Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents-Chapter 247 - 57: I’ve Got a Man? So This Is Love_2

Chapter 247: Chapter 57: I’ve Got a Man? So This Is Love_2

You could see them from far away.

Some of the kids on horseback were only a few years old, but their riding skills were even better than many grown-ups.

It’s just the climate and the land, you know?

Here in Xihe, every family has a horse. Trying to get anything done without riding—if you just run everywhere yourself—not only does it take way more time, you’d be dead tired before you get half of it done.

People like Chai Hong from Xihe.

Seeing all this, they wore expressions of pure pride.

After all, doesn’t this sort of prove that Xihe people are basically born to be brave and tough?

...

Finally.

After a few more days on the road.

They finally reached the Imperial City of Xihe.

Ye Liuyun had always been curious—was Xihe’s Imperial City just a bunch of big yurts stuck together?

But now, Ye Liuyun realized he’d overthought it.

Xihe Dynasty’s Imperial City wasn’t all that different from the Great Qian Dynasty’s Imperial City.

Other than a whole bunch of Xihe’s unique markings everywhere, everything else was just as you’d expect.

Once you got inside the city, you could still see plenty of vendors shouting about their wares.

Ye Liuyun had Dong Xian lead a thousand soldiers to set up camp outside the Imperial City. After all, if they all marched inside, you could bet people would be a little worried.

As for the remaining hundred or so Embroidered Uniform Guards, Ye Liuyun brought them along.

"This is great!"

Once inside the city walls, Si Nan couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief, looking super grateful.

"What’s up?"

Exhausted already?

Jiang Jing glanced over at Si Nan, curious about his reaction.

"Good thing!"

"Good thing not every woman in Xihe looks like that!"

...

So that’s all you care about?

Jiang Jing rolled his eyes at Si Nan, not even planning to engage with this clown anymore. Embarrassing.

The Xihe women’s clothes all had animal skins as decorations. Maybe they didn’t have the gentle aura of Great Qian’s ladies, but they had taller, more commanding figures—a bit like queens, honestly.

When they made it to the Xihe palace.

Xihe folks naturally came to escort Yan Huilan away. The rest of this business was out of Ye Liuyun’s hands now.

"Let’s go."

After watching the palace people take Yan Huilan’s carriage away,

Chai Hong finally turned to Ye Liuyun and the others.

"His Majesty said I’m to show you your lodgings first. Tomorrow, His Majesty himself will welcome you!"

With a new emperor on the throne,

there were bound to be tons of things to take care of. No time—that’s normal.

Ye Liuyun didn’t argue with Chai Hong’s arrangements. He just nodded to show he agreed.

...

Soon enough.

Ye Liuyun and crew were led to a pretty spacious tavern.

"You’ll be staying here for the time being."

The tavern looked clean enough; if anything, Ye Liuyun was even less picky.

"Thank you!"

Chai Hong nodded politely, waved toward her people, and took her leave.

"Uh!"

Seeing Chai Hong leave just like that,

Shi Sheng watched with puppy-dog eyes, then turned to Ye Liuyun.

"The way I see it, you don’t really have anything to do. If you want to chase after her, go ahead, just remember to come back for tomorrow!"

Ye Liuyun really didn’t have any task for Shi Sheng.

So if Shi Sheng was serious about this, just go for it. Ye Liuyun wouldn’t get in the way.

Hearing Ye Liuyun say that,

Shi Sheng’s face lit up, and he replied immediately.

"Thank you, sir!"

With that,

Shi Sheng immediately ran off in Chai Hong’s direction.

"Hey, what do you guys think?"

As he watched Shi Sheng’s back disappear, Si Nan suddenly shot a question at everyone.

"If those two really do get together—Shi Sheng and Chai Hong—who’s going to be on top, and who’s gonna be on the bottom?"

Everyone’s first reaction, of course, was the guy, Shi Sheng.

But considering Chai Hong’s build, you really couldn’t say for sure.

After a moment’s silence,

they all looked at each other and, quite in sync, burst into quiet laughter.

...

Shi Sheng had no idea.

He’d barely left when Si Nan was already gossiping about him.

After leaving the tavern, Chai Hong initially planned to ride off directly, but as soon as she got on her horse, here came Shi Sheng catching up.

"You need something?"

"I, uh..."

He might look rough, but when it came down to it, Shi Sheng did get a little shy.

"I... I’ve never been to Xihe before—I wanted to explore a bit. Could you show me around?"

...

Chai Hong didn’t answer right away.

Sure, she looked tough, but Chai Hong wasn’t stupid. She watched Shi Sheng’s eyes,

and remembering how he’d acted this whole trip, she started to have a wild guess in her heart—even if she couldn’t quite believe it.

"You—don’t tell me you like me?"

Honestly,

Chai Hong had never once thought of that before.

She knew perfectly well what she looked like. Her rank wasn’t low, but not a single soul had ever tried to set her up,

and not one of her subordinates was interested either.

They’re all scared! If they ever got into a fight, a swing of that meteor hammer could send their heads flying off.

"Wait—so straightforward?"

Shi Sheng hadn’t expected her to be that direct.

Weren’t you supposed to chat around it a little?

"Like means like, not like means not like. Stop beating around the bush and spit it out already!"

Chai Hong was getting impatient.

Damn, it was the first time in her life a man had said he liked her. Her hand holding the meteor hammer was actually trembling—she seriously wanted to smash something.