31 Aftermath

On the way to the Gao Manor, they also passed the brothel owned by the second prince.

The originally lively establishment was now almost burnt to the ground. People who were not happy with the business snickered when they passed and saw the status of the place. 

Feng Ji felt proud of her work. She looked forward to more. It did not cause much commotion compared to the incident with the Medical Pavilion.

"Hehe." She giggled as she thought to herself, 'The mortal domain had a lot of interesting things that I must try soon!'

Gao Lan Mei felt the sparrow's happy mood through their connection. She patted its head softly, "You did well."

Feng Ji beamed. She was happy to be able to serve her miss." Miss! I also got Xi Ma's blood. Aren't I great?"

Gao Lan Mei smiled, "Yes. You did a great job"

...

In the Shizi Royal Palace.

Every official from rank fourth and above where summoned. Aside from someone trying to assassinate the second price, especially the incident with the Medical Pavilion alarmed the Emperor.

Gao Qi did not speak and just listened to the report of the eunuch.

The Medical Pavilion provided their official statement regarding the incident, stating that the issue was caused initially by an uncontrolled enchanted herb that attracted bird type spirit beasts especially crows as a food.

Listening intently to the report, Gao Qi was concerned as he knew that Prince Wei was the owner of the Medical Pavilion. The prince was already considered a benefactor for the Gao Family.

As a prince who made the others who fought for the throne feel threatened, the incident might cause unnecessary attention.

The report also mentioned the involvement of the Xi family young master, who was known as the close aide of Prince Wei.

It would not be surprising if some officials started currying favor with the Xi family.

Gao Qi only felt troubled regarding Prince Wei's business as gratitude. If he learned that the main culprit of the incident was his daughter, what would he feel then?

...

Wei Palace

"Xi Ma! You're back with the master? Is he alright? What happened?" Lao Chen asked continuously.

Wei Jiayi did not allow any guard to accompany him to the Pavilion.

When the crows started to form into a large black mass, he was ready to bring his troops to protect the Pavilion, but he could not move without orders which did not come regardless of how long he waited and how anxious he became.

Xi Ma did not want to talk to anyone yet. It was a stressful day for him. After Gao Lan Mei left, the palace representative arrived.

As a lie to fabricate, he just decided to tell the representative that the walnuts were enchanted herbs that attracted crows. There were no damage of property or any hurt citizen anyway.

The aftermath only affected the Medical Pavilion. They lost herbs to the woman and gold as well. The news of the poisonous walnuts also needed to be controlled.

Thankfully, most of the things that were needed, were done.

The only good thing about the incident was that they had enough evidence to pin Shopkeeper Yu as a traitor. The walnuts were not from the Medical Pavilion farm.

It did not take long for his assistant to confess to make his life easy.

He wanted to curse Gao Lan Mei for causing the greatest disturbance that he had seen so far.

However, the woman was still their benefactor for saving lives before it's too late.