After court, Feng Zexuan slipped away as usual.
Li Yuanchen hurried after him.
“Prince of the North, please wait!”
Feng Zexuan stopped and looked back.
【Huh? What does this guy want from me?】
Li Yuanchen walked up and bowed deeply.
“This official… this official humbly requests guidance from Your Highness.”
His voice grew softer and his face redder by the second.
“I have heard that Your Highness possesses many extraordinary medicines… I have been married to my wife for many years, but we have no children. I wonder if Your Highness might have… a medicine that can restore fertility?”
Feng Zexuan immediately understood.
【Oh, another one coming to ask for medicine.】
【Host, people in desperate situations will try anything.】
【He’s come to the right place.】
Li Yuanchen nodded wildly in his heart.
Yes! Yes! Your Highness is my only hope!
Feng Zexuan looked at his pitiful expression and her gossip instincts kicked in again.
【Tsk, what a miserable case.】
【He can’t have children himself, but his wife already had one with a little monk, and he still doesn’t know.】
【That green hat of his is so big it could turn into a vegetable garden.】
Li Yuanchen swayed on his feet.
Your Highness… that hurts too much!
【Forget it. Since he’s this green, I’ll help him a bit.】
Feng Zexuan directly gave the order.
【System, exchange for a “fertility pill.”】
【Roger! “Goddess of Fertility” business officially opens! Deduct 10,000 gossip points!】
Feng Zexuan pulled out a small porcelain bottle from her sleeve.
“I do indeed have a medicine called the ‘Five Seeds Fertility Pill,’ a secret formula from my master, specifically for difficult conditions.”
“Seeing your sincerity today, I will gift it to you.”
Li Yuanchen took the bottle with trembling hands, overwhelmed with gratitude.
“Thank you, Your Highness! I will never forget your great kindness!”
He quickly pulled out a thick stack of silver notes and shoved them into Feng Zexuan’s hands.
“A small token, please accept it!”
Feng Zexuan glanced at it—one thousand taels.
【Heh! This customer is very sensible! So generous!】
She politely declined a couple of times.
“Lord Li is too kind. It’s just a small pill, nothing worth mentioning…”
But her hands had already tucked the silver notes into her sleeve.
【Must take this money.】
【Otherwise word will spread and everyone will come freeloading—I’d be bankrupt in gossip points.】
Li Yuanchen, seeing her accept the money, actually felt relieved.
If the Prince accepted payment, then the medicine must be real!
Without hesitation, he opened the bottle and swallowed the pill.
【This guy really can’t wait even a second!】
The pill melted the moment it entered his throat.
A warm current surged into his dantian and spread through his entire body.
Li Yuanchen widened his eyes, feeling the miraculous changes, his heart filled with joy.
It really works… it’s divine!
He repeatedly thanked Feng Zexuan before leaving, his steps so light it looked like he was already seeing a chubby son running toward him.
Feng Zexuan watched his back.
【System, what do you think he’ll do when he finds out the truth about his wife’s pregnancy?】
【Will he chop that couple up, or swallow his anger and raise another man’s child?】
【Host, human emotions are complex. This system cannot predict.】
The system rarely sounded so profound.
After that, several more officials came one after another.
All seeking fertility pills from her.
Some were infertile themselves, some had wives who couldn’t conceive for years, and some simply wanted a son to continue the family line.
Feng Zexuan set the price at a uniform one thousand taels per pill and made a tidy profit.
A few days later, through her “video replay” ability, she saw what happened next with Li Yuanchen.
The second night after returning home, he noticed something off about his wife, Madam Chen.
She was unusually cautious while bathing.
She avoided the sour plums she used to love, and kept feeling nauseous.
Li Yuanchen’s heart stirred. He secretly invited an old physician to check her pulse.
“Congratulations, Lord Li. Your wife is pregnant—over two months already.”
He was first overjoyed, then suddenly realized something was wrong.
Two months? That means she was already pregnant before I even took the medicine?
He spent the night checking household accounts and discovered Madam Chen had recently withdrawn a large sum of money, claiming she was going to pray at a temple.
After further investigation, the truth about Monk Yuan Tong from Putuo Temple was exposed as well.
The truth came out.
Li Yuanchen sat in his study all night.
From shock to rage, from rage to despair, and finally back to calm.
Madam Chen cried and knelt on the ground, denying everything, begging him to consider their years of marriage and spare her.
He did not divorce her.
Instead, he secretly hired a few street thugs to break the monk’s legs in the middle of the night and drive him out of the capital.
After that, he forced Madam Chen to drink a miscarriage-inducing medicine and publicly announced that she had suffered an accidental miscarriage.
【Handled ruthlessly, but he saved his reputation.】
【Now that his body is recovering, he might actually have his own child soon.】
Feng Zexuan commented briefly and moved on.
She plunged into preparations for the girls’ academy.
They now had funding, teachers had been recruited, and enrollment was expanding.
The school buildings also needed expansion.
The current academy was just a small courtyard, able to hold only twenty to thirty students.
Feng Zexuan spent 200,000 gossip points to exchange detailed blueprints of cement production and key raw materials.
【With cement, I can build a modern-style campus in ancient times!】
The construction site was set in the southern part of the city.
The land there was flat and well-connected.
When Feng Zexuan arrived carrying several carts of gray powder, the craftsmen were stunned.
An old master stepped forward, full of doubt.
“Your Highness, you want to build houses with this kind of gray soil?”
“It looks looser than ordinary dirt—won’t it just blow away in the wind?”
Feng Zexuan smiled mysteriously.
“This is my special ‘divine cement.’ It requires a unique method.”
“You just follow my instructions. Double your wages.”
Hearing that wages would be doubled, the craftsmen immediately became motivated.
“Just tell us what to do, Your Highness!”
“Yes! The Prince’s methods must be correct!”
She directed them carefully according to ratios.
Cement, sand, and gravel were poured into large wooden troughs and mixed with water.
The slurry was then poured into pre-built wooden molds.
She even had them tamp it down repeatedly with wooden poles.
A few days passed.
Under everyone’s curious eyes, Feng Zexuan ordered the wooden molds removed.
The moment the boards were taken away, everyone held their breath.
A smooth, solid, grayish-blue wall base appeared before them!
Its surface was as smooth as a mirror, edges sharp and clean, looking indestructible.
“My heavens! It hardened!”
A brave craftsman reached out and touched it.
It was cold and hard—nothing like the original loose powder.
He knocked on it hard. A dull “thud” echoed, numbing his hand.
“This… this is even stronger than rammed earth or brick walls!”
The crowd exploded into chatter.
“Quick, bring a hammer!”
Someone fetched an iron hammer and struck the corner hard.
Clang!
Only a faint white mark remained.
“Good heavens! What kind of divine material is this?!”
“Your Highness, this ‘divine cement’ is incredible!”
News spread quickly, and more and more people gathered.
Officials from the Ministry of Works, other craftsmen, even passing merchants stopped to watch.
Feng Zexuan seized the momentum and had them pave a road with cement.
From the main road all the way to the academy gate.
A few days later, the once muddy path had completely transformed.
A smooth, flat cement road stretched before everyone.
Carriages rolled over it so steadily it was almost unbelievable.
“This road… it’s smoother than the imperial palace floors!”
“My carriage has never run this smoothly before!”
The news spread rapidly.
The entire capital was shaken.
The Prince of the North not only knew warfare—he could build and pave roads too!
The Minister of Works rushed over.
He touched the cement wall, his beard trembling with excitement.
“Your Highness! This is a national treasure!”
“If promoted, our riverbanks, borders, and city defenses will be as solid as iron!”
“A plan for a hundred years! Truly a plan for a hundred years!”
He turned to the officials behind him and shouted:
“Return immediately and draft a promotion plan!”
More and more citizens gathered.
They pointed at the gray wall, eyes burning with excitement.
“So this is the legendary ‘cement’?!”
“If my house could be built with this, I’d sleep so peacefully!”
Feng Zexuan looked at the rising school buildings, satisfaction filling her heart.
She stretched lazily.
【System, any gossip in the capital recently?】
【Host, the Crown Prince is getting married!】
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