The Deepest Affection in Qin's Time

A strange light flashed in her clear, beautiful eyes.

Cao Yuan immediately understood the meaning behind Jing Ni's gaze.

It's a kind of speechless feeling of "I often feel out of place because I'm not weird enough".

In order to prevent further contamination of Jingni's mental world, Cao Yuan decisively stepped forward and embraced Li Wu.

"Let's go to sleep."

Li Wu pinched Cao Yuan's waist hard, making Cao Yuan wince and gasp for breath.

I'll deal with you after we get to bed!

Cao Yuan said in a low, vicious voice.

Li Wu glared with her charming and alluring eyes and sneered, "Who's afraid of you? Who's a pervert!"

Cao Yuan and Li Wu left amidst a noisy argument.

Leaving a bewildered Meng Jiang behind, she posed a startling question to Jing Ni, who was still struggling with her decision.

"Sister Jingni, is Sister Liwu really that weird? How is she weird?"

Frightened salamander, died.

Chapter 55 This is part of the plan

"Oh oh oh..."

The rooster crowed, and Li Wu lay listlessly in the house.

Cao Yuan got dressed and walked out with a beaming smile.

No matter how extraordinary a dance is, one still needs real skill.

Otherwise, wouldn't he be left to his own devices, searching high and low, like picking chrysanthemums by the eastern fence?

Hmm, I'll have to buy some miracle oil next time.

It just doesn't feel right without oil.

After summarizing his thoughts, Cao Yuan went to the Snow Maiden's house and knocked on the door.

"……Enter."

The sounds from inside the room were filled with exhaustion and weakness.

Cao Yuan opened the door and looked in surprise at the somewhat disheveled Snow Woman lying on the bed, who was very different from the one he had seen before.

His entire being exuded an aura of decadence.

Those once clear, sky-blue eyes were now covered with visible blood vessels.

"Did you stay up all night?"

Cao Yuan sat down next to Xue Nu and placed his large hand on her beautiful forehead.

"No fever, thankfully."

Xue looked at Cao Yuan with a look of utter despair.

What do you want from me?

"Nothing much, just a gift for you," Cao Yuan said with a half-smile, "so you won't accuse me of being untrustworthy and treacherous."

The Snow Maiden looked at Cao Yuan, her exquisitely beautiful face filled with bewilderment.

What gift?

Cao Yuan chuckled and said, "I'll help you open a dance hall. I've even thought of a name for it: Fei Xue Ge (Consort Snow Pavilion). What do you think?"

"Really?"

The snow woman, who was lying on the tatami mat, sat up abruptly, her eyes shining.

The thin blanket slipped off her body, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin that shimmered with a soft glow in the sunlight streaming through the window.

Snow Maiden noticed Cao Yuan's burning gaze and immediately shrank back, hugging the thin blanket to cover her surging, monstrous member.

But her smooth, fair back and shoulders were still exposed.

"What a pity..." Cao Yuan sighed.

"...What's the pity?" the Snow Woman said softly.

Cao Yuan coughed lightly, "It's nothing."

Could he say it was a pity that the Snow Woman was wearing a corset, preventing him from getting a good look at her?

"Don't you have no money? How can you open a dance hall? Even the most ordinary dance hall in the capital costs hundreds of gold coins."

The Snow Woman huddled under the covers and began calculating the accounts meticulously.

"We need at least one musician, and also maids. As for dancers, I can do that as well. The dance hall also needs some mechanical bronze lamps, and some dance scene setups... Even if we're being frugal and don't pick and choose the locations, it will still cost at least sixty gold coins."

She originally carried nearly two hundred gold coins, but lost them in the caravan because of bandits.

Cao Yuan also stole the remaining dozen or so gold coins.

"Huh? You had this planned all along?"

Snow Maiden rolled her eyes at Cao Yuan.

"Otherwise what? Besides seeking refuge, I also want to become a dancer even more skilled than Sister Yafei. Sister Yafei would be happy if she knew."

The snow woman said with a look of longing.

Her Zhao dance was taught to her by Sister Yafei, and she was especially skilled in the Handan dance steps.

"I see..."

Cao Yuan smacked his lips.

He knew who Consort Ya was; she was now the younger sister of King Yan of Zhao.

It can only be said that the social atmosphere during the Warring States period was indeed very open.

In the Qin state, empress dowagers could freely keep male lovers and have children without any problems, such as the famous Empress Dowager Xuan and Empress Dowager Zhao.

As for the State of Zhao, it was evenly matched with the State of Qin.

King Yan of Zhao installed a prostitute as his queen.

Her younger sister, Ya Fei, was the eldest princess. Back then, she did whatever she wanted, learning to dance whenever she felt like it, and became a famous dancer in the Zhao Kingdom. Zhao dance was the best in the world.

It's true, birds of a feather flock together.

How much money do you have right now?

The Snow Woman couldn't help but say, "If it's not too much, I can pawn my jewelry and clothes to make up the difference."

Cao Yuan laughed and said, "We don't need to pay. You get up first, and we'll go begging for alms."

"Begging for alms?" the Snow Woman asked疑惑地问道, "What do you mean?"

“Begging for alms means…” Cao Yuan thought for a moment and said, “It means asking others to give us money.”

The snow woman said "Oh," and then asked, "I see. How much can we make?"

"A thousand taels of silver is no problem."

Cao Yuan said boldly, "When we open the dance hall, don't be stingy. Spend as much as you want. Find the best location, use the best equipment, and make the biggest name for yourself!"

"You just need to wait to become the most beautiful and most powerful dancer in the world."

The Snow Maiden was deeply moved and touched. She never expected that Cao Yuan hadn't lied to her and was actually willing to help her open the dance hall.

She smiled sweetly: "Okay! I'll do as you say!"

……

Prince's Mansion.

Yan Dan looked at Cao Yuan and Xue Nu, who were walking hand in hand, with surprise.

"Sir, your sudden visit is because..."

"Your Highness, to be honest, I want to open the best dance hall for Xue Nu in the capital and make her the number one dancer in the world. The cost will probably be one thousand gold."

"Uh... this..."

Yan Dan didn't understand what Cao Yuan meant.

If Cao Yuan wanted a hundred or two hundred gold coins, he wouldn't say anything; he would give them to him as a form of financial assistance.

But a thousand gold pieces is not a small amount, and even if he were the crown prince of Yan, it would be difficult for him to come up with it.

Otherwise, Lü Buwei wouldn't have used the gimmick of "a word worth a thousand pieces of gold" to promote his Lü Family Annals at the gates of Xianyang.

The Snow Maiden glanced at Cao Yuan with a strange light in her eyes.

Cao Yuan seemed to sense Xue Nu's gaze, smiled slightly, took Xue Nu's hand, and tickled her palm.

"Your Highness, this is part of the plan, and I hope Your Highness can provide me with funding."

Yan Dan glanced at Xue Nu subconsciously, then suddenly his eyes lit up, and in an instant, he understood Cao Yuan's intention.

“I see. Very well, I will gather a thousand gold coins for you, sir.”

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Cao Yuan then said, "By the way, Your Highness, I wonder if the musician Gao Jianli from yesterday is still here? I would like to hire him as a musician in the dance hall."

Yan Dan hesitated for a moment and said, "This requires you to personally invite him, sir. I can't make that decision myself."

Cao Yuan said, "It's alright, please ask His Highness the Crown Prince to help with the introduction."

After an incense stick has burned.

Yan Dan took out eight gold notes worth a hundred gold coins each and three small bags of gold coins and handed them to Cao Yuan.

"Brother Gao, this is Mr. Cao Yuan. He would like to invite you to serve as a musician in the dance hall."

Gao Jianli glanced at Cao Yuan, then at the Snow Maiden beside Cao Yuan.

He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Okay."