Lu Xia had anticipated the few ploys the Queen might use. If the investigation of her research institute found nothing, it would simply come down to a frame-up.

But the Queen couldn’t really do anything to Lu Xia. After all, Lu Xia had never done anything heinous or illegal. The Queen could only pin a crime on her that would destroy her reputation.

Events unfolded just as Lu Xia had predicted. Shortly after the inspection team arrived, a rumor spread that the beauty cream and hair growth liquid developed by the No. 1 Institute contained elements harmful to the human body. An ambiguous announcement was also issued to the public.

The news broke, immediately causing a public uproar—

"What’s going on? I opened the official website today and this was the first thing pushed to me. The beauty cream and hair growth liquid are canceled?"

"What harmful elements? Why aren’t they being specific? If it contains harmful elements but still works this well, then a little harm might be worth it."

"To the person above, are you serious? You really aren’t afraid of dying!"

"Say what you will, the beauty cream healed the burn scars on my face. Even if there are dangerous elements, it gave me a new life. Besides, I haven’t felt any discomfort after using it. I had a check-up last week, and the results showed I’m perfectly healthy. So what are these supposedly harmful elements? Can they please be specific?"

"You’re definitely not the only one, person above. I got my test results back yesterday, and they showed everything is normal. I haven’t used the beauty cream, but I used the hair growth liquid. My baldness was a problem for years with no solution, and the hair growth liquid cured it completely. I was also worried there might be something bad in it, but when I got checked, the doctor said I was extremely healthy, no problems at all. Are they saying my doctor’s report is fake?"

"I’m wondering if No. 1 Institute got in someone’s way again and is being framed, just like how the gene fusion agent was shut down."

"I just want to know, do they really hate to see us common people live a good life, a slightly better life?"

"This is ridiculous. They say they found a problem but won’t say what it is. It’s obviously fake. What on earth is the Imperial Family doing? Can they even do anything right?"

"This is so disgusting. Using these kinds of tactics on a brilliant researcher who serves the country and its people... Have you no conscience? The Imperial Family is truly rotten to the core."

...

When Her Majesty Queen saw these comments on the official website, her vision went black. She never expected that after something like this, the public would still support Lu Xia and completely ignore what the Imperial Family had done.

She was filled with resentment but powerless to do anything.

She didn’t even dare to imagine Lu Xia seeing all of this and mocking her in her heart. As for Lu Xia, she truly hadn’t expected the public to support her so staunchly, to the point of disbelieving the evidence provided by the Imperial Family. At the same time, she realized just how terrible the Imperial Family’s reputation among the populace had become.

After this, Lady Daina contacted Lu Xia to ask what she wanted to do next, promising her full cooperation.

Lu Xia said, "First, we file an appeal."

Since the Imperial Family’s inspection team claimed her beauty cream and hair growth liquid contained harmful elements, her first step would be to appeal. If the claim was retracted, letting the matter die down peacefully would be fine. But if Her Majesty Queen insisted, then Lu Xia would expose the news that the success rate of the gene fusion agent had reached 80%. She would also publicly offer people the chance to be injected.

Lu Xia did not mention this latter idea to Lady Daina.

But Lady Daina knew Lu Xia well and was sure she had another move up her sleeve.

Since Lu Xia was unwilling to say, she didn’t press further. Instead, she said, "Contact me anytime if you need anything. Don’t be a stranger. At a time like this, I will always be on your side."

Having spent time with her before, Lu Xia knew she sincerely wanted to help, and she gratefully accepted this gesture of friendship. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Afterward, she received voice calls one after another from Rafaelde and Duke Leslie, both expressing their concern for her.

After thanking them one by one, Lu Xia submitted her appeal report to the inspection team.

Meanwhile, Graces also received news of the situation. He learned that Her Majesty Queen was taking her anger out on Lu Xia in an attempt to destroy her public reputation. Upon hearing this, Graces’s expression turned extremely grim.

Kading subconsciously held his breath, trying to shrink his presence in the room. He could only hope that Graces, with nowhere else to vent his fury, wouldn’t direct it at him. He wouldn’t be able to bear it.

It wasn’t so much that Graces’s furious aura was unbearable; rather, the temperature in the room seemed to have spiked, and the atmosphere felt incredibly oppressive.

After a moment of silence, Graces said to Kading, "Release the data."

Kading immediately asked, "Through a live broadcast, like before?"

"I don’t care how you do it. I want every single one of the Imperial Citizens to know about this. Let them have a good, long look at what their Queen has done."

Kading knew Graces was done sparing the Queen’s reputation, so he turned and left to handle it.

Before long, video footage suddenly appeared on all public screens across the Empire.

Even in remote and impoverished regions without large public video screens, the scenes from the video were described via audio broadcast.

At the exact same time, in the exact same moment, everyone—whether they were busy or idle—looked up to earnestly watch or listen to the content.

On the screen, they could see researchers in white lab coats experimenting on young cubs. The insignia within their research institute was the crest of the Imperial Family.

Combined with Lady Dain and Victoria’s recent public statement about Her Majesty Queen’s sinful act of using cubs for biological experiments, this moment finally provided concrete visual evidence.

Upon receiving the news, Her Majesty Queen frantically demanded a stop to the video and audio. However, the technology used by the Rebel Army this time was far more sophisticated than the last, and it couldn’t be cracked or disabled in a short amount of time.

So the audio continued, the video kept playing, and the populace witnessed everything with their own eyes.

This was infinitely more spectacular than the crime Her Majesty Queen had tried to pin on Lu Xia.

The descriptions that had only been fragments of speech from Lady Dain’s mouth were now made tangible.

Everyone personally witnessed the cruel side of Her Majesty Queen.

Such a direct and visual scene left a deep impression, one that would be impossible to forget.

This was Graces’s merciless revenge against Her Majesty Queen.

He knew very well that Her Majesty Queen cared deeply about her reputation, so he would destroy it. He would make her lose all prestige among the Imperial Citizens and her grip on imperial power, turning her into a queen condemned and resented by her people.

Lu Xia was also incredibly surprised when she heard the news. She hadn’t expected the Rebel Army to actually possess evidence, and the timing of its release was too much of a coincidence.