Qin Shi: I only work eight hours

Chapter 259 The Beginning of Shame
Soon, Xu Lin fell asleep.

Seeing this, Zi Nu took a sip of light tea and then put her hand on Xu Lin's shoulder.

Then he looked out the window.

If it weren't for Xu Lin, she wouldn't be where she is today.
Xu Lin not only held a high position in the government, but also had a very good personal relationship with Ying Zheng. With Xu Lin's help, she no longer had to live in fear as she had in Xinzheng before!

"marriage?"

"Marrying him doesn't seem like such a bad thing."

Zi Nu looked at Xu Lin's profile and thought to herself.

Xu Lin was not only an important minister of the Qin state, but also a man of both literary and martial talents, handsome and kind. He had done her a favor, and there must have been at least several hundred women in the world who wanted to marry him!

Just as Zi Nu was lost in thought, Xu Lin suddenly rolled over and turned his face toward her lower abdomen.

Although Xu Lin did not make any further moves, the hot breath he exhaled made Zi Nu's cheeks gradually turn red.

"Very sleepy!"

Xu Lin couldn't help but yawn, then put his arm around Zi Nu's slender waist.

Zi Nu struggled for a long time before finally putting Xu Lin's hand back on the ground.

Xu Lin's cultivation is extremely high. If he has already made up his mind, how could she refuse?

Xu Lin is handsome and has a similar age to her. It seems that she is not at a disadvantage to marry Xu Lin!

Although Zi Nu was once the proprietress of Zi Lan Xuan in Xinzheng, she never 'sparred' with any man.

I wonder what it feels like to 'spar'?
Thinking of this, Zi Nu immediately shook her head vigorously.

What is she thinking about?

Xu Lin is still here!

……

A quarter of an hour later.

Just as Zi Nu had convinced herself, Xu Lin suddenly helped her stand up by supporting her thighs.

"It's getting late, I should go back."

Xu Lin said while fixing his hair.

He left before Zi Nu could reply.

Watching Xu Lin's retreating figure, Zi Nu opened her red lips for a long time, but couldn't utter a single word.

She had just gotten ready when Xu Lin left!

This disappointed her!

Xu Lin is a strange person. Whenever Zi Nu thinks that Xu Lin is a virtuous gentleman, Xu Lin always does something bad and takes advantage of her.

Just when she thought Xu Lin was going to act like a scoundrel, Xu Lin would suddenly become a gentleman.

Xu Lin's recent actions caused Zi Nu's chest to heave violently, a rather spectacular sight.

When the opportunity arises in the future, she will definitely make Xu Lin pay back double!
……

After a stick of incense.

Xu Lin returned to the Imperial Preceptor's residence.

Jingni had just coaxed Cherry to sleep.

Cherry is very obedient and rarely causes trouble, so she is easy to coax.

Following the sound, Jingni saw Xu Lin, put on her coat, and went to the bathroom with him.

"Husband."

"Cherry is not young anymore, I want to wean her...wean her."

Jingni discussed this while wiping Xu Lin's back.

In her opinion, overindulgent mothers often spoil their daughters, so Cherry shouldn't be pampered too much!

"I agree."

Xu Lin said without hesitation.

Upon hearing this, the mature and elegant Jingni was startled, and then hugged Xu Lin from behind.

Cherry was only a little over a year old, and she didn't expect Xu Lin to agree so readily.

Sensing the two 'evil' figures, Xu Lin smiled and let Jing Ni into the bathtub as well.

After bathing and changing, Xu Lin and Jing Ni returned to their bedroom.

Cherry was sleeping soundly at that moment.

"Husband."

"To be honest, I didn't expect you to agree so readily."

Jingni said softly.

Then he untied the sash and went up to the soft couch with Xu Lin.

"You'll find out why I agreed in a moment."

Xu Lin said with a smile.

After speaking, he closed the bamboo window, extinguished the oil lamp, and let Jingni lie down beside him.

After more than ten breaths, Xu Lin began to take a small sip.

"???"

Jingwei frowned.

"Husband, what's wrong with you...?"

Jingni's beautiful eyes were full of confusion.

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Lin interrupted her. "I'm a child too."

"I am two years and two hundred months old this year."

Xu Lin explained with a smile.

Jingni was taken aback at first upon hearing this, but then couldn't help but chuckle.

Only Xu Lin would say something like that!
"Husband."

"How about we go to the study?"

Jingni glanced at Cherry, then asked.

She was afraid of waking Cherry!
"Need not."

Xu Lin refused immediately.

Then he suddenly stood up and let Jingni sit on his lap.

……

The next day.

Xianyang, Ganquan Palace.

Zhao Ji heard that Xu Lin had invented cement and that Gongshu Chou was in charge of repairing the main road in Xianyang.

What's the difference between a cement road and a regular dirt road?

Zhao Ji, dressed in a red phoenix robe, lay on her side on the phoenix couch, admiring her fingers as she asked in a languid voice.

Although she was over thirty, she was very well-maintained. Her fingers and skin did not look like those of a woman in her thirties, and Zhao Ji was very satisfied with this!
"As far as my subordinates know, the cement road is smoother."

"And we are not afraid of rain."

Hongzao answered respectfully.

"Oh?"

Zhao Ji's eyes lit up when she heard that.

If what Hongzao said is true, once the main road in Xianyang is repaired, she will take a carriage to the Imperial Preceptor's residence to personally thank Xu Lin!
She doesn't like traveling by car because the dirt roads are bumpy and she gets carsick easily after sitting for a long time.

One of the reasons she didn't go to Xinzheng to find Xu Lin before was that Xinzheng is more than a thousand miles away from Xianyang, and if she took a car there, she would vomit several times on the way!

"As expected of the Imperial Advisor."

"The Mr. Xu I know and love is back!"

With her still-charming beauty, Zhao Ji narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly as she looked towards the Imperial Preceptor's residence, smiling sweetly.

After speaking, she dismissed everyone around her and took out the toy that Xu Lin had given her a few days ago from under the table.

……

the other side.

Nianfu.

Nian Duan also heard about Xu Lin's invention of cement and Ying Zheng's order for Gongshu Chou to build roads.

"Master."

“I just went to the vicinity of Gongshu Mansion to test it out, and the cement road is indeed incomparable to the dirt road.”

"Sir, you are truly a genius!"

Duanmu Rong rolled up her sleeves and began grinding the medicine as she spoke.

"Master, why don't you give it a try too?"

Seeing Nian sitting on the wooden stool lost in thought, Duanmu Rong asked.

"No."

"There will be plenty of opportunities to try in the future."

The simply dressed Nian Duan snapped out of his reverie upon hearing the sound and shook his head.

She didn't want to join in the fun!
After speaking, she looked up at the Imperial Preceptor's residence.

Cement, like artemisinin before it, is clearly something that benefits the world.

The Xu Lin she knew was back!
Xu Lin has a decisive and ruthless side, a gentle and humble side, and a lecherous side. Nian Duan likes Xu Lin's inventive and creative side the most!
She loved all of Xu Lin's inventions, such as tofu, straw paper, calligraphy brushes, and ice made with saltpeter!
"I wonder what he'll invent next?"

Thinking of this, Nian Duan smiled and thought to herself.

……

That night.

After washing up, Nian Duan changed into her nightgown and lay down on the soft couch.

She didn't used to wear nightgowns, but Xu Lin had someone send her and Duanmu Rong a lot of nightgowns, so she had no choice but to wear them!
She disliked wasting things and was afraid that mice would chew up her nightgown, so she started wearing it every night.

After extinguishing the oil lamp, Nian Duan tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep at all.

After a cup of tea, she concluded that her insomnia was due to the copy of "Huangdi Neijing" that Xu Lin had given her before, so she put "Huangdi Neijing" in a hidden compartment under the wardrobe, out of sight, out of mind!
Back on the soft couch, Nian Duan still couldn't fall asleep.

Moreover, his mind was filled with illustrations from the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, which he couldn't shake off.

This made her feel hot and bothered.

Opening the window didn't help.

Half an hour later, Nian Duan closed the bamboo window, took a big gulp of light tea, then returned to the wardrobe, took out the "Huangdi Neijing" from the hidden compartment, and walked towards the soft couch while reading it.

The book is accompanied by many pictures, and the man and woman in the pictures look very much like her and Xu Lin.

This made Nian Duan blush and bite her lower lip tightly.

"Can this method truly improve cultivation and prolong life?"

After watching only half of it, suppressing her shame, Nian Duan gently gathered her hair and murmured.

(End of this chapter)