He would recognize it as his own handkerchief, but what surprised him was how the princess got his handkerchief.
He looked at Feng Yao blankly, "Princess, how did you get my handkerchief?"
Feng Yao looked into his eyes.
Although she had expected him to have forgotten what happened that year based on his previous attitude towards her, she couldn't help but feel disappointed when he still couldn't remember it after she took out the handkerchief.
She stroked the handkerchief that had accompanied her all these years and supported her to survive. She felt a little sad. "Husband, thirteen years ago, at the late emperor's birthday banquet, when you and I met behind the rockery, have you forgotten?"
Zhu Longyuan felt a headache when he heard Feng Yao talk about what happened thirteen years ago.
He subconsciously wanted to say, who can remember this? It's been so many years, who would continue to live in memories? I have so many things to remember every day...
But he didn't dare say it out loud because he was afraid that the princess would be sad.
He tried hard to recall the late emperor's birthday banquet thirteen years ago, and the rockery...
He thought for a long time but couldn't remember it, so he looked at Feng Yao cautiously, "Princess, can you give me another hint?"
He quickly added, "I go to the palace to attend many banquets every year, so I really don't remember much about what you said..."
Feng Yao looked at him with amusement and helplessness.
Such a thrilling thing, a heroic act that other men would brag about for the rest of their lives. But he didn't think it was anything special at all, and once it was over, he completely forgot about it...
Although it is a bit sad, if you think about it from another perspective, doesn't this show that he is a broad-minded person and a good person who will not ask for rewards?
Feng Yao looked at him with eyes full of love and said to him, "At that time, I encountered the imperial concubine having an affair with a man from outside the palace at the foot of the rockery. They didn't dare to kill me to silence me, so they wanted to destroy my innocence and make me shut up. At the critical moment, you appeared and saved me. You frightened them, drove them away, and comforted me that I must live well--"
She stared into his eyes expectantly, "Do you remember now?"
Feng Yao told him all the details, and Zhu Longyuan finally dug out this fragment that he had long forgotten from the corner of his memory.
He suddenly realized, "No wonder Princess you would marry a married man like me as your second wife..."
He looked at Feng Yao a little embarrassedly, "Princess, so you married me to repay a favor? If that's all you wanted to do, then the sword you gave me eight years ago would have been enough. You don't have to sacrifice your entire life for it. It's too unfair to you..."
He quickly pointed outside, "While we haven't consummated our marriage yet, I'll go out and tell them that we're not getting married, and you..."
Feng Yao immediately pulled his arm to stop him from shouting.
She looked at him helplessly, "Husband, why don't you believe my sincerity towards you? I didn't marry you to repay you, I really like you..."
Zhu Longyuan rubbed his head and said subconsciously, "It's not that I don't trust the princess, it's that I don't have confidence in myself..."
He listed examples, "My eldest brother is handsome, talented in both civil and military affairs, so my eldest sister-in-law is devoted to him. My father is brave and invincible on the battlefield, so he deserves my mother's lifelong admiration and love. The emperor has all the power in the world, but he is willing to disband the harem and favor only one person for the queen, so the queen loves him...but I..."
He looked down at himself and said with self-awareness, "I don't have any advantages. I'm not as handsome as them, I can't recite poetry, and I can't make people happy. My only advantage is my natural strength, but this doesn't seem to be something that attracts women..."
He looked at Feng Yao and smiled, "So, although I knew since last year that you might like me, Princess. However, I really don't feel it's true at all. I always feel that you shouldn't like someone like me, and you'd be wronged by marrying me."
Feng Yao shook her head.
"Husband, you are very good. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I like people like you. In my eyes, you are the best man in the world. Also, don't think that I am wronged to marry you as your second wife. I am not wronged at all."
She took his hand and placed it on her face.
She gently rubbed his palm and looked into his eyes.
"Husband, I'll tell you the truth, okay? After that incident, I've been afraid to get married. I'm afraid to have contact with adult men other than my father and my younger brother. During the years when my father and mother urged me to get married, I tried to attend banquets and spend time with several cousins from my mother's side of the family in the same pavilion. But as soon as they looked at me with admiring eyes, I would feel disgusted and resist. I would remember the fear I felt when that man pulled my clothes that night..."
She rubbed his palm, her face full of dependence and her eyes full of love.
"But you're the only one who won't frighten me, because you're the one who pulled me out of the darkness. You're my light, the torch that illuminates my dark life anew... You see, I'm only happy to be near you, I won't resist..."
She moved closer, placed a kiss on his forehead, and then backed away with a blush.
She tried to pretend to be calm and looked at him, "Husband, do you see? My body, my heart, and my soul, they only allow you to get close. So in this life, I only want to marry you, no matter if you have a wife or not. No matter if you have children or not, I want to marry you..."
She lowered her head, her eyelashes trembling violently. Suddenly, she mustered up the courage and said bluntly and boldly, "Husband, you are the only one in this world who can transform me from a girl into a woman... You are the only one in this world who can do it, no one else can, only you can..."
“…” Zhu Longyuan stared at Feng Yao in astonishment.
He didn't expect that this dignified and shy royal lady would say such words to him.
Especially the last few sentences...
simply……
It's so straightforward that it makes people blush and feel confused.
Noticing Feng Yao looking at him with a timid yet expectant look, his face flushed red all of a sudden. He lowered his head in a hurry, his ears buzzing!
It's too overwhelming!
He clenched his fists tightly, trying desperately to suppress the heat rising in his body. Then he pulled his hands away from her face, stood up, and fled.
"Princess, please eat something first. I, I, I... I'm going out to toast..."
After running out with big strides, he ran a dozen feet away on the corridor with a red face. Suddenly, he realized that his sudden running away would definitely embarrass and sadden the princess. He slapped his head and ran back quickly.
He strode back out the door, held onto it, and looked at the bride sitting on the wedding bed with her head bowed. He blushed and said, "I'll go toast first and come back later. If you're tired, go to bed first and don't wait for me—okay?"
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