Sansheng

"Cough...cough..." Manman coughed from the bedroom in the cubicle. Could it be that the two people's movements were too loud and woke Manman up?Hearing the sound of coughing, Chu Ao let go of Lin Zhong, and Lin Zhong hurriedly pulled away from under him as if he had been granted an amnesty, recalling his eyes just now, as if he was a completely different person, as if he was going to eat him up, Lin Zhong couldn't help but tremble with fear.

The two of them didn't feel sleepy at all, instead they heard the sound of shoes walking on the path far away.A small candlelight flickered through the gap in the door, and hearing the sound of the door opening, it was like entering a full room.

"I'll go and have a look." Chu Ao got out of bed, opened the door lightly, and took a look. Sure enough, on the window paper of the bedroom, the faint candlelight reflected the green bamboo and the full figure.

"Guo'er, come and see!" Chu Ao greeted Lin Zhong excitedly.

"What are you looking at?" Lin Zhong looked puzzled, but still moved over curiously.

Just like that, under the hazy moonlight, two young men with high positions and weights from the imperial palace stood at the window, peeking at the two people's children's affair in the room, and the moon was so ashamed that it hid in the clouds.

If it's really a child's affair, it's a pity that Chu Ao and Lin Zhongxin are depressed and unhappy in this indoor scene.

"Manman, you're coughing again." It was Zhuqing who carefully lifted Manman up and said distressedly.

"Woke you up again..." He said apologetically, before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a series of violent coughing.

"Full, blood!" was Zhuqing's panicked voice.

"Don't make noise, it's close to the side room, don't wake up those two gentlemen. I'm fine, it's not the first time, anyway, there will be several months every year, I don't know if I can get through this year." The voice was full. It's weak, but faint.

"It's all because of them that the jacaranda grass is gone, and you are still thinking about them at this time," Zhu Qing said angrily, "At this time of year, you have to eat that herbal medicine, hey—" A long sigh of helplessness .

"Where is their fault? Everything is just fate. Compared with my eldest sister and second brother, I have already lived a long time."

"Tomorrow I will go to the mountain to collect ginseng, and I will definitely find another Jacaranda plant for you!"

"No need, that grass only blooms once a year, and it's only in that place. My father hasn't been able to find another one for more than ten years, so why bother to waste your efforts."

"Manman..." Zhuqing's voice was choked with sobs, and the window paper reflected his figure holding Manman in his arms, revealing endless sadness, "What should I do if you are gone?"

"Fool, I'm gone, I'm buried in the bamboo forest in front of the house, every year after the spring rain, I'm the first bamboo shoot..." Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Qing covered his mouth.

"Full, don't say any more..."

Chu Ao looked at Lin Zhong next to him, two lines of tears reflected on his fair face under the moonlight.

Back in the room, the two of them didn't speak for a long time, they just lowered their heads silently and meditated for a long time.Chu Ao stepped forward and gently wiped away Lin Zhong's tears with the skirt of his clothes, and said helplessly: "Don't cry, this may be a full fate."

"Manman is so pitiful, he seems to be younger than you and me, and he is such a person with a clear heart." Lin Zhong said sadly.

Seeing his sad face, Chu Ao's brows were also tightly furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.

After a long time, he whispered, "Guo'er, Manman will definitely not die."

"Why are you so sure?" Lin Zhong raised his teary eyes, half surprised, half suspicious.

"Because of Zhuqing. He will try his best to save him."

"But Zhuqing is just a mortal after all, you didn't hear that he was so powerless just now."

"I believe him, I believe he has a heart for Man Man." Chu Ao looked firm, but in Lin Zhong's view, it was nothing more than meaningless innocence.

"Guo'er, go to sleep." Chu Ao managed to persuade Lin Zhong to lie back on the bed.

"Aren't you going to sleep?" Lin Zhong looked at Chu Ao who was still sitting aside.

"I'll sleep after you sleep. If you cry again, I'll wipe it for you." Chu Ao's eyes were full of tenderness and distress, but he raised the corners of his mouth vigorously.

"You don't need to wipe it, I won't cry anymore." Lin Zhong still had that stubborn look, thinking that he was laughing at himself, maybe he didn't want him to see his frail appearance, so he turned his back and lay on his side, staying One person's emptiness is on the bed next to him.

With a long sigh, Chu Ao smiled helplessly, Guo'er, you really still don't understand, compared to Man Man, what are you missing? Surely the authorities are fascinated.

The next day, just after dawn, Zhuqing held a bamboo stick and put on a bamboo hat, so don't go out.After walking a few steps, she found Chu Ao calling him from behind, and Zhu Qing asked suspiciously: "Why did you follow? Didn't I say that, you just need to dig bamboo shoots, and I'll do it for the ginseng. Ginseng that has been harvested is hard to find. This is not an easy thing to do."

"I know, I'll help you find the jacaranda grass." Chu Ao imitated him, and also took a bamboo stick and a bamboo hat.

"How do you know?" Zhuqing's face was first surprised, then turned into anger, "You eavesdropped on my conversation with Manman!"

"Don't be in a hurry to ask the teacher, let me ask you, if I can help you find the Jacaranda grass, how can you thank me?"

"You can kill me if you want."

"I don't want your life, I just want you to let us go."

"Why do you help me like this?" Zhuqing is a very smart person, obviously, this request is an extremely simple matter for him, at most, he will be punished by his master.

"Because you're helping me, I'm helping myself." Chu Ao smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth, and walked forward quickly.Zhuqing behind, looking at the figure in front, was stunned for a moment, then smiled complacently, and followed quickly.

Walking to the bottom of the mountain, Chu Ao raised his head and looked at it. It was really steep and unusual. If he hadn't exerted all his strength, he might have lost his life, and he secretly admired Zhuqing in his heart.

"The leaves and flowers of Jacaranda are all purple. Each tree has only one flower with three petals. Only the stamen is black. It is very strange and easy to identify, but the flower only grows on the steep cliff. , used to only grow on that peak." Zhuqing pointed to the most dangerous cliff hundreds of meters away and said.

Squinting his eyes, Chu Ao looked at the towering mountain, rubbed his hands, and actually climbed up before Zhuqing.

When Lin Zhong woke up, he found that Chu Ao was not by his side, but beside his pillow was the prince's jade deed that he wanted to steal but failed last night.For a moment, he remembered the phrase "If you want it, just say it, I can't not give it to you", and was stunned for a while. It turned out that he didn't take this seriously, but he did.Touching this piece of jade in his hand, Lin Zhong was extremely entangled in his heart. Now that the jade deed is in his hand, should he go or stay?

Just as he was thinking, he came in with a full bowl of thin porridge and a plate of side dishes. Seeing Lin Zhong standing there in a daze, he asked softly, "Thinking of him?"

"En." Lin Zhong just responded unconsciously.

Covering his mouth with his sleeve with a full smile, Lin Zhong came to his senses and quickly said, "It's not what you think."

"Understood." Manman smiled, and only pursed his lips slightly, "He went to pick ginseng with Zhuqing, let's dig bamboo shoots together. You still owe my family something, but you have to keep your promise. You can’t just walk away.”

"Well." Lin Zhong nodded in a trance, that's right, I'm a prince, I can't break my promise, if people know about it in the future, wouldn't it be a joke?Thinking of this, Lin Zhong put the jade deed back to its original place, took the basket and followed Manman to the bamboo forest.

Chu Ao, I'm not leaving just to keep my word, you must understand.

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