Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers Chapter 383

Chapter 383: Chapter 383: Granny Zhang Returns

Upon hearing this, Qi Yue's interest was piqued, and she immediately let her assistant out.

“Tell me, what's the suggestion you have? If it's good, I'll let you wear mechanical armor and even take you out for some fun,” she said.

“OK,” the assistant made a gesture and began to explain.

“According to the timeline, Master's Space Mall should have already upgraded. Not only can you open an antique shop, but you can also set up a knowledge hub, publish papers, and exchange ideas with people from another world. You can seek help from more advanced civilizations and get higher-level assistance. This is a privilege that only doctors have!”

“There's such a good thing?” Qi Yue was astonished!

What she needed most now was indeed exchange.

“Why didn't you mention this earlier?!”

She glared at the assistant, really wanting to smack it a couple of times.

“…Master, don't you ever check the Space Mall?”

Qi Yue instantly lowered her banners in defeat.

She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had paid attention to the antique shop.

Ever since the last mass purchase, she had not checked her computer again.

Ah, and those mystery boxes!

She wondered if anyone had paid for them yet!?

Lately, she had been so busy that she had completely forgotten about it!

Qi Yue quickly took the assistant back into the space and continued to work in the lab, calling for Hei Lie to help as she was set to burn down the house.

Thankfully, to anticipate any unwelcome emergence during the dissections that could cause contamination, Qi Yue had specifically chosen a secluded side hall where setting a fire wouldn't cause a large blaze.

It didn't take long for Hei Lie to be well-prepped, gathering an abundance of kindling, fallen leaves, and other combustibles.

Fearing the fire wouldn't burn everything thoroughly, Qi Yue even doused the pile of turmeric-colored liquid with plenty of gasoline.

Taking advantage of the blaze, Qi Yue went to the yard where the Frozen People were kept, checking each of the more than one hundred people, and based on the degree of their freezing, placed them into the cold storage within her space.

The moment she saw Lady Hu's body transform into turmeric-colored liquid, Qi Yue knew these people couldn't be saved.

With her current level of knowledge, she had no idea how active nerves could transform a person in such a way, so she could only store them for now.

Perhaps their sacrifice could lead to some discovery.

Outside the Hu Residence, quite a few family members of the Frozen People had arrived.

Learning of the death of their loved ones, they were deeply saddened, yet overall they recognized and trusted Qi Yue.

From the Space Mall, Qi Yue bought over a hundred pots filled with clay and handed them to the relatives.

Though slightly deceptive, it was an act of necessity.

The incident of the Frozen Disease thus passed over smoothly.

Feng Liang and his army of a hundred thousand new recruits enjoyed a brief moment of rampantness, soon to be thoroughly dealt with by Zhao Xiyan's men.

Fatou took over the new recruits in a natural succession after being captured in Lin An.

Li Sanyue had long been arranged by Zhao Xiyan, and together they dealt with a group of dissidents in the new recruit camp and seized control of the new recruits.

Feng Liang was captured and brought back to the city where he confessed in front of the Longnan County populace his false accusations against Qi Yue and his attempt to control the Longnan County Government.

The populace was still angry over being deceived by Feng Liang, and after he finished speaking, they surged forward, trampling him half to death.

When he was dragged out by the soldiers, not only had one of his legs been broken, but one of his eyes had been crushed; he would never see again.

Meanwhile, news came from the Capital City.

Prime Minister Lin Yuan wrote a letter of remorse and immolated himself as atonement.

Upon breaking, the news immediately shocked the world.

Many were left speculating if Lin Yuan was burned because of contracting the Frozen Disease.

There were various theories, but the majority celebrated Lin Yuan's death.

The governance of the Beiyuan Court did not get back on track with Lin Yuan's death; rather, it became even more chaotic.

The Emperor continued his debauchery; the officials still squabbled amongst themselves.

With Lin Yuan gone, several others rose to take his place, enacting even more repressive rule and more onerous levies, with refugees scattered everywhere.

Looking to the individual regions, the situation was even more chaotic.

Any local official or Governor with even a hint of military power sought to become their own emperor.

Dongjiang Governor Murong Mingyue was such a person.

His banner was raised for the peace of the common people.

However, it was also thanks to him that Qi Yue's pharmaceutical factory suffered no damage and could continue operating normally.

Then came the attacking force of Western Chu, which in just one month annexed a third of Beiyuan Kingdom's territory, leaving countless people displaced.

In the south, the Nanyue also moved the battlefield to Nanling, hoping to enter Beiyuan and share in the spoils of war.

Fortunately, with the 150,000-strong Longnan Army under Zhao Xiyan's control, the Nanyue's aggressive advance did not reap any benefits.

As the naval route proved impossible, the Nanyue turned their focus to the east-west front.

Soon, they colluded with the Western Chu, aiming to pincer Beiyuan from the east and west.

And Donggao was also stirring.

But when they couldn't deal with Zhao Xiyan, they thought of biting into Beiyuan.

In such chaotic times, Qi Yue and Zhao Xiyan closed their doors and started living their own little life.

During the daytime, Zhao Xiyan spent half of his time handling official affairs, and as soon as he was done, he would stick to Qi Yue and not let go.

Qi Yue was still engrossed in researching the activity of the Immortal Bug's nervous system.

She first opened a little knowledge shop named “Immortal Bug Neural Activity Research Institute,” where she published photos of the Immortal Bug and various research essays.

She had thought no one would be interested, but to her surprise, nearly a hundred thousand people visited her little shop on the first day.

She didn't know which world these people came from, but they were very curious about the Immortal Bug's active neural tissue Qi Yue described.

Some left messages asking her to publish more related information, others wanted to collaborate with her on research, and there were even offers to purchase the research data and samples.

She did have many samples of the Immortal Bug's active neurons, but selling them was something she hadn't considered.

After all, they were truly dangerous, and any risk to the Space during delivery would be troublesome!

Just after noon that day, Hei Lie hurriedly reported that an old woman had arrived at the city gate with a bunch of women, asking to see Qi Yue, and inquired what to do.

“An old woman? What does she look like? How old? What's her name?”

“Her surname is Zhang, she said she's from Dongjiang.”

“Old Lady Zhang?” Qi Yue suddenly stood up.

It had been so long that she had almost forgotten about Old Lady Zhang.

“Quick, let her in.”

Hei Lie was not aware of Old Lady Zhang's existence and was momentarily puzzled.

“My lord, should we not investigate thoroughly? Dongjiang is close to Western Chu, it may well be a spy!”

How naive of the Black Feather Guard, this amused Qi Yue.

“I vouch for this person, who is definitely no spy. Please, let her in quickly!”

Soon, Old Lady Zhang was brought to Qi Mansion, followed indeed by a swarm of women, children, and a few men, roughly a hundred people in number.

Upon seeing Qi Yue, Old Lady Zhang immediately knelt down on the ground.

“Young Miss, your old servant is back!”

After a year apart, Old Lady Zhang still had a demeanor of subservience, but her clothes were somewhat worn out.

Qi Yue hurried forward to help her up and examined her from head to toe.

“You've had a hard time. Was the journey here difficult? Why didn't you let the Black Feather Guard escort you?”

Old Lady Zhang replied respectfully, “Your old servant was left in Dongjiang to learn management of the medicine factory; though I have now learned, I have not achieved any merit to trouble the Black Feather Guard with such a task!”

Seeing her speak so eloquently and with an air of a powerful woman, Qi Yue felt even more pleased.

“Mother Zhang, you have always treated me like your own daughter, and I regard you as a mother. How could I not worry about your safety?”

As they talked, Qi Yue learned that these hundred people were all taken in by Old Lady Zhang along the way.

All of them were refugees fleeing famine.

“Young Miss, these people were originally headed for Longnan, and seeing they did not know the way, I let them follow me.”

Qi Yue was aware of this situation.

Now, apart from Longnan County Government, which remained somewhat peaceful, the rest of Beiyuan had no good place left.

The Longnan County Government had to shelter dozens or even a hundred refugees daily.

Seeing that the hundred or so old people and children were all extremely thirsty and emaciated, Qi Yue first asked the girls to serve tea and water, and then to quickly prepare food.

Old Lady Zhang wanted to help after hearing this, but Qi Yue rushed to stop her.

“Mother, now that you have completed your learning and are back, you'll take over the management of Longnan's medicine factory. How can I let you do these trivial tasks!”

Old Lady Zhang still insisted on helping.

“No matter the time, I will always be your servant, Young Miss. It is right for me to do these things.”

Qi Yue then briefly mentioned the matter with Hu Keqing.

“Mother, you will have a lot of things to be busy with in the future. If you see any girls here that can be used, train one or two as you did before to lighten your load.”

“Yes, Young Miss.”

Hearing the girls all calling Qi Yue “madam,” a look of relief appeared on Old Lady Zhang's face.

“Your old servant heard that Young Miss has married the Marquis,” she said and bowed down again, “Congratulations to Young Miss and the Marquis!”

“Thank you, Mother Zhang.”

Afterwards, Old Lady Zhang spoke of the scenes she had witnessed along the way, which also distressed Qi Yue.

“Changing this situation is not an overnight task. First, build the medicine factory, and pick out the useful people you brought to work and earn money.”

“Yes, Young Miss.”

The original medicine factory was just behind the pharmacy, but this time Qi Yue wanted to build one even bigger than Dongjiang's.

The location of the new medicine factory was finally set at the former Hu Residence.

The house occupied a large area but was now desolate, perfect for the medicine factory.

After talking to Zhao Xiyan, she got his approval too.

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