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

When Bai Wanqing entered the room, Liu Feifei was still asleep!

She took a medicine bottle from her sleeve and placed it near Liu Feifei's nose. After a moment, Liu Feifei gradually regained consciousness.

She recalled that she had been playing with her son in the yard when a gust of wind blew by, and she lost consciousness.

Liu Feifei looked at Bai Wanqing in front of her and exclaimed excitedly, "Wanqing, it really is you!"

Bai Wanqing gently helped Liu Feifei sit up. "It's me!"

Did you receive the letter I sent you?

Liu Feifei nodded and said, "Of course I received it, but I didn't believe it at first!"

"After all, I was standing at the street corner that day and watched with my own eyes as you were carried out of the Du family home."

"I also witnessed Lin Yunche crying bitterly in the street with my own eyes."

"So I was really surprised when I received your letter today."

"But then I thought, this is indeed something you would do."

"That's why I felt at ease bringing the child to wait for you in the yard."

"Oh right, where's my son!"

After Liu Feifei finished speaking, she looked around. At this moment, Xiao Cui carried the child into the house.

"Madam, the child is here! He's perfectly fine!"

Liu Feifei nodded, "It's good that you're alright! It's good that you're alright!"

"Madam Meng, how are you feeling now? I have prepared a carriage, and I can take you to the Liu family now."

Liu Feifei raised her head blankly and asked, "Wanqing, has things really come to this?"

"This Prince Huai is really..."

Bai Wanqing nodded deeply. "I have already spoken to Lord Bi."

"Right now, he's trying to evacuate the people! He'll evacuate as many as he can!"

"You should hurry and join Master Liu and the others, and leave this place as soon as possible!"

Liu Feifei nodded, looking at the child in her arms, then glancing at the house next door.
"Wanqing, what will happen to him?"

Bai Wanqing said, "Arrest him now, and he won't be able to do anything!"

"Don't worry, regardless of the outcome, the Meng family won't be affected!"

Looking at the somewhat haggard Bai Wanqing in front of her, Liu Feifei felt guilty towards Bai Wanqing for the first time.

This time, her guilt was different from before; this time, she genuinely admired the woman before her.

"Wanqing, do you really not hate him?" Liu Feifei asked.

She never understood why, just because of one childbirth, she and Meng Zhan could never go back to the way things were.

She knew all too well that in Meng Zhan's heart, she was nothing more than a ladder.

He climbed to his current position as the Assistant Magistrate of Huaizhou by stepping on her, so when Meng Zhan began to betray her, she hated him!

She hated this man! She hated Fang Shi! And she hated Yang Peiran!

But the person she hated most in her heart was herself.

She regrets her actions whenever she thinks about how she caused her father to be unable to recover and how she is often criticized by her colleagues and students.
Bai Wanqing smiled calmly and said, "What's there to hate?"

"I'm not doing this for him! It's for the people of Huaizhou, and for the future of Huaizhou!"

As Bai Wanqing spoke, she played with the baby in Liu Feifei's arms.

Liu Feifei suddenly smiled, "Wanqing, I am certainly not as good as you!"

Fifteen minutes later, Ruixin brought over the prepared dry food and clothes, and Liu Feifei and Xiao Cui also changed into inconspicuous clothes.

Bai Wanqing wanted to see her off, but Liu Feifei firmly refused!

"Wanqing, I know things are urgent right now, and you probably have too much to do!"

"I can walk the rest of the way myself!"

Wanqing looked at the child in Liu Feifei's arms and asked, "Are you sure you don't need to?"

Liu Feifei shook her head firmly, "Really, it's not necessary!"

"Wanqing, I believe you can hold out this time too!"

Bai Wanqing was slightly taken aback, then smiled faintly.
After seeing Liu Feifei off, Bai Wanqing arranged for Wu Huan and Feng Niang to help Lord Bi evacuate the people, especially the elderly, women, and children. Bai Wanqing asked Lord Bi to take them to Linjia Village first.

Bai Wanqing had Lord Bi distribute weapons to the remaining young and strong men.

Now, combined with the poison she concocted before, there might still be a glimmer of hope!
"What am I supposed to do?" Lin Yunche saw that Wuhuan and Fengniang had been assigned tasks, and even Ruixin had been arranged to distribute poison. Only he himself had not been given any instructions by Madam Lin.

Bai Wanqing turned around and looked at the fake Lin Yunche with a complicated expression, "Peerless Young Master!"

"It might be very dangerous for you to come with me on the front lines!"

"This battle will be fierce; we may lose our lives!"

"If you don't want to now, you still have a chance to go with them!"

Lin Yunche was startled by Bai Wanqing's expression. Bai Wanqing was always calm and composed, and he had never seen her with such a frosty look in her eyes before.

It's easy to imagine what this battle really means!
Wu Shuang pressed her lips together, her eyes as calm as an ancient pool, "Madam Lin, I will go with you!"

"At this moment, I am the official in charge of Huaizhou City!"

Bai Wanqing smiled! Wushuang was stunned. He touched the human skin mask on his face, feeling a moment of confusion. Was that smile for Lord Lin, or for him, Wushuang?
Afterwards, Wushuang received many strange medicine bottles from Bai Wanqing. "This one is white! It can..." Bai Wanqing was explaining its uses to him.

Wushuang looked at the medicine bottle and said its function, "It can cause hallucinations and make people lose their minds!"

"You know? Did Feng Niang tell you?" Bai Wanqing asked.

Wushuang shook her head. "No, I don't know why, but I feel like these medicine bottles are familiar. As soon as I saw the color and shape of these medicine bottles, the words I just said popped into my mind."

Bai Wanqing was somewhat shocked; these were all poisons she had made based on her mother's notes!
It's likely that no one in this world, except for her mother and Master Luo, knows its uses. No wonder Doctor Zheng kept asking her the past two days when Lord Lin's medical skills became so superb.

Perhaps Wushuang and her mother are from the same lineage!

To verify her suspicions, Bai Wanqing took out another blue medicine bottle.

"What about this? Do you know it?"

Wushuang glanced at the medicine bottle and nodded, saying, "This poison can temporarily render a person powerless and cause them to collapse to the ground!"

Bai Wanqing was now certain! Wushuang really knew!
"Young Master Wushuang, I don't think I've ever asked you before, who did you learn your medical skills from?"

"If it's convenient for you to answer, then answer; if it's not convenient, then it's okay if you don't!"

Seeing that Wanqing seemed to be interested in her, Wushuang felt a little excited.

But her question really stumped him: "If I said I didn't know, would you believe me?"

Bai Wanqing hadn't expected this answer, but upon closer inspection, it made sense. Her husband had told her that Wushuang Gongzi and Wuhuan Gongzi had been imprisoned in the Northern Dynasty.

Over the years, I have suffered tremendous physical and mental torment. It is already difficult to live such a positive and optimistic life as I am now. It is normal that I cannot remember those things from the past!
"I believe you! If you can't remember, you can't remember!"

"You just need to know how to use these!"

Wanqing gave all the poisons she had to Wushuang, who gladly accepted them.

Just then, Steward Du rushed in. Since he had fainted at noon, his legs were still a little weak!

Especially after seeing Bai Wanqing, that heart palpitation hadn't completely disappeared.
"Mrs. Linlin... um..." Steward Du stammered, unable to utter a complete sentence.

Bai Wanqing was quite helpless. Seeing this, Wushuang took out a silver needle and stuck it into Steward Du's hand.

Manager Du then felt much calmer.

"Madam Lin, Lord Bi just delivered a message saying that the Prince of Huai's army will arrive here around tomorrow evening!"

"Our time may be running out!"

Bai Wanqing checked the time and found it to be true. Since they were going to defend the city, there was still a lot they needed to do.

"Steward Du, did Lord Bi say how many men the Prince of Huai sent?"

"I said, the estimate is around eight thousand people!"

"Eight thousand elite troops, Madam Lin, aren't we just throwing eggs against rocks?"

Bai Wanqing hesitated for a moment, then said, "Manager Du, this isn't a case of throwing an egg against a rock. They attack, we defend!"

"We still have time to prepare!"

After saying that, Bai Wanqing asked again, "Manager Du, how many people from the Du family can be transferred?"

"Let's go fortify the city walls!"

Steward Du sighed and said, "Madam, all our men are currently with Lord Bi evacuating the people!"

"There are only about a dozen people who can be transferred out."

Bai Wanqing did a quick calculation in her mind, and with the original thousand officials from Huaizhou City, it should still be in time.

"A dozen or so is fine. Tell them to meet at the city gate as soon as possible!"

After saying that, Bai Wanqing led Wushuang to the city gate.

But as soon as they left the Lin family's residence, Bai Wanqing noticed that there were still quite a few people on the street, and many of them seemed unhurried, some even looking around. Clearly, they did not believe that the Prince of Huai would rebel.

Moreover, even if they were plotting a rebellion, why would they even look at their small border town?

Lord Bi then led his men around trying to persuade them with earnest words, but clearly the effect was not good!

Seeing this, Bai Wanqing said to Wushuang, "Young Master Wushuang, go to the city gate first. This notebook records some useful tools for defending the city!"

"I've already told my father about the raw materials I need!"

"By now, Du Huan should have already transported everything to the city gate. You and Steward Du should go and meet them in advance."

"Then, by piecing together the diagrams in the handbook, we can make it work for us."

Wushuang took the note; Wanqing had already marked the places where it would be used, and he understood it!

But
"We've all left, what are you going to do by yourself?" Wushuang asked with concern in her eyes.

Looking at the sparse crowd behind her, Bai Wanqing said, "I'll find a way to help Lord Bi evacuate the people!"

"It won't be long before I meet you at the city gate!"

Bai Wanqing was about to leave when Wushuang stopped her.

"If you appear in front of the people like this, let alone evacuate them, they'll probably panic!"

"Put this on!"

Bai Wanqing looked down at the mask handed to her by the handless hands and was slightly taken aback.

Seeing her hesitation, Wushuang smiled and said, "How about this be a return gift for all the poison you gave me?" (End of Chapter)