The doctors finally understood.
The young doctor was even more delighted, "Then Doctor Lin, when will you be taking disciples? Can I come to Bai Xing Lin to apprentice?"
Lu Qing Wan chuckled, "Learning is fine, but apprenticing is not necessary. I will be taking many students, and not all skills will be taught by me personally. However, if you wish to come to Bai Xing Lin, you must get permission from your own sect. I don't want to poach from others and incur the hatred of my peers!"
"I understand!" The young doctor jumped up excitedly, "I'll go back and tell my father right away. He'll definitely agree to me studying at Bai Xing Lin!" The other doctors also listened with growing interest.
Lu Qing Wan patiently bid farewell to everyone and hurried back to the mansion. As soon as she stepped out, she saw a familiar carriage parked in front of the door. No one was beside it. Li Yang respectfully said, "Princess Consort, please get in."
Lu Qing Wan tiptoed over and nimbly hopped into the carriage, where she saw that familiar face. Even when busy, she hadn't had time to think of him, but seeing him here, Lu Qing Wan couldn't help but feel instinctively happy.
"Why are you here? Did you just leave the palace so late?" As she spoke, she instinctively wanted to snuggle up to Feng Xi Wu. After a moment's thought, she didn't move closer. She sat down opposite him, her eyes blinking as she waited for him to recount the day's events.
Feng Xi Wu grunted. Seeing that she clearly wanted to come closer but remained seated, he reached out to her suspiciously, "Come sit here." Since their hearts had become one, the two of them felt like Velcro, sticking together at all times. Lu Qing Wan sat so far away that Feng Xi Wu felt a little unaccustomed to it. He actively invited her over, but Lu Qing Wan shook her head.
"I didn't know you were coming and didn't change my clothes. I've been in contact with all sorts of patients all day, and I might have brought illness with me." In the past, she always wore protective gear at Bai Xing Lin and would simply take it off before leaving. Today was a special situation, and to avoid causing panic among the common people, she specifically didn't wear the protective gear that made her look unapproachable. She didn't know Feng Xi Wu would come to pick her up, so she couldn't get close now.
"Don't you have Doctor Lu to treat you if you're sick?" Feng Xi Wu stretched out his long arm and pulled her to his side. "This prince has a dedicated doctor, so I'm not afraid of getting sick."
Lu Qing Wan was helpless. They were already close, and it would be too much to refuse now. She wiggled her hips and found a comfortable position next to Feng Xi Wu.
"That Young Madam Xu came again today. Her son was also poisoned by mushrooms and almost became the only fatality from mushroom poisoning today. Seeing her, it seems her son's poisoning wasn't an accident. Have someone investigate; you might find something."
Feng Xi Wu was quite surprised. "Young Madam Xu? Do you know approximately when her son was poisoned?"
"It was quite severe. I initially thought she was poisoned this morning, but now it seems more likely he was poisoned yesterday. It's just that the child's constitution is special, and the poison took effect later." Lu Qing Wan was annoyed at having almost misdiagnosed him. "This child from the Xu family, what bad deeds has he done? Such a young child, with more toxins accumulated in his body than yours, almost ruined my lifelong reputation." Although Lu Qing Wan was a former secret agent, in the medical world, she was a master. Mushroom poisoning should have been the most basic thing, and almost misdiagnosing it would have made her old comrades in the special abilities division laugh themselves to death.
"You're saying the Xu family's child was poisoned yesterday? Was he poisoned before or after His Majesty?"
Lu Qing Wan's wandering thoughts were pulled back. "Are you suspecting that the person who administered the poison first tested it on that child before giving it to His Majesty? But that child didn't show symptoms last night, so the test should have been unsuccessful, right? Would they dare use a drug of uncertain effect on His Majesty?"
Feng Xi Wu's dark eyes looked at Lu Qing Wan. "Who told you that child didn't show symptoms last night? Was it Young Madam Xu?"
Lu Qing Wan shook her head blankly. "But if the child had shown symptoms, she wouldn't have..." She stopped halfway through her sentence. She had been about to say that if the child had shown symptoms last night, why did Young Madam Xu only bring him for treatment in the evening? But thinking about the various toxins in the child's body and the previous two accidental severe peanut allergies, she suddenly realized that something she found unreasonable and almost cruel, some people had already done more than once.
"That child was indeed poisoned before His Majesty, at least two hours earlier than His Majesty."
Feng Xi Wu understood. He tapped the carriage wall and ordered the shadow guards following the carriage, "Thoroughly investigate Duke Xu's movements for the past three months. Focus on whether they have had any contact with people from the southern territories."
Since they were heading out, Lu Qing Wan asked him curiously, "You suspect Duke Xu is colluding with Noble Consort Ye?"
"I suspect Duke Xu, along with fools like Prince Ning and Prince Jing, have been manipulated by Noble Consort Ye." Having investigated to the point of finding his own supposed mother involved, Feng Xi Wu's expression was extremely grim.
Lu Qing Wan couldn't easily intervene in such matters. She squeezed his arm to offer comfort. "Have you told His Majesty about our findings?"
"I have warned my imperial brother to be careful of Noble Consort Ye, but I haven't told him about her actions in court over the years." In the end, he was still holding back.
Lu Qing Wan understood Feng Xi Wu's desire not to harm Noble Consort Ye while the situation was still unclear. After much thought, she couldn't help but ask him, "Have Li Jin and the others investigated whether Prince Ning and Prince Jing's infertility, and your affliction with the Qing Jiang same-life gu, have any connection to Noble Consort Ye?" If it was proven that Noble Consort Ye had no connection to these matters, she could understand Feng Xi Wu wanting to spare her life. However, if Noble Consort Ye was truly involved in Feng Xi Wu's gu affliction, she would absolutely not allow Feng Xi Wu to harbor a hidden danger. Unless Feng Xi Wu was willing to die to protect Noble Consort Ye, then she would act as if she had never set foot in the Regent's mansion. Of course, Lu Qing Wan had confidence in Feng Xi Wu and believed he wouldn't be so emotionally driven to that extent.
Feng Xi Wu shook his head. "Currently, there is no direct evidence to indicate that Prince Ning and Prince Jing's illnesses are related to Noble Consort Ye. As for the various poisons and gu within my body, there are also no clues to suggest she is involved..." To say "no evidence" repeatedly, Feng Xi Wu actually knew very well that these matters were inseparable from Noble Consort Ye. It was just that he hadn't found direct evidence yet, so he clung to a sliver of hope. Lu Qing Wan couldn't understand this ostrich-like behavior, but she couldn't blame him. Although she had suffered some injustices in her childhood, she had been loved by her parents as she grew up, respected by her colleagues, and even her superiors treated her like a father and mentor. She truly had no such experience and didn't know how to comfort Feng Xi Wu. Unexpectedly, before she could think of suitable words to comfort Feng Xi Wu, he had already found the evidence he was looking for.