I drank the wrong love potion and pounced on the passing Crown Prince, spending one wild night with him. I never expected to get pregnant on the first try. When my elder sister found out, she took my hand. "If you use the baby to force the Crown Prince to marry you, won't that make you a scheming woman? You'd be better off terminating the pregnancy and marrying someone far away!" I was tempted. The Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace had a volatile temper and was a ruthless killer, and besides, I was the one who had forced myself on him. Just as I was about to drink the abortion potion, my stomach suddenly tightened. "Mother, don't! Crown Prince Father has already petitioned the throne to take you as his consort, and the Empress has prepared ten thousand taels of gold as a reward!" I swept the abortion potion off the table...