The next day, the Prince of Zhenbei secretly set off back to the capital and knocked on the door of the Crown Prince's residence late at night.
Yan Wu invited him into the study for a detailed discussion.
As soon as he sat down, Yan Wu got straight to the point, "I wish to ascend the throne ahead of schedule, and I need the full support of the Prince of Zhenbei."
The Prince of Zhenbei had just sat down in his chair when he was so startled by the sudden words that he almost fell off. He quickly steadied himself and forgot all the words he had prepared on his way there to plead for the Crown Princess.
"Why does Your Highness suddenly have such a thought? You are already the Crown Prince, why take this risk?"
He may be a princeling, but he never thought of rebelling!
“These days, Father has been paying more and more attention to the Fifth Prince. He is in good health and can live for at least another ten years. Can the Prince of Zhenbei guarantee that I will still be the Crown Prince in ten years?”
"That...that won't do, it's too risky! One wrong move and you could face the annihilation of your entire family!" The Prince of Zhenbei refused without a second thought.
"You've spent over twenty years on the frontier, don't you want to return to the capital? The Prince of Zhenbei's mansion has no hereditary system, don't you want to secure a good future for your descendants and elevate the Yang family to a higher level?"
“You are my father-in-law, and I only dare to say these rebellious things to you because I trust you. I would never trust anyone else with my secrets. Besides, since I dare to bring this up, it means I am confident that I can make it happen. I only want my father to abdicate early, and I will not harm him.”
"What will become of the Crown Princess and the future of the Yang family depends entirely on your choice. If you help me, you will become a meritorious official of the Great Liang. If you don't help me, I won't hold it against you. However, I will no longer help her conceal the matter of the Crown Princess."
Yan Wu painted a rosy picture for him.
Following his words, the Prince of Zhenbei thought about it. Ever since his daughter married into the Crown Prince's residence, the Prince of Zhenbei's residence and the Crown Prince's residence had been in the same boat. If the Crown Prince's actions failed, the Prince of Zhenbei's residence would be implicated regardless of whether it had participated or not.
It would be better to...
He sat in his seat, his expression solemn, saying nothing.
Yan Wu did not urge him, but picked up a teacup, brewed a cup of tea himself, and poured it for him.
After a long silence, the Prince of Zhenbei seemed to have made up his mind, "Since Your Highness has made up your mind, I will do my best to help you. However, I have three requests."
"Please speak."
"First, I hope Your Highness can put aside past grievances and pretend that the foolish things the Crown Princess did never happened. After this is done, she must be the Empress."
Yan Wu smiled slightly and solemnly assured him, "Of course. No matter what happened before, she will always be Yan Huainan's wife, and when she ascends the throne, she will also be Yan Huainan's empress."
The Prince of Zhenbei nodded in satisfaction, "Second..."
...
Two hours later, the Prince of Zhenbei left the Crown Prince's residence, mounted his horse, and quietly returned to the northern frontier.
When Yan Wu returned to Qingfeng Garden, it was past midnight, and the garden was quiet. He sat by the bed for a while, waiting for the chill to dissipate, before taking off his outer garment and quietly lying down next to Yan Chaoxi.
As soon as he lay down, the person next to him swarmed closer to him.
"Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"Can't sleep? How did your talk with the Prince of Zhenbei go?"
In the darkness, Yan Wuneng could see those bright, curious eyes. He tapped the little princess's nose and said lazily, "With me taking action, how could he possibly refuse?"
"How did you get him to agree?" After all, this is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family!
Yan Wu didn't hide anything from her, "I agreed to several conditions, one of which was to make her daughter empress."
Yan Chaoxi's eyes widened suddenly, and she turned away angrily, "I knew it! You men are all the same! You'll do anything for power. Go to the Crown Princess's place and stop lying in my bed!"
Yan Wu quickly sat up and leaned closer to her, saying, "Why won't you let me finish?"
"I did agree, but my agreement was that if Yan Huainan ascended the throne, she would be the empress. What does that have to do with me, Yan Wu?"
Yan Chaoxi, “…” This guy is playing word games?!
She pinched the flesh on his waist; it was hard as a rock. Before she even used any force, she heard the man next to her hiss and gasp.
Yan Chaoxi snorted and warned him, "You're the one who talks so slowly. If you scare me again, you can go sleep outside."
Yan Wu sighed and complained with a wronged tone, "The princess used to be so attached to me, but now that she's pregnant, she keeps kicking me out of bed. I can't help but wonder if the princess only sees me as someone to borrow her seed."
Yan Chaoxi: (☉_☉) The truth is out.
Yan Wu had only said it casually, but after not hearing her response for a long time, the smile on his face gradually faded. "...Do you really only see me as a tool for having children?"
He recalled that from the very beginning, Yan Chaoxi had never said she liked him; she had only expressed her dislike for the Crown Prince and her unwillingness to serve him in bed. In the restaurant, he had forcefully kissed her, frightening her to tears…
My heart sank to the bottom.
He had always thought that he and Yan Chaoxi were in love, but it turns out... they weren't.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he laughed at himself. He turned her around and asked, "Does the princess regret following me?"
Yan Chaoxi had no idea that he had imagined so much in such a short time, and she nodded in confusion.
"It's no use regretting it now, there's no medicine for regret in this world!" Yan Wu snorted coldly in anger and embarrassment, and opened his mouth to bite her delicate lips.
Yan Chaoxi, “?” What is there to regret?
It took her a long time, until she was dizzy from the kisses, to understand that this man was inexplicably making himself miserable.
Thinking nonsense.
After the kiss, as the man held her possessively, Yan Chaoxi said softly, "Although I don't know where you came to the conclusion that I don't like you, since you think so, then you can burn all those clothes in the wardrobe that are used for bedroom pleasures. Anyway, after the baby is born, we won't need you as a tool anymore, and we won't need marital relations either."
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