Prince Wu was very frustrated. Instead of returning to his palace, he went to Yuelai Restaurant and drank with Huang Xuan all night.

Inside the Eastern Palace, the Crown Prince was watching the dancers perform. At the slightest mishap, he flew into a rage, frightening the eunuchs and maids into kneeling on the ground. The dancers stood trembling, too afraid to move. The Crown Prince angrily said, "Are you all going to oppose me?"

"Good, very good. I, the Crown Prince, will show you my power. Guards, drag them all away and give them twenty strokes of the cane."

"Your Highness, please calm down! Your Highness, please calm down!" the old eunuch knelt down and pleaded.

"You get out of here too!"

"Your Highness, the Empress has just left. If such a commotion were to occur and the Emperor were to find out, it would be detrimental to Your Highness!"

"Father, it's Father again! You're always using Father to suppress me, the Crown Prince!" the Crown Prince roared, somewhat losing control.

"What happened to Your Highness?" Li Linfeng asked as he and Li Weiwei entered the room, seeing the mess.

Upon seeing the visitor, the Crown Prince composed himself and smiled, saying, "Lord Li, what brings you to my Eastern Palace so late?"

"My daughter told me that the Crown Prince was in a bad mood today, so I came to see him. May I ask why?"

The crown prince glared at Li Weiwei and said with a smile, "Didn't you see everything?"

With a single glance from the Crown Prince, the eunuch quickly dismissed all the servants from the room. Li Linfeng patted Li Weiwei's hand and said, "Your Highness, you've seen it all. You should go back now!"

Li Weiwei had no choice but to bow and leave, leaving only the two of them in the room. Li Linfeng no longer hid and sat down, saying, "The child in Tian Yu's belly isn't the Crown Prince's, is it?"

"If I say so, then it is."

"If I'm not mistaken, it should belong to Zhao Moyan. Doesn't Your Highness care at all?"

The crown prince glared at Li Linfeng and said, "What do you want to say?"

"We both know what Mr. Wen said that day. Doesn't the Crown Prince have any thoughts on this?"

"Is this all the reason you came?"

“Your Highness, if you want Tian Yu, Zhao Moyan must die.”

"Oh, does Lord Li have any good ideas?" the Crown Prince asked with interest.

The two talked for a long time, and Li Linfeng finally left the palace in the middle of the night, avoiding everyone, while the Crown Prince went to the Imperial Hospital.

Meanwhile, far away in the northern frontier, Zhao Moyan's skin had become much rougher, and his beard had grown. At this moment, he was in his tent looking at a report from a spy in the palace. Mr. Tian had met with the former Crown Princess, Mr. Tian had a conflict with the Crown Prince, Mr. Tian was punished by being forced to kneel, Mr. Tian went into the secret room, and Mr. Tian left the palace.

Each page contained few words, but Zhao Moyan learned everything Tian Yu had said and done. With Prince Wu and Li Xingyun around, she should be fine, but he was still worried. He had already told himself to let her go, but when he saw her standing on the city wall as he was leaving, he panicked at just one glance. If she had said one more word then, perhaps he would have taken her away without hesitation, but she didn't!

At midnight, Zhao Moyan was still studying the terrain and planning the battle. At this moment, Li Yong, outside the tent, was looking at the intelligence sent from the palace in his hand, scratching his head, not knowing how to tell Zhao Moyan.

"What happened to Li Yong? Come in and tell me." Zhao Moyan said without even looking up from the military manual Tian Yu had given her.

Li Yong came in with a silly grin and said, "Why isn't that older brother asleep yet?"

"Where did you come from?" Zhao Moyan asked, reaching out his hand.

"Take...take what? I...I have nothing!" Li Yong said, hiding his hands behind his back.

"Bring me the message from the palace!"

"Big brother, um... you can't be sad or angry after reading this!" Li Yong carefully instructed before slowly handing the paper in his hand to Zhao Moyan.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Moyan thought something had happened to Tian Yu, so he quickly opened the note and saw that it read: "Mr. Tian is pregnant with the Crown Prince's child and will be getting married soon."

The entire tent fell silent. Zhao Moyan stared at the note in his hand in disbelief, looking and looking, hoping that he had misread it or that the scout had written it wrong.

"Brother, there might be some misunderstanding here. Should I send someone to investigate again?" Li Yong asked cautiously.

After waiting for a long time, Zhao Moyan remained in the same position without moving. Just when Li Yong thought something might have happened to Zhao Moyan, Zhao Moyan tilted her head back, closed her eyes, and said, "No need!"

"So, what does Big Brother mean?"

"Prepare the horses, I'm going out for a bit."

Zhao Moyan rode away from the military camp, and Li Yong, worried, followed with his own horse.

The next day, Tian Yu was brought to the palace early in the morning. The Crown Prince was already waiting outside the palace with palace servants. When he saw Tian Yu arrive, he took her hand and whispered to her, "If you want to keep the child, do as I say."

Tian Yu looked at him and could only nod. The imperial physician had been waiting in the imperial study for a long time. After Tian Yu and the crown prince entered, the emperor was very happy and said with a smile, "Tian Yu, why didn't you tell me you were pregnant? You even kept it from the crown prince. Don't worry, I have already sent people to prepare for your wedding. The date is set for half a month from now."

"Half a month later!?" Tian Yu was somewhat surprised that it was so soon. Would it be enough time?

"Yes, it will be a good day in half a month."

"Imperial physician, come quickly and examine the Crown Princess!" the Emperor summoned the academicians from the Imperial Medical Academy.

Tian Yu sat down and extended her hand. The imperial physician examined her hand for a while and then smiled and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, and congratulations, Crown Prince. The Crown Princess is indeed almost four months pregnant."

Tian Yu was slightly surprised but did not show it. She was already almost five months pregnant, but when she saw the Crown Prince's eyes, she quickly understood and lowered her head without saying anything.

The Emperor did the calculations and said happily, "Excellent, excellent! Quickly, help the Crown Princess down to rest, and be careful."

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