Seventy-fourth bowl of soup (thirteen)

In short, I can't stay in this town anymore. Qinghuan's heart was pounding when he saw the portrait on the reward. The painting was so similar... and there was a big birthmark on his left face. How many people could have these two characteristics at the same time? So she ran away and didn't even go back to the small yard she rented. What would she do when she went back? Maybe she couldn't even leave if she wasted time.

After the literate person started reading the notice, someone suddenly exclaimed, "There is a wife who lives by washing clothes at the east end of the town. She happened to have a birthmark on her face and couldn't see her left eye. Could this be the person she said in the painting, His Majesty is thinking about?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was excited. Everyone ran towards the east end of the town. Not to mention anything else, if they found this lady, they would be promoted to honor and wealth! If they took a step back, even if they couldn't find it, their Majesty would reward ten thousand taels of gold. What are they waiting for? Why don't you go find it quickly?!

Unfortunately, it was empty. The door of the yard was locked and there was no one at all. Some people were smarter and thought of waiting for the rabbit and hiding nearby. Unfortunately, after waiting for a long time, it was dark and no one came. I originally thought that I would care whether she was right or not, so I would find someone first, but this person didn't come back. Was he found or hid? If it were the latter... a smart person would regret it.

Qinghuan began a period of life that was no less than her escape. She did not dare to walk on the official road, for fear of being discovered, she did not dare to even walk on the main road, and did not dare to go in and rest when she encountered a town. She could only rely on the wilderness to find some food to survive. She did not want to be found at all, and she did not want to go back to His Highness. She thought she had never appeared, what her Highness should have understood, but what he was doing now, so what could she find her? She had decided and would not go back.

It's ugly, not to mention that I'm blinding myself, but I just think that I feel inferior.

She didn't know where she could go, and she had no home at all. Besides, even if she went back, if her parents knew that she was the one who offered a reward, they wouldn't have arrested her and sent her to the government immediately. What's more, they had sold her long ago, and the only trace of family affection had been cut off, and Qinghuan had nowhere to go.

Finally, after going around, she returned to the mountain where she lived with the prince a long time ago. The prince had sent someone to look for it. He seemed that he didn't want to face this place because he was still there, but she disappeared, so he asked someone to pull a rope outside, and the person who broke into the treacherous died and no one was allowed to come in.

Fortunately, the prince did not have someone to guard here. He might think that she could not be so stupid that she came back here, but Qinghuan came back. I don’t know what happened, but from the moment she left His Highness, her mind became clear and could think clearly about everything. After weighing it over and over again, only this place could be her home, so she moved in.

What surprised her was that although His Highness pulled the rope, Shuanzi came once. When he saw Qinghuan's mouth wide, Qinghuan also looked at him nervously, "You, why are you here?" She originally thought that no one would dare to come...

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has told me to come up to clean up every once in a while and don't let the place be dirty..." Shuanzi's eyes were straight, and he couldn't believe that he saw Qinghuan. He saw that Qinghuan's expression was wrong and seemed to be about to run away, and quickly said, "Sister, don't be afraid, I, I won't tell you, just stay here."

Qinghuan believed in Shuanzi's character. This person had to betray them once in the past, and his conscience must have been tormented, but in order to ensure safety, she asked again: "Don't you really want to sue?"

"No, no! Absolutely no!" Shuanzi shook his head like a rattle. "You are here. I will go down the mountain and carry it over for you so that no one will find you. If Your Majesty sends someone again, I will notify you in advance."

Qinghuan thought about it and thought this method was very good, so she agreed. She smiled at Shuanzi, who scratched her head and laughed, but a trace of guilt flashed in her eyes.

He went up the mountain once a month to deliver some daily necessities to Qinghuan. Seeing that he was indeed safe, Qinghuan gradually relaxed his vigilance. Shuanzi was sure that Qinghuan would no longer suspect that he would not run away, so he went home and took out a pigeon with smooth fur from the cage, tied a red rope to its cage, and then let it go.

He felt guilty in his heart. He was not a complaint, but he didn't say anything. Moreover, this was what His Majesty told him. If the girl came back, he would not disturb her. He would stabilize her first, and then wait until the time was almost over before letting the pigeon fly.

Thinking of this, Shuanzi was sweating for Qinghuan.

For five years, she first washed clothes and supported herself in the town for two years, then moved for three years, and finally returned to the mountain. Qinghuan felt that this was her home. She thought that no one would find her. Who knew that a good life would not take long, and it might be the next day after Shuanzi went down the mountain. When she went out to dig wild vegetables outside, she felt that the atmosphere was not right as soon as she entered the house. She threw away the basket and turned around and ran, but she was caught before her legs could even move away. The emperor's low and cold voice sounded in her ears: "You try running?"

"Your Highness!" She immediately knelt down and shivered.

The emperor originally wanted to teach her a lesson, but seeing her kneeling on the ground with cloth wrapped around her eyes, how could she resist pity? While spitting on her own unprinciples, she pulled her up and asked others to go out and bring the door, "You are very brave. You have been running for so long. If I hadn't let Shuanzi look at you, would you still run?"

Shuanzi... Qinghuan widened his eyes: "He said he wouldn't tell you!"

"It's a pity that I ordered him first. I am the emperor, and I am the biggest." The emperor carried her up and pushed her up, pinching her hands on her waist. Sure enough, she lost a lot more weight again, and finally raised her a little plump, and now she looks as thin as a child. "Go back with me."

"No..." She refused. "I just want to stay here."

"Why?"

"I..." Qinghuan bit her lips, looking embarrassed and aggrieved, "I will only embarrass Your Highness..."

The emperor was about to be angry and laughed: "I didn't say anything, are you worried for me?"

"I am different from other women!" She blurted out, and then seemed to think of something, and suddenly felt sad. "I am ugly and blind, not smart, born clumsy, no matter how hard I work the day after tomorrow, it will be useless. I will never be able to communicate with Your Highness, nor can I understand what your Highness is worried about, what you are sad about, I..."

She didn't have time to finish the following words because the emperor had already kissed her impatiently. When his lips were glued together, he felt that he had come back to life. "I don't think anyone said you are ugly. It's nothing to be stupid. It's hard to see that you have been hiding in the past few years. You are not stupid at all. I don't need anyone to have a connection with me, but I hope you can't guess what I'm thinking, and I hope you can understand my feelings." In this way, his deep love is not needed to be expressed in words.

"I……"

"I'm talking nonsense, it's not changing at all."

Qinghuan still shook her head: "I can't..."

"Who said you can't?" The emperor felt that he would never stop talking nonsense, so he simply picked her up and walked out, "If you have anything to say, go back."

Go back? Where to go? Qinghuan struggled desperately, and was hit by him in public, "Be honest."

Her face was so blushed that she didn't dare to move anymore. The emperor carried her to the horse and galloped all the way. It took only an hour to return to the palace. Qinghuan did nothing here, 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 it for a while before saying, "You have to eat more."

She lowered her eyes and protested with silence.

"Are you angry?" The first time I saw her angry, not only wasn't afraid, but it was also quite strange. "You said you wouldn't leave me but ran away for five years. I wasn't angry. Why are you angry? Isn't you the person who doesn't keep your word?"

"I think... Your Highness will forget me." Qinghuan murmured, his eyes gradually filled with tears, "I am not a little better. Why do you do this? I don't want to be one of your highness's wives and concubines, and I can't let Your Highness be shamed. I..."

"Is that important?" he asked.

"ah?"

"Is it so important?" The emperor looked at her brightly. "You told me that everyone thinks you are ugly and bullies you and look down on you, but is the beauty and ugliness of appearance really so important? It's so important that even you can't resist it? Qinghuan, you don't need to be inferior or back down. I'm willing to stand by you with you, why do you want to avoid it?"

He paused and said, "I have not seen you over the years, but I have become more and more sure of something. I am not grateful to you, but the relationship between men and women. If you feel that you cannot ignore the appearance, then that's it."

After saying that, Qinghuan felt a sense of sleepiness coming. At the last moment when she closed her eyes, she saw the emperor's face that became cold and mature, but still had an extremely handsome face.

What is he going to do?

She couldn't think about it because she was already asleep.

Lie quietly on his bed, and he saw that he would not leave again. The corner of the emperor's mouth curled up slightly. That's right, what he wanted. If she wanted to leave again, she had to ask questions or not.

Gu Tianquan came in tremblingly and knelt down and saluted: "I'm going to see Your Majesty."

After the emperor restored the country, he was appointed as the chief officer of the Imperial Hospital. He did nothing every day and studied two things - one is how to remove the birthmarks of nature, and the other is how to change the eyes correctly, safely and effectively.

"Are you ready?" the emperor asked.

What else can he say… “Yes, your majesty, but…”

Gu Tianquan wanted to persuade him a few more words, but as soon as he looked up, the emperor's cold eyes made him unable to say a word.
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