The next day, Tian Yu was forced to kneel in front of the Imperial Study. The passing eunuchs and palace maids pointed and whispered among themselves. When Prince Wu heard about this, he came to see the Emperor early in the morning, but the Emperor refused to see him. Prince Wu stood behind Tian Yu, shielding her from the sunlight, and said, "If Father Emperor refuses to see me, I can't help you."
"His Majesty doesn't want to know the truth, so naturally he doesn't want to see you. Your Highness, you should go back. I'm fine."
"But can you handle it?"
"It's alright, I can still manage," Tian Yu said with a wry smile. The Crown Prince and the Emperor just wanted her to suffer a bit; what did they care about the truth?
"Don't worry, I'll think of a way. Just hang in there a little longer."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Prince Wu left in a hurry.
After kneeling for an unknown amount of time, Tian Yu felt her vision blurring and everything spinning. Then her body went limp and she collapsed. Zhao Moyan rushed forward and caught the unconscious Tian Yu. Tian Yu murmured, "Zhao Moyan."
"I'm here." Zhao Moyan picked up Tian Yu and carried her back to his residence. He hated her to death. He had only asked Prince Wu to intervene, but seeing her like this, he still took action.
When Tian Yu woke up again, only Li Xingyun was beside her. Tian Yu got up and said, "Brother, who brought me back?"
"My lord, lie down! Lie down! Don't move!"
Where are the others?
"They've already left."
"I'm fine, I just feel a little dizzy from kneeling for so long."
"Do you know that you are pregnant?" Li Xingyun whispered in Tian Yu's ear.
Tian Yu looked up at Li Xingyun in surprise and asked uncertainly in a low voice, "You said I'm pregnant?!"
"Yes, it should have been almost a month."
"Impossible! Are you sure you're not mistaken? Why don't you take another look?" Tian Yu was so frightened that she raised her hand to let Li Xingyun take another look.
"I've tried it several times already, really!"
"When I was sick last time, didn't you tell me that my body was too cold and it would be difficult for me to have children? How could I possibly get pregnant!" Tian Yu asked in disbelief. She had worried about it before, but she had never gotten pregnant, so she hadn't paid much attention to it.
“Your health is indeed not good, but there is still a possibility that you are pregnant. You should ask the Marquis how you got pregnant.”
"You told him."
"Not yet. What are you planning to do? Why don't you tell Zhao Moyan and ask him to take you away from here?"
"Leave here? Where to go?"
"Anywhere is fine."
"No, he hasn't avenged himself yet. He's a marquis of the Wu Kingdom. I can't ruin him. Even if he doesn't say it, he'll regret it for the rest of his life. I can't let him do that."
"And what about you? This can't be kept secret."
"I know, let me calm down first." Tian Yu placed her hand on her abdomen, thinking to herself, "My child, you've come at the wrong time. Your mother might not be able to save you. Don't blame your mother."
"They're still waiting outside."
"Brother, don't tell anyone about this yet. I'll figure something out."
“Tian Yu, this is the palace, we can’t hide it from you. Besides, you’re not in good health, there’s danger.”
"Brother, I'm begging you, please help me just this once. I'll keep it a secret for as long as I can. Don't worry about anything else, I'll take good care of myself."
"Okay, I promise you, but you must promise me that you will find a way to notify me immediately if anything happens."
"Yes, don't worry, I'll be fine."
"I'll get you some medication to relieve your pregnancy symptoms."
"good."
Li Xingyun went out and briefly explained Tian Yu's condition to the Crown Prince and the others. He said that she had been seriously ill before and was very weak. She had fainted today because she was forced to kneel as punishment and needed to rest. With Li Xingyun's help, Tian Yu was finally able to rest peacefully for a while.
The Li family refused to let the matter rest, but Zhao Moyan discovered the source of the medicine: it had been brought in from outside by a palace maid serving Li Weiwei. Under pressure from Prince Wu and the Tang family, the Emperor finally calmed things down, punishing Li Weiwei with a month of confinement, and the Crown Prince was also reprimanded. Of course, Tian Yu knew nothing of this; she only knew that Prince Wu had pleaded with the Emperor for leniency, which led to the matter being resolved. Tian Yu hadn't wanted to make things difficult for Li Weiwei, knowing she had already been punished and suffered mental health issues, and didn't want to dwell on it further. Besides, she hadn't come here to compete for favor; they had all been forced into this situation.
With Li Xingyun's help, Tian Yu enjoyed a few peaceful days. In the palace, she was kind to everyone and treated the maids who served her exceptionally well. Furthermore, given her status as "Tian Xiansheng" (Master Tian), the princess's maids and eunuchs treated her with great respect, some even admiring her and appreciating her poetry. Tian Yu naturally wanted to be close to them, so the matter of Zhao Moyan's impending marriage became the subject of much discussion in the palace. Everyone said they were a perfect match, a match made in heaven, and every word reached Tian Yu's ears. Whether intentional or not, it disturbed her peace of mind, but no one dared to speak openly, always discussing it behind her back.
Now, when Tian Yu encounters Zhao Moyan in the palace, she doesn't dare to look up. She always lowers her head and hurriedly leaves. Sometimes, if she sees him approaching from afar, she quickly takes a detour. But if she doesn't see him for a day, she searches everywhere for his figure until she sees him, only then feeling at ease. Thus, the two always meet on their usual route, yet remain strangers. The nanny teaches Tian Yu etiquette and manners daily, showing her around the palace. The day of Zhao Moyan's wedding draws closer: five days, four days, three days, two days. Tian Yu silently counts the days, but her heart grows colder and colder, feeling as if it's about to stop beating. Sometimes, she sits at her desk for a long time, holding a brush, but her mind is elsewhere, motionless for a very long time. On the last night, the Crown Prince even comes to Tian Yu and says, "Crown Princess, tomorrow is the wedding of the Marquis of Zhenbei. We must go together to celebrate. I have already prepared the wedding gifts."
Tian Yu remained silent for a long time, feeling a thousand and ten thousand times unwilling and disagreeing, but still smiled and looked at the Crown Prince, saying, "Yes, Your Highness."
After the Crown Prince left, Tian Yu dragged her weary body and mind to her desk, trying to write something to distract herself and calm down. But she couldn't write anything; every stroke she made was: Zhao Moyan. Angrily, she crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it away, writing and throwing it away again, until finally she swept everything on the desk to the floor. Completely broken, she collapsed and cried, but dared not make a sound, afraid the palace guards outside would hear. She cried for an unknown amount of time before suddenly remembering she was pregnant. Touching her flat stomach, she wiped away her tears, looked at the mess on the floor, got up, tidied up, burned all the crumpled papers she had thrown away, and then lay down on the bed and closed her eyes.
How could she possibly fall asleep? Tomorrow, Zhao Moyan was to marry Miss Cui! They would never be together again. After their wedding, it would be her turn with the Crown Prince. The more she thought about it, the more painful and oppressive it became. Tian Yu felt that she, like Li Weiwei, was experiencing mental problems. Sometimes, even when she was very tired and sleepy, she couldn't fall asleep. She always had dreams. She would turn over, hug the blanket, and tell herself not to think about these things anymore. She would try to recall the English poems she had learned before, hoping to temporarily forget these things. So she started reciting them. In the quiet night, only the incomprehensible language from Tian Yu's mouth could be heard echoing throughout the room until Tian Yu fell asleep from exhaustion. The eunuch outside the door was already terrified, as if he had heard a ghost whispering.
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