On the carriage back to the palace.

Zhou Yu looked at his father who had left the Marquis' Mansion with an even more gloomy and frightening look in his eyes. He nodded and was about to speak, but Doctor Zhou gave him a look and Zhou Yu immediately swallowed the words he was about to say.

Arrived at the imperial study.

In response to His Majesty's question, Doctor Zhou spoke calmly.

"Your Majesty, Lord Gu is doing fine. He is just too worried and has something on his mind that he cannot express, which has caused him to be weak. I have written a prescription for him, but I am not sure how long it will take for him to recover."

After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment and then said hesitantly, "Gu Hou was extremely sad, and he also had an old injury, so he fell ill all of a sudden."

The emperor was surprised to see Doctor Zhou's hesitation, but he remained calm.

"Oh? Heartbroken? How can you be so heartbroken?"

Hearing the question, Doctor Zhou looked up and around before looking at the emperor.

The emperor's eyes flickered, but he gave a look to Eunuch Hou, who immediately ordered all the palace maids and eunuchs to leave.

Seeing that everyone had left, only the Zhou family father and son, the emperor, and Eunuch Hou were left, Doctor Zhou answered,

"Your Majesty, when I was examining Marquis Gu's pulse, I unexpectedly discovered that Marquis Gu was unable to have children due to an old injury he sustained in his early years that was not treated in time."

Hearing what Doctor Zhou said, Zhou Yu, who had been lowering his head, looked at Doctor Zhou in astonishment, then immediately lowered his head again.

This is too shocking!

It was indeed shocking. Even the emperor, who usually kept a straight face, couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

The emperor realized that he had lost his composure, and he calmed down and asked with concern, "Is there any cure?"

"Your Majesty, it has been too long and my medical skills are too low to treat him."

When the emperor heard Doctor Zhou say that the disease could not be cured, he could no longer control his expression. His face was filled with sighs, sympathy, pity, and complexity. For a moment, there were too many emotions on his face to count.

"Alas~" the emperor sighed and told Doctor Zhou,

"Try your best to treat Gu Qing. If there are any herbs you need, you don't need to ask for permission. Just get them directly from the Imperial Hospital."

After thinking for a while, he warned: "Don't spread this matter."

Doctor Zhou understood that this meant to seal the mouth. "Yes."

The emperor sighed deeply and let him leave.

As soon as the Zhou father and son left, someone left the palace.

for a long time,

The emperor, who originally had a sympathetic look on his face, no longer had those complicated expressions on his face, and was now writing with a calm expression.

A shadow guard was kneeling in front of the hall.

"Reporting to your majesty, the Marquis's mansion Gu Qi was indeed expelled from the house because he did not want to take a concubine."

"Four months ago, Marquis Gu personally went to the Imperial Hospital to invite Doctor Zhou to come to the Marquis' Mansion. That day was the day when the Third Master of the Marquis' Mansion, Gu Qing, left home. It was also from that day that the Marquis' Mansion began to search for famous doctors."

"I have learned that Gu Qing had a fight with Lord Gu at that time, and I don't know what happened afterwards."

After hearing what the shadow guard said, the emperor stopped writing, thought for a moment, and figured out what had happened.

So, what happened at that time was that the two of them had a conflict, Gu Qi's old illness relapsed, and he fell into a coma, so Mr. Gu went to invite Mr. Zhou in person.

So, Gu Qi and the others knew about it a long time ago.

He had been receiving treatment in private until a few days ago, when it was probably confirmed that he could not be cured, so Old Gu forced the second son of the Gu family to take a concubine. The second son of the Gu family was unwilling to take a concubine, so he was kicked out of the house?

The eldest child can't have any more children, the second child doesn't want to have any more children, and the third child is missing, so this is why Mr. Gu is overly worried.

As for Gu Qi, he still felt quite sympathetic towards him.

Forget it. No man can bear this, let alone Gu Qi who was born into a military family. If he doesn't want to go to court, then he doesn't have to.

Gu Qing was also injured because of Dayan, and now he just wants to rest more, so let him be.

The more the emperor thought about it, the more guilty he felt, and the more sympathetic he felt. After thinking it over, he ordered Eunuch Hou to go to the Marquis' Mansion in person to show his concern, and to give him some medicinal herbs and gold and silver. He did not want to let the military marquis who were defending his country feel disheartened.

Hou Mansion

Liu'er was so excited when she saw the rewards given by the emperor.

"Wow, Lingzhi, and this, ginseng..."

Seeing Liu'er's excited face, Gu Jue didn't stop her.

Instead, he casually said, "You can do with these. The gold and silver ornaments given by the royal family cannot be sold or given away, so just keep them. If you like any of them, take them out separately."

Liu Er was also sensible. "Forget it. You can't buy or sell it, you can't wear it, and you can't give it to others. If someone with ulterior motives sets you up, you'll be in big trouble."

"Forget it. It's better not to cause this kind of trouble. It will be difficult to deal with it later."

Hearing what Liu'er said, Gu Jue looked at Liu'er with a little surprise.

"Really? Don't you like golden things the most? There are so many here, why don't you want any of them? You don't even want the gold ingots?"

Liu Er curled her lips and said with a depressed look, "I like golden things, but these are death warrants, not treasures. Why do I need them?"

"Besides, we are now in Yanjing, so we have to be careful and can't do whatever we want like before. It's better not to touch the royal family's things."

Listening to Liu'er's words, Gu Jue felt dazed for a moment. Suddenly, he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing to keep Liu'er by his side.

During the past few months in Yanjing, Liu'er has learned a lot, can handle things on her own, and has matured.

However, Gu Jue didn't know whether becoming mature was good or bad for Liu'er.

Originally, her idea was to protect Liu'er and the others, so that they could live freely and happily as they pleased. But now, she suddenly realized that it seemed to be going against her idea.

She was so focused on giving them the ability to protect themselves that she forgot whether they wanted this ability.

Is this the life they want now?

Meeting Liu'er's eyes, Gu Jue suddenly didn't dare to ask, for she was afraid the answer would be: they don't like it.

Avoiding Liu'er's sight in a panic, Gu Jue admitted that she had always been a coward who only knew how to escape and be afraid.

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