"I love her and only want to keep her with me. I don't want her to suffer for me."

The emperor stared at the prince in amazement, recalling the woman who rode her horse galloping on the prairie, laughing freely and unrestrainedly.

It was he who betrayed her back then. When he was a prince, he had promised not to fight for this position, to leave the capital with her and return to the endless grassland.

Later he broke his promise, and she was willing to endure the humiliation and enter the harem, a place where people were eaten without leaving any bones.

He made her watch helplessly as he welcomed his concubines one after another, and even asked her to be magnanimous and watch him flirt with other women...

Thinking of this, the emperor's nose felt sore and he waved his hand: "Forget it, no matter how many concubines you take in, they can't raise children for you. Do whatever you want in the future."

After bidding farewell to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, Xu Jinyi curiously asked Li Jinchen what the Emperor meant by that sentence.

Li Jinchen didn't say anything, but kissed her hand: "You will know in the future. Stay at home obediently, and I want you to sit on the throne of queen."

Xu Jinyi seemed to have noticed something: "What's wrong with the emperor?"

Li Jinchen's face was a little heavy. "I'm afraid my father is not going to make it. I will be very busy in the next few days. You should stay at home and take care of the baby. Don't run around."

He was worried that the Third Prince would become desperate and risk everything for that position.

"good."

The Emperor and the Empress Dowager left the palace with such fanfare and rushed to the Prince's Residence, and all the forces were secretly trying to find out the news.

The news of Xu Jinyi's pregnancy also spread like wildfire in Beijing.

Ever since the news of the crown prince's extinction came out, many court officials who supported the crown prince have been ready to make a move.

At that time, the Third Prince and the General Guarding the Nation were constantly trying to win over people, causing many ministers to switch to the Third Prince's side.

When the ministers learned the news that the Crown Princess was pregnant, their faces changed.

The minister who was wavering and watching the situation hesitantly breathed a sigh of relief and was glad that he did not make a decision too early.

The minister, who knew the prince very well and was afraid that he would investigate the matter after ascending the throne, took his wives and precious gifts to the home of Marquis Xu.

I hope Lord Xu can help me put in a good word.

The third prince, who received the news, could not accept it at all.

"Impossible! How could Xu Jinyi possibly be pregnant? Li Jinchen is clearly poisoned and cannot have children at all."

Everything was ready, and the crown prince was about to be deposed. At this time, the news that Xu Jinyi was pregnant came out, which was undoubtedly a death sentence for the third prince.

If the crown prince is deposed, the third prince will be the most likely to become the crown prince.

But now, before the crown prince was deposed, he woke up from his dream.

How could he be willing to do that?

Just one step away!

Just one step away!

Just because Xu Jinyi was pregnant, all his efforts were in vain.

He pounded the table with his fist, and the heavy table fell down.

"Butler, prepare the car." A hint of sinister madness flashed across the third prince's eyes.

"Mother, didn't you say that the poison has no antidote? Why is Xu Jinyi still pregnant?" The third prince stormed into the imperial concubine's bedroom and asked harshly.

The Imperial Concubine couldn't figure out why Xu Jinyi was pregnant: "My son, do you think the baby in Xu Jinyi's belly is someone else's child?"

"The prince was plotting for that position?"

"Impossible." The third prince answered without thinking.

"We all know his character. He would rather fight his way to this position than resort to such scheming." After years of fighting, it can be said that the one who knows each other best is the enemy.

"Is his poison really cured?" The imperial concubine murmured with difficulty.

The third prince sat down angrily and pounded the table with his hands, causing the tea on the table to spill out.

"I've made so many preparations and am about to become the crown prince. Now, nothing I say will help."

"If the emperor investigates and finds out about my recent actions, I'm afraid..." The third prince said this with a dejected look on his face.

"Then let's do it once and for all." A hint of paranoia and madness flashed across the imperial concubine's eyes.

The Third Prince's eyes widened in shock, "Mother, do you want to...?"

"Yes, since your father's heart and eyes are filled with Li Jinchen, and he doesn't care about us mother and son at all, then why can't we..."

The Third Prince swallowed, a look of fear in his eyes: "If we fail, have you ever thought about it, Mother?"

"There is no failure." The imperial concubine said in a cold and decisive voice.

Then he told the third prince that the emperor would not live long, and the chronic poison in his body had already invaded his heart.

She could die at any time, hanging on to only one breath. If she wanted, all she needed was a strong dose of medicine.

The third prince gasped when he heard this. He didn't expect that his mother had already started planning.

Thinking that his father, who had taught him strictly, did not have much time left, the third prince felt a complex emotion.

Looking at her son struggling internally, the Imperial Concubine spoke again: "Even if we don't take action, do you think Li Jinchen will let us go after he takes the throne?"

"Ever since the news of Li Jinchen's extinction was revealed, the Emperor may have begun to suspect us."

"If he finds out that I was the one who murdered that woman, he will definitely not let us go. So we must be prepared for both scenarios and must not let Li Jinchen ascend the throne."

The cruelty in the imperial concubine's eyes is frightening.

The third prince nodded in agreement with the imperial concubine's statement without much hesitation. Then he stayed there for a long time before leaving. It was unknown what he was plotting.

Lord Xu has been in high spirits recently, and he goes straight home after court every day.

Only after having two beautiful ladies in his family did Lord Xu finally understand what it meant to live a normal life.

I kept lamenting that I had wasted all these years. If I had known... If I had known he would...

At noon that day, Lord Xu was still in Gu's room enjoying the food she fed him when he heard the doorman's announcement outside.

He watched as prime ministers and generals, who held higher positions than him, came to his door with gifts.

Lord Xu was stunned for a moment, but after listening to what they said, Lord Xu realized that his daughter, the Crown Princess, was pregnant.

The rumors from a few days ago were easily debunked.

Lord Xu laughed heartily and accepted the gifts brought to his door without any hesitation.

He vaguely promised them that he would speak well of them in front of the prince.

In fact, he despised him in his heart, because when the rumors were spreading, these people looked at him with sympathy and pity.

At that time, he saw the Third Prince trying to build relationships with other court officials but ignoring him, and he was actually a little annoyed.

He thought that the Third Prince looked down on him, and now he was glad that the Third Prince looked down on him, otherwise if he had taken sides, the end would have been disastrous.

Thinking of his legitimate daughter who could bring him glory, Lord Xu picked out a few valuable things from these gifts and prepared to go to the Prince's Mansion to check on his pregnant daughter.