Young man, please stay

Chapter 117
  The old friend left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west.

Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March.

The lonely sail is far away and the blue sky is gone.

Only the Chijiang River can be seen flowing in the sky.

……

Different from some of Qin Lang's own vague memories, this poem was written by an unknown poet from the previous dynasty. It is one of the few literary works that was handed down during the founding war of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Nowadays, as the writing style becomes more and more popular, it has gradually become one of the most popular masterpieces.

Yangzhou in March is undoubtedly a livable place that everyone yearns for, but the time does not have to be so tight. It is actually almost the same as the end of April and the beginning of May.

……

Yangzhou Mansion during the day, without the decoration of fine wine and candles, may not be as noisy and bustling as at night.

But the big and small streets, Dongxifang City, and the riverbanks are still full of human fireworks.

The hawking of vendors, the conversations of pedestrians, the laughter of children, the shouts of people in the world... Various sounds flowed among the neighbors and inside and outside the shops, and soon woke up the guests in two rooms of Youfu Inn.

"Huh——~"

Su Yupan, who had finished washing, stood at the window, feeling the soft morning light and morning breeze, looking at the people going downstairs outside the window, a faint smile of joy appeared on the corner of his lips.

Yangzhou locals have the habit of having morning tea. During the rich and leisurely breakfast, Su Yupan even saw actors singing the slow-key Huangmei Opera in a restaurant opposite, and there were even early-rising maikos in another restaurant. .

The common people were slowly eating all kinds of morning tea and chatting under the influence of singing and dancing. Looking at the comfortable atmosphere, a certain empress couldn't help but sigh softly:

"Singing and dancing bring peace and prosperity..."

"Is this a prosperous age?"

"?!"

Su Yupan was startled, turned to look at Qin Lang who opened the door and walked in, wrapped up his clothes:

"How did you get in?"

"I knocked on the door, and Sumire let me in."

"Oh…"

The empress was enjoying herself enjoying the beautiful scenery under her rule, but she didn't pay attention to this.

"Where's Sumire?"

"Hey Zhenji, let's go."

Go visit Zhen Ji early in the morning. This girl had this habit when she was in Qingniugang, and it is still the same now.

"You...what are you doing?"

Seeing Qin Lang approaching, the empress keenly felt that she might be hugged again.

"Hug you."

"..."

as predicted.

Su Yupan stared at Qin Lang's eyes and saw that his left eye said "Justified" and his right eye said "Of course". His eyelashes trembled. He didn't have any extra thoughts now, so he just said "Oh" There was a sound.

"Then you hug..."

Qin Lang hugged him, and Su Yupan immediately realized something was wrong and pushed him away gently:
  "and many more!"

"?"

"I'll put my clothes on first..."

Su Yupan was simply wearing a robe at this time, without a belt or anything. The loose skirt of her clothes was held up by the pair of fat white jade rabbits on her chest.

"what?"

Qin Lang's eyes suddenly lit up, causing Su Yupan to immediately tighten his clothes tightly:

"What are you looking at..."

"Have you changed the words on this...?"

"?"

Su Yupan followed Qin Lang's gaze and looked at the white cloth wrapped around his heart.

She and her sister Su Yinping have the same figure that is inconvenient for riding horses, so they also chose to wear breast wraps as underwear this time.

Last time Su Yinping wrote the word "江湖" on his chest.

But this time, whether it was the sisters' shared hobbies or a tacit understanding, Su Yupan also wrote the word "天下" on his chest.

Su Yinping has a big heart.

Su Yupan has the world in mind. It seemed reasonable, but Qin Lang didn't know the true identity of the person in front of him yet, so he stared at her white [World] for a while, looking a little fascinated.

This world…

So majestic…

"Ahem, that's it. I'll put it on properly later."

"Eh?"

Qin Lang skillfully hugged the empress from behind. This time, his crossed arms supported her slightly. All he could say was that he felt an inexplicable happiness.

"..."

Su Yupan felt his little movements, tensed up and felt deeply ashamed and angry. At the same time, he forced himself to stay calm and asked:
  "Have you ever... treated me so frivolously before..."

"Frivolous? Before?"

Qin Lang relaxed his arms with a guilty conscience and stopped trying to "exaggerate", and then said solemnly:
  "Yin Ping, why don't you believe me? I told you before that it was for acupuncture, there's nothing I can do about it."

"?"

Acupuncture…

Su Yupan remembered what Qin Lang said before about his sister crying when her acupoints were tapped, and she suddenly guessed something clearly in her heart, and her eyebrows trembled:
  "Where did you tap last time?"

"At once…"

Qin Lang recalled and poked.

thump~
  "Yeah~?!"

Su Yupan felt a small electric current rush through his body for a moment, his heart trembled, his back, forehead and cheeks all heated up. He bit his silver teeth, panted heavily and glared at Qin Lang.

"Uh…"

Qin Lang didn't expect the other party's reaction to be so strong. He silently retracted his finger and said awkwardly:
  "This... acupuncture thing, let's recall it later..."

……

Alas, a woman’s heart is really a needle in the sea.

Speaking of which, Su Yinping had been so bold and proactive in kissing herself before, but now she was so reserved in this slightly intimate contact. I don't know if her standards were a little uncertain or if she was just a little impatient.

……

Qin Lang suppressed the urge to move the world a few times, and just held Su Yupan calmly, watching the scenery outside with her.

"Hey…"

"Ok?"

"What did you mean when you just said...'This is the golden age?'"

"Hey, this time you go to the capital, you really have the world in mind."

Qin Lang smiled:

"I'll just say a few words based on your exclamation. I just want to say that singing and dancing does not necessarily mean a peaceful and prosperous age."

"..."

No one cares about the world more than the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and no one cares more about what people think of the current country of the Great Zhou Dynasty than the Empress.

Therefore, Su Yupan was naturally very concerned about Qin Lang's comments.

"Isn't the prosperity of singing and dancing considered a prosperous age?"

"Well... let's put it this way, there was a poem from the previous dynasty called [Business girls don't know the hatred of the country's subjugation, but they still sing the flowers in the backyard across the river], which shows that sometimes singing and dancing to bring peace does not necessarily represent the prosperity of the country."

"Business girls don't know the hatred of their country's subjugation... they are still singing in the backyard across the river..."

Su Yupan muttered these words, then looked slightly cold:
  "I, the Zhou Dynasty, have no hatred for the country's subjugation and the people are happy. Wouldn't it be better to sing more songs and dance more?"

"It is said that one is born in sorrow and dies in happiness."

Su Yupan felt completely gloomy:

"Qin Lang, what do you mean?"

"Harm, I'm going too far. In fact, if I want to bring it back to the peaceful and prosperous age, I can only say that the Great Zhou Dynasty is not a peaceful and prosperous age at all... Although the wars in the world have temporarily stopped, Beili is still watching with eagerness, and the countries in the southwest are also If the restlessness does not reach the level of [people coming from all directions to pay tribute], the Great Zhou Dynasty will never be called a truly peaceful and prosperous age."

Su Yupan's face became even more ugly:
  "According to your wishes, will it be okay to continue as it was during the late emperor's time, with constant wars and the people on the border suffering from harsh corvées?"

“It doesn’t matter whether it’s good or not, it’s whether it should be done or not.”

Naturally, Qin Lang couldn't notice the change in Su Yupan's expression from behind, so he continued to say casually:
  "Anyway, I feel that blindly pursuing peace and happiness before reaching a truly peaceful and prosperous age will sooner or later lead to the day when [merchant girls do not know the hatred for the country's subjugation, but still sing songs in the backyard across the river]... I think the late emperor was so-called militaristic. At that time, I felt to some extent that it was not the time for Dazhou to be happy yet..."

"Bold!"

With a squeak, Qin Lang suddenly felt as if his body was shaken open by the woman in his arms. When he regained consciousness in a daze, he saw that the woman in front of him was looking directly at him coldly. The faint aura actually made him feel... I feel like I can't help but want to look up.

(End of this chapter)