This was her first time having to romance a eunuch, so naturally, Fengguang was under enormous pressure. Before officially entering the world, she prepared thoroughly—most of it studying post-trauma psychology in men. But she never imagined that on her very first day in the story, while returning to her family home outside the palace, she would get run over by a crazed horse.
Yes, it knocked her straight into amnesia.
“Your Highnes,s the Crown Princess, please—please save His Highness!”
A woman dropped to her knees before her. Fengguang twitched the corner of her mouth, then quietly glanced at the maid standing beside her, blinking for help.
Feiyu, ever attentive, helped clear up her confusion. “My lady, this is the senior palace maid of the Eastern Palace. Her name is Yiren.”
“Oh, Yiren…” Fengguang lowered her head and studied the beautiful maid from head to toe. “So what’s wrong with your crown prince?”
“C-cough!” Feiyu choked on her own breath. “My lady, mind your wording!”
Your crown prince—what kind of phrasing was that!?
Fengguang puckered her lips indifferently. Although she’d supposedly lost her memory, she still retained bits and pieces. For example, she clearly remembered she wasn’t the same as the people around her. And she needed to find someone… someone with a name that seemed to have three characters?
The Crown Princess had suffered a severe illness and remained unconscious for several days. She had only woken up yesterday. Although her body had recovered, her memory was gone—Yiren knew this.
“His Highness was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison on charges of treason,” Yiren pleaded. “The conditions there are harsh, and he is gravely injured. His life is hanging by a thread. I beg you, Your Highness—please save him!”
Feiyu’s face drained of color. “What!? Treason!”
Fengguang looked at Feiyu, then at Yiren, and said calmly, “How is it that you know about such a major matter, yet we’ve heard nothing?”
“Your Highness…” Yiren lifted her head hesitantly. “This maid only learned of it moments ago. His Highness went to see His Majesty the day before yesterday and never returned. I grew worried and asked a kitchen matron I’m close to. That was how I found out.”
“Oh? Is that so?”
“My lady!” Feiyu stomped her foot, nearly shaking with anger. Treason was a crime of the highest severity—how could her mistress be so nonchalant!?
Fengguang looked genuinely innocent. “What? Isn’t this kind of thing pretty normal? Since ancient times, how many crown princes have actually ascended the throne without being deposed first?”
Now that she thought about it… well, it was true—no, wait!
Feiyu’s beautiful eyes filled with frustration. “My lady, His Highness the Crown Prince is your husband! If anything happens to him, the Prime Minister’s Manor will be implicated too!”
“Tsk… I forgot I’m technically the Crown Princess.” Fengguang rubbed her chin in annoyance, as though the title was an inconvenience.
“My lady!”
“Alright, alright, stop shouting. I’m thinking of a solution, aren’t I?” Fengguang dreaded nothing more than Feiyu throwing a tantrum.
Since Feiyu didn’t know about this major event, that meant the news hadn’t reached the Eastern Palace yet—or more likely, the emperor had ordered that it be kept from the Eastern Palace. Why?
Because there was someone in the Eastern Palace who must not know.
And who would that be? After thinking it over… only she, the Crown Princess, fit that description.
Fengguang sighed. The moment she discovered she had transmigrated into this ridiculous Crown Princess, she knew peaceful days were over. Think about it—historically, the whole point of appointing a crown prince was to have someone to depose later. As a Crown Princess, her chances of becoming empress were basically one percent. But if she had transmigrated into the Fourth Prince’s consort? Her chances would’ve been seventy percent!