The Fake Regent Is Pregnant with the Real Prince's Child

Prince Gong Li Jiachen was accomplished from a young age and possessed exceptional charm. He was the prince most feared by the late emperor.

But he had one weakness everyone knew about: he was closest to his younger brother, the Regent, who had been in power for three years without accomplishing a single thing.

And he was willing to stay behind the scenes and support him.

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Recently, all sorts of rumors had been circulating at court. They said Regent Li Jiamu had usurped the throne, that his royal blood was not pure enough, and that he was unworthy of his position.

Some even dared to claim that Li Jiamu was not a member of the royal family at all.

To keep Li Jiachen from meddling in such matters, someone even drugged his wine and sent a person to his bed.

The next day, before the morning court session, Li Jiachen stormed into the palace and dragged the young emperor out of his dragon bed.

He declared:

“If you can't figure out how to be emperor, then let your uncle teach you one thing: your uncle is still young and vigorous, and the one who usurped the throne and is unworthy of his position is you.”

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When Li Jiachen was young, his powerful maternal family and exceptional abilities made him a frequent target of assassination attempts.

At thirteen, he was driven out of the palace and thrown into a burning house, where he met the younger brother who would become the Regent.

The boy was beautiful, and Li Jiachen liked him at first sight.

He was also a boy, yet unbearably delicate. A tug on his wrist left a red ring of marks, and the slightest teasing could make the beauty weep like a flower in the rain.

Li Jiachen was too young to understand his feelings. He only knew he didn't want to part with this poor, homeless child.

So when the royal family came to take him back, he claimed the boy was the Sixteenth Prince, Li Jiamu, born of a disreputable union and raised outside the palace.

The struggle for the throne was full of secret schemes, but never bloodshed.

Li Jiachen knew he couldn't protect Li Jiamu from everything, so he taught him to grow thorns sharp enough to defend himself.

The late emperor valued this very quality, and named Li Jiamu Regent in his final decree.

It was only then that Li Jiachen realized that by bringing the boy home, he had picked up a wife from outside the palace and brought him in to raise.

So sending someone to his bed was absolutely unforgivable!!!

After threatening the young emperor, Li Jiachen went looking all over the city for the audacious person responsible that night.

He even declared that no matter how far they fled, they would not escape death.

Not long afterward, the reigning Regent resigned without explanation and vanished without a trace.

When Li Jiachen finally found him, he discovered that his beloved wife had a child, and had been pregnant for at least four months.

Li Jiachen: ...?

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