Peerless Physician: The Path of a Foolish Eldest Daughter's Rise to Power

Shen Quan, as expected of a strategist, sorted out the matter in the main hall that night, made detailed arrangements, and had Ling Qi record them.

This made Gu An and the other three realize the gap between themselves and others, and they made up their minds to practice martial arts hard, study hard, and become outstanding people.

In the morning, the sun is shining brightly.

Gu Xinyue was quietly reading in the study, while Shihu Town was in an uproar.

After lunch, Gu Xinyue, along with Granny Liu and Huilan, went to Qiji Teahouse to listen to storytelling.

The storyteller was in his early forties, slightly overweight, and dressed in blue silk. He told his stories vividly, captivating the audience, who listened with great interest, frequently applauding and cheering.

This is the story that caused a sensation throughout the county today.

The Du family is located in Shihou Town, Suxian County. They have accumulated wealth over thirty years and are one of the wealthiest families in Suxian County.

How did the Du family accumulate their wealth? You ask me, I have no idea.

The Du family is wealthy and powerful, and in theory no one would dare to provoke them. However, just last night, eight highly skilled men in black quietly broke into Master Du's courtyard.

These eight men thought they were highly skilled in martial arts and had managed to evade the patrolling guards.

Unexpectedly, this was a trap, and many experts surrounded them.

Master Du gave the order, "Anyone who trespasses on my property shall be killed!" In a short while, eight experts fell to the ground. Master Du said, "Do not collect the bodies. Let those blind fools see what happens when they disrespect me."

Look at Master Du's imposing presence; even princes and nobles don't have it.

It's a pity that those eight men in black never understood the truth that there are always people more capable than you, and mountains beyond mountains.

Master Du was powerful, wasn't he? He could kill eight experts in an instant, without asking any questions, just by slaying them. But retribution came quickly.

Du, the only legitimate son of Master Du, took a fancy to another girl yesterday, but the girl has a childhood sweetheart who absolutely refuses to agree.

What if they disagree? Young Master Du used his usual tactic: he beat up the young man and stole the girl away.

That night, the young master got his wish and slept with the girl in his arms.

To everyone's surprise, the girl wasn't asleep at all. Once Young Master Du fell asleep, she quietly got up, took the hairpin, and forcefully stabbed it into Young Master Du's lower body. Young Master Du immediately fainted.

As dawn broke, the servants in Master Du's courtyard were terrified when they saw the corpse, and their screams echoed throughout the Du residence.

Immediately afterwards, a disheveled woman ran out of the Du residence in a daze, shouting, "I have rid the people of a scourge! I have castrated the eldest young master of the Du family! Women will no longer be bullied!" She kept repeating these three sentences.

Xiao Si discovered the young master was on the verge of death and informed the master and mistress. The doctor diagnosed that the young master Du was already a eunuch.

Mrs. Du was heartbroken.

Master Du was so angry that he blew his beard and glared. His only legitimate son had a wife, seven concubines, and countless maids, but he had no grandson.

Master Du ordered his servants to seize the mad girl, beat her to death with sticks, and dump her in a mass grave on the outskirts of the city.

An innocent and pitiful girl died just like that. She hadn't offended anyone; she just wanted to live her life peacefully. But simply because she was a woman, a beautiful woman, she lost her life in vain.

Ladies and gentlemen, we'll meet again tomorrow for the next episode.

Upon hearing about the girl's tragic fate, everyone felt sympathy, and some even secretly wiped away tears.

Gu Xinyue was overwhelmed with mixed feelings after hearing the story. The innocent woman's unfortunate experience, the killer's path of no return, and Chu Yize completely absolving her of any involvement in this matter.

As Gu Xinyue looked around at the other people in the teahouse, she noticed that the burly man from Li's Pharmacy the day before yesterday was staring at her. She pretended to look at the others and scanned them for a while before spotting another burly man. Without a doubt, there was another burly man.

Granny Liu wanted to leave, but Gu Xinyue didn't dare. These three burly men were skilled in martial arts; after all, they were thugs, and the three of them were no match for them.

Let's drink our tea slowly. There are too many people in the teahouse; they probably won't dare to move. The waiter brings the tea and gives him a slip of paper that reads, "Go through the alley of Yajuzhai."

She looked up and saw Ling San, which put her at ease. She smiled and said to Granny Liu and Huilan, "Let's go."

After leaving Qiji Teahouse, Gu Xinyue quietly told them to follow her, and then they chatted casually.

As soon as I stepped into the alley, three burly men followed me. Before they could say anything, I was knocked unconscious and taken away.

"Miss Gu, shall I escort you home?" Ling San said as he stepped forward.

Passing by Li's Pharmacy, Gu Xinyue went inside and asked Doctor Li, "Doctor Li, how is your wife's health?"

"Thanks to you, young lady, my wife is out of danger."

"If you have any illnesses that you can't cure in the future, just send someone to the Gu residence to find me, and I will treat them. If some women have health problems, I can also treat them if it's inconvenient for you to come."

Dr. Li grinned from ear to ear, "Great, I have a female doctor in my pharmacy."

Gu Xinyue left, and Doctor Li came out to see her off.

A man was holding a four-year-old child in his arms. The child's face was flushed, and he was panting and having difficulty breathing. The man knelt down with a thud, his eyes red, and said, "Dr. Li, please save my child."

At this moment, a woman ran up from behind, knelt down, and said, "Dr. Li, they say only you can save my child. Please save him." She then kowtowed repeatedly.

When Dr. Li saw that there was no way to save the patient and that they could only wait for death, he said that their actions were a form of moral blackmail. He had seen similar situations before where there was no hope of saving the patient.

"Move aside, there's a foreign object stuck in its throat," Gu Xinyue said.

She immediately stepped forward and used the Heimlich maneuver to treat the child. She held the child, tilted the child's upper body forward, placed one fist above the child's navel, and repeatedly and rapidly pounded the child's upper abdomen with the other fist.

This action horrified the onlookers; was it a rescue of the child or the result of child abuse leading to death?

The man watched her silently without saying a word. Although he felt sad, it was better to be rescued than not. The woman looked up and saw Gu Xinyue. She hurriedly stepped forward to pull Gu Xinyue away, but Ling San quickly pulled her away.

Doctor Li shouted, "Don't be rude! She's saving your child!"

Upon hearing Dr. Li say that he was saving the child, the surroundings immediately fell silent, and everyone waited for a miracle to happen.

Suddenly the child coughed violently, and then spat out a red date.

Gu Xinyue nudged the child's back a few times and said, "Okay."

People around shouted, "A miracle doctor!" and the common people started talking about him as a miracle doctor.

"Young lady, how much is the consultation fee?" the woman asked timidly, worried that they might not be able to afford the fee for saving the child's life.

"Why don't you ask Dr. Li?"

"Dr. Gu is the resident doctor at my pharmacy. From now on, if you have any health problems, come to my pharmacy. Today, the consultation fee is waived. This is Dr. Gu's first patient to consult at my pharmacy."

After a while, the crowd dispersed, eager to tell their relatives and friends that a divine doctor had come to Li's Pharmacy.

After explaining the treatment principles to Dr. Li, Gu Xinyue went home.

Huilan chattered incessantly the whole way, basically saying that her young lady was too amazing, too incredible.