After returning to the capital to farm, the abandoned concubine made a comeback.

Ma the bully's sinister voice seemed to be chilled to the bone, "Get the hell out of here! Anyone who dares to see a doctor here is messing with me!" With a wave of his hand, the thugs behind him pounced on the free clinic tent like wolves, wielding sticks and stirring up gusts of evil wind.

Lin Qin sneered, having anticipated this. This was exactly what she had expected!

She's not some innocent little rabbit to be slaughtered.

Seeing the thugs rushing over, Lin Qin shouted, "Guards, get them!"

In the blink of an eye, a group of strong and burly guards rushed out from the crowd and surrounded the thugs with their well-trained skills.

These guards were all veterans recruited by Lin Qin in advance. They were all battle-hardened and could easily defeat these thugs.

The people, who had been fleeing in terror, cheered at the turn of events, with some even shouting excitedly, "Well done! Kill these thugs!"

Ma the bully was dumbfounded. What was going on?

The script is wrong!

He pointed at Lin Qin and roared angrily, "You...you actually dare to keep guards privately! Are you trying to rebel?!"

Lin Qin smiled contemptuously, "You bully Ma, you can't just say whatever you want. My guards are all legally hired to protect the normal order of the free clinic. How does that constitute rebellion? It's you who brought people to cause trouble and disrupt public order. I think you're the one who's rebelling!"

Ma, the bully, was rendered speechless and could only watch helplessly as his men were beaten to the ground by the guards.

His face was ashen; he knew he had lost this round, but he was still unwilling to accept it. He stubbornly shouted, "Don't be so smug! I... I'll be back!"

"Okay, I'll be waiting," Lin Qinyun replied casually, then turned around to continue treating the people.

Zhu Ling stood aside, watching Lin Qin calmly and decisively handle the unexpected incident, her eyes full of admiration.

He walked over to Lin Qin and whispered, "You did a great job."

Lin Qin smiled and said, "It's what I should do."

The free clinic continued in an orderly manner.

Ma the bully slunk away, but the turmoil was far from over.

Among the onlookers, someone stood up, pointed at Lin Qin, and shouted, "Don't be fooled by her! This free clinic is a scam!"

Lin Qin raised an eyebrow. Good heavens, these days, it takes only a mouth to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of legwork to refute them.

She was prepared. She took a thick stack of booklets from the guard behind her and slammed them on the table with a 'thud,' making the table shake three times.

"Open your eyes and take a good look. These are all records of our free clinics over this period of time. Every single entry is clear and unambiguous!" Lin Qin's voice was crisp and powerful, like the beat of a drum striking the heart. "And these are all thank-you letters written by the people who received our free clinics. You can take a look for yourselves and ask yourselves if we are frauds!"

The people gathered around, took the booklet and the letter of thanks, and carefully read through them.

Looking at the detailed records and simple words, and then at the doctors present, they all nodded in agreement.

"Yes, this doctor treated my sore throat before!"

"My mother's legs have been hurting for years, and it's all thanks to them!"

"This free clinic is real! We've all seen it and we'll remember it!"

The people chimed in with their own opinions, and the flood of praise instantly drowned out the previous voice of doubt.

Lin Qin's lips curled up slightly; this was what she wanted, this was the power of the truth.

She turned to look into the distance, where Ma the bully and his gang fled the free clinic like stray dogs with their tails between their legs. Their pathetic state was simply hilarious!

She took a deep breath, feeling incredibly relieved.

She had anticipated this, so she had prepared a counterattack in advance.

This bully is nothing but a clown; he dug his own grave, and he's utterly ridiculous.

Just when Lin Qin felt that everything was under control, a tall figure stood beside her.

Zhu Ling, dressed in a long black robe, stood tall and straight like a pine tree. His cold and stern eyes softened with a gentleness that only appeared when he looked at her.

He didn't say much, but simply stood quietly beside her, like a mountain, giving Lin Qin the strongest support.

Lin Qin looked up and met Zhu Ling's gaze. Their eyes met, and time seemed to stand still.

At that moment, everything around them became background; only the two of them remained, their eyes filled with deep affection. They understood each other's feelings without needing words.

Zhu Ling looked at her, and Lin Qin looked at Zhu Ling, a warm feeling welling up in her heart. With him by her side, it seemed that no difficulty was insurmountable. She thought, this must be love, a seed called trust sown in each other's hearts, slowly growing under the sun.

Just then, someone in the crowd suddenly exclaimed, "What...what is that?"

Lin Qin and Zhu Ling looked in the direction of the voice at the same time, and saw a man dressed as a yamen runner rushing over, his face full of panic. He shouted loudly, "Something terrible has happened..."

The constable was panting heavily, his fat face jiggling. His panicked appearance was just like Jerry being chased by Tom in "Tom and Jerry".

When he opened his mouth, his voice was louder than a megaphone: "Fellow villagers, it's terrible! You've been scammed! This isn't a free clinic at all; it's clearly a ploy to win people over!"

The crowd erupted in chaos, as if a depth charge had been dropped onto a calm lake.

"What? Winning people over?" "I knew it, who would be so kind?" Whispers rose and fell, and the trusting gazes instantly turned suspicious.

Lin Qin frowned. This rhythm was even smoother than that of a top celebrity!

She finally understood that these days, it's hard to be a good person; even doing a good deed can be interpreted as having eight hundred different schemes and plots.

She sighed helplessly. Sometimes, she really wanted to open these people's brains and see what was inside them.

But she quickly adjusted her mindset; after all, the innocent will remain innocent, and the guilty will remain guilty.

Instead of wasting effort explaining, let's prove it with actions.

She took a deep breath, ignoring the dissenting voices, and turned to look at the doctors who were waiting and the people whose eyes were full of expectation.

"Doctors, please continue the free clinic, don't stop." Her voice wasn't loud, but it was full of power, as if it had a calming magic.

The doctors nodded in agreement and resumed their work of diagnosis and treatment.

Lin Qin also walked up to an old woman, carefully inquired about her condition, and took her pulse attentively.

Her movements were gentle and professional, her gaze focused and earnest, as if nothing in the world mattered to her.

As time went on, more and more people felt Lin Qin's sincerity.

They witnessed firsthand Lin Qin meticulously examining patients and taking their pulses; they witnessed doctors miraculously healing and relieving pain.

The initial doubts gradually disappeared, replaced by sincere gratitude and recognition.

The constable who had led the charge now seemed to have been slapped in the face, his expression alternating between pale and flushed, utterly embarrassed.

He hid in the crowd, not daring to meet Lin Qin's gaze. His originally arrogant demeanor deflated like a punctured balloon.

As the sun gradually sank in the west, the horizon was tinged with orange-red.

The free clinic was nearing its end. Lin Qin glanced at the statistics; they had already treated nearly five hundred people.

Just then, Zhu Ling suddenly turned her head and looked into the distance, a subtle glint of something unusual flashing in her eyes. "What's wrong?" Lin Qin asked in a low voice. Zhu Ling shook her head slightly, and before she could ask any more questions, they heard a voice behind her, "Your Highness, Your Highness, something terrible has happened..."

As the sun set, it bathed the entire free clinic site in a warm orange-red hue.

Lin Qin was so busy she barely had time to breathe, but she felt exceptionally at ease.

Looking at the people who received their medicine and smiled, she felt that everything she had done was worthwhile.

Zhu Ling stood beside her, like a tall poplar tree, silently protecting her.

He would occasionally hand her a glass of warm water or help her tidy her wind-blown hair; these small gestures were full of deep affection.

Those around them were completely overwhelmed by the pink bubbles between them; the air was filled with the pungent smell of love, making even single people want to explode.

"Your Highness, look, this is a new ointment I've made. It's especially effective for sprains and bruises." Lin Qin excitedly handed a bottle of ointment to Zhu Ling, like a schoolchild waiting for praise.

Zhu Ling took the ointment, and her fingertips inadvertently brushed against Lin Qin's palm, sending a tingling sensation through her entire body.

Lin Qin's cheeks flushed slightly, and her heart skipped a beat.

This old man's flirting skills are getting more and more sophisticated!

"Hmm, very good." Zhu Ling rarely showed a slight smile, a smile as gentle as a spring breeze, which made the girls around him cover their chests, their hearts pounding wildly.

They were showing off their affection without any regard for others, it was practically a massive display of affection that made people envious.

The doctors around them were already used to the couple's affectionate display. They silently kept their heads down and continued working, thinking to themselves: "These two are really something else. They're practically giving us a wholesale dose of PDA!"

Just as the free clinic was about to come to a perfect end, suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from afar.

A man dressed as a constable came running up, panting. His fat belly jiggled like a wobbly ball.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, something terrible has happened..." he shouted, his voice filled with fear, as if the sky were about to collapse.

His shout instantly drew everyone's attention, and the previously lively scene fell silent.

Zhu Ling frowned, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes. He hated it when people yelled at him in front of his wife. He slowly turned around, looked at the panting constable, and said expressionlessly, "What is it? Why are you in such a hurry?"

The constable trembled at Zhu Ling's icy gaze and began to stammer, "It's...it's...it's the imperial court, the imperial court has sent people!" After saying that, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the distance, where several fast horses were galloping towards them, the sound of hooves seeming to pound on everyone's hearts.

Zhu Ling and Lin Qin exchanged a glance, both seeing doubt and a hint of unease in each other's eyes. They both vaguely sensed that this matter was probably not so simple.