Jia Zhen continued, "Back then, Fang La's defeat had become inevitable. In despair, Princess Jinzhi killed herself. Chai Jin was a real man too; he actually chose to die for love. My father happened to witness it and discovered that Princess Jinzhi had not actually died, so he secretly rescued her. He then found a random maid, dressed her in Princess Jinzhi's clothes, and had her impersonate the princess, fooling the court."
Song Qingshu wore a strange expression and could not help thinking that Jia Jing really knew how to pick up bargains. When he changed Princess Jinzhi's clothes, hadn't he seen and touched every inch of her body?
"Her father was dead, and her husband had died for love. Even if your father saved her, could she still have gone on living?" Song Qingshu asked curiously.
"After she woke up, she had originally intended to kill herself again. But my father told her that she was already pregnant, and only then did she give up the thought of suicide," Jia Zhen replied.
"A posthumous child?" Song Qingshu nodded to himself. Women in this world had been lacking in biological knowledge to begin with, and since she had only been pregnant for a short time, it was normal for her not to know.
"Princess Jinzhi had originally hated Chai Jin deeply. But when she saw him die for her with her own eyes, all her resentment vanished like smoke. So she decided to leave behind his bloodline," Jia Zhen continued recounting the events of those years. "Later, the child was born—Qin Keqing. A few years later, Princess Jinzhi still died of grief. Qin Keqing's identity was too sensitive, so to conceal it, my father sent her to the orphanage and had Qin Ye adopt her."
Song Qingshu sorted through the