Male supporting role is not a stepping stone

Soon after Shaoyangji was imprisoned in the palace, he took advantage of the guards' unpreparedness and tried to commit suicide again. Fortunately, he was discovered in time and stopped.

When the news was delivered to Yang Yan, he thought about it and decided to meet the male protagonist.

This was the first time he saw the second emperor brother after he came to this world. Different from the memory of the original owner who always lowered his head and huddled in the shadows, after the failure of the rebellion, he raised his head high and revealed that Zhang actually has a very handsome face.

As soon as he saw him, Shaoyangji showed a sneer on his face and said proudly: "Today's failure is because I am not as skilled as others. I can kill or behead you at will, but if you want to humiliate me, don't even think about it!"

Yang Yan did not argue with him about this matter, but asked him a question that caught him off guard: "Do you love Rong Yinhua very much?"

Shaoyangji's face showed panic for the first time since he was captured, but he quickly covered it up and continued to sneer: "I don't understand what you are talking about. I have a mortal enemy with the Rong family. The daughter of the Rong family is the one I must kill."

Yang Yan did not expose his forced composure, walked to the chair in front of him and sat down, pretending to be chatting: "I believe you also know that the mother-in-law once intended to make Rong Yinhua the orphaned crown prince. So I often send people to take her to the palace to play."

Shaoyangji couldn't help but snorted: "These are your private matters, I have no interest in listening to them."

"Everyone in the palace knows this, so they all respect her. No matter what she wants to do or where she wants to go, no one can stop her." Yang Yan ignored him and said to himself, "But Rong Yinhua loves cleanliness by nature, but she never wants to set foot in those dirty places, for example..."

Seeing that although he still had an impatient look on his face, his ears could not help but perk up. Yang Yan smiled softly and continued: "She never likes to go to the cold palace."

"What do you want to say?" Shaoyang Ji now understood that he might have seen through the relationship between the two, and finally panicked, "Shaoyang Yan, just deal with me, Yin'er is your direct cousin, don't you think so? Want to attack her?"

Yang Yan still ignored him and continued: "When Rong Yinhua was eight years old, he suddenly asked his mother for a little maid from Changsu Palace. Naturally, her mother would not offend her for such a trivial matter, so she gave it to her that day. The little palace maid gave her a job as a maid."

He looked meaningfully at the young man whose face was starting to turn pale, and said slowly, "That little palace maid has a unique name, Xiaolian."

"What do you mean?" Shaoyangji's lips trembled, and he already had a bad premonition in his heart, but he was unwilling to think about the worst outcome, "Yin'er once helped me under the pseudonym Xiaolian, just for this reason Are you going to punish her?"

"Shaoyang Yan, I am the one who did something wrong. Don't involve innocent people!"

"Is Rong Yinhua really innocent?" Yang Yan raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth, "How many things about the East Palace have you found out from her? Why did she suddenly send a message to Gu Gu to leave the palace the night before?"

"So you know everything..." Shaoyangji was stunned, and then a hint of pleading appeared on his face, "For the sake of Yin'er being your cousin, can you let her go?"

"Is it fun to deceive yourself?" Yang Yan looked at him with some sympathy in his eyes, "Do you know what happened to the little palace maid named Xiaolian?"

Shaoyangji looked at him blankly, and there was a voice in his heart shouting at him not to listen, and to stop him from talking, but he opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

"About two months later, Gu heard that a maid next to Rong Yinhua fell into the lake and drowned in the winter. The body was frozen together with the lake water. The eunuch broke through the ice and dug her out with rough hands and feet. I heard both legs were broken."

"How pitiful," Yang Yan clicked his tongue twice and asked, "What do you think this child named Xiaolian is doing running to the lake alone at night on such a cold day?"

"No, this is not true, you lied to me." The fingers in Shaoyang Ji's sleeves clenched tightly, and the wound on his arm that had been wrapped not long ago opened. However, he seemed not to feel the pain and only cared about it. He stared at the man opposite him fiercely, "Shaoyangyan, you are lying to me, right?"

"Whatever you think," Shaoyang Yan spread his hands and said innocently, "I'm just telling you a story."

After saying that, he stood up and prepared to leave.

"Don't leave!" Shaoyang Ji shouted at this moment and rushed towards him, but he was quickly thrown to the ground by the guards waiting aside.

"Shaoyang Yan, please speak clearly!" Shaoyang Ji was pinned to the ground and couldn't move. His face was covered with dust, but he still raised his head and looked at him pleadingly. He didn't look as proud as before. ?

"What do you want to know? Why don't you ask Rong Yinhua himself?" Yang Yan looked at him condescendingly and said lightly, "Since your love is stronger than gold, I will help you and specifically ask Rong Xue for you. How about his daughter? Isn’t this royal brother treating you well?”

Although he knew that he was uneasy and well-intentioned, Shaoyangji couldn't say a word in rebuttal. He was too eager to know the truth.

Even though this truth may be very cruel, he would rather face it with sobriety and pain than be deceived by it until his death.

Seeing that he had given up struggling and was lying on the ground silently, Yang Yan knew that he would probably no longer think about seeking death in a short period of time, and did not continue to drive nails into his heart. He flicked his sleeves and turned around to leave.

Everything had gone smoothly so far. He walked back to the palace with ease, but when he reached the gate of the Crown Prince's Palace, he found that the people inside were in a panic, and everyone was in a mess.

"What's the matter?" Yang Yan suddenly asked, and the palace seemed to have been paused. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him.

"Your Highness, you are finally back!" After a moment of shock, one of the little palace maids shouted with surprise, and the others seemed to have found their backbone. The panic on their faces disappeared, and they knelt on the ground together to salute.

"What happened?" Yang Yan asked after calling people up, but unexpectedly got a shocking news.

"What? The Crown Princess was frightened and gave birth prematurely?" After listening to the report from the little palace maid, he walked in quickly and questioned, "Why didn't anyone come to inform me?"

The little palace maid replied in a crying voice: "It was the Queen who said that the Highness was doing important things and did not allow us to disturb the Highness."

Yang Yan knew that she could not be blamed for this matter, and now was not the time to pursue responsibility, so he did not say much, but just strode forward with his head down.

When he was still some distance away from the Crown Princess's bedroom, he suddenly heard a woman's voice inside screaming in fear: "Oh no, the Queen is having a difficult birth!"

Yang Yan's heart jumped, and he rushed in like a gust of wind, running into the midwife with blood on her hands.

The midwife was also surprised to see him. She was about to kneel down to pay her respects, but he waved his hand to stop her and asked hurriedly: "Why is it difficult to give birth? Where is the imperial physician? Has he treated the Crown Princess?"

"Your Highness may not understand this very well," the midwife said with difficulty, "Men are not allowed to enter the delivery room. Besides, the imperial physician can only treat diseases, not give birth to children. Even if he comes, it will be useless!"

Yang Yan did not argue with her. He turned his head and ordered his men to invite the imperial physician who was proficient in gynecology and inform the queen. He asked: "How is the Crown Princess?"

Before the midwife could answer, another person pushed the door open in the delivery room and shouted in panic: "The Queen and the little grandson are dying. Now only one of the two can be saved. Please make a decision, Your Highness."

"Of course, save the big one." Yang Yan said without thinking.

The midwife was stunned for a moment. She had been in the industry for so long and rarely heard this answer. What's more, the person who said this was the crown prince of a country, and the one he gave up was the royal bloodline.

Feeling that the Crown Princess was so lucky, she didn't dare to delay and bowed before going in. Unexpectedly, she came out again after just a short while.

"The Queen refused, and told me to keep the little grandson alive." The midwife said helplessly.

Yang Yan was not too surprised by this. Most women in this era have a spirit of self-sacrifice. They can give everything for their parents, husbands, and children, but forget themselves, as if they have lived their whole lives for others.

"I have the final say on this matter," he said decisively, "I want the Crown Princess to be safe and sound. If she has any mishap, I will hold you responsible."

The two threatened midwives had to go in again to persuade the Crown Princess, but unfortunately she would not listen to anything they said, and she wanted them to keep the child no matter what.

Giving birth still requires the cooperation of the parturient. If she disagrees, the two of them cannot complete it, so they have to come out again to reply to the Crown Prince.

Seeing that time was passing by, and every delay would increase the danger, Yang Yan simply ignored everyone's obstruction and went straight into the delivery room.

As soon as he entered the door, he smelled a strong smell of blood. The Crown Princess was lying on the delivery bed, looking extremely embarrassed. Her face was soaked with sweat, her belly was bulging, and she was covered with a thin blanket. Her legs were spread apart, and her smooth calves were exposed.

"Why did your highness come in?" The Crown Princess asked weakly. When she saw him, she was ashamed and angry. She wanted to cover her calves with a thin blanket, but she couldn't even move her body now. It was the midwife who had the eyes to cover her.

"You are going to commit suicide, how can I stay outside?" Yang Yan said a little unhappily.

But now seeing her in such a state of disgrace, he lost all his anger and could only comfort her: "We already have our eldest son, so it doesn't matter if this child is unfortunately lost."

"Your health is in danger now, so you must not joke with your life. Can you trust Cheng Yun?"

"Your Highness, how can I give up my own flesh and blood?" The Crown Princess still shook her head stubbornly.