Quan Yugui was a doctor, and an exceptionally skilled one.
As Ying Wuxin retched, he watched her closely and suddenly asked, "Are you pregnant?"
Before Ying Wuxin could deny it, High Priest Su Yanxing returned to the reception room, his expression darkening.
He did not go in. He turned and walked away.
Back in the Dining Room, he saw that his wife, Ying Chenbi, and their daughter, Su Buyu, had just finished eating and were drinking juice.
Su Yanxing steadied himself. "Chenbi, come with me for a moment. There's something I need to discuss with you."
His tone was perfectly ordinary, with nothing unusual about it.
Ying Chenbi wiped her mouth with a napkin and said to Su Buyu, "Go check on your cousin in a little while. I'm worried she didn't eat enough."
"I'll go see her after I finish my juice," Su Buyu said.
Ying Chenbi followed Su Yanxing to his Workshop.
The High Priest's Workshop was as spacious as a small Sanctuary.
Inside stood a statue of a bodhisattva, along with rows of seats.
Ying Chenbi remained standing by the wall. Smiling, she asked, "What is it? I still have to go out later."
Su Yanxing said heavily, "Why didn't you stop Wuxin and... the emperor?"
Ying Chenbi froze, then said indignantly, "You think I didn't try?!"
"But with young people like them, the more you oppose their relationship, the more carried away they get!"
"They act like the whole world is against them, as if their love isn't great unless they rebel against their parents and elders!"
"What are we going to do?" Su Yanxing asked. "Wuxin is pregnant..."
He had known that day that Ying Wuxin was pregnant, but it was still early. After the emperor was assassinated, he had assumed she would not keep