Every time Zhu Yunxuan forgot his identity as the emperor and referred to himself as "I", his mood was the most depressed. Liang Zhen smiled without saying a word, and led him to move on. Before they knew it, they had reached the back mountain and stopped beside a gurgling stream.
Even in this severe winter, the stream here is not frozen, which is very rare.
Liang Zhen knelt down, scooped up a handful of water and took a sip, motioning to Zhu Yunxuan: "Do you want to try, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Yunxuan was still in a trance, as if he hadn't heard his words, Liang Zhen had already stood up with water in his hand, and brought it to his lips, Zhu Yunxuan was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously drank it from his hand when he came back to his senses a mouthful.
The stream water is sweet and cold, and it has a special flavor in winter.
However, Liang Zhen was thinking about the soft touch of Zhu Yunxuan's lips inadvertently touching his fingers just now, and the smile in his eyes deepened: "Is it delicious?"
Zhu Yunxuan nodded: "Why didn't it freeze?"
"The stream flows down, and there is a natural soup spring at the foot of the mountain. The heat is so steaming that even the stream upstream cannot freeze."
That's how it turned out, Zhu Yunxuan thought to himself that everything in the world is really miraculous, Liang Zhen suddenly approached, blinked with him, and asked him with a low voice, "Do you want to go to the hot spring, Your Majesty?"
Touching his ambiguous eyes, Zhu Yunxuan instantly understood what he meant, and said angrily: "Buddhism is pure, how can you..."
"The foot of the mountain is no longer within the scope of Yuanji Temple. I have built a Zhuangzi there. Would Your Majesty be willing to take a look at it?"
Zhu Yunxuan snorted lightly: "King Zhao really enjoys it."
Liang Zhen responded with a smile: "Thanks to His Majesty."
It was still early, and they were still wandering in the woods of the back mountain. Perhaps because of the entrance of the soup spring, there was no snow in the whole mountain forest. At this season, they could already see the emerging greenery. There are young novice monks digging herbs, and young and strong monks who go to the stream to carry water. It is a leisurely and comfortable scene.
Before they knew it, they came to a cliff. Seeing Liang Zhen suddenly stopped jumping, looking at the misty mountains in the distance, Zhu Yunxuan's heart beat suddenly, and he understood this in an instant. The place should be what Liang Zhen said, where his father was forced to jump off the cliff.
"My father died when I was just born. I only heard what he looked like and what kind of temperament he was. The impression may not be so deep. The old abbot always said that my father would not want me to take revenge. As far as I am concerned, It's not so much to help him avenge, but to think that if my father hadn't died, maybe I wouldn't have suffered so many crimes when I was a child, but in fact, I want to take revenge myself."
Liang Zhen murmured in a deep voice, his expression was rare and serious, and there was even a little unspeakable bitterness in his eyes.
Zhu Yunxuan was speechless for a while, and then heard him continue: "But there is a wrong and a debt, you have nothing to do with this matter, and it is naturally not you that I want revenge."
Zhu Yunxuan was slightly stunned, his eyes flickered, he didn't say anything, but he didn't know what to say, could it be that he still wanted to thank Liang Zhen for not taking revenge on him
"...What about the Liang family?"
"The Liang family, heh." Liang Zhen's expression was gloomy. After the death of Emperor Zhaoyang, he could have brought down the Liang family in one blow in the name of Concubine Chen's poisoning, but he himself couldn't figure out the responsibility for such a crime of exterminating the nine clans. Whether Zhu Yunxuan will use his head to attack him, who can say for sure, after all, his Majesty always wanted him to die.
After a long silence, Liang Zhen turned his head, and with a smile in his eyes, he returned to his usual playful smile: "Your Majesty will go to Zhuangzi with your ministers? At noon, I will host a banquet for Your Majesty."
Zhu Yunxuan was noncommittal, Liang Zhen smiled and let him acquiesce.
Liang Zhen's Tangquan Zhuangzi was at the foot of the mountain behind the Yuanji Temple, directly enclosing the eyes of the Tangquan, and a magnificent villa rose from the ground for his own enjoyment.
As soon as they entered the sky, there were snowflakes again, which was also a coincidence. When undressing, Liang Zhen told Zhu Yunxuan with a smile: "The most enjoyable thing is to bathe in hot springs on snowy days. If you drink a small cup of hot wine, it will be bliss."
Zhu Yunxuan's expression remained unchanged, he knew what Liang Zhen was thinking when he came here, and what else he had to say.
The warm spring water was steaming vigorously, Zhu Yunxuan sat in the pool and relaxed all over, Liang Zhen came up from behind and squeezed his shoulders, Zhu Yunxuan didn't move, closed his eyes and let him go.
Perhaps it was too comfortable, but not long after, Zhu Yunxuan leaned against Liang Zhen's arms and took a nap. Liang Zhen couldn't help laughing, the little emperor said he was on guard against him, but sometimes he seemed to be extremely dependent on him, relying on him so carelessly I can rest assured to sleep, it is really...
Liang Zhen didn't dare to really put him to sleep, so he purposely pinched his sensitive waist and buttocks to tease him. After pinching a few times, Zhu Yunxuan, who was so annoyed, turned back and patted him. Hand: "Don't move."
Zhu Yunxuan still didn't open his eyes, but there was a bit of unceremonious sarcasm in his soft murmur: "The sky is bright and the sun is early in the morning, King Zhao really knows how to choose the time."
Liang Zhen hugged him, and kissed him several times on the side of his face with a smile: "Does Your Majesty want it?"
Zhu Yunxuan ignored him, Liang Zhenfu pinched his chin again and turned his face, wanting to kiss his mouth that couldn't say anything nice, but Zhu Yunxuan bit his lower lip.
Liang Zhen narrowed his eyes and smiled more happily, Zhu Yunxuan is always like this, he likes to bite him, like that wild and unruly leopard, no... he is at best a little wild cat.
There was freshly hot wine on the shore, and the servants who were serving had been waved away. Liang Zhen reached out to touch the wine pot, poured a big gulp into his mouth, and covered Zhu Yunxuan's lips again.
The hot and mellow wine was pushed between the lips and tongues of the two, mixed with their saliva, they kissed each other for a long time, and then swallowed it all. Zhu Yunxuan has turned into a posture of sitting on Liang Zhen's legs facing each other, hooking his back to accept his deep kiss.
It was only when he was about to suffocate that he had to let go, Zhu Yunxuan's face turned even redder in the steaming mist, her beautiful eyes sparkled, as if there was affection in her brows, although Liang Zhen knew it was just his illusion.
A small jug of wine was drunk in this push and push between you and me. After taking the last sip of wine, his lips and tongue parted, followed by a few sticky pecks. Zhu Yunxuan, who was blushing even more, seemed to be unconscious. Anti-chasing came up and took the initiative to kiss Liang Zhen.
Liang Zhen let out a low laugh, turned over in his arms, pressed him against the wall of the pool, and kissed him passionately.
After a while, the spring water began to sway out from the place where they entangled. Zhu Yunxuan sat on Liang Zhen's body. Following his non-stop movements, he felt the shame of the hot spring water squeezed into that place, mixed with the feeling of embarrassment. I don’t know what kind of “good thing” formulated by herbs, which forced him to retreat from his sanity, his lips were slightly parted, and his saliva and tears kept dripping down. What overflowed from his mouth was only a low-pitched gasp, and even half of the extra I can't speak any more words.
This meal was not used until the end of the day, and Zhu Yunxuan was tired of being tormented so hard, Liang Zhen asked someone to prepare a table of sumptuous meals, and he only took a few mouthfuls before putting down his chopsticks and lying down on the couch.
After waking up again, it was four o'clock in Shen's time. Liang Zhen was leaning on the couch and was fiddling with chess pieces. When he saw that he had woken up, he turned around and looked at him with a smile: "Your Majesty, do you want to play chess or ride a horse?"
"horse riding?"
"Yes, there is a horse farm behind Zhuangzi, would your majesty want to visit?"
The racecourse is not far behind Zhuangzi, it is a natural pasture, and there are nearly a hundred precious BMWs, some of which Liang Zhen himself collected, and some of his subordinates honored him.
The horse farm is not sluggish in winter, greenery can be seen everywhere, and the fat horses are galloping on the pasture. Seeing that Zhu Yunxuan seemed quite interested, Liang Zhen told him with a smile: "Most of these horses are from outside the Guan, and their temperament is relatively wild. You can pick whichever horse you like, and I will definitely have someone tame it before sending it to Your Majesty."
Zhu Yunxuan was noncommittal, glanced casually, and said, "Let's compete."
"Okay," Liang Zhen readily agreed, "What is the lottery?"
"If you win, feel free to ask what you want."
Liang Zhen answered, "If Your Majesty wins, I will give your Majesty my mount."
Liang Zhen's mount is a blood-sweat horse given to him by the late emperor as a tribute from the Northern Yi people. The horse is tall and mighty, with shiny golden fur and is very beautiful. When it was first sent to Beijing, Emperor Zhaoyang was very heartbroken. Yue, Zhu Yunxuan was envious for a while, and within a few days, the emperor rewarded Liang Zhen with the horse, and the people around him, including Zhu Yunxuan, were only envious.
The corner of Zhu Yunxuan's mouth twitched slightly, as if he agreed, he picked a medium-sized but very vigorous black horse, and turned on the horse neatly: "Let's start."
Liang Zhen raised the corners of his lips, and after Zhu Yunxuan galloped out, he also raised his whip, and chased after him.
Two shadows, one golden and one black, moved forward alternately on the vast grassland, facing the afterglow of the setting sun.
The sound of the wind was whistling in the ear, the horse's hooves rolled, and the sky was covered with snow and mist. Zhu Yunxuan closed his eyes unconsciously. At this moment, it seemed that there was only this figure left beside him, who was running neck and neck with him.
In the end they stopped almost at the same time, Zhu Yunxuan tightened the reins of the horse in his hand, Liang Zhen raised his eyebrows with a smile: "Your Majesty, does this count as winning or losing?"
Suppressing the unwillingness in his heart, Zhu Yunxuan nodded lightly: "King Zhao is amazing."
"Your Majesty is even more powerful."
Zhu Yunxuan didn't pay any attention to him, and was fascinated by the blood-like setting sun in the distant sky, but Liang Zhen suddenly jumped up, straddled Zhu Yunxuan's back, wrapped his arms around his waist, turned his head and asked him with a smile: " What is His Majesty thinking?"
"… No."
"Want the minister's horse? Just say it, and give it to His Majesty."
"No, I don't want to take away people's love."
Liang Zhen didn't care: "It's just a horse, if you like it or not, take it if your Majesty likes it."
After a moment of silence, Zhu Yunxuan still refused: "I didn't win, and you didn't lose, I won't take it."
Tsk, Liang Zhen thought to himself, the little emperor cares so much about winning or losing with him, how can it be good...