Chu Jinyao was about to say "Your Highness", but she held it back. Qin Yi had heard the noise a long time ago, but he had been holding himself back from looking. Even so, when he caught sight of Chu Jinyao's figure, he still couldn't help feeling distressed.

How could she have lost so much weight? Her belly was getting bigger and bigger, but she was getting thinner and thinner.

There were still many people in the Qianqing Palace. The emperor was sitting at the top. Seeing this, he said, "Now that you have met someone, you should feel relieved."

Qin Yi retracted his gaze and nodded gently to the emperor on the dragon throne: "Since she is safe, I will keep my promise and take people out of Beijing to the border."

Chu Jinyao couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this: "Your Highness..."

Qin Yi turned his head and glanced at Chu Jinyao, his eyes full of comfort. Chu Jinyao received Qin Yi's meaning and suppressed her worries.

What did Qin Yi say to the emperor before she arrived? The situation in the capital is so tense now. Once Qin Yi leaves the capital, doesn't it mean that he will hand over the power and credit that are within his reach?

But the emperor was obviously satisfied when he heard this. He summoned Qin Yi to the palace, but he didn't expect Qin Yi to really come to the capital alone. He also took the initiative to propose that the matter of rebuilding the imperial guards be fully transferred to the Ministry of War, while he would go to the border to clear out the remaining Wala soldiers. Qin Yi delegated power so smoothly that the emperor was satisfied and also felt a little guilty.

Maybe he was really too harsh on Qin Yi, but there is only one master of the country. Even if the country has to be handed over to the new master after his death, this person must be selected by the emperor himself.

Prince Su was now full of joy. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. If Qin Yi leaves the capital, the capital will be his, Qin Ji's, world. The emperor is not in good health now. If there is an accident, Qin Yi can't even rush back. Prince Su felt quite pleasantly surprised. He prepared for many possibilities, but he didn't expect Qin Yi to let go so easily.

Prince Su glanced in the direction of Chu Jinyao and sneered in his heart. He loved beauty more than the country. He didn't expect his royal brother to be such a fool. He hoped that Qin Yi would not regret it after leaving the center of power.

The emperor and Prince Su relaxed. Qin Yi said to the emperor, "The court has nothing to do with women. If you have anything to say, just say it to me. There is no need to involve her. She is pregnant now, so send her back first."

Of course, the emperor had no objection to such trivial matters. The emperor was not the type to make things difficult for women. Seeing the emperor's agreement, the eunuch behind Qin Yi immediately walked towards Chu Jinyao. Seeing the person approaching step by step, Chu Jinyao suddenly had a very strange feeling.

The eunuch was halfway there when a voice suddenly sounded in the hall: "Wait a minute."

Fang Pucun suddenly stopped the eunuch's action. He glanced at Qin Yi, turned around and saluted to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I think this is not possible."

"Why?" The emperor was very confused. Not only him, but Prince Su next to him was a little annoyed, secretly hating Fang Pucun for being too talkative.

After hearing what Qin Yi said, the emperor and Prince Su relaxed a lot, but Fang Pucun was the only one who was still tense. He glanced at Qin Yi again, and decided to trust his intuition: "It is a good thing that the prince is willing to go to the border to defend against the enemy, but the border is dangerous, and the princess is a woman and it is not suitable to go with him. In this case, let the princess stay in the palace and let the prince go to the border by himself." As

soon as Fang Pucun finished speaking, the people behind Qin Yi immediately showed an angry expression, this bastard who read the books of sages in vain! Prince Su also suddenly realized that this was the case. If Qin Yi took Chu Jinyao away, he would have nothing to do in the capital, and who knew what he would do. But if Chu Jinyao stayed in the capital, they could control Qin Yi's actions.

Fang Pu is indeed good at calculating people's hearts.

Thinking of this, Prince Su also said, "Master Fang is right. The Crown Princess is in poor health. When a little grandson or princess is born in the future, it will not be suitable for the climate at the border. It is better for her to stay in the capital. Not only can the people in the palace take care of her nearby, but the Crown Prince can also lead the army to fight the enemy with peace of mind."

This was extremely shameless. Qin Yi remained calm and said, "My Crown Princess doesn't need anyone else to take care of her. The border is not suitable for her. Even if it's snowing hard, there are people living there."

Chu Jinyao also nodded quickly: "I am not afraid of the hardship at the border. If the prince goes to guard the border, I am willing to follow him."

Fang Pucun hit the nail on the head at this time, and said coldly: "The Crown Princess and the Prince are really in love. In this case, it is even more inappropriate for the Crown Princess to leave the capital. What if the Prince takes the Crown Princess away from the capital and immediately counterattacks the capital? Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has no intention of rebelling, it doesn't matter whether the Crown Princess is by his side or not. "

The emperor's eyes were visibly hesitant. Qin Yi saw it and said coldly: "Whether I have the intention to rebel or not is not something a woman can decide? If I really have evil intentions, what's wrong with detaining a woman in the palace? I don't have only this one child. If I really have this idea, When the Xuanfu Incident happened, it would have been possible to take advantage of the situation and establish myself as the emperor, but I didn't do it. Now I am returning to the palace according to the imperial edict. Who has evil intentions and who wants to incite people to gain benefits? Can't the emperor see it? "

Chu Jinyao sighed secretly when she heard this. Qin Yi and Fang Pucun were both masters of calculating people's hearts and stirring up discord. Now that the two of them met, the back and forth was really silent and bloody. Chu Jinyao decided to hide quietly aside. In this situation, it was a fight between gods, and she should not get involved.

As for what Qin Yi said, Chu Jinyao didn't care much. In an emergency, he deliberately lowered her position for her own good. Chu Jinyao understood, so she didn't take it to heart.

Prince Su was unable to stand and stepped forward to express his position: "Father, I am a loyal and filial son. I hope you can understand."

Qin Yi glanced at him and said coldly: "I didn't say anything about you. Why are you rushing to admit it? Are you guilty?"

Prince Su was suddenly speechless. He couldn't help but feel a little resentful. Qin Yi has always been like this. It's natural for him to be arrogant and domineering, and they deserve to be stepped on by Qin Yi and pave the way for Qin Yi. It was like this when he was a child, it was like this when he was young and studied with the tutor, and it was still like this now that Qin Yi was weak. Prince Su was really fed up.

Prince Su's face was ashen. Fang Pucun glanced at him and sneered in his heart that he was not going to show up. Fang Pucun took a step forward and fought Qin Yi in person, but his target was not Qin Yi, but the emperor at the top: "Your Majesty, the prince went to the border to show his loyalty, but there are many soldiers and horses at the border, and no one can guarantee what will happen. Therefore, the Crown Princess should not leave the palace. Please understand, Your Majesty."

The emperor thought about it and was finally persuaded by Fang Pucun: "Qin Yi, since you are going to lead the troops, fighting and killing all day long is not good for the women, so let the Crown Princess stay in the palace. Everything in the palace is ready, and it will be easier to take care of the child when he comes out in the future."

Qin Yi suppressed his anger and said to the emperor: "You asked the tutor to teach me benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, and family and country since I was a child, so I refused the Wala to enter the pass and defended the capital. I did all this because of your kindness. For this ancestral land. Now you listen to their words and let me leave the capital. If the emperor wants his subjects to die, they have to die. Since you don’t believe me, then I will let you go as you wish. But you are also a family man. At the beginning, just because I offended Xiao Qi, you sent me to the border without saying a word. Now, you want me to abandon my wife and children and go to the border alone to fight for you? I still call you father now. Tell me yourself, are you doing this for me and for my mother?"

The emperor looked embarrassed, and finally said with guilt: "I know I am sorry for Wenxiao. When I go to the underworld in the future, I will apologize to her. But now, you still have to keep the Crown Princess to prove your innocence."

"Prove your innocence..." Qin Yi recited these four words and couldn't help but smile coldly at the emperor, "You are innocent, why do you need to prove yourself. I used to think that even if you don't have the authority of a monarch or the manners of a father, you are at least a man of affection and righteousness, but your current behavior is disgusting. Some time ago, you would rather empty the national treasury to let Empress Qi have a grand funeral, and now, you actually say such a thing?"

The emperor turned his head away and no longer looked at Qin Yi. The eunuchs below understood what the emperor meant, and immediately came over to pull Chu Jinyao: "Crown Princess, your servant will escort you back."

Chu Jinyao was surrounded by people in an instant. She looked at Qin Yi across the crowd and found that Qin Yi was also looking at her. Chu Jinyao probably understood why Qin Yi did this. It was not good to be accused of conspiracy to rebel all the time. So Qin Yi retreated to advance and started over in a place that was neither too far nor too close but without any spies. Qin Yi even risked his life to enter the palace. Now this retreat has been successful. After this incident, the emperor will no longer doubt Qin Yi. It is the turn of Prince Su to be suspected when he is released. The great cause is half done. Chu Jinyao has been under house arrest for a month. There is actually no loss in house arrest for a while longer.

Chu Jinyao was surrounded by eunuchs. Linglong supported Chu Jinyao's arm angrily and patiently. At this moment, Chu Jinyao ignored the turmoil around her. She shook her head quietly to Qin Yi across the crowd. "

Put the overall situation first," Chu Jinyao said to Qin Yi.

Qin Yi felt as if half a lifetime had passed at that moment. "Put the overall situation first," the counselors in the East Palace said, as did the confidants in the Imperial Guards. But what is the overall situation?

When he was sixteen, he put the overall situation first, so he was sent to the border. When he was seventeen, he put the overall situation first, and his mind was full of national affairs and fighting against foreign enemies. So he didn't know that Chu Jinyao was being robbed of her money and killed, he didn't know that she was being treated with contempt, and he almost didn't know when she was forced to be a concubine. Now, after many years, they are married and their first child is about to be born. Chu Jinyao has suffered so much injustice in the palace because of him. Now in danger, will he leave Chu Jinyao alone in this cannibalistic palace for the sake of the so-called overall situation?

Qin Yi asked himself, if he were replaced in the position of the emperor, facing a son who intends to rebel, if this pregnancy is a boy, would he keep this child as a threat to himself?

No, if it were Qin Yi, he would definitely kill this child unknowingly. Qin Yi is in the royal family, he understands the mind of royal men best, I would rather let the world let me down than let the world let me down, a baby of the next generation is over, killing it forever is the first method to consider.

If the child died, could Chu Jinyao still live?

Qin Yi and Chu Jinyao stared at each other for a long time, and his fingers hidden under his sleeves suddenly moved.

Chu Jinyao had always regretted that she had no chance to see Qin Yi shoot that arrow on the city wall in front of thousands of troops many years ago. That was actually the opportunity for them to meet. The young and energetic crown prince, the unknown lady who had just returned home, and the emperor and the young queen who were distant and mysterious to her at the time, this arrow firmly linked their destinies together. Although Chu Jinyao did not see Qin Yi's heroic figure at that time with her own eyes, she must have thought that Qin Yi's archery skills were outstanding.

Now, Chu Jinyao watched with eyes wide open as time went backwards and the scene reappeared. A cold light flew out from Qin Yi's sleeves, passing over Chu Jinyao's hair with a fierce sound, and accurately penetrated the chest of the eunuch who was holding her. Immediately afterwards, the eunuch-like people behind Qin Yi also attacked. Judging from their eyes and movements, they were not eunuchs at all.

Qin Yi was determined to launch a palace coup. And judging from the expressions of those fake eunuchs, this was probably the worst option.

The eunuchs around Chu Jinyao fell one by one, while Chu Jinyao stood there unscathed. The remaining few people finally reacted and immediately drew their swords and rushed towards Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao was shocked and frightened, shaking uncontrollably. Suddenly, she burst out with great strength. She pulled out her hairpin with a thud, and stabbed it in a place she could see and reach, not caring who it was. The hairpin was poisoned, and the intimidation effect was very good. In just a moment, Qin Yi had rushed to Chu Jinyao's side. He grabbed Chu Jinyao's shoulders. Before Chu Jinyao could say anything, Qin Yi pushed her into the hands of the eunuch behind him.

"Take the Crown Princess away!"

Chu Jinyao was anxious, and chased Qin Yi for two steps, but was stopped by the guards behind him without saying anything: "Your Highness!"

Qin Yi did not look back.

Chu Jinyao was hurriedly escorted out of the Qianqing Palace. When the guards outside heard something was wrong, they immediately rushed to the palace to rescue her. At this time, Qin Yi's people hiding outside also took the opportunity to attack, and the whole palace was in chaos.

Chu Jinyao was forced to run after someone who was not sure whether it was a eunuch or a guard. After running for a while, Chu Jinyao could not hold on any longer and fell to the ground holding her stomach.

Linglong also followed out in the chaos. When she saw this scene, she shouted in panic: "The amniotic fluid broke, it's over, the Crown Princess is having a miscarriage!"

The person who was ordered to escort Chu Jinyao out was also panicked. He had never seen a woman giving birth, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but panic: "What should we do? Should we go and ask His

Highness for instructions?" "Don't go!" Chu Jinyao suddenly burst out with amazing strength, almost shouting with all her strength, "Don't distract him. Hurry back to Ciqing Palace. If it doesn't work, find a nearby palace. The best thing to do now is to induce labor, otherwise the amniotic fluid will be broken for too long and the baby will suffocate to death."

"But..." The guard hesitated. He was the one who followed the prince into the palace disguised as a eunuch. The coup was supposed to be a precaution, but the prince still did it. From a man's perspective, the guard could understand why the prince did this, but the prince started the rebellion for the princess. Now the princess was frightened and gave birth prematurely. It looked like she was in danger. Would he really not tell the prince about such a big thing?

"No one is allowed to go." Chu Jinyao's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his hair was wet in a moment. His face was as pale as wax. Even so, Chu Jinyao still tried his best and insisted, "He can't be distracted now. Help me back to Ciqing Palace. No one is allowed to disturb him."

Fang Pucun and Prince Su had been spreading rumors for a long time. No one thought that Qin Yi would actually rebel. Once this step is taken, there is no turning back. Either he kills his father and forces himself to be the emperor, or he dies without a complete body and leaves a bad reputation for thousands of years. There is no third possibility.

Chu Jinyao can see that Qin Yi's rebellion was done out of helplessness and he acted in a panic. How could the other people in Qianqing Palace not know? If Qin Yi had shot the first arrow at the emperor, he might have had a good chance of success. However, Qin Yi came to rescue Chu Jinyao and missed the best opportunity for a sneak attack. In this way, Qin Yi's situation was actually much more dangerous than Chu Jinyao's.

Chu Jinyao was willing to die in pain, but she couldn't let anyone use such a thing to disturb Qin Yi's mind.

Chu Jinyao couldn't make it to Ciqing Palace, so she hurriedly found an empty palace. Linglong roughly swept the dust and quickly helped Chu Jinyao lie down. The East Palace had prepared a lot for the Crown Princess's baby, but in the end, none of them were used. The guard hurried to the East Palace to bring in a stable mother. When Chu Jinyao was almost dying of her first premature birth, there was only a maid guarding her.

Linglong was so anxious that she was shaking all over, and her tears flowed uncontrollably. She had to guard Chu Jinyao and boil water at the same time. She almost wished she could give birth to two bodies. Linglong stumbled over to bring the water and quickly helped Chu Jinyao clean the nail crevices. Chu Jinyao's slender fingers tightly grasped the quilt, and the pale knuckles could almost be seen. If it weren't for today, Linglong couldn't imagine that Chu Jinyao had such great strength. There was poison hidden in the nails, and Linglong was afraid that Chu Jinyao would cut her fingers with force, so she wiped Chu Jinyao's nails while shivering. Her body trembled uncontrollably, but fortunately, not long after, Grandma Wen and Dingxiang finally came.

Chu Jinyao was in pain for a whole afternoon and a whole night. The surrounding conditions were poor. Chu Jinyao was really half on the verge of death. She only managed to hold on with one breath and not faint. Chu Jinyao didn't know how long she was in pain. She was almost unconscious, and even her mind began to drift. Finally, she heard a faint, thin cry like a kitten.

I don't know which palace maid shouted in surprise in her ear: "Crown Princess, it's a boy!"

The people around seemed to be crying and laughing. Chu Jinyao's eyes were blurry. She forced her eyelids to take a look at the newborn child, and suddenly an indescribable warmth surged in her heart. She was really exhausted, her lips were dry and her voice was hoarse, but even so, she held on to her last breath, grabbed the hand of the person beside her and asked, "Where is your highness?"

This night is famous in history books, but it is also covered up in every possible way. Many records are ambiguous and vague, as if they are deliberately blurring out something.

Because the official history is really ambiguous, countless scholars have argued endlessly about this thin page since then. Was Emperor Yan Cheng's succession to the throne a rebellion and a rebellion to force the emperor to establish himself?

The opponents spoke fiercely. Emperor Yan Cheng was already the crown prince before he succeeded to the throne, and he had made great military achievements and was very popular among the people. As a crown prince with a stable position, why did he risk rebellion? Others harp on the little details revealed in official history, such as why Prince Su died suddenly overnight after entering the palace when he had no serious illness, why many of the eunuchs in the Palace of Heavenly Purity disappeared without a trace, and why Emperor He of Yan issued an abdication edict that night without consulting the inner cabinet?

Later generations have endlessly commented on this, but at the moment when history happened, Qin Yi's black uniform had been stained with blood. It was not until dawn that the Palace of Heavenly Purity was finally cleaned and the emperor's edict of succession was drafted. The incident happened in the afternoon. Although the emperor was frightened, he managed to control the situation. He was waiting for the troops outside the palace to enter the palace to quell the rebellion and defend the king. However, the palace gates were suddenly closed. People outside noticed something was wrong but no one dared to enter the palace. The emperor waited until it was dark and then bright, and finally realized that he probably wouldn't wait for the righteous man.

After receiving the abdication edict, Qin Yi didn't stay for long and hurried to the harem. It was not until then that Qin Yi realized that Chu Jinyao had gone into labor prematurely due to the shock.

Qin Yi stood there for a long time, and when he reacted, he hurried to the delivery room. Standing in the unfamiliar, cramped palace, a nanny holding a swaddling child bowed to Qin Yi with a sense of relief: "Your Highness, the Crown Princess has just given birth to a son, and both mother and child are safe."

The eunuch standing behind Qin Yi wanted to remind the nanny that she should change her address, but Qin Yi waved his hand, indicating that it was no big deal. The palace maid brought the child to Qin Yi, and Qin Yi glanced at Qin Hongyan, who was still like a monkey at the time, and asked: "Where is the Crown Princess?"

"The Crown Princess is inside, and has fallen asleep."

After the old woman said this, she suddenly heard a slight noise coming from the room, and she was startled: "The Crown Princess spent so much energy last night, and she hasn't fallen asleep yet?"

Before she finished speaking, a dark shadow passed by the corner of her eye, and Qin Yi had already passed her and entered. The old lady opened her mouth and wanted to say something like there was blood in the delivery room and men were not allowed to enter, but when she saw Qin Yi's black clothes and the bloody warriors in the yard, she shut her mouth wisely.

Inside the house, Chu Jinyao was extremely tired and wanted to fall asleep several times, but there was always a line in her mind. When she woke up from her daze again, she saw Qin Yi sitting in front of the bed, looking like he wanted to take action but didn't dare to.

"Your Highness..." Chu Jinyao shouted weakly. She wanted to stand up, but after a long effort, she could only move her fingers slightly.

Qin Yi almost used up all his strength and gently held her fingers: "It's all right, I'm back."

Chu Jinyao lay weakly on the bed, and suddenly burst into tears. Qin Yi looked at her, distressed and helpless, and whispered: "Don't cry."

Don't cry, this is the first sentence they said when they met. Two people who were originally unrelated have been together since then.

- Don't cry.

- Who are you? Why are you in my jade pendant?

- ... My name is Qi Ze.

- Don't cry, I'm back.

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The author has something to say: When typing the three words "The whole text is over", a stream of tears suddenly welled up. The story of Qin Yi and Chu Jinyao ended. This is the first sentence they said when they met. The story started here and ended here.

I feel so sad as I write this, this familiar feeling, like a broken heart...

"The Prince" is my first attempt at a long romance novel. Because it involves a lot of rivalries and emotional developments between the male and female protagonists, when I first started writing it, I was worried whether I could write it well. But when Qin Yi appeared in the third chapter, I suddenly felt at ease. Yes, this is the prince I imagined.

Qin Yi went from being an arrogant and reckless young prince to taking on the righteousness of his country and family step by step, and finally supporting the government in the rebellion and growing into a qualified emperor. He was probably a very contradictory person, ruthless but willing to sacrifice himself for the people, devoted to the country but in the end really rebelled... At first, just because Rong Ke had a prince father, I suddenly fell in love with the identity of the prince, so I set up a completely different and almost vicious prince, but later I gradually liked Qin Yi, this unique character.

Chu Jinyao's progress is probably more obvious than Qin Yi's. From a timid real daughter at the beginning, to a quiet and elegant lady from a noble family, and then to a princess who is calm in the face of adversity, her career and emotional lines have always been the focus of the whole article. When I first set it up, I wanted to write a warm and quiet little girl who smiled like the sun. Later, when she didn't use a single dirty word and crookedly squeezed to become Concubine Shu, I silently exclaimed, it turns out that Chu Jinyao has grown up to this point. In fact,

I have always liked the emotional drama between Qin Yi and Chu Jinyao. It is very easy to write their rivalry, and it feels very warm. I really like this kind of relationship where all crises come from the outside world, and they trust each other and redeem each other. This kind of love in a fairy tale, let it stop here.

When I first met you, it was like an old friend returning.

There will probably be a few extra chapters next, and they will be updated at the original time. Having written this far, I am very grateful for the support of all readers for about three months. I am grateful to the readers who spent money to vote, the readers who poured nutrient solution, the readers who left comments, and even more grateful to every reader who subscribed. Without your support, it would be difficult for me to persist here. Encountering the story of "The Prince", I wish you all a happy life and find your destined male protagonist.

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The new article "I am a stepmother to my ex-husband" (Oh my God, this embarrassing name) is expected to be published on November 24. See you in the next story.

Well, the full text of "Prince" is over, and the court of Chu Jinyao and Qin Yi has come to an end.

This article is finished, recorded at 1:00 on November 16, 2018.