Upon hearing this, Qi Yue's interest was piqued, and she imdiately let her assistant out.
"Tell , what's the suggestion you have? If it's good, I'll let you wear chanical armor and even take you out for so fun," she said.
"OK," the assistant made a gesture and began to explain.
"According to the tiline, 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 ntion this earlier?!"
She glared at the assistant, really wanting to smack it a couple of tis.
"...Master, don't you ever check the Space Mall?"
Qi Yue instantly lowered her banners in defeat.
She couldn't rember 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 unwelco ergence 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 turric-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 mont she saw Lady Hu's body transform into turric-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 so discovery.
Outside the Hu Residence, quite a few family mbers 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 mont of rampantness, soon to be thoroughly dealt with by Zhao Xiyan's n.
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 Governnt.
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.
anwhile, news ca from the Capital City.
Pri Minister Lin Yuan wrote a letter of remorse and immolated himself as atonent.
Upon breaking, the news imdiately 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 beca 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 beco 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 ca 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 tis, Qi Yue and Zhao Xiyan closed their doors and started living their own little life.
During the dayti, Zhao Xiyan spent half of his ti 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 nad "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 ca from, but they were very curious about the Immortal Bug's active neural tissue Qi Yue described.
So left ssages 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 sothing she hadn't considered.
After all, they were truly dangerous, and any risk to the Space during delivery would be troubleso!
Just after noon that day, Hei Lie hurriedly reported that an old woman had arrived at the city gate with a bunch of won, asking to see Qi Yue, and inquired what to do.
"An old woman? What does she look like? How old? What's her na?"
"Her surna 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 montarily 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 won, children, and a few n, roughly a hundred people in number.
Upon seeing Qi Yue, Old Lady Zhang imdiately knelt down on the ground.
"Young Miss, your old servant is back!"
After a year apart, Old Lady Zhang still had a deanor of subservience, but her clothes were sowhat worn out.
Qi Yue hurried forward to help her up and examined her from head to toe.
"You've had a hard ti. 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 managent of the dicine factory; though I have now learned, I have not achieved any rit 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 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 ."
Qi Yue was aware of this situation.
Now, apart from Longnan County Governnt, which remained sowhat peaceful, the rest of Beiyuan had no good place left.
The Longnan County Governnt had to shelter dozens or even a hundred refugees daily.
Seeing that the hundred or so old people and children were all extrely 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 managent of Longnan's dicine factory. How can I let you do these trivial tasks!"
Old Lady Zhang still insisted on helping.
"No matter the ti, I will always be your servant, Young Miss. It is right for to do these things."
Qi Yue then briefly ntioned 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 dicine factory, and pick out the useful people you brought to work and earn money."
"Yes, Young Miss."
The original dicine factory was just behind the pharmacy, but this ti Qi Yue wanted to build one even bigger than Dongjiang's.
The location of the new dicine factory was finally set at the forr Hu Residence.
The house occupied a large area but was now desolate, perfect for the dicine factory.
After talking to Zhao Xiyan, she got his approval too.
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