Chapter 379 Asking What Love Is in the World
Zhao Yan walked along the familiar corridor towards her dormitory with light steps.
Along the way, many maids and servants stopped what they were doing and bowed to her.
Zhao Yan smiled and nodded to them mechanically.
But there was no focus in her eyes, and her thoughts had already flown nine days away.
"How do I feel about Gu Xu?"
She asked herself over and over again in her heart.
But the specific answer to this question was difficult for her to describe in words.
She recalled that the first time she met Gu Xu was in the "Dragon Secret Realm". The other person's outstanding appearance, like an immortal, really made her eyes shine.
Of course, Zhao Yan, who has a prominent background and has been on the battlefield for many years, is not like ordinary girls, whose heart beats faster and can't walk when she sees a beautiful man.
She just felt that this person looked familiar, as if they had known each other for a long time.
But this does not prevent her from treating the other party as a strong enemy.
The two of them fought against each other in an infighting manner.
The next step is what happened to Kuli within the royal family.
When the cracked "flint" appeared in front of her, she felt that the belief in her heart was shattered along with the black stone.
It was as if she was wearing the most beautiful dress and makeup, planning to go hiking in the countryside on a sunny afternoon.
Suddenly, my foot slipped and I fell into the smelly ditch.
The dress was dirty and the makeup was smeared, and the whole plan was ruined.
But when she was most disappointed, a handsome young man in green clothes appeared in front of her, stretched out his hand to her, and said to her: "Maybe I can help you."
At that time, she only felt that his smile was very warm and the temperature of his palms was also very warm.
"Maybe it started from that moment!"
Zhao Yan took a deep breath and thought silently.
I have to say that the feeling of "heartbeat" is really wonderful. It often plants seeds silently in a person's heart and slowly grows under the water of time - until you notice it By the time it existed, it had grown into a large tree with luxuriant branches.
After reaching the end of the corridor, she opened the door and entered her room.
The personal maid Qiu Yan knew her habits very well. She filled the wooden bathtub behind the screen with hot water early and put in flower petals and spices.
For a while, the house was filled with fragrance, which made people feel relaxed and happy.
Zhao Yan ordered Qiu Yan to close the doors and windows, draw the curtains, then took off her loose red robe, bellyband and underwear, and stepped into the bathtub with Qiu Yan's support.
This tub is very wide, enough for two people. Zhao Yan stretched out her limbs and lay inside, feeling that it was more than enough.
The orchid soup with floating petals made her skin as white and delicate as milk.
She gently swayed her two well-proportioned and elastic long legs, creating circles of ripples on the water.
When Qiu Yan was washing her hair next to her, she couldn't help but ask: "Qiu Yan, have you ever liked anyone?"
Qiu Yan didn't understand why she was always in love with love. A young lady who is not interested will suddenly ask her such a question.
But she still answered truthfully: "Yes, Your Highness. A few years ago, I liked a soldier in the Border Guard Corps."
"Why did you like him? "Zhao Yan asked.
"Uh... I can't quite explain it clearly. Maybe it's because he is tall and handsome," Qiu Yan thought for a while and replied, "When I first saw him, he was just right. He returned triumphantly from the frontier, his silver armor shining in the sun, and the people on the roadside cheered him loudly.
"I thought at that time that I would marry someone like him in the future."
"Then what?"
"Then...Actually, Your Highness, he doesn't know me at all. I don't know his name. Every time he goes out and comes back, I will go to the city gate to see him. As long as his eyes look towards me, my heart will beat fast. .
"In this way, I watched him secretly for more than a year.
“But later, I found out from others that he was engaged to his neighbor’s girl. When I heard the news, I hid in bed and cried all night, and never looked at it again.
"Doesn't that sound ridiculous, Your Highness?"
Zhao Yan shook her head gently.
"Actually, I just want to ask, how do you know for sure that you like someone?"
Qiu Yan glanced out the window and pondered for a while: "When you see his Sometimes, your attention will be unconsciously attracted to him, all his movements will be slowed down, and you will be caught in your eyes one by one, and you can clearly count the hair that the wind blows inadvertently.
"I will always want to be with him. I will feel happy when he smiles. I will feel sad for him when he is hurt, as if the wound is on my own body. If he talks and laughs with other members of the opposite sex, my heart will be sour. , will be very disappointed. ""I see. "Zhao Yan was silent for a few seconds and sat up slightly.
She closed her eyes and felt the hot water licking her skin. The temperature of the bathing water is extremely high, enough to burn an average person instantly. But Zhao Yan was safe and sound inside, and even felt very comfortable and comfortable.
The scenes of practicing together with Gu Xu in "Xianyunju", watching the sunrise together, and crossing the Daqi border together appeared in her mind uncontrollably.
Zhao Changying’s words were like a catalyst.
She originally thought that the relationship between herself and Gu Xu was just pure friendship.
But after listening to what his father said today, every scene and every move the two of them had together in the past seemed to have a bit more ambiguity.
Even unconsciously, she imagined that the hot water in the bathtub was his embrace - Gu Xu was sitting behind her, stroking her, hugging her, and staying close to her.
After realizing her subconscious fantasy, she pursed her lips and closed her legs, feeling ashamed but also inexplicably looking forward to it.
When the water temperature gradually cooled down, she wrapped herself in a bath towel and walked out of the tub. The skin all over her body was slightly red, and transparent water drops rolled down her crystal clear legs.
“Bring me some clothes,” she told Qiu Yan, “bring me something nicer.”
Qiu Yan obeyed her order and took out a red dress with exquisite workmanship and embroidered with golden phoenix feather patterns.
After getting dressed, Zhao Yan sat in front of the dressing table again, picked up the powder and rouge that she had not touched for a long time, and applied them carefully on her face and lips.
Zhao Yan has always acted neatly, pursuing convenience on weekdays and rarely dressing up seriously. However, she is naturally beautiful, even if she is naked, she is still enough to stun everyone.
Today she tried to put on makeup, but she was still a little unskilled.
Her right hand was used to holding a spear, and when she picked up the eyebrow pencil, she was shaking slightly uncontrollably. In the end, it was with Qiu Yan's help that the entire set of makeup was completed.
"Your Highness is so beautiful!" Qiu Yan looked at her face and admired in an envious tone.
Zhao Yan stared at herself in the mirror for a while. She was beautiful, but she always felt that there was still something missing.
After a few seconds, she had a look of sudden realization on her face. She took out a bottle of Yanhong Dan from the cabinet, bent down, and dyed it on the tips of her toes seriously.
Zhao Yan’s feet are moderately slender, white and flawless, and her nails are rounded and neatly trimmed, like beautiful handicrafts.
At this time, the kodan is applied, just like the white porcelain is dyed with enamel glaze, and the red plum blossoms bloom on the snow.
After doing this, she stood on the red carpet with bare feet, turned a few times in front of the full-length mirror, and then asked Qiu Yan, "Does it look good?"
Qiu Yan stood still in a daze. After a long time, he came back to his senses and sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Your Highness is more beautiful than the female seductress in the story. Even I was almost tempted just now."
"Can you speak?" Zhao Yan folded her hands on her chest and glanced at her.
Qiu Yan immediately changed his words: "Your Highness is simply a fairy descending to earth."
Zhao Yan nodded with satisfaction.
Looking at the dazzling His Highness in front of him, Qiu Yan hesitated for a while, but couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness said these things to me today... Could it be that he is attracted to a certain man?"
"Yes. . ”
Zhao Yan is not an ordinary woman after all, she always behaves in a free and easy manner and does not show off her eyebrows. After recognizing his emotions, he did not act coy like a little woman, but admitted it openly.
Qiu Yan looked at her with astonished eyes, feeling incredible. After thinking for a while, he then asked: "With His Highness's status, what man in the world can't get it? As long as His Highness waves his hand, the entire Men from Dayan will come here and line up obediently. Why bother..."
After saying this, Qiu Yan shut her mouth and did not dare to say the following "Why bother to try to please him".
Zhao Yan sighed softly and smiled lightly: "He is different."
Then she paused for a moment and looked at Qiu Yan: "If you are given another chance, you will rush in before that border guard soldier gets engaged. , can you catch him?"
Qiu Yan was stunned for a while, not expecting His Highness to ask such a question.
"I...I don't know. Well...but at least, I will take the initiative to say hello to him. Like now...I like him unilaterally, but he doesn't know that I exist at all. , I feel like I’m so stupid.”
“So I don’t want to make the same mistake as you did,” Zhao Yan patted her shoulder gently, “I not only want him to know my thoughts, but also Take him away from the other woman."
Qiu Yan opened her eyes wide, suspecting that she heard wrongly. She never imagined that His Highness, with his noble status and beautiful country, would actually compete with other women for men.
Zhao Yan didn't notice the maid's expression.
The image of Gu Xu being seriously injured in Jingxing and falling from a high altitude like a kite with a broken string flashed through her mind again, and she felt even more distressed.
"Idiot," she murmured in her heart, "I will protect you well from now on. I will never leave you in your most critical moment, let alone sell your whereabouts to anyone. Enemy.”
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At the same time, Gu Xu was in the Fire Temple, listening to Zhongli and the priests complaining to him.
(End of this chapter)