Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

It's like a glance that lasts a thousand years.

Jiang Ruan actually saw such deep affection in the man's eyes.

She looked away in panic.

Seeing the fairies bowing to the man in front of them and calling him Emperor, Jiang Ruan also bowed: "Greetings, Emperor. Thank you for saving my life. Jiang Ruan has no way to repay you, and I will repay you in my next life..."

"If I can't repay you with anything, I will pledge my life to you." Donghua's cold voice interrupted her.

Jiang Ruan looked up in surprise. The man in front of her had a look on his face like melting snow on a mountaintop. He stared at her quietly and said again, "The next life is all illusory. I only want this life."

Jiang Ruan was unwilling to do so. She calmed her shocked mind and said, "There is a difference between immortals and mortals. I'm sorry, Jiang Ruan can't do what the Emperor wishes."

"Mortals can also become immortals. There are people who have ascended to heaven in the past. You don't have to worry."

"But I don't want to!" Jiang Ruan stood up straight, her beautiful eyes looking straight at Donghua. "That's not my ambition, and I don't want to become an immortal and live for thousands of years. I just want to be a mortal and experience birth, old age, sickness, and death. That's what I want."

"The Emperor is of noble status, I don't think he would force me, a mortal woman, to do anything."

Donghua didn't respond. He looked at the pills and clothes the fairy was holding. "Since you don't want to take this pill, wait a minute."

Upon hearing this, the fairy retreated silently.

Only Donghua and Jiang Ruan were left in the bedroom. Jiang Ruan had never been in the same room with a man before, so she felt very uncomfortable. Thinking of her current situation, she knelt down in front of her savior Donghua.

She was only halfway down when a hand held her arm and the man's strong strength lifted her entire body.

In her entire life, she had never been approached by a man, let alone physical contact. Even through the clothes, Jiang Ruan struggled to back away as if she was humiliated.

He loosened his grip as she struggled, and seeing tears welling in her eyes, Donghua sighed, "You don't have to be so afraid of me."

Jiang Ruan raised her eyes: "You are the one who is abrupt."

"I am not the kind of woman the Emperor thinks I am."

"I didn't think of you as that kind of woman," Donghua explained. "I regret that we met too late. It's a love story. I'm willing to offer the entire Blue Sea and Cangling Spirit as a betrothal gift, and announce to the whole world that I'm your wife. I'll be by your side for the rest of my life, and never abandon you."

Jiang Ruan was shocked: "You want to marry me?"

Donghua: "Of course."

"No!"

"Why?"

"I already have a beloved one, and I have decided to spend my life with him. I will not marry anyone else in this life. The Emperor's feelings are unbearable for Jiang Ruan."

When he brought her back, he asked Sima Ming to check her fate book. Donghua naturally knew that she had a man she loved in the fate book, but it was impossible for him to let go.

……

Jiang Ruan is the daughter of a wealthy businessman in a town at the foot of Kunlun Mountain in the mortal world. She has traveled all over the country with her father since she was a child. She has been to the capital Jian'an, the misty water town, ridden a camel in the scorching desert, and distributed porridge to the common people in a town suffering from severe drought.

When she was 14 years old, her father arranged a marriage for her with a scholar named Cen Sheng from her hometown. The two had been childhood sweethearts and had a deep understanding of each other, so they got engaged and promised to be together for life.

Two years later, Cen Sheng went to Jian'an to take the imperial examination, and was gone for another two years.

In the past two years, Jiang Ruan's father failed in business and lost all his fortune. The people who had benefited from his kindness in the past never gave him any return. Helplessly, when he was seriously ill and dying, he wrote a letter to Cen Sheng, asking his daughter to go to Jian'an to find Cen Sheng and marry him.

The silks and satins were gone, and the precious hairpins were hanging down. After burying her father, Jiang Ruan put on a coarse cloth dress, took the family heirloom jade pendant and the engagement hairpin given to her by Cen Sheng, and set off on the road to Jian'an.

The towns at the foot of Kunlun Mountain are thousands of miles away from the capital Jian'an.

Jiang Ruan was traveling alone and suffered a lot of hardships. When he passed through the woods and Jian'an City was ahead, Jiang Ruan asked for water from a farmer's house but encountered a ferocious monster.

Just when she was about to be buried in the monster's bloody mouth, a man in purple clothes and white hair fell from the sky. With just a light wave of his hand, the monster was instantly reduced to ashes.

Jiang Ruan, who had fallen to the ground and was covered in dust, got up in a panic and thanked the man together with the farmer's family. They thought he was a cultivator, but he looked at Jiang Ruan and touched her forehead with his finger, and she lost consciousness.

When he woke up again, he was already in heaven.

……

Sitting on the couch and looking out the window, Jiang Ruan looked worried.

After she revealed that she was engaged and had a fiancé, Donghua still did not let her leave. He just told her that she could go wherever she wanted in the Heavenly Palace and he would not imprison her as long as she did not leave.

leave?

How did she leave?

She was alone in the unfamiliar heavenly palace and couldn't go back to the mortal world.

Jiang Ruan began to fight back.

Although she is of little influence, she is not weak.

"Your Majesty." The fairy walked up to Donghua, who was fishing by the pond, and bowed. "The food sent to the bedroom remains untouched."

Donghua tightened his grip on the pole and gazed at the calm water: "Make some more food for the human world."

The fairy hesitated for a while, then said, "The girl is very frightened and doesn't even dare to drink water."

Donghua naturally knew what Jiang Ruan was afraid of. She was afraid that the elixir would dissolve in the food and water she ate, and by then it would be too late to regret.

At the same time, she was also telling him that she didn't want to stay here.

Siming bowed and said, "Emperor, why don't you take Miss Jiang back to the human world first? She will naturally eat when she is in a better mood."

In the past, sitting by the pond and fishing was peaceful and relaxing, but now Donghua felt restless as he looked at the calm water. He stood up and walked towards the bedroom where Jiang Ruan was.

Jiang Ruan hadn't eaten or drunk anything for two days, but her health remained normal. She was afraid of the changes in her body. When Donghua pushed the door open, she asked him, "What did you do to me?"

Donghua remained calm, "The Heavenly Palace is filled with abundant spiritual energy. Even a mortal wouldn't need to worry about not eating or drinking for a short period of time."

Seeing her frustrated expression, Donghua said again, "If you don't want to live here, I can accompany you to the mortal world for a while. Traveling among the mountains and rivers is a different kind of freedom."

It doesn't matter where she is with him. Jiang Ruan turned her face away and said in resistance: "I don't want to."

Donghua walked to the table, his sleeves brushing across it, revealing a zither. "I heard this is yours, and you pawned it to pay for your father's burial."

Seeing the zither on the table, Jiang Ruan was surprised for a moment, then softened. She walked to the zither, stroking the strings with her fingers, reminiscing: "It's mine. This is what my mother left for me. I thought I would never see it again in this lifetime."

Seeing her soft expression, full of nostalgia, and yet unable to help but feel happy, Donghua curled his lips slightly: "Just be happy. I will find everything you want for you."

As your fingertips slide across the strings, crisp and ethereal sounds emerge.

Jiang Ruan sat on a stool and played a tune.

This piece of music is very close to a woman's lovesickness. The melodious music of the piano makes people feel the same... Donghua clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves, and his heart, which had originally softened, became cold because of this song.

Jiang Ruan expressed to him all the time that she wanted to return to the mortal world.

And that mortal named Cen Sheng...