Three years ago, I fell into the water. He pulled me ashore and handed me a jade pendant. “If you ever need anything, find me at the Ruyi Inn east of the city.”
Three years later, I married in someone else’s place. He lifted my veil and stared into my eyes with a cold laugh. “You’re putting on quite an act.”
He didn’t know I had been waiting three years to hear that voice.
He didn’t know the benefactor I was searching for was him.
And he had no idea the jade pendant he gave me was resting right against my heart.
Later, when I was pushed into a pond, he jumped in after me like a madman.
Later, when I was badly injured and unconscious, he risked his life to find medicine for me.
Later, I led his troops to victory and returned from battle. His eyes reddened as he waited for me at the city gates.
In front of the entire court, he took my hand.
“For the rest of my life, I will have only one empress.”
But he never knew...
The woman he had searched for over three years, the one he loved most, had always been right by his side.
On our wedding night, he asked me, “You’re putting on quite an act?”
I wanted to tell him, “I’m not pretending. I’m just waiting for you to recognize me.”
