"Maybe you shouldn't go after all?"
Hearing Qin Yiyan's response, though Xu Shi could not tell whether it was merely a verbal filler or agreement, he tried to persuade her to stay. "I thought it over carefully. If you go, who's going to wash my clothes and cook for me?"
"A promise once made cannot be taken back!"
Big sister with red hair hurriedly objected, afraid he would change his mind and regret it.
Realizing her voice had been a little too loud, she thought for a moment and hastily added, "...No matter what, Your Highness the Saintess and I are living under someone else's roof now. Taking without giving is not what a knight should do."
Watching this, the others could not help but marvel. Such a clumsy provocation still worked on someone these days? Red-haired silly girl really was not an undeserved nickname.
Or perhaps it was simply one willing to fight and one willing to take the blows. Xu Shi appointed Qin Yiyan as the person in charge of education and cultural affairs, using the same reasoning he had just mentioned.
For now, that decision really did seem correct. Even if they could bring people over from the Hualan Empire to assemble a professional team, that team would still need someone to lead it.
As for Qin Yiyan, perhaps she knew this was Xu Shi's scheme, meant to tie her down more securely. But compared to humbling herself and serving Xu Shi, she would rather take on this job.
Ah, Commander Qin, who had to be strong all her life. Monotone.
"...I understand."
Ning Wei had no objections to Xu Shi's decision. In fact, he had already worked out a rough plan in his head.
Using Qin Yiyan to gradually establish an external education and cultural department