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

"You really don't remember me?"

"Have we met before?" Gu Xinyue asked with a smile, but in her heart she thought, why didn't she say so earlier? She even cleverly gave a fake name.

Honestly, wouldn't anyone believe it? It was just a dream. He thought he was going to die then, a glimmer of hope before despair. At first, he wasn't even sure himself, but now he believes in the two lifetimes of love he shared with her back then. He wants to keep it to himself to savor. In this life, protecting and loving her is enough.

He thought he was beyond saving, that even the renowned Physician Huo couldn't cure him, so he didn't want to take any medicine and just wanted to quietly enjoy the last few days of his life.

Even at the end of his life, the image of that little girl with her big, bright eyes kept appearing before him, and he even fantasized about her appearing in front of him.

He also missed his mother. As a son, he couldn't be by her side to fulfill his filial duties. His mother must have been very sad when he died.

He felt that when death was approaching, he had a hazy dream in which he dreamt of a love affair with a girl across two lifetimes, but in the end, the two lovers could not be together.

It's a pity! They can't be together in this life either, because he's about to die.

When he woke up, he was weak and immersed in his memories. He sat on the bed in the bamboo house and saw her standing on the edge of the cliff looking down through the window. It didn't seem like a hallucination. He pinched his thigh and it hurt, really hurt.

He ordered his guards to protect her, and somehow he managed to walk to the bottom of the cliff, whereupon she fell into his arms.

"Do you remember when you were four years old, the day after you returned to the capital with your parents, you attended the Grand Princess's plum blossom banquet?"

Gu Xinyue thought for a while, "I remember, I was born on the border. The first time I returned to Beijing, I was very curious about everything. My mother asked me to stay by her side, but I was used to being free on the border and couldn't sit still, so I ran away."

“That day, Chu Yichen, his younger brother, and his cousin wanted to teach me a lesson in a secluded place. He had just started kicking me when you appeared wearing a pink suit and with two pigtails.”

Why did they punish you?

“When the teacher praised my good grades, he got angry.”

They all laughed at this point. Gu Xinyue felt that the original owner of this body resembled her, and they recounted the events of that day, one after another.

With joyful hearts and beaming smiles, they reminisced about their innocent childhood, a happiness that others could not comprehend.

The little girl put one hand on her hip and pointed at the fat boy with the other, saying, "How could you hit someone? You big bad guy! I saw injustice and decided to help." As she spoke, she flicked her little braid.

The loud "smack" startled Chu Yichen, who immediately stopped.

"I'm not the bad guy, he's the bad guy." Chu Yichen said, trying to intimidate the fierce-looking little girl.

"How could such a handsome guy be a bad person? Besides, he's taller than you, but he didn't hit you. He can't possibly be a bad person, can he?"

What kind of logic is this? Chu Yichen wanted to refute it, but his cousin whispered something in his ear. He asked in confusion, "You are the eldest granddaughter of the Marquis of Changning's family, and you just returned to the capital yesterday?"

Gu Xinyue snorted and ignored him.

Chu Yichen had no choice but to leave with the other two.

At that time, she thought she was powerful and they were afraid of her. Now that she thinks about it, her father had just returned from the border and the imperial decree for his investiture had not yet been issued. Her grandfather was the Grand Commandant. At that time, no one dared to mess with her.

"Handsome brother, why did you let that fatso hit you? Doesn't it hurt?"

Chu Yize looked into the little girl's big, bright eyes. She was so cute. It wasn't that he didn't fight back, but his mother had told him not to cause trouble and to learn to be patient.

Seeing the girl's concern for him warmed his heart. He was always on guard against those around him trying to harm him, and he liked this bright and lovely girl.

"It doesn't hurt."

"Xin Yue, it hurts when you trip and fall. If that fatso bullies you again, I'll protect my handsome brother, okay?"

"So your name is Xinyue, and my name is Chu Yize. My mother won't let me hit him."

"Then let's not tell the adults, and just beat him up secretly."

"Why did you secretly hit someone?"

Chu Yichen and his group didn't go far, acting suspiciously, but Chu Yize and Gu Xinyue left.

They hid behind a big tree and saw Chu Yichen returning, chattering away. Gu Xinyue and Chu Yize hid themselves, and Gu Xinyue took out a small slingshot and hit Chu Yichen on the forehead with a pebble.

Chu Yichen cried out in pain, startling the other two boys. He touched the spot that hurt, only to find his hands covered in blood, and he cried even louder.

Seeing Chu Yichen's disheveled appearance, Chu Yize knew he had done wrong, but he felt a sense of satisfaction. After enduring Chu Yichen for several years, this was the first time he had retaliated and felt great.

Gu Xinyue pulled Chu Yize along another path. Halfway there, the little girl said, "Can I protect you now?"

"You're protecting me now, but you won't be able to protect me anymore. You're not my wife."

"Wife, are you like your father and mother? Then shall I be your wife?"

"Okay, then give me something you like, and you'll be my wife from now on."

The little girl looked at Chu Yize with a troubled expression, then at the whip and slingshot in her hand. "These were made for me by my father. I can't bear to part with them."

"Then you can't be my wife."

"Well, I'll give you the slingshot then." The little girl said reluctantly as she placed it in Chu Yize's hand, but she just didn't want to let go.

Chu Yize grabbed her small hand and said, "From now on, you are my wife. I will take good care of it, and I will take it out to look at it when I miss you."

The little girl withdrew her hand and said with a smile, "Okay."

"Then grow up quickly, and I'll marry you when you grow up." After saying that, Chu Yize took the little girl's hand and went back.

When they returned to the banquet hall, it was in complete chaos. The adults were busy with such a serious matter as the prince's injury. Only a few children had been to the secluded spots, and no one would have thought that the prank was played by a four-year-old girl.

Thinking of this, Gu Xinyue felt embarrassed. At such a young age, she had already arranged her marriage. If the ladies and young women in the capital knew about it, they would probably gossip about her.

Chu Yize is cunning at a young age, and his handsome face is very deceptive. Gu Xinyue glanced at Chu Yize and wondered how many young girls this face would charm. Was his kindness to her due to childhood friendship or because she had stood up for him?

"Children say the truth, children say the truth. When you gave it to me the day before yesterday, it felt familiar, but I couldn't remember it. However, I dreamed of my father and the slingshot."

“My maid poisoned me, and I went to learn martial arts with my master. Four years later, I came back to see you, but you no longer remembered me. My wet nurse triggered the remaining poison in my body, and Doctor Huo treated my body. Ling San was learning medicine at that time, and later I followed my uncle, Prince Rui, to the battlefield.”

Gu Xinyue remained silent, listening quietly to Chu Yize speak.

"We were poisoned on the battlefield and came here to seek medical treatment. We've been searching for ten days without any news, but then we met you. Xinyue, I'm so happy to have met you. Thank you."

"Thank me for what?"

"Thank you for appearing in my life, at the right time when I needed you most. Thank you for healing me and for standing by me through thick and thin when I was most helpless." That irrepressible joy seemed to be frozen on Chu Yize's face, never to disappear.

Gu Xinyue smiled faintly. This man's words were so sweet, if she hadn't lived in the modern world for 25 years, she would have been completely infatuated with Chu Yize and become a hopeless romantic, with no way to pull him back.

"Xin Yue, I haven't seen this stone chamber yet, shall we go together?" After saying that, he took Gu Xin Yue's hand and walked towards the stone chamber.