After the prince was reborn, he forced me to marry him and took me into the East Palace

"Ayuan, you misunderstood me. That's not what I meant." Gu Jingheng held Nanyuan's hand and looked at her with almost pleading eyes.

"I have never said that we want to separate, never. No matter what happens, we will not separate."

"A Yuan, please don't say such things again, okay?"

"Do you know that every time you say you want to leave me, it hurts me more than if a blunt knife were cutting my flesh?"

Gu Jingheng placed Nan Yuan's hand on his heart.

Through a thin layer of inner clothing, Nan Yuan could feel the rise and fall of Gu Jingheng's chest and its violent beating.

Her fingers trembled a few times, she looked up at him, and tried to retract her hand, but she could not move at all, and was held firmly in Gu Jingheng's hand.

"Gu Jingheng, let me go!"

Nan Yuan gritted her teeth, anger and grievance flashing in her eyes.

He always cared about his own thoughts, what he wanted and what he wanted to get, but he never cared about what she thought.

Did he ever ask her if she was willing to follow him back to the capital, back to that man-eating den, where she would have to be cautious and nervous at all times, afraid of making a mistake or angering someone she shouldn't offend?

Since the moment she was reborn, she has hardly had a good night's sleep in nearly a year.

Suffering from insomnia every night and worrying all day long, she would really go crazy if she stayed in the capital any longer.

"Gu Jingheng, please let me go, and that will also be considered as letting yourself go. This is my pleas, okay?"

Gu Jingheng looked at Nan Yuan, his heart felt like it was cut by a sharp blade, it was extremely painful.

If he could let go, he would have done so long ago.

But he couldn't control himself at all.

If someone runs away, he wants to find him. If he's alive, he wants to see the person; if he's dead, he wants to see the body.

If you want him to let go, it will never happen in this life unless he dies.

"Ayuan..." Gu Jingheng took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and said calmly, "The New Year is coming soon. The customs in Yangcheng are different from those in Beijing. It's quite lively. Ayuan, do you want to go out and take a look?"

It was just that Nan Yuan was too emotional right now and couldn't think clearly for a moment, so she said these words to him.

It’s okay, just relax and you’ll be fine once you figure it out.

It's not appropriate to talk about things when you are emotional.

Yes, not suitable.

For example, he did so many things that hurt Nan Yuan because he didn't calm down and acted impulsively, which led to the increasingly serious rift between them now.

Calm down first.

Correct.

"A Yuan must want to go out and take a look, right?"

It didn’t matter if Nan Yuan ignored him. It was enough for one of them to talk to him, neither too calm nor too noisy.

Having said this, Gu Jingheng sent someone to bring in the prepared clothes.

Just as he was about to put it on Nan Yuan, she refused.

"I can do it myself." Nan Yuan said.

He is always like this. He must solve the problems he wants to solve, but he just treats the problems she raised as her fooling around.

Gu Jingheng frowned, feeling vaguely uneasy.

He looked at Nan Yuan's delicate little face and wanted to get closer to her, but was afraid that his actions would make her angry.

"A Yuan, don't be willful."

Nan Yuan raised her eyes, with a hint of stubbornness in them, "Yes, I am willful in everything I do. Then why don't you just break my legs, cut off my tongue, turn me into a human pig, lock me in the room, and make me unable to do anything?"

"You're talking in anger again."

Gu Jingheng placed the clothes next to Nan Yuan and said, "Forget it, wear them yourself. I'll go out and wait for you."

He picked up his clothes, turned and walked out.

After closing the door gently, Gu Jingheng looked up at the sky, feeling lost.

White clouds are floating in the azure sky, and the sunlight is refracted through the clouds onto the ground, creating golden spots of light.

The sky on the border side is higher, farther, and bluer than that in the capital. There are no rules and regulations like in the capital, just a vast sky that stretches as far as the eye can see.

Gu Jingheng stood in the yard, stretching out his hands to block the glaring sunlight.

He knew that Nan Yuan had always been afraid of him, afraid of his identity, afraid of his power, and even more afraid of his erratic temper.

She was very scared in her previous life, and even more so in this life, so she wanted to escape and stay away from herself.

The frontier is far away from the capital, and Nan Yuan is less restricted by her identity as a prince, so she is freer here than in the capital. For example, if she were in the capital, she would never dare to tell him about her pregnancy.

If she doesn't tell him, it will be like a knife hanging over her head, making her feel extremely nervous.

She's so timid, it'll scare her.

Just tell him and let him solve it.

Just say it out loud!

It seems like it would be a good idea to spend some time here, at least Nan Yuan would not be so afraid of him.

Yes, not only did he have to stay away from the capital, he also had to stop acting like a prince. He had to be gentle and not be so suspicious, at least on the surface. Only in this way could Nan Yuan let down her guard against him.

He believed that as long as he gave her enough opportunities, Nan Yuan would eventually realize how good he was to her, would return to him, and would accept her fate.

As for the child, he couldn't tolerate him.

Nan Yuan guessed right about this point, he really couldn't tolerate it.

He would never allow the incident of his father's generation where the emperor was killed and his wife was stolen to happen again.

There is no need to rush regarding the child. He is only two months old and there is still time.

The important thing is to win back Nan Yuan's heart.

"Squeak-"

Nan Yuan changed her clothes, opened the door and walked out.

"A Yuan, let's go out for a walk. You haven't been to such a far place before, so take a look around."

Gu Jingheng took Nan Yuan's hand and walked outside.

"Aren't you very busy recently? How do you have time to stay here with me?"

"I'm busy, but no matter how busy I am, I can't miss the opportunity to accompany you. Wherever you are happy, I will stay with you, as long as you want."

Gu Jingheng first changed the way he addressed her, and then became more gentle as they got along afterwards.

For half a month, he arranged Nan Yuan's life perfectly, down to the smallest detail, even the ingredients for meals were carefully selected by him.

He knew that Nan Yuan loved to eat fish, so he went to the kitchen to learn how to make fish soup, saying that it was for her to nourish her body. It was really heartbreaking to see her so thin while pregnant.

Nan Yuan lowered her head and drank the fish soup without saying a word.

"Do you like it?" Gu Jingheng asked with a smile.

"Ah."

Her tone was so calm that one couldn't tell how much emotion was contained in it.

She was actually resisting in her heart. She didn't want Gu Jingheng to treat her so gently anymore. She was afraid that her firm decision would waver again.

Nan Yuan is a person who is soft-hearted and easily influenced by others.

If this continues, she really can't bear it.

"Then I'll do it for you next time." Gu Jingheng looked at Nan Yuan with a smile. He noticed the change in Nan Yuan's eyes. From her previous undisguised disgust towards him to now slowly accepting him hanging around in front of her, this was a very good thing, a very good change.

"No need." Nan Yuan's voice was a little nervous. She looked at Gu Jingheng and said, "You have been away for a long time. In the capital..."

"Let's not talk about that. I'm not the crown prince now. I'm just your husband. Taking care of you is the most important thing for me right now."

Gu Jingheng held Nan Yuan's shoulders, stared at her with deep eyes, and said, "Yuan, I have thought it through during this period. What I want is you as a person. No matter what you are like, I want you."

He looked at Nan Yuan's abdomen. It was less than three months old and the belly was not yet obvious.

"What are you going to do?" Nan Yuan became even more nervous. She put her hands on her abdomen and subconsciously wanted to hide to the side.

"What do you think I'm going to do?" Gu Jingheng smiled gently, looked at Nan Yuan and said, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to it."

"But, A Yuan, you have to remember that the baby in your belly is mine, and it has only been two months. From now on, no matter who asks you, you have to answer like this, otherwise, I can't protect this child, and I can't protect you either."

Nan Yuan looked at Gu Jingheng with a dazed look in her eyes, not quite understanding what he meant.

Gu Jingheng reached out and touched Nan Yuan's hair, and said, "Ayuan, even if I allow you to give birth to this child, my father will not allow you to confuse the royal bloodline. If the news spreads, everyone will force me to deal with you. I don't want that, and I don't want you to fall into that situation."

"So, A Yuan, you have to remember that the baby in your belly is mine. The time is only two months. Do you understand?"

Seeing that Nan Yuan had not yet recovered from the news, Gu Jingheng held Nan Yuan in his arms, gently stroked her back, and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, leave everything to me, trust me, I will protect you and won't let anyone bully you."

Nan Yuan was hugged by Gu Jingheng, and suddenly a sour feeling surged in her heart.

She knew Gu Jingheng best what kind of person he was. He couldn't tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes, let alone a living person.

But now he wants to acknowledge this child whose father is unknown. He... must be crazy.

Nan Yuan's lips trembled a little. She looked up at Gu Jingheng and asked, "Are you serious?"

"Every word I said is true. If you don't believe me, I will immediately draft an imperial edict when we return to the capital. As soon as the child is born, no, I will directly make him the crown prince when we return. How about that?"

Of course, they were all true. He would do all these things. But no one could say whether the child could be born or whether he would die young.

"I was born in the deep palace, so I know how hard it is for an unloved and unnamed child to live. I don't want your child to suffer this."

"I know I'm not a saint, and I can't guarantee that I won't be partial, so we just need one child. This way I can guarantee that I will only be good to it and the other child."

"This child is like a blank sheet of paper. When it is born, I say I am its father. If you don't tell it the truth, no one in this world will know this secret. I will always be its father. Let's raise it well together, okay?"

Nan Yuan's eyes were a little moist and tears couldn't stop falling.

Her body was trembling slightly. She couldn't believe that the proud Gu Jingheng would speak such humble words to her, and even hide it from his father for her and actively confuse the royal bloodline.

"Gu Jingheng, you don't have to do this." Nan Yuan's voice was a little choked: "Even I... I don't know who the father of this child is. Maybe he is a beggar, maybe a gambler, maybe someone I can't even imagine. I left it here... because..."

One reason was that she was really lonely. She made up her mind to leave Gu Jingheng, hide her identity, and even dared not go home. She wanted a child to accompany her.

Second, she knew that Gu Jingheng would never want a child that was not his, and she planned to use this child to force Gu Jingheng to give up her.

But she really didn't expect Gu Jingheng to say such a thing. He is the crown prince. If he acknowledges this child, or only has this one child, it would be a heinous act that would shake the foundation of the country!

"You don't have to, you really don't have to."

"Besides, I have no intention of going back to the capital with you, and I don't want this child to wade into muddy waters. You are the crown prince, and you know how difficult and tiring your path is. I don't want my child to be trapped in that cage for the rest of his life, unable to get out, fighting all day long, with his head hanging on the tip of a knife."

"I really don't want to go back to the capital. I finally got out of that cage, and I don't want to go back."

Perhaps because of Gu Jingheng's gentleness during this period of time, Nan Yuan told Gu Jingheng so bluntly for the first time that she didn't want to go back.

"I have also selfishly thought about whether I could let you stay with me for the rest of my life, stay in this small place for the rest of my life, and live an ordinary life with you."

"But I also know that you can't let go of everything in the capital. You are the prince, and you have long been accustomed to living a high and mighty life. If I force you to come down, it might be okay for a day or two, ten days or half a month, but if it lasts longer, you won't be able to bear it, just like I can't stand staying in the prince's mansion."

"If I go with you, I'm not happy. If you stay, you're not happy either. Instead of accommodating each other, why not... um..."

Before Nan Yuan could finish her words, Gu Jingheng fiercely blocked her mouth.

He didn't like hearing her say that they were not suitable for each other, and he hated her even more when she said she would leave him. He just hoped that she would stay by his side for the rest of her life and never go anywhere else.

She is his woman, and he will only marry her, and no one can separate them.

Nan Yuan pushed the clothes on Gu Jingheng's shoulders with her eyes tightly closed, but gradually, her strength to resist weakened.

Well, let her be unrestrained for once.

After a long time, Gu Jingheng let Nan Yuan go.

They both breathed slightly.

"If you are afraid and don't want to stay in the capital, then we won't be in the capital."

Gu Jingheng looked into Nan Yuan's eyes and said seriously, "When I have dealt with all the affairs in the capital, I will find someone from the clan to inherit the throne. At that time, I will help you find a safe place, and we can live our own lives behind closed doors."

"In this way, you will not be under so much pressure, and you will not be worried all day long? Can you stay by my side?"

Gu Jingheng looked at Nan Yuan with sincere eyes.

However, what Gu Jingheng did not expect was that these words, which were originally meant to temporarily stabilize Nan Yuan, would actually pull him down from the position of crown prince in the future, and almost cost him his life.

Nan Yuan shook her head: "Don't be so wronged by yourself."

"I'll be with you, I won't feel wronged." Gu Jingheng said, and then kissed Nan Yuan on the forehead: "Ayuan, I really can't live without you, can you promise me that you won't mention leaving me again in the future?"

Nan Yuan hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

"A Yuan, look at me, I have promised you so many things, so can you accompany me back to the capital first?"

"Go back to the capital?" Nan Yuan's face suddenly turned pale.

Seeing this, Gu Jingheng quickly explained, "It's just a temporary thing. Don't worry, when I finish the things on hand, I will go with you to find our little home."

"Yangcheng is too close to Tianqi, it's really too dangerous, and you're pregnant, I'm really worried if I leave you here alone."

"A Yuan, come back with me, okay?"