The Marquis Is Innocent - 160.1
Chapter 160.1
Wei Shao stayed in East County for a few days. Lei Yan sought him, saying that the military division in Luoyang couldn’t wait for Marquis to return as scheduled and knew that Marquis had personally sent his wife back to East County, so they sent someone to inquire about the return date.
After dark, Xiao Qiao went back to her room and saw Wei Shao lying on his back on the bed, Fei Fei quietly lying on her father’s chest, her little head tightly pressed against her father’s chin, her little hands and feet hanging on her father’s chest and abdomen.
Wei Shao closed his eyes, his palm gently resting on Fei Fei’s back as if he had also fallen asleep. During the day, a family of three outings in civilian clothes. Fei Fei laughed and made a scene, tired after a fun day.
After bathing Fei Fei and leaving the father and daughter in the room, Xiao Qiao, Mrs. Ding, and Chun Niang prepared dry food, clothing, and other things for Wei Shao and his entourage to take on the road tomorrow. When she finished packing up, she returned to the room to see the father and daughter actually fell asleep this way.
Xiao Qiao approached gently, only to see Fei Fei slightly open her mouth in her sleep, and traces of saliva hung down from the corners of her mouth and dripped onto Wei Shao’s lapel, making it wet.
When Xiao Qiao wanted to carry Fei Fei away, Wei Shao suddenly opened his eyes, straightened his neck, and slightly raised his head to look at Fei Fei lying on his chest sleeping and gestured towards her.
Xiao Qiao was stunned, then realized that he had not fallen asleep but was afraid of waking up his daughter, which was why he had been lying still like this. Shaking her head, she bent down and gently picked up Fei Fei, sending her into Chun Niang’s arms as she followed her to the room.
Chun Niang carried Fei Fei out to rest.
Xiao Qiao turned her head and saw Wei Shao still lying there, looking at her, so she walked over and sat by his side, took a handkerchief and wiped the drool traces on his lapel, and softly said: ”The things for tomorrow’s journey and the dry food are all ready for you. You must go on the road early in the morning, so rest early.”
Wei Shao murmured and held her hand.
It was late at night. At an unknown time, outside, the night rain pattered down. It was already late fall, and this year’s climate was somewhat abnormal, and thunder faintly sounded.
Lighted by candlelight in the room, her husband’s solid arm wrapped around her. Xiao Qiao buried herself in her husband’s arms in the faint sound of thunder, found a comfortable position, pressed her face against his hot chest, and closed her eyes to sleep. Suddenly she heard him say in her ear: “Man Man, there’s something I’ve always wanted to know. It’s just that you never told me the whole story before. Tomorrow I’m leaving, and I want you to tell me.”
“Hm?” Xiao Qiao was sleepy, closing her eyes and answering vaguely.
“I have heard you mention your nightmares in front of me twice. I want to know what your nightmares are about.”
Xiao Qiao opened her eyes. Wei Shao seemed awake and lowered his head, his dark eyes gazing at her.
“I first learned of your nightmare when I sent an army to Yanzhou, and you rushed there and told me that you were suffering from a nightmare, and that’s why you’ve been defending yourself against me. You said that I destroyed your Qiao family out of hatred. And the second time, I witnessed the nightmare subdued you, and you were weeping so much that you couldn’t wake up. After I woke you up, you said that a man in a dragon robe killed you with a sword.” He paused for a split second as if recalling the scene.
“Man Man, that should not be all that was in your nightmare. I want to know all. Tell me, and don’t hide anything anymore, okay?”
“Who was that man in the dragon robe who wanted to kill you?”
“Was it me?” He asked three times in a row.
Xiao Qiao stared at him, not saying a word at first, but finally, slowly, shaking her head.
“It’s not you.”
“Then who is it?”
Xiao Qiao bit her lips and lapsed into silence.
“What is it? I want you to tell me everything!”
Xiao Qiao closed her eyes. His lips suddenly leaned in and kissed her for a while before moving toward her ear.
“Man Man, I always felt that you are deeply trapped in that nightmare and can’t pull yourself out of it. Otherwise, you won’t be so defensive against me to that extent. Tell me, don’t hide anything, and don’t have to worry about anything.”
“I want you to tell me all! Who is that person exactly?”
Xiao Qiao’s eyes trembled gently, slowly opening them to meet his gaze.
After hesitating, she finally gathered her courage and softly said, “It’s Liu Yan.”
Wei Shao’s eyes narrowed slightly, a dark shadow swept through, and his arms around her tightened, pressing her closer to himself.
“Tell me everything.”
Xiao Qiao took a long breath, “Husband, do you really want to listen? You won’t regret it?”
“Say it!” Only these words.
Xiao Qiao gazed at him and spoke slowly, “A long time ago, and for some unknown reason, I had a recurring dream. The dream was clear and coherent, and when I woke up, I felt those things weren’t illusionary. In my dream, I was repeating the experiences of my previous life. Just as you said, it deeply haunted me that I couldn’t pull myself out of it …… ”
“In that past life that I dreamed of, the Wei and Qiao families also formed a marriage, but the one who married you was not me, but my sister. After marrying you, she has not been able to win your favor, you loathe her for a lifetime, and only Grandmother treats her attentively. Unfortunately, Grandmother passed away in the year she married into the Wei family ……”
Wei Shao was surprised. His eyebrows moved as if he wanted to say something but held back.
“From then on, my sister had no one to turn to and ended up alone. In my dream, you married Miss Su and later became the Emperor. During those years, my Qiao family had already died at your hands, one after another. In the end, my brother was the only one left. Shortly after you became Emperor, my sister died in sickness and loneliness, and then you made Miss Su the empress ……” Xiao Qiao’s tone was calm as she recounted.
Wei Shao’s complexion turned unusually ugly, and looking at her fixedly. His gaze filled with disbelief and incomparable disgust.
“Tell me about yourself. What about you? Did you marry Liu Yan?”
After a long time, as if he finally suppressed his emotions with difficulty, he asked, his voice tense, like a string that would break at the slightest tug.
“Yes.” Xiao Qiao nodded.
“I married Liu Yan according to the marriage contract. Then the Han dynasty broke, and like the present world, a group of surviving ministers made him the Emperor of a small dynasty. I followed him as his queen, and it wasn’t long before you chased him and surrounded the city. My brother died trying to protect me. When you were about to break through the city, Liu Yan killed his harem in despair, and I swore to live and die with him, so he killed me, stabbing me in the heart with a sword ……”