A crown princess who doesn't do infrastructure construction isn't a good doctor.

When Qin Suiyou returned, the room no longer had any lingering odor.

"I wonder if Beitang Yan has been affected."

With that in mind, Qin Suiyou first took Beitang Yan's pulse.

"You have a slight fever."

Lu Xi joked, "Looks like he's got plenty of yang energy; he's already getting all worked up in just a short while."

Qin Suiyou glanced at him and said, "He has been lying down for a long time. His body's regulatory mechanisms have slowed down his metabolism, which is why the medicine cannot be released."

"I was just saying it casually."

Lu Xi muttered to herself and pulled up a small stool to sit down.

"Sit further away, you're blocking the light."

Qin Suiyou was to perform acupuncture on Beitang Yan to draw out the medicinal properties of the snake-yang flower, and then use the golden needle technique to awaken the vitality of the body's meridians, which would help with the later recovery.

"Oh."

Lu Xi didn't argue back this time and obediently moved away.

Qin Suiyou used special gold needles, which were nearly the length of an adult's palm and hollow. To use them to extract the medicinal properties, the practitioner needed to have profound internal strength and precise control over it.

The medicinal properties of the snake-sun flower were extracted quickly, so Qin Suiyou then used the Yuan-guiding technique.

A quarter of an hour later, fine beads of sweat appeared on Qin Suiyou's forehead and temples.

"Lu Xi, transfer some spiritual energy to me."

There was a force within Beitang Yan's body that was repelling the outside world. Qin Suiyou had to avoid conflicting with this force in order to prevent harming Beitang Yan's meridians. This consumed a lot of energy, and Qin Suiyou was running out of steam.

Lu Xi moved swiftly, casting a hand seal before gently placing his right hand on Qin Suiyou's back.

The gentle spiritual energy slowly entered his body and transformed into internal force, causing Qin Suiyou to relax somewhat.

Half an hour later, the two stopped at the same time.

Qin Suiyou pulled out the gold needles and put them into the prepared alcohol to disinfect them. His hands trembled slightly as he did so.

After Lu Xi noticed this, he transferred some spiritual energy to him.

"What's going on? You never experienced such a high level of exhaustion when you had three acupuncture treatments at once before."

After gaining spiritual power, Qin Suiyou's fatigue was greatly relieved, and his movements became more agile.

“There is a very powerful force protecting him, which is constantly repelling my internal energy. Today I can only do one-third of it. We will have to do it twice more in two days.”

Qin Suiyou looked at Lu Xi and said, "I'll have to trouble you to help me twice more."

"Tch, don't be so polite. I've helped you for so many years."

Upon hearing this, Qin Suiyou simply smiled and remained silent.

Just then, there were two knocks on the door.

"Knock knock."

"come in."

The visitor was Jinwen. She came to Yuqing Courtyard today only to move Beitang Yan's ward. Qin Suiyou had no intention of moving here. Beitang Yan had been away from home for many years. Apart from Gao Yu and two servants who were responsible for cleaning and tidying up, no extra servants or maids were assigned to Wutong Courtyard. Therefore, apart from the maids and servants assigned to Qin Suiyou by Princess An, only Gao Yu came to serve him.

Qin Suiyou brought two maids and two servants to help with the tidying up and also to learn from Gao Yu. The rest of them stayed in Wutong Courtyard.

"My lord, lunch is ready. Would you like to eat?"

After working for so long, I'm really hungry.

Qin Suiyou nodded. "Serve the meal."

After speaking, thinking of Beitang Yan lying down, she asked, "By the way, does Gao Yu serve the young master when he eats and bathes?"

"Yes."

"Where is he now?"

"It seems they're still brewing the medicine."

Beitang Yan needed to take a medicinal bath. After Qin Suiyou got the medicine from Li Yuanyuan, he had someone boil it in half a pot of water until only two large bowls remained. Then, he poured it into the bath tub and diluted it with hot water for Beitang Yan to soak in.

"Call him here first; I have something to tell him."

"Yes."

……

As evening approached, the sun was about to set.

“Zhengjun, don’t listen to those gossipy servants’ nonsense. We all know what kind of person you are. We can’t see any fate. Those wicked people who have committed many evils are the real jinxes.”

In the afternoon, Qin Suiyou thought he had nothing to do and decided to relax for a while, so he wandered around the Prince's Mansion. As a result, he "accidentally" overheard some whispers behind his back.

"I heard that the lord in the manor is a jinx."

"How to say?"

"They say that the Taoist priest in the palace, who is said to be a master strategist, only calculated the compatibility of the birth charts with the prince, but he didn't calculate that she was also a cursed woman who brought misfortune to her family. She had killed her father and mother and then went to seek refuge with Minister Qin. Now she has married into our Prince An's mansion. This fate is not at all capable of bringing good luck to the prince."

"Ah! So, is it because of this that Lord Qin didn't like him when he returned home yesterday?"

"Definitely is."

"And the prince and princess are so good to him..."

"It hasn't reached them yet. I only heard about it this morning when I went out shopping with the manager."

"Today, the prince and princess are still letting him torment the young master."

"Then we should kick him out right away!"

"How could we just drive someone away when the Emperor himself has bestowed this marriage upon us?"

"But we can't let him continue to stay with the Crown Prince."

“I don’t think he’ll live in the Wutong Courtyard until tomorrow.”

……

During their walk, Lu Xi stayed indoors, unwilling to move, while Qin Suiyou was accompanied by Liu Yao, who was a few months younger than Jin Wen.

Liu Yao was one of the older ones among the ten, but he was not very calm. When he heard what the gossipy servants were saying, he immediately wanted to go up and teach them a lesson, but Qin Suiyou stopped him.

Upon returning to Wutong Courtyard, Liu Yao, fearing that her master would be saddened, offered a few words of comfort before even sitting down.

"What's wrong? Who's been talking badly about my sister-in-law? I'll have Uncle Gao punish him."

"Xinyue!"

No sooner had Liu Yao finished speaking than two figures rushed in from outside the door.

He wasn't in a bad mood because of those gossips, since he was the one who arranged them. Now, seeing Beitang Xinyue, Qin Suiyou smiled gently.

"Why are you here? Hurry up and do something."

Liu Yao bowed and said, "Greetings, Princess."

Beitang Xinyue waved her hand, "No need for formalities, I just came to chat with my sister-in-law."

After speaking, recalling what he had overheard at the door, he looked at Liu Yao and asked, "What were you talking about just now? Who spoke ill of my sister-in-law?"

Liu Yao looked at Qin Suiyou, unsure whether to speak.

Qin Suiyou said, "Go down and tell someone to prepare dinner. Xinyue hasn't eaten yet, has she?"

Liu Yao accepted the order and withdrew, while Beitang Xinyue frowned, somewhat displeased.

“Sister-in-law, the Prince’s Mansion is your home now too. You can’t keep your grievances to yourself.”

Qin Suiyou shook his head helplessly, "I haven't been wronged. I just heard some rumors. Rumors stop with the wise. If I were to be so distracted by trivial matters, how could I possibly treat your brothers' illnesses like this?"

"Although I don't know what happened yet, I don't want my sister-in-law to swallow her grievances. If it happens again, my sister-in-law must tell me. If I can't, then my mother and father are still here."

Qin Suiyou nodded. "Okay."

Beitang Xinyue took a bite of the pastry that Liu Yao brought up and said, "By the way, sister-in-law, I heard that you started giving my brother acupuncture today. How is he doing?"

When Qin Suiyou was administering acupuncture, no one else was left beside Lu Xi. However, to put the Prince of An and his wife at ease, he sent someone to deliver a message.

"The situation is not bad. I will administer two more acupuncture treatments in a few days. Once all the surgical instruments I need are ready, and as long as your brother's condition is good, we can perform the surgery on him."

Will my brother wake up after the surgery?

Beitang Xinyue was quite excited, and her eyes lit up.

“He was injured in the head, which is very risky. I am 100% confident in the surgery, but whether he can wake up depends on himself. I can only be 50% sure.”

Qin Suiyou guessed that the Prince and his wife were probably anxious to know the situation, but were too embarrassed to come in person, otherwise it would seem like they didn't trust him, so they sent Beitang Xinyue to find out.

Thinking this through, Qin Suiyou picked out what he could say and told her the truth directly.

"This……"

Beitang Xinyue was clearly disappointed and sad, but she didn't know what to say.

Seeing this, Qin Suiyou comforted him, "Don't worry, your brother is in such good health, and his recovery ability is stronger than any other patient I've seen before. He will definitely wake up."

Qin Suiyou wasn't talking nonsense. Beitang Yan was very strong and had a strong self-healing ability. If he had suffered the same level of injury, others might have already died, but he still had such a powerful force in his body. His chances of recovery would definitely be higher than Qin Suiyou expected.