Princess
Ye Jiashu took Qin Yousi to live in the courtyard that his mother had brought as a dowry. It was a three-courtyard house, exquisite and warm, and the courtyard was taken care of by Yu's old servants.
The male steward was called Yu Da, his wife Mrs. Lin, and their two children, Yu Le and Yu Huan.
This family was the servants of Ye Jiashu's mother who came as a dowry. After Madam Yu passed away, they followed Ye Jiashu.
Qin Yousi was no stranger to this family of loyal servants. Madam Lin was a capable housekeeper serving Madam Yu. When Madam Yu was visiting Qin Yousi's mother, Madam Lin would often follow her to the Qin Mansion.
Yu Da was also a respectable steward in the past. I think he was the one who managed Madam Yu's dowry and Ye Jiashu's private property.
The Yu family received news from Ye Jiashu late last night, and they cleaned up the house and prepared all the necessary items early.
When Qin Yousi arrived, Ye Jiashu said, "You can stay here for now. If you need anything, just tell them. They will do their best to help you. I will send someone to find out about your mother as soon as possible."
Qin Yousi said sincerely: "I'm sorry to trouble you, Qilang."
After Ye Jiashu finished explaining the matter, since the relationship between them was a little awkward, he didn't want to stay any longer, so he just said, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. I'll come to see you often."
Qin Yousi sent him off and turned to look at the Yu Da family who were waiting for her instructions. After a moment's thought, she said, "My sudden arrival may be a burden to Qilang, but don't worry, I won't pester him. After a while, when I have taken care of some things, I will leave."
These servants, born in the family, always put their masters' interests first. To avoid complications, it is best to appease them first.
Madam Lin immediately panicked, "What are you saying, young lady? What kind of relationship do our two families have? Don't say such unkind words. When you were born, our wife rushed into the delivery room before Master Sang and held you in her arms, and she immediately decided you were her daughter-in-law. Now that you've returned safely, if Madam knew about it, she would be so happy!"
Qin Yousi was grateful for Madam Yu's kindness on behalf of Sang Youzhi, and settled down in Yu's house with peace of mind.
Without the intimidation of Baili Hongyuan, Qin Yousi felt much more at ease. In addition to daily conditioning of his body, he also became familiar with Yu Huan.
Yu Huan was the daughter of a family, and was originally planned to be Ye Jiashu's maid, but she was very opinionated. At the age of thirteen, she fell in love with an accountant apprentice named Wu Jun, and refused to work in the mansion.
After all, she was the daughter of a respectable housekeeper, so the family had no choice but to let her do as she pleased. Now she was seventeen, engaged to Wu Jun, and they were to get married next year.
After hearing her mother, Madam Lin, talk about Sang Youzhi's life story, Yu Huan felt sorry for her as she was suffering from a serious illness and had to live in exile. Therefore, in addition to some respect for the future young lady, she also felt a bit of love and care for her younger sister as if she were a sister.
Not only did she boil and deliver medicine to Qin Yousi on time every day, she also often bought some delicious snacks for her, for fear that she would have no taste in her mouth after taking the medicine.
Seeing that Yu Huan was kind-hearted, Qin Yousi asked her about the matter.
"Do you know the Princess of Pingtung?"
Yu Huan cried out, putting down her food and hurriedly saying, "Miss, have you heard some rumors? Don't believe them. Qilang and Princess Pingtung's marriage hasn't even begun. Now that you're back, the engagement is final. Qilang has already petitioned the eldest aunt."
Qin Yousi soothed her, "Don't worry. I asked about Princess Pingtung because I felt it was a pity. This was originally a good marriage, but I ruined it. I really shouldn't have done that."
Yu Huan didn't know whether what she said was true or false, and didn't dare to respond for a moment.
Qin Yousi said, "I've heard that the Prince of Pingtung County is extremely skilled in training naval forces, and is extremely powerful in Bozhou and Huangzhou. Qilang has been a skilled swimmer since he was young, and he also enjoys arranging battle formations. If he had followed the Prince of Pingtung County, he might have become a formidable general. But he's now being detained in the capital by the Ye family, and they're forcing him to take the civil service exam, which he's not good at. If he fails, he'll have no real job. When will this end?"
Yu Huan was surprised and said, "Does the young lady really think so? That's what my aunt advised Qilang back then."
Qin Yousi said, "What I said to your mother on the first day was sincere. I will leave in the future, and I don't want to rely on Qilang. But I have delayed his marriage, and I must make amends quickly. If it's too late, it may really fall through."
Yu Huan felt the situation was thorny: "How can this be remedied? If we were the Princess of Pingtung, and heard about the engagement, I'm afraid she would never want to see Qilang again."
Qin Yousi asked, "So I'm asking you, do you know what kind of person Princess Pingtung is? Tell me what you know."
I didn't expect Yu Huan to say anything important, but unexpectedly, Yu Huan said something very important.
Princess Pingtung was not good-looking and her marriage had never been smooth, so she had to settle for the second best and discuss marriage with the fallen Ye Jiashu.
"I haven't seen the princess, but I heard from the maidservants around my aunt that her face is covered with pimples, and if you scratch them, pus will ooze out... In terms of talent and appearance, Qilang is also wronged..."
Qin Yousi smiled softly and waved to Yu Huan: "I might be able to cure the princess's facial ailment. Can you help me convince your aunt to take me to see the princess?"
"Ah?" Yu Huan was a little stunned. Is it true that nothing will happen if these two meet?
Ye Jiashu's aunt, the eldest aunt of the Yu family, married Shi Jia, a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel.
Shi Langzhong was in charge of the Ministry of Personnel's Seal Verification Department, which managed the titles, rewards, and inheritance of officials' relatives. Therefore, Grandma Yu often dealt with the female relatives and had a say in the Pingtung County Prince's Mansion.
She had finally managed to arrange her nephew's marriage, but the Sang family's engagement interfered. Her nephew was a sincere man, and she told him that he should not break his promise. She was so angry that her head hurt, but she could not refute it.
Just as she was unable to sleep because of this matter, her personal maid comforted her, "Madam, today the Yu Da family came to deliver some fresh fruit to apologize to you on behalf of Qi Lang. They know you are angry about offending the Princess of Pingtung, so they specially offered a prescription, saying that it can cure the Princess's facial disease..."
Mrs. Shi's eyes widened and she asked, "Where did you get the prescription? If it can't cure me, it would be adding insult to injury. It's really absurd!"
She did not take it seriously. If Princess Pingtung's illness could be cured, she would not have sought medical treatment for so many years without success.
The personal maid leaned forward and whispered in Madam Shi's ear, "It's said to be a prescription from the Qin family pharmacopoeia, but they can't reveal its origin..."
Mrs. Shi remembered that in the early years, the Qin family did have medicine to treat facial sores, but later many secret recipes were lost along with the Qin family.
Mrs. Shi was a shrewd and worldly-wise woman. She quickly realized that it was most likely the prescription offered by Sang Jia Liuniang.
"Prepare the car, I need to go to the Yu residence."
When Ye Jiashu heard that his aunt was visiting Yu's house at night, he immediately rushed over as fast as he could, fearing that something embarrassing might happen between his aunt and Sang Youzhi.
When he arrived, sweating profusely, Qin Yousi and Madam Lin were seeing Madam Shi off.
Mrs. Shi looked at Ye Jiashu with a reproachful look and said, "Why did you rush over here so quickly? Do you think I'd eat anyone? You heartless brat!"
Ye Jiashu said hurriedly: "No, I just heard that my aunt was running around for my sake, so I naturally came to apologize."
"Okay, okay, I'm too lazy to tell you." Mrs. Shi turned to look at Qin Yousi and said with a smile, "Good boy, wait for my news!"
Ye Jiashu was completely confused. After sending his aunt away, he went into the house and sat down, asking, "What's going on?"
Qin Yousi just smiled and said nothing: "Don't meddle in girls' affairs."
Ye Jiashu became even more confused.
Three days later, the Shi family sent a car to pick up Qin Yousi and take him to the Pingtung Prince's Mansion to see Princess Liu Ying. From then on, this happened every day.
There was a new report on the documents of Bailutai that the relationship between the Ye family, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and the Pingtung County Prince's Mansion was warming and their visits were frequent.
Baili Hongyuan never expected to see Sang Youzhi's name in the intelligence report on the movements in the capital.
It was thanks to him that he had advised her not to get involved in the internal strife of the Ye family. But now she had become Ye Jiashu's "good wife" and was actually helping him to get married.
It actually proved what she said, "We share the joys and sorrows."
Baili Hongyuan would even praise her for being "generous".
Qin Yousi visited the patient every day. After half a month, the sores on Princess Pingtung Liu Ying's face had subsided a lot. Although they could not be completely eliminated overnight, most of them had disappeared and no new ones were found.
"As long as you persist in taking the medicine internally and applying it externally, in three months, I guarantee your skin will be as smooth as a baby's."
Liu Ying looked at herself in the mirror, feeling both excited and grateful. She took Qin Yousi's hand and said, "Sixth Mother, why didn't I meet you earlier? This facial problem has troubled me for four years. I often thought that being so ugly like me would be better off just hitting my head against the wall and dying."
Qin Yousi smiled and consoled her, "Princess, please stop saying such things. You weren't born ugly, you're just sick. You came from the shores of the East China Sea to Shengjing, and you're not used to the climate and diet. Plus, you're still young and growing up, so this is what's happening. Also, don't cover your face with thick gauze anymore. You can't lock yourself up in the room, you can't breathe, and your illness will only get worse. The weather's been so nice lately, you should go out for a walk."
Liu Ying felt a little inferior because of her sores, and lowered her head and said, "I... I don't want to go out..."
Qin Yousi said, "We're not going anywhere else, we're going to the Ye Mansion. The Ye family's stepmother sent me an invitation to the Flower Festival Banquet, so I guess she also sent one to the princess, right? Since she's so interested, how can we not go?"
Liu Ying wasn't completely clueless. After hearing this, she angrily said, "She invited us all to be her guest at the same time? It's obvious she wants to see us having fun! This is too much!"
The Ye family's stepmother, Gu, dared to act so presumptuously because she had someone to rely on.
She was born into the Gu family and was born to the same mother as Princess Gu of Prince Bao. She held some weight among both the ladies of the imperial court and the ladies of the royal family.
Given her background, she could have married someone better, but the Gu family valued Ye Zhenglun's youth and potential and wanted to support him to enter the cabinet, so they gave their youngest daughter to him as a concubine.
With his stepmother being so powerful, it is clear how embarrassing Ye Jiashu’s situation is at home.
"I heard from an old servant of the Yu family that the Gu family has been putting a lot of obstacles in Qilang's way over the past two years. Qilang has restrained his temper and acted cautiously, which is why he has not been caught by the Gu family in any serious trouble. But now that we have appeared, the Gu family does not want to see you and Qilang marry smoothly, nor does they want to see Qilang get away with my marriage unscathed. This Flower Festival Banquet is definitely a good show waiting for us. Princess, do you dare to come with me?"
Qin Yousi and Liu Ying analyzed the situation of the Ye family and did not deliberately whitewash Ye Jiashu's situation.
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