What? The crown prince of the Golden Ears Kingdom, the future king, knelt before her? She couldn't bear such a grand gesture. One princess was already overwhelming enough for her. With a crown prince added, she might as well not live anymore.
"Thank you, Valley Master, for raising Heng'er for the past three years. You've educated him so well. I, Aicao, am truly grateful. Seeing Heng'er living well and being so capable now, I'm already content. I don't dare to ask for more."
Aicao was the princess's given name. After she finished speaking, she bowed deeply to Mu Fengqie.
"Princess, please get up quickly. I can't bear such a gesture."
"No, Valley Master, you deserve it. If it weren't for you saving Heng'er, I might have been separated from him by death."
This time, before Mu Fengqie could say anything, Heng'er spoke up. "You mean you're my mother?"
Heng'er stared steadily at the princess. There was no extra emotion in his eyes; they were as calm as a still lake.
"Yes, but mother is sorry for you. I'm ashamed to face you." The princess looked at Heng'er's eyes with great affection. It was evident that she had been looking forward to Heng'er's birth.
"Then can you tell me how I got lost back then?" Heng'er walked over and gently wiped the tears from the princess's face. He felt a strange sensation, but he didn't reject it.
This feeling was something he had never experienced with his master, even though his master had been very kind to him and treated him like a biological child.
Just as the princess was about to explain, Heng'er interrupted her.
"Wait a minute. I want to do a blood - relation test. I don't want to be disappointed in the end." He turned to Mu Fengqie. "Master, is that okay?"
"Of course. This is your own matter. Master won't interfere no matter how you choose to handle it. Just remember to follow your heart." After saying that, she went outside to prepare the necessary items.
Heng'er helped the princess up and looked at her face carefully. Then he thought about his own. He thought there was a bit of resemblance, but he wouldn't just believe her words based on this slight similarity.
There were many people in the world who looked alike, but it didn't necessarily mean they were related by blood.
After Mu Fengqie brought in the water, she took their blood and dropped it into the water. Soon, the blood merged together.
"Woohoo... Heng'er, my Heng'er... Mother finally found you." If the princess had been holding back her emotions earlier, now she truly let it out.
It had been more than three years. She had searched day and night without any news. Many people had told her that the child was too young to survive, but she didn't believe it.
Mu Fengqie was also touched by this scene. She glanced at the crown prince of the Golden Ears Kingdom and motioned for him to leave so as not to disturb the reunion of the mother and son.
"Thank you." The crown prince's eyes were also a bit moist, but as a man, he didn't cry out as excitedly as the princess.
"You're welcome. This is also a kind of fate between me and Heng'er."
"The Golden Ears Kingdom owes you a favor. This is my token. If you ever need help in the future, just come to me. I will surely do my best."
"In that case, I won't be polite." Mu Fengqie took the jade ring and casually complimented, "The craftsmanship is quite good."
"If the Valley Master likes it, I can have someone specially make one for you."
"That's not necessary. It's just a personal item. If the crown prince really wants to thank me, just send me rare medical books when you come across them. After all, I don't have any lofty ambitions."
Zhu Fei twitched the corner of her mouth when she heard what Mu Fengqie said. Valley Master, isn't your ambition already quite lofty? Almost everyone in the Medicine Master Valley had been exhausted by you. If she hadn't accepted Lou Ming's pursuit back then, she might have also suffered the Valley Master's "torture".
Just thinking about what her brother had told her, she couldn't help but shiver.
"Hahaha, okay. I'll surely send them to the Valley Master if I come across any."
Inside the room...
"Heng'er, it's mother's fault. Woohoo..."
Although Heng'er seemed very mature, he was still just a three - year - old child. He was at a loss when faced with such a situation.
"You... I want to know why I was lost." He wanted to know if he was an unwanted child.
"No... no. Heng'er wasn't abandoned. Back then, just after mother gave birth, she was assassinated. In order to save your uncle, I accidentally lost you while running away. You're the child mother has always been looking forward to. How could I abandon you?"
Heng'er was silent for a long time after hearing these words. Then he asked,
"Did you find me because you want to take me back?" But he was a bit reluctant to leave his master.
The princess shook her head as she looked at Heng'er. "No, mother respects your decision. Just as your master said, follow your heart. Mother won't force you. If you want to stay, can you promise mother one thing?"
"What is it?"
"Can you let mother come and see you often, or you can come and see mother too?"
Heng'er didn't say a word. He just stared at the princess. Finally, he said, "I'm reluctant to leave my master, so..."
Before Heng'er could finish speaking, the princess understood what he meant. Although she was a bit reluctant, she was relieved to see that her child was alive and well.
"Okay, mother promises you. Just if you have time in the future, go and visit mother in the Golden Ears Kingdom more often, and your father too, okay?"
Aicao knew that she owed this child too much, so she had no right to ask anything of him.
"You misunderstood me," Heng'er looked at the princess with a bit of helplessness in his heart. Why didn't she let him finish speaking?
"I mean, I'm reluctant to leave my master. Can I stay in the Medicine Master Valley for a few more years? I'm three years old this year. I want to go back when I'm six or seven. Is that okay?"
The princess never expected Heng'er to say such a thing. How could she disagree?
"Agreed. Mother agrees. Mother will agree to anything Heng'er wants to do." She was really happy today. She didn't expect that not only had she found her child, but her child also didn't blame her.
The two of them stayed in the room for a long time. When they came out, Mu Fengqie was having tea with the crown prince. Seeing them come out, she got up and walked over.
"It's getting late. It's already noon. Stay here and have a meal with Heng'er."
The two of them didn't decline and immediately agreed.
At the dinner table, the princess kept in mind the dishes Heng'er liked while constantly piling food onto his bowl. Soon, his bowl was full. Heng'er looked at Mu Fengqie at a loss.
The crown prince noticed Heng'er's embarrassment and said, "Sister, Heng'er can't eat so much. You've put too much in his bowl." As he said this, he reached out to take some of the food from Heng'er's bowl.