"So you’re saying that the Xiao Family doesn’t actually trust her. They are openly part of the Second Prince’s faction, but they’ve kept her in the dark,"
"Yes!" Jin Zijin answered crisply.
Gu Youyou nodded and said, "I see."
Sound asleep, Gu Youyou was jolted awake by a series of urgent knocks.
She rubbed her eyes irritably, and before they could even open, she yelled out, "Who is it? Doesn’t anyone want to sleep in the middle of the night?"
She hated being woken up in the middle of the night. In her previous life in modern times, critically ill patients often needed her urgently, and every time she was summoned from her bed, she would fly into a temper and scold the person at the door.
But although she might have vented her spleen, she still did her job beautifully; it didn’t affect her work.
Jin Zijin also sat up, looking towards the door with a stern face.
Xiang Chun knocked from outside, saying, "Miss Gu, a messenger from Lord Jie’s residence has come. They are asking for you to go over and save a life!"
Gu Youyou was startled. The residence of Lord Jie again?
It seemed she had become their personal physician, on call at all times!
Gu Youyou, to the stern-faced Jin Zijin, "It’s always something with them; I have to go. Just yesterday, I reattached Young Master Jie’s severed finger. If there’s an issue with that finger and it doesn’t take, he’ll need immediate surgery, or else his life could be in danger."
Jin Zijin, with a scowl, said, "Then why did you reattach his finger? If it’s off, let it be off."
Gu Youyou: "..." She found herself at a loss for words.
But could she, as a doctor with professional ethics, really do such a thing? Could she ignore that severed finger?
No matter who it was, she would always strive to save lives with her utmost effort; she could accept it if, in the end, she couldn’t.
Seeing Gu Youyou swiftly lighting a candle and getting dressed, Jin Zijin murmured, "Don’t rush; given how much trouble they have, it might not be Young Master Jie’s finger having issues. It wouldn’t tarnish your reputation."
Gu Youyou thought that made sense. With the Jie Family’s myriad troubles, anything might have happened.
But with them, there were only a few masters worthy of her efforts— if not Young Master Jie, then Lord Jie or Qinyun?
"Who is dying?" Gu Youyou pondered as she dressed and asked Xiang Chun outside the door.
Xiang Chun replied, "This servant doesn’t know. The messenger only said that you need to come quickly to save a life at Lord Jie’s residence. They didn’t specify who."
Having dressed, Gu Youyou turned to find Jin Zijin also ready.
She jumped with surprise, whispering, "You’re going too? Just ?"
"You go first; I’ll follow you up," he said.
Carrying her emergency medical kit, Gu Youyou went to the Jie residence. On the way, she found out which member of their family was courting death.
It was said that Concubine Du adamantly refused to leave the Jie Family. She proclaimed that she belonged to the Jie Family and would rather die there.
Everyone thought she was babbling like a madwoman, so they ignored her. However, who would have imagined that she would actually dare to commit suicide? And here she was, not sleeping in the deep of the night, but setting her quarters ablaze.
She not only burned herself but also injured several maids and old women from the kitchen. If it weren’t for the proximity to the lotus pond, who knows what kind of fire disaster could have occurred.
Gu Youyou glanced at the sky; the east was already beginning to lighten. By modern standards, it would be around five in the morning.
She really knew how to cause a scene. Choosing such a time around four to five in the morning, her actions had roused half the street.
For a moment, it was even more lively than the daytime market.