Chapter 314: How will the Snow Maiden get married in the future?
“The Snow Maiden? There’s nothing between her and me.”
Li Mo was taken aback for a moment and then said straightforwardly.
Jing Ni reached out and touched his face: “Don’t be nervous; I haven’t said anything.”
She had some understanding of the Snow Maiden.
Including the affairs in Yan State, Li Mo had told her all about it.
Jing Ni summarized it in three words.
Not easy!
Not only did the Snow Maiden have to support the entire Feixue Pavilion, but she also had to deal with the harassment from those suitors.
For a weak woman to protect herself in front of those powerful figures was already quite challenging.
There are many people in this world like Lord Yan Chun.
Li Mo said in surprise, “It’s not about whether to talk or not; the key is that I really have nothing with her. Why did Madam suddenly seem so…”
“Because I can smell her scent on you.”
Jing Ni tilted her head, looking at him with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile.
Li Mo laughed, “So that’s what you meant. I passed by Feixue Pavilion on my way back today and stopped by to visit her.”
“The Snow Maiden isn’t performing on stage anymore, and she has more free time, so she asked me to teach her some self-defense techniques. I must have picked up her scent then.”
He had mentioned before that he would help her find a master, but the Snow Maiden had declined.
Yet today, she came to him wanting to learn.
And she wanted to learn from him!
Although her safety in Xianyang wasn’t an issue, and the Moon Goddess’s Astrology Tower wasn’t far from Feixue Pavilion,
he had also spoken with the Moon Goddess about it.
But just in case, learning a few skills always helps.
Dance enchants people; martial arts kill.
If the Snow Maiden could combine dance and martial arts in the future, it would indeed be a graceful thing.
From now on, others may dance for money, but her dance is a matter of life and death!
“Have you ever thought about a question?”
Jing Ni sat up on Li Mo’s chest, her pair of treasured objects directly exposed to the air.
“What question? I can cover you, so you won’t catch cold.”
Li Mo used his hand to cover her up, preventing her from getting chilly.
Jing Ni shot him a glance.
“You really are a good person.”
“When you were in Yan State back then, in order to help the Snow Maiden escape from Lord Yan Chun’s entanglement, did you get into her bed because you suggested it, or was it her suggestion?”
Li Mo replied honestly, “She just hugged me; we didn’t do anything.”
At that time, when he arrived, Lord Yan Chun had already barged into the room.
In her moment of desperation, the Snow Maiden thought of this idea.
They took off their clothes and rolled into bed together.
“The problem lies here, regardless of whether you did or didn’t, even if it’s fake, it appears real in the eyes of outsiders. The Snow Maiden is still an unmarried girl; how will she ever get married after this?”
Li Mo withdrew a hand and touched his chin.
Suddenly, a scent of milk wafted into his nostrils.
In just a little while, Xiao Yan’er’s supply had already begun to refill.
Jing Ni’s words hit the nail on the head.
Moreover, given his identity, even if the Snow Maiden was willing to marry someone else, probably nobody would dare to.
“So, what does the Madam mean?”
Jing Ni leaned over to tuck Xiao Yan’er back into the covers and then lay back down.
Li Mo originally wanted Jing Ni to sleep in the middle and he would take the outside.
But Jing Ni was unwilling.
In her words, it is inauspicious for a woman to cross over her husband when getting up at night.
He didn’t even know where such outdated thoughts had come from.
In a feudal society, the disparity between the status of men and women is immense; women generally exist as accessories, having no real status at all.
Thus, Li Mo’s respectful interaction style deeply moved Jing Ni.
Jing Ni lightly smiled and said, “If the Snow Maiden is interested, our family wouldn’t mind having one more person.”
The next morning.
The couple was woken up by Xiao Yan’er’s cries.
Jing Ni quickly opened her eyes, picked the baby up, and skillfully loosened the strings on her clothing to start breastfeeding.
Little Yan Er was happily sucking away.
Li Mo turned sideways to face the mother and daughter, a blissful smile on his face.
“Think about what we talked about last night.”
Jing Ni took out a handkerchief from Little Yan Er’s swaddle, her mouth still sporting traces of milk, and glanced at Li Mo.
Just as Li Mo was about to respond, he suddenly frowned.
“What’s wrong? Are you unwilling, husband?”
Jing Ni looked at him in surprise.
The Snow Maiden, in terms of figure and looks, would surely stand out among the crowd.
The only thing was that she was a bit weaker in strength.
But that hardly mattered at all.
Considering Li Mo’s current status and influence, he wouldn’t need the Snow Maiden’s help with anything.
Few people could remain indifferent in the face of such beauty.
As his partner, Jing Ni surely understood him well.
Logically, he should be secretly delighted.
“That’s not it, someone from home has arrived.”
Li Mo remained silent for a moment before sitting up.
He inhaled sharply, drawing the clothes from the hanger into his hands.
As soon as he draped them over himself, someone knocked on the door.
A maid’s voice gently called from outside.
“Sir, Madam, someone from the palace has come.”
“Why is someone from the palace here again?”
Jing Ni looked at Li Mo in confusion, her gaze also asking a question.
“It’s Zhao Gao; it seems the King of Qin is looking for me.
Zhao Gao is now a close attendant to Ying Zheng and is deeply trusted by him.
Having him come over this early must mean there’s something important to discuss.”
“Then husband, go take a look, don’t delay important matters.”
The matter of the Snow Maiden would come sooner or later, but it also required mutual affection.
Jing Ni couldn’t spare a hand to help Li Mo dress while she was breastfeeding Little Yan Er.
Li Mo quickly put on his clothes himself and opened the door to step outside.
Zhao Gao was waiting in the reception hall, a constant smile on his face.
Three parts flattery, three parts respect, and four parts arrogance.
However, as soon as Li Mo arrived, that four parts of arrogance instantly retracted, transforming into servility.
“I greet the National Advisor. I hope you forgive my disturbance at this early hour.”
Zhao Gao bent over, hunching his back as he raised his hand in greeting.
In fact, he wasn’t actually hunchbacked; if he stood up straight, he wouldn’t be short.
He was even a bit taller than the 1.8-meter tall Li Mo.
However, this man understood the rules and had good sense.
He knew what kind of pose to adopt in front of whom.
Now that Ying Zheng held great power, as one of his close associates, Zhao Gao, despite his low position, was not without a bit of face in the court.
In the current Qin State, there were not many people who could make him bend low and bow down.
Li Mo just happened to be one of them.
Let’s not even mention that he was an influential eunuch; even Ying Zheng himself had to address Li Mo as “Mister” upon meeting him.
If it weren’t for him, one might question whose Qin State it actually was.
Zhao Gao was not only not foolish, but he was also far more intelligent than most people imagined.
Li Si, who was just starting to make a name for himself in the court, was one of the individuals he was keen on rallying.
A person’s potential depends on how great their ambition is!
He could see that Li Si wanted to become the prime minister!
