You don’t know how long time passes in the mountains. What is coming will come and you can’t avoid it.
The third prince Li Ang sent people to search the mountain for the missing Zhang Hean and Li Qingxun.
Li Qingxun sighed and put on dry clothes to cover the red marks on his neck. Zhang Hean also put on clothes and looked out of the cave with his black eyes.
It's time to go.
"I will marry you after returning to Yanjing City." Zhang Hean slowly made the promise.
Li Qingxun smiled and patted Zhang Hean's handsome face elegantly: "You don't have to marry him. I can pretend that what happened in the mountains never happened."
Zhang Hean's face turned cold instantly.
There is an absurd feeling of being abandoned after being seduced.
In fact, he had already realized that Li Qingxun was not very affectionate to him. Maybe in Li Qingxun's eyes, he was just an interesting toy, she would play with him for a month or two when she was interested, and forget about him when she lost interest.
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The searching guards found the cave and took Zhang Hean and Li Qingxun to Liangzhou City.
Liangzhou is remote, with constant sandstorms all year round. The border is often invaded by bandits and soldiers from the Kingdom of Yue, and the people live a hard life. Today, Liangzhou City is heavily guarded because Qing and Yue are going to sign a temporary peace agreement and conduct trade.
Li Qingxun stayed in the cave for three months. After returning to the government office in Liangzhou City, he fell asleep and took the time to catch up on his sleep.
Sleep from day till dark.
Li Qingling lived next door to her and was anxious. After dark, she knocked on Li Qingxun's door.
Li Qingxun had already woken up and was lazily sitting at the table eating dinner. Li Qingxun ate the vegetable dumplings from Liangzhou City with gusto.
"You are still in the mood to eat. The Crown Prince of Yue will be here tomorrow. Our Qing Kingdom has been established for two generations and there is a lot of work to be done. The princess has no choice but to marry a foreign prince." Li Qingling sat on a low stool with a sad face.
Li Qingxun ate a vegetable dumpling without even raising his head, then picked up another one and continued eating.
In the cave, she ate wild fruits, wild rabbits, and Zhang Hean every day, and she almost vomited. The simplest vegetable dumplings in Liangzhou City, steamed with flour and vegetables, tasted particularly delicious.
Li Qingling traveled thousands of miles to Liangzhou. Although she disliked Li Qingxun's vulgarity and barbarity along the way, Li Qingxun was the only person who could talk to her.
After spending a long time together, Li Qingling even felt a sense of sympathy for Li Qingxun.
Li Qingxun disappeared, and Li Qingling was secretly worried for a long time.
"Eat slowly. Life in the mountains must be hard. I see you've lost a lot of weight." Li Qingling poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to him.
Li Qingxun took the tea and drank it all in one gulp.
Li Qingling was a little envious of her heartless appearance: "You have a good attitude. The Crown Prince of Yue will come tomorrow and will definitely take a fancy to me. As for you, I guess you will be sent to Yelang by your father... Hey, you should eat more. The Emperor of Yelang is already over sixty years old."
Li Qingxun put down his teacup: "Yelang is very powerful?"
Li Qingling said sadly: "I heard that the Emperor of Yelang was a tyrant. He was lucky. There are many gemstones, gold and silver mines in Yelang, as well as many strange mines."
With gold, silver and copper mines, it doesn't matter if the emperor is incompetent. It is still better than the Qing Dynasty, which has a lot of work to do.
Li Qingxun silently took note of one thing—there are many minerals in Yelang Kingdom.
Li Qingling glanced at Li Qingxun's collar and saw many red marks on her neck. Li Qingling frowned and took out two bottles of ointment from her sleeves: "This is mosquito repellent ointment and swelling-reducing ointment. There are many mosquitoes in the mountains. Seeing you bitten all over, it's pitiful."
Li Qingxun took the mosquito repellent ointment and said, "Thank you, but how do you know it's a mosquito bite?"
Li Qingling said angrily: "If it wasn't a mosquito bite, could it be Prime Minister Zhang who bit it?"
Li Qingxun: "Couldn't he have bitten her?"
Li Qingling rolled her eyes.
Zhang Hean is an upright and aloof gentleman, a flower on the mountain top that is not tainted by the dust. How could he possibly fall for Li Qingxun, who has vulgar actions?
No one will believe it if I tell you.
Li Qingling chatted for a while before returning to her room to rest. Li Qingxun had slept enough during the day and had no desire to sleep. She unbuttoned her collar and saw her scarred neck reflected in the bronze mirror.
There were red marks all over the body.
Zhang Hean has a handsome appearance and good manners, but in private he is just like a wolf. Li Qingxun fondly recalled that exciting month, and still felt that he had not yet finished.
She opened the anti-swelling ointment and slowly applied it to the marks on her neck. The door creaked and footsteps rustled. The candlelight was bright and Zhang Hean's elegant figure appeared in the silver mirror.
He also had a bottle of ointment in his hand.
He saw Li Qingxun take off his clothes and only wear a thin undershirt. Zhang Hean opened the ointment bottle: "I'll help you."
Li Qingxun did not refuse either.
If you offer your services to her at her door, don’t refuse it.
Zhang Hean applied the cream very gently and carefully. As he was applying, the two of them exchanged glances tacitly and moved naturally to the bed.
It was dark outside and the candles inside the house burned late into the night.
The next morning, Li Qingxun got up, feeling sore all over. He felt dry and his clothes were neatly placed beside the bed.
She looked in the mirror and found that the red marks on her neck had spread a lot, and they were invisible unless you looked closely. Zhang Hean did not leave any marks in a conspicuous place.
"He is quite considerate." Li Qingxun changed into a new dress and went downstairs to have breakfast.
The breakfast is quite rich.
The table was full of authentic Liangzhou delicacies. Li Qingxun had consumed too much last night, so he ate with a big appetite for breakfast.
Li Qingling couldn't eat, and her pretty face was filled with worry. Seeing Li Qingxun wolfing down his food, she said unhappily, "Did you go tear down the house last night? The ding-dong-dong noises kept coming, and I almost wanted to go over and beat you up."
Li Qingxun said casually: "A mouse got into the bed, so I'm going to beat it."
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