Chapter 84.1

Huang Zhong found his own Marquis on a big tree a hundred paces away from the courtyard.

Marquis Gu was carried up by Gu Jiao and hung on a big branch, just like hanging a wet cloth dripping with water without a single dry place all over.

When Huang Zhong saw him, he got a real fright. If not for the clear sky and the daylight, he would have thought he had seen a ghost at night!

"Lord... Marquis, why did you hang yourself in the tree?"

Did I do this? It's that extremely audacious girl!

"And why is your face swollen?"

It’s still that girl’s doing!

Nothing good happened every time he saw that girl. There was almost no intact place all over his body!

He figured it out now. That girl came to make him suffer!

"I don't want to recognize her back——"

……

Gu Jiao bid goodbye to Gu Yan. Gu Yan was very reluctant to part, and only after Gu Jiao promised to come see him again soon did he reluctantly let Gu Jiao go.

He sat in his sedan chair with Gu Jiao and sent Gu Jiao off to their carriage.

These actions made the jaw of all the servants drop in surprise.

It should be known that Gu Yan's sedan chair was his absolute private domain. Once, the young Gu Jinyu climbed in out of curiosity and was kicked down by Gu Yan on the spot.

"I'll also give you a lift next time you come back." Gu Yan said to Gu Jiao.

Gu Jiao nodded, "Alright."

Instead of heading back to town immediately after leaving the Hot Spring Villa, Gu Jiao went to Dean Li's residence first.

Dean Li was in the academy at the moment, and there were only Old Madame Li and her servant at home.

Old Madame Li didn’t spend much time awake in a day, and it was said that sometimes she didn’t even recognize Dean Li.

However, she seemed to recognize Gu Jiao as she smilingly grabbed a lot of candy for Gu Jiao at this moment.

Gu Jiao gave her a check-up. She was fine overall, but she was already advanced in age and her memory had deteriorated and her body had become weak.

As Gu Jiao was leaving a basket of fresh mountain goods, she noticed that Old Madame Li had been looking at a mulberry tree outside the wall, drooling. Thus, Gu Jiao went out of the yard, intending to pick some mulberries for Old Madame Li.

But when she got closer, she found that the mulberry tree was actually not a wild tree on the roadside, but planted in the courtyard next door. Because the tree was too tall and the tree crown was very high, it could be seen from inside Dean Li’s courtyard.

Gu Jiao thought for a moment before walking over and knocking on the other party’s gate.

"Cough, who is it?"

Along with a low cough, the scarlet door was opened, and the one who opened it was a lady with a gentle and graceful temperament.

Gu Jiao recognized her at a glance.

She also recognized Gu Jiao.

She covered her mouth with a handkerchief, coughed twice gently, and then smiled, "Girl, it’s you?"

Gu Jiao was in a daze for a while. She came just to pick some mulberries, how did she end up meeting the Madame of the temple?

"Madame, you live so far away?" She actually came from here to the temple to burn incense? To say it was a very long and arduous trip was not an exaggeration either.

"My surname is Gu." Yao shi said softly.

Gu?

Was there a second rich and noble Gu Family here? The answer was no.

Gu Jiao quickly guessed her identity, but since she didn't say that she was the Marchioness, Gu Jiao didn't mention it either.

Yao shi invited Gu Jiao to come in. She was just basking in the sun in the yard earlier. The rattan chair, tables and other furniture were all available.

She pointed to the wooden bench and said, "Have a seat."

Gu Jiao sat down, and she found that there were no servants around the yard.

Yao shi saw her puzzlement, and said with a smile, "I want to be alone so I let them all go to the front yard. This is the backyard. Does the girl also live near here?"

Gu Jiao replied, "I was passing by and saw that the mulberry looks delicious, so I wanted to come in and ask for some. Did I disturb Madame Gu?"

"No matter." Yao shi was very happy to see Gu Jiao, though she herself couldn't tell why. She said, "I'll have someone pick them for you."

Yao shi called a servant girl to pick some mulberries for Gu Jiao. She took Gu Jiao around the backyard and said, "I don't know the girl's name yet."

“Gu Jiao.” Gu Jiao answered.

Yao shi smiled pleasantly, "You’re also surnamed Gu? We were a family five hundred years ago. "

Gu Yan also said the same. They were indeed mother and son.

Yao shi's condition wasn’t very good. She would cough violently after a few words.

Gu Jiao observed her pale face, paused, and said, "Madame Gu, if you don't mind, can I check your pulse?"

"Gu girl is proficient in the art of medicine?"

"I know a thing or two."

Yao shi smiled and put her hand on the table.

After the servant girl was done filling up a basket of mulberries, she came over and asked Yao shi to take a look. Yao shi then signalled her to step down.

The servant girl put the mulberries gently on the table and then withdrew.

The condition of her pulse wasn’t very good, but her actual condition was actually even worse compared to her pulse condition.

Gu Jiao quietly retracted her hand and asked Yao shi, "Madame Gu, how is your sleep?"

Yao shi answered, "It's not good, I’m having a hard time falling asleep."

Gu Jiao asked, "How about your appetite?"

Yao shi shook her head slightly, "I don’t have much appetite."

Gu Jiao paused, then continued to ask, "Is it already like this before you catch a cold?"

Yao shi: "Yes."

Gu Jiao: "How long has it been?"

Yao shi: "I don't remember exactly, but it's been a long time."

Gu Jiao asked some more questions.

As a matter of fact, other physicians had also asked her the same questions, but Yao shi was reluctant to open up, so she just always gave out perfunctory answers.

But Yao shi somehow trusted Gu Jiao and answered them all truthfully.

Gu Jiao added, "Madame Gu has seen a physician before, right? What did they say?"

Yao shi smiled wryly and said, "They said I’m overly anxious and worried, and told me to relax and don't think much about anything. They also prescribed medicine for me. However, after taking it, it didn't help much. Afterwards, I stopped taking it."

This was it.

The overly anxious and worried in the physician’s mouth was, in other words, depression.

But she was also accompanied by hysteria, which was very dangerous once it flared up.

Gu Jiao took two boxes of antidepressants from her medicine chest and transferred them into porcelain bottles.

Yao shi sat opposite Gu Jiao and could only see the erected box cover, which prevented her from seeing what Gu Jiao was doing.

Gu Jiao handed the porcelain bottle to Yao shi, explained the usage and dosage, and exhorted, "Madame Gu, you must take this medicine. Only in this way can you get better."

If the medicine of the physician was ineffective, how could the medicine handed by a little girl be effective?

But the little girl prepared this for quite a while, and Yao shi couldn't bear to refuse her kindness. She took the medicine and smiled, "I understand."

Gu Jiao looked into her eyes carefully and said, "You can't throw away the medicine. You have to promise me that you will really take the medicine on time."

Yao shi hadn't seen such sincere eyes for a long time. Those who wanted to cure her were not looking at her, but at the Madame of the Marquis Estate.

If she wasn't the Marchioness, no one would put her in their eyes.

But this little girl in front of her was truly sincere in trying to cure her.