Chapter 192 Where is the evidence?
Lan Wu discovered that Chu Mingheng, who had merged with her memories, was even more difficult to deal with.
If Chu Mingheng in his past life was cold-blooded and ruthless, then Chu Mingheng in this life was soft-hearted towards her from the beginning because of the dream, which made him somewhat fearless in whatever she did later.
But now...
Lan Wu stared at him, silently swallowing. Chu Mingheng seemed gentle now, yet also more dangerous.
His heart hardened even more.
"You've changed—" Lan Wu accused him, "Don't you love me anymore?"
Chu Mingheng smiled, kissed the tip of her nose, and told her, "It's no use being unreasonable, Awu. Come to think of it, I've been holding back for so long, I've even gone crazy once, how can you still act like you don't know?"
"Would you like me to do your hair and makeup? I'm quite skilled at it."
Lan Wu returned defeated, feeling both angry and frustrated. She gently poked Chu Mingheng's chest and said, "Why don't you take these things to heart at all? I tried my best not to bring them up, but you still spoke of them so seriously..."
Chu Mingheng grasped her hand, gently closed his eyes, lowered his head and kissed her fingertips, comforting her, "You don't need to be so careful. After going through so much, it's not easy to see each other again. I'm overjoyed."
"You don't need to follow my wishes or worry about making me sad—I will only be sad because of your sadness."
"So, all Awu needs to do is love me well and be happy."
Speaking of her past life, Lan Wu still couldn't be as indifferent as Chu Mingheng. She leaned gently against Chu Mingheng and said in a muffled voice, "If I'm happy, will you be happy too?"
“Of course, A-Wu is the most important.” Chu Mingheng gently stroked her hair and said softly.
Lan Wu said "Oh," and then suddenly suggested, "Then Your Majesty should take a nap."
Chu Mingheng was visibly taken aback by her words for a moment, but quickly recovered and replied, "We just got up not long ago, does A-Wu still want to sleep?"
Lan Wu shook her head and looked at him, saying, "His Majesty rushed here in the rain last night and took care of me for a long time. Last night was the first time His Majesty had seen me in three months, so His Majesty certainly wouldn't have been able to sleep."
Every word she spoke was logical and well-founded, and she had guessed Chu Mingheng's reaction perfectly.
"So Your Majesty sleeps, but I don't."
After listening to her analysis, Chu Mingheng even nodded approvingly: "Awu is so smart."
He didn't sleep much last night. He didn't see Lan Wu open her eyes and come back to her senses, so how could he sleep soundly?
"Then Your Majesty should go to sleep." Lan Wu raised her head and touched his chin with her lips. "I can watch Your Majesty sleep."
Since she had said that, how could Chu Mingheng waste her efforts? He gently rubbed Lan Wu's head, pulled her into his arms, and closed his eyes.
The hall remained quiet all morning, and no other sounds could be heard.
Lan Wu had gotten up too early in the morning, and after sleeping next to Chu Mingheng for a while, she became sleepy again. She also dozed off for a while, but didn't sleep very well and had some bizarre dreams.
It wasn't the same dream-like experience as before; it was just a simple dream.
Since Chu Mingheng had come to pick her up, and there was nothing else to do, Lan Wu decided to prepare to return to the palace after a few days, as there were no more problems.
Before returning to the palace, the two went to Wuji Temple again.
"What's the point of going there? There's nothing to see." Chu Mingheng frowned slightly, but didn't say he wouldn't go.
Lan Wu pondered for a moment and said, "I have a feeling that this is a preordained destiny, and even gods and Buddhas cannot delay it. Let's go and pay our respects."
"Let's go, let's go." Seeing Chu Mingheng standing there, Lan Wu pulled his arm, stood on tiptoe and kissed him, and said with a smile, "If you're not going, I'll go by myself."
Chu Mingheng pinched her cheek helplessly: "Do you think I'd let you go by yourself?"
In the end, I followed her advice and went to Wuji Temple.
The scriptures that Lan Wu copied in Wuji Temple are still in the Hall of Longevity. Ordinary people cannot enter this hall, so her scriptures are still in their original place, and it looks like no one has touched them.
Chu Mingheng stood aside, opened a book and looked at it. He could see that Lan Wu had written each word with great care, and upon closer inspection, his handwriting had even improved.
Is Lan Wu here to practice calligraphy?
If Lan Wu knew what he was thinking, she would probably be the first to object.
As he was watching with a smile, he suddenly heard Lan Wu's soft voice. Looking in the direction of the voice, he saw Lan Wu kneeling on the prayer mat, facing him sideways, glancing at him with one eye open, and closing the other eye in a devout gaze upwards.
Sneaky, like a kitten.
Lan Wu was calling him over.
Admittedly, Chu Mingheng had never knelt before any gods or Buddhas in his two lifetimes, but he also knew that there were no gods or Buddhas on this place now.
It's just a mirror.
The mirror reflects one's true self, and what it reflects is also oneself.
If Lan Wu tells me to kneel, then I'll kneel.
So he knelt on the prayer mat, but did not close his eyes. His gaze was fixed straight ahead, as if he were looking at the two of them in the bronze mirror through the curtain.
Lan Wu knelt down earnestly, keeping her eyes closed for a while before opening them. In a moment of distraction, she was pulled up by the arm by the person next to her.
"Are you leaving?" Chu Mingheng asked for her opinion.
Lan Wu paused, then nodded slightly.
After leaving Wuji Temple and sitting in the carriage, Lan Wu was once again embraced by Chu Mingheng, almost leaning against him.
"Why is there a bronze mirror there?" This was a question she had always been curious about, but the young monks in Wuji Temple didn't know the answer. She guessed that Chu Mingheng would know.
Chu Mingheng did indeed know, but the story was rather mysterious.
"That mirror was found in the Shengxi region by the Chu ancestors when they were conquering the country. Later, it was said that there were heroic spirits protecting the mirror. After the ancestors brought it back, it has been kept in Changyong Mountain ever since."
At this point, he noticed that Lan Wu looked stunned, clearly believing him to be about 70%.
Chu Mingheng lowered his head and kissed her hair, saying, "Don't worry too much about it. It's just a mirror. If you think too much about it, like a mirage or a leaf obscuring your vision, you'll only trap yourself in a cage."
"Instead of wasting your time, you should focus more on me and think more about me."
It has to be said that Chu Mingheng really understands Lan Wu. He can tell what Lan Wu is thinking just by looking at her expression, and these words can just help her resolve her worries.
He completely disrupted Lan Wu's wild thoughts, and she simply said, "Thinking, thinking, thinking about you."
Chu Mingheng twitched the corner of his mouth and asked her, "Are you just going through the motions for me?"
“Where would I find it—” Lan Wu retorted, then remembered that she hadn’t given Chu Mingheng something. She glanced at him and said, “Your Majesty, you haven’t seen me for three months. What have you been thinking about me?”
"What do you think?" Chu Mingheng asked slowly, his gaze fixed intently on Chu Mingheng.
Lan Wu felt hot all over from being stared at, and was the first to look away, preemptively asking, "Where's the evidence?"
"What evidence?" Chu Mingheng asked, slightly puzzled.
"You say you miss me, but is that all you've got? Where's the proof? I have proof of how much I miss you." Lan Wu raised her head slightly, looking confident.
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