"Your Majesty, I will keep this secret to myself and take it to my grave!" Physician Li knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
"No, His Highness the Crown Prince is in good health. Today was just a routine pulse check, nothing happened!" He hurriedly changed his tune.
"Imperial Physician Zhang is an old servant of the Crown Prince's Palace and would never betray me, so if there's any trouble outside, I'll blame it all on you!" Ye Jingchen said with a smile.
Imperial Physician Zhang stood aside with a complicated expression, watching His Highness the Crown Prince frighten his disciple.
His apprentice was so frightened by those last words that he fell to the ground.
There's no such thing as a secret that stays hidden forever.
Especially when the wall itself is a sieve!
Poor child!
"You may all step back!" Ye Jingchen waved his hand, signaling them to leave, after startling them quite a bit.
Physician Li got up from the ground and staggered out. Physician Zhang couldn't bear to watch any longer and helped his beloved disciple up.
Ye Jingchen didn't want to scare people like this, but if he didn't intimidate the emperor properly in front of him, the emperor wouldn't release him easily.
"Father, I know this matter has been a great blow to you. I was also desperate when I first found out, but it is fate, and there is nothing I can do. Why don't we talk about how to resolve this internal trouble of the aristocratic families?" Seeing that the emperor was still reeling from the blow, Ye Jingchen decided to tell him something to cheer him up.
However, the emperor was not happy at all.
If only time could turn back, how wonderful it would have been if he had readily agreed when his rebellious son was negotiating with him.
If he had agreed back then, he wouldn't be suffering like this now!
He is now in his forties. Will he live long enough to see his grandchildren grow up to be successful?
Why is it just not working anymore?
He's clearly finally figured it out!
Thinking about when Ye Jingchen finally understood, the emperor felt heartbroken again. He said, "What normal man doesn't understand things so late?"
What normal man would be so resistant to getting married?!
The more the emperor thought about it, the more grief welled up in his heart.
"Get out of here, I don't want to see you right now!" The emperor waved his hand weakly, signaling Ye Jingchen to get lost.
On the other hand, is there really no way to salvage it?
"Then I shall take my leave. I will discuss this with you again once Father has calmed down." Upon hearing the word 'get lost,' Ye Jingchen felt as if he had heard heavenly music and promptly left.
However, he also knew in his heart that the emperor would not let him off easily just because he was 'incompetent'. Once the emperor calmed down, he would definitely try to test him in various ways.
Upon returning to the East Palace, Xie Chang'an appeared out of nowhere and stood before him.
"Vice Commander Xie, come with me." Ye Jingchen said to Xie Chang'an and led him to the study.
As soon as the door was closed, Xie Chang'an tried to hug him, but he stopped him with his hand first.
"Be more restrained. This is the Eastern Palace, and my father has eyes and ears everywhere." Ye Jingchen said, then went over and closed all the windows.
"We haven't seen each other for three days, don't you miss me?" Xie Chang'an asked, following behind Ye Jingchen.
"I've thought about it," Ye Jingchen readily admitted, sitting down at his desk.
A smile appeared in Xie Chang'an's eyes. He thought that with the doors and windows closed, he could finally hug Ye Jingchen, right? But before he could even reach out, Ye Jingchen stopped him again.
"Either stand in front of the desk, or move a chair and sit in front of the desk. In short, keep your distance from me," Ye Jingchen told him.
Xie Chang'an: ......
"The Eastern Palace is your territory. Can't you get rid of all the Emperor's spies?" He said unhappily after being refused entry twice.
"As the crown prince, I naturally need to keep myself under the emperor's watchful eye so that he can feel more at ease. I don't want to create a rift between myself and my father over such trivial matters," Ye Jingchen said.
He and the emperor were in a community of shared interests, but also naturally stood on opposite sides, so their attitudes toward each other were very important.
As emperors are born into the imperial family and the throne is hard-won, it is naturally difficult for them to trust people. Therefore, in terms of trust, it is essential to provide emperors with a greater sense of security.
Xie Chang'an stared at Ye Jingchen, for this was the part of Ye Jingchen that had puzzled him since childhood.
Whether it was to him, the emperor, or the little madman, Ye Jingchen always placed more trust in them.
He did the same to everyone else in the Wenhua Hall.
It is precisely because of this trust that their relationship is extraordinary.
For people like them, trust is extremely precious. Why could Ye Jingchen so easily place his trust in someone?
He was often moved by Ye Jingchen's trust in him, but whenever he thought that he was not the only person Ye Jingchen trusted, he felt resentful.
Why can't Ye Jingchen trust only him?
"Have you had breakfast?" Ye Jingchen asked Xie Chang'an.
"I ate." Xie Chang'an answered casually, then asked, "A few quarters of an hour ago, the Chengqian Palace summoned Imperial Physician Zhang. Was the Emperor unwell?"
"It was for me," Ye Jingchen said.
"Is something wrong with your health?" Xie Chang'an asked anxiously, his mind immediately blank.
"I don't want to be pressured to get married, so I came up with a way to solve this once and for all," Ye Jingchen said to Xie Chang'an with a smile.
"What method could achieve such an effect?" Xie Chang'an couldn't laugh; he frowned.
“I told my father that I couldn’t do it,” Ye Jingchen said.
Xie Chang'an: "What did you say?"
He must have been hallucinating.
I said I can't!
"Inhumane!"
"I can't have children!"
Ye Jingchen repeated exactly what he had said to the emperor to Xie Chang'an.
Xie Chang'an grabbed Ye Jingchen's hand, which was resting on the table, and looked at him in disbelief. "How could you say that about yourself?"
"I don't want to be pressured to get married!" Ye Jingchen said.
Xie Chang'an gripped Ye Jingchen's hand tightly, his face full of disapproval. "If we wait another month or two, the emperor will lose interest in urging us to get married!"
"As long as he doesn't give up his desire for a grandson, even if we get married, he will continue to push people into the Eastern Palace. I don't want to have to fight him for offspring all the time!" Ye Jingchen felt annoyed just thinking about it.
“You have no idea how terrible parents who pressure their children to get married can be!” he said to Xie Chang’an.
Before he transmigrated into the book, his parents had been pressuring him to get married for ten years. At the worst point, his mother even threatened to kill herself, as if he had committed some unforgivable crime if he didn't get married!
His parents were ashamed of him simply because he didn't want to marry just anyone and have children without a clear plan. They thought he was worthless and made them unable to hold their heads up in front of relatives and friends.
His parents were ordinary people and they were already like this, let alone him who now has the throne to inherit!
I can't bear to think about it! I can't bear to think about it!
“But if someone with ulterior motives finds out about this, they will try every means to humiliate you behind your back! People’s words are terrifying! You can’t imagine how nasty those people who are not even worth a hair on your head will say behind your back when they finally feel that they can surpass you in something!” Xie Chang’an said.
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