she prepares…”

Madam Su hesitated for a moment, reaching a hand out towards the basin that Gu HuaiJiang was soaking his feet in. She wanted to take out a bit of the medicine to see what exactly it was.

Gu HuaiJiang suddenly raised his head and smiled honestly, “Eldest sister really is smart. This is indeed poison.”

The outreached hand was quickly pulled back.

Madam Su subconsciously wiped her hand with a handkerchief. It was fortunate that she did not come into contact with the medicine and only touched a bit of the water.

“She’s actually using poisonous herbs to fend off the cold? And you believe her?!”

She was so frightened that she wanted to pull Gu HuaiJiang’s feet out, but the latter waved his hand and did not allow her to get close. He then pulled his feet out and dried off his feet.

Yu Fu had said that he should soak his feet for a quarter of an hour, and it had just reached that time.

“Eldest sister, don’t you think that I look perfectly fine?”

Now that he had pulled his feet out of the basin, Gu HuaiJiang stood up and did a quick stretch.

Madam Su observed that he was only wearing a white shirt, yet his face was red. His spirits were even better than before autumn had arrived.

No, that was wrong.

People who feared the cold would become more and more listless as the days became colder. Gu HuaiJiang, with all of his injuries, should have been affected by the cold. Why was it that he looked like there was nothing wrong?

Could it be that the poisonous herbs that Yu Fu had used to stave off the cold really were effective?

“Amitabha, it’s because you are fortunate and have a strong lifeforce that you are fine. Don’t believe Yu Fu for everything, after all, she isn’t your actual daughter.”

Madam Su said this on the surface but, in the end, did not say anything about not allowing Gu HuaiJiang to continue using this treatment.

Gu HuaiJiang smiled but did not say anything. Putting on his outer clothes, he then went out to speak with her.

It seemed that Yu Fu’s attempts to make Madam Su happy over the past few days was having a bit of an effect.

“I know. There’s no need to worry about it. My life was saved by her. Even if she wanted to reclaim it, so what? Moreover, Yu Fu would not do anything to harm me. Eldest sister understands this quite clearly.”

She just could not bring herself to put aside her stature and accept Yu Fu. It was not that she truly suspected Yu Fu would harm them.

“What do you mean reclaim? You are not allowed to say such inauspicious things. In the manor, Yu Fu does not need to worry about any of the necessities and can enjoy being a great young miss. It’s natural that she wouldn’t want to harm you. Without you, how could she be a young miss?”

Madam Su curled her lips into a smirk but still ended up asking about the herbs used, “Do tell, what exactly is the deal with those poisonous herbs? With so many of them mixed together, is there really no harm to people?”

Gu HuaiJiang said: “Yu Fu said that medicine is thirty percent poison. Medicine and poison are the same things at their essence. There are times when normal medicine can take a person’s life, and there are times when a poison can save a person’s life. Yu Fu is a practitioner of poison, but didn’t she save my life?”

He had found a chance to tell Madam Su all about Yu Fu’s good points, especially the part where she had saved his life.

Madam Su loved her younger brother dearly. It was natural that she would treat the person who had saved his life a bit better.

It was not just Gu HuaiJiang. Everyone in Marquis Gu’s Manor, from the sons to the servants, including Qi Zhou, would talk to her about Yu Fu’s good points.

They even said that Qi Ting being chased away could only be blamed on herself. Yu Fu had already been very tolerant of her.

What sort of situation was this!

Madam Su snorted, not knowing how to handle this bit of information.

“Either way, everything that Yu Fu says is correct. Don’t think that I can’t tell that you guys have been spending the past few days trying to work with her to curry favor with me. Isn’t that right? I won’t fall for it.”

She said this then stood up. Gu HuaiJiang could not stop her. He just waved to Qi Zhou, “Quickly go and send the medicine that Yu Fu prepared to Madam Gu. Tell her to soak every day for a quarter of an hour.”

“Ay, I’ll go immediately!”

Madam Su had already left the courtyard. Seeing Qi Zhou rush out to give her the medicine, she hesitated and looked at it for a while before turning around and leaving.

“Mother Su, go ahead and accept it.”

Without even turning her head, she instructed the old woman following her.





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