Chapter 140 Confession
The dream was a fragment from a storybook, but the mixed emotions and the bitterness and pain when witnessing Qin Huo’s wedding were truly Tianbao’s own feelings.
She thought about it all day and had to admit that her unclear feelings for Qin Huo were not caused by the script.
"Princess? Princess? The Regent has entered the palace urgently. The Emperor invites you to Qingfeng Palace." Liu Gao came to Ziwei Palace in person.
Tian Bao's mind was working very slowly: "Ah? He's here, what did he ask me to do... Hmm? Isn't his foot injured? Why is he in the palace again?"
Even though the girl was confused, she quickly walked out.
Just as she was about to walk out the door, she turned back into the house, looked down at her clothes, and touched her face.
When she was fifteen, she didn't dare look in the mirror.
After much hesitation, she took a deep breath and said, "Zi Yan, I want to look in the mirror."
The tender, white fingers moved from the cheeks up to the forehead and inner corners of the eyes, then down to the wings of the nose and corners of the mouth, repeating this process several times.
Zi Yan thought she had misheard: "Mirror? Princess, do you want to look in the mirror?"
"Well, quickly get me a mirror." The fear in Tianbao's eyes dissipated like the sun, and was replaced by determination.
There is something that she has been deceiving herself about until now and has never dared to face it, which has caused everyone around her to indulge her quirk - not looking in the mirror.
The things that happened in the previous life seem so long ago that they seem like a dream, but the pain in the dream is still deeply engraved in my heart.
In her previous life, she was not pretty, and could even be called ugly. Half of her face was covered with Ota's nevus, and even the white of her right eye was a bluish-brown birthmark. She had received countless strange looks from childhood to adulthood.
So while her friends were adopted one after another, she was returned again and again. The reason was that she was not good-looking. Foster parents with rich families would not choose to adopt her, and those from ordinary families would have many trivial matters to deal with.
After Zi Yan brought the mirror, Tian Bao stood at a distance and hesitated to come forward: "Tell Eunuch Liu to wait a moment."
After sending the palace maids away, Tianbao took a few deep breaths and walked towards the mirror, covering her right eye and nearly half of her face with her right hand.
When she took her right hand away, her whole body was shaking.
It wasn't her fault that she had a birthmark. If she had one in this life, she would have accepted it. After all, there were so many people around her who loved her. But if she really was still that ugly, she couldn't delay Qin Huo.
Which man doesn't like beautiful women? He also likes women who are as beautiful as fairies.
Taking another deep breath, she completely removed her right hand, but closed her eyes in fear.
Taking another deep breath, she trembled and opened her eyes a little.
The face in the mirror didn't seem to have the gray-brown birthmark. She suddenly widened her eyes, looked left and right, up and down, not knowing whether she was happy or relieved, tears quickly blurred her eyes.
After confirming that there was no birthmark, the girl wiped away her tears and ran out, lifting her skirt.
Now, she can continue to delay Qin Huo, and she will also waste her youth with this relationship!
When she was a child, she didn't dare look in the mirror, for fear that she would still be shockingly ugly. This would not only affect her own mood, but also her attitude towards her family.
Out of sight, out of mind. If she doesn't look in the mirror for a long time, she will forget about the birthmark and can act coquettishly with her family without any psychological burden.
Ultimately, it was her own bad mentality, she admitted.
In Qingfeng Palace, the gloomy tyrant sat at the head of the table, glaring at Qin Huo: "If there is anything important, can't you tell her tomorrow?"
He had just turned over the cards and was about to take a shower and rest when Qin Huo rushed over in a hurry and ruined his good mood!
Qin Huo's expression was even uglier than his: "No. I don't have much time left."
The resentful eyes silently complained: It's all your fault.
The tyrant was speechless, feeling a strange feeling in his heart.
Although Qin Huo became the regent since he was young and gave the child enough power and influence, the father and son have never been as close as they are now.
So close that you can complain with your eyes or even act coquettishly.
The raging anger was extinguished, and the tyrant was even in a good mood.
When Tianbao hurried over, the tyrant was staring at Qin Huo's ankle expressionlessly, secretly happy in his heart; Qin Huo's facial features were frowned, and his heart was full of uneasiness.
After Tianbao bowed, he interrupted the silence softly: "Uncle Huang, what's wrong?"
She glanced at Qin Huo, and it was obvious who she was concerned about.
The tyrant's mouth twitched slightly: "Who knows him! He's messing around so much in the middle of the night. I'm afraid he doesn't think his injuries are serious enough!"
Tian Bao looked directly at Qin Huo. Before he could say anything, the young man suddenly raised his head and said, "I think about you day and night. My mind is full of you. If I don't take a look at you, I won't be able to sleep tonight."
Tianbao sensitively caught a shy word: again?
The tyrant's blood rushed backwards, and his face instantly flushed red: Are children nowadays so unrestrained? They actually said such reckless words in front of him?
He subconsciously glared at Qin Huo, feeling unhappy as if the cabbage he had worked so hard to grow was eaten by a pig!
The remaining rationality told him: Qin Huo is your biological son, Qin Huo is your biological son, Tian Bao is the daughter-in-law you stole!
The tyrant gritted his teeth and left the hall in silence, fearing that if he was a step late he would burst out cursing and calling Qin Huo shameless...
On the other side, Tian Bao, who had remained silent, saw that the tyrant had left and the eunuchs and palace maids had all retreated. Then, with a blushing face, she whispered, "You mean..."
"I like you, the kind of love between men and women."
"When I can't see you, I long to see you. My heart and eyes can only hold you. I can't bear to see you smile at other men, and I can't bear to see other men approach you. I want to lock you up in my house so that only I can see you. I want to tie you to my belt so that you are under my eyes at all times..."
Tianbao's mood was up and down, and she couldn't help but say, "You're a pervert."
Her face was red and her voice was soft and tender, but she didn't sound angry at all.
Qin Huo didn't deny it, but nodded instead: "When I think about you going back to Nanqiao, I really want to become abnormal. I don't want you to leave. I want to tie you to my side forever."
There was silence in the hall. After Qin Huo finished his confession in one breath, he stared at Tianbao intently, his fiery gaze burning Tianbao's reason.
The girl's heartbeat was disordered, pounding like a drum.
After a long time, the boy could no longer wait: "You said you are too young, I can wait, I will marry you when you think you are old enough."
Marry?
Tian Bao's ears felt hot, and she subconsciously said, "I think we should date first, and then get married when the love is strong."
"Dating?" Qin Huo was puzzled for a moment, then smiled brightly, "You like me too, right? Tian Huan..."
The nickname was so low and hoarse that it made Tianbao's whole face feel hot, his scalp numb, and he felt extremely panicked.
Qin Huo thought Tian Bao would deny it, but she actually nodded openly. "I don't know if it can be considered love, it's just... like I miss you even when we're not together, and I don't want to see you getting close to other women..."
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