My lord, your plan is too obvious

Although it is outdoors, soaking in the hot springs does not feel cold at all.

This hot spring is not very big, and there are only some green bamboos planted around it, which has a special charm in the mist.The pool is quite spacious, and two people won't feel crowded in it. Ruohua leaned against the stone wall and sank her body under the water again, her skin flushed with hot water.

"This is wine made at this time last year." Si Nian took a wooden tray from the table behind him, on which were placed two cups of wine and a small plate of persimmons.

The wooden plate was floating on the water, and Si Nian took one for himself, and then pushed it lightly, and the wooden plate floated in Ruohua's direction.

Ruohua raised his hand and pulled the floating plate, the momentum of the water tilted the floating plate slightly, and some of the wine in the cup spilled out.Ruohua simply dipped a little bit with his finger, put it in his mouth and licked it lightly.

"Hawthorn?" The wine is crimson in color and has a strong sour taste. There is a slight astringency in the mouth, but the aftertaste is still very good.

"Hmm." Si Nian saw Ruohua lightly licking his fingers, and his Adam's apple twitched.He suddenly felt that it might not be a good idea to bring Ruohua to the hot spring.

"In winter, this kind of fruit wine is less heavy." Ruohua pinched a small piece of persimmon, "But it's suitable to drink in the hot spring. Is this also brewed by Liangyuelou?"

"No," Si Nian drank the cup in his hand, "I brewed it myself."

Ruohua was surprised for a moment, the taste of hawthorn wine was still in his mouth.The brewing of this kind of fruit wine has always been a meticulous work. If there is a slight deviation in the steps of picking fruit, peeling off the core, and filling and sealing, the taste of the wine will change.And it is said that tasting wine is like appreciating people, and one sip of this wine will give people a sense of delicateness.It's really not like Si Nian's style.

"What?" Si Nian filled another glass, watching Ruohua look at him with some surprise.

"No..." Ruohua withdrew his gaze, "It's just that I thought the lord would prefer thick and thick ones. I didn't expect the lord to brew things that literati prefer."

Si Young smiled: "In your opinion, I am a general and reckless?"

"I can't say that you are a reckless man, but I never think that the prince is a civil servant." Ruohua also drank the wine in his glass, "The prince has so many border newspapers, this is not the work of a civil servant. I am afraid that the war is more concerned than the current emperor."

Si Nian didn't speak, just took the flagon, got up and took a step forward.

Ruohua was splashed by the water droplets brought by Si Nian when he stood up, so he couldn't help squinting his eyes, but when he opened his eyes, he saw the man's half-naked chest almost touching his face.Although I knew that the figure of a person who had practiced martial arts for a long time would not be bad, but seeing it with my own eyes was still somewhat impactful.There are still drops of water on Si Nian's skin, and the muscles on his body are not very swollen, but the lines are so good that it makes people jealous.

The water vapor from the hot spring was still lingering around, Ruohua subconsciously stuck a sticker on the stone wall behind her, and swallowed.This sense of oppression is too strong, and Ruohua feels that his heart is beating faster, what is the situation?

"You..." Just as Ruohua said a word, Si Nian leaned down.

This time it was even closer.

Si Nian reached out and held Ruohua's wrist, his eyes were lowered, making it hard to see his expression.And the wet hair also seemed to slide across Ruohua's shoulders.

Ruohua wanted to break free, but was held even tighter: "Don't move."

Ruohua was so stunned by Si Nian's deep voice that he forgot to resist.I don't know if it was Ruohua's illusion, but he always felt a tremor in Si Nian's voice.

After a while, Si Nian let go of Ruohua's wrist a little, then filled the cup in his hand with wine, and sat back down again.

"In front of people...don't talk nonsense." Si Nian seemed to hesitate for a long time before saying this.

Ruohua's heart that had been tensed just now relaxed.It turned out to be because of this.

"If someone else was around, of course I wouldn't say that." Ruohua dared to do this because he already knew his secret almost every year.

"However, if it is true, the border situation in Chuping should be better than that in Xia Yuanshi." Ruohua took a sip of wine, and then laughed a little self-deprecatingly, "At least Chuping still has you as a prince, and you are still there." There are several princes."

It is said that the struggle for imperial power endangers the government, and those who are emperors wish to be alone in power.But in the previous life, as the emperor of Xia Yuan, he really had no one to fight for power with him, and he was even more panicked when he had to do everything by himself.

Because that means that this piece of land, this country, must be taken care of by one person. He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that the country will perish due to his own death.For the past hundred years, the burden of the Xia Dynasty has fallen on him alone.The courtiers around him didn't dare to be trusted, and the younger brother under his knees was too disappointing. At that time, he wished that there would be an outstanding member of the royal family surnamed Xia, at least maybe he could have someone he could trust and use.

At least...even if he is not the emperor anymore, the surname of Xia in this country is still there, and the people are still protected.

"You've done a good job." Si Nian has also read many historical biographies of Xia Yuan these days. This young emperor who enthroned almost supported the entire family and country by himself.Leading troops to fight, reforming the court, relying on his own strength to pull Xia Yuan out of a quagmire bit by bit.

When Ruohua heard what Sinian said, his heart moved slightly, did he do well?That's right, he thought that he could be regarded as the last generation of virtuous monarch. He had done so much for the court and Xia Yuan, but the fact that Xia Yuan died in his own hands could never be changed.He was always unwilling, so he wanted to take back the world.How willing he was to ruin his country just because of a cup of poisoned wine.

"If you are my emperor's younger brother, I will definitely use you again." Ruohua looked at Si Nian and said half-jokingly, "Wen Neng manages the internal affairs, Wu Neng leads the battle, and I don't want to usurp power. If I live in the palace every day , it should be able to take care of the harem for me, that would be great."

"Are you going to marry me?" Si Nian said suddenly.

"Huh?" Ruohua didn't respond.

"You can go up to the hall, go down to the kitchen, and you can also control the harem. This is what the queen does." Si Nian showed no ups and downs on his face, raised his head slightly, and drank the wine in the glass.

Ruohua couldn't help but think for a while, Si Nian was dressed in women's clothing, sitting on the phoenix seat, and wearing a golden phoenix crown... Unexpectedly, it seemed appropriate?Ruohua was taken aback by her own thoughts, and quickly shook her head, throwing this terrible picture out of her mind.

"What are you thinking?" Si Nian leaned against the edge of the pool, resting on the stone with one hand, propping up his chin.Slightly looked sideways at Ruohua.

"No...it's nothing..." Ruohua bowed her head guiltily.

"You don't think I'm wearing women's clothing, do you?" Si Nian raised his eyes slightly.

Seeing that she was guessed right, Ruohua coughed in embarrassment: "You said it yourself... no wonder I."

"It's okay if you just think about it, but..." Si Nian put down the cup, then turned his face and swept his eyes up and down on Ruohua, and said, "If you wear women's clothing, you must look good. Especially... ...a bright red wedding dress."

Ruohua had been stared at terribly, fearing that the prince might get angry.However, when he heard the second half of the sentence, his body turned red, and he didn't know whether it was from anger or shame. The word "wedding dress" seemed to be aggravated by Si Nian maliciously.As if chewing on the tip of the tongue repeatedly before spitting it out, it just makes people sound a bit ambiguous.

After Si Nian finished speaking, he didn't seem to notice the reaction of the person in front of him at all, so he calmly jumped back to the previous topic:

"Chuping's border seems not to be in great chaos now, but in the long run there will be great disasters."

"Northern Qi has been eyeing the tiger, and has not made any major moves because their troops are insufficient. If they invade the Central Plains of Chuping, but if they unite with the surrounding countries, there will be a big change. The people of the Western Tufa people do not know the language. , and are far apart, they seem to be safe and sound, but in recent years they have started to do business with Chuping, and some of our culture and technology have been brought there. If they try to get more, I am afraid that the western border will be disturbed .”

"As for Nan Zhi, the current ruler of their country has always maintained harmony, and their relationship with Chu Ping is relatively harmonious. However, the ruler of Nan Zhi is already old, and the power of several princes is divided into one side, which is more complicated than that of Chu Ping. At present, Nan Zhi's The prince is very serious about fighting. If he ascends the throne in the future, I am afraid that the peace of the past ten years will be broken."

This is the first time for Ruohua to understand the situation of the surrounding countries of Chuping. Chuping’s current territory is actually much smaller than that of Xia Yuan. In the past, most of the Southern Zhi was included in Xia Yuan, but now the Northern Qi’s position is Weiying in the past, but Weiying was smaller than Northern Qi at that time, and the surrounding small countries were more scattered.

Although Weiying has long since disappeared, Ruohua also hates the current Northern Qi.In particular, this practice of repeatedly harassing the border is really annoying just thinking about it.

"This world is big and big, but small and pitiful. Chu Ping's foundation has been established for less than a hundred years, and it has taken great pains to guard this land. Besides, between the heaven and the earth, what Chu Ping protects is It’s just that this square inch is safe. The same is true for other countries. Everyone hopes that the country will prosper and last for thousands of years, but I only hope to maintain the present. If everyone guards one side, the rise and fall will be constant, this is the world’s peace , the people are prosperous." Si Nian's tone was very light, but it made Ruohua tremble.

Anyone who is contaminated with imperial power always puts himself first.He regards himself as the highest in the world, and a prince like Si Nian is even richer and nobler.But being in a high position, she can see so clearly, something that Ruohua's self-proclaimed self in the previous life must not have been able to do.

People are always greedy, the more they have, the more they get worse.Rulers always try their best to get more power and more benefits.No one has ever thought that this piece of soil is one.Dynasties change, the sun and the moon turn, but the people remain unchanged.

"My lord can see clearly."

"What can't be understood? What I want has always been the stability of my family and the people."

"The authorities are obsessed, but the bystanders are clear. The prince is more sober than anyone else in the situation. I really admire what he said today." There is no false flattery or flattery, these words are spoken by Ruohua sincerely.He was emperor for eight years in his last life, but he had never seen the world so thoroughly.

Si Young smiled: "I never considered myself to be in authority."

"Are you really not thinking about that position?" It's not that Si Nian is completely uninvolved in government affairs, and his papers and martial arts are rare.It can be said that he is even more suitable for that position than the crown prince and King Mao.

Hearing Ruohua's question, Si Nian thought of what he said when he was drunk that day, thinking a little funny: Does this person really expect me to be emperor so much?

So he teased and said: "Why, if I become the emperor, don't you plan to restore Xia Yuan?"

"This piece of land belonged to Xia Yuan." Even though he said that, Ruohua thought for a while, if Si Nian was the emperor... when he regained the world, he would definitely kill the old emperor.For some reason, thinking of Si Nian's blood-stained sword, Ruohua felt a little uncomfortable.If En is like that, I will save him secretly, anyway, Si Nian will definitely not compete with me for the world.

Ruohua himself didn't realize that he actually believed in Si Nian to such an extent.

Seeing that Ruohua stopped talking, Si Nian wanted to pour some more wine.As a result, I picked up the pot, only to find that it was empty.The two of them had been in the pool for almost an hour before they knew it.

So Si Nian stood up:

"Go back to the house, it won't be good if you soak for a long time."

Ruohua also stood up from the water, but Xu Shi had been in the water for a long time, and when he stood up suddenly, he felt dizzy, and fell forward before he could stand still.

Instead of falling into the water, however, he was stuck against a warm chest.

Both of them were naked from the upper body, and only wore thin trousers underneath.The white underpants were soaked in water and were almost transparently attached to the two of them.If you look a little bit, you can still see the shape there.

And the posture of the two of them at this time is also extremely ambiguous.Ruohua's face was pressed tightly against Si Nian's chest, and Si Nian held his arm with one hand and Ruohua's lower back lightly with the other because he was afraid that Ruohua would fall in a hurry.

The sound of the heartbeat and breathing of the two of them is particularly obvious in this silence, but Ruohua doesn't know where his mind is wandering, he just feels weird all over his body.

Until Si Nian's hand was removed from his back, the hand that was holding his arm turned to push him away, and held his shoulder, and then a whisper came:

"Snowing."

Si Nian stretched out his hand and caught a snowflake.In an instant, heavy snow fell.

Ruohua came back to her senses, a little embarrassed and didn't know what to say.So he simply pretended to look up at the falling snowflakes.And he sneaked a glance at Sinian beside him.

Si Nian raised his head slightly, the line of his jaw was clearly defined, he was standing there under the snow, it seemed that all the snow fell into his eyes, it was indescribably touching.

"My lord, what are you thinking?"

Si Nian lowered his head slightly, and the boy in front of him was looking at him with clear eyes, his own silhouette reflected in his eyes.Some snowflakes floated to his hair and hadn't melted yet.Si Nian raised his hand and wiped off the snowflakes from the boy's hair with his fingers:

"If this snow comes earlier, we can cook snow and wine for a long time."

Ruohua smiled: "It's a matter of family and country, and elegance and interest. I'm going back to my room first. Thank you for your hospitality today." He lifted his legs and stepped out of the pool, wrapped up the thin blanket that was put aside, and then Go inside.

Si Nian, on the other hand, stood in the water, watched the boy's back disappear behind the door, and then murmured:

"If this snow makes us all turn gray, it will be fine."

This vast snowstorm has left the world pure except for love.