Male supporting role is not a stepping stone

Seeing that she would not listen to her promise, Yang Yan had no choice but to say something harsh: "Okay, I won't stop you if you want to commit suicide, but Shi Xiayue, you have to think it over. I can't help but marry a wife. After you die, the new bride will come into the house."

"By then, Chengyun and the child will have to make a living under the stepmother. Without the care of their biological mother, what kind of life will they live? Can you imagine?"

"Your Highness!" The Crown Princess screamed, and then smiled weakly, "Your Highness, why do you have to use such words to provoke me? Since you know the situation of the two children, how can you not take care of them?"

"I am busy with affairs, how can I have so much energy?" Yang Yan said very ruthlessly, "It depends on your choice. Do you want to leave the two children to face their future fate, or protect yourself and personally take care of Chengyun?"

"Your Highness——" The Crown Princess closed her eyes in despair, "Don't force me."

"Think about it yourself!" Yang Yan left the delivery room after saying a word.

The room was silent for a moment, and one of the midwives advised carefully: "My queen, the prince is worried about you! Don't force yourself, listen to my advice, you will have this child in the future, you have to consider the little prince, how can this stepmother compare to the biological mother?"

She looked around and leaned close to her ear, "Besides, the prince will ascend to the throne in the future. How can the little prince fight for the future without you to take care of him?"

"I know, but I can't bear it..." The crown princess's head was full of cold sweat, and she finally gritted her teeth and made up her mind, "Mammy, you guys do your best to help me and my child. If it doesn't work, protect me..."

After leaving the delivery room, Yang Yan sighed deeply: it has come to this point. If the crown princess still decides to sacrifice herself for the unborn child, then he can only respect her choice and see what she thinks!

It would be best if she could understand and care about him. If not, he would have to be both a father and a mother in the future. It would be impossible for him to marry again. The words he said before were just to scare her.

The screams of pain in the room became louder and louder. The doctor finally came late with the help of the eunuch. When he heard that the prince wanted him to go to the delivery room to treat the princess, the old doctor's face immediately showed hesitation.

In this world today, even women from ordinary families are afraid of being seen by outsiders, let alone nobles.

If he obeyed the order, there was no guarantee that the prince would be unhappy when he thought of what happened today, and he might be worried about his life.

"I know what you are worried about. I can promise that I will never hold you responsible for what happened today." Yang Yan knew that this was the way things were, so he had no choice but to force him. "But if you refuse to help and cause the Crown Princess and the little grandson to get into trouble, I will kill you!"

"Your Highness, please be merciful. I have no such intention." The old doctor knelt down hurriedly.

"If you can protect the Crown Princess and her unborn child, I will give you a high position and generous salary," Yang Yan nodded and said, "If only one of them can survive, do your best to protect the Crown Princess, but you can forget about your position in the Imperial Hospital. Don't go home and seek a higher position!"

"But if the Crown Princess has any misfortune," he looked at the old man in front of him sternly, "you will go down with her to serve her. Do you understand?"

The old doctor's face showed some sweat, and he kowtowed and said, "Yes, I understand."

"Then go." Yang Yan waved his sleeves.

The old doctor wiped the sweat from his forehead and bowed into the delivery room.

The queen, who happened to catch up with this scene and watched the whole thing from beginning to end, stepped forward and looked at her son with emotion, saying, "Xia Yue is a blessed one."

She couldn't help but think of the incident to herself. If she had encountered such a thing when she was giving birth, what would the emperor do? The answer is self-evident.

She thought that there was probably no man in the world who could do better than his son, which made her feel a little jealous.

"Thank you, mother," Yang Yan didn't know what she was thinking, and thought she was comforting herself, so he sighed along with her words, "If she is really blessed, I hope she can successfully survive this disaster."

The queen knew that he had misunderstood her meaning, but she didn't explain much. The mother and son sat down next to each other silently. Now everything that could be done had been done, and the only thing left was to wait.

Pots of blood were brought out from the delivery room, and precious medicinal materials were sent in piles. The room was sometimes quiet and silent, and sometimes the screams of the crown princess' collapse were heard.

This tug-of-war with the god of death was a torment for both the people in the house and those waiting outside.

Yang Yan was panicked when he heard this, and suddenly remembered something. He called someone over and asked, "How could the Crown Princess be frightened and give birth prematurely?"

"Your Highness, the Queen couldn't sleep before, so she went to the study to get a book to read. At that time, I and others were waiting at the door. After a while, I suddenly heard shouting and killing outside. When I was panicking, I heard the Queen screaming. When I went in, I saw that the Queen had fallen to the ground."

Several of the Crown Princess's personal maids were interrogated separately. Their words were similar. It sounded like they were really frightened by Shao Yangji's rebellion, but Yang Yan didn't believe it in his heart.

He had already informed her about what might happen last night. It stands to reason that with her character, she shouldn't be frightened, and it would cause such serious consequences.

After thinking about the place they mentioned, Yang Yan said something to his mother, then got up and left for the study.

This is an important place in the East Palace, and there are guards around. On weekdays, no outsiders are allowed to enter unless he allows it. The Crown Princess, as his wife, is not included.

However, in order to avoid suspicion, she never comes here on her own initiative, and she also has her own private library. Last night, she wanted to find a book, but she still followed the rules and left the maid outside the door and went in alone.

If she was not frightened by Shao Yangji's forcing the palace, the biggest possibility is that she saw something in the study and was frightened, which caused premature birth.

Yang Yan strode into the study, looked around and soon found something different from usual. The drawer of his desk was obviously closed in a hurry, and a corner of white paper was exposed in the gap.

He understood the cause of the matter without checking it again. It turned out that everything was his own fault.

Although he has all the memories of the original owner, he is not the original owner after all. Some things always feel like there is a layer of something between them at the beginning.

Especially the brush that he has never touched before, there is always something wrong when writing, so he practiced the handwriting of the original owner on the day he first came.

Because although there are some differences, the difference is not too big, so he did not rush to deal with it. Later, when there were too many things to do, he left it there and forgot about it. Unexpectedly, the Crown Princess saw it.

If it was an ordinary person, it would be fine, but Shi Xiayue was a talented woman, especially good at calligraphy. She knew the Crown Prince's handwriting very well. This subtle difference obviously aroused her suspicion.

The original owner's identity was too sensitive. The Crown Princess probably thought there was some conspiracy and was scared like that. I don't know what kind of mood she made the decision to sacrifice herself to save the child.

Yang Yan was a little scratching his head. How should he explain this? Will the Crown Princess believe it if he told the truth?

When he was worried, the baby's cry, as weak as a kitten's, finally came from the delivery room. The little grandson was born safely, and the Crown Princess was only a little injured, but her life was safe.

The Crown Princess fell asleep right after giving birth. Yang Yan carefully hugged the wrinkled ugly child and quickly threw it into the arms of the Queen Mother like a hot potato.

"Look at you!" The queen looked at him helplessly, "It's not your first time being a father, and you're still so impatient."

"This child is blessed, he looks like the prince when he was a child." The queen teased the little guy with his eyes closed, and then handed him to the wet nurse who had been prepared to take care of him.

This child who was born with great difficulty is not as healthy as ordinary children. It takes several years to recover. I dare not let him blow the wind for too long.

Yang Yan: "..."

To be honest, he really didn't see that this child was half similar to him.

"Since the mother said so, let's name him 'Chengfu'!" Yang Yan thought for a while and said.

Mother and child are safe, everyone in the East Palace received generous rewards, and the two midwives who worked hard for a day and a night and the old doctor who brought back the dead with his miraculous hands received the most generous rewards, and everyone was delighted.

And Yang Yan decided not to think too much for the time being. At most, he would have a frank talk with the Crown Princess after she recovered.

As for whether she believed in him or not, it would not have a big impact. This body was originally the prince, and he had all the memories. She could not prove that she was not the original body with a few handwritings. Time would naturally let her understand that he had no ill intentions.

At the morning court the next day, in addition to congratulating him on the birth of his son, the ministers collectively asked him to ascend the throne again. Yang Yan refused again, and finally agreed "without any help".

The coronation ceremony was scheduled for a month later, but on this day he had already sat on the throne and began to exercise the power of the emperor. The Great Lin Dynasty also officially entered the rule of what was later called Emperor Hongren.

The first imperial edict issued by Yang Yan was about the second prince Shao Yangji. As a traitor who plotted rebellion, the newly-elected emperor dealt with him very lightly, only confining him in the prince's mansion, and even his status as a prince was not deprived.

From this point, we can see the kindness of Emperor Hongren, and he did carry it out to the end throughout his life. Of course, this is a later story.

On the same day that Shaoyang Ji was taken to his former mansion and kept under guard, a tightly covered carriage drove in quietly. The driver threw the woman, who was tied up and gagged, out of the carriage and drove away silently.