Three Years After Leaving the Palace, the Deposed Crown Prince Returns with a Child to Marry Into My Family

When Jiang Tang worked at the Eastern Palace, she accidentally conceived a child by the current Crown Prince while carrying out the Empress’s orders. But Cui Jiao, the Crown Prince’s intended consort, wanted to be the only woman in his life forever. Furious that a palace maid was pregnant, she demanded that the Crown Prince make Jiang Tang abort the child, or she would marry someone else. The Empress, however, insisted on protecting the child in Jiang Tang’s womb. Caught between them, the Crown Prince suggested sparing the child and killing the mother. Jiang Tang gave birth to a little princess, but before she could even lay eyes on her daughter, the Crown Prince drove her out of the palace. The Eastern Palace issued an order: Jiang Tang was never to set foot in the capital of Chang'an again. Banished beyond the city, Jiang Tang had no choice but to return to her hometown, Yuyao County, where she opened a small tavern. For the past three years, she and her mother had lived a quiet, modestly comfortable life. Then one day, she saw the Crown Prince standing outside her tavern with a three-year-old child in his arms. Only then did Jiang Tang learn that Crown Prince Lu Zhan had been deposed and reduced to a commoner. Her daughter, too, had gone from being a little princess of the Eastern Palace to a commoner. With nowhere else to turn, father and daughter had traveled a thousand miles to seek refuge with her. With her little girl crying for food, Jiang Tang could only find ways to earn money and build an inheritance for her daughter. As for the deposed Crown Prince, he was tall and handsome, perfect for a job as a waiter. The tavern’s business grew brisker by the day, drawing the envy of her stepmother. Her stepmother mocked Jiang Tang for being too old to find a husband, but Jiang Tang saw the once-arrogant Crown Prince, who had always looked down on everyone, actually begging to marry into her family…