She had already rehearsed a scene mocking Feng Xi Wu in her heart, but on the surface, she maintained an air of inscrutability.
"Well, my dear patient, I must tell you that this is not an illness, but poison. You've been poisoned for so long that your bodily structure has been completely altered.
Even if I cure you, I can only restore your masculine appearance and physique. Sexual intercourse will likely be fine, but as for offspring, we can only do our best."
While she spoke conservatively, Lu Qing Wan actually felt that with Feng Jing Heng's condition, having offspring would probably lead to him dying from exhaustion.
A hint of uncontrollable fierceness flashed across Feng Jing Heng's young face. "Poison? What kind of poison?"
"It's not a single specific poison, but rather many poisons with similar effects that have accumulated in your body over the years, leading to your current condition.
Some of the substances involved might not be considered poison by ordinary people, and could even be restorative medicines. However, when used in a different way, they become toxic."
Feng Jing Heng, appearing half-awake and half-asleep, stared at Lu Qing Wan with a dark gaze.
"Tell me, what are the factors that have harmed me to this extent?"
"Many. For example, aloe, eucommia, ginkgo, and even what everyone considers a potent tonic like salvia miltiorrhiza, cordyceps, and so on. I can't list them all for you."
Lu Qing Wan had no intention of making enemies with the royal family, but even less did she want to get entangled in their affairs. Thus, she chose to hint at things without revealing everything. Whether Feng Jing Heng believed her or not was his own concern.
However, upon hearing the medicinal herbs Lu Qing Wan listed, Feng Jing Heng seemed to recall something, his fierceness intensifying. He then addressed her a bit more politely.
"How can this poison be cured?"
"I'll write you a prescription. Take the medicine according to it. During this time, do not consume any more tonics or any other medications.
Even if you catch a cold or develop a fever, endure it if you can. If you can't, come back here. I'll instruct Doctor Meng to avoid your contraindications when prescribing medication..."
Feng Jing Heng keenly detected a loophole in Lu Qing Wan's words. "Why instruct him? Can't you be responsible for my subsequent treatment?"
"Although the poison you've ingested is not a single type, its effects are generally similar. Once the prescription is given, whether I'm here or not will have little impact on you."
Perhaps it was because he had never encountered a physician in years who could pinpoint his problem so accurately and offer a solution like Lu Qing Wan.
Feng Jing Heng did not put on airs as a prince. He even proactively asked, "How much are your consultation fees?"
"The consultation fee is one million taels of silver. For subsequent treatments, each dose of medicine will cost ten thousand taels of silver. Take it for three months first, and we'll see the results."
Upon hearing that the consultation fee alone was one million taels of silver, Feng Jing Heng immediately wanted to object. However, after hearing that each dose of medicine would cost ten thousand taels, he fell silent.
He asked, sounding somewhat incredulous, "Are the consultation fees of Divine Doctor Lin always this exorbitant?"
Lu Qing Wan, with an unapologetic double standard, replied, "It depends on the person."
Feng Jing Heng was momentarily speechless, strongly suspecting he was being targeted.
Before he could say anything further, Lu Qing Wan had already finished writing the prescription and was going to prepare the medicine.
On the last day before leaving the capital, Lu Qing Wan and Feng Xi Wu were both incredibly busy, neither disturbing the other.
When Lu Qing Wan treated Xie Shi Luan, she had been cautious and used the space laboratory to observe.
Returning to her residence in the evening, she went straight to the space laboratory and headed for Da Bai. "If I cured Xie Shi Luan's injuries, does that count as expanding the laboratory's database?"
After all, the space laboratory had no data related to internal energy before. When Lu Qing Wan treated Xie Shi Luan's injuries, she had already been anticipating rewards from the space laboratory.
Da Bai lay lazily on the operating table. Woken up by Lu Qing Wan, she lazily extended a paw.
Lu Qing Wan followed her gaze and was amused. "Is this... my experimental field?"
She rushed out of the space laboratory a few steps. Lu Qing Wan then belatedly realized that the area of the space laboratory had expanded several times, and the contents within were much richer.
Many things that had accompanied her for many years in her previous life were also present in the space laboratory.
Most striking was a small vegetable patch she, a foodie, had cultivated within.
The various fruits and vegetables hanging from the branches and the mysterious experimental equipment did not seem to belong to the same world.
Forced together by Lu Qing Wan, they were inexplicably harmonious, even filling the cold space laboratory with a touch of worldly warmth.
Lu Qing Wan felt as if she had returned to a familiar environment, and she could almost hear her grandfather scolding her animatedly.
"It's just a small vegetable garden, why are you crying so much?"
An unbelievable childish voice entered her ears. Immediately, something heavy landed on her shoulder. Da Bai's paws, entirely black without a trace of other color, gently rubbed against Lu Qing Wan's face.
Only then did Lu Qing Wan realize that she had actually cried.
Flustered, she wiped her face and suddenly realized something. "Da Bai, was that you speaking just now?"
"Meow~"
Da Bai let out a proud meow, turned her head, and licked her paw, pretending that it wasn't her who had just wiped Lu Qing Wan's tears.
However, Lu Qing Wan heard, "Of course it was this great meow, who else could it be? This human woman is truly stupid!"
At this, Lu Qing Wan finally confirmed that she could indeed understand Da Bai's words.
She raised her hand, scooped up Da Bai, and buried her face in the little cat's belly, sniffing ecstatically. "This is the reward from the space laboratory, isn't it? Da Bai, I love you so much!"
The little black cat's embroidered ears turned into airplane ears, and she meowed incessantly.
"Stupid woman, let go of Master Meow quickly! I'm getting dirty, meow..."
Lu Qing Wan, hearing Da Bai's cries like a chaste maiden, sniffed her even more intensely.
The successive surprises caused Lu Qing Wan to become overly excited. She even slept hugging Da Bai that night.
As a result, when Feng Xi Wu returned that evening, he saw Lu Qing Wan fast asleep and unresponsive, while her usual spot was occupied by a stinky cat.
The某摄政王 (Regent), childishly, wanted to pull the cat out of his little consort's embrace. As soon as his hand moved, the cat's eyes opened.
The某摄政王, deciding to go all the way, grabbed the cat's paw and threw it out. Then, he tightly shut the doors and windows, leaving the cat to sleep on the threshold for the night.
Thus began the tug-of-war between the某摄政王 and the cat.
Of course, Lu Qing Wan was completely unaware of this human-cat battle. She was so excited that she even forgot about her important tasks.
By the time Feng Xi Wu learned that the person seeking treatment from Lu Qing Wan was Feng Jing Heng, the carriage had already taken them a good distance out of Shangjing City.
"Prince Jing?!"
Feng Xi Wu said with surprise, "What illness does he have at such a young age?"
Lu Qing Wan, with a twinkle in her eyes, explained Feng Jing Heng's condition to him. Feng Xi Wu listened with fascination. "There's such an illness?"
"The cases I've encountered usually involve women who, in their eagerness to have sons, consume too many medicinal herbs, leading to an increase in their male hormones and symptoms like excessive body hair, facial hair growth, and a hoarse voice.
This is the first time I've seen a man exhibiting feminizing symptoms due to hormonal imbalance."