The Three-Life Stone

Xia Jin was not frightened when she heard the harsh question, but rather excited.

He must have his own thoughts in his mind, which is why he went through so much trouble to bring himself to the palace to ask this childish question.

Xia Jin ran over and hugged his neck with a smile. Bei Mingmo's body froze, not knowing what the other party was going to do. Shouldn't the other party be frightened by his murderous aura and tell the truth?

Xia Jin looked up at Bei Mingmo. Bei Mingmo looked down at the woman in front of him. He only heard her slowly move her lips and utter a word, and all the resentment he had felt for so many years disappeared.

"Love."

Xia Jin jumped up and wrapped her legs around Bei Ming Mo's waist, now she looked almost the same height as Bei Ming Mo. She kissed Bei Ming Mo's lips, expressing all the grievances and sorrows of the past few years in the kiss, pouring out her endless longing, and she only wanted to ask for more and more.

Xia Jin put her legs down from Bei Mingmo's arms, jumped down and looked at him.

"Bei Ming Mo, I love you, very much, and I don't know why my heart could fall into someone else's hands.

But I just can't control my heart. I know you are a mountain and I am just a stream. We are destined to take different paths.

I am not unwilling. I am very satisfied to be able to secretly wait by your side and to be with you.

I am also greedy, Bei Ming Mo. Even after I got you, I couldn't forget you. I went to many places, but I couldn't see your shadow. But I kept thinking about you and couldn't control it.

Bei Ming Mo, if love is poison, then you are the poison that penetrates my intestines and there is no antidote.

I can think of you very rarely, but as I said, I can't forget you either.

Bei Ming Mo, you don’t need to ask me whether I love you or not. Whether I am with you or apart from you, it is because I love you. There is no need to doubt this in my heart.

I am not that fragile. If I love you, I can protect you silently, and I can live well without you.

So Bei Ming Mo, I have always loved you."

No matter in the past life or in this life, Xia Jin paced and talked, and finally looked deeply into Bei Mingmo's eyes again.

Bei Mingmo's eyes, which were originally dry from lack of sleep, were now filled with tears. He hugged the woman walking back and forth in front of him and said with a choked voice, "Don't leave without saying goodbye next time, okay?"

"Ah."

"I love you too, although I don't know when it started."

"Ah."

"If you want to leave, you can tell me anytime. We can say goodbye properly and I will let you go."

"Well, do you still have to go to the battlefield? Do you want to take a rest first?" Xia Jin responded to the inquiry with some concern.

"It's almost done. With General Sima to take care of the aftermath, it won't be a problem."

"Well, wash off the blood, change into some fitting clothes and take a rest." Xia Jin stroked Bei Mingmo's facial contours, looked at his bloodshot eyes and said distressedly, "There are too few affairs to deal with in the palace. How many lives are worth your risking your life for?"

"You know that I have worked hard to secure this position, so use this life to create a miracle. The royal brother and the loyal ministers can help with the trivial matters in the palace." Bei Mingmo's unkempt appearance did not make him look old, but instead added a bit of mature manliness. "Sometimes a man's passion also wants to evaporate."

Bei Mingmo held Xia Jin's hand and they walked towards Huaqing Pool. The eunuchs and palace maids waiting outside the palace followed them consciously. Xia Jin asked, "Do you want to go again later?"

"Now the world is at peace, the people are living and working in peace and contentment, you can come back to me, why bother to take risks to expand your territory, just settle your men and protect my northern land."

"Then does this count as destroying your ambition?"

"Well, there have been enough fighting and killing over the years, and it's not because of you."

"That's good."

"Well, don't think too much. I have already made the Northern Kingdom flourish. Now the court has the final say. It's time for me to rest."

"Well, it's been hard work for so many years."

"You worked hard too."

Beside the Huaqing Pool, the eunuchs and maids prepared clothes and food, and after scattering flower petals, Bei Ming Mo asked them to stay away and guard. He quickly took off his clothes, went into the water to soak, and looked at Xia Jin.

Bei Ming Mo saw Xia Jin smile shyly and close her eyes to conserve her strength. Xia Jin thought about how she was trapped in the tent for the past few days and was covered in dirt. Seeing that Bei Ming Mo was not looking at her, she carefully took off her clothes and slowly went to the other side of the pool. The pool was steaming and Xia Jin's face soon turned red. The two of them were on each side and couldn't see each other clearly.

Bei Mingmo was lying on one side and Xia Jin was lying on the other side. They both soaked in silence for a while. Xia Jin turned around and saw that Bei Mingmo did not move and still had his eyes closed to rest, so she became bolder. She smelled the fragrance of the rose petals, cleansed her hair and skin, scrubbed vigorously, and enjoyed the soak. She saw two bubbles appearing in the water, and the man opposite her was approaching her.

"Well...um...do you want a bath?" Xia Jin asked nervously, not being able to react for a moment.

"Well, can you help me rub it?" Bei Ming Mo acted coquettishly and lazily.

Xia Jin looked at the man's strong features, his body without any excess fat, his muscles tight, and some scars from sword wounds on his body. While admiring Bei Ming Mo's figure, she complained in her heart that she had to be his servant right after they met. She swallowed her saliva, thinking it was not a loss anyway.

Who would have thought that as soon as his hand touched Bei Ming Mo's skin, he would be embraced in his arms. The distance between them was suddenly shortened, and they were in zero-distance contact, with their skins close to each other, a faint mist lingering around, just the right amount of water droplets dripping from their faces and hair, and their breath spraying on each other's faces.

Before Xia Jin could say anything, her lips were blocked by the other party. Under the negative distance contact, her thoughts were filled up. The fire in their eyes was ignited at once. This was the joy of perfect harmony between lovers. Different from the casual play of others, Bei Mingmo was fully committed to the relationship.

Bei Ming Mo's repeated "A Jin" made Xia Jin's heart numb; Xia Jin's repeated "A Mo" in response reverberated in Bei Ming Mo's heart.

After a long time, Bei Mingmo let go of the limp Xia Jin, wiped her hair and put clothes on her, then he washed himself and put on his clothes, then carried Xia Jin to the Qianqing Palace.

"What is my identity now?" Xia Jin snuggled in Bei Mingmo's arms and looked at the man in confusion.

Bei Ming Mo said without hesitation: "The position of the queen has always been vacant."

"Hmm~" Xia Jin thought for a moment, "There are too many things to be a queen, I don't want to be one."

Bei Mingmo raised his lips slightly and said, "We can ask others to assist us."

"That's so incompetent." Xia Jin rolled her eyes in amusement.

"You are my wife, so how can you be competent? Huh?" Bei Ming Mo looked at Xia Jin with a wicked smile.

"Without a family background, I can't be of any practical help..." Xia Jin was still a little hesitant.

"No one in the court can question my decision on such a small matter."

After thinking for a while, Xia Jin said solemnly: "Bei Ming Mo, my identity is not important. As long as I have your love, no one will dare to bully me. I just want to stay by your side quietly."

"Well, I'll have someone clean up a side hall in the Qianqing Palace. You don't have to face anyone else. Leave everything to me."

"Amo, it's okay. You don't have to make an exception like this. I don't want this kind of thing to be recorded in history books."

Bei Mingmo looked at this woman who had always been thinking about him, and tightened his arms around her: "You've suffered, but it's all worth it."

"Amo, I'm serious. As long as our hearts remain unchanged, I am willing to live a normal life in the harem."

"Well... I've decided. Since you don't seek a position, and you and I are an ordinary couple, then I will be just an ordinary husband in front of you, and we will eat and live together." Bei Mingmo said with a faint smile on the corner of his lips.

"Well, you... forget it, as long as you are happy."