Chapter 974: 453 The Origins of Long Yi (Third Update) Chapter 974: 453 The Origins of Long Yi (Third Update) The Crown Princess gave a slight smile, “Is that so? The Prince Consort of Ning has been pregnant three times, yet I have no wish to end up like her.”

Physician Luo hastened to say, “That won’t happen, Your Highness. The child you carry is very stable.” He paused, then added, “However, the first three months must be approached with caution and care.”

The two palace maids sent by Empress Xiao were simultaneously stunned.

Holding no grudges, the Crown Princess smiled gently, “Have you both gone silly with joy? Why not go and inform Her Majesty that I’m pregnant? Never mind, I will personally see to it.”

This time, the two maids did not stop her.

They understood that no matter the gravity of the crime the Crown Princess might have committed, the child in her womb meant she had completely turned the tables.

The royal lineage was hard to come by, and thus precious. Empress Xiao was nearly going mad with her longing for the Crown Prince to have an heir; she would surely protect the Crown Princess at all costs upon learning of the pregnancy.

The Crown Princess first went to the Crown Prince’s chamber.

The Crown Prince had taken Calming Medicine, and was deeply asleep.

The Crown Princess raised her hand, tenderly caressing the Crown Prince’s cheek, “Your Highness, Linlang is carrying your child, you are going to be a father.”

After leaving the East Palace, she felt even the sky above her head looked bluer.

Even the heavens were on her side. They did not doom her–she, Wo Linlang, was destined to preside as a motherly figure over all under heaven!

The Crown Princess, accompanied by a few palace maids from the East Palace, made her way to the Kunning Palace.

Halfway, she encountered Gu Jiao, who was searching for a moment of tranquility in the Imperial Garden.

“Isn’t that Physician Gu?”

The Crown Princess leisurely walked over, glancing at Gu Jiao, “Is Physician Gu here to pick flowers in the Imperial Garden today, or perhaps to enjoy the view?”

Gu Jiao couldn’t even be bothered to give her a glance.

The Crown Princess stopped beside her, turning slightly and looking at her with a half-smile, “Are you surprised why I can still walk out of the East Palace?”

Gu Jiao was entirely unaware of Empress Xiao’s order confining the Crown Princess to the East Palace, hence she did not understand the purpose behind her question.

However, the Crown Princess took her silence for feigned composure. Touching her still flat stomach with one hand, she said, “Let me tell you the truth–I’m pregnant.”

“Oh.” Gu Jiao remained calm, “The Crown Prince’s?”

The Crown Princess’s pupils constricted, and she frowned slightly, “What do you mean by that, Physician Gu? Are you trying to insult me? I am the Crown Princess; if my child is not the Crown Prince’s, then whose could it be?”

Gu Jiao hummingly said, “Prince Ning’s?”

The Crown Princess clenched her teeth, “Physician Gu, I would ask you to choose your words carefully!”

“Oh,” Gu Jiao said, “Just talking off the top of my head, no need to get so worked up.”

Whose child it was had nothing to do with her.

The Crown Princess spoke seriously, “It is the Crown Prince’s! You mustn’t spout nonsense and tarnish my reputation. For the things you’ve done to me in the past, I’ll give you a pass on account of Princess Xinyang, but if you slander the royal bloodline, neither I nor the Crown Prince and Empress Xiao will let you off the hook!”

She said this, lifting her chin with an air of disdain flitting across her brows, “Physician Gu, I’ve warned you before–not to make an enemy of me. Despite your constant opposing me, in the end, I won,” she said. “You accuse me of having an unclear relationship with Prince Ning, but just how clean can you, Gu Jiao, claim to be? On the surface, it’s the Chen Kingdom’s hostage who has done all this, but I know you were involved as well! You’re already another’s wife, yet you still consort with the Chen Kingdom’s hostage, how are you any more noble than me?”

Gu Jiao took a nonchalant glance at her, “Filthy yourself, you think everyone else is as dirty as you?”

The Crown Princess: “You!”

Just then, the Garden Prince and Long Yi, having finished picking flowers, came over. Gu Jiao took the Garden Prince’s hand and walked away without looking back.

Being ignored is more frustrating than being retorted. Having undergone extreme ups and downs in the recent days, the Crown Princess’s rationality completely collapsed. Cradling her stomach, she called out to her, “Stop plotting against me! The child in my womb is a talisman sparing me from death. With this child, even if I were to kill you, no one would dare call me to account!”

Long Yi had not left yet.

He curiously looked at the Crown Princess’s stomach.

Suddenly, he reached out his hand and slapped it down—
The Crown Princess felt a sharp pain in her belly, “…!!”

Long Yi withdrew his hand and gave her stomach a sideways glance with his small eyes.

As if to ask.

Now, is it still there?

The Crown Princess: “…”