And Zheng Shuxian fell in love with the wrong person.
When she was young, she met the Third Prince, who was also out to play. The two of them were about the same age, so they quickly got along.
She was used to her brother's unconditional love. It was the first time she met someone like the Third Prince who would reason with her. Zheng Shuxian felt that it was very refreshing.
When a person felt that two people were new, that was when they were moved.
After meeting the Third Prince again and again, Zheng Shuxian found out the Third Prince's true identity after exchanging identities. She liked the Third Prince more and more.
Zheng Shuxian was moved by the Third Prince.
Young love was always so pure and passionate.
Zheng Shuxian liked the Third Prince as pure as a sunflower liked sunshine.
What she didn't know was that her chance encounter with the Third Prince, and even the content of their conversation, was all part of the Third Prince's plan.
A young man's love was always simple and straightforward.
Zheng Shuxian was spoiled by her family. Even if the person she liked was the Third Prince, she was still simple and straightforward. She directly told the Third Prince that she liked him.
After knowing that Zheng Shuxian liked him, the Third Prince treated Zheng Shuxian even better. He even expressed his desire to marry Zheng Shuxian more than once.
The Third Prince's words were tantamount to proposing to Zheng Shuxian.
In Zheng Shuxian's opinion, the two of them were congenial.
After Zheng Shuxian reached marriageable age, the Third Prince asked the Emperor to grant her marriage.
Half a year later, Zheng Shuxian got married to the Third Prince as she wished.
However, life after marriage wasn't as good as Zheng Shuxian had imagined.
First of all, the Third Prince was very busy every day. How busy was he?
Probably because the two of them didn't spend a day together in a month.
What made Zheng Shuxian even more embarrassed was that the Third Prince didn't even touch her fingers after they were together on their wedding day.
Zheng Shuxian was thin-skinned and couldn't ask why the Third Prince didn't want to sleep with her. She kept this matter in her heart and felt sad by herself.
Three months passed like this.
Zheng Shuxian's stomach didn't show any signs of movement. Her mother, Changping Princess, couldn't help but mutter. She said that Zheng Shuxian's eldest brother was born in the first month of her marriage. Why was there no sign of movement after three months of marriage?
The Third Prince's mother was the same. Because there was no news of Zheng Shuxian's marriage for three months, she did not like her.
On the surface, Zheng Shuxian said that the matter of children depended on fate, but in fact, she was full of bitterness.
It was true that pregnancy depended on fate, but it was also the fate of two people.
Now that the Third Prince didn't touch her, it would be strange if she could get pregnant.
Because of the pressure from the Third Prince's mother and Changping Commandery Princess, Zheng Shuxian went back and told the Third Prince, hoping that he could spare some time for her.
However, this was the first time that the Third Prince, who had always been obedient to her before their marriage, had shown her a cold face.
The Third Prince directly expressed that he was busy with official business and was powerless to help. He hoped that Zheng Shuxian could be more understanding of him.
Seeing the tired look on her husband's face, Zheng Shuxian could only swallow her words.
However, looking at the Third Prince's tired appearance, Zheng Shuxian thought for a moment and went back to look for her father, hoping that he could help the Third Prince.
The Defender-general of the State was not interested in the competition between the princes.
However, his precious daughter was begging him, and the Third Prince was already his son-in-law. If one lost, one lost. If one gained, one gained.
Even if it wasn't for the Zheng family's glory, he had to help the Third Prince for his precious daughter.
Once the Defender-general of the State made a move, it would be obvious whether or not there was one.
Soon, the Third Prince was crowned as the Crown Prince.
Because of the Defender-general of the State's protection, the Third Prince's position was very secure until five years later, when the Emperor suddenly died and he ascended the throne.
In these five years, the Third Prince had never been close to Zheng Shuxian, and Zheng Shuxian was still childless.
At first, Changping Commandery Princess was anxious, but later on, she could only let fate take its course.
The Defender-general of the State's family had contributed greatly to the Third Prince's ascension to the throne. They originally thought that the Third Prince would crown Zheng Shuxian as the Empress, but who would have thought that he would use the excuse of Zheng Shuxian not having an heir to make her a Noble Consort?
He and Zheng Shuxian were well aware of why Zheng Shuxian didn't have an heir.
He knew that Zheng Shuxian wouldn't say anything, so she could only suffer in silence.
In the end, Zheng Shuxian lost to the Third Prince because she loved the Third Prince too much.
When the Third Prince ascended the throne, he didn't have many heirs, so naturally, he began the selection process.
What bothered Zheng Shuxian was that the first person the Third Prince chose to enter the palace was Li Ruyi, who was the one she hated the most.
Moreover, Li Ruyi was made a concubine the moment she entered the palace.
After that, the Third Prince stayed in Li Ruyi's palace.
A month later, Li Ruyi was pregnant. The Third Prince was wild with joy and even promised that if Li Ruyi gave birth to a son, he would crown her as his Empress.
The Third Prince's promise to Li Ruyi was like a heavy slap to Zheng Shuxian's face.
The Third Prince used the excuse that he was busy with government affairs and didn't have time to accompany her, but now that he was the Emperor, he had time to be lovey-dovey with Li Ruyi.
The Third Prince said that he didn't want her to be Empress because he didn't want her to be in the limelight and protect her. But now, Li Ruyi was pregnant and didn't know anything. He promised that if she gave birth to a son, he would crown Li Ruyi as his Empress.
She had been with him for more than five years, and her family had helped him ascend the throne, but he treated her like this.
Zheng Shuxian was suddenly enlightened.
He said that he was busy and didn't have time, and that it was for her own good. In fact, he just didn't like her.
After seeing through everything, Zheng Shuxian seemed to have seen through the dead silence of the world.
Li Ruyi was pregnant and the Third Prince couldn't continue to dote on her, so he thought of Zheng Shuxian.
Although he didn't like Zheng Shuxian, she was very beautiful and even prettier than Li Ruyi.
The Third Prince doted on Zheng Shuxian. Of course, after that, he sent a bowl of tonic to Zheng Shuxian, saying that it would help her get pregnant.
Because her heart had given up, Zheng Shuxian didn't want to give birth to the Third Prince's child, so she directly asked someone to throw away the tonic.
What Zheng Shuxian didn't expect was that she didn't take the tonic and got pregnant.
When the Third Prince found out that Zheng Shuxian was pregnant, his face was especially twisted.
Seeing the Third Prince's face contorted in shock, Zheng Shuxian instantly understood everything.
The so-called tonic was actually a contraceptive. It was just that she didn't take it because she didn't want to and got pregnant.
The Third Prince really didn't have any feelings for her.
Although she wasn't interested in giving birth to the Third Prince's child, Zheng Shuxian was already pregnant so she quietly nursed the baby.
After ten months of pregnancy, Li Ruyi was the first to act. Unfortunately, she was pregnant with a princess. This made the Third Prince, who had high hopes for this child, a little disappointed. But he still made Li Ruyi Consort Yi on the grounds that she had done a good deed in bearing a child.
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