The old doctor kept inquiring, both openly and discreetly, wanting to know which renowned physician had treated Old Li's wife. Old Li told him that a divine doctor had saved her, and had even cut open a large gash on his wife's head to bring her back.
At first, the doctor didn't believe it. After all, according to Old Li, the skull had been exposed; how could anyone survive that? But when he saw the scar on Old Li's wife's scalp, he was stunned into silence.
Over a month later, the woman's hair had grown back to a short stubble. A polygonal wound extended from the top of her head to the back of her skull, appearing gruesome and terrifying.
Old Li's son, though not yet operated on, had also undergone significant changes. While he couldn't be compared to a normal person, his mind was much clearer than before.
The Old Li family had another piece of good news: their granddaughter, who had attempted suicide by jumping into the river, had been found.
It was truly a miracle that she survived. After she jumped into the river, a large piece of dead tree branch floated by and happened to snag her clothes. Swept away by the strong current, she was carried to a remote village and rescued by a hunter who was cleaning his catch by the river.
After being rescued and taken back to the hunter's home, the Li girl remained unconscious for several days before waking up. Just like in any novel, she had amnesia upon waking.
Under the hunter's meticulous care, their feelings for each other grew, and they eventually married. Since her memory never returned, she never found her way back to Li Family Village.
It was thanks to the Young Bully dispatching people to search all the nearby villages that everyone learned the Li girl was still alive and had already started a new life.
When the main force arrived in Yong'an Town, the previous mayor, who was only good at muddling through and never did any proper work, had been removed from office. The new mayor was elected by the people and was said to be a scholar who had passed the imperial examination.
The unfortunate fates of Gong Ye and Li Ge, as well as the just desserts meted out to the local ruffians, meant that Yong'an Town had never been as harmonious as it was now.
Regarding the events in the capital, including major affairs like the dynastic change of the Great Yu Dynasty, although they stirred up a wave of discussion in the small county town,
The common people felt that these matters were too distant. After listening to the excitement for a while and knowing there wouldn't be any fighting, they went back to their lives with peace of mind.
After all, it didn't make much difference to ordinary folk who was the emperor or who held power.
Despite saying this, the common people still hoped the new emperor would be better than the previous one, so that their lives could be easier.
Upon their arrival, Su Muqing and her companions immediately went to Old Li's house to operate on Li Yong. Li Yong had been taking medicine for over a month, and some of the blood clots in his brain had dissipated. The last blood clot was cleared with the help of the surgical robot.
However, Li Yong's nerves had been compressed for too long, so even after the surgery, his head would hurt for a period of time, requiring slow recuperation to fully recover.
Now that he knew his only granddaughter was alive, and his wife and son were slowly recovering, Old Li felt that life had hope again and was immensely grateful to Su Muqing and her companions.
Su Muqing and her group also checked on the hot pot restaurant in Yong'an Town. The staff and renovation were uniformly allocated, so there generally shouldn't be any problems.
Su Muqing would no longer be involved in the affairs of the hot pot restaurant. All her businesses had managers, and each manager had many subordinates specifically managing businesses in various prefectures and towns.
The Young Bully's brother-in-law, Liu Zhiwen, was the Prefect of Cangzhou. He was one of the few officials who had not been replaced along the way. It wasn't because Su Muqing knew him and pulled strings, but because his own reputation was quite good, so he was retained.
After Liu Zhiwen finished handling his affairs, he wanted to bring the Young Bully, Qi Xingjie, to Cangzhou. The situation in the capital had been extremely tense a while ago, and his family feared he might be implicated, so they had him stay in Yong'an Town temporarily.
Now that everything in the capital had settled down, the Qi family had also suffered some repercussions, but it was much better compared to other families. Originally, the Qi family didn't need to bring him back, but they heard that the new monarch's return route would pass through Yong'an Town.
Considering Qi Xingjie's troublesome nature, Liu Zhiwen was worried that he might inadvertently offend someone he shouldn't. Therefore, he quickly finished his tasks and rushed to Yong'an Town.
When Liu Zhiwen arrived, Qi Xingjie was having a gathering with Su Muqing and her companions at the hot pot restaurant. The Young Bully excitedly mentioned that some very capable friends he had made earlier had arrived.
Liu Zhiwen had only heard of those people, never seen them. The plan to apprehend and interrogate the group of ruffians had been devised by those friends, and it was rumored that they had used some unconventional methods.
Liu Zhiwen, worried that Qi Xingjie had befriended bad people, offered to meet those individuals to help assess their character.
Who knew that the moment the private room door opened, and he saw the people sitting inside, Liu Zhiwen, after a moment of stunned silence, immediately fell to his knees with a thud.
Who did he see? Why was Her Majesty the newly appointed Empress here?
"Your subordinate, Liu Zhiwen, Prefect of Cangzhou, pays respects to Her Majesty. May Your Majesty live for ten thousand years!"
Qi Xingjie/Old Tu: Brother-in-law/Lord Liu, what's wrong? Where did an Empress come from? Could it be that woman?
Both of them looked at Chen Wenyi, who was beside Su Muqing, with great fear, as there were only these two women in the private room.
Initially, they both thought Su Muqing was a man. Her true identity was only revealed when she appeared in women's clothing this time. Old Tu and Qi Xingjie realized then that Young Master Su wasn't a man with feminine features, but rather a beautiful lady by nature.
Even so, Old Tu and Qi Xingjie never suspected that Su Muqing was the Empress. Her mastery of the arts led them to believe she was a low-key divine doctor.
Since Su Muqing was ruled out as a possibility, did that mean the other woman was the Empress of Hua Xia Dynasty?
Soon, their doubts were answered, but the answer startled them both.
"Prefect Liu of Cangzhou? Please rise! How did you get here? Have you finished the handover of duties in Cangzhou?" Su Muqing had a rather good impression of Liu Zhiwen.
After all, the main force had passed through Cangzhou a few days ago and stayed there for two days. Liu Zhiwen was one of the few officials with a decent reputation, so Su Muqing remembered him quite clearly.
However, Su Muqing was quite surprised by Liu Zhiwen's appearance here.
She then thought that as the Prefect of Cangzhou for many years, he was already intimately familiar with the situation and all matters within the prefecture, so it was understandable that the handover process was relatively swift.