Malicious Medical Princess of the Marquis House

You should be Damned!

Translated by atsam
Edited by atsam

“Laoye, everything is qieshen’s fault. Qieshen hasn’t done her best in overseeing the rear-court. It’s my fault for believing in Tao Hong, this wretched maid. Please punish qieshen.”

Xie shi was very smart. She had already read the situation clearly. She had decided to give up without struggling, abandoning the soldier to protect the commander.

Tao Hong’s eyes widened, staring at Xie shi.

“Wu… wu…!”

Taitai, you can’t abandon nubi. Nubi did all this following your instructions.

Chun He, who stood behind Xie shi, suddenly came out and slapped Tao Hong twice.

After hitting her, Chun He pointed at Tao Hong and cursed, “Tao Hong, you have disappointed taitai too much. Didn’t taitai instruct you earlier to serve guniang with the best of your ability? But you still betrayed taitai and er guniang. You have no conscience! You should be damned!”

“Chun He, step down! Laoye has still not finished speaking. When was it you, a slave’s, turn to speak?”

Xie shi said sternly, rebuking Chun He.

With a guilty and fearful look on her face, Chun He said, “Taitai, please forgive me. Nubi was very indignant and couldn’t stand it anymore. Nubi used to work with Tao Hong earlier. She didn’t have an inherently bad nature. She was diligent and quick-witted. I don’t know why she became this way once she came to Zhilanyuan.”

Gu Jiu glanced at Chun He. The first-class servants around taitai were not ordinary. Her words were clearly splashing dirty water on Zhilanyuan.

Tao Hong, who used to be diligent and quick-witted before, finally became black-hearted and vicious at Zhilanyuan. The problem was definitely not with taitai but with Zhilanyuan. With Gu Jiu.

Gu Jiu held her handkerchief and dried her eyes. “Everything is my fault. Anyway, I will also not be alive for too long. Forget it, let me die.”

“Nonsense!” Gu daren sternly berated Gu Jiu, but his tone revealed his concern for her. He swept his eyes towards Chun He. Chun He guiltily hid behind Xie shi.

Xie shi immediately said, “Everything is qieshen’s mistake. I haven’t taken good care of them. Laoye, please punish qieshen.”

Gu daren was expressionless as he said, “You should discipline your slaves well. Daring to jump out and talk before the master speaks, what kind of rules have you set?”

Xie shi choked. She completely didn’t expect that Gu daren wouldn’t give her face and criticised her for not disciplining her servants in front of so many people.

Since her face couldn’t be preserved, her complexion turned bad.

Chun He felt terrified. She ruined her master’s good things with kind intentions. She was done for.

“Meimei! Meimei, are you alright?”

Gu Jiu’s mother-compatriot older brother Gu Ting rushed inside.

Gu Ting was the eldest di son ranking third.

He was seventeen years old with a lanky build and bright features. He looked refined and cultured and he had a scholarly appearance. But the moment he began to speak, his true nature was exposed.

“Gege!” Gu Jiu called out weakly.

Seeing Gu Jiu’s fragile appearance, Gu Ting became furious. “Meimei, who bullied you? Tell me, I will definitely kill her!”

“Presumptuous!”

Gu daren slammed his palm against the desk. “In front of your father, who are you going to kill?”

Gu Ting was not convinced, but he nonetheless saluted to his father, “Paying respects to father and taitai. Shouldn’t the person who bullied my meimei be killed?”

With a stern look on his face, Gu daren said, “Your father isn’t dead yet. In this house, it is not your turn to call the shots.”

Gu Ting bowed his head silently. He looked at Tao Hong, fury evident on his face. He had already known that this Tao Hong was unsightly. His sister had stopped him from causing trouble with her before.

Now that her true colours were revealed, if he didn’t kill her, the hate in his heart wouldn’t disappear.

Tao Hong’s face became deathly pale.

She clearly understood er shaoye  Gu Ting’s temper.

In the past, when Gu Jiu was protecting her, he would try to find trouble with her repeatedly.

Now that Gu Jiu had fallen out with her and wanted to remove her, Gu Ting was exactly that person to hand over the knife to. Gu Ting was reluctant to stain Gu Jiu’s hands with blood. He would personally slaughter her.

“Wu… wu…!”

Taitai, save me!

Tao Hong looked at Xie shi anxiously.

Xie shi gave her a meaningful look. Tao Hong who was still struggling suddenly seemed to accept her fate, becoming motionless.

She lowered her head, as if facing her death. If she continued to struggle and try to escape, taitai Xie shi would have her whole family buried with her. If she obediently accepted her fate, she would be the only one who would die and the lives of the people in her family could be saved.

Tao Hong wept, resigned to her fate.

Xie shi inwardly nodded. This servant Tao Hong was rather clever. She hadn’t taught her in vain.

“Laoye, qieshen thinks that the most important thing right now is to call the doctor and have him examine the er guniang. Let qieshen take care of all other matters.”

Gu Jiu looked at Xie shi, guessing her purpose.

She had looked at Tao Hong as if looking at a dead person.

Clearly, her intention wasn’t to preserve Tao Hong’s life. It was to preserve the old slave in the medicinal storehouse, surnamed Li.

Li pozi was originally Xie shi’s dowry servant. But when she married the manager of outer yard, Xie shi sent her to manage the medicinal storehouse.

All these years, while taking care of the storehouse, Li pozi had substituted the good ingredients with inferior ones, pocketed the good ones, indulged in extortion and had greedily coveted a lot of money. Even Xie shi didn’t know how much money she had swindled.

By preserving Li pozi, Xie shi was preserving her own treasury. It was no wonder that she wanted to ‘take care of all other matters’ and looked forward to sending Gu daren away.

Realising the key matter, Gu Jiu promptly bowed her head and coughed. The cough seemed to tear apart her heart and lungs so much so that everyone around her were frightened.

“Meimei! What’s the matter?”

“Guniang, drink some water.”

Gu daren frowned, his face filled with concern.

Xie shi was inwardly filled with hate. This slut really found the right time to cough.

Gu Jiu weakly leaned against the bed, tears hanging from the corner of her eyes. Her fragile face looked at Gu daren. “Father, daughter wants to change doctors. I ask father to permit it.”

Xie shi raised her brows and said, “Er guniang, Doctor Xu is very well-known. He is also an old friend of laoye. Anyone in the household who falls ill is treated by Doctor Xu. Now that you ask to change doctors, are you distrusting Doctor Xu’s medical expertise laoye’s vision?”

These words were really aimed at denouncing her.

Gu daren was already frowning.

If her response wasn’t good, all of Gu Jiu’s previous efforts would go down the drain.

Gu Ting’s eyes were filled with fury. What did taitai mean? Didn’t she see how ill his younger sister had become? Saying such words despite this, she was really a vicious woman.

Gu Jiu secretly pulled the irritable Gu Ting and shook her head. It was important for him not to be impulsive.

For his younger sister, Gu Ting endured.

Gu Jiu coughed lightly, tears falling from her eyes. “Father, daughter naturally believes in Doctor Xu’s medical expertise. But daughter heard that Doctor Xu used to be a military doctor and specialised in treating trauma wounds. Daughter has the common cold which is different from trauma injuries.”

Gu daren nodded, agreeing. “Er guniang’s words are reasonable. Zhang Gui, take benguan’s name post and invite Doctor Chen.”

“Doctor Chen from Chengxi?”

“Exactly.”

Doctor Chen was a little pedantic and Gu daren didn’t like such people. So ordinarily, only Doctor Xu treated the people in the household. Doctor Xu was tactful and knowledgeable. Gu daren attached some degree of importance to him.

However, nothing could be nitpicked about Doctor Chen’s knowledge of medicine. He was considered one of the best in Jinzhou, specialising in internal medicine.

Were it not for Gu Jiu’s illness deteriorating to the point of dying, Gu daren would probably not invite Doctor Chen to treat her.

Zhang Gui accepted the order and left.

Xie shi narrowed her eyes and said, “Laoye, Doctor Chen is indeed excellent. But I wonder whether Doctor Xu may have some opinion about this.”

Gu daren played it down, saying, “Not a problem.”

If even half a year wasn’t enough to treat the common cold, how could Doctor Xu not see that the servants gave inferior ingredients?

If Doctor Xu had identified this problem earlier, er guniang wouldn’t have had to suffer so much.

“Laoye, the people from the storehouse have been brought. Do you want to see them?”

Gu Quan had returned.

Xie shi was alarmed and her expression changed.