Huan Xuan's smile aroused her interest, and she crossed her arms and waited.
Xuan Ma was indeed irritable and kept shaking his hands, trying to break free from the shackles.
Not only the horse herder, but even the guards who came with Huan Xuan were worried about this pretty lady - such a fierce horse, they were not sure they could tame it in one go.
The horseman was going to move the stepping stone, but Sui Sui just said "No need", held the reins with his right hand, and stroked the horse's back with his left hand, along the neck to the horse's spine, with gentle and slow movements.
Huan Xuan looked at the hand sliding gently on the horse's back and somehow he unconsciously tensed his back.
Xuan Ma kicked up his front hooves in resistance at first, but Sui Sui was not panicked at all and continued to stroke the horse's back slowly and steadily. After a while, Xuan Ma slowly calmed down.
Sui Sui touched the horse's back along its spine and gently stroked Xuan Ma's ears, which stood up.
Huan Xuan's ears also felt inexplicably itchy, he turned away and coughed twice.
Sui Sui didn't notice the abnormality in his expression and was concentrating on calming the restless horse.
Under her careful and patient caressing, Xuanma finally lowered his neck slightly, turned his ears to the sides, shook his tail, and neighed softly.
The horseman was secretly surprised. This fiery beast was unusually docile today. Could it be that it also understood human nature, knew beauty and ugliness, and became obedient when it saw a beautiful woman
He didn't know that Sui Sui had been dealing with horses since she was a toddler, and had ridden countless horses since she was a child. Although this technique looked ordinary, it was actually the experience she had accumulated from dealing with countless horses.
Seeing that it was almost cooked, she withdrew her hand, gently pushed on the horse's back, and flew away with a graceful figure, like a butterfly flying through flowers or a young swallow flying in the rain, really pleasing to the eye.
This skill not only amazed Huan Xuan, but also the guards beside him couldn't help but cheer in a low voice.
Sui Sui fell on the horse's back, but the black horse was not so easy to deal with. It seemed to realize that it was in danger, and it struggled and leaped hard, raising its front hooves, almost standing up, trying its best to throw the man off its back.
However, Sui Sui still sat firmly on the horse's back, holding the reins tightly and quickly wrapping them around his wrist.
The reins dug into her fair skin like a vine.
As the horse's back tilted and swayed, her straight and slender legs lightly clamped the horse's belly, tense with the force, drawing out beautiful and seductive lines.
Huan Xuan felt an inexplicable tightness in his waist and abdomen.
Xuanma seemed to know that it was difficult to deal with the person on its back, so he suddenly let go of all four hooves and ran wildly.
The guards could not help but let out a low cry of surprise, and the horseman was so frightened that his legs went limp. He knew that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi was always fair in rewarding and punishing, but he doted on his concubines. If anything happened to them, who knew if he would vent his anger on them? He wailed in his heart, "My life is over," and he almost cried out.
One of the guards could not help but say to Huan Xuan: "Your Highness, this horse is difficult to tame. If it continues like this, Lady Lu might get into trouble. How about I ride a horse and chase her..."
Huan Xuan raised his hand to stop him: "No need."
He still folded his arms and looked at the woman on the horse expressionlessly: "She can."
Xuanma galloped around the parade ground at a rapid speed, leaving only an afterimage, but Suisui remained firmly on the horse's back. When Xuanma reached the edge of the parade ground, it suddenly spread its four hooves, leaped forward, and jumped towards the fence.
The leap was more than one person high. When the man and the horse reached the highest point, the guards' hearts were in their throats, and even Huan Xuan couldn't help but hold his breath.
The woman raised her body slightly, put her whole body weight on the stirrup, loosened the reins, and as the black horse leaped, she almost left the horse's back, but fell back steadily the moment her four hooves touched the ground.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the horseman's thighs were trembling, sweat was pouring out, and one of them almost lost his balance and fell to the ground.
Xuanma tried his best to get rid of the person on his back, but failed. Finally, it gradually calmed down. He was seen slowing down his pace, drooping his head slightly, and his ears drooped limply, indicating that he had finally accepted his fate.
She smiled and scratched the horse's neck, gently pulled the reins, turned the horse's bridle, slowly trotted around the training ground, and returned to Huan Xuan.
Huan Xuan looked at the woman and her horse approaching from afar. The setting winter sun cast a layer of warm golden color on the woman's body. She had obviously exerted a lot of effort and had a thin layer of sweat on her forehead. Her wet forehead was sticking to her smooth forehead. Her bun was loose and her silver hairpin was lost somewhere. Her long black hair was like satin dancing in the wind.
Her whole body looked like a flower washed by rain, her cheeks were stained with the summer glow between the sea and sky, her amber eyes were exceptionally bright, flashing with joy, yet she remained calm and composed, as if she had just completed a small task that should have been completed.
Huan Xuan suddenly felt that the woman on the horse was a little strange, she was simply dazzling.
The sky, dead trees, rising dust, and even her ugly Hu clothing, all became a boring background. She seemed to be the only bold and colorful stroke in this vast world.
But how can a skilled painter create such colors
For a moment, he forgot the woman's origin and that she was Ruan Yuewei's substitute, and just stared at her without blinking.
She must look very beautiful in a red dress, he thought.
This thought flashed through his mind, and he was also surprised. He remembered that when he first met Ruan Yuewei, she was wearing a fiery scarlet dress. But the scarlet wedding dress she wore today did not leave any impression on him. When the dress became darker in color, she became pale.
Sometimes she was so different from the little girl in red clothes in his impression that his mind was torn between them.
Huan Xuan turned around and pinched his eyebrows.
The person in front of him is just a substitute, why would he have such messed up thoughts
He couldn't help but sneer. It was probably because Huan Minggui had been talking nonsense too much that he had unknowingly gone insane.
He rolled off the horse and rubbed his wrist.
Huan Xuan's eyes fell on her hands, and he saw deep red marks on her fair wrists and the backs of her hands caused by the horse reins.
His throat felt a little dry, and his Adam's apple moved unconsciously.
He glanced around and, as expected, the guards were also looking at the hunter girl, their eyes were full of admiration and appreciation, and some men had an instinctive yearning for a woman like her.
The hunter woman, however, seemed accustomed to such looks and did not take it seriously.
Huan Xuan suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, with an inexplicable anxiety in his heart. He wanted to hide her somewhere where no one could see her, but then he realized that he was being ridiculous.
Sui Sui didn't know that he was struggling with his conscience, so he stepped forward and bowed: "Your Highness, I have tamed this horse."
Her breathing was still a little rapid, and her voice sounded a little tired and hoarse, as if a veil was caressing her ears.
Her frontier accent, after being corrected by Grandma Gao, was better than when she first arrived in Chang'an, but she still didn't speak the elegant language very well. However, it was not unpleasant to the ear and had a different kind of charm.
Huan Xuan became even more agitated. He wanted to hide her voice as well, put it in a cabinet, and lock it with a big and sturdy iron lock.
He lowered his face to avoid anyone noticing: "This Xuan Ma is yours."
Sui Sui noticed that his eyes were not eyes and his nose was not a nose. He guessed that he was probably ashamed of losing the horse race, and the joy in his heart suddenly doubled.
She smiled more brightly: "Thank you, Your Highness, for the reward."
Huan Xuan turned his face away from her and said coldly, "It's late, let's go back to Chang'anfang."
After saying this, he told the groom to deliver the black horse to the Shanchi Courtyard in Chang'anfang tomorrow, and then he walked out.
Sui Sui was accustomed to his occasional bad temper and didn't take it to heart, so he followed him into the carriage.
The two of them came with a small entourage, and the carriage was not very big. Sui sweated a little while riding, and there was a warm fragrance from his body that was stronger than usual, like a flower, but it was not any kind of flower in the world. It had a hint of sweetness, which made people have evil thoughts growing in the dark.
Huan Xuan felt as if he was being fried in honey, his abdomen seemed to be burning with charcoal fire, and his mind was full of the hunter woman's waist and hips moving on the horse just now.
The more he suffered, the colder his face became. He squinted at Sui Sui and said, "Lu..."
This was the first time he called her by her last name, even though it was fake.
Sui Sui raised his eyes in surprise: "What do you want, Your Highness?"
Huan Xuan said coldly: "Why don't you burn some incense?"
Sui Sui just remembered this. Normally when she saw Huan Xuan, he was always wearing clothes scented with Leng Yue's fragrance. Today, since she was going to the West Market, she changed into her old clothes and naturally did not use any incense.
She was sweating again just now, maybe there is some strange smell
That shouldn't be the case. She used to eat and sleep with the soldiers in the barracks. Sometimes she was not comfortable during the march and could not take a bath for several days. But no one said that she had a strange body odor.
She glanced at Huan Xuan, but saw him leaning against the wall of the car, his face turned away, his brows frowned, as if he could not bear it for a moment.
Sui Sui quietly raised his arm and sniffed, but didn't smell anything. Then he thought, it's my own body odor but I can't smell it.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi was a very particular person. He could not afford to offend anyone with his noble character. He said apologetically, "I was in a hurry to leave and forgot to burn incense. It's my fault."
After saying that, he tactfully moved aside.
Huan Xuan snorted coldly, turned his body inward, pretended to tidy up his clothes, and casually pulled up the hem of his cloak to cover his legs.
It was already dark when we returned to Shanchiyuan.
Huan Xuan endured the whole journey and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the creaking sound of the black door of the Shanchi courtyard.
He did not get off the sedan chair to change to a sedan chair, but said directly to the carriage attendant: "Let's go to Qinghan Courtyard."
Gao Mai came out and bowed in front of the carriage: "Your Highness..."
Huan Xuan interrupted him: "If you have anything to say, come back and report it later."
"But… "
Before Gao Mai could finish saying "but", the carriage had already passed by him quickly.
Sui Sui was hungry and tired, and just wanted to go back to his yard to take a shower, change clothes, and then have a big meal.
But when they arrived at the gate of Qinghan Courtyard, Huan Xuan showed no intention of asking her to get out of the car.
The carriage passed through the double gates and went straight into the inner courtyard.
As soon as the carriage stopped, Huan Xuan said to the carriage attendants and eunuchs, "You can leave now."
Sui Sui only then realized something was wrong and looked at the man's profile suspiciously.
However, the carriage was dark and I could only vaguely make out a dark shadow, and couldn't tell what was going on.
"Get out of the car." Huan Xuan said.
Sui Sui jumped out of the car as he was told, and Huan Xuan followed closely behind.
As soon as her feet touched the ground, she was picked up by the man.
"Your Highness?" Sui Sui was stunned.
Huan Xuan didn't say anything, his slightly disordered breathing sprayed behind her ears and on her neck, burning her.
I soon realized that dinner would not be available for a while.
Huan Xuan held her up the stairs, kicked the door open, and walked straight into the inner room without turning on the lights.
He sat on the couch, but let her sit between his legs, and couldn't wait to pull her belt off.
Sui Sui was stunned: "I am sweating and haven't bathed yet."
Huan Xuan uttered a low "hmm".
His tall nose rubbed against her neck, and he suddenly held her earlobe in his mouth and said vaguely, "I'll carry you there later."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a tall and mighty voice coming from outside the door: "Your Highness..."
Huan Xuan paused, his face looking so gloomy that water seemed to drip out of it.
"I'm fine." He said to Sui Sui in a hoarse voice, put on his clothes, walked out of the house, and slammed the door curtain: "What's the matter?"
Gao Mai said stubbornly: "Your Highness, Prince Yuzhang is here to visit us. We have been waiting for a long time..."
Huan Xuan was startled, then frowned: "I told you I wasn't here, do you need me to teach you such a small matter?"
Gao Mai bent his waist like a shrimp: "This old slave deserves to die, but Prince Yuzhang saw His Highness's carriage passing by just now, and heard His Highness's voice, I'm afraid..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard a plaintive and frivolous voice coming from outside the courtyard gate: "Ziheng, I heard that you were ill, so I came to visit you. Why are you avoiding me? It really makes me feel cold!"