Qu Moying slowly raised her eyes. Just when she was thinking about something, someone came from the other side of the river.
And it's an acquaintance.
Pei Qingmin, King of Wei!
At this moment, he was different from his usual calmness. He actually made people feel that he was happy and excited. His emotions were very extroverted, and it was very clear.
Pei Qingmin always gave people the impression of being indifferent and weak. Even if he didn't like someone, he would never show it so obviously. At most, there would be a hint of sarcasm and a bit of mockery in his eyes. He had never had such a happy and excited expression.
Qu Moying felt unfamiliar with Pei Qingmin like this. What surprised her even more was this frail prince, who was so sickly that he even looked unsteady when he walked. In such a cold winter, shouldn't he stay indoors to take care of his health
Now, not only is he not taking care of himself, but he has come to this desolate wilderness. It's really surprising to see him like this.
It was very unexpected. Qu Moying would not be surprised even if he saw Pei Yuanjun here, but he was surprised to see His Royal Highness the King of Wei.
"Ya Ya?" Pei Qingmin suddenly whispered. His voice was very low and soft, and only he could hear it. Then he took the eunuch's hand and walked up the bridge to one side, and turned from this side of the bridge to Qu Moying's side.
"Greetings, His Royal Highness the King of Wei!" Seeing him coming, Qu Moying turned sideways and saluted.
"Yaya?" Pei Qingmin's eyes, which used to be weak and feeble, now looked particularly bright, and he was looking at Qu Moying almost intently.
Qu Moying's eyes were very calm. He looked at the Prince of Wei who had lost his composure in front of him calmly, and then slowly said, "Your Highness has recognized the wrong person."
"I didn't recognize the wrong person. You are the girl who never spoke that year, Yaya, Yaya!" Pei Qingmin stretched out his hand as if he wanted to touch the corner of Qu Moying's eyes. There was a hint of charming red in his memory, just like his childhood memories. In fact, Pei Qingmin was not a child at that time. He was just weak and not well taken care of.
That little girl is really little.
Qu Moying took a step back, avoiding Pei Qingmin's hand, and looked at him calmly, "Your Highness really recognized the wrong person!"
"Don't you remember what happened when you were little? At that time, my cousin and I both got smallpox. We came out of the capital and recuperated here, and that's when we met you." Pei Qingmin said, "You couldn't speak, you just sat here quietly for the whole day. My cousin said you couldn't speak and were a mute, so... later I called you Yaya."
In fact, at that time, the little girl had been sitting quietly since she came over, not saying anything, not responding to anyone, just being quiet. Pei Qingmin and her cousin Zhu Yan'er thought she was a mute at first, and she didn't say anything when they asked her. Zhu Yan'er even pushed her, and she fell to the ground, just lying there quietly, not crying or making a fuss, and not moving at all.
After the nanny beside her helped her up, she sat quietly again.
The girl was like a porcelain doll. Although she looked a little abnormal, her cuteness seemed to be a gift from God. Therefore, Pei Qingmin did not allow Zhu Yaner to call her that and gave her a nickname "Ya Ya" instead.
I don’t know her last name, I don’t know her name!
Later, they seemed to become more familiar with each other. Occasionally, she would agree with him with a word or two. Although it was rare, it made people like her inexplicably, and it also made people know that she should not be mute. However, the word "Ya Ya" became the synonym for her cousins.
Pei Qingmin has been a quiet person since he was a child, and his body can't stand the tossing.
He was ill, but he was getting better soon. The palace maids around him allowed him to go out for some fresh air. There were not many people here, only him and Zhu Yan'er. Zhu Yan'er's condition was the same as his, and she was getting better soon.
But he is a little different from Zhu Yan'er. Zhu Yan'er is still very lively. She has been locked up for so long and it is not easy for her to get out and play, so how could she not have fun
Qu Moying was a little autistic. She could sit there all day long, and no one knew what she was thinking. Pei Qingmin's body didn't allow him to play around like Zhu Yan'er, so he just sat there with Qu Moying in a daze. Besides, he also liked this delicate and pretty little sister. Compared to those girls with a noisy temperament, Pei Qingmin felt that there had never been anyone so suited to his taste.
The two men sat together, watching Zhu Yan'er play, and occasionally heard Zhu Yan'er's laughter. They both sat there quietly, one watching, the other in a daze.
A few words were exchanged occasionally after that, but it was mostly just him talking and the little girl uttering single words in response.
Pei Qingmin didn't know at that time that although he had recovered, he was not completely recovered. Perhaps for other children, they would have been completely fine, but Qu Moying was different. She had been weak since childhood. After he got close to her several times, and sometimes even helped her wipe the dust off her face with a handkerchief, Qu Moying actually got smallpox.
When Nanny Gu found out about this, she was extremely worried and immediately called a doctor to lock up Qu Moying. She also had the entrance to the road sealed. Since then, Qu Moying never came back here again.
The road was smooth when we came here just now. It must be because Nanny Gu had the intersection re-blocked. Qu Moying has already returned to the Qu Mansion, so it is basically impossible for him to come here.
These memories were very vague. Qu Moying was still young at that time, and to her, they were not really that big of a memory. She only had a vague shadow of them. What she remembered most clearly was the incident when she had smallpox. Nanny Gu took care of her, and when she recovered from the smallpox, Nanny Gu also fell seriously ill.
If it weren't for Nanny Gu, she would probably have died early.
Who here would sincerely and wholeheartedly take care of her, the little master!
"Your Highness the Prince of Wei has really recognized the wrong person. I have never been here before. I just walked here casually. I have something else to do, so I won't disturb your highness's interest." Qu Moying raised his eyes, his eyes were as calm and indifferent as ever. He turned sideways to salute Pei Qingmin, then slowly left.
The excitement in Pei Qingmin's eyes faded away, and his gaze fell on Qu Moying's slender back, and then he watched her turn into a quiet corner of the road. This was the first time he watched her leave.
So, she left from that blocked road
When she was young, when Pei Qingmin came over, Qu Moying was already sitting alone. When he left, she was still sitting there, empty-headed. She seemed to be thinking about something, but also seemed not to be thinking about anything. She was immersed in her own thoughts, and when she looked at people, it seemed as if she was not looking at you.
After that, the cute little girl never came again. After one or two days, Pei Qingmin thought she was busy, but he waited for a long time and she never came. After that, he returned to the palace because he was fully recovered...
Later, he also sent people to look for it. There were many villages here, and he had people check all the roads leading to this place. The blocked roads were impassable.
However, he never thought that the Yaya he had met before was actually the young lady with eye disease in the Qu Mansion, who was said to be blind.
There will be waiters there too.
Wei came to report to him that there was a farm nearby belonging to Minister Qu's residence, where the fourth young lady of the Qu family was raised, but he didn't care.
I don’t think it could be Yaya.
The child looked dull, just because he was quiet and in poor health. He looked like he had some congenital defects, but his eyes were really beautiful. Under his long eyelashes, his eyes were watery. When he looked at people, he moved slightly, just like the flow of water.
Just one glance at her makes one's heart soften, as if one would be willing to present anything good to her.
Occasionally she smiles, and she is so cute and pitiful that it makes people feel distressed.
How could this be the fourth Miss Qu from the Qu family, who has no talent or looks, and also has an eye disease and cannot see people
So, this line was also checked and passed.
After that, Qu Moying came to Beijing, and the two occasionally interacted with each other, but Pei Qingmin still didn't recognize that he was the person he had been looking for.
Zhu Yan'er was also a party involved at the time. Although she didn't remember the incident clearly, she still knew about it vaguely, and therefore she had been helping him find people.
He even found several similar ones, but none of them looked like hers, so he could tell they were hers at a glance.
The faint red in the corners of her eyes remained the same as when she was a child, and has not changed at all.
Pei Qingmin thought it was just an obsession of his. The little girl was very well-behaved and not noisy like other children. She was so quiet that it seemed as if one could not hear her breathing. If her eyes had not blinked from time to time, Pei Qingmin would have thought that she had stopped breathing.
Her face had long been lost in his memory, and he could no longer remember it, so when he saw those things that seemed to be true, he couldn't tell them apart for a moment.
But when he saw Qu Moying's expression, he suddenly remembered it clearly. It was her. He could be sure at a glance.
Among the people Zhu Yan'er found, the one this time was the most similar to the real woman, so similar that he almost thought she was the real one. He was also very obedient to the woman and had people send any good things to where the woman lived. Seeing that she was weak, he still wanted to take care of her. Even though her background was not good, he was willing to marry her.
At least both of them are quiet and both of them look weak, so neither of them can wrong the other, and they can just live together.
For her when she was a child, she was the cleanest place in his memory...
Yaya didn't come for a long time, and he couldn't find her. Later, he asked the nanny beside him. The nanny guessed hesitantly that the child might be in poor health and had contracted smallpox. She also said that the child didn't look like he would live a long life, and might have died now. Pei Qingmin feels guilty about this to this day.
So, he kept looking for her to see how she was doing. If she was doing well, he wouldn't say anything and pretend he knew nothing, and he would feel relieved from then on. If she was not doing well, he would definitely find ways to protect her, because he couldn't let such a beautiful girl fall into the mud of life.
Zhu Yan'er thought that he had fallen in love with the weak girl who seemed to be mute when he was young, but in fact, although he was a young boy at that time, he was not yet smart, so how could he have so much affection for her, let alone ignore it, and he would definitely marry her.
It's just the obsession and guilt that are hard to let go, which is the only touch of green in his heart.
But now, is she living well? Her hands were wrapped tightly just now, and he could see clearly...