Chapter 59, to be continued tonight?
As soon as Chu Yunjin sat down in the car, she nestled lazily in Yan Cang's arms: "I'm a little tired."
Yan Cang wrapped his arms around her waist to prevent her from falling off due to the jolting of the carriage.
"We didn't even get to see Mother Consort today when we entered the palace," Chu Yunjin said with some guilt. "I wonder if Mother Consort is eating well and sleeping well in the Cold Palace."
"Don't worry." Yan Cang squeezed her hand. "Mother is fine."
Hearing this, Chu Yunjin felt slightly relieved.
Yan Cang said it was good, so it must really be good.
After all, he wielded considerable power, and it would be easy for him to use his influence in the palace to ensure his mother's comfortable life.
Chu Yunjin's voice was soft and sweet: "Yan Cang."
"Um?"
"I think the royal family is a very complicated place."
Yan Cang frowned: "Were you frightened by what happened today?"
"You arrived just in time, so I wasn't really scared." Chu Yunjin sighed softly, adjusted her position, and almost curled up in his arms. "I just suddenly realized that many people actually live with masks on. No one knows what they are really like. Gentleness on the surface is not necessarily true gentleness, and pampering is not necessarily true pampering. There may be scheming hidden under gentleness, and there may be other secrets behind pampering."
Yan Cang looked down at her: "Who are you talking about?"
"Didn't you understand?" Chu Yunjin opened her eyes wide and looked at him expectantly. "I was talking about Prince Consort Wen."
Yan Cang seemed not to understand his meaning.
“The Prince Consort Wen doesn’t really love the Princess. He’s been pretending all these years.” Chu Yunjin frowned deeply. “The three adopted children of the Wen family are all the Prince Consort Wen’s biological children. I have already told the Princess about this. The Princess put on a show at her birthday banquet, pretending to be pregnant to test the Prince Consort Wen’s reaction. Sure enough, the Prince Consort Wen gave himself away.”
Yan Cang stared at her intently for a long time without saying a word.
"What's wrong?" Chu Yunjin gave an embarrassed smile. "Was I too impulsive?"
Yan Cang shook his head: "No."
Chu Yunjin breathed a sigh of relief.
“I just feel that you…” Yan Cang carefully chose his words, “have suddenly become intelligent and perceptive, and much more opinionated than before.”
Chu Yunjin felt ashamed.
Don't praise her like that, it makes her feel guilty.
"But I was a bit too impulsive, wasn't I?" She pursed her lips, somewhat regretting not discussing it with Yan Cang beforehand. "Today's matter will actually have many uncertain outcomes. If the Princess doesn't trust me, I will offend both the Princess and Consort Wen at the same time, and also alert the enemy, allowing Consort Wen to prepare in advance."
"Even if the Princess believed me, if she hadn't suddenly faked her pregnancy, but instead waited until all the guests had left in the afternoon before making such a deception, it would have been just as easy to alert the enemy. Because I later discovered that Princess Ning'an was very likely already under the control of the Wen family father and son, and the Princess might no longer be a free person."
"Then, after entering the palace and seeing the Empress Dowager's reaction, I belatedly realized that the Empress Dowager's favor towards the Eldest Princess might also have other hidden reasons. If the Eldest Princess had no defenses against the Empress Dowager and rashly revealed the matter of the false pregnancy, would the Empress Dowager tell the Consort Wen about it?"
Chu Yunjin was somewhat annoyed: "Too much uncertainty has taught me that I can't be so reckless next time."
Yan Cang didn't speak, just listened quietly as she analyzed the possible consequences of her impulsive actions. Hearing her analyze the various possibilities gave him a strange sense of peace.
He held her in his arms and said, "Do whatever you think is right. I'll cover for you if anything goes wrong."
Chu Yunjin turned her head, her eyes landing uncertainly on his face: "Really?"
"Um."
Chu Yunjin asked, "If I really get beaten up today, how will you seek justice for me?"
“You won’t get beaten up,” Yan Cang said. “With Ade here, no one can touch you.”
Chu Yunjin was surprised, then frowned and pondered: "Ade knows martial arts?"
Yan Cang nodded: "Mm."
Chu Yunjin suddenly hugged him and kissed him, then asked fiercely, "Yan Cang, tell me the truth! What else are you hiding from me?"
Yan Cang smiled, took her hand and kissed it lightly: "I've never hidden Ade's martial arts skills from you, it's just that you weren't interested in knowing before, and you never asked me about it later."
Chu Yunjin gave a soft snort.
Yan Cang adored her proud and aloof demeanor and couldn't resist leaning down to kiss her: "Shall we continue our wedding night tonight?"
Chu Yunjin's eyes widened, then her face flushed red: "Be serious."
“I’m very serious.” Yan Cang’s voice was pleasant, with a hint of seduction. “Don’t you want to rescue your mother? I have the best way.”
"What method?"
"If you can get pregnant, Father Emperor might soften his heart and agree to release Mother."
Upon hearing this, Chu Yunjin was immediately intrigued: "Really?"
If being pregnant could save the Imperial Concubine, it sounds like a good deal, since they wouldn't lose anything.
"Hmm." Yan Cang nodded. "Father has nine sons. The eldest brother has virtually no chance of marrying in this lifetime. The second brother is famous, so marriage is a distant dream. He has no interest in women and only likes to study everything related to criminal law, so he has no children. The third brother is timid as a mouse, but he does have a wife, however he..."
Seeing his hesitant expression, and remembering the Third Prince's reputation for being cowardly, Chu Yunjin's face showed a strange look: "He wouldn't be so cowardly as to not even dare to get close to his wife, would he?"
Yan Cang chuckled: "Anyway, they haven't had any children since they got married."
Chu Yunjin remained silent for a long time before saying, "The Fifth Prince, Prince Jin, also has no son."
It sounds like they're cursed; they're all either homosexuals or have no interest in women.
Chu Yunjin suddenly remembered a book called "The War King Has No Heir, I Have Triples and Am Pampered by the Royal Family". Her lips twitched involuntarily. Could it be that she really had to develop in this direction?
She gave birth to triplets and was subsequently pampered by the royal family.
Ha, forget it. Giving birth to one child is already excruciatingly painful and a lot of suffering. She's not willing to have three in one pregnancy.
Although Yan Cang's title is not War King, he is a prince who leads troops, so there is no difference between him and War King.
Chu Yunjin leaned on his shoulder, and the idea of the War King having no heir reminded her of Pei Yi'an. The story of Pei Yi'an and Yan Jinyue should be called "The General Wants to Marry a Second Wife? I Cancel the Engagement and He Regrets It." She suddenly laughed out loud.
Yan Cang gazed at her smiling eyes and couldn't help but smile along, asking in confusion, "What are you laughing at?"
Chu Yunjin sat up and looked at Yan Cang seriously: "Are there any bookstores in the capital that sell interesting storybooks?"
Yan Cang frowned: "Storybooks?"
Chu Yunjin asked, "If I wanted to write some stories and then print them into storybooks to make money, would you support me?"
With readily available material, she only needs to slightly adapt and polish it to write a complete novel; after all, the ending is up to the author.
I'm just killing time anyway, might as well earn some extra money.
Yan Cang remained silent for a moment: "You are a princess, are you sure you want to write this kind of thing?"
Chu Yunjin hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but wonder if Yan Cang thought that vernacular novels were not suitable for high society.
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