Priceless: A widow with a baby asks the prince to marry again

Chapter 170: Draw Warmth

Although Chu Shiyu decided to restrain himself, he couldn't help the itchy feeling when he heard the rustling sound of clothes rubbing against each other behind him...

To prevent his blood from boiling and causing him to act impulsively, he took the initiative to divert attention: "When you encounter problems in the future, don't risk yourself so easily, okay? Believe me, you can rely on me."

After taking off all the wet clothes, Liu Rusi admired the white and strong long legs without any hesitation. It was rare to see his frank back... He had a great figure...

"It's just a swim, how can you bet on yourself?"

"Swimming?! In the cold autumn, when your period is approaching, you want to jump into that unlucky pond?!" Chu Shiyu scolded again in a vicious voice.

Seeing that his back muscles were showing anger, Liu Rusi asked, "Huaqing Pond is full of rippling green waters and has a pleasant scenery. How can you say it's unlucky?"

His body was stiff for a moment, and Chu Shiyu dressed more slowly.

"Many people have died in that pond..."

Chu Shiyu let go of his worries halfway through his words and said with a little grievance and depression: "When I was eleven years old, I was led to Huaqing Pond. In the winter in Beijing, the pond would freeze thickly. I walked onto the ice without any precautions, but when I reached a certain place, a hole collapsed on the ice.

"I couldn't swim at that time. The Second Prince and his servants were nearby, but I was struggling under the ice and no one came to help me... I almost became one of the dead souls in Huaqing Pond..."

Knowing that he was trying to gain sympathy, Liu Rusi couldn't help but feel distressed. She had heard about the despair of falling into an icy cave. The cold made the body stiff, and the sunlight penetrated the ice, but there was no sense of hope.

"Did the Second Prince do this?"

"No, the day before, Concubine Xian broke the ice there on the pretext of fishing. The ice froze overnight and looked no different from the ones around it, but it would break if someone stepped on it."

Chu Shiyu said indifferently: "The Second Prince was also led there. Concubine Xian tried to kill two birds with one stone, killing me and framing others... The Second Prince just watched me die without helping."

But Liu Rusi suddenly understood. No wonder Chu Shiyu was not moved at all when he mentioned the second prince's stupidity. It was normal for him to watch him die without helping him and treat him as a stranger...

"Then how were you saved?"

Chu Shiyu looked towards the door and said frankly, "It was Xiao Jizi who jumped into the ice cave and rescued me to shore."

Liu Rusi tied her belt and said absentmindedly, "Everyone says you are cold-hearted, but it's different with me... But I always feel that's not you. Sure enough, they didn't see it completely."

Rui Feng's eyes were slightly stunned. He was also cold-hearted in his judgment of herself, but in her eyes, wasn't it the same?

Chu Shiyu spoke in a complicated tone, revealing the details that had been hidden: "In fact, it is not difficult to take Xiao Jizi out of the palace. You cannot keep eunuchs without the emperor's permission, and asking for the emperor's permission... It's basically just a matter of one sentence, but I never asked."

Liu Rusi looked at him strangely. Was Chu Shiyu trying to prove that he was cold-blooded and heartless?

Walking forward to help him straighten out his pinned hem, she guessed, "Because Xiao Jizi is the emperor's man, you don't want him to continue to spy on you, so you don't take him out of the palace, right? You are not cold-hearted, you just suppress your emotional side so that people see your coldness."

Chu Shiyu was skeptical about her interpretation, but emphasized seriously: "But you are indeed different. You are the only one I really care about."

"Um…"

Liu Rusi responded and continued to speculate in her mind. In this way, she could understand why he was so obsessed with her.

Experiences shape a person's soul, and childhood experiences are the cornerstone of life.

All the various people he met in the past, no matter their status, were part of the power arena, and he could not and would not treat them with sincerity.

But humans are not plants or trees, how can they be heartless?

Until he met her, a "simple" peasant woman who had no connection with the capital, all his repressed emotions were released to her without reservation...

Like the saying goes, I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light.

How can a heart that has been imprisoned, having experienced the freedom, let go of the person who made it different?

Isn't she the same...

In my previous life, I spent my childhood suffering from the desire for care, and finally learned to deceive myself. I no longer needed feelings and only worked hard towards my ideal goal.

When she met Qin Lie, the lies she had deceived herself were exposed. No matter whether it was family, love or friendship, in short, her heart was burning as never before...

So, she held on to the ashes stubbornly and refused to let go, hoping to absorb the warmth that had already passed away...

“You can never step into the same river twice.”

She spoke softly, following her inner feelings and hugged the narrow waist of the person in front of her from behind.

She needed warmth and she couldn't deceive herself again.

But she couldn't do it, to love another person as if she had never loved before.

Her heart is contradictory and greedy.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Being hugged by her, Chu Shiyu couldn't help but feel overjoyed, but she pressed close to him, as if absorbing warmth. Besides being surprised, he was also a little worried.

"Are you cold? Are you feeling unwell? Should I ask Xiao Jizi to get you some hot water?"

What a straight man... Liu Rusi chuckled and let go, jokingly saying, "I just want to hug you, is that not okay?"

Chu Shiyu was stunned with surprise, then turned around excitedly, quickly hugged her back, took her hand and put it on his waist! He said in a hurry: "Yes! Of course! As long as you want, anytime!"

Obediently leaning in his arms, Liu Rusi turned to the main topic in a low voice: "Are you going to stay in the palace tonight?"

"Go find Qin Hao later and I'll take you out."

Chu Shiyu only talked about themselves, but Liu Rusi had already heard the subtext and frowned and asked, "Can't everyone leave the palace yet?"

"The ministers will only stay for two more days." Chu Shiyu said disapprovingly.

Combined with the information from the palace banquet, Liu Rusi could also guess that the emperor wanted to prevent the military intelligence from being leaked. She raised her head and questioned, "Will the emperor allow us to leave early?"

"Neither you nor I are talkative people. I'm worried about you staying in the palace... Who knows if there will be more troubles like Concubine Xian?" Chu Shiyu was still annoyed about this.

Liu Rusi also understood that the emperor did not agree with Chu Shiyu leaving privately, but he was determined to go his own way... It would probably be impossible to talk about fairness to a privileged class like him.

She loosened her arms and put some distance between them. She asked seriously, "Why are you so confident? Is that golden statue enough to win the emperor's favor?"

Not satisfied with her letting him go, Chu Shiyu pretended to tell a secret, closed the distance between them, leaned close to her ear, and whispered to her the logic between the gold mine, Myanmar, and the situation in Daxia in a concise manner.

Liu Rusi’s eyes widened. This was an area she had never been exposed to before!

Plundering local interests and transferring them to the country...isn't this colonization? !

However, Liu Rusi discovered that as a citizen of a powerful country that benefited from it, the sense of morality was not that strong...