After Marrying the Disabled Crown Prince of the Enemy Country

"Then you are here alone..." Le Zhi lowered his eyes and hesitated. She clearly knew in her heart that even if she stayed here, she couldn't help him. However, my heart is still stuffy, unspeakable worry and discomfort.

Seeing her tangled and struggling appearance, Huo Du just looked at her quietly and didn't speak.

After a while, Le Zhi slowly raised his eyes and said, "Find my sister-in-law and Yu'er, and clarify this matter, and I will come back."

After a pause, she reached out and took Huo Du's hand, and repeated, "I'll be back as soon as possible!"

Huo Du nodded.

"And this." Le Zhi seemed to remember something, took out a wooden box from his sleeve and handed it to him, "This is given to me by Uncle Yin, and it will be useful when it comes to Shengyang City."

Huo Du took it and opened the wooden box. Inside was a piece of jade pendant. He didn't say a word, just stretched out his hand to hold Lezhi and stood up slowly.

"you?"

Le Zhi looked surprised, watching him lead him and walk out. Although his steps were still a little unsteady and he didn't walk fast, he could see that... his right leg had gained strength.

Very good!

She looked at him, slowly rolled her eyes, and smiled.

The backyard of the prefect's mansion is very delicately decorated, with red plums and remnants of snow, plum fragrance, and a beautiful swing beside the plum tree.

The two sat on the swing and slowly swayed along with the night wind, and their moods were also flying.

Le Zhi looked up at the sky and saw the thin crescent moon that seemed to be absent, and suddenly remembered what day it is today.

- The first day of the new year.

The stars in the night sky were obscured by thick clouds, and only a faint light could be seen.

Le Zhi frowned slightly, and a sense of sadness floated in his heart. There is no New Year's taste here, and there is no New Year's laughter.

Yes, the people are hungry, how can there be joy in the New Year?

She recalled last year's New Year's Eve, and the night tour of the lively Lidu with the royal brothers and sisters. .

"Lezhi."

"Huh?" Her thoughts returned, and she turned her head to look at Huo Du.

A pair of fox eyes were filled with water mist, red and wet.

Huo Du looked at her with a smile and said, "Seventeen."

Le Zhi was stunned, and his heart was at a loss.

——Who would have thought that the year she was with her was like experiencing a terrifying dream.

Suddenly, his left hand was held up, and Le Zhi lowered his eyes and saw that there was a bracelet on his wrist. She raised her arm, raised her wrist to her eyes, and stared at it through the night—

Each sandalwood bead is carved with branches and buds of different trees, and the beads are hollow and exquisitely carved. And every two sandalwood beads are separated by a warm red bean...

She got closer and smelled the smell of sandalwood and a faint medicinal fragrance.

Is this... a New Year's gift from him?

Did he do it himself?

Le Zhi couldn't help raising his other hand and rubbing the hollow beads with his fingertips. Tiny sandalwood beads, lifelike buds... How much effort does this take?

Her heart trembled slightly.

Eyelashes also trembled, she raised her eyes, and for a moment carelessly forgot to cover the emotions in her eyes. Biting her lip, she said a little embarrassedly: "I-I didn't prepare a gift..."

Hearing this, Huo Du smiled, raised his hand and rubbed her head, with a casual tone: "It's okay."

Suddenly, the thick clouds were blown away by a gust of wind, and the starlight that had been hidden for a long time was finally revealed.

"Make a wish!"

Le Zhi shook Huo Du's hand, then looked up at the dazzling stars, clasped his hands in front of him, closed his eyes and sniffed the faint medicinal fragrance and quietly made a wish.

Huo Du tilted his head and stared at her moon-like profile with deep eyes.

Heart aches suddenly.

She should have made a beautiful New Year's wish under the gorgeous fireworks and bright lanterns, instead of praying for the future in this dark night.

After a long time, Le Zhi opened his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. She turned to look at Huo Du, and was surprised to find that he had a sullen face.

"Didn't your Highness make a wish?" she asked.

Make a wish?

God has never treated him kindly, and he does not believe in God.

Huo Du didn't answer, but asked her, "What wish did you make?"

"How can I say my wish?" Le Zhi hugged his arm and leaned softly on his shoulder, "It won't work if you say it!"

Actually, this is just an excuse.

It's not that she can't tell her wish, it's just that she can't tell him her wish...

"It will work if you don't say it?" Huo Du obviously didn't believe it. He sneered and coaxed again: "It's better to tell me than to believe in an ethereal god. I'll help you realize it, how about that?"

"I......"

——I want to kill Huo Changyun, can you help?

Le Zhi calmed down his erratic mind, and almost blurted out just now.

She believed what he said, and since she knew each other, as long as it was what he said, he did everything.

Do what you say.

But you can't be like that. She can't rely on him to treat herself well, and make such unethical demands.

She can take revenge, even if she kills Huo Changyun with her own hands, that's right. Huo Changyun deserved what he deserved, this is what he owes Dali. But Huo Du can't...

If he wasn't Huo Changyun's son, just relying on the fact that Huo Changyun slaughtered the Shengnuo tribe, he could naturally avenge his relatives like her.

But, but.

Huo Du is Huo Changyun's parent and son. This fact cannot be changed, and no one can.

If he kills Huo Changyun and kills his father...

So when he pushes Huo Changyun into hell, will he also fall into darkness forever?

Can not!

Just thinking about it made her heart suffocate and couldn't breathe.

She didn't know how Huo Du came over these years, nor did she know what kind of feelings he had for Huo Changyun. But she can be sure that he must be in a lot of pain...

What should he do?

What should she do?

Feeling her stiff body, Huo Du clearly saw the struggle and pain in her eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"Cold..." Le Zhi lied and whimpered.

Huo Du knew she was lying, but he still pulled her into his arms, pressed her cold cheeks to his warm neck, and asked, "Is it still cold?"

The warmth spread from his cheeks to his heart, accompanied by the faint mint scent on his body, making Lezhi's sour eyes burst into tears. She hugged him tightly, rubbed her cheek against the crevice of his neck, and whimpered softly.

Huo Duquan hugged her soft waist, deliberately tutted, teasing her: "What? Are you crying?"

Hearing this, Le Zhi snorted softly twice, then rubbed his neck harder, and said coquettishly, "Just make a wish, just make a wish..."

Although she also knows how unrealistic it is to make a wish to achieve a wish, but wishing means thinking, and thinking means hope... She has seen his face showing lifelessness and emptying everything more than once. The expression on her face, which was the last thing she wanted to see.

So she stubbornly wanted him to make a wish. She hoped he would think too, and never be dead again.

The neck was wet and cold, Huo Du raised his hand and stroked her back, patting gently. Looking down at Wen Ruan, who was obediently snuggling in his arms, a certain thought has changed a bit—

It wasn't that God never treated him kindly.

Otherwise, how could she come to him?

"Okay." He finally let go and smiled, "Then promise one."

After a while, Le Zhi withdrew from his embrace and asked, "How are you?"

Huo Du hummed and led her to stand up from the swing.

Their feet were off the ground and dangling in the air for too long, their legs were a little sore and numb, they stood up abruptly, and their bodies swayed unsteadily. Fortunately, there was a pole on the side, Huo Du supported it with one hand, and the other hand tightly wrapped around her waist to help her stand firm.

Their eyes were facing each other, and although they were a little embarrassed, they both smiled involuntarily.

Walking back slowly, Lezhi looked at the sky again, looking at the incomplete moon, a little unhappy.

"Don't like crescent moon?"

Lezhi nodded, the incomplete crescent moon looked unsatisfactory, and she didn't like it. Just like they are about to part, there is always some gloomy mood in my heart.

"Stupid or not? Wait a few days for the moon to be full."

"Yeah!" Le Zhi rolled his eyes and said, "I will definitely come back when the moon is full, and then let's enjoy the moon together again, okay?"

Huo Du smiled, "Okay."

"Then you have to take good care of yourself."

"Ok."

"Have a good breakfast too."

"Ok."

"You must wear a thick cotton cloak when you go out."

"good."

......

The figure of the two of them leaning forward was pulled very long by the moonlight.

Early the next morning, Le Zhi took Jing Xin to leave Yao, Xia Ming and the others, and a small team of guards assigned to her by Huo Du, and left Shengyang City and headed towards Huaxi City.

The two cities were not far apart, and before the time passed, the carriage drove into Huaxi City.

According to the letter, Le Zhi quickly found the courtyard where her sister lived.

Seeing Le Zhi, Le Jin was extremely surprised, "Zhi Zhi, why are you here?"

Le Zhi happily threw herself into her sister's arms, and said Jiaojiao, "I miss my sister, so she came naturally."

After acting coquettishly for a while, the two sisters entered the room to talk. After Le Zhi explained the whole story, Le Jin suddenly realized——

It turned out that Zhizhi started from Shengyang City, no wonder it came so quickly!

"Sister, where are my sister-in-law and Yu'er?" Le Zhi frowned, very puzzled: "Why doesn't my sister-in-law want to see us?"

Le Jin sighed and was puzzled, "I asked people to search in the city, but I found several places where my sister-in-law would go every day. But every time my sister-in-law sees me, she hides, and I don't dare to show up again. For fear of scaring her, if she leaves Huaxi City... it will be even more difficult to find her again."

After thinking for a while, Le Zhi said, "Tomorrow, I will go to see my sister-in-law with my sister. We are a family. I think my sister-in-law must have something to hide."

Le Jin nodded.

Now, all I can do is try it out.

Sister-in-law has always loved Zhizhi, hoping that she will be willing to have a good chat with them when she sees her.

After rushing around for days, Le Zhi didn't have a good rest. After dinner, he went back to the dormitory, ready to take a good night's sleep. Thinking that Jingxin and Linyue were also exhausted recently, she rushed them both to rest and insisted that they would not wait on them.

Sitting on the bed and unpacking, Lezhi wanted to take the bedclothes and go to the bathroom to wash up...

However, there are two more things in the bag.

One thing she was very familiar with was the wooden box given by Uncle Yin. She gave it to Huo Du yesterday, but I don't know when he put it back in her luggage.

Although she didn't know the use of the jade pendant given by Uncle Yin, he stayed in Shengyang City alone, but gave it to her...

Isn't he a fool!

There is also a small white jade jar.

Lezhi opened the lid and saw candies inside—

Stars, flowers, fish, bunnies... all kinds of cute candies in a jar full.

She twisted one out and put it in her mouth. The sweet taste was accompanied by a hint of mint coolness, and it was slightly fragrant.

Le Zhi remembered the scene when Huo Du asked her to drink mint juice before. At that time, she couldn't get used to the spicy smell, so she removed the cup.

"Don't force it, you and I are not the same kind of people."

——This is what Huo Du said to her at that time.

So what's the point of these mints he's making her now?

The sweetness disappears between the lips and teeth, leaving a faint mint fragrance that lingers around the body for a long time. Lezhi's eyes turned red in the sweet aftertaste...

She thought, she tasted what he meant.

Good guess, isn't it?