Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times
Chapter 484 - 342: All the Imperial Physicians Fall Ill

Chapter 484: Chapter 342: All the Imperial Physicians Fall Ill

Zhou Mu’s aura of slaughter honed from over a decade on the battlefield suddenly emanated.

Ru Yu and Ru Ge were so frightened that they trembled all over and incessantly begged for mercy.

Unfortunately, with such oppressive force from His Highness Prince Mu, neither dared to lift their heads, or they would have seen a faint smile hanging on His Highness’s face despite his imposing pressure!

Yes, a smile!

The Prince Mu, rumored to be decisive in killing and unblinking in the face of death, now had the corners of his mouth slightly raised, indicating his good mood!

Even if Ru Yu and Ru Ge saw it, they wouldn’t believe their eyes and would assume it was a trick of vision!

"Cough cough! What are you dawdling for? The master is anxious about Miss Huo’s well-being. How did Miss Huo end up in such a state? Speak the truth!" Eunuch Yuan Bao barely suppressed his laughter and quickly asked with feigned concern.

"Prince... Prince Mu..." Even though Ru Ge usually had some smarts, she was extremely restless at the moment and couldn’t even finish her sentence, stuttering without knowing how to explain!

How could she explain? It was her mistress who had insisted on sneaking into the Gu Residence at night, only to return with injuries and faint in front of Paulownia Courtyard.

When they carried their mistress back last night, they had been relieved, but now they realized they had rejoiced too soon!

But since Prince Mu had asked, remaining silent was absolutely not an option!

Before them stood Prince Mu, notorious for his ruthless killings and unpredictable moods!

If he became displeased, their lives might be forfeit in an instant!

Ru Ge and Ru Yu exchanged glances with a resigned look and began, "Your Highness... last night, out of nowhere, some villain attacked our mistress and left her in this state... When we found her, she had passed out at the gates of Paulownia Courtyard..."

Ru Ge’s half-truth had her heart in her throat.

"There are such audacious villains within the Four Kingdoms that can break into my mansion as if it were unguarded, harm someone, and escape without alerting the guards..." Zhou Mu said gravely, his tone betraying neither joy nor anger.

Eunuch Yuan Bao turned his back swiftly and feigned a cough, covering his mouth.

Villains? Was this girl’s head stuffed with straw?

Even Eunuch Yuan Bao, not the brightest, could tell this was a lie, let alone their attempt to deceive their own master?

It was simply a foolish and self-deceptive attempt at cunning!

Eunuch Yuan Bao looked at them with pity and shook his head slightly, what fools they were to try to fool his master!

"If you can’t protect your master, what use are you? Someone come!" Zhou Mu didn’t dwell on the reasons for Huo Shuixian’s injury, aware of the foolish excuses he would hear if he probed further, so he feigned anger and called out immediately.

In the next moment, guards streamed in and stood ready, bowed in attendance.

"Take these two girls away and give them fifty strokes of the cane to teach them a lesson!"

"Yes!" The guards responded and lunged toward the two women.

"Your Highness, please spare our lives! Your Highness, please have mercy!"

"Your Highness, have mercy! Have mercy, please!"

Ru Ge and Ru Yu pled for mercy with pale faces, but Zhou Mu, cold as ice, did not even glance at them.

"With Shuixian injured, everyone in Paulownia Courtyard is to blame. Drag them all out and give them the cane!"

Zhou Mu’s voice struck like thunder, and Huo Shuixian’s attendants in Paulownia Courtyard immediately collapsed on the ground, their faces drained of color!

When His Highness Prince Mu was angered, it was fortunate if blood didn’t flow for miles!

"Stop your wailing; do not disturb my peace any further!" Eunuch Yuan Bao stepped outside and, seeing a courtyard full of servants restrained by the guards, spoke with pity, "The master has only ordered a caning, not a beheading, and that’s already leniency for Miss Huo’s sake. If you continue to cause a ruckus and anger my master, your heads won’t be nearly enough to satisfy him!"

With Eunuch Yuan Bao’s words, a silence fell over Paulownia Courtyard, punctuated only by the "thwack thwack" of the cane being raised high and brought down forcefully.

Seeing this, Eunuch Yuan Bao smirked triumphantly, raised his eyebrows, and turned to enter the inner room, asking his master, "How is Miss Huo’s condition, sir? Is it serious?"

Zhou Mu turned and gave him a look, speaking indifferently, "What do you think?"

At those words, Eunuch Yuan Bao laughed, "Heh, with Lady Changsheng’s intervention, Miss Huo surely couldn’t have come out on top. Sir, that was a gratifying punishment!"

With Huo Shuixian gaining influence, her people had been swaggering around Prince Mu’s Mansion, much to Eunuch Yuan Bao’s torment. Even he, an attendant close to the master, had been squeezed out by Ru Ge and Ru Yu more than once!

Eunuch Yuan Bao, who held grudges, found Paulownia Courtyard’s punishment immensely satisfying!

Zhou Mu glanced once more at Huo Shuixian, a fleeting look of hatred in his eyes, and then walked outside, casually mentioning, "With her injured like this, I suppose I ought to have the mansion’s Imperial Physician take a look..."

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Yuan Bao frowned but nodded in agreement.

"But she was truly deserving of death. Changsheng, my love, was merciful enough to spare her life, which was already a stretch. How could I bear to erase the fruits of my love’s painstaking labor, Yuan Bao..." Zhou Mu called out seemingly casually.

"Yuan Bao is here, what orders do you have, my lord? Please speak freely!" Yuan Bao stepped forward excitedly, sensing from his master’s tone that someone was about to be in trouble!

As long as the person in trouble wasn’t him, he was quite happy to see someone else suffer! Ha ha!

"I heard that all the physicians in the mansion have fallen ill. I’m not sure if this is true or false. Go and check on this for me, Yuan Bao!" Zhou Mu said, his lips curling into a chilling smile as he spoke.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Bao was struck dumb with astonishment. Once he regained his senses, he quickly followed his master’s pace, giving his master a thumbs up, extremely impressed, "My Lord! Brilliant! That’s really clever!"

With these words from his master, even if the physicians in the mansion hadn’t been ill, they would be now, wouldn’t they?

Tsk, tsk... He knew it, how could his master let those who offended Lady Changsheng get away with it?

Even if Huo Shuixian remained a useful pawn, her days were not going to be pleasant!

Although everything appeared bright and shiny on the outside, inside...

She would surely know the comfort or suffering of her lot, just as one knows the warmth or cold of drinking water!

"Rest assured, my lord. Yuan Bao will head off to the Medical Bureau right away to ensure that all the physicians in the mansion are indeed ill!" Yuan Bao pledged passionately, thumping his chest before running off.

All the servants in the Paulownia Courtyard had been punished with caning, yet, out of distrust for others to serve their young mistress, they stubbornly lingered painfully slow at Huo Shuixian’s window.

"What? What did you say? All the physicians in the mansion are ill?" Ru Ge covered her buttocks, her face ashen with disbelief as she looked at Yuan Bao before her.

Yuan Bao nodded with a regretful expression, "Yes! Misfortunes never come singly. Imperial Doctor Li hurt his hand and can’t take pulses, while Imperial Doctor Wang caught a cold and can’t get out of bed..."

Ru Yu and Ru Ge exchanged worried glances, quickly turning their gaze towards the inner chamber.

"What should we do? What can we do? We must find someone quickly to examine the young mistress! We can no longer delay her condition!" Ru Yu expressed anxiously.

"How could this be such a coincidence! Just at this time, all the physicians in the mansion happen to be ill!" Angered, Ru Ge’s face flushed red, and even the slightest movement aggravated the battered flesh of her buttocks, causing her to grimace in pain.

"Alas! Isn’t that just the case!" Yuan Bao sighed in response, "It’s exactly such a coincidence! Just now, a messenger from the City Lord’s Mansion came to our mansion to invite our physicians, as the lady from Yan Mansion who is staying there seemed to have also fallen slightly ill. In the end... even that couldn’t happen! Alas!"

Hearing of Yan Qinrui’s slight illness, Ru Ge and Ru Yu were momentarily startled, quickly concealing the surprise on their faces.

"But don’t worry, I’ve already sent someone to invite a doctor from Liuzhou City. We should have news any moment now!" Yuan Bao reassured them.

Only then did Ru Ge and Ru Yu begin to feel relieved...

In the City Lord’s Mansion, hearing that all the physicians in Prince Mu’s Mansion were ill and unable to provide medical care, Du Chenzhi immediately cradled his head in despair, feeling a deathly urge.

Why did everything have to be such a coincidence?

If anything were to happen to Yan Qinrui in his mansion, how would he explain to his wife at home? How would he answer to the Ministry of War Minister’s Mansion?

"Sir, I heard that the Mandated Noble Lady Miss Huo from Prince Mu’s Mansion has also been injured. When my men were there, they witnessed the mansion in chaos over Miss Huo’s condition!"

Upon hearing this, Du Chenzhi jumped up suddenly, "What? Huo Shuixian is also ill?"

The guard, startled by his master’s intense reaction, still promptly nodded.

Seeing the certainty in his attendant’s response, Du Chenzhi immediately felt puzzled, supporting his chin with one hand as he began to ponder, "Huo Shuixian is ill, and she definitely needs a physician. Then, the physicians in Prince Mu’s Mansion are also ill..."

"His Highness Prince Mu often faces battles, and his mansion isn’t staffed with just one or two physicians!"

"If one or two physicians fell ill, it would be understandable, but for five or six to fall ill all at once, that seems rather suspicious..."

"Snap!" Realizing this, Du Chenzhi suddenly smacked his forehead. He had an epiphany!

"Huo Shuixian! You truly are a calamity!" Du Chenzhi couldn’t help but curse under his breath.

He was not stupid; the cunning teachings from a family of seasoned officials were ingrained deep in his bones. With just a little thought, he figured it out!

He had definitely been implicated by that calamity, Huo Shuixian!

Godfather! This was an unanticipated disaster!

And with His Highness Prince Mu getting involved in this mess, he had no choice but to swallow this bitter pill!

"What are you waiting for? If we don’t have a physician, we can’t let Yan Qinrui die in my City Lord’s Mansion, or I would be skinned alive by the powerful ministers!" In a fit of rage, Du Chenzhi kicked his attendant and frantically gave orders, "Don’t just stand there, go invite a doctor from Liuzhou City!"

"Yes, yes, yes! I’ll go right now!" The kicked guard said, clutching his buttocks as he ran out.

Du Chenzhi was left alone, stamping his feet in deep frustration.

Godfather! Liuzhou City was already a place teeming with hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and yet his father insisted on sending him to this dangerous land for some superficial honor!