The night is long...

The two had already thoroughly enjoyed themselves...

You must be exhausted!

Yan Shaoheng gently wiped every inch of her skin with a handkerchief.

"It's all your fault."

Chen Jingshu didn't even have the strength to hit him at this moment, and her voice was a little hoarse, so this scolding sounded more like she was being coquettish.

"Yes, it's all my fault, but didn't Jing Shu enjoy it too?"

"You!" Chen Jingshu's cheeks and ears instantly turned bright red, and a feeling of heat filled her entire body.

"Fortunately, Wang Runchao arranged for me to stay in a room in the north, and I also managed to get the guards away early on, otherwise they would have heard us long ago."

Chen Jingshu glared at Yan Shaoheng.

"I have reason to suspect that Jing Shu is praising me for being amazing."

"..."

Chen Jingshu suddenly remembered that she hadn't drunk any herbal medicine in the past two days. Could she be pregnant because of this?

"Second Prince, what if I become pregnant?"

After wiping Chen Jingshu clean, Yan Shaoheng returned to bed and embraced her.

"I have already made up my mind. If you are pregnant, I will arrange for you to fake your death, and then use this mechanism to bring you back to Yan. Once I ascend the throne, I will immediately make you my empress."

"good."

Chen Jingshu was momentarily moved, not expecting that he had already thought of these things for her.

"Don't worry, I won't abandon you."

Are you leaving now?

"I'm not leaving. I'll wait until it's almost dawn. I want to spend more time with this silly little thing. Does Jing Shu want me to leave? You've taken advantage of me and now you don't want to take responsibility?"

"Ugh! Ugh! I hate you! I hate you! You're so annoying!"

"Since you're not leaving, then continue telling me the story of Master Ji Yuan."

"good."

"Ever since Master repaired this mansion, his wife has been in close contact with him through the secret passages and mechanisms he set up. The two are deeply in love and live in perfect harmony. Although his wife is a polygamous woman, Master doesn't care. At that time, Master was blinded by love. As long as it's her, what does it matter?"

"Later, the master and his wife felt that this situation could not continue indefinitely. Moreover, as a man, he was bound to be bothered by the presence of another man in his woman's life. So they discussed getting rid of the emperor and taking his place."

Chen Jingshu was somewhat shocked; this was regicide, a crime punishable by the execution of the entire family.

"The first step to getting rid of the emperor is to get rid of the empress. Even if the emperor dies, he still has children. As long as they are alive, they can still inherit his throne. Only by eliminating everyone can they stay together for life."

"At that time, my master was obsessed with power and love. They plotted to get rid of the empress and exterminate her entire family. Later, my master's wife took advantage of the fact that she and the empress were good friends and successfully became the empress of the country."

"Just when Master and Mistress were about to plot to kill the Emperor again, a woman claiming to be the former Empress's sister handed over the evidence to the Emperor. Perhaps it was an oversight during the massacre of the family that allowed her to find the evidence."

"Before Master and his wife could escape, they were poisoned by the former empress's sister. The emperor also ordered that Master's wife be stripped of her empress title and that they be erased from the historical records of the Yue Kingdom."

"After that, Master disappeared from the four kingdoms. Some say that most talented people are eccentric, so Master went into seclusion in the mountains. Others say that Master was envied and killed, and the 'Mechanical Path' was stolen."

"I see. No wonder. Since I can remember, I only know that the Moon Kingdom has only had one queen."

"Yes, it's because the Emperor never acknowledges that my teacher's wife was once the mother of the nation."

"Second Prince, so you hate them?"

"Hate? Why hate?"

"Because they killed your master and his wife."

"No one's hands are ever clean if they want to ascend the throne. If Master wanted to assassinate the emperor, he had to be prepared to fail. They failed, which only means they were not as skilled as the other side. There is nothing to hate about them."

"Does the Second Prince also need to do this to obtain the throne?"

"I don't know. I don't know if Father Emperor can realize that this fool is not up to the task. If not, this is the only option left. Jing Shu, are you afraid?"

Chen Jingshu shook her head. "With you here, I'm not afraid."

"I have a question. Master Ji Yuan was poisoned to death, so why are you unharmed? Did you escape through these formations?"

"No one knows that I am Ji Yuan's disciple except my father and the empress. It just so happened that my father summoned me back at that time, and I left Yue Kingdom just as my master was about to make a move against the empress. I only found out about these things later when I read the letter my master left for me."

Chen Jingshu was terrified. "Luckily you left early, and luckily you didn't get involved. Otherwise, I can't imagine what would have happened to you. What would I do without you?"

“Fool, if something had really happened to me back then, you wouldn’t have been able to see me. How could you imagine what your life would be like without me?”

"No, I don't care, I just want to be with you, whether it's living or dying, I want to be with you."

"Okay, but we can't die. We have to enjoy this feeling of being above everyone else together."

"Second Prince, you said your master's wife and master were having a secret rendezvous here. How did she get here? Could it be that there is a secret passage in the palace that leads here?"

"Just as I guessed, although I know about the formation of this moat, my master did not tell me about the formation in the palace. However, there must be a secret passage."

"Oh? If only we could find it, it would be so much easier for us to meet in the future."

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