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Du Jingcheng put down his bowl and looked at Xiao Ruo with some wariness. "Xiao Ruo, you really have your eye on my fine horses, huh?"
Xiao Ruo's eyes curved as she smiled. "General Du, I'm only going to stroll around the stud farm a bit. Look at how nervous you are."
Du Jingcheng's expression stiffened slightly, then quickly returned to normal. "Where am I nervous?"
He'd heard plenty of stories about that Lady Qin plucking every feather from any passing goose, even daring to take advantage of the emperor himself, so of course he had to be on guard.
If it were anything else, that would still be manageable, but as for the warhorses on the stud farm, those he absolutely could not give her.
"So that means General Du agrees to take us over to the stud farm for a little walk?" Xiao Ruo's eyes sparkled as she looked at Du Jingcheng.
The refusal reached Du Jingcheng's lips, then was swallowed back down. Reluctantly, he said, "Fine, I'll take you over for a look around."
