The Grand Secretary's Pampered Wife

Chapter 48

Very soon, the door opened from the inside.

Silence shrouded the entire room, and the candles that had been lit up were extinguished one by one, so that the inside was only dimly illuminated once again.

The old physician sat down on the ground, drained of energy. His whole person seemed to have died once during the whole process.

To tell the truth, he wasn’t the one who saved people. He just helped carry a box and lit an oil lamp and some candles. However, he was the only one who had witnessed Gu Jiao dragging people back from the Palace of Yama.

The process was simply too thrilling. He had never encountered something like it before and probably would never encounter it again in his life.

The Head Nursemaid beckoned the servant girl to help the old physician up, while she herself walked over to the bed with light steps. As a result, she saw the little girl in a village girl’s clothing sitting on the edge of her young master's bed.

This was the bed of the Marquis Estate's young master!

Which wild girl dared to sully their young master’s bed?!

The Head Nursemaid was about to open her mouth to berate her, but she unexpectedly found that it wasn’t the other party who purposefully remained on her own young master’s bed, but rather, her young master... was grasping the girl's hand.

The Head Nursemaid was a dowry maid[1] of the Marchioness. She watched the young master grow up. What kind of virtue… Er, wrong, what kind of character their young master had, she knew all too well. He was proud and aloof, unreasonable and didn’t like getting close to others. He had never even held the hand of his own mother and sister.

The Head Nursemaid suspected that she was imagining things. She stepped forward again to have a closer look, making sure it wasn't this girl who was playing tricks. But it was really her young master who was holding on to her, moreover, he was grasping and tugging at her hand so tightly that the skin on the back of her hand was already a bit red.

It was surprising that this girl didn’t shake off the young master‘s hand despite feeling such pain...

The young master had fallen asleep again. But his breathing and complexion were totally different from when he was in a coma. The Head Nursemaid could tell that his condition had gotten better.

"Ah, how come, clearly just now..." The servant girl who came after her widened her eyes in disbelief.

"Shut up!" The Head Nursemaid stopped her words. During New Year's day, she actually dared to say that the young master had already stopped breathing, see if she didn’t tear her mouth!

“Ahem, this is my medicine girl." The old physician explained.

Turned out to be the medicine girl from Rejuvenation Hall.

The Head Nursemaid looked a little more polite and asked softly, "Did my young master wake up just now?"

"En." Gu Jiao nodded and turned to look at her, saying, "He woke up for a while, took some medicine and fell asleep again."

This one turn of Gu Jiao’s head allowed the Head Nursemaid to see her left face clearly. She actually had such a big birthmark on her face, what a pity. Looking at her side profile just now, she thought she was a little beauty...

She even thought that if the young master really had taken a fancy to this girl, it wasn’t impossible to keep her in the room as his own person.

The young master's eyebrows were smoothed out, it seemed that he was sleeping very comfortably. The Head Nursemaid could no longer remember how long the young master hadn't had a good sleep. In the past, everytime he fell asleep, his breathing would become difficult. Otherwise, he would have night sweats, or extremely painful palpitations.

The Head Nursemaid did not dare to make any noise and just stood silently by the side.

Gu Jiao was so busy saving his life earlier that she didn't have time to pay attention to his appearance. At this moment, after taking a careful look, she found that he was unbelievably good-looking.

Was this the so-called sickly beauty ah?! Such good looks was simply breaking the rules!

Fine. For the sake of your beauty, you are allowed to grasp my hand.

This room had a ground heating system[2], and the heat dissipation was very even, not too hot but rather mildly warm.

Gu Jiao was suddenly struck by drowsiness and her little head began to peck rice like a chicken bit by bit. Don’t know how many times she was doing that, eventually, she slumped on the bed with a thump.

The old physician and the Head Nursemaid were startled. Seeing Gu Jiao sleeping on the same pillow as the young master truly frightened them. The old physician on one side was even too scared to make a sound!

The corners of the Head Nursemaid’s mouth pulled down. Letting you be held by our young master was already giving you face, but who let you fall asleep on our young master's pillow? Truly taking advantage of the situation!

Regardless of whether the young master would be awoken or not, the Head Nursemaid took three steps forward, intending to pull Gu Jiao up impolitely, but the moment she reached out her hand, the sleeping young master seemed to sense something and woke up all of a sudden.

He had a thin figure, and his skin was also thinner than that of ordinary people; one could even see the faint blue blood vessels under his skin.

He glanced at the Head Nursemaid with cold eyes.

The Head Nursemaid shuddered under his gaze and staggered a few steps backwards!

The Marquis Estate’s young master was notorious for being difficult to mess with, bad-tempered and not amenable to reason. Because he was suffering from a serious illness, no one dared to do anything to him. His way of doing things was simply totally unreasonable.

None of the servant girls in his room was able to last working for a month. They were either driven away or scared away by him.

If the Head Nursemaid wasn’t the Marchioness’ dowry maid, she would have been kicked out by him many times already.

The Head Nursemaid didn't dare to get tough with him. She smiled and said softly, "Young…"

Young master: "Get lost!"

Head Nursemaid: "Yes!"

The Head Nursemaid slipped out in a hurry.

The old physician who was at a loss on what to do: Er... Should I get lost too?

Why was no one paying any attention to him?!

So pitiful oh!

The young master looked at the sleeping girl with her head lying on his pillow. She was facing his direction, and the small baby fat on half of her face was pressed out. Her small mouth was pouting too, somewhat cute.

Her left face with the birthmark was exposed.

Young Master Gu disliked anything that was flawed and also refused anyone's approach.

Only this time was an exception.

He didn't think she was ugly at all. Watching her sleeping soundly and listening to her breathing at such a close proximity like this, a feeling of wanting to be closer to her suddenly rose in his heart.

The average person might have scruples, but Young Master Gu wasn’t just your average person. Since he was born, he was living a life of waiting for death. How could such a person care about worldly rules?

He only knew that he felt comfortable near her, so he just did what he wanted.

Young Master Gu moved closer to her, holding her hand without letting go. He weakly raised his other hand and evenly shared his quilt with her.

Then he fell asleep next to her with great peace of mind.

When Young Master Gu woke up again, Gu Jiao was already gone. This made him so angry that he tore up several antique paintings of the former dynasty that his father collected like treasures!!!

After leaving the villa, Second Owner asked about the illness of the Marquis Estate's young master.

Gu Jiao didn't answer, but instead asked, "What did the imperial physician say?"

Second Owner wasn’t idle outside, inquiring about some information from the imperial physician. The imperial physician was also generous and told Second Owner everything he knew. He said, "…He said that it’s a Heart Qi Deficiency and blood stasis. It’s a heart disease."

"What does Physician Li think?" Gu Jiao asked the old physician.

The old physician also took his pulse while the young master was asleep. He said thoughtfully, "I also think it should be a heart disease."

Gu Jiao fell silent. In fact, the result of her diagnosis was similar to that of the two. Using her previous life’s terms, he was suffering from a congenital heart disease.

This disease was very difficult to treat in ancient times.

Taking medicine alone wasn’t enough, he had to undergo a surgery. This kind of surgery was much more complicated than that of Xiao Liulang, furthermore she didn’t have the corresponding surgical conditions at present.

"Gu girl, can you cure it?" Second Owner asked.

Gu Jiao thought for a moment and said, "I left him some medicine. Let's treat it conservatively first."

Both families were surnamed Gu, which was purely coincidental and had no traceable relationship.

1. ↑ — Maid servant brought by the bride from her parents' home.

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Everyone But Me Is Reborn

Her father is a coward and senselessly filial. Her mother is weak and gullible. Her elder brother is a wastrel.

When she married into the Wangfu, she suffered and was coldly treated. And by the time she was in labour, she was fated to die with the unborn child in her belly.

This was supposed to be Ning Nuan's life.

However this time, everyone but her is reborn.

Ning Nuan is at a loss. She felt that her dad has suddenly become the pillar of the family, her mother’s temper became fierce, and even her elder brother, who would only walk the dogs and play with birds all day, has begun picking up books and reading them carefully.

There is also that juvenile that shows up at the wall of her courtyard everyday, calling her “Ah Nuan, Ah Nuan” with an honest face.