I am the snake demon!

"Sister-in-law, can you do me another favor?"

Leng Qinghan's maid was talking with her sister in Bai Xuan's courtyard. When she learned that Bai Xuan had agreed to let the sisters be together, she happily bowed.

Bai Xuan accepted the thanks with a calm expression, then turned to look at Leng Qinghan seriously.

"What busy?" Leng Qinghan asked, puzzled.

"Take them all away," Bai Xuan said.

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, both Leng Qinghan and Hongxiu looked up at Bai Xuan in surprise.

These maids were all carefully trained by He Rang. Judging from their appearance alone, they were all excellent and definitely beauties. Since Bai Xuan agreed to take them, he should not have refused. Why is he refusing now?

"Consider it a favor I owe my sister-in-law," Bai Xuan said.

He admitted that he likes beautiful women.

But he was lecherous, not perverted.

How old are these girls?

Bai Xuan's shallow moral compass wouldn't allow him to do such a thing.

Especially those few who look less than twelve years old.

Thinking about it, I feel guilty.

"Why? Give me a reason," Leng Qinghan said.

"Because they're too young. I prefer mature girls like Hongxiu. If I take these kids in, I feel like I have to take care of them and maintain a certain image, otherwise I'll feel like I'm corrupting the children," Bai Xuan said honestly.

Upon hearing this, Hongxiu's eyes lit up, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, her heart filled with joy.

The prince really does like my type.

"Speaking of which, He Rang is indeed a beast. Keeping such a small child at home." Bai Xuan couldn't help but shake his head.

What a beast!

"Perhaps it was intended as a gift for the Crown Prince," Hongxiu explained to Bai Xuan upon hearing this.

"Give it to the Crown Prince? Second Brother? Is he such a pervert that he likes such small children?" Bai Xuan turned to look at Hongxiu and asked.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince has passed away," Hongxiu whispered, glancing subtly at Leng Qinghan beside her out of the corner of her eye.

She was unaware of Leng Qinghan's situation and genuinely believed that Leng Qinghan and Xu Zhenlan had a deep relationship.

I'm afraid that if this gets out, it will be bad for Bai Xuan.

After all, although Xu Zhenlan is dead, he still has considerable influence in the army, especially since Xu Yuhua is now in charge of the inner quarters of the Prince's Mansion.

Moreover, Hongxiu was given to Bai Xuan by Xu Zhenlan's mother, Duan Baifeng, because she genuinely didn't want Bai Xuan and Duan Baifeng to have a falling out.

"It's alright, my sister-in-law isn't an outsider," Bai Xuan said nonchalantly. "Did my second brother like babies this small when he was alive?"

"Yes, the late prince preferred girls of thirteen or fourteen years old. After he turned eighteen, he felt he was too old. The princes and nobles of the Northern Border all respected the late prince and followed his lead. Naturally, this trend became popular because they catered to his preferences." Hongxiu dared not refuse to answer and replied timidly.

"King Chu loves slender waists, so many starve to death in the palace," Bai Xuan said, shaking his head. "That maid who came with you before, what's her name, Zi something? She had such a bad temper, was that someone he liked?"

That girl had a naturally youthful face and a petite figure, which didn't quite fit Bai Xuan's aesthetic preferences.

But for some, it is absolute beauty.

If Xu Zhenlan likes young girls, then he will most likely like them.

"Yes." Hongxiu nodded, which is why she wasn't as favored as Ziyan back then.

She was older than Xu Zhenlan. In Xu Zhenlan's eyes, people were considered old after eighteen, and someone like her, who was already twenty, was no longer worthy of his attention.

However, she didn't think it was a bad thing.

Especially after meeting Bai Xuan, she was even grateful that Xu Zhenlan didn't like her.

Otherwise, she might not have had the opportunity to serve Bai Xuan.

I'm not familiar with Xu Zhenlan.

"No wonder." Bai Xuan shook his head, then suddenly thought of something and said, "Speaking of which, Father joined the army more than 30 years ago. When he met Aunt and Mother, they weren't very old either."

He didn't know how old Duan Baifeng was.

But he knew how old Duan Baiyu was.

That is, in his early forties.

When they first met, how old was Duan Baiyu, the one who supposedly fell in love at first sight?

Is this also a case of father and son inheriting the same lineage?

"Shi'an, don't talk about your elders." Leng Qinghan was startled when she heard this and immediately reminded Bai Xuandao.

Although she and Bai Xuan had known each other for several months, their interactions had mostly remained superficial, and today they had the most contact.

I only realized today that my nominal brother-in-law has a really wild mind.

They dare to gossip about anything?

"Okay." Bai Xuan nodded and said, "Then my second brother's taste is really weird. With a fiancée like you, he likes girls this small. Is he out of his mind?"

Bai Xuan's face was full of question marks.

He had always known that people in ancient times matured early and married at a relatively young age.

Take the famous Empress Zhangsun, for example. She was only thirteen years old when she married Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin. She was still considered to be thirteen years old by the traditional Chinese age reckoning.

When Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu first met in Dream of the Red Chamber, neither of them was more than ten years old, and Lin Daiyu died at the age of seventeen.

Moreover, people in ancient times also preferred younger women. For example, the famous poet Bai Juyi liked to keep concubines at home. He even wrote a poem, "Ten times I heard the spring cries change into the warbling of orioles, three times I disliked their old age and replaced them with beautiful women." He basically disliked them around the age of eighteen and then replaced them with a new batch.

Therefore, Bai Xuan later understood Prime Minister Cao's aesthetic sense, as the age of a married woman in ancient times was more in line with modern people's aesthetic sense.

But this is a world of extraordinary beings, and women from wealthy families usually cultivate themselves and don't get married so early.

The women in the Prince's mansion are all over twenty, and none of them are married.

At most, they get engaged.

Now that something so "normal" in ancient times has suddenly appeared, he finds it a little hard to accept.

You said Leng Qinghan has a good figure, a good family background, fair skin, a beautiful face, and long legs, especially those legs that seem to last a lifetime.

A perfect ice queen.

Their bodies were thoroughly cooked.

Instead of cultivating a closer relationship with his fiancée, he goes and flirts with these young girls.

He couldn't quite understand; if he were Xu Zhenlan, Leng Qinghan would already be in postpartum confinement.

"Your Highness," Hongxiu couldn't help but whisper a reminder.

Walls have ears, and now that Xu Yuhua is in control of the inner quarters, Duan Baifeng has no shortage of ears in the Prince's mansion.

It's not good to complain like that.

Furthermore, it seems a bit odd that the younger brother-in-law would say his older brother had poor taste in front of his widowed sister-in-law.

Hongxiu was well aware of the saying, "There's always gossip around a widow's door."

Bai Xuan snapped out of his reverie and stopped daydreaming. Although he didn't care, he felt that if he continued talking, Hongxiu would probably be scared to death. After these comparisons, he, who already liked Hongxiu very much, now felt that Hongxiu was the most perfect maid in the world. He turned to Leng Qinghan and said, "Thank you for your trouble, sister-in-law."

"Okay, you owe me a favor." Leng Qinghan agreed without saying much.

Under Bai Xuan's delighted gaze, after receiving this batch of girls, he turned around and left, a slight smile appearing on his lips and a hint of joy in his clear, icy eyes.

Although it was difficult for her to express her opinion, she felt that Bai Xuan was right!

Although she and Xu Zhenlan were engaged, their relationship was not good; in fact, they could be said to dislike each other.

One of the reasons is age.

She is three years older than Xu Zhenlan, and is already twenty-three this year. In Xu Zhenlan's eyes, anyone over eighteen is old, and she is already twenty-three, so naturally she is as old as can be.

Xu Zhenlan doesn't like her, so naturally she won't go out of her way to please him.

After all, she didn't like Xu Zhenlan either.

Back when she went to Jiangnan to learn martial arts from a master, Xu Zhenlan was just a little kid.

However, her engagement to Xu Zhenlan involved both the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion and the Leng family, and it wasn't something they could refuse simply because they didn't like it.

So even if you don't like each other, you should still be together.

When Leng Qinghan learned that Xu Zhenlan didn't like her, she was actually quite happy. It's better for two people to suffer than for one person to suffer.

But that's what they say. Xu Zhenlan was the only person in Leng Qinghan's life who explicitly disliked her.

A woman's pride, especially her self-esteem as a beautiful woman, is something she's unhappy about.

She liked Bai Xuan's words very much.

She actually wanted Bai Xuan to say more, but it wasn't easy for her to express her opinion.

"Hongxiu, spread the word for me: I'm different from my second brother. I like beauties like you. If anyone tries to bribe me or let any improper influence enter the Prince's mansion, they'd better send the bribes to the right people and not harm young girls."

After Leng Qinghan left, Bai Xuan looked at Hongxiu and said earnestly.

"This servant will." Hongxiu nodded in agreement, but she couldn't help feeling uneasy. How strange it was to let such improper influences into the house.

Bai Xuan nodded with a smile. Although the starting point was not quite right, guiding aesthetics, changing the trend, and reducing the persecution of young girls could be considered a good deed.

Helping others brings joy and fulfillment.

Bai Xuan happily returned to his room and began his daily cultivation. A phantom image of the Yellow River surrounded Bai Xuan, and array seals appeared one by one. In an instant, nine array seals condensed, and then each array seal trembled in the void, forming two phantom array seals out of thin air.

Before long, it split into three, with a total of twenty-seven array seals floating around Bai Xuan. The phantom of the Yellow River grew stronger and stronger, and a terrifying aura flowed, isolating the inside from the outside.

Time slips away, and before we know it, it's time for the spring hunt.