Chapter 19 (1) Dryads
"Do you really want to investigate this matter?" Under the candlelight, Qingran asked Yu Zimo, who was reading a book. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Nothing else anyway. Yu Zimo replied across the book.
"Can you find out about this kind of thing?"
"There must be a cause for an effect, an abnormal effect must have an abnormal cause, and an abnormal thing must have an abnormal trace to be found. β
"Where are you going to start?"
"Tomorrow I'll go out and look for clues. β
"You're not afraid of trouble?" I don't even have a clue about this matter, and it should be difficult to find out. This is not like what the arrogant Yu Zimo would do.
"Of course troublesome, even then, to figure it out. β
"Why?"
"What do you think would happen if things continued to develop?"
"When the plants shrink and die, the plants and trees die, and the animals in the mountains lose their habitat. When the animals die and leave, the mountains die. β¦β¦β
"So, can you leave it alone?"
"Are you thinking about the creatures in this mountain?" Qingran didn't expect Yu Zimo to answer like this. He had thought she was just a whim.
"If there are no more animals in this mountain, where am I going to hunt? Yu Zimo said, "Also, this is now the place under your jurisdiction, so naturally you can't sit idly by." β
"I ?......" Qingran was speechless, recalling what Yu Zimo said when she replied to Lu Ye, she said that he was his husband. Is that what she thinks of him?
"Isn't that right?"
"No ......"
"Also," Yu Zimo raised his head from behind the book, "Are you going to be confused all the time and eat a vegetarian meal?"
"What do you mean?......"
Yu Zimo turned his gaze back to the book again, "I can hide for a while, but I can't hide for a lifetime." I know you don't like who you are and don't want to do these things. But you are a prince after all, this is an indisputable fact, do you want to escape for the rest of your life?"
"I ......" Yu Zimo said his thoughts, but he couldn't think of any other way than to escape.
"Your compromise is for your mother's sake, but if you continue to work like this, do you think you can still protect your mother?"
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"When your place is taken and the throne is inherited by someone else, do you have the confidence to save yourself and your mother?"
Yu Zimo's words hit Qingran's heart. What should he do?
"In his position, seek his government, since you are no longer in the mountains, not Orion, do your own thing. β
"What do you mean?"
"Accept your fate, obediently be a good prince, and protect more mothers. β
Qingran pondered for a long time and asked Yu Zimo, "Can I?" She has always been the princess of a country, and she is only a halfway monk.
"There's no other option anyway, so why not try. β
"Really, what should I do?" Qing Ran was confused, in fact, from the time he learned his identity to now, he was out of confusion.
"Since the king has asked you to come here, you start here to learn and adapt to your new identity. Yu Zimo said, "This place is very suitable for you, simple enough, and simple enough." β
"Are you making fun of me?"
"Of course not, you are my husband, and to ridicule you is to ridicule myself. On the contrary, I am complimenting you, sometimes, the simpler and more simple things are the easiest to reveal their true nature. β
Qing Ran's expression was a little unnatural.
"Since you have to do something, you can make one for me first. β
"What do you want me to do?"
"Send people to all parts of the eastern county to see where this is happening except the mountain. β
"You mean, it's not just the vegetation in this mountain that's problematic. β
"You'll have to check it out to find out. Yu Zimo said.
"I'll send someone tomorrow. β
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The sky at the end of summer resembles a woman's face, beautiful and changeable. Yesterday the sky was clear, but today it is full of dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and rain showers.
Yu Zimo wore a comfortable purple gauze skirt, sat by the window, leaned on the carved window railing, stared at the excited rain curtain outside the window, and said nothing.
Qingran was surprised. He rarely saw Yu Zimo look so quiet and beautiful.
Qing Yao came in with a pot of charcoal and put it next to Yu Zimo's bed. Qing Ran is strange, although it rains and the weather is slightly cool, but it is not to the point of ordering coals. He asked Qing Yao.
Qing Yao told Qingran that the princess doesn't like to be wet and cold, although the weather is not cold now, but such a heavy rain will make the air too humid, so she brought some charcoal and put it next to the princess's bed, so that the air around the bed is not so humid, and the princess will be comfortable when she rests.
"You're so thoughtful. Qingran said.
"The slave maid has followed the princess since she was a child, and these are all taught by the princess. Qing Yao smiled shyly.
"Don't you princesses like rainy days?" He saw that when Yu Zimo looked out the window, his brows never stretched.
"It's not good," Qing Yao replied, "it's just that on a day like this, the princess will become unusually quiet, and most of the time, she will look out the window motionlessly like she does now. β
"You don't know why?"
"I asked, but the princess didn't say. β
Qing Ran's thick eyebrows bulged.
Qing Yao put her things away and withdrew.
Qingran looked at the rain outside the window, and then looked at Yu Zimo. Because the rain outside was falling rapidly, there was a fierce splash on the ground, and the passionate beating of the water splash was in stark contrast to Yu Zimo's quietness.
This is another kind of Yu Zimo. He looked at her steadily. He seemed to be used to being behind her, looking at her so intently. Since when has she occupied most of his sight?
Qingran looked at Yu Zimo so naturally, looking at her watery eyes, flower-like face, and slender figure...... What was she thinking so quietly and so intently?
The dazzling lightning was followed by a low thunder, a gust of wind, through the flower vines under the window and the rain flowers blew into the window, Yu Zimo's hand stroked his arm slightly.
Qingran took a cloak from the hanger and walked to Yu Zimo, and gently draped it for her. Yu Zimo glanced back at Qingran, didn't speak, and looked into the rain again.
When Yu Zimo looked at him, Qingran saw a pair of beautiful, clear, and untainted eyes. It was a clean look that even a newborn baby didn't have. Although it was only for a moment, Qing Ran knew that it had already entered his heart, and he would never forget it.
The rain outside is getting lighter. Yu Zimo looked at the stagnant water on the ground that was intertwined like a shrinking lakeβthe occasional falling rain flowers stirred up layers of ripples on the water surface, and asked Xiao Qingran, who had been in the house, "How is the matter going?"
"After checking, the people who came back said that in addition to the mountain we went to last time, similar situations have occurred on other mountains in Dongjun, but the severity is different. I also sent people to some places outside the county to investigate, and similar situations have occurred in other places. Strangely, this situation only occurs in the mountains, and there is no similar phenomenon of plant shrinkage in the land and farmland outside the mountains. β
"Only in the mountains?"
"Yes. Qingran said, "There are not many mountains near Dongjun, the mountains are not high, the resources in the mountains are not rich, and there are not many people in Dongjun, so there are few hunters here, and there are not many people entering the mountains, so almost no one pays attention to any changes in the mountains here." β
"Weird thing. Yu Zimo paused word by word, thoughtful.
"It's incredible. Qingran said, "I really can't think of a reason why this happened." "Even if there is a real problem with the land here, there is no reason to jump out of the flat ground below the mountain and only appear in the mountains. Again, this is not a game of chess.
"Let's go check it out when the rain stops. β
"We?"
"You've lived in the mountains, so you should know more about the mountains than anyone else. Yu Zimo said.
That's true. If you compare your understanding of mountains and forests, I'm afraid no one can compare with him.
"Okay. I'm not sure I can help you, though. β
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