In the secret room, Yan Qin stood in front of a portrait and stared at the person in the painting for a long time, but without saying a word, he reached out and touched the person in the painting.
Then he lowered his hand and picked up a note on the table. By the candlelight, he could see a few words written on the note: "Be careful about your wife."
He placed the note on the candle lamp, and soon the writing turned into ashes and disappeared.
Yan Qin crushed the dust on his fingers, then turned and left. However, he took two steps and then stopped and looked back at the man in the painting.
This look is full of nostalgia.
He smiled slightly, then put away his eyes and left the secret room.
The secret room was connected to his study room. Yan Qin picked up the book on the table and read it as usual. Not long after, he heard the voice of the guard outside calling his wife.
He remained silent until the door opened.
Mrs. Yan walked in carrying a food box.
Yan Qin glanced at her and asked in a calm voice: "Why are you here, madam?"
Mrs. Yan shook the food box on her hand, walked over, took out the food in the food box and put it on the table: "I made some midnight snacks for you, you can try it."
Yan Qin put down the book in his hand, stood up and walked to the table to look at the midnight snack prepared by Mrs. Yan. He said with care, he chuckled: "Why are you thinking of making a midnight snack for me, Madam?"
Mrs. Yan said: "I want to talk to you, Lord Marquis."
"oh?"
Yan Qin sat down at the table and watched Mrs. Yan pour two glasses of wine. He asked curiously: "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Mrs. Yan asked: "Master Hou, can you remember my name? If you do, then call me by my maiden name."
Yan Qin frowned and said in a somewhat unkind tone: "Zhou Zhilan, what do you want to do?"
"Ha~"
Zhou Zhilan chuckled lightly: "It turns out that Mr. Hou still remembers it. I thought you had forgotten it a long time ago."
She placed a glass of wine in front of Yan Qin and said, "I've thought a lot these days, including what Jing Xuan said to me. I'm wondering if it was really me who was wrong and what I did to you.
Did you lose the heart of your husband and son because you had too much desire for control?"
Zhou Zhilan looked up at the expressionless Yan Qin and asked: "But are you not wrong? Since you don't love me, why did you marry me in the first place? I was also full of joy and affection for you, but you reciprocated
What was given to me?"
Yan Qin was silent, and then said: "I'm sorry."
After all these years, he was indeed the one who felt sorry for her.
Zhou Zhilan was startled, then she smiled self-deprecatingly: "So you can also say sorry? Yes, in fact you also have intentions, but your heart has been given to other women.
The person you love in your heart is Su Xinyue, the eldest concubine of Duke Zhen, right? It was also because of her that you betrayed Prince Chen back then, right? Because only when Duke Zhen's palace fell, you would have a chance to get her, am I right?"
Yan Qin was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect that his wife knew everything. He narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice: "So what? Do you still want to report me?"