[Barren Deposed Crown Prince + Daughter of a Convicted Minister + Marriage Before Love + Pregnant While Fighting for the Throne + Two Strong Leads Saving Each Other + Winning His Wife Back and Protecting Their Child + Wrongful Case Overturned]
Xiao Chengjing, the deposed crown prince of Great Zhou, was once the most honored legitimate eldest son. But a medical report declaring him “incapable of having heirs” stripped him of his title and confined him to a separate palace, making him the laughingstock of the court.
Shen Qingtang, meanwhile, was the daughter of a minister convicted of treason.
To clear her father’s name, she impersonated a female physician and infiltrated the palace. She meant only to use Xiao Chengjing to reopen the case, then leave for good once it was settled.
Who could have guessed that when his cold poison flared up, she would somehow spend the night with the man deemed “incapable of having heirs”?
Two months later...
Shen Qingtang felt her pulse and realized she was pregnant. She was stunned.
The deposed crown prince, whom the Imperial Medical Academy had declared would never have a child, had gotten her pregnant!
Worse, the baby was the only legitimate grandson in the imperial family.
The news sent shock waves through the court.
The emperor: “The child must be kept.”
The empress: “Neither mother nor child can be allowed to live.”
The new crown prince: “How can a crippled has-been have an heir?”
Everyone waited for Xiao Chengjing to bow his head and accept his fate.
Until he summoned his old supporters and stood before Shen Qingtang with sword in hand.
“I gave up the crown prince’s seat back then because there was nothing worth fighting for.”
“Things are different now.”
His gaze fell to her slightly rounded belly, killing intent surging in his eyes.
“Anyone who dares lay a hand on my wife and child...”
“I’ll fight for this empire all over again.”
Later, the Shen family was cleared of all charges, and the deposed crown prince returned to the Eastern Palace.
Only then did the court finally understand:
The true thing that could provoke the deposed crown prince, whom everyone thought would never rise again, had never been the throne.
It was her...
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