"Today, I will resign the throne of Crown Prince as an apology to my mother and unborn brother. From now on, I will assist my brother well and bring honor to our Pingyang Palace!"

Seeing that Xiao Cen didn't say anything, Xiao Jinan knelt down in front of Lin Chunhuan and kowtowed several times without hesitation. In a blink of an eye, blood appeared on his forehead.

"Mother, it was my fault. I had evil intentions towards my unborn brother. I deserve death, but now I know I was wrong. I hope you can give me a chance to mend my ways!"

The sincerity in Xiao Jinan's eyes made Lin Chunhuan's scalp tingle.

The words "bear humiliation and bear heavy burdens" have been fully understood by her as a grown-up!

There were a few more bangs, and Xiao Jinan sobbed, "Mother, if you won't forgive me, then I will kneel here and die, just to atone for my sins!"

Lin Chunhuan bit her lip and didn't say anything for a long time.

He clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves, wishing he could stab the man in front of him with three or six holes!

But at this moment, she just couldn't do that. It had to be said that Xiao Jinan's tactic of retreating to advance made her a little helpless.

If Xiao Jinan had refused to admit that he pushed her into this and kept carrying on about it, she would have had the opportunity to sow discord between them. But this man admitted it and exposed all her tricks with just a few words.

If she continued to argue, it would seem that she was being unreasonable.

Her pink lips pursed gently. She had never hated her own stupidity as much as she did now. Lin Chunhuan took a deep breath and forced herself to smile, "Forget it."

"Your Highness, when you say that, it makes me, as an elder, look petty and calculative."

As he spoke, Lin Chunhuan walked over to Xiao Cen again, his eyes filled with affection, "After all, the prince was raised by Xiao Lang himself."

"Even for Xiao Lang, I won't bother with a child."

Those sparkling eyes were filled with love, and Xiao Cen felt as if his heart had skipped a beat. Besides being amazed, there was also countless gratitude, which was densely packed out from the cracks in his heart.

Of course, Xiao Jinan's position as the crown prince was not deprived because of this incident. After all, the baby in her belly had not been born yet.

If he abandoned his adopted son right after having his biological child, even with Xiao Cen's identity, he would inevitably be criticized.

But saving his life and identity does not mean that Xiao Jinan is safe. All the lucrative jobs he had were taken away, and he was transferred to the Qingshui government office. The work was too much and too complicated. If he did a good job, it would be his duty, but if he didn't, he would be the first to die.

Normally, such work would never fall into Xiao Jinan's hands.

But this time, in order to appease Lin Chunhuan, Xiao Cen also made up his mind.

In a farmhouse outside Beijing, Xiao Cen held the boneless little hands and said with a rather flattering smile, "There are several hot springs in this farmhouse. They are very comfortable. Do you like them, Ah Huan?"

"It doesn't matter whether I like it or not. It's not mine anyway. I just got it from the prince."

Lin Chunhuan spoke in a neutral tone, pursed her lips, and acted a little like a little girl. At this moment, this made Xiao Cen feel more guilty than if he had been completely docile.

If she was pushed into the water and the murderer who almost killed her and her child was not hurt at all, and she was still happy as if nothing had happened, that would be really suspicious.

"Alright, alright, Your Highness, there's no need to bother trying to coax me. After all, you've watched the Crown Prince grow up. We've been together for over a decade. You and I have only been married for a few months. How can that compare to that?"

"I understand, but I can't help but feel a little unfair for the child in my belly. I'll figure it out slowly."

It would have been fine if Lin Chunhuan hadn't said this, but as soon as he said it, Xiao Cen got anxious, "Nonsense, how can we not compare! That rebellious son can't compare with you, we are..."

Xiao Cen paused halfway through his words, and Lin Chunhuan knew that it was about their past.

However, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't remember when she first met Xiao Cen.

Xiao Cen was about to tell the story of falling into the water last time, but then he encountered the incident with Concubine Qian, and no matter how he asked later, he couldn't get any information out of him.

"Anyway, if Ah Huan wants this house, I'll go to the government office and give it to you. Everything I have is yours. Even if there's something I don't have, as long as you tell me, I'll snatch it from you even if I have to!"

Looking at Xiao Cen's determined eyes, Lin Chunhuan was stunned for a moment, "Prince, if you can show your love for me, can you tell me about the past?"

"this……"

"It's not that I don't want to say it, it's really..." Xiao Cen opened his mouth and closed it again.

There's no way, it's really hard to say.

But this opportunity was rare, and Lin Chunhuan wasn't about to let it go. She immediately hooked her slender arms around Xiao Cen's neck, her eyes gleaming with a faint light. "Between you and me, is there anything that can't be said?"

"Or perhaps the prince doesn't consider Ah Huan as one of his own at all."

This was too serious, causing Xiao Cen to frown unconsciously, "Nonsense!"

"That's all."

Seeing the stubbornness in Lin Chunhuan's eyes, Xiao Cen finally let out a sigh of relief.

"It's not a big deal, actually. Ah Huan will definitely remember it once I tell him. But that memory is really unbearable for me."

Xiao Cen smiled and shook his head as he spoke, while Lin Chunhuan became even more confused, staring blankly with his big eyes wide open.

Xiao Cen let out a long sigh as his warm hands passed through his hair. "You probably hadn't been sent to a nunnery back then, and you were still the eldest daughter of the Lin family."

"One year during the Lantern Festival, you disguised yourself as a boy and had your guards take you to the most famous Nanfeng Pavilion in Xihai City at the time. Do you remember?"

Nanfeng Pavilion?

Lin Chunhuan was confused for only a moment before her past memories flooded back and almost drowned her.

Or rather, she had never forgotten it at all, but she just couldn't connect Xiao Cen in front of her with that memory.

How could I forget?

That guard was her mother's confidant. Her father had been very busy since she was a child. Most of the occasions and memories in her life that required her father were all attended by that guard.

Including that time I visited Nanfeng Pavilion.

That time she went to her maternal grandfather's house to celebrate his birthday. She was bored, so she begged the guard to take her out. She also spent a lot of money to hire a young waiter at Nanfeng Pavilion. He was a thin boy. She couldn't remember his appearance, but since he could enter Nanfeng Pavilion, she thought he was good-looking.

But later on, my mother fell ill and her life underwent a huge change, so she never went to Xihai City or that place again.

"So..." Lin Chunhuan widened his eyes, "That young prostitute back then, couldn't he be..."

The rest of the words could not be said, but Xiao Cen's red ears said it all.

That memory was Xiao Cen's darkest period, but there was a ray of light that seemed particularly dazzling in the darkness.

Even though so many years have passed and the little girl has grown into a young woman, he can still recognize at a glance the eyebrows and eyes that he has imagined thousands of times in his dreams.