Chapter 70: Smiling with a worthless look
Huo Xiao's eyes darkened. "Not only is it naughty, it also has a violent temper and is difficult to tame. It hates people approaching it, and even more so, it hates being touched."
Su Yunyao, who was stroking Lightning's fur, slowly turned her head, looked at her hands on the horse's back, and then glanced at Huo Xiao.
"Hate touching?"
Huo Xiao: ...
Is it his illusion?
Why did he feel that Lightning was laughing, and his smile looked so worthless.
Can horses laugh?
Huo Xiao patted Lightning on the nose and jumped onto the horse.
Su Yunyao's face darkened. "No, why did you hit it?"
Huo Xiao: ...
Huo Xiao was confused, "I...I didn't hit it."
Su Yunyao was indignant and gently stroked the place where Huo Xiao hit her.
"You said you didn't hit it, but why did you pat its nose? I saw it all."
Huo Xiao: ...
he……
He just couldn't stand Lightning's mean look.
As luck would have it, Lightning also hummed at this moment, making a strange sound that was rarely heard from a horse's mouth.
Huo Xiao: ???
Su Yunyao's face showed surprise. "You just said that lightning has spirituality. It's true. It really can understand what we say."
Huo Xiao: ...
A black line flashed over Huo Xiao's head.
He was not feeling well at all.
Can you understand?
Lightning horse!
"Princess, it's already late. I will take you to the General's Mansion first."
After Huo Xiao finished speaking, he stretched out a hand towards Su Yunyao and explained, "Princess, I really didn't hit it. I was just giving it orders."
Give orders?
Su Yunyao showed a suspicious expression.
"Just like when I want to run like lightning, I will spank its butt. Just now, I just didn't want to see it acting so shameless, so I patted its nose."
Su Yunyao was filled with questions:???
“Is that so?”
Huo Xiao said firmly, "That's right."
Su Yunyao seemed to be thinking, "According to what you said, flattery is actually giving orders."
Huo Xiao: ???
"Princess, flattery means to please others with flattering words. When I say flattery, I mean to make it move forward. This kind of flattery is not the same as that kind of flattery."
"Oh~"
Su Yunyao drawled, a sly curve at the corner of her lips, and she burst out laughing.
"Do you really think this princess doesn't know?"
Huo Xiao: ...
He was certain and certain that the eldest princess was deliberately teasing him.
Huo Xiao pulled the corner of his lips helplessly, "Princess, please come up. It's late at night and the weather is cold. Princess, don't catch a cold."
Only then did Su Yunyao place her hand in Huo Xiao's palm.
Her hand had a slightly cool touch.
It seems that the eldest princess's hands are always cold.
Even though it was cold, it felt like fire. A slight touch would make Huo Xiao's mind go blank and he couldn't control his emotions.
Following the force of his wrist, Su Yunyao sat in his arms.
Huo Xiao pulled the reins in his hand and turned around in a flash. Ji Yan appeared in front of the two of them.
"Yu~"
Huo Xiao suddenly tightened the reins, causing Lightning to stop on the spot.
Ji Yan clasped his hands together, knelt on one knee and saluted, "I pay my respects to the Princess and General Huo."
Su Yunyao looked at her calmly and with interest, "Get up."
Ji Yan frowned, "Where is General Huo taking the princess so late at night?"
There was no trace of emotion on Huo Xiao's stern face. "This seems to have nothing to do with General Ji."
It was clearly a question, but the tone was affirmative.
Ji Yan's tone was heavy. "General Huo, the war is not over yet, and the Emperor's decree to attack the Imperial City of Xijing has arrived. As the commander-in-chief, how can you leave the barracks without permission?"
Huo Xiao sneered, "The reinforcements have just arrived and need at least three days of rest. I personally led the troops to capture the thirteen cities of Xijing. General Ji also said that I am the commander-in-chief. So, I don't need to explain what I want to do to anyone."
There was no expression on Huo Xiao's angular face, and his pair of black eyes were unfathomable.
Ji Yan seemed to know that she couldn't convince Huo Xiao, so she simply turned to Su Yunyao and said, "Princess, you and General Huo, men and women shouldn't touch each other, and you're riding on the same horse. Aren't you afraid of damaging your reputation if so many people in the army see you?"
Without waiting for Su Yunyao to speak, Huo Xiao spoke coldly, "General Ji, you have overstepped your bounds. The Princess is not someone you can casually question. If this general fails to discipline the army strictly and allows the soldiers to gossip about her behind her back, you will be punished by military law."
Ji Yan frowned, "General Huo..."
Su Yunyao scratched Huo Xiao's palm with a teasing look on her face, even though it was just a small movement that was not noticed by anyone.
Huo Xiao felt as if an electric shock had passed through his whole body. A tingling sensation spread rapidly from his palm to his entire body, and a look of unnaturalness flashed across his face.
He pulled the reins, and lightning passed Ji Yan and quickly left the military camp.
Su Yunyao had ridden a horse before, but it was a penned horse in the park. It looked lifeless and wouldn't move a step after being patted twice. There was no sense of experience at all.
War horses are different. Galloping across the grassland in the dark night really feels like running at lightning speed.
"Huo Xiao, does Ji Yan like you?"
"What?" Huo Xiao was stunned by the question and quickly reacted, "No."
"no?"
Su Yunyao turned around while sitting in Huo Xiao's arms.
Huo Xiao's arms, which were originally around her waist, tightened instantly, pulling the reins to make Lightning run slower.
Su Yunyao pinched his earlobe and played with it gently, "Really?"
Huo Xiao's body trembled noticeably, his eyes showing an ambiguous emotion, but he remained firm, "It's really not."
Su Yunyao let go of her hand and did not continue asking questions. Her fingertips slowly slid down to his collar, hooked it and pulled it down, then kissed his lips.
He just pecked it lightly and then quickly retreated.
"Huo Xiao, what's that thing under you? It's on me."
Huo Xiao suddenly tightened the reins in his hand, and Lightning was caught off guard by the pull. His front hooves flew into the air, and he let out a long "whoosh" from his mouth, and stood still.
Su Yunyao didn't expect him to react so strongly and was shocked.
But soon, she came to her senses, cupped his red cheeks with both hands, blinked her eyes, and blinked again and again, full of innocence.
"What's wrong? Is it something shameful? Why are you reacting so strongly?"
Huo Xiao's cheeks were so red that blood seemed to drip out, but they had already turned crimson purple in the night.
He held it in for a long time, and squeezed out two words from between his teeth, "Princess..."
"What's wrong?" Su Yunyao stared at him with innocent eyes.
Huo Xiao pursed his lips into a straight line, "How about Princess sit behind this humble minister?"
"Hmm?" Su Yunyao raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Nothing... nothing." Huo Xiao's face had turned the color of liver. "I just want the princess to sit more comfortably."
"oh."
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