The male lead went insane after the female supporting character gave birth to the main villain'

Chen Yiyue was the wife chosen for Qin Yan by Empress Jiang. After all, Empress Jiang was Qin Yan's legal mother, and she had the right to choose a wife for Qin Yan.

Moreover, Qin Yan couldn't very well refuse.

Empress Jiang certainly did not want to see Qin Yan living a peaceful and happy life, and she was even less willing to see him marry a noblewoman from a prominent family, which would give him a powerful boost to his already thriving career.

Therefore, they deliberately chose Chen Yiyue, the eldest daughter of the Chen family, who had a long-standing friendship with the Jiang family, for Qin Yan.

Chen Yiyue is not only ambitious, but also willful, ruthless, competitive, and can't stand others being of higher status, better looking, or living a better life than her.

She also enjoyed being pursued by talented men, and before marriage, she liked to seduce famous men, but these were suppressed by the Chen and Jiang families, who had been with the family for hundreds of years.

However, Qin Yan knew how to train his own bodyguards when he was only eight or nine years old, and he found out about these things a long time ago, which is why he felt some disgust towards Chen Yiyue.

Chen Yiyue initially thought that Qin Yan had conquered most of the Great Zhou for the Prince of Dingbei, and that once the Prince of Dingbei became emperor, Qin Yan would definitely be the crown prince. So she happily married him.

But five years have passed since their marriage, and apart from their wedding night, Qin Yan has been away leading troops in battle ever since.

Furthermore, the day after her wedding, she stayed in the courtyard of the Princess of Dingbei for a meal, got drunk, and ended up having a one-night stand with Qin Ding, the heir of Dingbei, in a daze.

On their wedding night, Chen Yiyue was drugged by Qin Yan and couldn't remember any details of their sexual encounter.

That time, Qin Ding made her truly experience the pleasures of the bedroom. She could no longer bear the loneliness and would go to the side room of the Princess of Dingbei's courtyard every three days to have an affair with the Prince of Dingbei.

Three years ago, when Emperor Yongchang ascended the throne, rumors circulated in the court that Prince Changsheng was Emperor Yongchang's preferred candidate for crown prince. Chen Yiyue regretted marrying Qin Yan even more.

Therefore, she tried even harder to seduce Qin Ding, pestering him to make her many promises.

For example, once Qin Ding becomes emperor, he should give her a high position, bestow favor upon her, and even require Qin Ding to promise to make their son the crown prince in the future.

It's truly remarkable that Empress Jiang was able to select such an exceptional girl from among the carefully nurtured noble ladies of such prominent families for Qin Yan!

To outsiders, the fact that Empress Jiang had arranged for Qin Yan, who was then just a son of a concubine, to marry the eldest daughter of a long-established family with a history spanning centuries was widely praised for her magnanimity, her kindness as a mother, and her virtue as a wife.

Little did people know that Chen Yiyue was only passable in terms of status, appearance and figure; she had no temperament, character, talent, or even intelligence.

Seeing that the eunuch was really about to follow Chen Yiyue's orders and drag the palace maid away, Consort Shu put down her wine cup in displeasure. "Today is my birthday. What are you planning to do, want to see blood on my birthday?"

Consort Shu did not like Chen Yiyue, not only because she was chosen by Empress Jiang, but also because Chen Yiyue was closer to Empress Jiang, placing her, her true mother-in-law, behind Empress Jiang.

What displeased her even more was that Chen Yiyue always looked down on her, a concubine of lowly birth, because she was born into a family with a long history of aristocratic lineage!

Therefore, Consort Shu rarely gave Chen Yiyue a kind look, and Chen Yiyue often gave Consort Shu a cold shoulder in return.

Every time Consort Shu tries to lash out at her, Empress Jiang always comes to her protection, which has led to Chen Yiyue now daring to order the palace maids' hands to be cut off at Consort Shu's birthday banquet.

But today is different. The Champion King has returned. If the Champion King sides with Consort Shu and disciplines her on her behalf, then Empress Jiang cannot interfere.

After all, this era was still male-dominated, and even an empress could not prevent a man from disciplining his wife.

Chen Yiyue could only swallow her anger and apologize to Consort Shu.

Consort Shu ordered the palace maid to go and receive ten strokes of the cane as punishment, and then sent Chen Yiyue to change her clothes.

Chen Yiyue left her seat and was led by a palace maid to a nearby palace to change her clothes.

As they approached the palace, her personal maid noticed the mark in the corner of the doorway, lowered her eyes, and waited for Chen Yiyue to enter the room before quietly leading the maid to the outside of the palace gate.

Inside the room, Chen Yiyue turned around and didn't see the maid follow her in. Just as she was about to get angry and tell the maid to get in, she was suddenly hugged from behind. "My beauty, you've finally arrived!"

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Chen Yiyue's startled cry turned into a coquettish complaint, "Your Highness, are you trying to scare me to death?"

Turning around, Chen Yiyue saw Qin Ding's refined face, and blushed. "Your Highness, today is Consort Shu's birthday. I have to go back to the banquet later, so I can't keep you company today."

King Qin Ding, the King of Everlasting Victory, was an absolute lecher, while Chen Yiyue was a rare beauty.

In addition, Qin Ding used to be inferior to Qin Yan in every way. Now that Chen Yiyue is Qin Yan's wife and his queen, he wants to conquer Chen Yiyue even more to prove that he is better than Qin Yan.

Today, Qin Yan returned to the capital, and he was filled with apprehension. He also wanted to prove to Chen Yiyue that he was better than Qin Yan. So, ignoring her resistance and struggle, he tore off her clothes, put her on the table, and pressed down on her without any regard for her feelings...

Zhaoyang Palace was the palace where Qin Yan rested during his banquet.

At this moment, he sat in the main chair in the main hall, looking down at the teacup in his hand, as if he was not listening to the words of the guards in the hall.

The guard swallowed hard, his back soaked with cold sweat, and he didn't dare blink even when beads of sweat fell into his eyes.

"go on."

Qin Yan's calm voice fell into the ears of the guard, making him feel a chill for no reason, "Your Highness...the day after His Highness's wedding, after leaving the palace, the Princess Consort was invited to dine by the Empress, and Prince Changsheng was also there. They stayed in the Empress's courtyard for two hours before leaving one after the other."

After that, the princess would go to the Empress's courtyard every three days, and the Prince of Changsheng would be there each time, staying for two or three hours.

Since His Majesty's marriage three years ago, the Princess Consort has been unable to enter the palace frequently, so she only enters the palace once every ten days.

But each time, the princess would stay in the Empress's Phoenix Palace for two or three hours before leaving.

"Just now, the princess... the princess's clothes were soiled by the palace maid, so she went to Xingqing Palace to change."

The King of Changsheng had secretly gone to Xingqing Palace half an hour earlier, and the two of them were having an affair at the long table in the Changqing Hall of Xingqing Palace.

The guards' teeth were chattering; they dared not utter those foul words.

Qin Yan closed his eyes and did not make things difficult for him. "Go down. This matter must not be spread."

The guards did not retreat. "Your Highness, we have also discovered that Prince Changsheng is engaging in illicit affairs within the harem!"

"Tell me more carefully."

Not only was Prince Changsheng lecherous, but he was also indiscriminate in his desires. He even dared to forcibly take Emperor Yongchang's concubines when he was still in the palace. After Emperor Yongchang ascended the throne and selected more beauties to enter the palace, he secretly forcibly took all of them.

His mother was the Empress, and could summon those beauties to speak with.

He stayed in a side hall within his mother's palace, taking turns to visit his father's young and beautiful concubines each day.

With the Empress's help to cover it up, and since those beauties were all sent by court officials to seduce Emperor Yongchang, and none of them were chaste and virtuous women, three years have passed and no one has discovered it.

The secret guards were able to discover this because they were monitoring Chen Yiyue and noticed something was wrong, which led them to secretly investigate the matter.

Qin Yan opened his eyes and slowly turned the ring on his finger. "I need concrete evidence for this matter, understand?"

"My subordinate understands!"

After the guards withdrew, only Qin Yan remained in the vast palace. His face was filled with disgust, and he finally couldn't help but vomit!