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

Su Yan slowly opened her big eyes and said in disbelief, "You, you are His Highness? But you look nothing like you used to."

"It's me, Ayan. I'm investigating a case right now, so I'm wearing a mask and don't look like I used to." Qin Yan smiled happily when she saw that she still remembered this.

Su Yan still seemed a little incredulous, "Are you really His Highness?"

“It really is me. You won’t be so unlucky if you’re with me. Only your brother, me, and you know about this. Can you trust me now?”

Su Yan's tears fell instantly. Completely forgetting that she was naked, she turned around and rushed to Qin Yan, hugging his neck with her jade arms and sobbing, "Your Highness, Your Highness, sob sob... I thought I would never see you and my brother again."

Qin Yan reached out to pat her back with heartache. When his palm touched her warm and soft skin, he froze. "Ah, Ah Yan, let go of me first... I'll go find you some clothes to wear, okay?"

The sobbing little girl in his arms suddenly fell silent. She hurriedly pulled the blanket over herself, covering herself completely, not leaving a single hair out. "Your Highness, quickly go and find me some clothes."

With a hand pressed against his rapidly beating heart, Qin Yan rose and walked out with a sense of inexplicable reluctance and loss. As soon as he opened the door, he saw two attendants of the Governor of Qizhou standing in the outer corridor.

Are these two spying on him?

He had previously accepted 10,000 taels of silver from the governor of Qizhou, which was already bribery, making him no different from them. He never expected that the governor of Qizhou would still not trust him and would send people to monitor him.

It seems that Ayan will have to put on a show with him later to fool these two.

"Sir, is there anything you wish to instruct me on?" The attendant of the governor of Qizhou stepped forward, bowed, and asked Qin Yan.

Qin Yan adopted an arrogant demeanor, not even glancing at the two men. "Go and find me a few sets of women's clothes from the clothing shops outside. The size should be slightly longer than the measurements of Governor Guo's eldest daughter. Remember to use the best materials, the colors should be fresh and vibrant, and the styles should be the latest. Do you two understand?"

"Yes, sir, I heard you all clearly."

Last night, while drinking at Governor Guo's residence, Governor Guo sent his eldest daughter out to pour him wine, intending to marry her to him. However, he refused, saying that marriage should be decided by his elders.

It was only later that Governor Guo suggested taking him to the Anxiang Tower to broaden his horizons, which is why he is here tonight.

After dismissing the two attendants who were monitoring him, Qin Yan returned to his room and sat outside the screen to keep Su Yan company. "Ayan, I've already sent someone to buy you clothes. I'll stay outside the screen. Show your head and get some fresh air, don't suffocate yourself."

Inside the screen, Su Yan slowly lifted a corner of the quilt, carefully observing the bedside. To make sure no one was there, she poked a furry head out from under the covers.

Qin Yan took in everything through the semi-transparent screen, his eyes filled with a tender, doting light.

She poked her head out from under the covers and took a few deep breaths to calm herself down before saying, "Your Highness... no, now I should call Your Highness His Majesty."

After speaking, she looked somewhat uneasily at the figure sitting upright outside the screen, and asked timidly, "Your Majesty, before returning to Kunjing, may Ayan still call you Your Highness?"

"Why don't you call me Your Majesty?" Qin Yan was a little worried. He killed his eldest brother, forced his father to abdicate, and killed many people after ascending the throne. Although those people deserved to die for the empire, the people, and him, others did not know the inside story and only thought that he was cruel, inhumane, and bloodthirsty.

Did Ayan also see him that way, which is why she refused to call him Your Majesty?

Thinking this, Qin Yan gripped the teacup tightly in his hand. The teacup could not withstand the weight and soon became covered with cracks. The shards fell onto Qin Yan's robe without making a harsh sound, so Su Yan was unaware of Qin Yan's tension and sadness at this moment.

She said somewhat shyly, "Because Ayan feels closer to you when she calls you Your Highness."

It was as if Ayan had always been by His Highness and his brother's side all these years, never leaving.

Qin Yan hadn't expected this reason. He put aside his worries and nervousness and said in a relaxed tone, "If Ayan likes it, then continue to call me Your Highness. However, I prefer Ayan to call me Eldest Brother!"

Once he brought her back to Kunjing, he would recognize her as his sworn sister, bestow upon her the title of princess, and make her the most honored woman in the entire Great Zhou!

At that time, she would also have to call him "brother," but it wouldn't hurt to do it now.

Su Yan almost lost her composure. Brother, brother, just how much do you want to be my brother?

Feeling momentarily stifled, Su Yan changed the subject and asked, "By the way, Your Highness, where is this place? How did I get here?"

When Qin Yan went out to ask someone to find his clothes, he remembered that this was a brothel, a place where officials, wealthy gentry, and powerful families in Qizhou City would secretly seek pleasure.

He didn't know why Su Yan was there. He wanted to ask, but he was afraid that hearing about her bad experiences would stir up her sadness and pain, so he refrained from asking.

Hearing her ask this, Qin Yan finally relaxed. "Ayan, do you know where this is?"

“Ayan didn’t know. Ayan was strolling around Qizhou City in the afternoon. She only remembered passing by a small alley when someone suddenly covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief. Then she felt dizzy and fainted. Ayan didn’t know what happened after that.”

"Speaking of which, Ayan was pushed down by a thief on the street. Luckily, His Highness caught her, otherwise Ayan would have fallen hard and made a fool of herself." Su Yan seemed to have just remembered seeing Qin Yan in disguise on the street, her tone filled with gratitude and relief.

Upon hearing her words, Qin Yan immediately recalled the veiled woman who had fallen into his arms on the street.

He immediately felt that her eyes were very familiar.

Now I understand where that sense of familiarity came from.

"So the woman I helped on the street was Ayan. It seems Ayan and my brother are quite destined for each other." For some reason, Qin Yan felt a little smug about the two of them being destined for each other.

Su Yan chuckled inwardly. What fate? It was all part of her scheme.

"But why am I...on...Your Highness's bed?"

Qin Yan's smile faltered as scenes from not long ago flashed through his mind. His face, covered by a human skin mask, revealed nothing, but his ears and neck quickly turned red.

A rush of heat to his abdomen caused Qin Yan to tense up, and he awkwardly shifted his body away from the screen, unable to face the girl behind it.

"I'll send someone to investigate right now, Ayan, please wait a moment." With that, Qin Yan turned her back to her, stood up, walked quickly to the window, and tapped the windowsill rhythmically a few times.

Soon, a figure appeared by the window. The two spoke in such a low voice that Su Yan couldn't hear a single word.

Before long, Qin Yan returned to the round table and sat down with the note presented by the guard. He opened the note and read it carefully, his face instantly turning frosty.

Just because he looked at Ayan for a little longer, Guo Chengping sent people to kidnap Ayan and put her in his bed?!

If the person who came was really Shao Dejing, he also looked at Ayan for a while longer. Would Ayan be sent to his bed?

If Guo Chengping saw Ayan's face beneath the veil, would he also abduct her and force himself on her?

The thought of Ayan being sent to another man's bed and having her virginity forcibly defiled filled Qin Yan with murderous intent.