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

Gu Jingheng stood outside the door, looking at the door with red eyes. He clenched his fists tightly, and veins on the back of his hands bulged.

Nan Yuan stood aside and gently held Gu Jingheng's hand.

Although Gu Jingheng brought Chu Zhixu in time, Shen Zhaixing's poison had already entered his lungs, and no one could say whether it could be detoxified.

Nan Yuan was not sure whether Shen Zhaixing was okay, so she could not say anything to comfort Gu Jingheng.

No matter what you say at this time, it can't alleviate Gu Jingheng's worries.

Forget it, I'll just stay with him.

"Ayuan, I'm glad you're here. You can go and have some rest." Gu Jingheng lowered his head and glanced at Nanyuan, his voice slightly hoarse.

Nan Yuan shook her head and said, "I can't rest assured if I go back, so I'd better stay here with you."

Gu Jingheng nodded without saying much. He really wasn't in the mood to say anything more right now.

Nan Yuan didn't say anything either, just stayed with him quietly.

After an unknown amount of time, the door creaked open.

When Gu Jingheng heard the noise, he quickly looked up at the door, only to see Chu Zhixu walking out.

Gu Jingheng saw Chu Zhixu coming out, walked up to him, and asked in a trembling voice, "What happened?"

Chu Zhixu's face was heavy, and he said, "I tried my best."

After hearing this, Gu Jingheng's heart sank instantly, and his body took a few steps back uncontrollably.

Nan Yuan held onto Gu Jingheng's arm to prevent him from falling to the ground.

"Not rescued?" Compared to Gu Jingheng, Nan Yuan was relatively calm and asked.

Is it really gone?

Even with all this effort, can one still not escape the predetermined fate?

Chu Zhixu shook his head and said, "Zhaixing's life has been saved, but his poison is too deep and he has fallen into a coma. Whether he can wake up depends on himself."

Gu Jingheng held Nan Yuan's hand tighter and tighter, and finally closed his eyes and exhaled.

When Chu Zhixu came out, he thought it was...

Forget it, as long as you can save your life.

"Zhaixing seemed to have hidden a lot of things from me. He said he would tell you after you came back, but given his condition now, he obviously can't say more. Did he tell you anything before he fell into a coma?" Chu Zhixu looked around and asked in a low voice.

Chu Zhixu thought that no matter how he asked before, Shen Zhaixing refused to tell him anything.

Shen Zhaixing didn't even tell him that he was poisoned.

If he had told me earlier that he was poisoned, wouldn't I have detoxified him long ago?

Even if the poison was not detoxified, at least I should have been prepared. Otherwise, he would have become like this and almost lost his life.

I'm not feeling any better now. I'm lying in bed like a living dead, unable to do anything.

"No."

Gu Jingheng thought about it. Before he went out to look for Chu Zhixu, Shen Zhaixing did say that she wanted to tell him something, but the situation was urgent at the time, and compared to Shen Zhaixing's life, saving his own life was more important.

He does not regret his choice at that time.

"Tell me something." Nan Yuan suddenly said.

"Told you?" Chu Zhixu was a little surprised. Didn't Shen Zhaixing say that she would never tell Gu Jingheng even if she died if she didn't see him?

What's going on? Has the gender been changed?

"Let's go to the study and talk." Gu Jingheng dispatched a group of Jinwu Guards to guard Shen Zhaixing, and found a reliable imperial physician to keep an eye on Shen Zhaixing's condition. Then he took Nan Yuan and Chu Zhixu to the small study in the south.

After arriving at the small study, Nan Yuan told Shen Zhaixing everything he had told her.

"He told me that if he couldn't make it this time, he would let me send Jiang Song out of the city safely. He also told me not to make trouble with you in the future."

"There is one more thing. I don't know if I didn't hear it clearly. He said that His Highness *** was in collusion with Tianqi. He also mentioned something about the Young Master Tianqi. I didn't hear what he said after that."

After Nan Yuan finished speaking, she looked up at Gu Jingheng's expression and found that he did not show much emotional fluctuation, as if he had already expected it.

Gu Jingheng looked up at Chu Zhixu and asked, "What have you heard in the capital during this period of time?"

"There are many different opinions about your background." Chu Zhixu hesitated for a moment, but still spoke tactfully.

Gu Jingheng could naturally understand what Chu Zhixu meant. It seemed that during the time he was away, many people couldn't help but show their true colors.

Seeing the sneer on Gu Jingheng's lips, Chu Zhixu already had a premonition that some people were about to be in trouble.

"You should live in the Prince's Mansion during this period of time and take good care of Shen Zhaixing. You don't have to worry about anything else." Gu Jingheng said.

"it is good."

Chu Zhixu didn't ask any further questions. He never hesitated regarding Gu Jingheng's arrangements.

After Chu Zhixu left, Gu Jingheng's mood had almost calmed down.

He lowered his head and saw Nan Yuan's absent-minded look. He gently held Nan Yuan's hand and asked, "Yuan, what's wrong? Are you scared by Shen Zhaixing's appearance?"

I have to say, Gu Jingheng’s guess was very accurate.

She was indeed a little scared because of Shen Zhaixing's current appearance. She was afraid that Shen Zhaixing was really dead. She was afraid that Shen Zhaixing's death was just the beginning, and all their destinies in the future would be exactly the same as in their previous lives.

What she feared most was that no matter how hard she tried, she would not be able to escape the clutches of the enemy in the end.

Gu Jingheng has made too many enemies over the years since he became the crown prince. Can he really give up the position of crown prince just because he wants to?

Even if he gave up, would those who supported him behind him let him let go so easily?

After they retire and lose their rights, will the enemy let them go?

Do I have to hide from place to place for the rest of my life?

Nan Yuan raised her eyes, a little worried, and asked, "Can we really get away?"

"Escape?" Gu Jingheng repeated these two words over and over again, with a strange look in his eyes. His A Yuan still hasn't given up on leaving the capital!

"Ah Yuan," Gu Jingheng sighed softly, ruffled Nan Yuan's hair with his hand, and said, "I know what you are worried about. You are worried that I will lie to you, right?"

Nan Yuan lowered her eyes. Although she didn't say it, she did have this worry.

Can Gu Jingheng really give up the throne, really give up the wealth and splendor in the capital, accompany her and leave here, and live the rest of his life in anonymity?

That kind of life is completely different from his current life where he can get whatever he wants. Does he really want it?

Gu Jingheng didn't say anything and pulled Nan Yuan towards the bookshelf.

"What are you going to do?" Nan Yuan asked.

Gu Jingheng didn't say anything. He reached out and slid a book down. With a muffled sound, the bookshelf in front of him split to the sides, revealing a passage.

Nan Yuan was stunned.

The passage was pitch black, and you couldn't see your hand in front of you.

Gu Jingheng raised his hand to take the fire starter, and with his other hand he pulled Nan Yuan, saying, "Follow me, be careful of the steps."

Nan Yuan was not surprised that there was a dark room in the study.

Generally, noble families will have a secret room to store things that cannot be known by outsiders.

But what surprised her was that Gu Jingheng would take her in.

Lead by Gu Jingheng, Nan Yuan walked down the stairs step by step.

When he reached the bottom of the darkroom, Gu Jingheng lit the candles around him. The light was still a little dim, but he could barely see the surrounding environment clearly.

There were rows and rows of spirit tablets, with dim lights jumping on them, which looked quite eerie.

Nan Yuan couldn't help but shudder.

"Aren't you afraid that I won't go with you, Yuan?" Gu Jingheng looked at Nan Yuan with a gentle gaze and said, "Then I will hand over my life and property to you."

Gu Jingheng pulled Nan Yuan to the tablet and said, "These are the people who died at my hands. For every life I killed, I would set up a tablet for them. Until now, I have lost count of how many people I have killed."

"These are the people who wanted to compete with me for the throne. They were considered my brothers in name only. They were either assassinated by my people or killed by me personally."

"These are the secret guards who have protected me since I was a child. In order to protect me, they died at the hands of my loved ones or my enemies."

"These are important officials of the court who have made contributions to the country, but they are too proud of their achievements and are standing in my way. I will eliminate them all, just like the Li family before and the Chu family now. They are all the same and will die on my way to the throne."

……

"These are the people who accompanied me to defend the city when I was fifteen. We were attacked from all sides and ran out of ammunition and food. Those who survived had lost lives on their hands, both enemies and compatriots. I was no exception."

Gu Jingheng sighed, looked at Nan Yuan, and said, "Now, they say that my bloodline is not straight, but this will never pull me down from the position of crown prince. I have countless ways to bury these words."

"These," Gu Jingheng pointed at the tablets and the letters placed in front of them, and said, "These are the things that can really kill me."

"Killing my brothers and sisters, murdering important officials of the court, forming a clique for personal gain, any one of these crimes can pull me down from the position of crown prince, and I will never be able to turn over a new leaf."

Gu Jingheng looked at Nan Yuan with increasingly gentle eyes, and his tone became softer and softer: "Now, I'm going to give you all this evidence. If one day you feel that I broke my promise, you can spread these things."

Nan Yuan looked up with some confusion, looked into Gu Jingheng's eyes, and asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will hurt you?"

Gu Jingheng shook his head and said, "Of course I am afraid. Who wouldn't be afraid of death? But I am more afraid that you will leave me without saying a word."

"A Yuan, I know why you are afraid of me. You think there is a big gap between our statuses, and that I could take your life at any time. You don't have any means to fight back."

"But now, I'm giving you my life. Now we are equals, and you have something in your hand that can kill me at any time. Will you no longer be afraid of me?"

Gu Jingheng put the integrated evidence into Nan Yuan's hand. The light letter fell into Nan Yuan's hand, but it seemed to weigh thousands of pounds.

Nan Yuan opened her mouth, but the words were stuck in her throat and she couldn't utter a complete sentence.

After a long pause, Nan Yuan finally spoke: "Gu Jingheng, you are really...really good at scheming."

He always knew exactly what she wanted, and it all came down to whether he wanted to give it to her or not.

She really had no way to deal with him.

the next day.

It was already noon when Nan Yuan woke up.

Since she became pregnant, she has become more and more sleepy.

Gu Jingheng also knew that she was like this, so every time she woke up, he would move lightly and would also ask others not to wake her up.

This custom has been preserved from Yangcheng to the capital.

When she packed up and went out, someone was already waiting outside the door.

"My lord, the master said that when you wake up, he will let his subordinates take you to the Nan Mansion."

Nanfu?

Isn't that her home?

She originally thought that Gu Jingheng had gone through so many ups and downs yesterday that he had long forgotten about her going home, but she didn't expect that he actually still remembered it.

Nan Yuan quickly looked at her clothes and found nothing wrong with them.

"Let's go!"

Nan Yuan said this and turned to walk towards the carriage.

Sitting in the carriage, Nan Yuan couldn't calm down.

Counting the time, more than half a year has passed since she was forced to fake her death.

During the past six months, she has been by Gu Jingheng's side and has had no chance to escape, so she knows nothing about the news outside, and doesn't even know what the Nan Mansion has become like now.

"My lord, we have arrived."

The carriage suddenly stopped and a low and respectful voice came from outside.

Nan Yuan lifted the curtain and took a look.

The whole house was filled with joy, as if some happy event had already happened.

Nan Yuan couldn't help feeling a little nervous as she was getting closer to home.

"Little Yuan'er!"

When Nan Yuan was still hesitating about how to face it, she suddenly heard a familiar voice, with a slight sob.

She looked up and through tearful eyes saw a man in red clothes standing outside the door.

That was Nan Yuan’s brother, Nan Jiamu.

She had made many assumptions on the way here, but she never thought that someone would come to greet her.

I couldn't hold back my tears and they streamed down my face.

Nan Jiamu rushed forward and hugged her tightly.

Nan Yuan cried, "Brother, I'm back..."

Nan Jiamu patted her back gently and said with a sob: "Or maybe it would be better if you come back, it would be better if you come back..."

Nan Yuan's tears fell on his shoulders one by one, and Nan Jiamu's mood was not much better than Nan Yuan's.

Ever since Nan Yuan’s body was found half a year ago, the whole family has been plunged into a huge haze and filled with grief.

He went mad, and was determined to fight to the death with the Xie family in a way that would hurt the enemy by a thousand and hurt himself by eight hundred.

Because my father was too sad, he made many mistakes in the Imperial Medical Bureau and had to resign from his post.

But no matter what, Nan Yuan’s life could not be brought back.

It was not until this morning that Gu Jingheng told them that Nan Yuan was not dead, but her memory was damaged. In order not to upset her, he kept her in seclusion for a period of time. Her condition improved recently, so he brought her back.

What else was there to say? During the time when Nan Yuan was recuperating, the two of them fell in love with each other and got married without telling each other. One of the purposes of bringing Nan Yuan back this time was to meet the two elders, and he also made Nan's father and mother very happy.

But Nan Jiamu didn't believe the nonsense that came out of Gu Jingheng's mouth, but the news that Xiao Yuan'er was still alive that he brought made him much more happy than suspicious.

He had been waiting here early in the morning, hoping to see Xiao Yuaner.

Sure enough, Gu Jingheng did not lie to him, Xiao Yuan'er really came back.