"How did you end up here? Which family's girl are you? " Qin Wang was used to indifference, but in front of this little girl, he couldn't be cold. His voice softened a lot.
Little Ye Zhen, on the other hand, had been taught by her father since she was a child not to tell strangers about her own affairs, nor to say her name. She tilted her head and looked at the boy. "Who are you? How did you fall into the well? "
"My surname is Mo, and my name is Rong Zhan. I … am blind and accidentally fell into the well." Qin Wang said in a low voice, but the expression on his face was gloomy and terrible.
Little Ye Zhen was startled by his expression and reached out to hold his face. "Do your eyes hurt? Don't be afraid, I'll blow on them for you. "
Qin Wang was startled. A pair of soft palms appeared on his cheek, and a ball of flesh exuding a fruity fragrance threw itself into his arms. He reached out to hold her, only to realize that the little girl was younger than he had imagined. How old was she? Eight years old, or seven?
Just as he was in a daze, something gently fell on his eyelids. The sweet fruity fragrance assailed his nostrils. It took him a while to realize that the softness that fell on his eyelids was her lips.
Little Ye Zhen left his arms with a smile. "Brother Mo, you are so beautiful. If your eyes can see, you must be the most beautiful person in the capital. No, you must be the second most beautiful. My father said that Yao Yao is the most beautiful."
Qin Wang chuckled, "My eyes will get better. Is your name Yao Yao? Peach Yao Yao, shining brilliance. "
"Oh, how did I say my nickname?" Little Ye Zhen covered her mouth.
"If I don't say it, others won't know what your name is." Qin Wang laughed.
Little Ye Zhen hung her head listlessly. "I'm so hungry. Why hasn't anyone come to us yet?"
Qin Wang said, "There are fruit trees in this forest. Let's go find some fruit to satisfy our hunger. I believe that someone will find us soon."
She became his eyes, one big and one small walking hand in hand in the woods. Sure enough, they found a pear tree. Although Mo Rongzhan couldn't see it, he could pick the pear accurately. Little Ye Zhen held the pear in her hands and ate it with sweet juice.
Qin Wang couldn't see what the little girl looked like, but he felt that she must be a lovely little girl with bright eyes and white teeth. The two talked for a long time in the woods. Most of the time, it was little Ye Zhen who did the talking. She said that she had lost a front tooth a few days ago, and her sisters at home laughed at her for not speaking properly. She also said that she took advantage of her father's sleep yesterday to draw a piglet on his face. She said that it was her brother's masterpiece, causing her brother to be beaten up by her father.
The Qin Emperor imagined the vivid expression on her face. He did not know why, but this was the first time he wanted to see the light again. He wanted to know what this cute little girl looked like.
Qin Wang held the little girl's soft hand and said in a low voice, "Three months later, come here and meet me again, okay?"
"Why three months later?" Little Ye Zhen asked.
The Qin King said calmly, "At that time, perhaps I will be able to see you."
Little Ye Zhen giggled, "You can't see me now. How can you recognize me in the future?"
"Yes, how can I recognize you?" The Qin King laughed. How could he not recognize her? Her voice and her laughter had left a deep impression on him. How could he forget her so easily?
"If you can't recognize me in the future, I'll tell you this: the heavenly king covers the earth tiger, the pagoda suppresses the river demon. This is the secret code between me and you. You can't tell it to anyone." Little Ye Zhen said innocently. This secret code was told to her by her father. No third person in this world will know it. No, no, now that Mo Rongzhan knows it, there are only three people who know it.
Qin Wang felt that this secret code was very strange, but he didn't say anything. He just took a jade pendant from his waist and said, "Keep this jade pendant. If I don't come to you in three months, you can come to me with this jade pendant in the future … Do anything for me, I will owe you a favor."
"Okay." Little Ye Zhen put the jade pendant into her arms.
Three months later, Little Ye Zhen fell seriously ill and did not come to the forest to keep the appointment. When she was allowed to go out, half a year had passed. Later, she learned that Mo Rongzhan was the Prince of Qin, the most unfavored prince by the emperor. When she wanted to find him, he had already left the capital to fight in the war.
Later …
It was she who begged her father to marry Qin Wang. However, she never had the chance to tell him that she was the Yao Yao who rescued him from the well that year.
Ye Zhen woke up from her memory. She looked at the dry well that still existed, and a faint sneer appeared on her face. Now that she recalled the past, she felt that the innocent little girl had become someone else and had nothing to do with her anymore.
She tried every means to marry him, just to tell him that she was the little girl he met in the woods that year. However, because she was young, she had no time to consummate their marriage. He had already gone to war again, and when he returned, it was two years later. She didn't even have the chance to see him again, only to receive a glass of poisoned wine.
Such a person, she once sincerely hoped to grow old with him.
Ye Zhen walked to the big tree next to the dry well. After she recovered from her serious illness, the first thing she did was to come to the woods. She guessed that he would come back again, so she buried a box under the tree. Inside was a pouch she made herself. If he saw it, he would surely know who she was.
He certainly didn't notice the secret signal she made on the tree, let alone the box she buried under it.
Ye Zhen dug out the black wooden box based on her memory. The pouch she made was lying inside untouched.
Ye Zhenzhen, the Yao Yao. The Yao Yao's son returns to his family.
The pouch was not exquisite, but it was the first time she embroidered it. She did not give it to her father or her brother, but to Mo Rongzhan.
Inside the pouch, there was a line of embroidered words that looked a little childish, but it showed her sincerity towards him. She had embroidered her nickname and maiden name in the pouch, but he did not know anything and still thought that Lu Wushuang was her.
Ye Zhen took off her hairpin and picked up the thread of the pouch. The pouch had been there for many years, and the thread had long been weak.
Little by little, she tore the pouch that once carried her past and love into pieces. Ye Zhen was dead, and so was her love.
Until the pouch was destroyed, Ye Zhen threw the wooden box into the dry well, wrapped the rags in her handkerchief, and found a place where no one could find it.
Finally, the last bit of connection with Mo Rongzhan was gone.
Good.
Ye Zhen walked out of the woods with a smile, but two tears slipped down her cheeks.
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