The Ageless Dream

20.2 A Secret Picturesque (80)

Li Si frowned. Few years ago? Does that mean she was in the palace the whole time after their last interaction?

"The only thing I know, I woke up in Chu State. Li Si, I need your help. Ying Zheng is in danger, a spy is in Qin!" Dong Li Hua persuaded him. She needs to find who that Chu Ren is and quickly return to her world. This stupid bracelet is bugging her!

"A spy?" Li Si is not the slightest bit shocked. Having a spy in another state is common. However, after hearing her story, Li Si  became vigilant. "Ying Zheng returned to Qin few days ago. Im afraid we cant catch up with him. The transportation here in Wei is not yet steady."

"Is there no other way to go there and warn him?" Dong Li Hua turned anxious when Li Si gently removed the snow on top of her head. His soft touch made her calm down upon recalling Dong Chun Wu from him.

"There is but it'll take five to six days. I will return to Xianyang afterwards to bring the captives with me." he assured. Li Si wore a faint smile and with his pale skin, he looked pitiful in Dong Li Hua's eyes. "We better start moving now, Daliang is only four li away. It's unsafe here."

"Mn." she nodded in agreement. Although he did not mention it, she knew he was attacked by some sort of beast.

Few meters far from their position, Xiang Ji hastened the pace of the steed when he noticed blood traces. Some were dry and upon reaching another place, it was fresh. His heart thumped seeing the blood. It cant be she was harmed, right?

"Are you alright?" suddenly, he heard a familiar feminine voice. It was Dong Li Hua's. Xiang Ji's steed trotted forward in a slow pace as a painful sight greeted him. A chestnut horse is standing a couple of distance far from him. His Fei Yu or should he say Dong Li Hua is riding the steed with a man in dark cloak that is holding the reigns and sitting behind her.

"It's just an old sickness. It won't kill me." the man faintly smiled but she replied a worried look. Xiang Ji gritted his teeth, his hands balled into fists. He wanted to take her back but seeing her satisfied out there made him hesitate. His mother once told him before her last breath that he should not force a person to reciprocate unless he wants his life to end like her. She died and the painful part is; it was Xiang Chiao who killed her.

He watched silently and their silhouettes reflected in his eyes but the falling snows blocked them as they grew further apart. Xiang Ji still remained there, unmoving like a statue.

Meanwhile, Dong Li Hua felt comfortable with Li Si behind her. He is the older version of Dong Chun Wu that made her place trust on him. Besides, he is willing to help her.

"Li Si, how is Ying Zheng now? How old is he?" she asked out of whim. It was like yesterday when he was still a thirteen-year-old boy whose tantrum gets better of him. Then, he became a young king who can lead thousands of soldiers into the battlefield. What about now?

"Ying Zheng is fine. Why?"

"Fine? Did he become fat? Does he have a beard? How many chins does he have? Two? Three? Were his eyes like small beads? Has his ears grown large? Tell me!" Dong Li Hua looked up at Li Si who doesn't know whether to laugh or cry. His Majesty has been castrated by her, ah. How come when he imagines her description it doesn't look like Ying Zheng at all? Who told her Ying Zheng is a pig?!

"Xiao Li." he called out. Dong Li Hua was surprised he still remember her nickname Little Plum. "His Majesty is not fat. He doesn't have beard. Only has one chin. His eyes were uh...fine. His ears are also fine."

"Oh. Strange." she muttered but Li Si felt like she is the one strange. Where did she learn Ying Zheng looked like an er... Forget it!

"Ying Zheng attacked Zhao and Wei at the same time. It took us four years to take their capital cities because of our lack in manpower. What do you think is that sort of attitude?" this time, it's Li Si's turn to ask. He heard her hum for a long time before she went silent in a second.

"He's impatient. I knew it! Ying Zheng is truly a villain!" Dong Li Hua clenched her fist, her brows knitted in anger. She just recalled the xianxia drama two years ago before the first day she arrived in 246 BCE. It was Ying Zheng or known as Qin Shi Huang who fought against Xiang Ji who in turn became Xiang Yu as his curtsey name.

"V-villain?" he nearly puffed blood out of his mouth. Ying Zheng who worked hard and dreamt for a peaceful era became a villain in her eyes? Really! Li Si swore he will find that person who made her think Ying Zheng is a pig and a villain and bestow the best possible t*****e he can give, ah. This is castrating the King of Qin! They are castrating His Majesty!!!

"Why did you ask?" Dong Li Hua is unaware of his thoughts. It's the second time she nearly made Li Si cough up blood and that is what she doesn't know.

"It's because His Majesty was looking for you. I don't know what happened four years ago but His Majesty suddenly launched two war against Zhao and Wei which terrified Yan, Qi, Chu and even Qin from his recklessness. When I and Xie Er asked why, Ying Zheng told us he will find you wherever you are!" Li Si used a scolding tone while Dong Li Hua was left speechless.

He was looking for her? Funny, that is what she thought. Even if Ying Zheng became Alexander the Great who can conquer the world, Ying Zheng will never find her. It would have been fine if its miles away but unfortunately for him, Dong Li Hua belongs to another time and world.