The soldiers guarding the prison reported Qin Yang's words.

Upon learning this, Qin Yan changed his decision to execute Qin Yang two months later.

He noticed that his son looked more and more like him, and that he could even see Yan'er's features in his face. The palace maids and eunuchs all said that the child looked like him and Yan'er.

It's obvious at a glance that this is his and Yan'er's child!

When his son is a little older, he will bring him to Qin Yang and tell him to open his eyes wide and see clearly that his son is Yan'er's child, his real biological son.

At the full moon celebration, because it was the end of the year and the weather was cold, the baby was dressed in thick clothes and wore a thick tiger-head hat, with the swaddling clothes almost completely covering the baby's face.

The court officials couldn't see the child's face clearly, but they heard Empress Dowager Liu and some members of the royal family say that the young prince looked like His Majesty and the Empress.

The court officials all assumed that the emperor was trying to curry favor with him, and they did not believe that a child who was not his biological child could resemble both the emperor and the empress.

It wasn't until the little prince turned one year old that their emperor carried him to the morning court. The little prince couldn't sit still on the emperor's lap and ran down to look at this minister and that general.

The court officials were shocked to discover that the young crown prince really did look very much like His Majesty!

In addition to resembling His Majesty, one can also see a resemblance of the Empress in his face.

Many court officials were so shocked that they plucked out their beards. Their minds were not on politics, but entirely on the young crown prince who was still unsteady on his feet.

They finally believed that what His Majesty had said a year ago was true; he had indeed made the Empress pregnant and give birth to a healthy eldest son!

Soon, a courtier with overly ambitious thoughts stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, your health is no longer impaired. Your Majesty should take in many beautiful women to fill the harem and continue the family line!"

His granddaughter just turned 18 last month, and her appearance and figure are at their most tender. If she were to enter the palace, she would surely win His Majesty's favor.

Even the Empress, with her sickly constitution, was able to give birth to His Majesty's child. His granddaughter has never been sick since birth and is in excellent health. She will surely give birth to a second prince soon.

Although His Majesty has now named the Empress's son as Crown Prince, His Majesty is still in his prime, and the Crown Prince is still young. Everything is still uncertain, and it is not impossible for the prince born to his granddaughter to ascend to that supreme position!

The minister's breathing quickened at the thought that his great-grandfather, who was an emperor, could control the emperor and dictate the course of the country.

He was lost in his own beautiful daydreams, completely unaware that Qin Yan, sitting at the head of the table, had a very indifferent expression, so indifferent that he seemed to be looking at a dead man.

Other courtiers who also wanted to send their granddaughters or daughters into the palace to give birth to princes and vie for the next throne also hurriedly stepped forward to advise Qin Yan to select concubines.

Su Zhan glanced coldly at those people, then looked back at Qin Yan's calm expression and felt relieved.

His Majesty truly loved Ayan. He initially considered aborting the child because he was worried that Ayan's health would prevent her from giving birth safely.

It is clear that in His Majesty's heart, Ayan is more important than the children.

Therefore, His Majesty will not take in many beautiful women to become concubines just to have more offspring.

Ayan won't be sad or upset.

Although Su Zhan was not worried that Qin Yan would adopt the officials' suggestions, he still harbored resentment towards them.

He will send people to thoroughly investigate all those officials after the court session.

They all better be fair, upright, honest and noble officials, otherwise if he finds any fault with them, he will definitely make them pay!

Su Zhan was still thinking of going back to investigate those officials, but Qin Yan, who was at the head of the court, didn't even want to investigate. He directly issued an edict to promote some of the officials who had suggested that he choose a concubine by half a rank.

The officials thought that their suggestion had pleased Qin Yan, which was why he promoted them.

They wanted to take the opportunity to suggest sending their eldest granddaughter to the palace to serve Qin Yan, but then they heard Qin Yan order them to be transferred out of Kunjing and sent to desolate places like Liangzhou and Hanzhou to take up their posts.

After Qin Yan gave the order, he didn't bother to listen to their pleas. He simply used the excuse of feeling unwell to order a eunuch to carry the little prince up to him, and then he left with the little prince in his arms.

Those officials were promoted in name only but demoted in reality, and were even sent to godforsaken places like Liangzhou and Hanzhou, which made other officials with the same thoughts afraid to mention the selection of concubines to Qin Yan again.

Even after leaving with the little prince, Qin Yan was still unhappy.

He only wanted to stay by Yan'er's side and her child's side, and didn't want anyone else to disturb the family of three.

Moreover, the daughters and granddaughters raised by those court officials were all quite capable.

His Yan'er was simple-minded and kind-hearted. Apart from being angered and schemed against by Chen Yilin once before, she had never been exposed to the methods of women in the harem.

If those women were allowed into the palace, his Yan'er would probably be devoured by them, leaving not even bones behind.

How could he possibly agree to let those women enter the palace to harm his Yan'er and their son!

In a bad mood, Qin Yan carried the little prince away from the palace and went to the Ministry of Justice's prison.

Qin Yang, who had been imprisoned here for more than two years, heard footsteps and numbly turned his eyes to look.

Upon seeing Qin Yan, he immediately stood up from the ground, staring at him with bloodshot eyes: "Qin Yan, where is Chang Le? Did you prevent Chang Le from seeing me?"

"You know that Chang Le loves me, and you're afraid that if Chang Le sees me, she won't want to come back to you, so you forbid Chang Le from seeing me, isn't that right?"

"You despicable person who stole my love, you deserve to never have your own child and can only bring back other people's children to cover your shame!"

Hearing Qin Yang's words, Qin Yan handed Xiao Qin Xu to the eunuch to hold, ordered someone to open the prison door, went in, and beat Qin Yang up.

After beating Qin Yang so badly he couldn't get up, Qin Yan took the handkerchief offered by the eunuch and wiped the bloodstains from his hands. He looked at Qin Yang, who was lying like a dead dog, with disdain and said, "I indeed didn't tell anyone that you wanted to see Yan'er."

But even if I tell her, she won't come to see you!

"Impossible! Chang Le loves me, she will definitely come to see me!"

"Love you? Yan'er has always loved me! She approached you only to gain your trust, to make you expose your wolfish ambitions in front of her, so that she could find evidence to bring you to justice and avenge her father!"

"You don't think she doesn't know that you killed her father and tried to kill her only brother, do you?"

"Do you think Yan'er is someone who would disregard deep-seated hatred for love?"

Do you think she would love you, the man who killed her father and brother?

"Then you really don't understand Yan'er!"

Qin Yang lay on the ground, shaking his head with difficulty, refusing to believe Qin Yan's words, "Chang Le loves me. Even if she can't let go of her hatred, she both loves and hates me!"

"Really? But Yan'er hasn't mentioned you at all in the past two years!"

She only thinks about me every day, and she gets unhappy if she doesn't see me for a long time.

Especially after Yan'er became pregnant, she would cling to me every day. If I left for more than fifteen minutes, she would cry and come to me.

After giving birth, Yan'er stayed by our side every day, thinking only of us. She never once thought of you, her father's killer!

This is a perfect example of how one can kill someone by destroying their spirit.

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