Chapter 404: Deep Love Between Husband and Wife (3 more)

Xie Minmin was their second daughter, who had just turned five this year.

Xie Qian slowly sat down.

Then he got up again and walked back and forth in the study.

After a while, he continued, "Go on, keep talking!"

"When my sister went missing years ago, Mother was devastated. Management of the household affairs in the Marquis's residence was temporarily taken over by our grandmother. It was only when Mother, through a go-between, proposed marriage that I had the good fortune to be wed to the Crown Prince. But it took me six months after entering the estate to take over the household affairs. During that time, Mother fell severely ill. Furthermore, our grandmother was reluctant to hand over authority. I had a malicious thought that perhaps this person, knowing how important my sister was to Mother, purposely kidnapped her to strike at Mother, to make her falter. And then to meddle with the medicine Mother was taking..."