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

"Ayuan, I'll have someone send you to the White Horse Temple. The security there is tight. I'll feel at ease if you stay there." Gu Jingheng touched Nanyuan's slightly bulging belly, and his heart softened.

He knew exactly when the two of them were going to make their move, and they wanted to distract him while Nan Yuan was giving birth.

Then he might as well take advantage of the situation.

Nan Yuan grabbed the corner of Gu Jingheng's clothes and said nothing, but her eyes were full of sorrow.

Gu Jingheng smiled and pinched her cheek, saying lovingly, "Why, are you worried about me?"

Nan Yuan lowered her head and said nothing.

"My dear A Yuan, don't worry about me. The most important thing for you is to take care of your health. You and your child need to be well."

Nan Yuan frowned, worry lingering in her eyes: "You are always like this, hiding everything from me."

Seeing this, Gu Jingheng pulled Nan Yuan over, held her in his arms, and asked, "Do you really want to know?"

Nan Yuan nodded.

"In three days, I will be in jail for a while."

"Is there any danger?"

Gu Jingheng lowered his eyelids, with a hint of hesitation between his brows.

"It's dangerous, right?" Nan Yuan was shocked and quickly broke free from Gu Jingheng's arms.

But Gu Jingheng pulled her back again: "Be good, listen to me and get in the car."

"This is a military token. There aren't many people, only a hundred, but each of them is an elite who can fight one against a hundred. I'm afraid I may not have considered it carefully. I can only feel relieved if you have soldiers in your hands."

No matter how well he planned, there would inevitably be accidents. It would be foolproof if Nan Yuan had his own people to protect himself.

He also gave Nan Yuan the blueprint of the secret passage leading from the palace to outside the city to prevent her from getting into trouble.

"Be good, I'll take your parents over too, so you don't have to worry, okay?"

"But you will be in danger." Nan Yuan's expression was very serious. She really cared about Gu Jingheng's safety.

Gu Jingheng felt sad and tender in his heart. He lowered his head and placed a kiss on Nan Yuan's forehead, saying, "No matter what you do, there will always be danger, but I promise that I will keep my life."

"If everything goes well, I will take care of everything and be by your side on the day you give birth."

Nan Yuan also understood that if she stayed here, it would distract Gu Jingheng. Since he wanted her to leave, then she should leave.

She nodded and warned, "Then you have to be careful."

"it is good."

Nan Yuan held the military token in his hand and went to the White Horse Temple.

Nan's father and mother were already in the temple, taking care of Nan Yuan meticulously. However, when Nan Yuan mentioned Gu Jingheng, their smiles disappeared and they didn't want to talk about it anymore.

Nan Yuan understood that her parents were probably angry because she had not told them about what happened between her and Gu Jingheng in advance.

Simply, Nan Yuan didn't mention him anymore, and would slowly comfort him later.

Everything is good in the temple, except that you can't hear any news from the capital.

Nan Yuan thought, this might be the reason why Gu Jingheng insisted on sending her here.

After about five or six days, Nan Yuan really couldn't get used to the days without Gu Jingheng, so she secretly ran down the mountain, entered the palace through the secret passage, and after several twists and turns, she was taken to the prison to see Gu Jingheng.

The prison environment was very bad. Nan Yuan couldn't even stand up straight when she went in, and the smell was also very bad.

Led by the jailer, Nan Yuan successfully found Gu Jingheng's location.

He had his back to Nan Yuan, and his white shirt was stained with blood, as if he had been tortured.

"Gu Jingheng."

When Gu Jingheng heard the voice, he thought it was an hallucination until Nan Yuan shouted the second time, and then he came to his senses.

"Why are you so disobedient? Is this the place you should come to?" Gu Jingheng's voice became louder, and after seeing Nan Yuan's red eyes, he apologized again.

"It's my fault, don't cry." Gu Jingheng reached out to wipe Nan Yuan's tears and comforted her: "See, I'm fine. Can you leave with peace of mind this time?"

Nan Yuan stuffed the amulet in her hand into Gu Jingheng's hand and said, "This is the amulet I got from the temple. It is said to be very effective. Now I give it to you. You must take good care of yourself."

After saying this, Nan Yuan turned around and left without waiting for Gu Jingheng to catch up with her.

"Why are you running? Come back." Gu Jingheng said.

Nan Yuan could only stop and look at him: "What's wrong?"

Gu Jingheng reached out and pressed the back of Nan Yuan's neck, pulled her towards him, and gently kissed her forehead.

"I will be back the day you give birth. Just wait for me and don't run around anymore, okay?"

In fact, he was also reluctant to separate.

Nan Yuan nodded, turned and left.

Looking at Nan Yuan's back, Gu Jingheng clenched his fists.

He was really worried about Nan Yuan not being by his side, especially when she was about to give birth.

But he couldn't keep Nan Yuan with him, as that would be even more dangerous.

***

"Are you really going to surrender like this?"

A few days before the verdict, Hua Qichuan came to the prison. Seeing Gu Jingheng's calm expression, he became anxious.

Such a situation had happened many years ago. At that time, Gu Jingheng had only beaten the child of an important official, but the emperor was so cruel as to send Gu Jingheng to the border town to quell the war.

That was not enough. When the enemy was approaching, the emperor withheld food and fodder and refused to send troops. That meant he wanted Gu Jingheng to die in the border town!

If it weren't for the emperor's actions, Gu Jingheng would not have done what happened later.

The culprit behind all this is the emperor.

If it happens again now, the emperor will not protect Gu Jingheng this time.

"He doesn't even consider you as his son. If you don't take action now, you will lose the initiative and will be bullied by others."

Hua Qichuan looked at Gu Jingheng and said, "I have soldiers and horses in my hands. Shen Zhaixing's father is the head of the civil officials. As long as you give the order, we can capture even the emperor, not to mention the enemy."

Gu Jingheng smiled, looked at Hua Qichuan, and said, "I know you are doing this for my own good, but if I raise an army to force the emperor to abdicate, that would be treason, and my position would be untenable."

"Can't you sit still? Where's your brain? If you sit still and do nothing, you won't lose your position, you'll lose your brain!"

Gu Jingheng still smiled, but did not agree with Hua Qichuan's words, which made Hua Qichuan so angry that he wanted to jailbreak.

In the end, the two broke up unhappy.

***

I stayed in White Horse Temple with my parents and had no idea about the outside world.

The days passed one by one, Nan Yuan counted them. In another month, it would be her due date. Gu Jingheng should come back, right?

This time she was very obedient. When he told her to wait, she waited patiently until he came back to pick her up.

Nan Yuan closed her eyes and fell asleep. When she opened them again, everything around her had changed.

She was in the carriage, swaying back and forth, and no one knew where it was taking her.

There were two strangers in the car, a man and a woman.

Fortunately, my parents are still with me.

"Father, Mother, where are we going?"

Nan's father and mother looked at Nan Yuan with eyes full of heartache: "Yuan'er, don't ask anymore. We are leaving the capital and will never come back."

"What about Gu Jingheng?"

"Don't mention him. He is the reason why you are in this state now. Why do you still mention him?"

Nan Yuan didn't know why her parents were so hostile to Gu Jingheng, but she knew they must have misunderstood something, so she explained: "Father, Mother, it's not what you think. There was a traitor around Gu Jingheng, and he was deceived..."

"No matter what his reason is, you have suffered so much because of him. If you stay with him, these things will still happen to you." Nan's mother interrupted Nan Yuan and said, "Let's not worry about these things in the future. The prince will not survive today. Let's just think that everything in the capital is a dream. Let's live a new life after leaving the capital."

"Mother doesn't want you to be rich and powerful. As long as our family is well and together in peace, that's the best."

When Nan Yuan heard that Gu Jingheng would not survive the day, her ears began to buzz.

"What do you mean... not surviving today?"

"The crown prince will be beheaded today. It is not your business. Be obedient and leave with mother."

Beheading?

Hearing this, Nan Yuan's forehead was covered with sweat.

Didn’t Gu Jingheng say that he would come back when she gave birth?

How could he die?

What exactly happened in the capital?

No, she couldn't just watch Gu Jingheng die!

She has to go back!

We need someone to rescue him.

"Ah...it hurts..." Nan Yuan covered her stomach, her face pale with pain.

"What's wrong?" Nan's mother asked panicked.

Nan Yuan looked at her mother but couldn't say a word.

"Is the baby about to be born? Hurry! Stop the carriage." Nan's mother shouted.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Nan Yuan pushed her mother away, grabbed the horse, and turned back to the city.

She remembered the army that Gu Jingheng arranged for her, saying that they could defeat a hundred enemies alone, and they were the elite among the elite, and were only responsible for her safety.

"Yuan'er!" Nan's mother shouted.

Nan Yuan glanced at her, gritted her teeth, and rode her horse.

"drive--"

Nan Yuan mobilized troops and rushed towards the imperial city through the secret passage.

Gu Jingheng, you have to wait for me.