Chapter 10

　　\"Well, I, Cristin, swear to the heaven that I will never tell others about my lady’s pregnancy. If I violated it, I will pierce my body with arrows and die!\"

　　Seeing her so dedicated, I couldn’t bear it. I quickly pulled her up from the ground, \"All right, Cristin, from now on, you and I will be on the same boat. Don\'t worry, I will protect you. As long as I am here, no one will dare bully you.\"

　　Not even Zach.

　　Cristin didn\'t reply to me, but rubbed my knees heartily, and asked me, \"Does it hurt, my lady?\"

　　I smiled and shook my head, reached out my hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and comforted her, \"It doesn\'t hurt. It’s an old disease, it doesn\'t get in the way.\"

　　But Cristin refused to believe it. She insisted on digging out the ointment left by Doctor Hu, and carefully applied three layers on the back and front of my knees before she was willing to give up.

　　In the next few days, my pregnancy symptoms got worse that I almost vomited what I ate. Fortunately, Cristin drove all the eunuchs and maids in the courtyard outside, leaving her alone next to me.

　　There was still no news from the Imperial Palace. It seemed that Zach was determined to abandon me this time.

　　That’s good, the more he doesn’t pay attention to me, the safer the baby in my stomach will be.

　　It\'s just that, I think it wasn’t a good way to hide it like this. The people of Showa Palace have many eyes, I’m sure someone will discover it sooner or later.

　　And the only way I can keep this child was to get out of the palace.

　　That’s right, out of the palace! I can ask my brother, Eugene Lin, for help. He’s a great general protecting the Eastern Kingdom. He has great military power in his hands. He had a close relationship with Zach in his early years. Although I knew this was going to be a dangerous move, there really was no other way for me.

　　Without further ado, I immediately wrote a letter to explain my current situation to my brother and asked him to save me.

　　Cristin quietly looked at me repeatedly, but finally couldn\'t help but persuade me, \"My lady, I think this is too risky. One mistake could involve the entire Lin family...\"

　　I raised my head and looked at her with a wary look, \"You promised to help me, you swore to me.\"

　　During this time, I became extremely sensitive and suspicious. Every time Cristin displayed a little hesitation, I would always think she was going to betray me.

　　Cristin knelt in front of me, crying, \"My lady, I know that you want to keep this child, but you can\'t risk your own life! Once the crime of deceiving the Emperor is revealed, it will ultimately involve the nine familial exterminations.

　　Even though I was prepared, my heart jumped uncontrollably at the thought of my entire family being killed when I heard the words \"nine familial exterminations.\"

　　I lifted her up from the ground and tried to make my voice sound calmer, \"No, don’t worry, I only need my brother to help me out of the palace, and then I will leave Yecheng. I won’t involve any of you.\"

　　I have already figured it out. Zach allows my brother to enter and exit the palace freely, and in his capacity, it would be easy to render a palace guard unconscious silently. He doesn’t even need to come out himself, he just needs to send someone to quietly send me out of Yecheng, and when I leave, I will have Cristin drink a medicated tea prepared in advance so that she won’t be involved.

　　In the end, Cristin couldn\'t persuade me and sent the letter out for me.

　　In the following days, I was sitting on pins and needles. I was afraid that he would abandon me for the sake of family stability. After all, I entered the palace and had very little contact with the family.

　　Fortunately, my brother quickly replied to me. Not only did he promise to help me, he also made a more detailed and more secure plan for me to ensure that I could escape safely.

　　I cried with joy holding the letter, and I knew that even if I was abandoned by the whole world, my brother would never forsake me.