Do You Know?: I, the Little Cabinet Elder, Regent of the World

"Son."

"Something terrible has happened, young master."

A few gasps caused Gu Tingye to frown slightly. He groggily opened his eyes.

He appeared to be lying in an inn.

He drank at least 80% of the two jugs of liquor.

It woke me up; my head feels a bit fuzzy.

"What's wrong?" Gu Tingye stretched out his hand and asked slowly.

"My lord—"

Stone approached and whispered, "The Marquis has a persistent headache. He said he groaned for two whole hours and fainted several times from the pain."

The voice was faint and indistinct.

Gu Tingye waved his hand and was about to lie down.

Suddenly, my mind jolted.

"what?"

Gu Tingye was startled and sat up.

The morning mist gradually dissipated, and the sun began to rise.

"drive!"

Gu Tingye held the reins, his face serious.

Two or three hundred paces from the Marquis's residence, I caught a glimpse of the maidservant, Xiang Mama.

She looked anxious.

"Shut up!"

"To Mom," Gu Tingye waved quickly.

"Second Young Master?" Madam Xiang looked delighted and quickly approached.

"How is Father?" Gu Tingye asked anxiously.

"Second Young Master, the Marquis is seriously ill. Madam has already found a doctor at the pharmacy to take his pulse. However, the doctor's skills are lacking, so Madam has asked me to take the Marquis's invitation to the Imperial Physician."

However, I really don't know where this imperial physician is. Fortunately, I met the Second Young Master. The Second Young Master has many connections. Could you try to find the imperial physician?" Mama Xiang's face was full of worry, mixed with a little eagerness.

"The imperial physician?"

Gu Tingye nodded, tugged on the reins, and headed straight for the outer city.

"drive!"

His mind was foggy, and with his father seriously ill, he simply couldn't think straight.

Since Madam Qin's mother said she wanted to find the imperial physician, then let's find the imperial physician.

The sun shines brightly.

"drive!"

About half an hour later, Gu Tingye summoned the imperial physician.

"Make way, let me in."

Gu Tingye roared and dragged the imperial physician into the mansion.

Along the nearly 100-meter-long path, there were quite a few members of the Gu family, and Gu Tingye became increasingly anxious as he walked.

"Father."

Gu Tingye strode in and called out.

"My lord—"

At this moment, Gu Yankai fainted and lay on the bed with a deathly pale face.

Inside the hall, a faint, nauseating smell of vomit wafted through the air.

Gu Tingyu and Gu Tingwei stood watching with worried expressions. Madam Qin called out to her husband in a low voice. Several doctors took turns taking her pulse, their faces solemn.

Several uncles and cousins ​​from the fourth and fifth branches gathered around, their eyes filled with worry.

Gu Yankai is undoubtedly the backbone of the Gu family.

Compared to the previous generation of marquises, this generation's marquis, Gu Yankai, is far more capable.

The Ningyuan Marquis's mansion, through his efforts, has become one of the most powerful among the noble families.

Now that Gu Yankai is seriously ill, it is naturally a cause for concern.

"Imperial Physician, hurry!" Gu Tingye tugged at the imperial physician, intending for him to come forward and make a diagnosis.

As a result, a hand stopped him.

Big brother, Gu Tingyu!

"Cough-cough-"

Gu Tingyu coughed a few times and asked, "What are you doing back here?"

Gu Tingye frowned slightly and pointed to the imperial physician: "I have summoned the imperial physician. Quickly, let him take my pulse."

"The imperial physician?"

Gu Tingyu pointed to several doctors taking pulses and questioned, "Those are the imperial physicians."

"Are those imperial physicians?" Gu Tingye was taken aback.

“Starting from midnight, my father coughed incessantly, vomited repeatedly, had abdominal pain, and chest pain.”

Gu Tingyu gritted his teeth, looking hateful: "From that time on, I sent people to look for you. They searched for four whole hours, and finally found you at 8 o'clock in the morning."

"That's all."

"But why did you only arrive at 10:00 AM?"

The questions made Gu Tingye frown deeply, completely bewildered.

"I went to see the imperial physician!" Gu Tingye explained.

"You kept saying you were going to find the imperial physician, but you've come so late."

Gu Tingyu scolded, "If we were really counting on you to find the imperial physician, Father would have died of pain long ago!"

"You made your father sick, and you still have the nerve to pretend to come back?"

Gu Tingyu looked completely unconvinced and coughed, "You came back specifically to find out if Father was really angered to death by you?"

"Making you sick from anger?" Gu Tingye asked, puzzled. "How could it be that I made Father sick from anger?"

"My argument with my father took place at 9 PM. According to my elder brother, my father fell ill at midnight, a full hour apart!"

“Besides, shouldn’t we be treating Father right now?” Gu Tingye had no intention of arguing with his elder brother.

Unexpectedly, Gu Tingyu continued to question him: "You admit to arguing with your father?"

"Um?!"

Gu Tingye's expression changed slightly as he looked at his older brother.

At this moment, his older brother actually wants to set him up with the news of their father's serious illness?

Is that human being?

"Mother."

Gu Tingye quickly looked at Madam Qin: "How could Father have been angered to death by me?"

Angering one's father is definitely considered "unfilial."

Filial impiety is one of the "Ten Evils".

Officials who commit this serious crime will be exiled for minor offenses and dismissed from office for major offenses.

The older brother was in a hurry to label him, clearly trying to seize the opportunity to frame him and compete for the marquisate!

Holding a handkerchief, Madam Qin turned back, sobbing softly, and said, "Your father can't control you, and I can't control you. You should leave."

"Where you go is up to you, and who you marry is also up to you."

“From now on, your father and I will never say another word about you.”

As she spoke, Madam Qin shook her head repeatedly, looking extremely disappointed.

Gu Tingye was taken aback.

The meaning behind these words is very clear.

The whole thing about marrying Yu Yanhong was his fault.

The mistake of marrying Yu Yanhong was his, and so was the mistake of the argument.

It even subtly implies that "the father's serious illness was caused by the argument."

However, during the argument between father and son, didn't the mother say that the mistake of marrying Yu Yanhong was hers?

How did it all suddenly become his fault?

Of course, he didn't say that his mother was wrong in marrying Yu Yanhong.

The main point is, there's absolutely no need to bring this up!

"Mother?"

Gu Tingye thought his mother was grieving, so he quickly called out to her.

"Second Brother, why do you reek of alcohol?" Aunt Gu scolded. "Just as Eldest Brother said, why did you take so long to call the imperial physician?"

Gu Tingye was taken aback, turned to look at his aunt, his arm trembling slightly.

My aunt is married, but he came back even later than her.

"Imperial Physician! Mother sent a maid to fetch the Imperial Physician from Mother, but I ran into her on the way. Fearing the Imperial Physician would be late, I went to find him myself!" Gu Tingye quickly explained.

He has made every effort to get back.

Just then, a wailing cry rang out: "When did I ever ask Mother Xiang to fetch the imperial physician?"

Little Qin!

"Mother Xiang is just a woman, she doesn't know the ways of the imperial physicians. Even if we were to call an imperial physician, it should be the sons of the Gu family who should go!"

"Second Young Master, this servant did not go to invite the imperial physician."

The maidservant replied to her mother at the opportune moment, "The imperial physicians this time were invited by the two young masters of the fourth and fifth branches of the family, who went with the Marquis's invitation."

Gu Tingye's heart skipped a beat.

"You argued with the Marquis, causing him to fall seriously ill, yet you not only refused to kneel down to beg for forgiveness."

Madam Qin sobbed, "You were still drinking heavily and reeking of alcohol."

"You beast!"

"brute!"

Crying, Madam Qin rushed over.

For a time, many members of the Gu family were discussing it.

Gu Tingye was stunned, his mind suddenly going blank.

How can it be?

How could Xiao Qin's mother be like this?

Lady Qin's words, "So angry that the Marquis fell seriously ill," were undoubtedly aimed at him.

But, that's not how Xiao Qinshi's mother was!

It's not that Xiao Qin's mother witnessed everything and knew that he wasn't the one who made her father sick.

Even if he really angered his father to the point of illness, given his mother's doting affection for him, she would certainly cover for him to some extent.

After all, being labeled unfilial could affect his official position.