Yang Guang's eyes flashed with a trace of viciousness. He remained silent for a long time, before finally revealing a smile. He placed his ear on my stomach and said with extreme gentleness:

"Son, hurry up and be born. I'm waiting to be a father."

I wore a faint smile on my face, and the joy of being a mother filled my heart. I fondled my belly and, like Yang Guang, looked forward to the arrival of this child. Such a harmonious scene was probably a rare pleasure in my life. However, at this moment, I heard Yang Guang's gloomy and cold mutter:

"Child, Father will definitely clear the way for you."

I lowered my head, and his voice was very soft. I was hallucinating, and I wasn't even sure if he had actually spoken. Because the next moment, he had already stood up and was looking at me with a smile.

Was he hinting at me or testing me? The obstacle he was referring to must be Yang Yong, right? After all, Yang Yong had once again been highly valued. It was unknown whether he would be able to regain his position as Crown Prince in the future. But what did he mean by saying that to me? Trying to use the child as an excuse to use my feelings for the empress to help him ascend the throne? If that was the case, he was too sinister.

I looked at him, but his smile was so genuine, so unpretentious, that even after half a year of sharing a bed, I still couldn't make out what lay beneath it, but there was no doubt that he was hiding a lot of things from me, and that was my guess, and my intuition.

"Why is my beloved concubine looking so lonely?" Yang Guang raised his thick eyebrows, the corners of his mouth raised into an arc, but he still had a smile on his face.

"Chenqie is thinking, will I be as handsome as Guanglang when I am born?" I tilted my head. With a leisurely expression, I replied in an extremely serious manner.

"Haha …" "My beloved concubine, don't worry. With the beauty of my concubine, the child she gives birth to must be extraordinary as well." Yang Guang embraced my waist and said softly.

Grandma said that in order to survive in the imperial power, he must learn to conceal his identity. No matter who it was, he must not take off his mask so easily.

I believed in her. She had lived in the South Stream Temple for most of her life and had seen more things than I had eaten. Thus, facing Yang Guang's mask, I could only use a thicker mask to deal with him, even though he was my husband.

The relationship between the royal family was very subtle. Even though they shared the same blood, even though they shared the same bed, there was never been a father, son, or husband in the family. There was only one relationship, and that was between the monarch and his subjects.

Always reminiscent of the poor life in the countryside, there is no conflict, no struggle, poverty is poor, but the human heart is simple, feelings are also pure. However, I will never be able to turn back. From the moment I was taken away from my uncle's house, I was destined to live in a world of deception.

I nestled in front of Yang Guang's chest, idly looking at the few autumn chrysanthemums planted outside the window, the autumn wind is bleak, the leaves fall in succession, and they stand proudly in this season, blooming.

By the time the rose blossomed, I was eight months pregnant and too inconvenient to move, and the queen had already forgiven me the need to go to the palace and wait in peace within the palace for the birth of the child.

Grandma was afraid that I was too tired to work my needle anymore, but I was still worried that someone else would do it. I had to carefully inspect every piece of clothing made by the maids, afraid that the needle would be misplaced and injure the child's tender skin.

At this time, Yang Guang always said with infinite pity:

"Why must a concubine work so hard? Our children are so enviable. Before we were born, our clothes were already made into two full cabinets. "

I smiled but said nothing. The joy of being a mother always clouded my mind, and every day I thought of only one thing, and that was how to love my child.

One day, Yang Guang, who was beaming with happiness, told me:

"My beloved concubine, mother said that if you can become a man in one fell swoop, you will be the direct grandson of my royal family. Do you understand the meaning behind her words?"

I knew, of course, that the empress had hinted at me, and although it was only a hint, I knew that if I gave birth to Lin'er, she would put her name to the emperor.

However, the emperor still wanted the crown prince to be young, so Yang Yong was still Yang Guang's biggest obstacle. This matter had always troubled Yang Guang, and when he thought of the emperor's hesitant attitude, Yang Guang always found it difficult to sleep and eat, and was extremely anxious.

Recently, Yang Guang has been preoccupied with many things. Although he tried his best to conceal it, I could still see some clues from his expression. It seems that he is deliberately trying to curry favor with the empress for the position of crown prince.

In fact, I wish that the one I gave birth to is my daughter, but I am afraid that I will lose the favor of the Queen and Yang Guang. In the end, I can't be as pure as the sunset. Even if I could stand the cold shoulder, I didn't want my children to suffer.

The winter night was abnormally quiet. The wind outside the window was bone-piercing, yet it was warm inside the tent. Yang Guang came back early today, and it seemed like I was about to come.

As usual, I leaned against his side and soon fell asleep.

"Someone come!" There's an assassin! " I thought it was just a nightmare, but when I smelt the smell of blood in the air, I couldn't help but feel fear in my heart. My hands covered my abdomen, and I hid in the innermost corner of the bed, tightly wrapping the blanket around me.

Suddenly, an assassin broke away from Yang Guang's counterattack and thrusted his sword towards me. I cried out in surprise, but I could not avoid it, I almost forgot to scream.

When Yang Guang heard my surprise, he hastily made a feint and pounced over. I only saw the shadow of a sword and heard a "pu" sound. The assassin's sword cut through Yang Guang's clothes. Blood immediately splashed onto his shoulder.

At this moment, my heart was filled with emotions. No matter what Yang Guang did in the past, if he really did not have any feelings for me, why would he stand up in this kind of life or death situation and sacrifice himself to save me? With this feeling, my mood inexplicably improved.

Smelling the thick scent of blood in the air, I knew that the assassin was not the time to relax. The wall on the inner side of the bed meant that I could only retreat to the edge of the bed with great difficulty.

Yang Guang still persisted in fighting the assassin, but because he was outnumbered, he was gradually at a disadvantage. At this critical moment, the sound of messy footsteps came from outside the door, the door was slammed open, and the mansion guards finally rushed in.

My heart leaped with joy and I heaved a sigh of relief. I didn't expect that an assassin would be forced into a panic. He turned around and tried to escape, but the sword in his hand was struck by a guard's blade and sent flying straight to my lower abdomen.

He stared in horror at the assassin who failed, he was also surprised, I did not care about what expression he had, I just felt my heart stop beating, I was scared out of my wits, it was just that it was too late for me to dodge, I could only watch as the sharp tip of the sword pierced towards me.

Ding! The sound of a jade piece hitting a sharp blade was heard, like a jade piece flying over, hitting the sword tip, the sword body slightly changed direction, the skin on the sword felt a chill, the jade piece flying over forcibly pushed the sword away, cutting through my undergarment, "Clang", the jade piece fell onto the ground close to the skin.

I let out a breath of relief. My hands were still tightly protecting my lower abdomen, but my body was so sore that I couldn't even stand properly. I fell limply to the ground.

"Love concubine!" Yang Guang jumped over and wrapped his arms around my body.

"It's so cold on the ground." I said with trembling lips.

A sharp pain came from my abdomen and I immediately groaned. Yang Guang anxiously looked at me and shouted to the guards behind me.

"What are you still standing there for?!" Quick, send word to the royal doctor! "

In a trance, I felt that those assassins had also escaped due to Yang Guang's loud roar, everyone became busy, I only felt that there was a figure in front of me, the pain was so intense that my eyes could barely open. Yang Guang carried me off the ground, sending me to the bed, but moving my body a little caused an even more intense pain.

I tried to hold it in, but the pain didn't stop. I barely had the strength to turn around. Waves of pain came from my lower abdomen, as if numerous sharp blades were slicing through my abdomen, crushing my guts.