Seventy-fourth bowl of soup (thirteen)
In short, this small town can't stay anymore, Qing Huan's heart beats when she saw the portrait on the reward. This painting is too similar... and there is a large birthmark on the left face at a glance, how many people can have these two characteristics at the same time? So she ran away without even going back to the small yard she rented. What are you going back to do? If you waste any more time, you may not be able to leave.
After the literate people came again and began to read the notice above, someone suddenly exclaimed, "There is a lady who does laundry for a living at the east end of the town, and it happens that she has a birthmark on her face and cannot see her left eye. The person mentioned in the painting, is the person His Majesty is thinking about?"
As soon as this remark came out, everyone was overwhelmed, and everyone frantically ran towards the east of the town, among other things, if they found this lady, they would be promoted to honor and wealth! Take ten thousand steps back, even if you can't find it, His Majesty will reward you with ten thousand taels of gold, so what are they waiting for? Why don't you go find it sooner? !
It's a pity that it came to nothing. The gate of the courtyard was locked, and there was no one at all. Some wiser ones thought of sitting on a tree and waiting for rabbits, hiding nearby and waiting, but unfortunately they waited for a long time, and no one came when it was dark. Originally, I wanted to find out if she was right or not, but this person didn't come back, did he get found, or did he hide? If it's the latter... even a smart person would regret it.
Qing Huan began a life no less than a life of escape. She didn't dare to take the official road, for fear of being discovered, she didn't even dare to walk on the main road. When she met a town, she didn't dare to go in to rest. She could only survive by finding some food in the wild. She didn't want to be found at all, and she didn't want to go back to His Highness. . She thought that His Highness should understand that she hadn't appeared all this time, but what is he doing now, so what if he finds her? She has made up her mind that she will not go back.
She was already ugly, not to mention she was blind in one eye, just thinking about it made people feel inferior.
She didn't know where she could go, home? She has no home at all. Besides, even if they go back, if their parents know that she is the one who offered the reward, they won't immediately arrest her and send her to the government. What's more, they have sold her long ago, the only trace of family affection has been cut off, and Qing Huan has nowhere to go.
Finally, after going around for a while, she returned to the mountain where she lived with the prince a long time ago. The crown prince has already sent someone to look for it. He doesn't seem to want to face this place, because he is still there, but she has disappeared, so someone pulls a rope outside, and the trespasser will die, and no one is allowed to enter.
But luckily the crown prince didn't let anyone guard him here, maybe he thought she couldn't be stupid enough to come back here, but Qing Huan came back anyway. I don't know what happened, but since she left His Highness, her mind has become sober, and she can think clearly about everything. After weighing it over and over again, this is only her home, so she lives in it.
To her surprise, although His Highness pulled the rope, the embolus came once. He opened his mouth wide when he saw Qing Huan, and Qing Huan also looked at him nervously, "You, why are you here?" She originally thought that no one would dare to come...
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty told me to come up and clean it every once in a while, so as not to let this place get dirty..." Shuanzi's eyes were fixed, and he couldn't believe that he saw Qing Huan. Seeing that Huan's expression was wrong, he seemed to want to run away, and quickly said, "Sister, don't be afraid, I, I won't say anything, you just need to stay here."
Qing Huan believed in Shuan Zi's character. This person had to betray them once in the past, and his conscience must have been tortured. But to ensure safety, she asked again: "Are you really not going to inform me?"
"No, no, no! Absolutely not!" Shuanzi shook his head violently like a rattle. "You live here. I will carry rice and noodles for you down the mountain, so that no one will find you. If His Majesty sends someone again, I will notify you in advance."
Qing Huan thought about it for a while and felt that this method was very good, so she agreed. She smiled at Shuan Zi, and Shuan Zi scratched his head and laughed, but a guilty conscience flashed in his eyes.
He went up the mountain once a month to deliver some daily necessities to Qing Huan. Seeing that she was safe, she gradually relaxed her vigilance. Shuan Zi was sure that Qing Huan would no longer doubt her and would not run away again, so she went home and took it from the cage. A pigeon with smooth fur came out, a red string was tied to its paw, and then let go.
Feeling guilty in his heart, this is not considered a whistleblower, he didn't say anything, and this is what His Majesty told him, if the girl comes back, he should not disturb her, first stabilize her, and then release the pigeons when the time is almost right.
Thinking of this, Shuan Zi sweats for Qing Huan.
For five full years, she first spent two years doing laundry in a small town to support herself, then wandered for three years, and finally returned to this mountain. Qing Huan felt that this was her home. She thought with all her heart that no one would find it, but who knew that the good times would not last long, maybe the second day after Shuanzi went down the mountain, when she came back from digging wild vegetables outside, she felt that the atmosphere was not right as soon as she entered the house. Immediately, he threw away the basket, turned around and ran, but was caught before his legs moved. The emperor's deep and indifferent voice sounded in her ears: "You try running?"
"Your Highness!" She immediately knelt down, trembling all over.
The emperor originally wanted to teach her a lesson, but seeing her kneeling on the ground with cloth strips wrapped around her eyes, how could she hold back with pity. While spurning his own lack of principles, he pulled her up, let the others go out and closed the door, "You are quite courageous, after running for so long, if I hadn't let Shuanzi watch you, would you Still want to run?"
Shuanzi... Qing Huan's eyes widened: "He said he wouldn't tell you!"
"It's a pity that I ordered him first. I'm the emperor, and I'm the biggest." The emperor hugged her onto the push, and pinched her waist with both hands—sure enough, she lost a lot of weight, and finally became plump. It looks skinny. "Come back with me."
"No..." She refused. "I just want to stay here."
"Why?"
"I..." Qing Huan bit her lips, with an embarrassed and aggrieved expression, "I will only embarrass His Highness..."
The emperor was about to be laughed out of anger: "I didn't say anything, but you are worried about me instead?"
"I'm different from other women!" She blurted out, and then seemed to think of something, and suddenly felt sad. "I'm ugly, blind, not smart, and born clumsy. No matter how hard I work the day after tomorrow, it won't help me. I will never be able to have a good understanding with His Highness, nor can I understand His Highness's worries and sorrows. I..."
She didn't have time to finish the next words, because the emperor came to kiss her impatiently. Only when his lips were glued together did he feel that he had come alive. "Whoever says you are ugly, I don't think so. It's okay to be stupid. I can't find you at all, seeing that you have been hiding in hiding for the past few years. You are not stupid at all. I don't need anyone who has a heart with me, but I hope you can't guess What am I thinking, and I hope you can understand my heart." In this way, his deep love does not need to be expressed in words.
"I… "
"Lorry is so wordy, it hasn't changed at all."
Qing Huan still shook her head: "I can't..."
"Who said you can't do it?" The emperor felt that if this nonsense continued, it would be endless, so he simply picked her up and walked out, "I'll talk about it when I have something to say."
go back? Where are you going? Qing Huan struggled desperately, but was spanked by him in public, "Be honest."
She blushed so badly that she didn't dare to move any more, the emperor carried her to the horse and galloped all the way, and returned to the palace in less than an hour. What Qing Huan did here was wrong, and she didn't know where to put her hands and feet. The emperor put her on the bed, then returned to her side, pinched her chin and looked at her for a long time before saying, "You need to eat more."
She lowered her eyes in silent protest.
"Are you angry?" Seeing her angry for the first time, not only was she not afraid, it was quite strange. "You said you wouldn't leave me, but you ran away for five years. I wasn't angry. Why are you angry? Aren't you the one who doesn't mean anything?"
"I think... Your Highness will forget about me." Qing Huan murmured, her eyes gradually filled with tears, "I'm not at all well, why bother Your Highness, I don't want to be one of His Highness's many wives and concubines, I can't shame His Highness either. I... "
"Is it that important?" he asked.
"ah?"
"Is it so important?" The emperor looked at her piercingly. "Tell me, everyone thinks you are ugly, so they bully you and look down on you, but is beauty and ugliness really so important? So important that you can't resist yourself? Qing Huan, you don't need to be inferior, and you don't need to shrink back. I Willing to stand by your side with you, why do you hide?"
He paused, and said: "I haven't seen you these years, but I have become more and more sure of one thing. I am not grateful to you, but the love between men and women. If you think that appearance can't be ignored, then that's fine .”
After speaking, Qing Huan felt a burst of drowsiness, and at the last moment when she closed her eyes, she saw the emperor's face that had become cold and mature, but still extremely handsome.
What is he going to do
She didn't have time to think about it because she was already asleep.
Lying quietly on his bed, it seemed that he would not leave again, the corners of the emperor's mouth curled up slightly, that's right, that's what he wanted. She wanted to leave again, but she had to ask and answer or not.
Gu Tianquan came in tremblingly, knelt down and saluted: "My minister bows to His Majesty."
After the emperor returned to the country, he was appointed as the general manager of the imperial hospital. He didn't do anything every day, but studied two things-one was how to remove the birthmark, and the other was how to replace the eyes correctly, safely and effectively.
"Are you ready?" asked the emperor.
What else could he say... "Yes, Your Majesty, but..."
Gu Tianquan wanted to persuade a few more words, but when he raised his head, the emperor's cold eyes made him unable to utter a word.