Your Highness, Please Love Me Tender

157. A Hug that Is Too Tight

Translator: Flying Lines

Su Jie saw Xiao Shengnian as he wished.

Xiao Shengnian was sitting in a luxurious carriage driven by three good horses and accompanied by a formidable array of palace guards and numerous boxes of valuable items. Every time they passed a county, the local officials would send guards to escort and protect them. After some distance, those guards would be replaced by the guards of the next area.

Su Jie waited for a long time before he finally saw Xiao Shengnian.

After the luxurious carriage reached State YanLing, a slender hand opened the curtain of the carriage and a man in a blue robe came into view.

The man’s face was like a perfect sculpture that had been carefully carved. His dark eyes looked deep and endless, and his smile, which didn’t look like a smile, was gentle and tender. Even though he was standing on a foreign land, the man remained elegant and calm.

“It’s been a few months. Have you missed me?”

“…” It seemed that Su Jie didn’t expect that the first thing Xiao Shengnian said to him was to ask that question. Su Jie was silent for a while before replying with the word “Yes”.

Although Su Jie was justified in marrying Xiao Shengnian, he did attack the country which Xiao Shengnian called motherland. This kind of subtle psychology made Su Jie unable to open his mouth and say anything. He could face blood without flinching, but somehow he felt nervous when facing Xiao Shengnian.

Seeming to notice Su Jie’s concerns, Xiao Shengnian smiled and said, “Ten cities as the betrothal gifts. That’s not much.”

“…”

After hearing what Xiao Shengnian said, Su Jie understood that Xiao Shengnian did not blame him for occupying the ten cities of State Yanghui and returning them. And it seemed that he acknowledged and appreciated what he had done.

However, although Su Jie knew what Xiao Shengnian meant, the soldiers at the border was not able to understand Xiao Shengnian’s overtones.

The soldiers considered the matter from the perspective of State YanLing. Their emperor had given away ten cities as the bride price; yet Prince Rui thought it was not too much?

“But it’s the thought that counts.” Xiao Shengnian added.

Su Jie curved his eyes and smiled, saying in a clear voice, “Let’s go back to the capital and get married!”

“Okay. Let’s get married.” Xiao Shengnian’s eyes were filled with joy.

Then, very naturally, he reached out and pulled Su Jie into his arms.

Su Jie was slightly stunned. He wanted to push Xiao Shengnian away as the soldiers were all watching, but suddenly he changed his mind and felt reluctant to leave the warm embrace.

His nose was filled with a faint and refreshing smell belonging to Xiao Shengnian, and his heart seemed to be filled in an instant.

No wonder Su Jie always felt that something was missing ever since he’d become the emperor. It turned out that what he missed was Xiao Shengnian.

He always had a special place for Xiao Shengnian in his heart.

Every little thing that had happened when they were together were engraved in Su Jie’s mind.

But…

Xiao Shengnian hugged him so tightly that Su Jie felt that he was being suffocated!

“Xiao Shengnian.”

Su Jie cried out in a muffled voice.

“Hmm?” Xiao Shengnian’s voice turned upwards, his tone languid and his final tone lingering. He hugged Su Jie hard, as if he wanted to infuse Su Jie into his body before he ever stopped.

The two people hugging each other conveyed warmth to each other. Xiao Shengnian squinted and didn’t care about what the others thought about it.

“I can’t…breathe,” Su Jie said with difficulty.

Xiao Shengnian was stunned and then he let go.

He had missed Su Jie for a long time, and now he finally met him. Although Xiao Shengnian had remained calm, when he approached Su Jie, he couldn’t hold back any longer and hugged the teenager who he couldn’t stop thinking about.

But he didn’t expect that he didn’t control his strength and hugged him too tightly.

“Haha…” After getting away from Xiao Shengnian’s arms, Su Jie seemed to feel Xiao Shengnian’s emotional fluctuations and the joy of meeting him made him laugh heartily.

The young man’s smile was unbridled, making people think of the bright spring.

The laughter seemed to be enchanting and magical, which also uplift the soldiers’ mood, and even their gaze at Xiao Shengnian softened a lot.

To be able to win the emperor’s heart, it seemed that Prince Rui was not so bad… Of course, it would be even better if he could not openly show affection for the emperor in front of them.