Hearing the teasing voice, Shui Xinyuan slowly raised his head and looked at Chun Cha coldly.
"I'm awake, what's the matter?"
Chun Cha flinched a little, but then showed his usual smile and brushed the long hair on his shoulders.
"We'll be landing soon, I'll let you know."
"Right!"
"Please don't take the opportunity to escape, otherwise Chunxiang's head will be in danger."
"...If I knew how to use a sword, I would definitely chop off your head first."
Chun Cha's eyes widened and he immediately turned around and walked towards the bow of the ship.
…I also hate other people…
It is not difficult to hate, I just don’t want to hate at ordinary times.
Even if something unpleasant happens, as long as Lu Fusu is by his side, everything will not matter.
But...at this moment, Shui Xinyuan hated himself more than anyone else.
"Chunxiang."
"yes……"
"Did you hear that? We're about to disembark, are you okay?"
"...I'm fine."
Chunxiang's face turned pale, but she still answered like this.
Shui Xinyuan held his sleeves as the cold wind blew.
…
As soon as they landed, there were two carriages waiting. There was a large box on one of the carriages, and Shui Xinyuan and Chunxiang were stuffed into the box.
When getting off the boat, Shui Xinyuan caught a glimpse of Shui Qiancheng's figure, but Shui Qiancheng seemed to be running away and got into another carriage.
Although he didn't realize that he had caused a big disaster, he knew that he would definitely make his sister angry.
I don’t know how long it was jolting... It didn’t feel like it was long. The box was lifted off the carriage and carried for a while. When the lid of the box was opened, I found that I was in a stone building. There were no spring tea and water Qian around.
The only figures in Cheng's presence were Xu Gongchun and a few heavily armed men.
When Shui Xinyuan and Chunxiang walked out of the box, the armed men also left.
"..."
A strong wind blew from nowhere. Shui Xinyuan looked in the direction of the wind and found that there was an empty land below and a large river in the distance.
"This is Xishen Pass, and there is Xuanliu River."
Xu Gongchun opened his hands with a smile on his face.
"I heard that this place used to be a fortress. During the war fifty years ago, it was destroyed and only these ruins were left. Although you shouldn't bring the Queen to such a shabby place, it will only make you feel miserable for a few days."
Several parts of the city wall have collapsed, and the ground is full of gravel and overgrown with weeds.
"Where's Shui Qiancheng?"
"ah?"
"Where is Shui Qiancheng?"
"Are you going to teach people a lesson? What a headache!"
Xu Gongchun laughed loudly and shook his hand.
"He is about to become the emperor, which is also related to my future. If you teach me a lesson here, won't all our efforts be wasted?"
"...Do you really think he can become emperor?"
Xu Gongchun curled up his lips and sneered, scratching his head.
"Don't be so serious... No matter who becomes the emperor or where the capital is built, there is actually not much difference. It's just that the positions of Shenzhou and Liuzhou are interchanged."
"……presumptuous!"
Chunxiang, who was originally livid, turned red with anger.
"Aren't you also a citizen of Yuan Kingdom? How could the emperor hand over the country to people like you!"
"Stop yelling like this, can't you understand me? The purpose of bringing the queen here is to make the emperor hand over the country."
Xu Gongchun covered his ears in an exaggerated manner, Shui Xinyuan said to him quietly: "My life..."
"What?"
"Do you think my life can be compared with that of the country?"
Xu Gongchun stuck out his lower lip and kicked the sand under his feet impatiently.
"I don't know either. I don't think so, but Chun Cha said that the emperor loves you very much, and maybe he will hand over the throne if he is willing."
"..."
"Anyway, since the emperor loves you so much, he should come to pick you up soon. At that time, you can be exchanged for the country. The future 'emperor' insisted not to tie you up with ropes, so we didn't do it
, don’t act rashly.”
Anyway, there are many women in the world, Xu Gongchun muttered and walked out.
The door was rotten, and a man with a sword stood at the exit.
"...Empress, please don't pay attention to Xu Gongchun's words."
The man took a few steps closer and saluted Shui Xinyuan.
"My name is Lin Bojian. I come from Liuzhou. I passed the joint examination this year and am currently assigned to the Ministry of War."
"The Ministry of War..."
...In this way, he is an official.
Why are officials working for the country here?
Lin Bojian seemed to have guessed Shui Xinyuan's thoughts from her expression, and he puffed out his chest and said: "Although I am an official of Yuan State, as a Liuzhou native, I hope that this country can prosper again under the leadership of Xia State.
Fortunately, His Highness Shui Qiancheng, the orthodox descendant of the Xia Kingdom, is here, and we are willing to work together..."
"enough!"
Shui Xinyuan interrupted Lin Bojian's words and stared at him fiercely.
"I already know how stupid Shui Qiancheng is and how selfish you are. Get out!"
"...You are His Highness's sister, we will not treat you badly."
"I told you to get out quickly."
"Forgive me for not being able to obey. My duty is to monitor you here to prevent you from doing anything unwise."
Shui Xinyuan turned around and walked towards the terrace outside the tower.
"...The Queen."
Lin Bojian called out to stop him, but Shui Xinyuan ignored him and looked around.
This room is located at the highest point of Xishen Pass. The roofless terrace is surrounded by stone railings, almost reaching Shui Xinyuan's chest.
Since the railing is quite thick, it should be called a stone wall.
Although you can see into the distance, if you don't climb up the stone wall, you can't see the actual situation below.
"Empress..."
Chunxiang came over holding her messed up hair.
"I guess there are rooms down there, too. It's surrounded by high walls."
"How do you know?"
"My brother hung a painting and calligraphy in his room in his hometown... I remember what kind of mechanism it was painted on. Because the appearance is similar, I guess it is here..."
"I just walked up a lot of stairs, I should be at a very high place."
...It's hard to escape from here.
"Someone will definitely come to save us."
"……right."
If Lu Fusu gave up on himself, he wouldn't have to face painful choices.
Don't have to choose between your wife and your country.
…I don’t want him to make a painful choice.
Instead of this...
Chunxiang pulled Shui Xinyuan's sleeve.
"Don't worry, we will wait patiently."
"..."
Shui Xinyuan tried his best to smile, held Chunxiang's hand, and returned to the room.