Obsessively Raised by My Doll 129

Chapter 129

The academy was on break today. It was a rare day of rest!

Lu Dieqing decided to spend the day visiting her friends.

First, to see A’Sang!

Lu Dieqing would never forget any of her friends, especially those who had helped her during her most difficult times.

Thinking about it, she was really lucky. If A’Sang hadn’t let her into the Library Pavilion to read about the art of puppetry, she would not have succeeded in awakening a spirit.

If she hadn’t succeeded in awakening a spirit, she would not have met Ningning.

If not for the connection through her doll’s identity, perhaps… perhaps she would never have entered Ningning’s eyes in her entire life.

The high and mighty Crown Princess of the Chaoying Kingdom had come into contact with so many people in her daily life, but a hostage of a small country would never have been included.

Let alone falling in love.

Lu Dieqing still remembered how pathetic she had been in the past.

Being made things difficult by Matron Zhang, every time she returned to the side-palace, she would have to try her best to avoid them, for fear of being caught.

That feeling of being at the mercy of others was really not good.

It was as if she couldn’t see where tomorrow was, couldn’t see the future.

Thinking of it this way, A’Sang was also a benefactor of hers.

She had given her the opportunity to come into contact with the art of puppetry, which had led to the series of events that followed, and had brought her to her current situation.

Although… A’Sang would never know that the initial connection between her and the Crown Princess was through the spiritual awakening of a doll.

But that was not important. The important thing was that Lu Dieqing would remember this gratitude.

When Lu Dieqing ran to find A’Sang, A’Sang was overjoyed to see her.

“Qingqing! You’re here! You haven’t been here for so long.”

“I’ve missed you so much. How have you been these few days? I haven’t heard any news of you. I only know that the Crown Princess has left the palace. Did you go with her?”

The palace was a place that was full of holes. As long as a little splash was made, it would definitely be spread to every corner.

Although A’Sang was guarding the Library Pavilion and did not have much contact with people on a daily basis, she liked to listen to the hustle and bustle.

Whenever there was any movement outside, she would prick up her ears to listen, so that she could better pass the time.

The moment Lu Dieqing arrived, A’Sang took out her own hand-warmer and stuffed it into her hand.

“Aiya, it’s still cold. How come you just ran out like this?”

“It’s not cold, it’s not cold. I’m not afraid of the cold. Look, my hands are still warm.”

Ever since she had been to the forbidden land, her body seemed to have automatically absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Although the spiritual energy was very thin, it had been improving her body bit by bit over time.

The most obvious point was that Lu Dieqing had now become sharp-eared and keen-sighted, and she was no longer afraid of the cold in the middle of winter. Even if she wore thin clothes, her palms were still warm.

Lu Dieqing and she sat at the entrance of the Library Pavilion. From her bosom, she took out the package she had been holding, which contained some dried fruits and pastries that she thought were delicious.

She took them out one by one and gave them to A’Sang.

A’Sang’s eyes lit up bit by bit, and the smile on her face also widened. She opened her mouth and laughed.

“Wow! So much food!”

“Did you raid the imperial kitchen?”

she laughed.

Lu Dieqing: “…Yes, I raided it all night. It’s just that I left it for a night, so the pastries are not warm anymore.”

The two of them told a joke and then giggled together.

A’Sang held a walnut pastry and took a small bite, while she looked back at her good friend beside her.

She sighed in a small voice, “You are different from before now, and you still remember me.”

As she spoke, her action of eating the pastry slowed down.

Seeing Lu Dieqing come, she was happy in her heart, very happy.

But at the same time, there was also a kind of panic. She always felt that she and Qingqing were not in the same world.

She was just a little palace maid guarding a remote library and could not do anything for Lu Dieqing.

The other was no longer the pitiful little hostage who had to have her open the back door to sneak into the library without being discovered.

A’Sang really did not want to show a self-pitying look. It was not decent, and it was not good-looking, and it would ruin the atmosphere.

But looking at Lu Dieqing’s brilliant smile, she still couldn’t help but say what was on her mind.

“Qingqing, you’re so good to me, and you still treat me as a friend. I don’t know how to repay you…”

“When I see you, I feel inferior… I don’t mean to be like this. My mind just automatically wanders, and I can’t stop it. If you don’t come to see me, I also feel inferior, and I just think, have you forgotten me?”

After saying this, A’Sang’s head was almost lowered to the ground.

Lu Dieqing was silent.

After a while, she said, “A’Sang, what do you think is the difference between people?”

A’Sang said without thinking, “Status, position, and family background. Power.”

She shrugged and took another bite of the walnut pastry.

For some reason, after saying those things to Qingqing just now, she felt much more comfortable.

It was as if her emotions had found an outlet and were no longer bottled up.

This was probably the feeling between true friends. You were not afraid of the other getting angry, and you would not hide things. You could say what was really on your mind.

Lu Dieqing listened to A’Sang’s answer and touched the little doll in her sleeve.

After thinking for a moment, she took out the little bronze mirror A’Sang had given her and showed it to the other.

“Do you still remember this? The little mirror you gave me. I’ve been carrying it with me.”

Seeing Lu Dieqing suddenly take out the gift she had given her, A’Sang was stunned for a moment, and then a feeling of happiness and relief appeared in her heart.

The gift she had given was being kept close to her body by her friend. This feeling of being cherished and seen was very good.

Lu Dieqing peeked at her expression and said softly, “There are many mirrors in the world, so many that they are countless. Some mirrors are placed in the homes of high officials and nobles, and are used by those graceful and noble women to look at themselves. Some are placed in shops, and the poor may not be able to afford one.”

“I think that the mirror itself is no different. It’s just whether the person who owns it truly cherishes it and uses its function well.”

Lu Dieqing smiled as she said this, and her two eyes became crescent moons, curved and very pure.

“A’Sang, I think we are all mirrors.”

“Does it mean that we are not mirrors just because we are used by high officials and nobles? Does it mean that we are not mirrors just because we are in a shop and no one has bought us?”

“Does it mean… we are not mirrors just because a woodcutter bought us back to give to his wife and daughter to use?”

Lu Dieqing looked at the sky and pointed to the sun in the sky.

“The sun has always been here. It won’t change its daily rising in the east and setting in the west just because we like it or not.”

“I just feel that the difference between people is perhaps not in those external things. Because when a person comes into this world, they have nothing. They are all crying and have to passively accept everything they experience in this world. Then, at the moment of old age, life is also equally equal. No amount of wealth and honor can stop death.”

“We are just experiencing different joys and sorrows. If there is really a reincarnation, then in my previous life, I might have been a man, a poor person, a poor student who was struggling just to live one more day. And you might have been a noble child who was born with everything.”

“But when we finished our previous lives, we forgot everything. And so, in this life, we start over. You become A’Sang of the Library Pavilion, and I become a hostage of the Shan Kingdom. We both pity ourselves at the beginning, thinking why can’t we live a better life.”

“But in fact, to live a better life has never had a standard answer. It is only in the feeling of the heart. Good and bad are not constant. It is up to us how we decide to look at everything before us. If you know that you are a celestial immortal, and you should have everything, and you can turn your hand over and make clouds and rain, and you can command the wind and rain, and you are omnipotent, but you are tired of that feeling of being able to realize everything, and it’s too boring, so you specially came down to the mortal world to experience the life of a mortal, and in order to make your experience more thorough, you have sealed all those memories. What kind of feeling would you have now?”

A’Sang was stunned. The walnut pastry in her hand fell to the ground.

She reached out to touch Lu Dieqing’s forehead, then her own, and muttered to herself, “You don’t have a fever. How are you talking nonsense?”

Lu Dieqing puffed out her cheeks. “I’m not talking nonsense. I’m speaking my mind. These are things I’ve been thinking about before.”

Especially after coming into contact with the legacy of the forbidden land, she knew that there were immortals in the world. Then, the matter of reincarnation must also be true.

In the face of reincarnation, in the face of heaven and earth, everyone is equal.

The greatest power and status cannot stand up to the power of time.

Perhaps by looking at things from a higher perspective, one’s heart will be in a more transparent state.

A’Sang listened to her words, withdrew her hand, and said in a small voice, “If what you said just now is true, then I think, I… aiya, I don’t know. You seem to have talked me around. You’ve made me feel that I was only staring at my own little piece of land before, and my vision was too narrow, like a frog in a well.”

Lu Dieqing smiled and patted A’Sang’s shoulder.

“Then don’t you feel that if there is reincarnation, for us to be able to become friends and to meet is a great fate?”

“Otherwise, there are so many people in this world. Why is it that we became friends?”

“Since there is this fate and we can be together to talk and laugh, why not cherish it, and instead worry about gain and loss and doubt each other’s existence?”

A’Sang tilted her head. “You have a point.”

She shrugged. “I suddenly find that my previous worries were very unnecessary.”

“Aiya, Qingqing, you have to come and see me more often. I find that every time you see me and we chat, I feel much better. You’re truly a bright little bundle of joy.”

A’Sang wanted to hug Lu Dieqing again.

Lu Dieqing chuckled. “If I’m free, I will definitely come and see you more often.”

The two of them were like two little dumplings, laughing together, the atmosphere so happy.

A certain someone, who should have been in Yunxi Hall, had her consciousness secretly attached to the doll and had been listening to the whole process. She inexplicably began to feel sour.

Her little rabbit is too good at coaxing people, too likable. It seems that’s not a good thing.

Thinking that Lu Dieqing would be going to the Zuo family later.

Zheng Xuening had overturned a hundred vinegar jars in her heart.

If we’re going, we’re going together. How can I let Qingqing go on her own!

The Crown Princess in her bedchamber got up with a flip, took a horse, and galloped towards the Library Pavilion.

Lu Dieqing had just finished talking with A’Sang and was just standing up when she saw a divine steed that could travel a thousand li galloping towards her.

A gust of wind stopped in front of her.

The Crown Princess, standing tall and graceful on the horse’s back, extended her hand to her with a blank expression.

“Get on,” she said, her tone brief.

Lu Dieqing was stunned for a moment, and her small hand subconsciously went up.

Zheng Xuening pulled with a force, pulling the girl onto the horse’s back and holding her in an embrace.

“Giddy-up!”

The horse took the two girls and galloped away like the wind again.

In front of the Library Pavilion, A’Sang, who had witnessed the whole process, had the walnut pastry she had just been holding fall to the ground again.

“…How did the Crown Princess come to snatch Qingqing…”