Chapter 29: A Public Humiliation

“You, you’re dreaming!” Wu Huanmei’s face turned green: “How dare you humiliate me like this? I’m your mistress!”

“Oh, I’m dreaming, am I? Then forget it.” Gu Yunlan waved her hand nonchalantly: “If you don’t want to kneel, then don’t. It’s not my daughter who’s going to die anyway.”

Wu Huanmei’s silver teeth almost shattered. She was about to give Mammy Liu a look to have her go find Gu Xiude, but she heard Gu Yunlan say coldly: “It’s no use going to my father. After all, only I can cure the poison. If he comes, he’ll just be another person kneeling.”

Gu Yunlan looked around: “Father’s superiors and colleagues are here, aren’t they? If they see my father kneeling to me, my father’s future…”

“Fine, I’ll kneel!” Wu Huanmei clenched her fists, hiding the hatred in her eyes. She was helped by Mammy Liu to kneel down and kowtowed three times: “Lan’er, Mother is sorry. It’s Mother’s fault.”

The two of them were close together, and the people around couldn’t hear what they were saying. But now, her apology was loud enough for everyone to hear. Many people started to discuss it.

“What a reversal! How dare the eldest miss of the Gu family make her elder kneel to her?”

“She must be threatening her with the second miss’s life! A mistress kneeling to an illegitimate daughter, it’s unheard of!”

“This eldest miss of the Gu family is really vicious!”

Hearing these unkind remarks about Gu Yunlan, Mu Chenye in the third-floor private room turned black: “Fox, push Gu Ziming out.”

“Yes, Master.” The fox gestured, and someone immediately pushed Gu Ziming out.

Gu Ziming saw Gu Yunlan and cried loudly as if he had seen a relative: “Sister, Sister, save me! Mother chopped off my little finger. It hurts so much! Sister!”

His cry was louder than Wu Huanmei’s, and everyone’s attention was drawn to him.

Gu Yunlan gave him an approving look.

Good, the boy is teachable. He has a vengeful personality, which is three parts like hers.

“Madam’s words are interesting. If you hadn’t driven my aunt and my brother and me to a dead end, would I, a married woman, have done something so disrespectful to my family?” Gu Yunlan’s words were powerful: “Even if Ming’er is not your biological son, he grew up under your care. You directly chopped off his finger to let Gu Jiaojiao win the competition. You have a cruel heart!”

As soon as she said this, there was an uproar.

Wu’s reputation outside was very good.

Although she was criticized for the previous struggle for the wife’s position, she had been charming and had made many friends over the years. Her reputation had gradually become kind and benevolent. But they didn’t expect her to be so hypocritical.

Wu Huanmei was about to say something else, but she saw Gu Xiude rushing out and slapping her across the face: “You stupid woman!”

“Daughter, Father has already disciplined her. Don’t be angry with her. It will hurt your body.” Gu Xiude’s words were sincere. If you didn’t know better, you would think he was a righteous father who was simply deceived by a villain.

“Father will definitely find someone to treat Ziming’s finger. If it can’t be cured, Father will raise him for the rest of his life. He’s Father’s biological son. Father will never mistreat him!” Gu Xiude assured, then looked troubled: “But Jiaojiao is your biological sister after all. You share the same blood. You can’t just watch her die, can you?”

Although he was angry with Gu Jiaojiao, she was still the apple of his eye, someone he had doted on since she was a child.

Besides, Gu Jiaojiao had already been intimate with the Third Prince. Even without the title of the Divine Physician’s disciple, she could still go to the Third Prince’s palace as a side consort, relying on the Wu family.

As long as she could enter the palace, everything would be fine.

But if Gu Jiaojiao died, his hopes would be dashed. So, Gu Jiaojiao couldn’t die.

“Father is right.” Gu Yunlan loved to stir up internal conflicts. Nothing was more fun than watching dogs bite each other.

Anyway, she had already offended Wu Huanmei to death. She would give this scumbag father a little face.

She immediately took out silver needles and pricked Gu Jiaojiao a few times. Gu Jiaojiao’s complexion immediately improved.

“It seems that Gu Yunlan still listens to Minister Gu. She’s not unfilial after all.”

“It seems she was just forced to do this because her brother had his finger chopped off! It’s understandable!”

The fox had people spread good words about Gu Yunlan among the crowd. He turned to look at Mu Chenye’s expression, and it had indeed improved.

Seeing that Gu Jiaojiao’s complexion had improved, Gu Xiude breathed a sigh of relief, but he heard Gu Yunlan continue: “Gu Jiaojiao’s poison has been temporarily relieved, but I’m missing one herb. It’s in the residence. I need to ask Madam to get it.”

She wouldn’t give up her desire for the indenture just because of Gu Xiude’s few words. Her mother’s freedom was more important than Gu Jiaojiao’s life.

“Hurry up and have someone get it!” Gu Xiude urged impatiently. Wu Huanmei quickly sent someone to get it, her heart filled with regret.

She knew better than to marry this b*tch off to get Master promoted. She didn’t expect her to turn things around.

Wu Huanmei’s eyes were like those of a poisonous snake.

One day, she would kill this little b*tch.

The indenture was quickly brought. Gu Yunlan carefully examined it and put it away. Then, she took out an antidote pill from her bosom and stuffed it into Gu Jiaojiao’s mouth.

Gu Jiaojiao coughed up a mouthful of blood. Wu Huanmei panicked again: “Gu Yunlan, didn’t you say you would treat her after you got the thing? Why is Jiaojiao coughing up blood again?”

Gu Yunlan sat down calmly and drank tea: “What’s the rush? She needs to expel the poisonous blood from her body before she can live.”

Gu Jiaojiao couldn’t control herself and vomited blood, as if she was going to vomit all the blood out of her body. The blood she vomited turned from black to purple, then to bright red.

“Alright, the poison is gone. Go back and lie down for ten days and a half months, and you’ll be fine.” Gu Yunlan said with a relaxed expression.

Wu Huanmei was still worried. She spent a lot of money to ask Dugu Yue to check before having people send Gu Jiaojiao back.

This matter was a complete mess. She had also knelt down to a lowly illegitimate daughter in front of everyone. Wu Huanmei was too embarrassed to stay any longer, so she left with Gu Jiaojiao.

Dugu Yue publicly announced that his disciple was Gu Yunlan. For a moment, congratulations rang out, and no one mentioned the matter of the mistress kneeling down.

Gu Yunlan bowed to everyone: “Thank you all, but my younger brother’s hand hasn’t healed yet. Yun’lan needs to reattach his finger before I can toast you all.”

Someone exclaimed: “I’ve never heard of reattaching a severed bone! Could it be a fantasy?”

Others flattered her: “After all, Gu Yunlan is the genius disciple the Divine Physician wants to take. Maybe she has a way.”

Dugu Yue held his head high: “My disciple said it’s possible, so it’s definitely possible! Enjoy yourselves, everyone. I’ll go help my disciple!”

Then, the two of them left the banquet with Gu Ziming.

…

Inside the room.

Gu Ziming looked at Gu Yunlan pitifully: “Sister, can my finger really be reattached?”

Gu Yunlan’s expression was calm: “No, I was lying. I’m the Divine Physician’s disciple. I have to have some kind of signboard.”

“Huh?” Gu Ziming looked miserable.

“You’re right, I’m a genius. I’m the Divine Physician’s disciple. I’m not just a genius, I’m a genius who can reattach severed fingers. I’m a genius who can cure all diseases. I’m a genius who can make people kneel down and beg me. I’m a genius who can make people vomit blood. I’m a genius who can make people…”

“Ah?” Gu Ziming looked miserable.