The safe return of Prince Cheng An and his consort was bound to cause a stir.
At that time, Si Fengwu's attitude towards the two would naturally enter the public eye.
If Si Fengwu behaved a little more filial, it would save a lot of trouble, but clearly, Si Fengwu was unwilling to play this part.
Lu Qingwan was quite satisfied with his current decision and said without hesitation, "I stand by my words. Whatever decision you make, I will fully support you."
Throughout their journey, she and Si Fengwu had been each other's pillars of support. The return of Prince Cheng An and his consort was merely the icing on the cake.
There was no way Lu Qingwan would argue with Si Fengwu over the issue of their residence for the sake of the two of them.
What Si Fengwu wanted was precisely this wholehearted support. Hearing this, he solemnly took Lu Qingwan's hand and murmured with emotion, "Having a wife like this, what more could a man ask for?"
Lu Qingwan looked at him with smiling eyes, demure and gentle.
If Li Su and the others were present, they would know that it wasn't just Si Fengwu who was madly in love with Lu Qingwan; Lu Qingwan's love for him was no less.
The harmonious and warm atmosphere between the two formed a stark contrast with the widespread conflagration on the island ahead.
As the Teng Snake docked, a massive firework exploded in the center of the small island.
The moment the two of them disembarked, Ying Yi hurried over.
Lu Qingwan’s small face tensed, her expression extremely serious. "What's going on? Didn't I tell you there were dangerous materials on the island and to resolve things as quietly as possible? Why did you create such a big commotion?"
Although she had not personally witnessed the scene inside the laboratory, Liu Xunran's description had been detailed enough, and she herself had once been a part of a medical laboratory. She knew how destructive such laboratories could be.
The instruction to resolve things quietly was not to force Li Qing and Feng Ziyi into a head-on confrontation with the people in the laboratory, but rather out of concern that there might be something in the laboratory that should not be there, and the addition of firearms could lead to irreversible consequences with the existing technology.
Ying Yi clearly remembered Lu Qingwan's previous instructions. Hearing this, he quickly explained, "My Princess, please calm your anger. It's not that your subordinates deliberately disobeyed orders, but there were already firearms in the laboratory. The other party knew we were coming and deliberately stored some important experimental samples with firearms. A slight misstep could have caused an explosion. Although Shen Qingzhou was very careful, he still could not completely avoid the explosion. However, with Madam Ziyi's guidance, those important samples are still safe, and there have been no toxic substance leaks so far."
Hearing Ying Yi's explanation, Lu Qingwan felt reassured. Shen Qingzhou and Feng Ziyi were both intelligent.
She then walked forward, "Take us to see."
Ying Yi remained rooted to the spot.
Lu Qingwan raised an eyebrow coldly. "What, can't I order you around anymore?"
Si Fengwu's expression also turned cold. "The Princess asked you to lead the way, don't you understand?"
Ying Yi appeared distressed, yet he hesitated and refused to step forward.
When Li Yang was away, Lu Qingwan relied most on the brothers Ying Yi and Ying Er. For several years, the two had worked tirelessly, and even when Lu Qingwan first married Si Fengwu, they had never hesitated to obey her commands. This kind of hesitation was unprecedented.
Si Fengwu had already spoken, and Ying Yi was still dawdling. Lu Qingwan finally realized something was amiss.
"Although our trip is targeting the entire Illusionary Night Sea domain, the main focus is the Cold Heaven Palace. Sansheng Tower is just incidental. But judging by your expression, does this mean that during the years Meng Fuyuan acted with impunity under the protection of the Cold Heaven Palace, Sansheng Tower, or rather, my parents, were not entirely innocent?"
Ying Yi suddenly looked up, his eyes revealing palpable shock. He was practically asking, "Princess, how did you know?"
Lu Qingwan tsked with amusement. "With this little skill, you still want to play a game of 'hiding the sky and crossing the sea' with me? Are you trying to amuse me?"
Having said that, she walked around Ying Yi and headed directly towards the direction of the explosion.
Ying Yi quickly followed. "Princess, you shouldn't go there. Leave it to Madam Ziyi and Shen Qingzhou. We can handle it..."
Before he could finish, Si Fengwu glared at him, silencing him.
Ying Yi weakly called out, "Your Highness?"
The latter, while holding Lu Qingwan's hand, did not forget to intimidate Ying Yi with his gaze. "Since the Princess is already here, spare us the nonsense. Tell us directly, what exactly happened?"
Seeing that he could no longer conceal it, Ying Yi bit the bullet and said through gritted teeth, "The people who took the King of Ten Thousand Phoenixes and the True Dragon Token from you and the Princess back then were all subordinates of Liu Hanyan. She gave the King of Ten Thousand Phoenixes and the True Dragon Token to her and Nangong Che's son and daughter, respectively. For the past three years, the laboratory has not been researching any profound secret techniques, but rather the medical classics left by Empress Qinghuang and the Princess's case studies on treating illnesses and saving lives. Interrogation revealed that Liu Hanyan seems to want her daughter, Nangong Ruoxue, to succeed her as the Tower Lord of Sansheng Tower and become the Saintess of the Samsara Palace, replacing the Princess."
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at Lu Qingwan and Si Fengwu's expressions. Unbeknownst to him, Lu Qingwan, before anything else, looked extremely displeased. What made him uneasy was that Lu Qingwan seemed completely unconcerned by what he said; her expression had not changed at all from beginning to end.
Seeing that he had stopped, she casually said, "Is there anything else? Tell us everything."
Ying Yi, unable to decipher Lu Qingwan's emotions, could only obey. "That so-called Nangong Ruoxue seems to have secretly met with Your Highness and the Princess, and they even sent people back to the Samsara Palace to assassinate the young master. Liu Hanyan seems to want Nangong Ruoxue's child to be the co-ruler of both Great Qin and Tianfeng, and to help Nangong Che reclaim the territory of Southern Qi."
"Seems," "perhaps," — Ying Yi's words were filled with uncertain vocabulary, but the more he spoke like this, the more Lu Qingwan became convinced that this intelligence was accurate.
Lu Qingwan burst into laughter. She looked at Si Fengwu with a gentle gaze and said with a smile, "You and my Imperial Brother have only one child, Yuan'er. Does she perhaps think that once Yuan'er dies, her daughter will take his place, give birth to a child with you, and then naturally inherit all the legacies of you and my Imperial Brother, and then go without reward to support her man?"
Si Fengwu stroked Lu Qingwan's head like one would pet a cat, saying affectionately, "You've had it tough, to have such a brainless and wishful-thinking mother."
Lu Qingwan laughed out loud at his words. "Liu Hanyan is not on this island currently, is she? Where did you get this information?"
Ying Yi was somewhat taken aback that the information he had painstakingly concealed was being revealed, and Lu Qingwan reacted this way. He stammered, "The person guarding the laboratory on the island is a confidante of Liu Hanyan. All of Liu Hanyan's affairs are handled by her. Madam Ziyi used soul-searching on her, and she told us everything when asked."