You think you can get away with just a careless word? No way.

The Crown Prince paused for a moment, then said, "This time, I was indeed in the wrong. I will have you personally go to apologize to your second sister-in-law after she gives birth."

In Yinzhen's opinion, the Crown Princess's actions could have been dealt with directly; she was too stupid.

But she just happened to get pregnant at this time, and it seems the Crown Prince will protect her.

Of course, he could understand him protecting a pregnant woman, but he couldn't understand why he would also protect Consort Li.

“Second Brother Crown Prince, you know that the Living Buddha said I came here in this life to repay the debt to my wife. This time, my wife almost lost her life. You are the Crown Prince, so it’s not a question of whether you will forgive me or not, but I can’t get over this in my heart. Second Brother Crown Prince, take the things back. Let’s leave it at that.”

He couldn't get through it, and he wouldn't accept the gifts. In the future, he would be the Crown Prince, or the Prince of Yong.

The crown prince was taken aback. He thought to himself, "It's just a woman's matter. Is it really that serious?"

But judging from Yinzhen's expression, it seemed to be quite serious.

The crown prince left with a cold expression.

Kangxi was naturally aware that the two of them hadn't reached an agreement, and he wasn't surprised at all. Given Yinzhen's personality and his situation, it would be strange if he could easily let the matter slide!

The path was chosen by the Crown Prince himself, and Emperor Kangxi couldn't say anything about it.

With this in mind, Kangxi decided to select a good concubine for the Crown Prince during the imperial concubine selection next year.

The Crown Princess is not suitable.

In short, Kangxi now has no good feelings towards the Crown Princess and deeply regrets choosing her.

Tong Cheng'er also learned about the outcome of the matter. After the Crown Prince left, Yinzhen told Tong Cheng'er about it.

After hearing this, Tong Cheng'er felt it was utterly absurd. Borrowing luck? There's such a thing?

Although she had traveled from another time, she didn't believe in any kind of luck-borrowing. The existence of the Time and Space Administration told her that her time travel was accomplished through technology, not theology.

"I think the Crown Princess is usually a very smart person, so how could she do such a foolish thing? If this kind of luck-borrowing is reliable, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

Yinzhen: "I don't know what the Crown Princess is thinking, but don't worry about it. Even if she kneels down and apologizes, this matter won't be over."

Tong Cheng'er nodded. This matter was indeed not over. Falling into the water was a life-threatening situation, and this was something that could never be forgiven.

Moreover, regardless of whether this is absurd or not, the word "borrow" is in "borrowing luck." If it is very successful, she has borrowed her own luck, and she will lose it herself.

The fact that the Crown Princess harbored such thoughts made her seem very malicious towards her.

She's not the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary; she can't forgive everything.

Let's leave it at that!

However, she said, "Although the Crown Princess made a mistake, the Crown Prince didn't do anything wrong, so you don't need to take it too seriously." Mainly, she knew that the Crown Prince treated him differently.

Yinzhen sighed and said, "This is not a matter of whether or not to care; the Crown Prince's handling of this matter has been biased."

Tong Cheng'er nodded: "Then we'll keep our distance from the Crown Prince from now on."

Yinzhen nodded: "It's indeed time to make some selections."

Yinzhen did have brotherly feelings for the Crown Prince, but his concubine was his Achilles' heel.

After the Crown Prince left, Kangxi's rewards were distributed. Although they were called rewards, they were more of a gesture of appeasement, as they were meant to help the Crown Prince clean up the mess.

To save face for the royal family, the matter was not publicized. People only knew that the Crown Princess was pregnant, and everyone the Crown Prince had met recently had been congratulating him.

Hearing these words, he didn't feel particularly happy, and he couldn't help but frown when he thought of the Crown Princess.

The Crown Princess has been feeling very unhappy lately. The Crown Prince ignores her and, although he hasn't confined her to her quarters, he has taken away her management of the household under the pretext of her pregnancy.

It's possible that her bad mood is affecting the baby in her belly. The baby is also making her uncomfortable, vomiting up everything she eats, and unable to eat anything. Now she's so thin she looks emaciated.

The baby was kept alive in the womb entirely by the herbal medicine.

After the incident of falling into the water, Yinzhen was in a very bad mood. He couldn't help but feel sad when he looked at the lake, so he thought of filling it in.

Tong Cheng'er found out in time and quickly stopped it. The lake wasn't small, and it was good to leave it as it was.

Yinzhen then dropped the matter.

However, it may have frightened Yinzhen, as he kept asking about Tong Cheng'er every day.

Therefore, he specifically assigned two well-trained bodyguards to protect Tong Cheng'er on the surface.

Tong Cheng'er felt it was unnecessary; the Crown Princess incident was definitely an accident.

However, the person still accepted it.

Happy days always pass quickly. Yinzhen had also made many achievements in the Ministry of Personnel, and before he knew it, winter had arrived.

Tong Cheng'er, having nothing to do, decided to knit a wool sweater for Yinzhen. It would be very warm to wear underneath. She started knitting it in the fall and didn't finish until winter.

She had just finished the last stitch and was looking at the wool sweater with satisfaction when Ruxue rushed in.

"What happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Ru Xue gasped for breath and then said, "Madam, the Crown Princess has drowned."

Upon hearing this, Tong Cheng'er was immediately shocked: "What did you say? The Crown Princess drowned."

It's winter, and she's pregnant! I heard the pregnancy isn't going well.

"What happened?"

The Crown Princess should know her own body; running to a place with water in this freezing weather is insane. She must be out of her mind.

Ru Xue shook her head: "We don't know the specifics yet."

Two lives lost, one unborn.

She caused herself to fall into the water and cut her wrist, but unexpectedly, she ended up drowning. What a cruel twist of fate!

When Yinzhen returned home that evening, Tong Cheng'er asked him about it: "What happened to the Crown Princess's drowning?"

Yinzhen knew more than she did and revealed the inside story: "Back then, the Crown Princess plotted against you, and it was Li, the Consort of the Crown Prince's harem, who was behind it. After the incident, the Crown Prince did not directly punish Li, but only confined her to her quarters and stripped her of her status as a consort. The Crown Princess should have been punished as well, but she escaped because she was pregnant. She also knew that it was Li who plotted against her. Recently, as soon as the baby in her belly stopped bothering her, she started to have people harass Li. The Crown Prince did not care about Li at all. In addition, Hongxi has been ill recently, and Li thinks that the Crown Princess is behind it. In the end, she plotted against the Crown Princess."

Speaking of which, Li is quite a capable person.

With her actions, Hongxi completely lost his tainted mother. The Crown Princess and her unborn child died together, posing no threat to Hongxi.

Lady Li probably feared that the Crown Princess might actually give birth to a prince peacefully. If the Crown Prince had a legitimate son, Hongxi's situation would be much worse.

In Yinzhen's view, Li's desperate gamble was even more courageous than that of the Crown Prince.

However, it was indeed ruthless.

Moreover, he's quite intelligent; even after being confined to his quarters, he still managed to plot against the Crown Princess. Someone who wasn't intelligent wouldn't have done such a thing.

"The Crown Prince is probably going to have a headache now."

Thinking of this, I can't help but laugh, even though it's not very kind of Tong Cheng'er.

She couldn't say anything about the Crown Prince, but she really couldn't like him. He didn't have any major flaws, just a bit of a lack of tact.

Furthermore, Tong Cheng'er was neither happy nor sad about the Crown Princess's drowning. Since they weren't familiar with each other, her lack of happiness was simply out of humanitarian spirit.