Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Reborn once again, I returned to the very moment Hongyu was bringing me the soup.
Following my actions from the last time, I dismissed the wicked servants and fled immediately.
Since Yuan Heng was at the west gate, I fled in the opposite direction.
The fear of death was impossible to shake, but what terrified me even more was the fact that my own husband was the one who had killed me!
But why…
I remembered going to Ci’en Temple a year ago to offer incense for my late mother, where I happened to meet Yuan Heng.
He told me it was love at first sight and that he had gone to great lengths to discover my identity.
He didn’t look down on my father’s low official rank, nor did he care that I was merely a concubine’s daughter. He came to propose with all the proper rites and formalities.
After our marriage, he was completely devoted to me, gentle and considerate in every way.
Why? Why did he want to kill me?
Even if he hated me, the child in my womb was his own flesh and blood!
I couldn’t afford to overthink it. I dodged and hid my way to the eastern wall, where I was fortunate enough to find a small crawlspace meant for dogs.
I had just crawled through and hadn’t even had the chance to run when I was blocked by two men.
They were Yuan Heng’s trusted guards.
I scanned the perimeter. A guard stood every ten paces, completely surrounding the small Qiyun Temple.
No one inside could hope to escape, and no outsiders were allowed to approach.
Before long, a panting Hongyu arrived on the scene.
I was forcibly taken back into the wing room.
A moment later, Hongyu arrived with the bowl of medicine.
Without giving me a chance to say a word, she had them pin me down and forced the drugged soup down my throat.
I was killed yet again.