On Laba Festival, Mrs. Hu received the Laba porridge from Yongxi Hou Mansion and personally brought her daughter to return some gifts, and also kowtowed to Old Madam and Madame Hou.

  The old lady and the lady were both at Yongxi Hou's residence, but Hu Tai Tai was inconvenient to go over, so she handed it over to Yongxi Hou's wife's personal maid, Yi Qiu.

  Yi Qiu invited Mrs. Hu and Hu Xiang to sit down, then went inside to report.

  Yong Xi Hou has been bedridden with a lingering illness for half a month, and this matter was already known to Mrs. Hu and Hu Jie, who were informed by Hu Ze Yu.

  They quietly sat in the cabin waiting.

  After a moment, Yang's mother came out beside Madame Yong Xi Hou.

  She smiled and greeted Mrs. Hu.

  "Madam said, let Mrs. Xinku and Miss Jie take a walk. The young master is still taking medicine, madam needs to attend to him and can't come out, so she asked me to accompany..." Although Yang mama was smiling, there were a few hints of hidden sorrow in her eyes.

  "Did you hear from your husband that His Excellency Hou had a slight illness? Is he all right now?" asked Mrs. Hu.

  Yang's mother then repressed her smile, and sighed deeply: "It's not quite safe yet. Originally, the young master was in high spirits, eating and drinking outside, but didn't know what he had eaten that hurt him, and when he came back at night, he got up twice. The young master himself went to the imperial hospital to brew some medicine to drink, and the lady didn't ask much about it. Who would have known, but afterwards he was always unwell, going to the toilet seven or eight times a day, and also having to get up three or four times at night. By the day before yesterday, he couldn't even get out of bed, and had taken leave from his department..."

  Mrs. Hu was stunned.

  Hu Jie's heart also skipped a beat.

  The Yong Xi Marquis's estate welcomed them warmly but kept a distance, always with a hint of aloofness.

  Mrs. Hu and Hu Jie both understood that in the eyes of Old Lady Yong Xi Hou, they were almost as lowly as the servants.

  Yang's mother is Yong Xi Hou's concubine and also the general manager of this Hou Fu Nei Yuan, even more clever and powerful than Hou Ye Furen. How can she be so open-hearted today and talk about Hou Ye's illness with Hu Ta Tai Mu Nu?

  A bit unusual.

  Like Yong Xi Hou's diarrhea. The shape should look bad.

  Hu Ze Yu also learned about it from the clear guest of Yong Xi Hou Fu.

  Why did Yang's mother tell Hu's mother and daughter?

  Hu Jie's eyes and mind turned quickly.

  Mrs. Hu didn't quite understand.

  She didn't know how to respond.

  "It's said that the imperial physician of Tai Hospital is not quite up to par." Hu Jie spoke up before her mother, saying to Yang Mama, "Why doesn't Master Hou invite a famous doctor from the capital to take another look?"

  "Thank you." Yang's mother flashed a few appreciative glances at Hu Jie, "I've invited a high-ranking divine doctor. After drinking two doses of medicine, it was still ineffective. I heard that this high-ranking divine doctor had also treated the illness of the Ning Marquis before. Although his medical skills are high, he can also make mistakes..."

  It seems that Hu Jie had guessed correctly.

  Mrs. Hu also understood.

  Yang's mother said so many unusual words. Mrs. Hu had already been suspicious in her heart, and now she mentioned the Marquis Ning again.

  Yi Yan Hou Ning's affair is related to Gu Jin Zhi.

  And Mrs. Hu also claimed to be on good terms with Gu's family.

  Is this referring to Gu Jinzhou?

  "About the Marquis Ning's affair, we've also heard about it, and indeed it's frightening." Madame Hu smiled, "In the past, Miss Gu gave him a warning, but he went around saying that Miss Gu was absurd, trying to climb high and fell hard. And then, as expected, he became paralyzed, and now he's still crippled in one leg. In the capital, everyone is talking about it, and they're all so scared that they wish they could treat doctors like gods..."

  Hu Jie chimed in from the side: "Other doctors may not be able to, but Miss Gu is a goddess who must be worshipped. Mother, do you still remember my illness?"

  Yang's mother saw them on their way and was delighted in her heart.

  She then picked up the conversation and asked: "Miss Jie, what's wrong? Have you been ill too?"

  "Really?" Hu Jie said, "At the beginning, at the banquet, Miss Gu said that I had a hot toxin in my body. I should take medicine seriously. At that time, it was just autumn and winter to spring, not summer to autumn, where did the hot toxin come from? We all thought she was talking nonsense and didn't take it seriously. Later, I really got sick. The doctor of Yanling Fu said it was a fatal illness, but my father asked Miss Gu to cure me..."

  Yang's mother heard this and was amazed in her heart.

  It turned out that Miss Gu was already exceptional in her skills when she was at Yanling Fu.

  "It's true." Mrs. Hu continued, "At that time, she didn't even take her pulse, just glanced at Xiaoyu's complexion and said there was poison in her body. I had never seen such a divine doctor before, how could I believe it? Later, Xiaoyu's face swelled up, her throat closed, couldn't swallow water, and medicine couldn't be used, almost dying. Miss Gu used the secret recipe of Gu's Six Spirits Pill, placed it on Xiaoyu's throat, slowly dissolving the medicine to nourish her body, seeping into her throat... After taking the medicine, Xiaoyu recovered in one day, the swelling disappeared. It was really a matter of life and death, thinking about it now makes me tremble with fear."

  Mother Yang stopped listening.

  She knew that Gu Jin had some skills, and it was all over the capital.

  The empress's illness was also cured by Gu Jin.

  How true is this rumor? Mrs. Yang didn't quite believe it in her heart.

  Now she finally believed after listening to Mrs. Hu and Hu Jie again.

  "Miss Gu has such a method?" Yang's mother asked in surprise, "Was she famous in Yanling Fu from the beginning?"

  "It's not just hearsay..." Mrs. Hu said, starting to talk about Gu Jinzhi, and she couldn't stop talking, and then told the story of her husband's outstanding achievements again, "...if it weren't for Miss Gu, how could the plague be controlled so well? In Yanling Prefecture, a temple was built in every ten miles, and a golden statue was erected. Whoever has a minor illness doesn't need to take medicine, just worship and they'll get better..."

  People in this era believe in gods and ghosts.

  Yang's mother was so shocked by this point that she couldn't say a word.

  She had forgotten her original purpose.

  She listened blankly, and it wasn't until after a while that she came back to her senses.

  "We in the capital only know that Miss Gu's medical skills are good, and unexpectedly she is also a living Bodhisattva!" Yang mom exclaimed, and also remembered her own intention when talking to Mrs. Hu before, so she changed the subject back, "I don't know if my family's Master Hou's illness would be lucky enough for Miss Gu to take a look..."

  Mrs. Hu was just looking for something to do and wanted to make a good impression in front of Old Lady Yong Xi Hou.

  She immediately came up with an idea and said, "Go invite her. She will come right away. Miss Gu is kind-hearted and compassionate. When our Jie'er was ill, I even said some unpleasant things to her, but later my father went to invite her, and she came. She is a living Bodhisattva..."

  Yang's mother listened and hurriedly smiled: "People like us, in the capital, also have a certain status. If we don't invite a proper doctor, but instead invite Princess Ruyang, it would be considered arrogant. What if she doesn't come? The Duke's face will lose even more."

  Hu Jie sneered inwardly.

  I knew it meant that.

  Mrs. Hu was still unaware of the situation and hastily said: "Why can't you invite him? Just send someone to fetch him, he'll definitely come."

  Hu Jie listened and couldn't stop her in time. She was very anxious in her heart, thinking: Mother, can't you think twice before speaking? Why are you so impulsive?

  As expected, Mrs. Yang immediately caught onto Madame Hu's tone and smiled: "In that case, your relationship with Miss Gu and her family is extraordinary. You're doing us a favor, just consider it a personal matter. Not only does it not belittle the Crown Princess of Luoyang for being a doctor, but also fulfills Miss Gu's benevolent heart..."

  Mrs. Hu didn't think there was anything wrong with being a doctor.

  The Ke Yong Xi Marquis Manor thought that being a doctor was lowly and inferior, at least compared to their own noble status.

  If Gu Jin were a licensed doctor, it would be all right for him to send a servant to invite someone.

  But she wasn't; she was just a medical genius who was a lady of leisure.

  With such an identity, she sent a servant to invite him, and looked down on Gu Jin again. She will be the princess of Luyang in the future, the daughter-in-law of the empress dowager.

  The Hu family did not dare to openly despise her.

  Ke Hu's wife went herself to ask, and also lowered the status of Yong Xi Hou Fu.

  A noble lady of great prestige personally goes to invite a doctor, and it's also a joke when it gets out.

  A family like Hu's, how can they humiliate themselves?

  Madam Hu saw that Yong Xi Hou's diarrhea was always bad, and everyone was exhausted, so she wanted to invite the most famous Gu Jinzhi.

  Mrs. Ke said: "How can you invite her? You send the housekeeper to invite her, and spread it out. Can the Empress Dowager be happy if you treat the Crown Princess of Luyang so lightly?"

  "You personally go to invite, it's also too much for the Gu family. Those who come from rural areas and enter the capital for the first time are new to receiving favors and are at a time when they don't know the height of heaven or the thickness of earth, thinking that they are already superior to others. The more you flatter them, the more arrogant they become, and later on, they won't even put us, the respectable and noble relatives, in their eyes."

  Madam Hu was in a dilemma, and Yang's mother gave her an idea, letting Jiang, the wife of Hu Ze Yu, take charge.

  In this way, neither did it belittle the Crown Princess nor did it lower the status of the Hu family.

  Madam Hu thought it was proper and had some Laba congee sent over to Mrs. Hu.

  As expected, Mrs. Hu came with her daughter.

  Mrs. Hu herself didn't want to say these words to Mrs. Hu, so she had to let Yang's mother come forward.

  Yang's mother told Mrs. Hu Jiang and Hu Jie for half a day before finally revealing the purpose of Yong Xi Hou Fu.

  "Good...good." Mrs. Hu didn't expect Yang's mother to let her go.

  She just said so much, now it's not good for her to take it back herself.

  Yang's mother was speaking on behalf of Yong Xi Hou Fu Ren, and Hu Tai Tai didn't dare refuse.

  Can she go ask?

  This...

  She doesn't feel too good.

  What kind of person is Mrs. Hu, who will marry Luoyang Wang in the future, to be able to control Gu Jinzhi?

  "Mother, why don't you come with me?" Mrs. Hu thought for a moment and said, "After all, I'm an outsider..."

  Yang's mother's face slightly chilled, said: "How are you an outsider? Your husband and our Houye, aren't they cousins? Our madam considered you as a proper sister-in-law, you say it like this, our madam will be disheartened..."

  Although she knew it was a lie, Mrs. Hu still hurriedly and flatteringly said: "I'm so dead! My mouth today doesn't know what's wrong with it, saying all sorts of unpleasant things!"

  Yang's mother smiled: "You're doing us a favor, madam will be grateful to you. As a lowly servant, it wouldn't be proper for me to show up in person, and it would also be too much of an honor for the divine doctor."

  Mrs. Hu then realized she had been tricked.

  She looked ugly and left Yong Xi Hou Fu with Hu Ge.

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