Before they knew it, it was time for the Yun family to hold their wedding banquet.

Shen Wan was pregnant and had a slight miscarriage, so she needed to rest and couldn't go to the Yun family's wedding banquet with Xie Jingyan. However, she wanted to know about the grand occasion of her wedding banquet, so she sent Yin Shuang instead.

After breakfast, Xie Jingyan went out. Shen Wan was reclining on the small couch reading a book when Haitang brought in some medicine to help with pregnancy.

The medicine bowl was placed in front of her, and the bitter smell of medicine filled the air. Shen Wan was most afraid of taking medicine. She was resistant just from the smell. Every time this happened, she couldn't help but curse the bastard. She didn't have to take medicine.

She almost forced herself to drink the medicine, then rinsed her mouth with tea and stuffed candied fruit into her mouth. It took her a while to suppress the bitterness. Shen Wan couldn't even imagine how Xie Jingyan had endured the two years since his leg was broken.

With nothing to do, Shen Wan took a stroll in the yard and picked out two books from the study to pass the time.

Just as I was reading, I suddenly heard the maid's voice from outside, "Sister Yinshuang, what happened to your leg?"

Shen Wan frowned slightly and looked towards the beaded curtain, where she saw Yin Shuang limping in, supported by Chun'er.

Haitang quickly went over to help Yinshuang up, asking, "How did you twist your ankle?"

Yinshuang was in so much pain that tears streamed down her face. Chen Wan asked, "Didn't you ask Doctor Tao to take a look at you when you came back?"

Haitang helped Yinshuang sit down, and Yinshuang replied, "I ran into Doctor Tao on the way to the pharmacy. He told me to come back first, and he'll go back to get his medicine box and then come to take the princess's pulse and treat my sprained ankle."

Haitang helped Yinshuang take off her shoes and socks, and saw that her ankle was red and swollen, indicating a serious sprain.

Shen Wan asked, "How did you sprain your ankle so badly?"

Yinshuang said, "Second cousin was hiding from someone and was in a panic. She didn't see me and bumped into me, and then I accidentally twisted my ankle..."

Hearing this, Shen Wan frowned repeatedly.

Who does my cousin need to hide from in her own home?

They hid so much that they didn't even look where they were going, and ended up bumping into Silver Frost.

Yinshuang took out two hairpins from her bosom.

One is gold, and the other is jade.

Yinshuang said, "After Second Cousin bumped into me, she casually pulled out the gold hairpin from her hair and stuffed it into my hand. Then she was about to leave. When I called out to her, Second Cousin thought I didn't want one gold hairpin, so she pulled out this jade hairpin and gave it to me as well..."

Her foot has earned her a lot of money.

A few days ago, Chen Feng stepped on her foot and gave her ten taels of silver as compensation. Today, her second cousin bumped into her and sprained her ankle, and even gave her two hairpins as compensation. Although her foot really hurt, Yin Shuang was truly happy.

Shen Wan said, "Since I've given it to you, just keep it. Do you know who's pursuing her?"

Yinshuang shook her head, "This servant did not see anyone chasing Second Miss."

That's strange.

Why is my cousin so flustered that no one is pursuing her?

Yinshuang said, "Chun'er will escort me back, and Dong'er will stay at the Yun family's residence until the banquet is over."

Soon, Doctor Tao came in carrying his medicine box. Doctor Tao first took Shen Wan's pulse and said, "The pulse is stable. One more day of medicine tomorrow should be enough."

Thankfully, I only need to take that bitter medicine for one more day, tomorrow. It was so bitter that I wished I could throw away my tongue too.

After taking Shen Wan's pulse, Doctor Tao treated Yin Shuang's sprained ankle.

He first checked Yinshuang's ankle and said, "Fortunately, no bones were broken. She'll be fine in three to five days."

...Will it take this long?

Yinshuang felt a pang of pain, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Doctor Tao opened the medicine box to get some ointment for Yinshuang. When he picked it up, he didn't notice that something fell out of the medicine box.

Before Doctor Tao could pick it up, Haitang bent down and picked it up first.

It was a small longevity lock inlaid with gold and jade.

Very exquisite.

Haitang looked it over from side to side and said, "Luckily, it's not broken."

Haitang handed it to Doctor Tao, who casually said, "Just put it in the medicine box."

Doctor Tao handed the medicine to Yinshuang and said, "Apply it three times a day. Don't rub it for the first two days. Try not to walk around until your foot recovers."

Silver Frost nodded repeatedly.

Dr. Tao closed his medicine box, and seeing that there was nothing else, he went home.

Shen Wan looked at Yin Shuang and said, "Have Chun'er take care of you these next few days, and try to rest in bed as much as possible."

Yinshuang suddenly understood why her princess didn't like to stay in bed to rest. She hadn't even returned to her room yet, and she already didn't want to lie in bed.

Haitang applied medicine to Yinshuang, and Chun'er helped Yinshuang back to the house.

Shen Wan had a wonderful afternoon nap. When she woke up, she sat on the bed and stretched. Haitang came into the room to serve her, and Shen Wan asked, "Has the Prince returned yet?"

Haitang shook her head. "Dong'er is back. Dong'er said that the young master was drunk, completely drunk. The prince sent the young master back to the Marquis's residence."

Shen Wan's brows furrowed into a deep frown.

My older brother isn't bad at drinking, so how could he get so drunk?

"Call Dong'er in."

Haitang went out, and a short while later, Dong'er came in.

Shen Wan asked, "Is my older brother very drunk?"

Dong'er nodded repeatedly, "The young master was very drunk, and he and the heir of the Marquis of Xuanping vomited for a long time while leaning against the artificial hill."

Shen Wan frowned deeply.

She never expected that the heir of the Marquis of Xuanping would go to the Yun family's wedding banquet and get drunk.

Shen Wan was unaware that not only the heir of the Marquis of Xuanping, but also the heir of the Prince of Yanping, the eldest son of the Duke of Tan, and the eighth prince attended the wedding banquet at the Yun family. They were all there because of Xie Jingyan's influence. The eighth prince even brought the seventh prince along.

The Yun family held a wedding banquet with more than eighty tables. Everyone in the capital who had business dealings with the Yun family attended, as did those who lived nearby and received Yun Mo's wedding invitation. Even some officials of lower rank gave face and came to the Yun family's wedding banquet.

In short, the Yun family's wedding banquet was very disjointed.

Those of noble status are so noble that ordinary people cannot reach them, while those of low status are looked down upon by ordinary people, which is an extreme.

However, the wedding banquet was very grand. With Xie Jingyan and the Prince of Yanping helping to save face, Shen Jing, who was busy with military affairs, still took the time to attend the wedding banquet. Moreover, the imperial chef was in charge of cooking, so the banquet was impeccable.

In Shen Wan's memories of both lives, although her elder brother had a good capacity for alcohol, he did not really like drinking. In her previous life, he injured his arm and could not lift the red-tasseled spear. The Prince An's mansion refused to grant him the marriage, so he could only watch helplessly as Princess Huai'an was betrothed to someone else. That's why he drowned his sorrows in alcohol, getting so drunk that he vomited and even coughed up blood.

But in this life, my elder brother's arm wasn't injured, and the emperor even bestowed a marriage upon him. He will marry Princess Huai'an on the eighteenth of next month. My elder brother doesn't have any troubles, so why is he getting himself drunk?

Intuition told Shen Wan that something was wrong.

When Xie Jingyan returned, Shen Wan asked him, "Is my older brother troubled?"

Xie Jingyan said, "Why do you ask that?"

Shen Wan said, "Don't lie to me. My older brother only drinks a lot when he's in a bad mood."

...He didn't want to lie to her, but he couldn't tell her either.

Xie Jingyan said, "Don't overthink it. Your elder brother just drank too much while competing in drinking with the heir of the Marquis of Xuanping."

"Is that really true?" Shen Wan asked, somewhat skeptical.

Xie Jingyan put his arm around Shen Wan's waist and said, "I'm afraid of my wife, how could I dare to lie to you?"