Initially, Shuangshuang’s experiment wasn’t taken seriously by everyone; they thought it was just a whim of Shuangshuang. As common people, it wasn’t considered appropriate to ignore the words of Shuangshuang, the County Magistrate, especially since it wasn’t a major affair, so everyone agreed.

People laughed and casually paired up to conduct the blood test, acquaintances and strangers alike. Unexpectedly, when the blood entered the bowl, something astonishing happened — everyone’s blood merged!

This shock was extraordinary; many were dumbfounded. Some even knocked over the water bowl, and others, skeptical, emptied the bowl and personally fetched water to wash it clean.

Then, they caught someone who couldn’t possibly be related and continued the test to recognize relations through blood, only to find the blood still merged without a doubt.

Some skeptics tested over ten times, fingers full of pinpricks, yet the result remained the same: everyone’s blood merged.

No matter the disbelief, faced with such results, the common people couldn’t help but believe that the age-old tradition of recognizing kin through blood was a complete joke, utterly inaccurate.

The bowl was from their own homes, the water freshly drawn from the well, leaving no possibility of deception. In such circumstances, the results were unequivocally genuine.

With the certainty that recognizing relations through blood was false and that everyone’s blood would merge, unresolved was the incident involving Fan Shilei’s wife’s infidelity.

Why did everyone’s blood merge except Fan Shilei and his son’s? Clearly, something had been tampered with, as the intent was, as Fan Shilei mentioned, to target his wealth.

Not just others, even Fan Family members were now looking at Fan Shiyan with disapproval. This was too unscrupulous, forcibly killing a man’s wife and son over his wealth!

The whispers among the surrounding people and the suspicious gaze from the Fan Clan Leader made Fan Shiyan feel as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

He collapsed to the ground with only one thought, he’s done for! He never imagined the blood test would turn out to be such a ridiculous joke.

Shuangshuang looked at Fan Shiyan, who was limp on the ground, and sneered, "Fan Shiyan, explain why your brother and son’s blood can’t merge."

Fan Shiyan, pale and weak on the ground, trembling lips, couldn’t utter a word. Seeing this, Shuangshuang directly instructed Wang Ruibo, "Tie him up and take him to the government office for trial."

With this, her gaze shifted to the Fan Clan Leader, who immediately averted his eyes, not daring to meet Shuangshuang’s gaze.

Shuangshuang, however, didn’t intend to let it slide: "The court has explicitly prohibited private executions and wrongful killings. Arrest everyone involved in today’s incident and imprison them, awaiting further orders."

After issuing the order, Shuangshuang returned to her carriage, drawing the curtain down, while outside, Wang Ruibo and Yan Yi moved in to apprehend the perpetrators.

The sounds of grievances and pleas for mercy erupted outside the carriage, but Shuangshuang remained oblivious, resting peacefully with closed eyes.

Shuangshuang initially intended for a simple spring outing, coupled with a casual inspection of the commoners’ spring planting, never expecting to encounter such a case of murder for fortune.

Consequently, she returned with a large group of people in custody, and the legendary experience of disproving blood test recognition spread with embellishments by the participating commoners.

Back at the government office, Shuangshuang directly delegated the interrogation of this matter to Wang Ruibo. The crime was malicious enough in intent but simplistic in execution, suitable for Wang Ruibo’s practice.

Meanwhile, Shuangshuang was busy drafting reports to the Emperor. Previously, she hadn’t considered the absurdity of blood test recognition, but now that she had discovered it, it couldn’t continue harming people.

Having thought of it, Shuangshuang acted on it without considering it a big deal. Unexpectedly, the Emperor valued her report significantly, issuing a Holy Decree and sending imperial envoys to implement and propagate the matter across regions.

Moreover, the Emperor instructed imperial merchants and the Bai Family and Chu Family to disseminate the matter further, a strategy taught to the Emperor by Shuangshuang.

When it comes to swift and wide-ranging communication, no one was more adept than merchants, who traversed vast distances, spreading many messages along their routes.

During these times, Shuangshuang had been busy building sugar mills, establishing farms, teaching mute commoners sign language to communicate, instructing them on cattle and sheep rearing — overwhelmed with tasks.

Fortunately, Ying Chang’an and Heng Yue didn’t disappoint Shuangshuang’s expectations, successfully developing medicine to combat diseases, and per Shuangshuang’s suggestion, creating them into small, pea-sized granules for easy feeding and carrying.

Shuangshuang proposed an idea to Ying Chang’an and Heng Yue — submit the prescription to the Emperor, let the Emperor have it mass-produced, sold cheaply to the common people, with each of them taking a ten-percent cut and the rest going to the Emperor.

Although a ten-percent cut seemed little, when dealing with the Emperor, it’s not about profiting but ensuring the Emperor’s satisfaction; only this way can the business provide enduring returns.

Furthermore, the Emperor’s great influence allowed the medicine to be widely spread, benefiting commoners nationwide, and also generating substantial profit; the profit from the ten-percent cut exceeded what they could earn making it themselves.

Naturally, Ying Chang’an and Heng Yue fully agreed with Shuangshuang’s proposal. Although they were inherently quiet medical researchers, they were deeply moved by Shuangshuang’s efforts to help them profit.

This was evidenced by their increased attention to Shuangshuang’s health, changing from twice-daily pulse checks to monitoring three meals a day plus midnight snacks.

Amidst the busy bustle, once matters steadied and peace returned, Shuangshuang realized she had become famous nationally under the deliberate promotion by the Emperor, following her previous verbal confrontation with scholars.

Shuangshuang recognized the Emperor’s intentional campaigning, which she was pleased to see and specially composed a letter of gratitude.

Such rumors might be detrimental for a man, but for Shuangshuang, from the moment she embarked on the official path as a woman, she had been remarkably high-profile.

Shuangshuang desired not low-profile but as much prominence as possible; the more well-known she became, the more she could silence those attacking her, reducing the resistance to the Emperor promoting her.

The Emperor’s actions can be said to be painstakingly paving the way for Shuangshuang’s future prospects.

Shuangshuang was indeed grateful and enthusiastically returned to work. With autumn harvest approaching, she, as the County Magistrate, had ample duties ahead.