"Not at all.
Bai Xing Lin stopped practicing medicine years ago, otherwise why would they have completely lost contact with us?
These people are clearly enemies of my grandfather, deliberately trying to tarnish her reputation."
Shadow Two, the simpleton, looked stunned, like a meme, "Your Highness, is he telling the truth?"
Lu Qing Wan neither confirmed nor denied, "Bai Xing Lin's business faltered years ago and has been in decline.
There's been a lack of talented successors, with few producing skilled doctors. They've since shifted to the herbal medicine trade.
These establishments have long since severed ties with Bai Xing Lin.
Knowing this shop is backed by the Regent's Estate and yet acting so brazenly, attempting to reclaim the shops midway, do you think they're that foolish?"
"Then why did you say you would confiscate Bai Xing Lin?"
Shadow Two asked, puzzled, "Wouldn't that just play into their hands, unjustly earning you a reputation for abusing your power?"
"Let them have it. The Prince is not here, so what does my reputation matter?"
Lu Qing Wan said dismissively, "If this notoriety can help me dig Feng Qing Heng's grave sooner and leave him a notorious legacy, I'd be happy to be infamous."
Seeing how much you detested Feng Qing Heng, they all touched their noses.
"Your Highness, what you said is true, but the ultimate goal is to redirect the blame, isn't it?"
Li Jin pushed open the door and bowed to Lu Qing Wan.
"My subordinate has investigated. Although Bai Xing Lin no longer practices medicine, they have deep ties with Zhen Yuan Escort Agency.
When Shen Qing Zhou goes to confiscate Bai Xing Lin, Bai Xing Lin will definitely seek help from Zhen Yuan Escort Agency.
The head of Zhen Yuan Escort Agency, Na Lan Cheng, is righteous and just. He will definitely investigate the matter thoroughly for Bai Xing Lin.
If upon closer inspection, it is revealed that these two imposters have caused him trouble, wouldn't those two imposters and the mastermind behind them face dire consequences?"
Meng Sheng and Shadow Two looked at Lu Qing Wan with admiration, "Your Highness (Grandfather), is it as Li Jin said?"
Lu Qing Wan merely smiled faintly, "This is thanks to Xiao Yue Ying from back then.
Good intentions led to betrayal. To avoid a repeat of that, I had Wu Ying compile a complete map of relationships within the martial world, much like a family genealogy.
It was initially a precautionary measure, but look, it's actually come in handy!"
The two simpletons looked enlightened, while Li Jin chuckled, "Your Highness, please don't be so modest. Many people know about these complex relationships in the martial world, but few can utilize them so effectively under such pressure.
Zhen Yuan Escort Agency, while ostensibly an escort service, frequently travels between the north and south.
Its influence is not at all inferior to established sects like Tian Xuan Sect. These days, the new Emperor likely has no time to bother us."
"Isn't that perfect?"
Lu Qing Wan said joyfully, "On my behalf, send invitations to trustworthy officials from the Prime Minister's Estate, the Southern Prince's Estate, Grand Tutor Chi, the Ministry of Justice, and others, requesting they recommend Lian Yu again as the new commander of the Black Armored Army."
After a moment's thought, she added, "Summer is approaching. Have Li Ren Fang prepare a few outfits and headpieces for the female family members of these officials. When the time comes, find a suitable excuse to offer a discount, but don't make it too obvious."
"Your subordinate understands."
Li Jin acknowledged.
Lu Qing Wan nodded leisurely, "Take my invitation to Grand Tutor Chi's estate and request a signboard. Starting tomorrow, this place will be Ji Ci Hospital.
I'll tidy up, and tomorrow we will officially begin operations."
Those around her knew that her so-called accessories referred to the re-deployment of those devices.
Being familiar with Lu Qing Wan, they knew the mysterious origins of her equipment and said nothing.
However, that night, until Lu Qing Wan departed, the defenses inside and outside Ji Ci Hospital were even more stringent than those of the Regent's Estate.
When Lu Qing Wan was deploying the equipment, no one was by her side except Li Jin, who followed at a distance.
After a night of hard work, Lu Qing Wan returned to the estate, offered incense to Lu Zhen Ting, and then went to catch up on sleep.
After the funeral, she was threatened by Feng Qing Heng with the Black Armored Army to forcibly take her as a concubine. Coupled with the incident at Bai Xing Lin, the news of acquiring Tian Xuan City could not offset Lu Qing Wan's exhaustion.
Having finally found some free time, she slept until she woke up naturally.
The moment she opened her eyes, she was met with Li Su's expression, struggling between a smile and apprehension. Seeing Lu Qing Wan awake, Li Su could no longer hold back his laughter.
Lu Qing Wan blinked blankly, "Did you find money? You're laughing like that?"
Li Su quickly stifled it, but before he could speak, he burst into laughter again, his cackles making Lu Qing Wan's scalp tingle.
Lu Qing Wan grinned and waved her hands, "Forget it, forget it. You laugh first, then talk.
Get me a glass of water, I need to wake up."
Li Su quickly went to pour water and, upon returning, did not forget to drape a coat over Lu Qing Wan.
These small actions managed to suppress his overwhelming urge to laugh. "Your Highness, please drink the water first. After you finish, I'll tell you, otherwise, you might spit it out."
Lu Qing Wan became even more suspicious.
Among Feng Xi Wu's four subordinates, only Li Yang was lively; the others like Li Su were usually calm. Why was he behaving like this?
Fortunately, she heeded his advice, took a sip, and didn't drink the water. "Alright, tell me.
I want to see what could be so amusing that it makes you laugh like this."
Li Su crouched by Lu Qing Wan's couch, slapping his thigh. "Your Highness, you won't believe it, Feng Qing Heng has been cuckolded!
And not just once!
Apart from Consort Chen, all the other concubines in his harem who are pregnant conceived their pregnancies through affairs, and he implicitly permitted it, ha ha..."
Li Su slapped his thigh as he laughed, but Lu Qing Wan was stunned by what she heard.
"If I recall correctly, besides Consort Chen, there are about four pregnant women in the palace right now. All of them have cuckolded Feng Qing Heng?"
Forgetting her lingering drowsiness, Lu Qing Wan shot up and sat on the couch. "What exactly is going on?
He permitted others to cuckold him, has Feng Qing Heng finally driven himself mad?"
Li Su took a deep breath, calming down.
"It's not yet confirmed whether it's true or false, but this is the news circulating in the palace.
After the new Emperor ascended the throne, he delayed establishing an Empress. Eventually, Chen Ruo Yu somehow learned that the new Emperor intended to make Yue Wu Xia his Empress, so she drugged him with an impotence potion.
Thus, before the new Emperor's wedding to Empress Yue, he was already incapacitated.
Fearing discovery, he found a substitute to attend to his concubines.
To avoid suspicion, he even had people condition those women's bodies, enabling them to conceive.
However, for some reason, yesterday he suddenly decided to administer medicine to those pregnant concubines, wanting to abort the children, not even sparing Consort Chen's child.
Consort Chen, to protect her child, revealed the truth."
Li Su spoke to Lu Qing Wan with undisguised schadenfreude.
Lu Qing Wan's worldview was also shattered. She could even imagine that Feng Qing Heng's desire to abort those children was directly related to her actions yesterday.
However, "Consort Chen is truly remarkable!
What is her current situation? If Feng Qing Heng is truly impotent, then Consort Chen's unborn child is her only hope, isn't it?"