"Princess, what are you drawing?"
"My master."
"Is he the very important person you mentioned last month about going to Huaxi Town to look for?"
"Yes."
Liu Ruo Qing nodded her head and continued to move her hands quickly.
"Then Princess, please take care of your business first. This servant will not disturb you any longer. This servant will go ahead to take a look."
"Alright, go ahead."
Liu Ruo Qing was busy drawing, and very quickly, a picture was completed.
She picked it up and admired it. "Hmm, not bad. It looks quite like an old man."
This was all thanks to her master for forcing her to learn painting back then. In addition, at that time, her Chinese painting teacher was truly a stubborn old man.
If she didn't learn well, she wouldn't be allowed to leave school. This forced her to learn a few moves.
At the very least, it wouldn't be that difficult to paint the old man's appearance now.
When Xiao Yue came out from the rear hall, she coincidentally saw Yan Yuan walk in.
She quickly greeted him. "Your servant …"
"Alright, there's no need to bow outside."
Yan Yuan spoke out to stop her, "Where's your princess?"
"The princess is painting in the backyard, please, Your Highness."
Just as Xiao Yue was about to lead the way, she was stopped by Yan Yuan, "There's no need, I will go myself, you may go."
"Yes, Your Highness. This servant will take his leave."
When Yan Yuan entered the backyard, he saw from afar that Liu Ruo Qing was inside the pavilion with his back facing him, and her hand holding onto a painting, she was looking at it.
He didn't see the painting clearly, he only saw the rough outline of a man's portrait.
Yan Yuan's heart suddenly sank. The first thing that came to mind was the Liu Qian Xun that he hated so much that he gritted his teeth for.
In the next second, Liu Ruo Qing's face was covered with tears. She kept wiping them with her hands, but the tears were still very strong.
Yan Yuan's expression became uglier and uglier. In his eyes, there was anger and disappointment.
It had been so long, she had experienced so much with him, yet she could still think of Liu Qian Xun and even look at his portrait and cry like that.
"Liu Ruo Qing, can you really let Liu Qian Xun go?"
His low and hoarse voice was filled with anger and dejection.
Was all her love for him genuine?
Or could she really hold two men in her heart?
Yan Yuan's gaze, upon seeing Liu Ruo Qing continuously wipe away his tears, became more and more heartbroken and more and more disappointed.
No wonder she didn't care at all when he placed all of his focus on Yun Ai. It was because she didn't care at all, and because she didn't care, it didn't matter to her.
He didn't even need to have breakfast with her.
He thought that after experiencing so much between him and her, she would always be able to take Liu Qian Xun's place.
Looking at Liu Ruo Qing's tears that were constantly flowing, he said in a low and hoarse voice, "Perhaps you really do have me in your heart, but you can't compare to Liu Qian Xun, right?"
He didn't go to find Liu Ruo Qing, but turned around and left with a brush of his sleeves.
"Fuck, what the hell flew in, why can't I stop crying?"
Liu Ruo Qing kept wiping her eyes. When she looked at the old man's image just now, it was as if a black object had flown into her eyes. It was sore and astringent, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.
Then, the tears kept falling, not even bothering to wipe them away.
As she wiped her eyes, she shouted loudly, "Xiao Yue! Xiao Yue! "
Hearing the voice, Xiao Yue immediately ran into the backyard, "Princess, what happened?"
"Can you help me see what's in my eyes? I can't stop crying."
"Alright, let this servant see."
Xiao Yue opened up Liu Ruo Qing's eyelids, and a small piece of black object stuck itself onto the whites of Liu Ruo Qing's eyes.
"Princess, it's plant ash. Please don't rub it. This servant will bring some water for you to wash."
"Alright."
Liu Ruo Qing sat down at the side, and Xiao Yue quickly brought water over, "Princess, open your eyes and take a bath."
After expending a great deal of effort, the grasses in Liu Ruo Qing's eyes were finally washed away.
"Princess, how are you feeling?"
"En, it's nothing. There's still a little pain."
"It will hurt if the grasses and ashes enter. Princess, your eyes are still red and swollen. Why don't you return to the prince's mansion to rest for a while?"
"No need, I'll just sit here for a while."
Then, Liu Ruo Qing handed the completed picture to Xiao Yue and said: "Help me collect this picture. After I'm done with this, let the king send someone to send this map to all over the country, I don't believe that I won't be able to find a master for it."
"Alright, Princess."
Xiao Yue took the map, looked around, and asked: "Speaking of Your Highness, didn't Your Highness just come to find you? How come I don't see him? "
"Prince came to find me?"
Liu Ruo Qing was startled.
"Yes, your servant met with your highness earlier. Your highness said that he was looking for you and didn't need your servant to lead the way. Why haven't you seen your highness yet?"
"Oh, maybe he just thought of something important and left."
Liu Ruo Qing shut her eyes in disappointment and did not say anything else.
She did not want herself to become someone who relied too much on the other party, and did not want to show off her concern in front of Yan Yuan.
However, because Yan Yuan had ignored him these past few days, he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable in his heart.
That night, as Liu Ruo Qing expected, Yan Yuan still did not return.
In Liu Ruo Qing's heart, she was depressed and fell asleep very early.
In the middle of the night, the sound of heavy footsteps came from outside the door.
Liu Ruo Qing woke up and just as she sat up from bed, she saw Yan Yuan pushing the door open and entering. Her face was flushed red from the alcohol.
His unsteady steps showed that he was drunk, causing Liu Ruo Qing to frown.
He quickly got off the bed and helped him inside, "What happened? You drank so much?"
She frowned as she looked at Yan Yuan.
She knew that Yan Yuan had a good capacity for alcohol, for him to be able to drink until his feet faltered, he must have drank quite a bit.
"What happened that caused you to be so annoyed that you needed to borrow wine to worry about it?"
In Liu Ruo Qing's heart, there were a few more traces of anger.
She didn't want to think too much into it, but she had to think about it. Recently, other than Princess Yun Ai's disappearance, what else had troubled him?
However, she never expected that Yun Ai's disappearance would cause him to be so annoyed that he would borrow wine to worry about.
Was it really just because of the hospital where the Queen Mother was dying, or because of the relationship between the Eastern Ocean and the Easternum?
Yan Yuan looked up at her, staring at her quietly for a while, before retracting his gaze.
Taking Liu Ruo Qing's hand away from her own arm, he coldly said: "Finding Yun Ai is a little tiring, I'll go to sleep first."
As he said that, he stood up and walked towards the bedside, not sparing Liu Ruo Qing another glance.
Liu Ruo Qing looked at her empty hand in shock. She did not react for a while, and suddenly tensed up.
Looking at Yan Yuan who had already laid down on the bed, Liu Ruo Qing felt a little frustrated and upset in her heart.