The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 496 - 506: Recovery

He looked deeply at Jin Zijin, his expression growing solemn.

Jin Zijin continued speaking self-absorbedly, "Uncle, do you know who the Doctor Zhou from Qingshui Town is?"

Doctor Zhou, he certainly knew who that person was. Yu Jizi frowned, yet he said, "I do not." freēwēbnovel.com

"Alas!" Jin Zijin sighed, "His identity is no simple matter. It is said that he was once an Imperial Physician in the palace. It is just not known why such an Imperial Physician would fall to becoming a mere doctor in a small town. Doctor Zhou’s medical skills are unparalleled; Ajing has always loved studying medicine and pestered Doctor Zhou to take him as a disciple."

Yu Jizi sneered, "Anyway, the man is dead. Whatever you say he was, then he was."

The entire Lotus Village knows you married Gu Youyou. If you want to deny it, you can find a thousand reasons to do so.

"Uncle, this human medicine may be difficult to control, she’s now living in the Lin Residence. I remember our Dao Family has an agreement with the Imperial Court— not to interfere with each other. Using a relative of an official appointed by the Imperial Court as human medicine, might this displease the Emperor?"

Yu Jizi glared at him and said indifferently, "You needn’t trouble yourself over matters concerning Xuanzong."

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Gu Youyou did not know how long it took her to regain consciousness, but seeing that the carriage had not moved far from the Dragon King Temple, it seemed she had been out of it for only a short while.

She hadn’t paid much attention the last time she entered that special state, but this time she deeply remembered that feeling.

A chill spread throughout her body, yet she felt light and agile, as if she had undergone a transformation.

That time, she demonstrated potential far beyond that of an ordinary person, running through the woods with that wild man. If not for her quick recovery this time, she felt she could run just as swiftly as she had before.

These things were all beyond the scope of her knowledge, beyond the limits of the human body, and it was only now that she truly felt that this world was different from the world she had known before.

There were many things beyond the realm of science that she needed to slowly adapt to and quickly explore.

"Cousin, are you feeling better?"

Gu Youyou was wrapped in thick blankets, with several braziers placed so close there was hardly any room to set feet in the carriage.

She and Lin Qianqing huddled together on the seat.

Gu Youyou nodded at her, "Much better, the carriage is really warm."

Lin Qianqing laughed, "Of course it’s warm. We used all the braziers we brought for you. My mother has none to use."

"That won’t do!" Gu Youyou quickly got up and called out to the maid outside the carriage, "Xiang Chun, quickly move a brazier into my Aunt’s carriage."

Lin Qianqing pressed her down, saying, "No need, my mother is a native of the north, she can withstand the cold."

They returned to the Lin Residence with the braziers lit all the way, as night had already fallen.

Because of the ritual, everyone had skipped lunch, so dinner was exceptionally lavish.

Gu Youyou did not join everyone for dinner upon returning to the Lin Residence because she had fallen ill, which terrified her uncle and aunt. After arriving, she directly entered the warm medicinal shed, had something simple to eat there, and then went to bed.

The northern climate was cold, and as a first-rank official of the Imperial Court, the Great Scholar Lin Xingyi naturally could not be cold. The master’s rooms all had heated floors, and because Gu Youyou had become ill from the cold during the day, the heated floors in her room were burning very strongly tonight, as warm as spring.

The thick cotton clothes were too much to bear. Not long after she entered the room, she took off the thick layers and wore only a light garment.

This illness was somewhat strange; she had to wait for Jin Zijin to come and ask him properly about it, otherwise, she wouldn’t even know how she died.

Footsteps and low voices came from outside the courtyard, not just one person.