Throne Steps

Four years later, winter.

Li Chen fell off his horse, snow fell on his hat and cloak.Two people came forward, one directly held Li Chen's horse, and the other walked towards Li Chen.

"You came."

"Housekeeper." Li Chen followed him across the threshold in a hurry.The snow in the yard was just swept away this morning, and now it has a tendency to be covered with a thin layer.Li Chen's military boots stepped on them without hesitation, leaving clear or vague footprints.

"How is he?"

"The treatment went well, but it's still very weak..."

"Are you going to be in a wheelchair again?" Li Chen followed the butler through the open corridor, snowflakes were flying outside the corridor, the scenery was beautiful and quiet, "According to his bad temper, surely he won't need your help again, right?"

That man, the more miserable he is, the less he wants to be helped. It's just so logical.

The butler said helplessly, "Your Highness is just too strong."

"Strong?" Li Chen sneered, "This is stubbornness."

If others heard this, they would definitely pretend they didn't hear it, but the housekeeper smiled accordingly: "He has been stubborn since he was a child."

"Just pamper him like this, and see if he will go on a hunger strike because his hands are injured and he can't hold the tableware." Li Chen paused, and then said, "I'm going to ask, he is like this now...is he safe? "

"Bronze walls and iron walls, don't worry." The steward replied, "His Highness is fully prepared for this matter."

"Completely prepared..." Li Chen's mocking expression appeared again, "Don't tell me that he is also prepared for his own miserable situation."

The housekeeper answered easily: "That's not clear."

Soon, the two entered a courtyard, and there was a single three-story building in the courtyard.The housekeeper said at the gate of the courtyard: "I'll get someone to prepare refreshments, you can go in by yourself, Your Highness is in the room on the first floor."

He said this as if he was going to send Li Chen to some kind of wolf's lair, Li Chen smiled contentedly, then approached the small building and pushed open the door.

The north wind brought snowflakes into the doorway, chilling Li Chen's back, and his cloak whistling.But the warmth in the room rushed over again, and there was a double sky of ice and fire for a while.

Li Chen's movements were not rushed at first, but his eyes swept inside, and he quickly turned around and closed the door.

"Good day."

As he said hello, he took off his cloak, shook it, and hung it on the coat rack near the door.

No one answered him, and he didn't care; a gaze locked on him, and he was used to ignoring it.He approached the fireplace in the living room, took the kettle which stood on the stone pedestal above it, and poured some water over the burning flames.

sizzle-

The rising water vapor brings a wave of heat and increases the humidity in the room.

Li Chen stood on the spot, took off his gloves, and comfortably warmed up by the fire.

"come over."

The person sitting not far behind finally spoke.

Li Chen didn't turn his head back: "No."

"I said, come here."

When Yan Ling's power descended, Li Chen turned his feet involuntarily and walked towards the other party.As he walked, he said helplessly: "I'm cold all over, can't you let me stand in front of the fire for a while, my dear Highness?"

He stopped in front of the sender and quietly looked at the person on the sofa.The other party also looked up at him, the fire light shone on his face and blond hair, and his expression was calm.

The man said again: "Squat down."

This time Li Chen didn't bother to fight, and just squatted down.The other party's hand stretched out, and the fingertips brushed across the cold cheek, and Li Chen suddenly felt a warm wind blowing over his head.

Her hair was dry from the snowmelt.

But instead of being grateful, he squinted his eyes: "Don't do unnecessary things, Saenz."

Saenz withdrew his hand indifferently: "Aren't you here to do unnecessary things?"

"If you think I'm redundant..."

"It's superfluous, you're blocking me from the fire." Saenz pointed to the sofa next to him, "Sit down, take off your shoes."

Li Chen didn't bother to refute him, so he got up and walked over to sit down, before he slipped on his slippers, he still smirked: "I came here directly after a long-distance raid."

Saenz glanced at him: "I have been on the battlefield." The implication is that he has smelled all kinds of smells.

"Ok."

Li Chen didn't refute anymore, his feet were really cold.He sat beside him, took off his boots, even took off his socks and stuffed them in them.Then step on the carpet with bare feet and warm up by the fire.

When the butler brought tea in, the sound of opening and closing the door could not wake him up.

"Give him a blanket." Saenz ordered.

"Yes."

Saenz was injured again, and he was so weak that he couldn't stand up for a while.

At dinner, Li Chen set the tableware for him and tried to feed him, but he was stared back.

Li Chen shrugged and sat down.

The butler served the dishes beside him, looking very comforting.He called Li Chen here just to take care of the Third Highness who kept people from getting close.Because Saenz can order other subordinates, but he can't order Li Chen—because Li Chen simply ignores it.

The butler withdrew wisely.

As soon as the door was closed, Li Chen secretly pushed Jiang Cha a little farther in front of him.

Saenz didn't even need to turn his head: "Drink it."

"I've already had a drink." Li Chen remained unmoved, "If you have the ability, you can take it back."

Saenz was still in a wheelchair, and Li Chen clearly did not cooperate.Black Swan thought, the great thing is that Yan Ling controlled him to drink it, and teasing is nothing.Unexpectedly, Saenz glanced at him, put down the tableware, and began to exert strength by grabbing the armrest of the wheelchair with both hands.

What the hell!

Li Chen hurriedly moved back by himself: "I'm afraid of you, what if you win?"

Every minute is a bitter plan, no wonder his subordinates dare not disobey him.

But Li Chen was not so at a loss.He "forcibly" supported Saenz to sit back, then opened his palm and stuffed Saenz with a gadget.

——Golden hollow gold silk feather pattern sachet.

"It's winter, not to mention the red flower at the foot of the mountain, Ainuma is almost gone for ten miles, and I can't find any plants to visit you." Li Chen drank ginger tea slowly, "I have to make this for you .”

Saenz turned it over and looked: "This is not made by refining."

No matter how low the refining skill is, at best the structure should be simple, and there will be no distortion and deviation in the processing of the gold wire.And there are a few gold wires, which are obviously not welded well.

Obviously, this is not the work of a refiner, but a handmade product.

"Can I just thank you when I receive the gift?" Li Chen rolled his eyes, "Don't you dare to be picky?"

Saenz stared at him for a few seconds, then went to grab his hand and examine it carefully.

"You don't think I'll hurt my hand when I make this stuff, do you?" Li Chen tried to withdraw his hand, but failed, "This thing doesn't take much time, otherwise, how can I bring it to the doctor in time, hey..."

Saenz was kissing his fingertips.

"Thank you." At the end, he licked it lightly, "It tastes good."

Li Chen withdrew his hand: "I just got some ginger tea on my hand, if you like the taste, go to the housekeeper."

In terms of destroying the atmosphere, he has long been a master.

Saenz smiled without saying a word, and put the sachet into the storage ring.

"By the way, I asked the housekeeper about something, but it's better to confirm with you." Li Chen changed the subject and said, "It's okay for you to come out to recuperate like this? He... won't come to take advantage of your illness Will it kill you?"

"No, he won't do such a thankless thing that hurts both sides." Saenz sneered, "After all, it is impossible for him to openly confront me, not to mention that his own situation is no worse than mine. good."

"Isn't this called open confrontation? He almost took down your army and hung it on Jose." Li Chen also sneered, "Besides, this time, you deliberately exposed a group of people buried beside him. If people show him, it's like 'forced palace'."

He suddenly popped up a Chinese word, before Saenz could react: "'Forcing the palace'?"

Li Chen explained: "It is to threaten the king and force him to abdicate."

"It's not 'forcing the palace'." Saenz smiled, "I just asked him to be quiet, and I don't need him to give me the seat now. In the end, I wouldn't do it if Xiaosi didn't make a lot of noise .”

Li Chen asked: "Jose has turned against you, and you still call him so intimate?"

"It's just a child, don't you know how capable he is?" Saenz ate his food slowly, "Without the help of the owner, he can't even beat the elder brother."

That's great, he's a younger brother and an older brother, Saenz really doesn't care about these brothers.Li Chen thought for a while and asked, "I still don't understand. You are his heir, and he asked you to guard the royal family, and you are obedient. What else is he dissatisfied with?"

"I don't understand, I'm not as obedient as he planned." Saenz glanced at him, "Don't just talk, eat."

Li Chen dragged Saenz's untouched steak plate closer, cut half of it into strips with a neat knife, and pushed it back, not letting Saenz eat it: "You always have to be alone... No, I mean No matter which heir, he must be alone, he always wants to control what's going on?"

"He is obsessed with power, he was free and easy when he was young, but now he is paranoid." Saenz commented indifferently, as if he was commenting on an irrelevant person, "Because he is unwilling to give up the power that is firmly in his hands now , Only then did I stop my efforts to go further."

Li Chen was even more confused: "Ah? But if you succeed, wouldn't the pure white color become the royal family? Wouldn't his status be even more noble?"

"But the kingship is mine after all, not his." Saenz ate a piece of Lichen's chopped beef, and said slowly, "Well, there are three reasons that prevent me from overthrowing the royal family: one is the color of pure white If he bears the name of a rebel, at least he will no longer be the absolute spiritual leader; second, as I just said, I succeed because I am the king, and his power will be inevitably weakened after that; If the royal family existed, there would at least be checks and balances between me and the royal family... It's just that he didn't expect that I would surpass him and connect with the prince."

"Where are you hooked up? Are you the emperor's master?" Li Chen paused, "Wait, you mean... he knew you hooked up with the prince?"

Saenz raised his eyebrows: "'Hook up'?"

Li Chen raised his hand in surrender: "I used the wrong word, but that's not the point."

Saenz let him go and replied: "He knew it a long time ago, but he didn't expect that the prince would go over him and listen to me."

Li Chen understood this time: "You deliberately let him know that the prince listened to you, and deliberately made him realize that he is surrounded by your nails, no wonder..."

Saenz thought he was going to say something strategic, but Li Chen said, "No wonder he wanted domestic violence."

Saenz sneered: "Domestic violence? That's not true, he's not the kind of person who would beat up his son impulsively. He just... wants to make me ashamed in public."

Li Chen deliberately looked Saenz up and down, doubting: "You are seriously injured like this...he just wants to make you lose face? Then when he really wants to hit you, won't you become disabled?"

"I haven't finished talking yet." Saenz replied, "It's not like I can't resist... Then we 'discussed' for a while."

"'Cut'..." Li Chen was taken aback, and immediately imagined the scene: Vagchenau originally wanted to give Saenz a bite under the nose of his subordinates, but he was resisted by his son once in a thousand years. Then the two hit it off...

Open your eyes, this is two pure white colors fighting!Just thinking about the picture of the dark sky and flying sand and rocks, Li Chen felt yearning for it.

What's more, he can see magical energy. What a majestic "light show" this fight should be in his eyes!

Snapped!

His forehead was flicked hard by a finger, Li Chen came back to his senses, focused his eyes on Saenz's face, and suddenly said without a trace: "When you become the master there, let me put a ' Back in time', okay?" Want to watch the recording!

Saenz didn't expect that he was thinking about this, and thought to himself: Is "Time Reappearance" for you to watch the replay of the fight scene?

But Pure White's mouth replied: "...OK."