Nativity

Chapter 381 Forget the past and start again

The more Sima Ao hid his sadness, the more worried everyone became.

"You all go to rest, and leave the rest to the servants!" Sima Xiang said to his daughter-in-law Jiang Min.

The housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Yes, ma'am, leave these trivial matters to us servants to do!"

"Yes, we haven't seen each other for a long time, let's get together in the study." Li Fulai, Jiang Bin, and Xiaopang also came over.

"We meet every day." Sima Ao said to Xiaopang.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, and I really want to talk to you a lot." Li Fulai said to Sima Ao.

"Alright then!" Sima Ao obeyed his father's order and went back to his room first.

Just as Sima Ao was about to hug his daughter 'Xiao Jinlian' and go back to the room together, Jiang Min grabbed 'Xiao Jinlian' nervously and said to Sima, "Your husband smells of alcohol, let my concubine hug her!
Sima Ao sniffed his sleeve, he really smelled like alcohol, and said, "Okay!"

Li Fulai, Jiang Bin, and Xiaopang came to the study, and looked at each other nervously for a while, no one dared to speak, no one was afraid of making a mistake.

Sima Ao asked Li Fulai, Jiang Bin, Xiaopang with a puzzled expression. "Don't you want to get together and chat? Why don't you talk?"

"Yes, if you have anything to say, let's chat together!" Li Fulai said first.

"By the way, Li Fulai, how are you doing in the palace?" Jiang Bin asked.

"Yeah, I haven't been back to Kyoto for a long time." Xiaopang asked.

Li Fulai sighed, and said: "Oh! Don't mention it, I'm bored to death in the palace. If I had known it would be so boring, I wouldn't have entered the palace as a court painter."

"Since you're bored, why don't you come back?" Xiaopang asked puzzled.

"It's not that I don't want to come back, it's that I can't leave the palace until it's time to leave the palace. This time I can leave the palace because there is an urgent matter at home." Li Fulai said in distress.

"Why didn't you give it to the palace?" Xiaopang asked again.

"I don't know, the palace has been very strict recently, not only the palace, but also Chang'an." Li Fulai said again.

Xiaopang asked sensitively. "Is something big going to happen?"

"I'm just a court painter, I don't know. But looking at the momentum, it looks like something big is going to happen."

"Don't listen to his nonsense, he is so friendly with the emperor boy, is it so difficult to get out of the palace? It's because the empresses and maids in the palace are so beautiful, they are obsessed and don't want to come back to see us." Jiang Bin didn't believe Li Fulai's nonsense.

"Jiang Bin, why do you always say that about me? Am I that kind of person? Jingjing, you know that I'm not that kind of person. Even though I'm in the palace, I haven't seen the emperor for three months."

Jingjing didn't participate in the man's chat, and played with Jiang Min to tease 'Xiao Jinlian'.

Li Fulai asked suddenly, Jingjing rolled her eyes at Li Fulai.

"No way, I haven't seen the emperor for three months? Aren't you on good terms with him?" Fatty couldn't believe it.

"So what, he's the emperor, and he's busy with everything, so how can he see me sometimes." Li Fulai said with a sigh.

"It's good to know! It's just that you are not awake and daydreaming." Jiang Bin said to Li Fulai mercilessly.

"I really hate you, Jiang Bin. Every time I talk to you, I always look arrogant and abusive." Li Fulai said unconvinced.

"I did it for your own good!"

"Who wants you, for my own good? I'm not a three-year-old!"

"Oh! You two like to quarrel when you meet."

While Li Fulai, Jiang Bin, and Xiaopang were chatting, Sima Ao was silent.

As long as the topic was about the palace, Sima Ao felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

At this time, Li Fulai's wife came up and said that it was time to go!

While speaking, Li Fulai's wife glanced at Jingjing.

Li Fu said that having a family is trouble and not having freedom, so he got up and said goodbye.

Jiang Bin came with his parents, so naturally he couldn't stay too long, and he couldn't get too close to Jingjing, lest his mother would nag and curse again.

Jiang Bin also got up to bid farewell to his sister Jiang Min and Sima Ao. "Sister, brother-in-law, I'm going back too!"

"Brother, so early?" Jiang Min was a little bit reluctant for his brother to leave.

"No way, the store will open tomorrow."

The property of the Jiang family has been handed over to Jiang Bin. Now Jiang Bin has to open the shop early every morning, so he can't be as chic as before!

After Li Fulai and Jiang Bin left, Jingjing also got up to bid farewell to Jiang Min and Sima Ao.

Jiang Min, who was holding her daughter, also got up and said reluctantly. "Sister Jingjing, you are leaving too!"

"It's not safe for a woman's house to go back too late." Jingjing said.

"It's the same way." Jiang Min replied.

Hearing Jingjing's words, Sima Ao felt a chill in his heart, got up and asked, "Don't let the housekeeper take you back."

"Why don't I send Miss Jingjing to you!" Xiaopang said.

"No need, I can do it alone." Jingjing knew that Xiaopang also had a family, so she refused Xiaopang to avoid gossip.

"Then you have to be more careful!" While speaking, Sima Ao looked at Jingjing affectionately.

"Yes, sister!" Jiang Min said distressedly.

A smile appeared on Jingjing's face, and she said, "Yes, don't worry!"

The little guy fell asleep, and when he got up to leave, Jingjing glanced at the sleeping 'Xiao Jinlian', walked to the corner, Jingjing turned her head to look at Sima Ao, her eyes were full of reluctance and sadness.

Everyone left, the study was quiet, Sima Ao really felt a little sleepy now.

Wanted to go to bed but smelled of alcohol.

Sima Ao decided to take a bath before going to sleep.

Hearing that her husband wanted to take a bath, Jiang Min let her sleeping daughter prepare hot water for her husband.

While waiting for the water to be prepared, Sima Ao picked up a book to read.

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Soon, Jiang Min prepared hot water and told Sima Ao to take a bath.

Sima Ao replied, okay, I will take a white towel to the bathroom and take a bath.

I don't know if it's because Sima Ao took a bath this time much longer than usual, Jiang Min had a bad feeling.

I don't know how long it has passed, but it always feels like a long time has passed.

Sima Ao took a bath much longer than usual this time, Jiang Min was worried that Sima Ao would be overwhelmed and do stupid things inside.

It's not that Sima Ao has never done such a stupid thing.Fortunately, the servant realized it early and rescued Sima Ao who had hanged himself.

Jiang Min came to the bathroom, knocked on the door, and called twice, "Husband, are you okay?"

There was no response from inside, Jiang Min was so frightened that he wanted to open the door and go in.

Just as Jiang Min was about to push the door open, Sima Ao put on his clothes and came out from inside!

"Husband, you scared me!" After speaking, Jiang Min threw herself into Sima Ao's arms.

"Are you worried that I won't think about it?"

"Ok!"

"Don't worry about it in the future, I won't do stupid things again."

Jiang Min looked at Sima Ao suspiciously. "Is it true? You have to promise us that you can't do stupid things anymore. My daughter and I can't lose you. "

Seeing Jiang Min's pleading eyes, Sima Ao's heart was broken!
Sima Ao put his arms around Jiang Min's waist and said reassuringly, "Now that I have you and our daughter, how can I be willing to die?"

Seeing that her husband forgot his grief and regained his strength, the worries in Jiang Min's heart were officially relieved.

The two returned to the room affectionately, looking at their sleeping daughter with happy smiles on their faces!
(End of this chapter)