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

The first day of the third lunar month coincides with Grain Rain, a wonderful time when spring rains nourish all grains.

The frost came early this year, and the farmers stood in the fields basking in the gentle sunshine with joy on their faces.

In Yejing, the capital of the Northern Qian Kingdom, a warm sunny day arrived after months of cold weather. People who had been cooped up at home for the winter could no longer resist going out to stretch their muscles, even if they didn't buy anything. The streets were bustling and lively.

"Hey, have you heard? The Prince of An's heir is getting married today!"

"What? Wasn't he still unconscious? He's awake?"

"What are you waking up for? You're probably about to..."

The person talking in the tavern gave a tense look to the bewildered questioner next to him, slowly shaking his head, his meaning unspoken.

Just then, a guy from the next table leaned over and said, "Tell us what happened in detail."

As they were talking, they brought over a plate of peanuts to go with their drinks.

The person who started the conversation casually grabbed a handful of peanuts and popped them into his mouth.

"Before the New Year, the Crown Prince of Er'an led his army north to conquer the Northern Regions and won a great victory. He was not only appointed as the General of the Cavalry, but also exceptionally granted a fiefdom in the south..."

According to the laws of Beiqian, apart from princes and princesses who are granted titles, only counts and above are qualified to have fiefs that are passed down through three generations of their direct descendants. Once the time is up or there are no direct descendants, the fiefs will be taken back. Others who are granted titles can receive a fief for a maximum of three years of tribute, but they do not have ownership.

Before being granted the title of heir apparent, the sons of Prince Beiqian were all referred to as princes. However, when Beitang Yan was the eldest son of the legitimate wife, Prince An petitioned the emperor to grant him the title of heir apparent early on, giving him the right to inherit the fiefdom. However, Prince An is still alive and it is not yet time for Beitang Yan to inherit the fiefdom, but he has earned it for himself ahead of time with his outstanding military achievements.

"Hey~ Everyone in Beiqian knows this, let's get to the point!"

The person who was interrupted didn't show any displeasure. "That's exactly what I was about to say."

"It is said that the most powerful person in the palace found a Taoist priest who could see through the secrets of heaven and told the prince his fate. The priest calculated that the prince had killed too many people, which caused the evil spirits to enter his body, resulting in his serious injuries and deep sleep. He needed to marry a male wife whose birth chart was compatible with his to bring good luck and have a chance of survival!"

"Marry a male wife!!!" Those who heard this were in an uproar.

While homosexual relationships are not uncommon these days, ordinary people may form sworn brotherhoods, much like ordinary couples. However, most wealthy families and high-ranking officials consider it merely a fleeting pleasure and would never allow a man to assume the position of principal wife, thus severing the direct line of kinship. This is especially true for the imperial family.

His Majesty the current Emperor of Beiqian is nearly sixty years old and still in good health, but of the original twenty-odd princes and princesses, only four princes and five princesses remain. The reason is simply that they are vying for the position of Crown Prince, which is closest to the highest position.

Amidst the intrigue and treachery, those who died young did not even live to learn to speak, while those with the potential to contend for the throne violated taboos and were either demoted to commoners or, in severe cases, sentenced to death.

After the struggle for the throne subsided, no one benefited. Instead, the emperor became even more reluctant to relinquish power, and has yet to appoint a crown prince, citing that none of the princes are yet capable of shouldering the responsibility.

Later, fearing harm from his unscrupulous bedmate, he stopped frequently favoring the harem. Originally, wanting to avoid trouble, he enfeoffed the princes who had not participated in the struggle as kings and wanted to send them to their fiefdoms. However, fearing that the distance would make it difficult to prevent them from secretly recruiting soldiers, and since the imperial decree had already been issued, it was not advisable to take it back. Since the enfeoffed princes should not remain in the palace, he issued another imperial decree, pretending that the emperor was reluctant to part with his sons, and ordered the newly enfeoffed princes to establish their own residences in Yejing, so that they could be kept under his watchful eye.

After the princesses were granted titles and fiefdoms, four of them married men from obscure noble families or those who relied solely on the merits of their ancestors in Yejing. The remaining princess, Princess Yong'an, born to the deceased empress, said that she "did not want to get married" and asked the emperor to stop mentioning arranging a marriage for her.

In this situation, the princes who were granted the title of king were seen by outsiders as mediocre people who were incapable of inheriting the throne, while the grandsons of the emperor who were growing up one after another became the targets of a group of people who were keen on forming cliques.

Prince An's heir, Beitang Yan, who was given a male wife, could no longer have a legitimate son, which was tantamount to losing his right of succession for the royal family, which valued the continuation of offspring.

"They're treating this person like this even though we don't know if they'll ever wake up again. Isn't that blatant suppression?"

Some people who greatly admired Beitang Yan's impressive achievements slammed their hands on the table and stood up, filled with righteous indignation.

His tablemate pressed him down, "Shh—keep your voice down, this isn't something ordinary folks like us can just say whatever they want."

"Which family's son is the one who has been betrothed?"

He was, after all, the first outstanding young member of the royal family to achieve great merit. Even if he was forced to marry a male wife, the male wife's family background couldn't be too bad.

"I heard he is a distant nephew of Qin Yong, the Vice Minister of Rites. Speaking of which, he is unlucky. He came to Yejing to seek refuge with his uncle, but his birth chart is extremely compatible with the Crown Prince's."

"That was truly an undeserved disaster."

When the emperor bestows a marriage upon a woman, even if she already has a family, she must prioritize the marriage bestowed upon her. Any refusal will be seen as disrespecting the emperor's grace.

"The groom hasn't woken up yet, the wedding can't go on..."

"Hey! Listen! Isn't that the sound of a wedding procession?"

"That's right, that's right..."

At this moment, the pedestrians on the street spontaneously made way for the wedding procession of Prince An's mansion.

Leading the group was a squad of strong and robust young men, their steps were orderly and steady, yet they exuded a murderous aura. They must have been Beitang Yan's personal guards who had gained fame after the battle in the Northern Region.

Following closely behind were musicians playing gongs and drums, and maids carrying flower baskets and scattering flowers. However, the musicians and maids did not have the usual joyous atmosphere of a wedding procession. Instead, they all played music and scattered flowers with trepidation and meticulous care, as if afraid of making the slightest mistake.

Then came a Ferghana horse with an empty saddle and a bridal sedan chair, with a row of solemn-faced soldiers standing on either side of the sedan chair.

"You guys think this looks like a wedding? If it weren't for the music and the big red sedan chair, you'd think it was a funeral," people in the tavern whispered to each other.

“Those soldiers all looked fierce and menacing.”

Someone countered, "They are all the Crown Prince's personal guards! Now that the Crown Prince is seriously injured, of course they can't be happy."

"Hey, look, why is there a sedan chair behind the dowry?"

"You don't know this."

The person who initially shared the gossip with everyone said, "That's the eldest daughter of the Grand Secretary, Chu Yuning~" drawing out the last syllable, his tone somewhat ambiguous.

"The Grand Secretary's daughter is also getting married today? But the procession doesn't look right."

"That's because His Majesty was considerate of the fact that the young master had followed his grandfather, the General of the Northern Garrison, to the frontier since childhood, putting aside his romantic feelings. If he could wake up after the marriage to ward off bad luck, the bloodline could not be cut off, right? So His Majesty bestowed the marriage upon the eldest daughter of the Grand Secretary as a concubine to continue the family line."

Several people were puzzled upon hearing this. "If it's just to continue the family line, you can marry a respectable woman after the heir wakes up. Why do you want to marry the eldest daughter of the chief minister and bring her into the family together with the emperor now?"

Based on her family background, appearance, and talent, Chu Yuning was qualified to become the empress, but now she hastily arranged a marriage and is to be a concubine.

If Beitang Yan were in good health, that would be fine, but the fact is that he is seriously injured and his life is in danger, which is really puzzling.

……

Regardless of the onlookers' confusion, the wedding procession carried two bridal sedan chairs to the Prince An's residence.

The procession stopped in front of the mansion gate. The groom was supposed to kick the sedan chair door to welcome the bride (or groom) out of the sedan chair, but Beitang Yan was still lying on the couch, so this step was omitted. He was helped out of the sedan chair by the matchmaker and went through most of the omitted wedding process. The "husband and wife bowing to each other" was also skipped because one of the main characters was missing.

If the Crown Prince was treated this way, then the concubines were carried directly from the side gate into the hastily prepared courtyard.

Inside the bridal chamber, after the bride was seated on the wedding bed, all the servants of the Prince's mansion withdrew, leaving only the bride, who was still covered by her veil.

Not long after the servants left, the door creaked open.

"Fortunately, some procedures were saved. Your cheap husband is also a thorn in the side, and not many people care about his marriage. Otherwise, you might have to marry a rooster."

A handsome young man with large, bright eyes like a deer entered the room and, without any ceremony, went straight to the round table laden with celebratory fruits and sat down to fill his stomach, which had been empty for half a day.

Upon hearing the sound, the person on the couch, dressed in a bright red wedding gown, stirred and lifted their veil themselves.

Even after marriage, men in the northern region will groom their eyebrows and apply powder to ensure they look their best for one of the most important moments of their lives, and this continues even after they become husbands.

The covering was removed, revealing red lips, a pert nose, a pair of alluring peach blossom eyes, and meticulously drawn dark eyebrows—truly an extremely beautiful face.

Qin Suiyou... no, now he is Qin Suiyou, reborn into this world. His father gave him a name that is almost the same as before, with only one character different.

Seeing Lu Xi's cheeks bulging, Qin Suiyou shook his head helplessly.

Lu Xi was the younger of the two deer that were given to him. When the two brothers appeared, they were two naked babies. At that time, Qin Suiyou had just been born.

The first thing Qin Zhen, the new father, did after the birth of his son was to go into the mountains to find rare medicinal herbs to nourish his wife who had been through ten months of hardship. However, he unexpectedly encountered a herd of deer. The lead deer was extremely tall and strong, carrying two naked babies on its back. It walked up to him, put down the grass in its mouth, and turned its body to the side.

Qin Zhen, who had just had a son and hadn't had a chance to fully express his fatherly love, boldly picked up the two babies and took off his outer robe to wrap them. When he looked up, the deer herd had already gone quite far, leaving behind a pile of extremely hard-to-find medicinal herbs on the ground.

After failing to find the biological parents of the two children, they named them Lu Yu and Lu Xi, using the homonym of "Lu" (鹿, meaning deer) as their surname. They grew up together with Qin Suiyou from a young age.

This time when Qin Suiyou came to Beiqian, he only let his two brothers come with him.

Qin Suiyou got up and sat down next to Lu Xi. He poured two cups of tea, pushed one towards Lu Xi, and slowly drank the other himself. "Why didn't you eat your fill outside before coming?"

Lu Xi swallowed the fruit in his mouth, finished a cup of tea, and let out a sigh of relief.

"Many of those people outside seem respectful on the surface, but they're all incredibly cunning and ruthless."

With her chubby face still wrinkled, Lu Xi was filled with displeasure.

“I also heard some people secretly cursing your cheap husband to die soon. If it weren’t for him and the soldiers of the Northern Frontier risking their lives, these scoundrels wouldn’t have a peaceful life.”

Qin Suiyou asked in surprise, "I don't remember you staying in Beiqian for very long. When did you take a fancy to that Prince An's son? And you've even started defending him."

The map of this world has many similarities to the one in Qin Suiyou's previous life, but the development of the country is completely different.

Currently, there are three major countries in the Eastern Continent similar to China: Bei Qian, Dong Han, and Nan Chi. Dong Han is the starting point for the time-traveling woman in the novel to stir up trouble.

In the middle of these three kingdoms, there is a piece of land surrounded by a great river. The people on this land built Zhongzhou City together. They had little contact with the surrounding countries. With Zhongzhou City separating them, even if the three great powers had ambitions, they were unable to stir up much conflict. Qin Suiyou was reborn and was born into the city lord's mansion in Zhongzhou City. The current city lord is his maternal grandfather.

Upon hearing the teasing, Lu Xi immediately clicked his tongue a few times and said, "I won't compete with you for someone. I like sweet and soft girls."

"Besides, you've been staying at the Qin family's place and haven't done anything since you arrived in Beiqian. I've had to run around and inquire about everything," Lu Xi said, feigning a bitter face. "Moreover, Beitang Yan is an unpredictable figure, and now he's your husband. Shouldn't I pay more attention to him? And yet you're slandering me~"

The novel Qin Suiyou was reading in the secret realm did not mention Beitang Yan, nor was it mentioned even in the section on predicting future developments. Given his status in Beiqian, even if he hadn't survived the serious injury, it's unlikely that no one would have ever mentioned him.

Since it wasn't time for the transmigrated woman to arrive yet, Qin Suiyou shifted his focus to this matter, especially since he also had some other tasks in Beiqian.

Qin's father told him that he was originally from Beiqian. He had traveled around practicing medicine and encountered an accident that led him to Zhongzhou City. He had a distant relative in Beiqian who seemed to be an official. He could take the family tokens and go to stay with him temporarily.

The Qin family was originally just a small family with some wealth from generations of practicing medicine. They didn't have many descendants, and Qin's father's main branch was now down to just him. The family's only token was a wooden plaque engraved with a lingzhi pattern.

When I found the gate of Minister Qin's residence a month ago, it went very smoothly. However, because I used the absurd excuse that I had encountered a great disaster and had nowhere to go, I was targeted by someone with ulterior motives.

Qin Shilang's official position sounds prestigious, but the Ministry of Rites, where he worked, didn't have much real power in the current climate, so he became a victim of the power struggles among those in power.

The source is that although the current emperor rarely favors the harem anymore, Consort Du, with her beauty, gentleness, and thoughtfulness, and by offering various gifts in accordance with the emperor's current desire for longevity and good health, has become the most favored concubine in the harem.

The Taoist priest who gave Beitang Yan his fortune was someone that Consort Du's brother had "gone through great hardship" to invite down the mountain. Consort Du had a son, who is now one of the fourth princes and has been granted the title of "Yi" because of his philandering and frequent indulgence in the pleasures of the brothel. Prince Yi only has one legitimate son, so the reason for Consort Du's actions is self-evident.

Initially, Qin Siheng, the youngest son of Qin Yong, the Vice Minister of Rites, was chosen to marry Beitang Yan. However, after Qin Suiyou arrived, she attracted the attention of Consort Du and others. After all, a pitiful orphan with no background and no parents was easier to control. So Qin Suiyou used a scheme to marry into the Prince An's mansion.

"Yes, yes, I was wrong. Thank you for your hard work, Lu Xi." In response to Lu Xi's words, Qin Suiyou produced a fruit platter full of out-of-season fruits out of thin air. "Here, this is your compensation. Take some and eat it quickly so you can clean up. Otherwise, it will be hard to explain when people come later."

"Be careful! Beitang Yan's personal guards are no pushovers, and there might even be secret agents among them!"

Despite complaining, Lu Xi quickly ate the food in three or four bites, and even stuffed some smaller ones into her purse. "This is not what I wanted. You insisted on making it up to me, so I accepted it."

"Then thank you very much for accepting our little deer's kindness~" Qin Suiyou saw through it but didn't say it out loud, "Grandpa, please eat with peace of mind. You can also feel it yourself if you calm down. There is no one around this room for the time being. They probably don't think much of us."

After arriving in this world, Lu Yu and Lu Xi's cultivation levels were suppressed, and their agility also decreased. However, Lu Yu, the elder brother, had already made up for his shortcomings by practicing martial arts in the way ordinary people do. Lu Xi, on the other hand, had always been faster than his brother when practicing magic because of his interest. Now, he had little interest in body tempering techniques. Although he had practiced them, his reaction was not as good as Qin Suiyou's when he did not actively concentrate.

After finishing what he had in his hand, Lu Xi hurriedly tied up his purse. These were his stashes. Qin Suiyou controlled the fruit and snacks, never allowing him to eat too much, only giving him more as a reward.

"Youyou, this bridal chamber is in the east wing of Beitangyan's bedroom. Go out the door, turn right, walk through a corridor into the side room, and then walk a few steps around the corner to reach his bedroom. When are we going?"

The previous statement about not caring about anything was just a joke between friends. Qin Suiyou was not completely indifferent to Beitang Yan. Through Lu Yu's careful investigation and their understanding from their previous travels to the border of Beiqian, Qin Suiyou decided to treat Beitang Yan's injuries. This was also one of the reasons why he married into the Prince An's mansion so readily—Beitang Yan could not die.

To prepare for what to come, they need to check on things tonight.