Chapter 104 House Search

"Don't worry, my lord. My husband came home this afternoon. He should be lying in his room now." Su Jin described the scene when Ji Qingyue came back in the afternoon, and added: "I felt that something was wrong with him. He didn't even have dinner. He went into the house as soon as he came back. Cao Ge'er and I knocked several times but no one answered."

Yuan Ming walked hurriedly into the backyard, opened the bedroom door, and saw a bulge in the quilt on the bed.

Sitting down on the bed, Yuan Ming stretched out his hand and touched Ji Qingyue's forehead: "I heard from the servants at home that you are not feeling well. It's my fault. I have really tired you out during this period. Fortunately, everything has come to an end. Have a good rest at home for a few days and play with Snowball."

Ji Qingyue did not move or speak.

Yuan Ming frowned: "Are you sick? I'll go get a doctor."

He stood up, but his hand was held tightly.

Looking back, seeing Ji Qingyue's face full of tears, Yuan Ming was shocked, and hurriedly held his hand back and squatted down: "What's the matter?"

Ji Qingyue looked at him stubbornly, without saying a word, just crying.

At this time, a burst of crying baby sounded outside the door. Next door was the baby room, where Su Jin was soothing two children to sleep.

It was as if some switch was turned on, and Ji Qingyue cried even more fiercely.

Yuan Ming had no intention of going out to see the children, so he could only hold Ji Qingyue in his arms and comfort her in a soft voice.

After an unknown amount of time, Ji Qingyue raised her head, her eyes filled with sadness.

He said, "You said that husbands should be honest with each other and never hide anything. I'm asking you now, have you ever lied to me?"

Yuan Ming was stunned. From the beginning to the end, he had only lied to Ji Qingyue about one thing.

Before Ji Qingyue let go of his hand, Yuan Ming said, "You know everything. I broke my promise. I am Brother Jin."

The moment he said this, Ji Qingyue's tears flowed again.

"I don't understand, why did you lie to me? You had so many chances to tell me, why didn't you tell me? When I saw me obsessed with your storybooks, and heard those words of admiration and respect for you, were you particularly proud and laughed at me like a fool?"

Yuan Ming's heart tightened, and he quickly explained: "I have never thought so! Seeing that you like those storybooks so much, I don't feel proud at all. I am scared to death, afraid that you will know the truth, afraid that you will be angry, I am extremely panicked!"

Ji Qingyue was not moved by his words, and looked at him stubbornly: "Why did you lie to me?"

Why?

At first, he chose to write storybooks because of livelihood, and more because he was worried that Ji Qingyue would repeat the same mistakes. Not only did the things in his previous life not fade away with time, but they often appeared in his nightmares.

Sometimes when he woke up in the middle of the night, he would feel panic when he saw the person sleeping peacefully beside him. Which one was the dream?

"You're not talking again?" Ji Qingyue murmured, "Forget it, go out, I'll be alone."

Yuan Ming looked painful, and put his forehead on the back of Ji Qingyue's hand, his voice hoarse, "Now that things have come to this, I'll tell you everything. On the day of my wedding, I had a dream, but it didn't seem like a dream, it felt like something I had really experienced..."

Ji Qingyue felt wet on the back of her hand, and her heart ached more and more, so she stopped pulling her hand away.

Yuan Ming told a long story about their two lives, which was completely different from the present. In the story, she was very miserable. She couldn't keep up with her husband's footsteps, couldn't leave her black-hearted family, and couldn't even keep her own children. Her short life ended in misery.

Ji Qingyue couldn't come back to her senses for a long time. She let go of all her strength and let Yuan Ming hold her.

"I know this is too absurd for you. You may even think it's a story I made up. Sometimes I don't know whether it's what I really experienced, or a dream or my imagination. But you must believe me. The reason why I lied to you is because of that dream. I have always been afraid that you will become like the one in the dream, and I am afraid that I can't keep you." After

a long while, Ji Qingyue whispered, "That child... What were you doing on the night I lost that child?"

Yuan Ming didn't expect him to... Although he was asked this, he still answered quickly, not daring to hide anything: "I didn't know that your body had reached the end of its strength. That night, my superior sent me to find evidence about the prime minister's bribery in the old case. I stayed in Gongxie all night and definitely didn't go out to have sex!"

Ji Qingyue had a miscarriage, on the one hand because of her poor health, and on the other hand because of a huge shock - at that time, his superior deliberately gave him a job so that he could not go home, and created the illusion of taking him to visit prostitutes, and then the news reached Ji Qingyue's ears.

Therefore, Yuan Ming knew that his superior was openly against the prime minister, but in fact he was a spy planted by the prime minister next to his political enemies.

But despite this, he could not wash away his guilt. If it weren't for him, Ji Qingyue would not have had a miscarriage, let alone pass away so early.

Yuan Ming's eyes were red after he finished speaking, and he didn't dare to look Ji Qingyue in the eye.

Ji Qingyue breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it didn't happen, even if it was just a dream.

Before Yuan Ming could continue to speak, Ji Qingyue stopped him: "Let me be alone."

Yuan Ming looked at his shocked expression and couldn't bear it. He opened his mouth but said nothing in the end.

In the next few days, Yuan Ming and Ji Qingyue slept in separate rooms.

Ji Qingyue asked the servants to clean up a room, but Yuan Ming was unwilling to go in. He would rather sleep on the small couch in the study. Ji Qingyue knew very well that this was a self-torture trick, so she let him go. Yuan

Ming came home earlier and earlier every day, but Ji Qingyue deliberately avoided him. Several days passed and the two didn't see each other.

The Ministry of Justice already has evidence of the Prime Minister's corruption, bribery, and factionalism. The fight between the two sides has entered a white-hot stage, and Yuan Ming will be even busier.

In order to meet Ji Qingyue, Yuan Ming took half a day off, queued up to buy Ji Qingyue's favorite snacks, and sat in the yard waiting for him.

When it was almost time for dinner, Ji Qingyue came back. He walked straight past Yuan Ming without even raising his head.

Yuan Ming felt a dull pain in his heart and held his hand.

"I'm sorry. I know you don't want to talk to me now, but please give me some time. I have something important to tell you."

Ji Qingyue sat down.

Yuan Ming pushed the snacks that had been prepared in advance in front of him, poured some tea, and said softly, "This is your favorite longan cake. You are busy with things in the shop every day and have no time to buy it. Eat more today."

Ji Qingyue ignored him, his expression did not change, and continued: "There will be big changes in the court recently, and the situation is unstable. I'm worried that someone will be desperate and attack you and the children, so I borrowed some skilled guards from Lord Li, and they will guard around the house on weekdays. Just be careful and try not to go out for the next few days. Even if you have to go to the shop, bring someone with you."

After a pause, he continued: "I will be busy these days and may have to stay overnight in the official residence, but please rest assured that I will never do anything out of line."

Ji Qingyue responded lightly, without saying anything else, but Yuan Ming felt extremely satisfied. In his opinion, this was already a huge improvement.

"Take care of yourself and don't get angry." Yuan Ming said.

Ji Qingyue's nose was sore and he turned his head away.

Yuan Ming looked at him steadily, slowly stood up and walked towards the study.

Just before he entered the room, Ji Qingyue suddenly said: "Take care of yourself and be careful."

Yuan Ming turned his head suddenly, only to see Ji Qingyue had already left with the plate of snacks, but he couldn't help but smile.

Two days later, the eunuch beside the emperor brought an imperial edict and the army, and directly surrounded the prime minister's residence, and the people came to watch. Not long after, the prime minister and a group of party members were escorted out, and the family members and servants in the mansion were all scared.

One thought to heaven and one thought to hell, the prime minister's residence, which was once glamorous and daunting, has become a forbidden area. Yuan Ming followed Li Qinggang to deal with the follow-up affairs of the Prime Minister's