Recognize
Baili Hongyuan's acquisition of the title was a great joyous event in the eyes of his relatives and friends. In addition to Princess Linglong's grand family banquet, his friends also wanted to celebrate.
Wang Su, the young master of Wangxilou, offered to host the party and close the shop for a day, inviting his brothers to drink and have fun.
Qin Yousi also received the invitation, and she asked a few more questions about who was invited.
The invited guests were all colleagues Baili Hongyuan interacted with on a daily basis. She recognized most of them, but since she was a woman, she declined. Smiling, she said to the attendant at Wangxi Tower who was delivering the invitation, "The men are drinking and chatting, why should I go? You should go back to your young master. I appreciate his kindness."
The steward smiled and replied, "Young lady and His Royal Highness Prince Ning have a different bond. If we don't invite you, we would be ignorant. Our young master also understands the difference between men and women. We are worried that you won't have enough fun, so we have specially invited the opera singers from Juhua Tower to accompany you. Among them is a female teacher named Baiyi. Her storytelling is very interesting. Many famous ladies in the capital invite her to perform at their homes, so you won't be bored."
Qin Yousi understood. According to the habits of the princes and young men, such a banquet would be more lively only if actors were invited to accompany them. However, Wang Su was worried that Qin Yousi would be angry with Baili Hongyuan, so he informed him in a roundabout way.
Qin Yousi never doubted Baili Hongyuan in this regard. Although she had heard that he had been in and out of brothels before, she knew that it must be for serious matters.
This trust comes from my understanding of him since childhood.
"I understand. Tell your young master that the banquet can be as lively as you want. However, since the beginning of winter, the number of patients in my clinic has increased. I really don't have time to listen to books, so don't make any special arrangements for me."
The steward didn't try to persuade him any more. He took all the necessary things and went back happily to report.
Qin Yousi's words were not entirely excuses. It was cold in winter and there were many common patients. Moreover, news had quietly come from Prince Bao's mansion that the princess was pregnant!
On the day she received the news, she rushed to Prince Bao's mansion to take the baby's pulse. Although the baby was still young and the pulse was not obvious, it was almost certain.
Prince Bao's Mansion was extremely cautious about this good news. Only Prince Bao and his wife and Nanny Ban who was by the princess's side knew about it, and no one else dared to tell them.
It was announced to the outside world that the princess had caught a cold, her symptoms were quite serious, and she was recuperating at home. This way, Qin Yousi also had a legitimate reason to enter and leave Prince Bao's mansion.
Princess Bao was pregnant, and naturally she cried tears of joy. This was the child she had longed for for so many years, but she was also filled with worry. She ordered Nanny Ban to guard the door and whispered to Qin Yousi, "Sixth Mother, I am deeply grateful for your help in making the prince and I have a child. However, we can't keep this a secret for a few months. If word gets to the palace, I wonder if it will cause trouble. I've been unable to sleep these past few days just thinking about this."
Qin Yousi had also considered this question and said soothingly, "Princess, please do not overthink or worry. It will not benefit you or the fetus. Even if the palace knows of this and has some doubts, since you have given birth to Xiang Ge'er before, they cannot conclude that you have discovered the secret medicine. We only need to show that the fetus is unstable and the child has difficulty surviving after birth. The child will still have a long time to grow up, so how can Prince Bao just sit there and wait for death? Let's take it one step at a time."
Princess Bao thought of Xiang'er and nodded, saying, "You have a point. When I first gave birth to Xiang'er, the palace visited him wave after wave. At the time, I was grateful for the emperor's grace, but now I think it was all for investigation and precaution. Later, as Xiang'er grew older, his health was obviously not good, and he was not as smart as other children. So the palace stopped sending imperial physicians to visit him."
Qin Yousi saw that the time was right and said, "There is something I need your help with..."
She wanted to wait until the day when her pregnancy was made public so that the princess could praise and brag about her in front of the other ladies in the harem.
The princess was surprised and said, "Why do you bother to get involved in the mess in the harem, especially when it involves the royal heir? If you are not careful, you will lose your head."
Qin Yousi thought that since he could rely on her to get close to the harem, some things could not be concealed, so he smiled bitterly and said, "How could I not know that? But there are some things that I can only find out by entering the palace."
Princess Bao's heart tightened, and as she thought of her life experience, she lowered her voice and asked, "Are you here for the case of Concubine Shu?"
Qin Yousi nodded and said, "I don't want to hide it from you, but telling you too much will only do more harm than good. Besides, you should avoid overthinking things right now. You just need to praise me a few times in front of the Empress in the Harem or the Queen Mother. If anything happens to me in the future, I will never implicate you."
"You child..." Princess Bao was secretly anxious.
When Prince Bao returned home at night, Princess Bao did not dare to make a dictatorial decision on the matter and explained it to him in detail.
Prince Bao thought for a while, then nodded and said, "She has done us a great service, so we will do as she pleases."
The princess said anxiously, "It's not that I'm worried about our own safety and don't want to help, but this is too dangerous. Isn't it sending her to death?"
Prince Bao shook his head and said, "Not really. He has Prince Ning protecting him. Furthermore, when the Xichang Marquis case broke out, Prime Minister Su specifically mentioned the Qin family's treason case and the Concubine Shu's poisoning of the heir apparent. He certainly wasn't just being impulsive or speaking rashly. There must be some connection."
After saying this, he shook his head and smiled, saying, "Among the civil and military officials in the court, no one could have imagined that Prime Minister Su would join forces with Prince Ning. I have to say, this move they made was brilliant."
Princess Bao also laughed when she heard this. What Prince Bao said had nothing to do with state affairs, but was because of his children's lawsuit.
Prime Minister Su's youngest son, Su Lin, became the consort of Princess Chengyue. However, everyone in Kyoto knew that Princess Chengyue liked Baili Hongyuan, so the Su family had always avoided Baili Hongyuan as much as possible and were unwilling to have any contact with him.
The lights in Prince Bao's mansion were turned off early, but the banquet was in full swing in Wangxi Tower.
As the protagonist, Baili Hongyuan could not refuse the drinks, even if he drank a lot, he still felt a little overwhelmed.
Seeing that he was almost staggering, Yin Tong smiled and blocked the wine for him, jokingly saying to his colleagues, "The succession of the prince is a great joy, but we are still waiting for a double happiness. I heard that the palace is discussing the prince's marriage. Everyone should be lenient. If a scandal spreads in Wangxi Tower tonight, I am afraid it will end badly."
Everyone laughed and agreed, saying that he should hurry up and get married.
Baili Hongyuan wasn't completely drunk either. He put his arm around Yin Tong's shoulder, patted him, and said, "Don't just blame me. What about you? Are you always alone like this?"
Yin Tong's expression immediately dimmed. He thought of his fiancée Qin Youjing who died tragically in the palace. How could he get out of this situation when her revenge had not been taken and her body was still warm?
"I was kind enough to help you block the wine, but you told me all this. Did you mean it?"
Baili Hongyuan sighed. He was very lucky to meet his old friend again. Otherwise, he would be like Yin Tong at this moment, with only the word "revenge" left in his life.
At this moment, he missed Qin Yousi very much. He couldn't wait to get up and say goodbye, riding his horse to Yuan's Clinic.
There was still a door panel of the Yuan Family Clinic that was not lowered, and a dim light was emanating from inside, which seemed especially warm on a winter night.
Qin Yousi knew that he must have drunk too much tonight, and was prepared for people around him to ask her for sobering medicine, so she kept the door open and waited. Unexpectedly, she saw Baili Hongyuan staggering off his horse and walked in.
His figure looked particularly tall under the light of a soybean oil lamp. Qin Yousi helped him into the house with great effort and sat him down. He was startled by the smell of alcohol and coldness on him.
"Please sit down for a while. I'll get you some sobering medicine."
Just as she was about to leave, she was grabbed by the person behind her. With a little force, he pulled her into his arms and made her sit on his lap.
Qin Yousi blushed and pushed, "Your Highness, you are drunk, let go."
Baili Hongyuan stared at her blankly, frowning and saying, "Don't call me that. I still prefer you to call me by my name."
Qin Yousi's eyes trembled slightly.
Ever since she became Sang Youzhi, she had never addressed Baili Hongyuan by his full name, but always addressed him as "Sir".
She held up Baili Hongyuan's drunken face and asked, "Do you know who I am?"
Baili Hongyuan's eyes were hazy with drunkenness, but there was still clarity in his dark pupils. He smiled and called out softly, "Qin Er."
He shouted very softly, as if he was afraid of waking people up on this winter night, or even more afraid of disturbing their sweet dreams.
Qin Yousi's lips trembled, and he instinctively wanted to deny it, but in the end he didn't say anything.
Baili Hongyuan smiled and leaned his head on her shoulder, muttering, "Of course I recognize you..."
As he spoke, his breathing became heavier. He really had drunk too much and fell asleep.
Qin Yousi wanted to get up from his knees, but the hands around her waist were holding her very tightly and she couldn't break free.
The two of them sat hugging each other in the main hall of the clinic, and Qin Yousi was speechless.
After waiting for a while, Xin Chen saw that it was getting late, so he peeked outside and was discovered by Qin Yousi, who immediately waved him in.
"Your Highness is drunk, help him back to rest."
Xin Chen scratched his head and chuckled. The two of them were hugging each other so tightly that it was difficult for him to support them.
Qin Yousi said anxiously: "Take his hand away quickly."
Xin Chen said, "Miss, I dare not use brute force against His Highness."
Qin Yousi ordered: "Just do it, and tell me it was me tomorrow."
The cold wind started to rise at night. Even if Baili Hongyuan's body could withstand it, Qin Yousi couldn't sit like this all night.
Xin Chen thought it over again and again, put away the idea of watching the fun, hit the numb tendon on Baili Hongyuan's arm hard, and pried his hand open.
"Miss, His Highness is very drunk, and it's so cold outside. Please take him in for one night."
Qin Yousi was just about to cruelly let Xin Chen take the person away, but he found that it was snowing outside.
Qin Yousi sighed and said, "Please help him in."
It was already late at night when the two of them worked together to place Baili Hongyuan in Qin Yousi's room.
Qin Yousi didn't want to wake up Yu Huan and Madam Yuan, so he took out a mattress and slept on the small couch under the window in his clothes.
Maybe she was really sleepy, she slept very deeply, but she was still thinking about waking up early to avoid being caught by Baili Hongyuan staying the night with her.
When Qin Yousi woke up again, he was awakened by the sound of shoveling snow in the yard.
She immediately sat up and looked at the bed, only to find that she was already sleeping on it, and Baili Hongyuan had disappeared.
She breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself, it's a good thing he wasn't drunk and knew his limits.
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