Am I a scumbag?

The emperor's sedan chair left the capital.

Keep going south, stop and go all the way.

All kinds of small towns in the south of the Yangtze River, arch bridges in water towns, and houses with lanterns.Pavilions, Champs, lotus ponds and lotuses.Every time Yan Yuliang went to a place, he happily dragged Lan Wang to go for a walk to see, and went to the streets to buy delicious food, and he refused to let go of any place easily.

"Lanlan, look at that mill waterwheel with leaves hanging on it. It's so beautiful. I've never seen this thing in Huadu before. I really want to move it back to Huadu!"

"Look at the seven-hole bridge, the white houses and black tiles, this is the real 'Little Bridge and Flowing Water House'."

"Lanlan, this glutinous rice balls are so delicious, please try them quickly, poof...hahahaha, it's hawthorn stuffing. Hey, don't cry, don't cry, it's my fault, but I really don't think it's sour anymore, so I let it go so well So much sugar! Where on earth did you get the sour from?"

"Wow, although Pai Gow in Jiangnan is the same as in Beijing, it's completely different. Let's take a look together!"

King Lan has only been to the south once before.

When he was 14 years old, he followed the crown prince and the third prince to handle the military payment case.

In that year, there were floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and many hungry people died everywhere.The prince and the third prince said they were investigating the case, but they were actually busy fighting with each other.The second prince tried his best to do everything he could. He was respectful and not overbearing, but he successfully fooled the third prince and flattered the prince. He secretly mediated in the starry night and opened a warehouse to release food for the disaster victims.

The scenery in the south of the Yangtze River was dismal that year.In Zhuang Qingqu's eyes.There is no vitality, and there is no good scenery of any legendary water town.

The only bright color in Jiangnan that year was the clear and firm eyes of the second prince.

A tall and straight figure, a firm voice, and fluttering clothes.

Now time flies.

Midsummer and early autumn are the beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.It is still warm, and there are still lotus ponds, but the mountains and forests are already full of colors.

The previous small literati rebellion did not affect the prosperity of Jiangxia City at all, and the colorful gold selling cave has long since returned to its former bustling with people.

The roads leading to several nearby cities have also been repaired. Now Jiangxia is no longer just a "star in the south of the Yangtze River" with only one land and water. Since the road and land transportation has become available, even the surrounding towns have become lively and prosperous. There are countless pedestrians and tourists on the road. , Traffickers and pawns, life is booming.

To play in Jiangxia, you must take a night cruise by boat.

At this moment, Zhuang Qingqu, dressed in blue, was sitting on a cruise ship with the emperor who was dressed as a rich businessman, watching the lights of Zhulou on the shore, and listening to the sound of pipa on the lake.

In Zhuang Qingqu's hand, there is already a lot of food and play.

Dolphin skin cakes, crispy yellow dumplings, sauced pork knuckles, sweet-scented osmanthus stuffed... just like this is not enough for Yan Yuliang. At the moment, he is asking the boatman to teach him to light a candle lamp on the water. It is said that he is lucky to be able to shine on the delicious sea bass.The store can make fish soup on board.

When Yan Yuliang heard this, he rolled up his sleeves and was excited: "Lanlan, wait for me, cough, let me grab a fat one for you to eat!"

Zhuang Qingqu: "Yes."

The fishing fire lit up, illuminating his shallow pupils.

He just looked there with his chin resting on his cheek, his Azhao looked so stupid in catching fish, he couldn't help but curl his colorless lips.

Zhuang Qing and Qu have always been careful.In fact, day by day, A-Zhao was full of vigor, took him to eat and play, and made him happy. He was in his eyes all the time, and he was deliberately trying to curry favor with him.Zhuang Qingqu naturally knew about this.

But secretly pretended not to notice.

...Who wouldn't be delighted to be held in the palm of the hand by the person he loves every day?

Xiaozhuang, who is addicted to sweetness, is immersed in sweet happiness and cannot extricate himself, so it is inevitable that he will have a little selfishness.

I want to ask for more, I want Azhao to spoil him more.

……

The boat swayed farther and farther along the Luoshui River until it reached the noisy cargo terminal.

This place is even brighter than Wu Nong's soft words and bright lights, where merchant ships from various countries can be seen.In fact, Yan Yuliang had discovered before that the further south he went, the more merchants from Yingzhou, Jiaonan and other countries.

Many years ago, people from Daxia went to those places to buy goods, and businessmen competed to learn the language of neighboring countries.But now, all kinds of foreign businessmen with weird Daxia accents came together.

Boatman: "Look, two guests, a big ship is about to set sail!"

Not far from the harbor, there is a gorgeous three-masted sailing ship full of goods and setting sail in the starry night. The flag painted with big cats, cats and rabbits is waving in the wind, looking very imposing.

Yan Yuliang: "Uh, but looking at the mast, it doesn't look too much like Daxia's ship."

Boatman: "It's not our boat, it's Kanyu's boat."

"Why does Kanyu's boat hang like a flag?"

The boatman looked proud: "Of course it's because it's safer to go to sea with our flag! The pirates outside don't dare to snatch it when they see it. Haha, isn't it all because Shi Lvjiang went out with the navy last time? Fan Kai went to Kanyu and came back, beat up the pirates on the road, and now the pirates see Daxia's boat and go around."

Yan Yuliang: "Even so, this cat, cat and rabbit... is not quite right."

Daxia's errand is obviously a cat face with rabbit ears, but what it is painting is a rabbit face with cat ears.Boatman: "Hey, it's okay. It looks like it! They don't dare to get close so they can't understand!"

He said, shaking the boat closer to the harbor.

"The guest officer doesn't want to see Daxia's boats. You see, there is a row of Luoyun's boats over there, and the new ones in the back are ours."

"Isn't it more magnificent than Luoyun's? My Daxia is now oh well, it's not the Daxia of 20 years ago, it's called a country rich and powerful, rich and powerful!!!"

Yan Yuliang: "Come on. You are still rich and powerful. After the first battle, the treasury is empty. I don't know where to get money next year."

The boatman was not happy when he heard his words: "Hey young man, why is the national treasury empty? Don't make groundless rumors and believe rumors when you are young, you should trust your majesty and King Lan! How can the treasury be empty with the two of them, Da Xia It will only get better every year!"

Yan Yuliang: "..."

It is because of the two of them that they want to build and do everything, so the national treasury is always empty.

Zhuang Qingqu beside him couldn't help laughing out loud.

King Lan is fine if he doesn't smile, but he can captivate people with a smile.The boatman was dumbfounded.He had thought that this young man was good-looking since he got on the boat, and now he took a closer look, ah, forgive him for his lack of words, how can there be someone so good-looking in the world?

It's a pity to be a man.If she was born into a woman, Jiang Xia's most beautiful lady would be far inferior to him, and most likely she would be able to enter the palace as a concubine... No, she would definitely be favored and become a queen!Everyone said that today's emperor has high vision for not marrying so far, but he thinks it's just because a man didn't make a woman!

However, being born a man is probably a disaster for the country and the people, and it is easy to hook others into Long Yang's addiction.

Don't believe me?

A man born with such an alluring beauty, with this smile, even the son Yu who was with him couldn't think of catching him anymore, and just looked at him in a daze.In the trance, there is still a bit of unpleasant complexity, I'm afraid cough... not too good.

The banquet language is complicated.

There are so many big boats, and the south of the Yangtze River is a prosperous and prosperous scene. Fishermen are singing their praises spontaneously all the way, recalling how poor and difficult it was in the past, but now there are many merchants and tourists in Jiangxia, and the business of rowing boats at night is so easy and profitable.

King Lan kept smiling.

In those long and narrow eyes, there was a somewhat proud look.

but.

Although Yan Yuliang has always known that he likes the prosperity of Daxia today.But when you think about all these good times, how many of them were bought by Lan Wang's body pain, heart wounds, half of his health, and countless grievances and despair.

Did King Lan forget?

Or, forget about it?But Xiaozhuang has always been narrow-minded and thoughtful, so how can he not be sad and careless?

On the way back by boat, it was late at night, and half of the lights on the water were extinguished.Both of them were a little tired, Yan Yuliang leaned against King Lan quietly, touching his fingers quietly.

The fingertips are hooked and wrapped around, very gentle.

These days, he has treated King Lan with extra care and dedication.

Although Emperor Jinyu still had the same carefree and giggling expression on his face, in fact, he took every look and every move seriously in his heart.He will comb Wang Lan's hair, and add a careful thought of observing his clothes and incense, follow his gaze, and carefully figure out many hidden emotions of this person.

Lan Lan was deliberately flattered by him, she would be a little shy, pretending not to know, but secretly happy.

The gadgets you want, even if you say you don't want to look at them, you can't deceive people.Especially for some things that he actually likes, but he himself feels that they are worthless, he will put on a disgusted and contemptuous expression like he did when he was a child.

At this time, Deyan Yuliang took the initiative to buy it and held it for him all the way.

Take back the inn and carriage, always in a place where others can't see them.Yan Yuliang himself had to pretend he didn't see it, pretended to forget it, so he seized the right moment and quickly moved it away and hid it.

In essence, Xiaozhuang has not changed from when he was a child...

Yan Yuliang coaxed him and pampered him like this, inexplicably, he also had a feeling of finally making up for the awkward and pitiful back then.But not enough.

Not enough, far from enough, how can it be enough?

A lifetime is not enough—some things, the more I think about them, the more uncomfortable and distressed I feel.

There are many memories in the lucid dream, but they are mainly pictures, and there have been few real "thinkings" of the second prince at that time.It was only recently that Yan Yuliang discovered that he had misunderstood one thing all along.

He always thought that his "sex makes the mind faint" is innate.

He has never doubted that when he saw Xiao Zhuang for the first time when he was young, he must have been deeply moved by his white, soft, beautiful and lovely appearance like a light green rice dumpling, and couldn't extricate himself.

So much later, even though he knew that Xiao Zhuang had a bad temper and was offended by him repeatedly, he still couldn't help teasing him.

But this is not the case.

Now Yan Yuliang remembered.The second prince knew very well at that time that Zhuang's Qing Qu was unattainable.

Of course, Zhuang Qingqu was not the only one. At that time, except for the prince and the third prince, all those who studied together were either the only son of the Taiwei, the only son of the prime minister, or the fortune-telling Qin Tianjian Xun, and even Yuwen Changfeng's father Yu Wenhuaji was also an extremely human minister at that time.

For him, a second prince who has nothing, the whole staff is unattainable.

So at that time, he didn't have the time to care about Zhuang Qingqu's appearance.

He doesn't deserve it.

Playing foolish, pretending to be troublesome, and having a hippie smile on a good relationship with everyone, just because he wants to live a good life.He doesn't deserve to think about anything else.

With the arrival of Shi Yun, Yan Yuliang found a more grand and lofty meaning of existence beyond "surviving".

The third prince was not killed by him.

Yan Yuliang was very conscientious in assisting the third prince back then, and the third younger brother was talented and intelligent, and he was a good son of an emperor.No matter how bad it is, it is always better than the prince and father.Standing behind him, Yan Yuliang could see Daxia's future.

He naturally hated imperial concubine Yu Yuan for killing his mother and concubine, but he knew the seriousness between family grievances and the country's righteousness.

Until he discovered that the third prince only had power in his heart, but no world.In addition, the third prince repeatedly refused to listen to the advice and provoke the prince... In the end, when the incident happened, his responsibility at most was that he knew it would happen but pretended to be deaf and dumb and did not stop him.

The third prince Yan Shuning is not a bad boy, and he doesn't treat him badly either.It's not that there is no friendship after so many years of getting along, but Yan Shuning can't save Daxia.

So he doesn't save him.

As for Tantaihong and Zhuang Qingqu... the friendship they have been with for many years cannot be faked, but for the long-term peace and stability of the Great Xia, both the Zhuang family and the Tantai family must be eliminated one day.

He didn't know what Tan Taihong and Zhuang Qingqu would do when the time came.

Not only he can't do anything, Shi Yun can't do anything either.

He said, Ah Liang, from now on your road... I don't know how difficult it is.When the time comes, Master will be with you.

It turned out that he was alone.

……

It was only recently that Yan Yuliang realized that he was so suitable to be an emperor.

It is true that you can have no heart at all, give up hatred and give up friendship.When he was young, his words of persuasion to others were not deceitful, it was true that "if you have the world in your heart, you can't pretend to be anything else".

He is really a good emperor.

Although Emperor Jinyu's name sounds like a foolish emperor, he is really not. After finishing Chuyue, his territory surpassed Emperor Wen and approached Emperor Wu.

But why should he...

Why do you keep using King Lan and hurting him all the time.He could have let him go, but why squeeze and trample, why not treat him better.Even if there is no heart, there must be a limit.

His fingertips were slightly stiff.King Lan wrapped his entire palm around him and asked him, "Azhao, are you cold?"

It was hot in early autumn, and there were not many clothes on board, King Lan hugged Yan Yuliang into his arms.

"It will land on the shore in a while, and it won't be cold when I go back."

"Ah."

"..."

"Lan Lan."

"Ok?"

"You said, when I was young, I chased you all the time. I stopped chasing you later, isn't it very irresponsible?"

"..."

"I haven't finished chasing it before, I want to chase it again, do you think it's okay?"

Although knowing that it is far from enough, not enough comfort to make up for one of his bitterness and despair.But he wants to make it up to him, bit by bit.