Chapter 4: So Innocent
Su Yunyao waved her hand and said, "Go ahead."
Even if the carriage hadn't broken down, the collision had caused food and charcoal to be scattered all over the ground, making a mess that would take a while to clean up.
Waiting is waiting...
Where did the fire diver say the fire was?
Misty Rain Tower?
Isn’t that the largest brothel in the capital?
Su Yunyao said that she had never been to a brothel in her life, so she might as well take the opportunity to go and see if the women in ancient brothels were really as charming and beautiful as described in books.
"General Huo, why don't we go and take a look?"
have a look?
When Huo Xiao heard these two words, his eyebrows jumped, "What does the princess want to see?"
"I'm not saying there's a fire in Yanyu Tower. Of course, I'm going to see how the fire is under control and see if they need any help."
Huo Xiao:?
The expression on his face was as stern as ever.
"Yanyu Tower is quite a distance from here. The princess' carriage is broken down. I'm afraid it will be quite a journey to get there now."
"Walk over there?"
Su Yunyao shook her head and glanced at the horse beside him, feeling very puzzled.
"Why do you have to walk over there? Don't you have a horse?"
"The princess can ride a horse?" Huo Xiao was surprised.
"Of course this princess..." Su Yunyao's lips curved awkwardly, "No."
Huo Xiao: ...
She was neither righteous nor confident. "Whether it will be of any use to me, won't General Huo? General Huo can just ride a horse and take me there, won't that be fine?"
"No." Huo Xiao refused outright, "Men and women should not touch each other. The princess is of noble status. How can she ride on the same horse with a humble minister? It's against the rules..."
Huo Xiao only uttered half of the word "ju".
Su Yunyao suddenly raised her hand and pressed her index finger on his lips, "Shut up!"
The cold touch on his lips made Huo Xiao's whole body stiffen suddenly, and the words that were about to come out of his mouth were stuck in his throat.
The fragrance from Su Yunyao's fingertips followed his nostrils and penetrated into his entire body. His brain went blank for a moment and his breathing stopped.
In the moment he lost consciousness, Su Yunyao had already turned over and mounted on the horse.
Huo Xiao: ...
After thinking it over, he walked towards Yanyu Tower holding the reins.
Although their pace was not slow, by the time they arrived at the Misty Rain Tower, the firefighters had already put out more than half of the fire.
There was chaos outside the Yanyu Tower.
Su Yunyao rode high on the horse's back and stretched out a hand towards Huo Xiao. Her slender fingers were so white that they dazzled his eyes, causing his heart, which had just calmed down, to start pounding again.
Huo Xiao was stunned for a moment before he suddenly realized that the princess wanted him to help her dismount.
There really wasn't a stool to dismount from. The princess was a precious woman, and she definitely couldn't jump off a horse that high by herself. What if she got hurt...
He was just helping her get off the horse, and was not being disrespectful to the princess.
Huo Xiao struggled for a while and then held Su Yunyao's hand.
Even though he had already made sufficient defenses in his heart...
But the moment Su Yunyao's fingertips touched him, an indescribable ripple still arose in his heart.
Su Yunyao's fingertips were clearly cold, but they felt hot in his palms.
Huo Xiao's expression tensed, his cheeks instantly turned red to the back of his ears, and his whole body seemed to be on fire.
The moment Su Yunyao stood firm, he quickly let go of her hand, as if deliberately hiding something, turned sideways, and did not dare to look at her.
Su Yunyao looked at the back of his ears, which were red and purple, and the corners of her lips couldn't help but curl up a little. She tiptoed to his shoulder and said in a low voice, "I can't believe that the brave and warlike General Huo is so... innocent."
She really wanted to ravage him.
Innocence?
Su Yunyao's soft words fell into Huo Xiao's ears, and the warm breath beside his ears made his whole body numb.
Su Yunyao suddenly changed the subject.
"But General Huo wasn't like this when he knelt in Xuanzheng Hall just now, begging my brother to reject this princess?"
Huo Xiao's heart skipped a beat: ...
He looked at Su Yunyao with deep eyes, his lips slightly opened, as if he wanted to say something.
In just a moment, a hint of sternness flashed across her shy eyes.
Following his gaze, Su Yunyao turned around and her scalp instantly felt numb.
Shen Qiu Nian?
Su Yunyao really wondered whether it was the original owner who was pestering Shen Qiu Nian, or Shen Qiu Nian who was pestering the original owner?
In just one day, she had already encountered him once, twice, three times...
Why does Chen Qiu Nian seem like a ghost, lingering around?
Huo Xiao didn't seem surprised at all to see him here, and nodded at him calmly.
On the contrary, Shen Qiu Nian should have seen the scene where Huo Xiao pulled Su Yunyao's hand and got out of the car. His eyebrows moved slightly, and a hint of unnaturalness flashed across his face, as if with a hint of shock and inquiry.
There was another burst of commotion.
The firefighters rescued a group of people trapped in the Yanyu Tower by the fire.
The clothes worn by one of the men were the court robes of a fifth-rank official.
"A court official actually visited a prostitute in public? Such a ridiculous act, he didn't even take off his court robes to change into clothes. He was so bold and presumptuous, and no one cared?" Su Yunyao's eyes were heavy, and she seemed very angry.
However, Huo Xiao, who was standing next to her, reacted much calmer.
"Yanyu Tower is the largest brothel in the capital. Besides the women who entertain customers on a daily basis, there are also many court prostitutes. It's normal for officials to come and go. Why is the princess so angry?"
Su Yunyao: ...
OK, OK.
Forgive her ignorance, but the Great Xia Dynasty was indeed an open-minded dynasty. The emperor even allowed officials to visit brothels in groups.
At this time, the woman who was rescued right behind the fifth-rank official had disheveled hair and disheveled clothes. A large area of her body was blackened by the fire, and her fair cheeks were stained with mud.
Even so, it still couldn't hide her beautiful and lovely appearance.
The woman's figure was as graceful as a willow, and her steps were so slow that it seemed as if a gust of wind could blow her down. She walked towards Su Yunyao with a pitiful beauty.
Su Yunyao: ???
Just as she was surprised, Shen Qiu Nian, who had been standing behind her, walked up to her quickly, took off his fox fur cloak, and draped it over the woman's shoulders.
The woman's eyes were filled with tears. "Master Shen."
Su Yunyao: ...
Su Yunyao suddenly realized why she met Chen Qiu Nian at the door of Yanyu Tower at this time. It turned out that he was looking for her.
This woman must be Lin Miaomiao, the one he always claimed to be asking for in marriage in front of his younger brother.
"So this is why the princess is angry?" Huo Xiao spoke angrily, with a hint of coldness in his words.
Angry?
Su Yunyao laughed out loud, too lazy to explain, and felt there was no need to explain anything to him.
"From what General Huo said just now, it seems he knows a lot about brothels?"
Huo Xiao's eyes were dark and unclear, "Where did you get this from?"
Su Yunyao raised an eyebrow. "Didn't General Huo just say that there are many courtesans in this Misty Rain Tower? Could it be that General Huo also frequents it?"
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