He discovered Su Yan was staring at that black-clothed Assassin with great interest.
His tone was aningful.
"Miss, you’ve saved this Prince’s life again."
Su Yan nodded.
"Mm-hmm."
So, was he planning to conveniently send her to the Capital?
Situ Xiu spoke slowly.
"Miss’s skills truly make this Prince admire you."
Su Yan thought about how she’d just made her move.
"It was okay."
She hadn’t really done much.
She’d just thrown a rock.
Situ Xiu looked at Su Yan’s face.
It was the first ti he’d seen a girl like this.
So... interesting.
A sharp light flashed in his eyes; his lids lowered, hiding his emotions, as he said slowly,
"Just now, Miss said you wanted to go to the Capital?"
"Yeah."
"Such a small matter, this Prince can naturally handle. It’s just... are you sure you only want this one reward?"
He lifted his head, the corners of his lips curved with a smile, looking very approachable.
Actually, this was what Su Yan had in mind.
Once she got to the Capital, she’d go straight to the Imperial Palace.
Kill that fake.
Then she could go back to being her Empress.
However, from the way he looked, it was like he really wanted to give her sothing.
She honestly asked,
"Does Prince want to reward with sothing else?"
Situ Xiu laughed heartily.
"This Prince thinks you’re rare to co by clever."
He paused.
Then added,
"This Prince is short one guard at his side. Would Miss be willing?"
Su Yan hadn’t expected the topic to take such a turn.
So much so that she froze there.
Weren’t they just talking about rewards?
How did she suddenly beco a guard?
She asked in confusion,
"Won can be guards too?"
"Naturally."
Su Yan wanted to refuse.
"I don’t want to..."
She’d just said half a sentence.
Situ Xiu cut her off.
He held a smile at the corners of his thin, cool lips, his voice unhurried.
"This Prince’s rewards are rare. Could it be that Miss thinks a death decree would be better?"
Su Yan:
"..."
Her eyes widened slightly.
She stared at him.
This was a threat, right?
If she didn’t beco a guard, he’d have her killed?
She struggled between these two options for a long ti.
In the end, Su Yan bit her lip and muttered,
"I’ll do it."
As soon as the words fell, Situ Xiu let out a laugh.
He was genuinely laughing.
He tapped Su Yan’s hand with that string of Buddha Beads made of green jade.
"May this Prince ask, what is the na of this new guard of mine?"
"Su... Song Su."
"Then Guard Song, your hand around this Prince’s waist is digging in and hurts like hell. Shouldn’t you let go now?"
Only when Su Yan heard this did she realize she’d been clutching him tightly the whole ti.
With his reminder, she imdiately pulled her hand back.
Su Yan stood there.
And asked,
"I... your subordinate doesn’t know what I’m supposed to do."
Situ Xiu looked at her serious, straight-faced expression.
The aggrieved, bullied look she’d had when she reluctantly agreed just now was completely gone.
He stood there, noble and imposing, fingers rolling the Buddha Beads.
"Whatever this Prince says, you do. Understand?"
Su Yan nodded.
"Yes."
Then, Su Yan obediently followed behind Situ Xiu.
Wherever he went, she followed.
Su Yan herself didn’t feel anything.
But the group of Hidden Guards behind them were all collectively stunned.
Very soon, a luxurious carriage arrived.
Three horses pulled it, dark patterns were embroidered on the curtain, and the two characters "Situ" were strikingly visible.
Everything about it scread high-profile and extravagant.
Su Yan rode in this kind of carriage back to the Capital.
Xiao Hua watched its Host, unfamiliar yet stubbornly driving the carriage like hired muscle.
"Host, you still have to go back and unify the realm."
Su Yan answered Xiao Hua while driving.
"No rush."
Xiao Hua snorted.
She’d been in such a rush before.
t Lord Hero and now she wasn’t in any rush.
What was that called again?
Lecherous?
Uh, forgot.
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