"Have you showered yet?"
After their lips parted, Xu Jing asked a very ambiguous question. The question came so suddenly that Luo Ying was stunned.
"What's wrong? You have the will but not the guts?" Xu Jing's hand slipped to his belt, and with a casual hook, he fell into his arms. "General Luo, are you here to throw yourself into my arms?"
"Heh." Luo Ying sneered and hooked her arm around his neck. "What if I say yes?"
"Then we'll see what happens in bed."
Under the dim light, the desire in his eyes flickered, making it a little hard to understand.
"You didn't listen to what I said to you at all." Luo Ying sighed, grabbed his lustful hand and placed it on her chest. "With me, there can't be anyone else."
"You're so shameless." Xu Jing pulled his hand back, smiling instead of angry. "When did General Luo get to decide my affairs?"
During the verbal sparring, Luo Ying felt what it meant to turn against someone.
I didn't expect Jiang Xuqing to be such a person. I underestimated him.
"Come here." Xu Jing didn't care that there were others present and ordered directly: "Go and bring a basin of water for washing feet, and help wash the master's feet."
"Master Jiang really knows how to enjoy himself."
Luo Ying watched as the servant brought over a basin of water for washing feet. He was about to put on Jiang Xuqing's slippers and massage his feet, then he said, "Step aside."
Xu Jing said with a forced smile, "Why, General Luo wants to massage my feet in his place?"
"It's not a bad idea." Luo Ying also smiled, but the smile in his eyes was covered with a layer of frost.
He took off his boots and pushed them into the boiling water, not caring whether his white and tender feet would be burned into pig's trotters. The moment he held his hands, he didn't want Jiang Xuqing to have a good life.
Xu Jing broke free from his hand and squinted his eyes, "Tell me, did you come to me just to divorce your wife?"
"You're asking even though you already know the answer. I'm only here for you."
Xu Jing placed his feet around the wooden basin and waited until the water was almost cool before putting them in.
The moment I put it in, I instantly felt refreshed. Foot soaking is indeed a high-end enjoyment, and it would be even better if there are medicinal herbs to soak in.
Xu Jing thought that maybe he could research some ingredients for foot bathing and sell them, which would definitely bring in a stable high income.
"Are you listening to me?" Luo Ying was very unhappy and moved to sit next to him.
I have to say, Jiang Xuqing is quite attractive. He has a faint, indescribable fragrance on his body. A sniff of it is a bit like jasmine and a bit like osmanthus. In short, it is hard to put it into words, but the smell makes people itch and want to take it further.
As expected, people from Jiangnan like to use incense. Compared with the sweaty Northeastern men, Jiang Xuqing seems a bit out of place and too elegant.
He drank tea to appreciate it. Luo Ying originally had some etiquette, but after being at the border for a long time, he became less particular about it and drank it openly. He didn't look like a man from Kyoto at all.
As luck would have it, he preferred the kind of woman who was docile and obedient to him. Take Tian Wan'er, for example, whose soft, cat-like voice was enough to make one's bones melt. Jiang Xuqing was the same; his words and actions carried a scholarly air, his unassuming demeanor truly endearing.
No wonder people are so obsessed with it.
As he thought about this, his hands naturally wrapped around Jiang Xuqing's waist. He hadn't expected that, despite his sharp tongue, this guy actually had a fantastic body, with a nice waist and nice legs—truly enviable. Luo Ying wasn't well-educated, but when he touched his waist, he thought of King Wen of Chu, who also loved thin waists. The minister's waist was as frail as a willow, just like Jiang Xuqing's, strong and tough. He was afraid of hurting him even if he pinched it.
Luo Ying thought about it one by one, and when she saw that Jiang Xuqing still didn't react, she leaned over and kissed his cheek, whispering, "What are you thinking about?"
Xu Jing collected his thoughts, pulled his hands away, and said, "Nothing, I just suddenly thought of a way to make money, guaranteed to be a huge profit."
"Money?" Luo Ying scoffed. "I'm not saying anything bad about you, but as a scholar you should have the integrity of a scholar. Why do you always care about this stuff?"
"Why not eat meat?" Xu Jing sneered, "Those who spend money never know how hard it is to be the boss. Have you forgotten how you asked me for military pay a while ago?"
Luo Ying's face changed. He watched him wipe his feet with a foot cloth and then kneel down on the bed. He didn't think there was anything wrong and said directly, "That's the military pay from the court. You should pay it."
"You came here this time not only to report your divorce to me, but also to test the treasury's financial situation, right?"
Luo Ying raised her eyebrows but remained silent.
Indeed, as he said, Luo Ying was curious about why Jiang Xuqing was so greedy. Civil servants' salaries had always been higher than those of military commanders. He was alone and didn't have a family to support, so his meager salary was more than enough for him. So why was he so eager to amass wealth?
Xu Jing expressed his doubts. "I'm taking precautions. The Jianzhou city walls are in disrepair, and the imperial court has been slow to allocate funds for repairs. If the Jiannu invade, how will we cope?"
Luo Ying immediately reacted. "You mean you make money to build a state?"
"What else?" Xu Jing rolled his eyes and pinched his hand. "If I wanted to make money, I could just open a shop under the Bai Shinian name. With my intelligence, I'd be incredibly profitable. Why go to all the trouble of making it public? Don't I understand the law?"
"In that case, I, Luo, have wronged you, sir." Luo Ying was about to bow, but Xu Jing stopped him. "Come on, it's impossible to explain it to a fool like you. You should just go back to where you came from."
"Master Jiang is so anxious to get rid of me, is there something wrong?"
Luo Ying thought, since they had already slept in the same bed, it wouldn't matter if she stayed in his bed. He also felt that reality was playing a joke on him. Although his heart didn't want to get close to him, his body was honest and wanted to be around him.
Xu Jing gave a meaningful smile. "I'm in need of a bed warmer. General, would you be willing to spend the night with me?"
I had intended to use this trick to scare Luo Ying away, but he was so shameless. He smiled slightly, immediately tore off his coat, and crawled into his quilt. "It's my honor."
"General Luo, isn't he against homosexuality?" Xu Jing asked him with his face tilted sideways.
Luo Ying smiled and said, "I don't like male homosexuality, but Mr. Jiang is an exception."
Xu Jing couldn't tell whether what he said was true or false. He sighed and said, "What do you want?"
Luo Ying answered without hesitation. "You don't take concubines."
"Wishful thinking." Xu Jing put his head in his hands and leaned in. The bed was large enough for two people. "General Luo, have you ever heard the saying, 'There are three kinds of unfilial behavior, and the worst is to have no descendants?'"
"What do you mean?" Luo Ying said with a sullen face. She grabbed him in her arms and asked in a low voice, "Do you still want to have a child with her?"
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