Since there was nothing wrong with Madam Gong herself, Ren Yaoqi started using the prescription she gave her. The princess was very happy when she knew about it, as she really wanted to have a grandson.
Although Xiao Jingxi's Zhaoning Courtyard is not accessible to ordinary people, Xiao Jingxi did not dare to be careless about Ren Yaoqi's medication. He had someone carefully monitor the entire process from picking the medicine to decocting it.
Ever since the Prince of Yanbei appointed a crown prince, Yanbei has become peaceful again. Even the censors and imperial officials of the court stopped making trouble for the Prince of Yanbei's Palace. In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year.
This was Ren Yaoqi's first New Year at the Yanbei Palace. At the end of the year, the entire palace was busy. Yanbei's prefectures and counties began sending New Year gifts to the palace, and the princess also had to receive the wives of officials who had accompanied their husbands to Yanbei at the end of the year. Every day was very busy. Ren Yaoqi would occasionally be called over by the princess to accompany guests or help with some of the palace's internal affairs. Even Concubine Yun had begun giving Ren Yaoqi a holiday at the end of the year, forbidding her from copying scriptures every day. On the surface, the most relaxed person in the entire Yanbei Palace was the "patient" Xiao Jingxi. Only Ren Yaoqi knew that, although Xiao Jingxi had much more free time than before, he still spent a long time in his study every day.
Originally thought that this year would pass smoothly in the end, but unfortunately things did not go as planned. On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, Ren Yaoqi was sorting out the gift lists of Shunzhou, Wuzhou and Jizhou with Nanny Xin in Jiuyang Palace, and registering the last batch of New Year gifts this year into the warehouse. In addition, this year, the Yanbei Palace needed to add a gift list to be sent to the Hezhong Palace. The princess asked Ren Yaoqi to sort out a list for her first.
When Ren Yaoqi was busy as a bee, Li sent Xier to the Yanbei Palace to tell her that Old Master Ren was seriously ill and might not survive the New Year. The eldest master of the Ren family sent the eldest son of the Ren family to find Ren Shimin and ask him to go back to see Old Master Ren for the last time, otherwise Old Master Ren would die with regrets.
The reason why Li asked Xier to come to Ren Yaoqi was because she had become accustomed to listening to her daughter's opinions and making decisions on major matters in recent years. Although Ren Shimin was still unwilling to return to the Ren family, Old Master Ren was his biological father after all. Even if there was a huge grudge between father and son, at the last moment of Old Master Ren's life, he could not remain indifferent.
When Ren Yaoqi heard the news, he was stunned for a long time. Xier was still waiting for Ren Yaoqi to make a decision so that she could go back and give a reply. After the princess knew about it, she asked Su Jin to call Ren Yaoqi over.
Ren Yaoqi asked Xier to wait in the side hall and went to see the princess first.
The princess summoned Ren Yaoqi because of Old Master Ren's matter. After dismissing the outsiders, the princess spoke directly to the point: "I heard that the Ren family sent someone to ask your father to go back and see Old Master Ren off to his grave?"
Ren Yaoqi nodded: "Yes."
The princess pondered for a moment. Then she said, "Originally, this is your family's affair, and it's not convenient for me to interfere. However, I have always treated you as my own daughter, so there are some things I can't help but remind you to avoid any harm."
Ren Yaoqi hurriedly said, "Mother, please tell me what is right and wrong."
The princess nodded. "In the previous incident, the Ren family was indeed at fault. Having expelled your branch from the Ren clan, it's only natural that you wouldn't want to return. People won't think you're wrong. But in life, nothing matters more than death. The old man of the Ren family asked to see your father before his death. If you still ignore him at this moment, it would seem unkind to the world."
Ren Yaoqi nodded. In fact, what the princess said was also her concern. So she did not want to stop her father from returning to the Ren family.
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