Chapter 937 - The Results

The Results

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

“Please, could you spare their lives?” Principal Zhou pleaded nervously.

Gu Chengrui met his gaze, his expression turning solemn, as if a dark cloud loomed over him.

The sudden shift in his demeanor startled Principal Zhou, who felt a surge of fear he hadn’t anticipated.

‘Him, harmless?’ he thought, bewildered. ‘How else could he have repeatedly eluded the remnants of the Hui Prince’s party and established medical centers under such scrutiny? We clearly underestimated him.’

Sensing Principal Zhou’s apprehension, Gu Chengrui softened his tone. “They won’t be executed, but the royal merchant title and the counterfeit medicine will be confiscated. The rest remains undecided.”

“That... that’s good,” stammered Principal Zhou, turning to leave.

“With three generations of imperial physicians in your family, I trust you won’t jeopardize your esteemed reputation,” Gu Chengrui called after him.

Principal Zhou, deemed negligent in his oversight, was dismissed from his position and subjected to a year-long salary reduction by half.

This incident was a stark warning to the imperial physicians, who became significantly more cautious in their conduct.

Both Imperial Physician Li and Imperial Physician Liu felt a lingering fear, grateful their offenses weren’t severe enough to warrant direct intervention from Gu Chengrui.

Returning home, Imperial Physician Li sternly warned his shopkeepers against any future price gouging, although the Jishi Medical Hall did raise their diagnosis fees by 20%.

The Emperor, rather than appointing a new royal merchant, entrusted the matter to the medical center.

As winter approached, Gu Chengxi married the fifth daughter of Consort An. Second Uncle Gu secured an independent courtyard for him on the West City-North City border, while Gu Chengrui and his wife gifted them a hundred acres of land.

By year’s end, Zhou Ying had learned of Gu Zheng’s successful revenge. His entire family, except his crippled father, was gone.

Now, his crippled father lived in a small farmhouse with an old caretaker.

Zhou Ying heard his report and asked, “So, what are you going to do next?”