However, all resistance and struggle were futile. The guard coldly poured the medicine into Gregory Gu Jr.'s mouth while saying, "Grand Tutor Gregory, you'll get better if you take your medicine. If you refuse, you'll never recover."
Gregory Gu Jr.'s eyes were bloodshot, and he had no choice but to swallow the bitter medicine.
Once the bowl of medicine was finished, the guard withdrew his hand. Gregory Gu Jr. coughed and desperately tried to force the medicine out by digging his fingers into his throat.
Unfortunately, all he managed was a dry heave—nothing came out.
The guard looked at Gregory Gu Jr.'s futile struggle with a mocking gaze and said, "Grand Tutor, you'd better stop fighting it and just take your medicine."
Gregory Gu Jr. glared at the guard, his eyes venomous. "Who is it? Who is your master? Who ordered you to harm me like this? Is it the Sixth Prince? Or the Emperor!?"
The guard pursed his lips, looking at him as if he were an idiot, and did not answer.
Gregory Gu Jr. shouted madly, but only his own echo answered him.
Just as Gregory Gu Jr. was screaming in desperation, a woman's sobbing rang out.
Princess May clutched her only son in her arms, crying as she rushed over.
Princess May and her son, like Gregory Gu Jr., were both under house arrest in Chancellor Gregory Hayes' Estate, and had not stepped outside for years.
The boy in her arms looked extremely pale, as if suffering from a serious illness. Princess May lowered her head to look at her son and pleaded with Gregory Gu Jr., "Grand Tutor, my son can't hold on much longer. Please, think of something! I must take him out to get medical treatment—if we wait any longer, it'll be too late! I'm begging you, Grand Tutor!"
Gregory Gu Jr. looked at Princess May, his expression odd. "Your Highness, your royal relatives put me under house arrest, and now you come to ask for my help? What a joke! I want to get out myself!"
Princess May's son coughed twice, looking pale and strained. Princess May's heart twisted in pain, and she burst into tears. "I don't even know who's behind this. It's bad enough they put you under house arrest—why won't they let me and my son go? All these years, my son has been my whole world. If he dies, I won't survive either! Grand Tutor, please, think of something. I must take my son out to see a doctor!"
Gregory Gu Jr. gave Princess May a long, searching look. "There are doctors in the estate. Haven't they already examined your son? It's an incurable disease—they can't treat it. The estate's doctors are competent enough, and if they can't cure him, outside doctors won't be able to either."
"No, there are famous doctors outside. They can save my son!" Princess May murmured, her eyes frantic and wild. "Yes, the Lin Family of Healers—their miracle doctor can definitely cure my son! My son's blood is the problem; as long as he gets a transfusion, he'll recover! The Lin Family has a young prodigy who knows how to perform blood transfusions. He can save my son!"
"The Lin Family? Are you crazy!?" Gregory Gu Jr. shot Princess May a look. "Have you forgotten what kind of relationship the Lin Family has with Princess Jade Hayes? Have you forgotten how you poisoned Princess Jade Hayes? You almost killed her and her unborn child! Because of you, Charles Hayes had to undergo a blood transfusion at birth and suffered terribly. Now you want the Lin Family's miracle doctor to save your son? Don't forget, that blood transfusion method was developed by the Lin Family's young prodigy to save Princess Jade Hayes and her son Charles Hayes. As for you and your son, you once harmed Princess Jade Hayes. Now your son needs a transfusion to survive—do you think the Lin Family's prodigy will care whether your son lives or dies?"
Gregory Gu Jr.'s words sent a chill through Princess May.
That's right, how could she have forgotten? She poisoned Princess Jade Hayes, nearly killing her and her unborn son, and forced Charles Hayes to undergo a blood transfusion at birth, suffering greatly.
Now, her own son was gravely ill and needed a blood transfusion to survive. Only the Lin Family's prodigy could save him, but would they even agree to help after all that had happened?