"Xiao Mo."
The little girl repeated Xiao Mo's name, blinking her big eyes.
"Then, Xiao Mo, would you be my guard?" After repeating it a few times, the little girl asked expectantly.
"If Your Highness doesn't mind," Xiao Mo replied.
"Of course I don't!"
With that, Qin Siyao tugged on Xiao Mo's sleeve and ran over to her Father Emperor.
"Father Emperor, Mother Queen, Si Yao has chosen! I want Xiao Mo to be my guard."
"Xiao Mo." Empress Shi looked at the little boy before her and asked, "Are you a child of Xiao Manor?"
"Yes, Your Majesty," Xiao Mo answered, cupping his fist.
"What is your cultivation level?" Empress Shi asked again.
"The ninth layer of the qi refining stage, Your Majesty," Xiao Mo answered truthfully.
A flicker of surprise crossed Empress Shi's eyes when she heard he was at the qi cultivation ninth layer.
To reach the qi cultivation ninth layer at his age—his talent was remarkable indeed.
"Very well. Since you chose him, Si Yao, I won't say anything more." The Qin Kingdom's Lord agreed to his daughter's request, then addressed Xiao Mo seriously. "Xiao Mo, you must protect my daughter well. If you do a good job, I will reward you."
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty and Your Majesty the Empress. I will do everything in my power," Xiao Mo replied.
"Good." The Qin Kingdom's Lord waved a hand. "You two, get ready. Set off when it's time."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Yes, Father Emperor!"
With her Father Emperor and Mother Queen's permission secured, Qin Siyao happily tugged Xiao Mo's sleeve and led him aside again, asking him what fun things and tasty treats there were outside the palace.
"If I remember correctly, a boy of Xiao Mo's age should be that concubine-born son of Xiao