Recovery without medicine

  The parents put on a show of martial arts, and Gu Yuqie didn't idle around either. She squeezed out a face full of tears and snot, seeing her daughter cry pitifully. In the heat of the moment, Liang Shi gave Gu Huai Zhong another punch. Her punches were extremely cunning and strange, even Gu Huai Zhong, who had experienced many battles, didn't realize that his wife originally had such strong martial arts skills. For a moment, he was caught off guard by Liang Shi's punch and stumbled back two steps, clutching his nose... The sourness was just right... Instantly, tears gushed out.

  Wow, my nose bridge is all bruised! Gu Yuqie took a glance and secretly stuck out her tongue. She thought to herself that she had vented enough, after all, that cheap father was still a marquis, and if she continued to hit him, she would probably lose face. She immediately burst into tears and flung herself into Liang Shi's arms, hugging her slender waist. "Mother, it's all my fault, don't be angry with Father anymore. Big brother won't acknowledge me, I won't say anything else either. Mother, please calm down." She didn't forget to frame Gu Siyang once again.

  Gu Yuqiu cried heartbrokenly, sobbing convulsively. Liang Shi hastily withdrew her hand and wrapped her arms around her daughter's frail body, glaring fiercely at Gu Huai Zhong.

  Gu Huai Zhong was beaten to the point of anger, but his daughter cried with grievance, her small shoulders shaking, weakly leaning into Liang Shi's arms and stealing glances at him, a look of shock and fear on her face. He could only sigh inwardly, after all, he was in the wrong. The cause of today's incident was also because Gu Si Yang had been spoiled by him too much. To say it, his daughter and Liang Shi were not wrong either.

  "Has the lady vented her anger?" He could only accompany a smile and ask, "A'Niang, don't cry. Father will go teach Siyang a lesson. The rules of the Hou Mansion must still be upheld. Later, I'll call Siyang over to apologize to you, okay?"

  "Vent? She's waited for ten years, this punch is just interest! Liang coldly snorted and didn't respond to Gu Huai's words, instead carefully using a handkerchief to wipe away her daughter's tears, softly coaxing her."

  "Father." Gu Yuqie pretended to be afraid and called out to Gu Huai Zhong, then reached out her hand to pull his sleeve, "Father, don't get angry with Mother and me in the future, okay? I promise I'll be good. The books you asked me to recite, I've all memorized them. Let me recite them for Father now." After finishing speaking, she stood up straight and used a weak voice to recite the Analects of Confucius and other books that Gu Huai Zhong had given her, without missing a single word.

  Gu Huaizhong was originally not in the mood to listen, just wanting to perfunctorily say a couple of sentences and get Gu Yuqie to stop, but Gu Yuqie recited it with not a single mistake, which made Gu Huaizhong's eyes light up.

  "What else can you recite?" Gu Huai Zhong interrupted and asked after Gu Yu Qie finished reciting a paragraph.

  "What my father taught me and what my mother just taught me, I've all remembered." Gu Yuqie said weakly. But in her heart, she was extremely disdainful, except for the sword and spear techniques and incantations from earlier, everything else was something she had mastered in her previous life, and in that life, she had also worked hard to stand out!

  "Did you remember what your mother just taught you? You only listened twice." Gu Huai Zhong exclaimed in surprise. The sword and spear techniques' mnemonics he had also memorized back then, were so twisted that they were hard to recite, and it took him three days of forced memorization to get them all down, how could his daughter remember after just two listens?

  "Yes." Gu Yuqie nodded, "I'll recite it to Father." After that, she recited the entire passage that Liangshi had just taught her.

  Li's mouth corners revealed a faint smile, her eyebrows slightly raised to look at Gu Huai Zhong. Her daughter is much smarter than you were back then. This subconscious small movement was seen by Gu Huai Zhong, but his heart was slightly moved. Back then, she fell off a horse and he happened to be passing by, saving her from the fall. When she was still in shock, she proudly raised an eyebrow at him, Li Huai Yu's expression back then was exactly like this now.

  Gu Huai was staring blankly at Liang Shi, forgetting to listen to his daughter recite the second half of the poem, until Gu Yuqie finished reciting the rhyme, he was still in a daze.

  "Father?" Noticing Gu Huai's distraction, Gu Yuqie tugged on his sleeve, and only then did he quickly bring his gaze back. He wasn't someone who didn't love Liang Shi back then, it's just that after all these years, he had already forgotten that initial feeling... The pressure from General Liang was really too great, and only with Liu Yue could he feel like he was needed. As for Liang Huaiyu, he gradually forgot her kindness, only remembering her identity.

  "Then father will give you another book to see how long it takes for you to recite it." Gu Huai Zhong gathered his thoughts and took out a small booklet from his bosom. This was the military strategy he had copied in the study earlier, which he had casually tucked into his bosom when he rushed to Wan Xin Zhai.

  Cramming was Gu Yuqie's strong suit. In her previous life in modern times, she relied on her good memory to get through exams!

  Gu Yuqie took the booklet and flipped through it only twice before reciting it from memory in front of Gu Huai Zhong and Liang Shi.

  This time, not only was she surprised, but also Mrs. Liang was extremely astonished, and with a mixture of surprise and joy, she hugged her daughter's shoulders, "Duke, our daughter is actually a prodigy!" How did she not discover this before?

  "Really!" Gu Huai Zhong was also surprised and delighted, even the matter of helping Liu Yue regain his face had been thrown far away.

  This feeling is great! Gu Huai Zhong carefully examined his daughter, Gu Yu Gui. Although she was still young and hadn't grown tall yet, her eyes and eyebrows were perfectly beautiful, even more delicate than her mother Liang Shi's. She would definitely become a stunning beauty who would captivate the city in the future. Beautiful women are easy to find, but talented beauties with great wisdom are hard to come by!

  Among the emperor's children, there are those who are of the same age as Gu Yuqie. If he can spread Gu Yuqie's reputation as a prodigy early on, it is likely that in the future his daughter will be able to marry into the imperial family! That would be an even better thing for Gu Siyang.

  Gu Yuqiu saw Gu Huaizhong staring at her without blinking, but had no idea what was going on in his mind.

  She deliberately showed off her impressive skills in front of Gu Huai Zhong, intending to shift his attention. As the wife, Liang Shi was about to knock him out, and if he really took it seriously, no one would look good. Better to stop while ahead...

  "But what did my daughter do wrong?" Gu Yuqie was stared at by Gu Huaizhong, and couldn't help but ask.

  "No! It's because it was done too well!" Gu Huai Zhong suddenly slapped his thigh, he was a new noble in the imperial court, and the only thing he relied on was the emperor's favor. Now that the war is over and the peaceful days have been going on for a long time, the emperor might gradually forget the life-saving grace he had shown him. After all, being rescued wasn't something to be proud of, and the emperor wouldn't keep talking about it. As a minister, one couldn't remind the monarch, "Hey, don't forget that your life was saved by me." If things went on like this, the Hou Mansion's glory would eventually fade away. But if they could form an alliance with the imperial family through marriage, their status would be entirely different.

  Is there a scholar-official clan gate that can be bigger than the imperial family?

  It seems that Liang and his daughter will have to come here often. Gu Huai Zhong is from a humble background, and he has climbed to this position, so he must be more farsighted than others.

  He and Liang said some comforting words, then got up and left the mourning hall.

  After he left, Liang couldn't help but burst out laughing. Those few punches were really satisfying. But after she finished laughing, a faint layer of sadness crept back into her eyes.

  Ten years, she had been waiting with full expectation for ten years, but all the kindness was completely gone with those few punches just now. She thought she wouldn't be able to bring herself to do it, but didn't expect her fists to fly out so naturally. It turned out that the two words "husband" had also become a mere symbol in her heart. This was for the best; since she had seen through her own heart, there was no need to continue being entangled anymore. The Gu Huai of those years ago was just a handsome young man living in her memories, while the current Gu Huai was merely the Duke of Dingyuan, nothing more.

  Gu Yu looked quietly at the changes in her mother's eyes, her heart a little sour but more relieved. Her mother had experienced what she had gone through, and for someone who was deeply loved with all one's heart and soul, it ultimately turned into a wisp of smoke that dissipated in the wind.

  She hugged Liang Huaiyu's waist and said softly, "Mother, if we are unhappy here, we can leave this place."

  Liang Huaiyu's heart was about to melt, her daughter was only ten years old, yet she seemed to see right through her heart. She didn't say anything, but tightly hugged her daughter.

  "Madam." Chun Xing's voice sounded outside the door, and Liang Huaiyu quickly let go of Gu Yuqie, calling out to Chun Xing to come in.

  "Regarding what Madam and Miss said." Chun Xing bowed slightly before continuing, "I went to investigate the small white dog that Miss mentioned. The dog was brought in by a maid from Madame Liu's side kitchen, saying that Master Hou likes to eat dog meat during winter, so they caught one. I also investigated further, on the day Miss fell into the water, all of Madame Liu's maids were at Wang Yue House, except for that maid who had an errand outside the manor, which is why the dog was able to chew through its rope and run out, startling Miss."

  It's indeed related to Liu Niang, but if Liu Niang really wanted to get rid of Gu Yuqiu, she wouldn't have left any clues behind.

  Liang Huaiyu's eyes had chilled to freezing point.

  She hasn't even had time to accommodate the Lius and their two children yet, but Mrs. Liu can't stand Gu Yuqiu and herself!

  "Mother. If you want to keep it a secret, don't do it yourself. If Aunt Liu really wants to harm her daughter or mother, she'll try again next time." Gu Yuqie was more open-minded, "We didn't know before, but now that we do, we'll be on guard. What we need to do now is wait quietly."

  Yes, my daughter is right. Since Mrs. Liu has this idea, if it doesn't work out once, there will be a next time.

  Li's mouth slightly hooked up, truly a tiger not showing its might, Liu thought she was just a sick cat.

  "Next time the slave market opens, your mother will take you to pick out a few maidservants to buy back and serve you personally." Madam Liang said after some thought.

  "Thank you, Mother." Gu Yuqie smiled and thanked her.

  In her previous life, the maidservants in her Danxia Courtyard, except for the one who applied rouge, were all arranged by Liu to spy on her every move. She didn't mind much, anyway her ambition was not in this household but on that cold-blooded person. But it's different this time, even if Liang didn't mention it, she would have brought up the matter herself, now that Liang mentioned it first, Gu Yuqiu naturally felt delighted.

  The lady had Zhang's nanny and four personal maids brought from Jiangnan, as well as ten guards, all of whom were trustworthy. On the other hand, apart from the cosmetics, there was no one else around Gu Yuqiu. Since Lady Liang had taken a liking to Liu, she naturally wanted to protect her daughter first. The people in this mansion were all selected by Liu herself, so none of them could be used. Therefore, she wanted to go to the slave market to buy a few clever ones back and teach them well before putting them around Gu Yuqiu, which would make sense.

  Liáng just vented his anger and now has a renewed fighting spirit. He even feels that he himself is much lighter, as if the illness had been cured without any treatment.