Female Master: Why doesn’t my wife love me yet?

Chapter 129 Prison

Ji Mingzhao didn't want to make her worry, so he shook his head and said, "It's fine now. I'm glad to see that the young master is okay."

Gu Qingyuan tightened her arms around his waist. "It's a long story. I'll tell you slowly when I have time."

"Okay." Ji Mingzhao responded obediently without asking any more questions.

Suddenly, Gu Qingyuan thought of something, lifted the blanket, and saw his round belly.

Out of curiosity, she extended her index finger and poked it gently.

Ji Mingzhao only felt a wave of itchiness spreading from the place where she touched to his whole body, and his legs tightened a little.

Gu Qingyuan withdrew her hand, saw his embarrassed look, and smiled.

"Shy?"

"Um……"

"Do you want to get some more sleep now?"

"No, I'm not sleepy anymore." Ji Mingzhao said anxiously, as if she would leave if he spoke slower.

He tidied up his clothes, then took out the small clothes and tiger-head shoes he made for the child.

Gu Qingyuan exclaimed in amazement when she saw the clothes and shoes, which were small but showed the care put into their makers.

"So lovely."

Because he was unsure about the gender of the fetus, Ji Mingzhao made two sets, one for a boy and one for a girl.

In his heart, he still hoped that this baby would be a daughter.

Gu Qingyuan picked it up and gestured, then asked him, "This must have taken a lot of effort, right?"

"You can do it when you have nothing to do. It won't take much time." He said in a gentle tone.

Gu Qingyuan put the things down and rubbed his earlobe. "You made it so beautifully, the child will definitely like it."

He has really skillful hands, and these shoes look even more finely crafted than the ones Gu Qingyuan had seen in museums before.

Gu Qingyuan stayed with him for an entire afternoon. When she was about to leave, Ji Mingzhao looked at her reluctantly, wanting her to stay with him a little longer.

But he also knew that she was not just his.

……

A few days later, Gu Qingyuan and General Gu were called to the palace together.

The Queen looked at Gu Qingyuan with a serious expression.

"I previously imprisoned the ruler of Southern Xinjiang, but he kept repeating Young Master Gu's name, seemingly going a little crazy."

The Queen's eyes were somewhat complicated, and she was thinking of asking Gu Qingyuan to meet him.

General Gu said, "Your Majesty, no! He is a prisoner now. If he were to see Qing Yuan, what if he wanted to kill us all..."

She couldn't risk her daughter.

The Queen sighed, "I know you are worried about Young Master Gu, but that person said that if he is not allowed to see Young Master Gu, then both he and Young Master Gu will die."

Gu Qingyuan held General Gu's hand and said, "Then let me go meet him and see what he wants to do."

"Qingyuan!"

General Gu wanted to persuade her again, but she asked the Queen for permission to visit him in prison.

The queen knew in her heart that there might be a bond between the two of them that she was unaware of, and her original romantic thoughts disappeared. After all, she had no shortage of men.

Gu Qingyuan followed the prison inmates to the place where Chu Zhiyan was imprisoned. His hands and feet were hung up and he was held solitary in a cell.

The prison was damp and had an unpleasant smell. The only light came from a small window high up, which prevented it from being too dark inside.

After stepping in, Gu Qingyuan frowned because of the choking environment inside.

There was someone guarding outside, and Chu Zhiyan said he wanted to see her alone.

Gu Qingyuan walked to the cell door, opened it and walked in.

"Are you looking for me?"

Her voice was cold and emotionless.

After all, there is no need to be polite when facing this person who can be considered an enemy.

When Chu Zhiyan heard her voice, he pulled the chains on his hands. His lips looked a little pale due to lack of water. His body was covered in blood and countless wounds.

"Of course, I want to die together with Young Master Gu."

When Gu Qingyuan heard this, he immediately became alert.

He chuckled and asked her, "Young Master Gu, are you scared? Why weren't you afraid when you used your own injuries to trap me earlier?"

"That's different."

Gu Qingyuan saw that his hands and feet were tied, and without thinking, she raised her hands and pried open his mouth. Could it be that he was hiding poison?

Chu Zhiyan's eyes were bloodshot. He hadn't slept for several days and his body was almost at its limit.

She searched his mouth, trying to figure out if he really still had the poison in it.

But she searched for a long time and didn't find it, so she put down her hand.

"What exactly do you want to do?" Gu Qingyuan looked at the embarrassed man.

Chu Zhiyan said: "I just want to tell you something."

"Tell me," Gu Qingyuan raised her chin, motioning him to continue, "what's going on?"

"I discovered that there's a deep-seated poison in your body. It's a poison that will slowly kill you, and the cause is unknown."

"Why should I trust you?"

"Just because those medicine-making recipes were all researched by me, isn't that enough to convince Young Master Gu?"

The people of Southern Xinjiang are good at using poisons, and their king, Chu Zhiyan, is the best at making medicine.

Gu Qingyuan was silent for a moment, "...Why are you telling me this?"

"Actually, what I fed you was just medicine to save your life. You see, I'm injured like this now, but you're completely fine. This is because after you take this medicine, you will share my lifespan. And if you get hurt, I will share your injuries equally with you."

Chu Zhiyan spoke for a long time in one breath, as if he was afraid that he would not have the chance to continue.

"I used to be a Taoist priest, ahem."

Seeing that he seemed to have not had water for a long time, Gu Qingyuan turned around, went out, asked for a bowl of water, and brought it to his mouth.

"Don't worry, there's no poison in it."

Chu Zhiyan drank all the water in the bowl in one breath.

"Taoist priest? What's going on?"

"This is ridiculous, and perhaps Young Master Gu doesn't believe it, but I wasn't originally Chu Zhiyan..."

In the entire cell, only Chu Zhiyan's voice could be heard. He told Gu Qingyuan about the past events, and after speaking them out, he felt much better.

"You became such a cruel person today because you were betrayed by the people you once saved. But you should also know that those who died at your hands were also innocent."

Gu Qingyuan said calmly.

After knowing his past, Gu Qingyuan's hatred for him faded a little, but she still hated him.

"Yeah, I also want to know why the man who once served the people wholeheartedly now has so many lives on his hands..."

Gu Qingyuan took a deep breath and asked him again: "Since the medicine you feed me can share your lifespan, then, if you die, will it affect me?"

"will not."

It was originally a forbidden drug, but he used his own blood as a bond to detoxify her.