Tangtang instantly stopped crying and wiped her nose, feeling at a loss.
Oh no!
She had been so busy being sad that she completely forgot about her eldest brother!
Yun Jishu’s hands trembled as she held her youngest daughter. Pretending that nothing was wrong, she ordered toward the door, “Hongyu, bring the imperial physicians in to bandage Huai’er’s wound!”
She had been so focused on comforting her little girl that she actually forgot Huai’er was still bleeding…
Yun Jishu looked anywhere but at Gu Jinhuai out of embarrassment, only breathing a sigh of relief when two imperial physicians pushed the door open and walked in.
“This… this…” Looking at Gu Jinhuai’s flat lower abdomen, the two imperial physicians were so shocked that they were rendered speechless.
The blood flowing from the Eldest Imperial Grandson’s leg was bright red too! Had his strange illness really been completely cured?
Physician Liu trembling touched Gu Jinhuai’s pulse, his eyes widening in astonishment after a long moment.
Aside from a slight physical weakness, the Eldest Imperial Grandson’s pulse was actually no different from that of an ordinary person.
Good heavens, this was truly unbelievable!
“May the Young County Princess please inform this humble official, what kind of Gu was the Eldest Imperial Grandson afflicted with?” Physician Liu dropped to his knees with a thud in front of Tangtang.
Tangtang wriggled out from her mother’s embrace and replied in her milky voice, “Eldest Brother was afflicted with the Three Corpses Gu… This kind of Gu worm is the most insidious and malicious~”
Three Corpses Gu? Physician Liu froze for a moment. He had been in the Imperial Academy of Medicine for many years and had never heard of it at all.
“Thank you, County Princess, for resolving this official’s doubts!” Physician Liu did not actually plan to learn the method for removing the Gu.
Although he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes when the Young County Princess removed the Gu, he had seen her drawing the talisman, which was extremely difficult to draw.
He was just a bundle of old bones and couldn’t learn it, so he should stick to being an imperial physician dutifully.
After bandaging Gu Jinhuai and prescribing a few doses of medicine to strengthen his body, the two imperial physicians hurried back to the palace.
When leaving, they casually pried half of the Gu worm’s corpse out of Yaya’s mouth, saying they would bring it back to the Imperial Academy of Medicine for everyone to inspect.
Tangtang bounced and skipped over to the bed, holding his hand as she said in her milky voice, “Eldest Brother, your illness is cured now~ From now on, not only will it not hurt, but you can also run and jump around lively just like Tangtang~”
Gu Jinhuai simply found it hard to believe that the strange illness that had tormented him for several years had actually been cured by his little sister…
“Brother?” Tangtang stretched out her small hand and waved it in front of him. “Why aren’t you talking? Are you silly with joy?”
Gu Jinhuai composed himself, grabbed the small hand waving wildly in front of him, and rasped out, “Sister… thank you!”
Yesterday, he had treated his sister with such a terrible attitude, yet not only did she refrain from getting angry, but she also set aside past grudges to draw the Gu worm out for him.
Gu Jinhuai’s gentle eyes were filled with deep gratitude; from now on, his little sister would be the apple of his eye!
Tangtang tilted her head with a beaming smile. “We’re family, Eldest Brother, you’re acting like a stranger again~ Rest well to recover from your wound, and Tangtang will come back to play with you in two days!”
She still remembered the matter with the incense burner. Which bad guy was so eager to take Eldest Brother’s life…
The little girl walked and thought while holding the extinguished incense burner, and Hongyu followed quietly behind her, not daring to make a sound to disturb her.
Passing by the gate of Gu Jinze’s courtyard, Tangtang turned her footsteps and headed straight inside.
Hongyu was startled and hurriedly coaxed, “Little Master, let’s go see the Third Imperial Grandson later. Your tummy is still hungry!”
She hadn’t eaten a meal to begin with, and extracting the Gu from the Eldest Imperial Grandson earlier had expended a lot of effort.
The Young County Princess was at an age where she was growing, and she couldn’t handle being hungry.
Tangtang didn’t stop her steps. “Tummy can hold on a little bit longer!”
Eldest Brother really gave her a scare today, so Second Brother and Third Brother couldn’t be delayed either.
Her removing Gu and breaking dark spells was at most a bit exhausting, and a good sleep would replenish her energy.
If there were any further delay, Second Brother and Third Brother would lose their little lives…
When Tangtang walked into Gu Jinze’s room, he was lying quietly on the bed with his eyes closed.
The little girl was sharp-eyed and saw at a glance that a bow tied with rope was placed by the pillow.
Her eyes instantly lit up. She set the incense burner on the ground and trotted over quickly.
Was this a gift from Third Brother for her? It was so pretty!
Just as she reached out her small hand, she saw Gu Jinze abruptly open his eyes.
As if she hadn’t expected him to wake up so suddenly, Tangtang’s small hand froze in midair.
“Third Brother? You’re awake?” The little girl’s eyes curved into tiny crescent moons, smiling innocently and brightly.
Having his peaceful sleep disturbed, irritation showed between Gu Jinze’s brows.
His already foul temper flared up even more violently right now. Frowning, he wanted to open his mouth to scold her, but when he saw Tangtang’s small face, the surging hostility in his heart inexplicably dissipated by more than half.
“Aunt Hongyu, take her away!” Gu Jinze suppressed his temper and ordered in a hoarse voice.
Although his little sister had hung the Bagua mirror at the head of his bed last night, which managed to suppress some of the hostility in his heart, his sister was still young, obedient, and cute. If he went wild and accidentally hurt her, it would be too late for regrets.
Tangtang dodged Hongyu’s hand and raised her small face with a stubborn look. “I won’t leave! I came to cure Third Brother’s illness! Eldest Brother’s Gu has already been removed by me, and Third Brother will get better too!”
Gu Jinze suspected he had heard wrong. He sat up with a carp flip. “Eldest Brother’s illness is cured?”
How was that possible!
He had seen what Eldest Brother looked like when his illness flared up. Even those imperial physicians were helpless, yet he was actually cured by his little sister?
For a moment, Gu Jinze found it hard to believe. Looking at Tangtang’s expression, which didn’t seem like she was lying, a sliver of hope rose in his heart.
If Eldest Brother could get better, maybe he had a tiny bit of hope too…
Living in this state where day and night were reversed, looking neither like a human nor a ghost, was truly worse than death.
Gu Jinze closed his eyes, steeled his heart, and lay straight back down. “Then Sister, go ahead and do it!”
If he could get better, he was willing to spend his whole life repaying his sister.
If something accidentally went wrong, he would be a brave man again in eighteen years!
“Third Brother can rest assured and leave it to me! Take a good sleep!” Saying that, Tangtang took out a Sleepy Talisman and slapped it onto Gu Jinze.
Before Gu Jinze could even speak, his head tilted to one side and he began to snore.
Hongyu couldn’t help leaning closer to look, clicking her tongue in praise, “Little Master, this talisman of yours is truly amazing!”
He fell asleep as soon as it was stuck on; it’s even more effective than knockout powder!
Tangtang puffed out her small chest proudly. “Of course, this was modified by Tangtang!”
Back at the Taoist temple, she couldn’t get up for morning lessons every few days, so she modified the Sleepy Talisman and secretly slapped one onto Master at night, ensuring Master slept soundly until dark!
The little girl took out a crumpled piece of cloth with a large Taiji diagram drawn on it. “Sister Hongyu, hold this up in a moment, stand in front of the window facing Third Brother, and say whatever I tell you to say!”
Hongyu nodded and agreed without hesitation, “This servant understands!”
She was going to witness the Young County Princess display her divine powers with her own eyes; she felt excited just thinking about it.
Tangtang then set up the Reverse Five Elements Array in the room before taking out the Reversed Universe Talisman drawn this morning, slapping it onto Gu Jinze’s forehead with a smack.
She formed hand seals with both hands and silently recited the incantation. Soon, a golden light flashed across the talisman paper and sank into Gu Jinze’s chest, disappearing.
“Sister Hongyu, chant with me!”
“Zi and Wu reversed, heaven and earth exchanged, all things return to their origin, Yin and Yang return to their places! Pardon!”