After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 165 The Clinic is Sealed Off
Ever since Bai Wanqing rescued Chen Shi and Bai Qinglian from prison.

Chen seemed like a completely different person; she suddenly took meticulous care of Bai Wanqing.

"Qing'er, you've come all this way, why don't you stay home a little longer?"

"Your father misses you terribly too."

Bai Chenming glanced at Chen Shi in surprise, but then nodded and smiled, "Yes! Qing'er, you've been in Huaizhou for quite some time now, why don't you stay at home for a couple of days?"

Bai Wanqing originally wanted to get another batch of medicinal herbs from her father, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Father and Mother."

Madam Chen smiled and said, "Child, you've come home. There's no need for any trouble."

Bai Wanqing smiled slightly and then returned to her own courtyard.

After Bai Wanqing left, Bai Chenming stared at Madam Chen with suspicion.

"Why is the sun rising in the west today? When have you ever cared about Qing'er like this before?" Bai Chenming asked.

Chen pouted, "What are you saying!"

"Qing'er came all the way from the state capital for me. Even if I were a piece of wood or a stone, I should be warmed up by now."

"What, do you think I, Chen, am an ungrateful and treacherous person?"

Bai Chenming laughed heartily, "No, no! I'm naturally overjoyed that you think that way, Madam."

Chen glared at Bai Chenming, then thought of something else.

"Qing'er must be asking for quite a few medicinal herbs this time! You'd better make sure you supply as many as Qing'er can. If you can't supply the others, you'll have to wait a couple of days."

"They are all our regular customers, they can understand."

Bai Chenming was surprised that the Chen family would give such an important business opportunity to Bai Wanqing. It seems that what she said earlier was not just for show.

"Are you really willing to give it up?"

"What if we anger others? Aren't you afraid they'll stop doing business with us?"

Mrs. Chen paused for a moment, then asked, "Is their business as important as Qing'er's business?"

"How can you, as a father, not side with your own family business!"

Bai Chenming happily hugged Madam Chen, "I never imagined my wife would be so enlightened. Qing'er would be so happy if she knew."

Chen knew that Bai Chenming was just saying this to coax her, so she just chuckled.

"Alright! I was wrong about what happened before, and I know I was wrong, isn't that enough!"

"Sure! Of course!" Bai Chenming said happily.

Just as the two were having a good time, Butler Liu rushed over from the front yard.

Bai Chenming and Chen Shi thought something had happened at home again, and their expressions immediately became tense.

"Master, Madam!" Bai Chenming greeted Butler Liu as soon as he entered the room.

"Uncle Liu, what happened again?" Bai Chenming's heart was in his throat. He really couldn't bear to think about what happened again, when the yamen runners surrounded his house.

While Butler Liu was catching his breath, Bai Chenming was extremely anxious and was almost ready to go out and check on things himself.

"Master, master, it's not urgent, don't worry."

"It's the Third Miss. She sent a message saying that she's been placed under house arrest by the Huang family."

"Let you, sir and madam, go and save her."

Liu Bo was unaware that the Huang family's house arrest was orchestrated by Chen Shi and Bai Chenming, but upon hearing that it involved Bai Qinglian, Bai Chenming and Chen Shi instantly became less tense.

"Oh! I understand! Uncle Liu, I'll handle this."

Madam Chen nodded and said, "Yes, Uncle Liu, just tell the person who came that we know."

Uncle Liu was a little stunned. What was going on? It was one thing for the master to be so calm, but why wasn't the madam making a fuss or going to the Huang family to settle accounts?

But after a little thought, Uncle Liu understood the situation.

"I understand! I'll go tell the messenger right away." Uncle Liu turned to reply to the letter.

Bai Chenming sat down and sighed softly. Madam Chen pursed her lips and said, "It's all my fault. I didn't teach Qinglian well."

Bai Chenming waved his hand, "How can you be blamed alone! I, as a father, have also failed in my responsibility to educate you."

“From now on, we’ll have to be ruthless. Otherwise, Qinglian might cause even bigger trouble.”

"I know! I know everything," Chen said, her head bowed. She didn't mention Bai Qinglian again for the next two days.

Bai Qinglian repeatedly sent people to deliver messages, but in the end, nothing came of it.

Bai Qinglian finally felt some regret. But it was too late for her to regret it; no one was listening to her anymore.

And Bai Qinglian seems to have gradually disappeared from the Bai family.

Just like now, during the time Bai Wanqing has been living at home, she hasn't heard the name Bai Qinglian again.

In the following days, Bai Wanqing followed Bai Chenming to collect medicinal herbs everywhere.

Seeing that another batch of dried tangerine peel had arrived, Bai Chenming had some of the better ones picked out and said, "Of the list you gave me, this is the only medicinal herb missing now, right?"

Bai Wanqing was inspecting the quality of the batch of dried tangerine peel in front of her when she heard her father's words and nodded.

"Yes! I didn't expect to gather so many so quickly!"

"Thanks to my father's help!"

Bai Chenming's lips curled up slightly. "What kind of talk is that! I am your father, and naturally I am the one who supports what you do the most."

"By the way! I heard that you encountered bandits when you went to collect the medicinal herbs last time?"

"How about I send some of the Bai family's servants to you this time? They all know some martial arts and can save your life in a critical moment." Bai Chenming still felt lingering fear when he thought about this, but Bai Wanqing spoke of it casually.

“Father, the bandits are all dead, and this time I don’t plan to take the back roads; I’ll take the main roads the whole way.”

"We won't encounter bandits again."

Bai Chenming was still worried, "It's always safer to have two more people."

"Or, should we ask the same bodyguards from last time to escort the goods?"

Bai Wanqing smiled and said, "Father, believe me, I'm really alright!"

Seeing that Bai Wanqing had confirmed it, Bai Chenming had no choice but to give up. The two of them looked around at the medicinal herbs they had collected, and Bai Wanqing settled the payment with Bai Chenming. After everything was taken care of,

Ruixin rushed in from outside.

She didn't say anything, but simply handed a note to Bai Wanqing.

Bai Wanqing glanced at it, frowned slightly, and then looked up at Master Bai and said, "Father, I'm afraid I won't be able to use this batch of medicinal herbs for now."

"Could I store it here with you for now?"

Bai Chenming was taken aback. "What's wrong? What happened?"

Bai Wanqing shook her head slightly, "It's nothing serious, it's just that someone is causing trouble for the clinic. I'll come back to pick up these medicinal herbs later."

Bai Chenming glared at him. "You can come and get it whenever you want. I'm your father. You don't need to be so distant with me."

Bai Wanqing blinked and smiled, "Father is joking. It's precisely because you are my father that I feel comfortable leaving these medicinal herbs with you!"

"How can you call me a stranger!"

Seeing that Bai Wanqing could still joke around, Bai Chenming figured the trouble the clinic was facing wasn't too serious.

"Do you need me to go and keep things quiet for you?" Bai Chenming asked.

Bai Wanqing smiled slightly, "Father, your daughter can handle this matter on her own. If one day I can't handle it, I will definitely ask you to step in."

Bai Chenming laughed heartily, "Great!"

Bai Wanqing and Ruixin hurriedly returned to the Bai family home. After tidying up a bit, they took a carriage back to Huaizhou City.

"Madam, what's the matter that's so urgent?" Ruixin had wanted to ask earlier, but since the master was there, she held back.

Bai Wanqing slowly raised her eyes, a sharp glint in them.

"The university officials shut down the century-old medical clinic and arrested Dr. Zheng and his colleagues!"

"Lord Hai is probably waiting for me to return right now!"

Ruixin asked in surprise, "Why did Lord Hai suddenly shut down our pharmacy?"

"Is it because you, Madam, don't agree to Hai Shengyang entering the family? That's too domineering and thuggish!" Ruixin said angrily.

"Madam, shall we go back now? Or should we wait for Master to return before we go back?"

Bai Wanqing sighed softly, "I'm afraid that won't work. If I don't show up, I'll fall right into the Fang family's trap."

"The reputation of this century-old medical clinic will be ruined in the next two months."

"Even if the century-old medical clinic reopens in the future, its reputation will be gone, and it will probably never regain its current prestige."

If we can't compete with the Fang family, how can we cut off their path?

We can't cut off the Fang family's path. What about Man Niang's grievances, the Wei family's grievances, and the patients who, like them, were delayed by the Fang family?
Bai Wanqing took a deep breath. This was a promise she had made to Lin Yunche, and she was determined to keep it.

"Ruixin, make the carriage go faster!"

Ruixin nodded immediately, said something to the coachman, and their carriage sped up again, heading towards Huaizhou City.

It was almost night when Bai Wanqing arrived in Huaizhou City. If they had arrived any later, they would have had to spend the night outside the city.

As the carriage entered Huaizhou City, Fengniang's figure came into view.

Yes, that message was sent to Bai Wanqing by someone sent by Feng Niang.

"Madam!" Fengniang called out as she walked to the carriage.

Bai Wanqing helped Fengniang into the carriage and asked, "What exactly happened?"

Fengniang lifted the carriage curtain, looked around, and seeing that there weren't many people on the road, she lowered the curtain and whispered, "Madam, we've probably been framed."

Yesterday, Dr. Zheng was seeing patients at his clinic when a group of yamen runners suddenly rushed in.

Without saying a word, they went straight to the clinic's medicine cabinet. The constables searched the cabinet thoroughly and finally took out a box of Atractylodes macrocephala, claiming it was counterfeit medicine.

Based on this reason, they arrested the two managers and doctors of our clinic, Dr. Zheng and Dr. Liu. They also sealed off the century-old clinic.

Almost overnight, everyone knew that the century-old medical clinic had been shut down for selling counterfeit medicine.

Both Dr. Zheng and Dr. Liu are currently in prison.

"What about the others? What about Master Luo?" Bai Wanqing asked.

Feng Niang replied, "Master Luo's reputation is so great that Lord Hai did not make a move."

"The others weren't arrested because they weren't the doctors in charge of the clinic."

"However, Madam, because what happened yesterday was so sudden, I thought I'd ask the doctor at the clinic about the situation."

"The other doctors spoke ambiguously and looked fearful, but only Doctor Wang seemed to have known beforehand. He wasn't fearful; instead, he seemed to feel some regret."

"Will it be"

Bai Wanqing nodded slightly. "Whether it's him or not, I'll find out when I go to see him."

(End of this chapter)