The day after I reconciled with Zhao Yanqing, I returned to Qingyang County, and overnight Princess Calm transformed back into the humble Orion orphan girl.
And Zhao Yanqing married his sweetheart, the Lord of Zhaohe County, as he wished.
Before leaving, he gave me some banknotes to thank me for saving his life.
I confiscated it and just told him that we would never have any contact with him from now on.
Yes, I never want to see Zhao Yanqing again in this life.
How much I loved him back then, I hate him now.
It was three months later when I returned to Qingyang County.
Because I have been away for so long, my two dilapidated tile-roofed houses are no longer habitable.
Later, it took me a month to barely repair it.
After settling my accommodation, I began to worry about my livelihood. An accident two years ago left my right leg disabled, making it almost impossible to make a living by hunting.
Fortunately, my neighbor Aunt Zhang and her family found a job for me to wash clothes. After washing the clothes on weekdays, I continued to repair my two broken houses, and my life was quite peaceful.
More than half a year passed in a flash, and on New Year's Eve, an uninvited guest came to the house.
When I saw Zhao Yanqing, I was both surprised and resentful.
After not seeing each other for a year, Zhao Yanqing has lost a lot of weight. He is wearing a moon-white brocade dress, standing handsomely outside my door.
When he saw me, he raised the pork and cloth in his hand and called me warmly, "Azhen, I came to Qingyang County to do some business and stopped by to see you."
Zhao Yanqing is extremely gentle, even to me, a wild woman from a mountain village who appeared out of nowhere and spoiled his marriage.
In the past, what I liked most was his gentleness, but now it is disgusting to the extreme.
I glanced at him mockingly and walked over with a limp.
"You've seen it, can you go?"
Maybe he didn't expect me to be so cold. Zhao Yanqing was stunned for a moment and subconsciously wanted to reach out to help me.
I turned slightly to avoid it.
He stiffened, as if to cover up his embarrassment, then looked at my legs and said softly, "You'd better see a doctor for a look at your legs."
Oh, when I was in Kyoto, I didn’t ask for an imperial doctor to look after me, but now I’m told to find a doctor?
Zhao Yanqing is still as hypocritical as ever.
I sneered coldly, ignored him, opened the door and limped back into the house.
Zhao Yanqing also followed in.
Maybe the environment in the house was so bad that he had nowhere to go.
After hesitating for a while, he found a bench and sat down. Then he put the pork on the stove. While looking for firewood to make a fire, he glanced around. Finally, he frowned and asked me, "Azhen, why is there even a table in the house?"
None? How have you lived like this this year?"
Zhao Yanqing's words make me want to laugh.
He also lived in this room five years ago. He didn't know why there was no table?
That's right, since he recovered his memory four years ago, I have been the biggest stain in his life. As for our past, Zhao Yanqing is unwilling to mention even a word.
I was sarcastic in my heart, but I didn't seem to hear his words on my face. I pointed outside and said again coldly, "Your Highness, Prince Rong, it's getting late. Let's go back to the inn early."
"Azhen, I may have to stay here for a while." Before I finished speaking, Zhao Yanqing suddenly interrupted me.
The fire in the stove was blazing. He put down the fire stick in his hand, picked up the wooden ladle on the stove, and explained to me while adding water to the pot.
"This business trip is secret, so it's not easy to stay at the inn. In addition, I also need a reason to stay in Qingyang County."
"You and I were once husband and wife. If I lived with you, no one would suspect anything."
The implication is that you want to hide your true purpose by saving me?
What does Zhao Yanqing think I am?
A dog that comes and goes when called upon?
"Get out! Get out of my house now!"
Without thinking, I grabbed the barrel at my feet and threw it at Zhao Yanqing.
Zhao Yanqing was very skilled and easily dodged my attack.
There was a loud bang, and the barrel failed to hit him, but instead hit the large iron pot, causing hot water to splash around instantly.
I was standing less than half a foot away, and before I could recover, I saw water splashing against my face.
I panicked and wanted to hide back, but due to the inconvenience of my legs and feet, in panic, I lost my balance and leaned forward, heading straight towards the hot pot.
"Ah!" I covered my face and screamed in fear.
Just when I thought I would fall into the hot pot, Zhao Yanqing pulled me over.
Oops, boiling water splashed all over the floor.
And I ran into Zhao Yanqing's arms.
He quickly picked up my hair with both hands, pulled open the skirt of my clothes, looked at it carefully for a while, and finally let out a long sigh of relief.
After being frightened, I instinctively pushed Zhao Yanqing away.
Zhao Yanqing also seemed to be embarrassed by the hug just now. He coughed slightly, still with the same gentle and jade-like expression, and asked me gently, "Are you okay? Are there any other places that are burned?"
This is Zhao Yanqing, who is always so gentle and graceful.
But he was such a gentle person, and he watched me being framed and crippled, and watched my child die tragically without feeling any emotion at all.
Thinking of the past, I shed tears unconsciously.
When Zhao Yanqing saw this, he took out a handkerchief from his arms and wanted to wipe my tears.
I took a step back suddenly and glared at him fiercely, "Don't touch me!"
"Azhen..." Zhao Yanqing frowned.
At this time, Aunt Zhang's voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Mingzhen, why are you making such a big noise?"
"By the way, don't do laundry tomorrow. I've made an agreement with Lao Li's family. Tomorrow at noon, you can go to the teahouse to meet Butcher Li. If we get along, we'll get married after the Chinese New Year."
"I'm not talking about you. Your man has been dead for several years. It's time for you to find someone to rely on." Aunt Zhang brought a plate of dumplings and entered the room at a loud voice. The moment she saw Zhao Yanqing, her
The sound stopped suddenly.
He was stunned for a moment and walked towards Zhao Yanqing in disbelief, saying in shock, "This, this, this... isn't this Mr. Zhao? You... you're not dead?"
At that moment, I saw Zhao Yanqing's face become gloomy at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Aunt Zhang didn't know whether she was frightened by him or too embarrassed. She laughed twice, said a few words of congratulations, put down the dumplings and left.
Zhao Yanqing walked up to me, put his hand gently on my shoulder, looked at me with his deep phoenix eyes, raised his eyebrows, and sneered, "Seeing each other in the teahouse? Getting married in the next year? What does that mean?" This chapter has been completed!