Abandoning concubines and raising children to seize the throne

Yin Buyu didn't dare to look directly into those eyes, and lowered his head and said, "How dare I laugh at the princess? I am worried about the princess, so... I came to visit her."

Ye Haitang stood up from the stool and walked towards him step by step.

With red eyes, she questioned, "I will soon be away from the palace and will never bother you again. You have fulfilled your wish, so what do you have to worry about?"

Yin Buyu lowered his head, looked at the tip of his shoe and said, "It's not what the princess thinks. I never thought that the princess would marry a foreign prince."

Ye Haitang raised the corner of her mouth sarcastically.

"Hasn't it been a common practice since ancient times to use marriage alliances to consolidate the imperial power and stabilize the people's hearts? There is nothing wrong with thinking about it. You have fought in Jiangwu before, so you should be very familiar with the situation there. The vast grasslands and the vast world are also good for me."

Yin Buyu suddenly raised his head, looking slightly excited.

"No, that place is not suitable for the princess at all. The Jiangwu people mainly live in felt tents and migrate with the seasons. They don't even have a decent palace. The princess is so precious, how can she tolerate that?"

Ye Haitang looked at him and said, "If they can survive, I can definitely survive too. If I can't survive, I'd better die outside. It would be clean and tidy, so I don't have to stay in the palace and make people upset."

Yin Buyu's eyes turned red.

"No, no one dares to hate the princess. I will go to the queen and explain this to her. The emperor has deep feelings for her and will definitely change his mind."

"There's no need for that. Since you don't like me, what's the point of me staying here? Yin Buyu, go now."

Ye Haitang turned around and walked towards the window numbly like a puppet.

But I felt my wrist tighten and someone grabbed it.

Ye Haitang turned around and met Yin Buyu's panicked eyes.

"I... won't let you leave!"

Yin Buyu said this stiffly, as if he had used up all his courage in his life.

Ye Haitang's eyes brightened for a moment, then dimmed again. She slowly pulled her hand back and said faintly, "Yin Buyu, you don't have to pity me. I have imagined this day a long time ago and I have accepted it."

Yin Buyu held her again, his eyes showing a little more stubbornness.

"I don't feel sorry for you, I just don't want you to get married."

"you……"

Ye Haitang looked at Yin Buyu with misty eyes, with a little more anticipation in her heart.

Yin Buyu bit his back teeth hard, looked her straight in the eye and said, "As a member of the royal family, you should know the principle of checks and balances. I can't become the consort of the Great Zhou, but I will create an accident and take you away."

"You...want to leave the palace with me?"

Ye Haitang looked at the handsome face in disbelief, fearing that she had heard it wrongly.

Yin Buyu nodded firmly.

"That's right, but you may lose your life as a princess, and I won't be able to serve as an official in the court anymore. There will no longer be Yin Buyu and Ye Haitang in this world. We will be like ordinary people, with men farming and women weaving, and live a plain and ordinary life. Can you... accept that?"

Ye Haitang immediately understood his idea. As long as there was an accident on the way to the marriage, she and Yin Buyu could escape by pretending to die.

This is indeed an easy way to minimize the damage. It will not let the emperor vent his anger on anyone else, nor will it hurt the relationship between him and the emperor's sister-in-law.

Ye Haitang nodded quickly and threw herself into his arms. She hugged Yin Buyu tightly, as if she was hugging the sun that belonged to her alone.

She buried her face in his chest and choked up, saying, "Yes, no matter what kind of life I live with you, as long as I can be with you, I am willing to do it all!"

"I don't want to!"

A clear voice came from outside the door, and Ye Jingyu, dressed in a bright yellow robe, walked into the hall with a gloomy face.