The next morning.
Zhang Yuanqing emerged from Guan Ya's room and took the seat of honor at the dining table, enjoying a breakfast that combined Chinese and Western dishes.
Xie Lingxi and the Queen sat beside him.
For Masters, eating was more about satisfying their appetite. The nutrients contained in food were nowhere near enough to meet a Master's needs.
"Brother Yuanshi, do you have something on your mind?" Xie Lingxi cut a piece of grilled sausage for him.
Zhang Yuanqing gave a grunt. "I'm thinking about how to make a strong-willed woman do something that goes against her ancestors' wishes!"
Hearing that, Xie Lingxi asked warily and carefully:
"Do you want that strong-willed woman to sleep with you?"
The Queen added from the side, "Or have your child?"
What kind of savage nonsense was that? Zhang Yuanqing chewed on the sausage. "Not have a child. I want to ask her for a favor."
Xie Lingxi silently abandoned the idea of tattling to Sister Guan Ya. Tilting her head, she thought for a few seconds. "That depends on what kind of relationship you have with that strong-willed woman."
Zhang Yuanqing said, "I'm her child born in her old age!"
Her disciple's child.
The Queen and Xie Lingxi were both full of question marks.
"Child born in her old age? Then just act cute and plead with her. Women have no principles when it comes to men or sons they like," Xie Lingxi said.
Sigh, Old Clapper is practically immune to my 'acting cute' by now! Zhang Yuanqing sighed.
After thinking it over, he realized that aside from playing the emotional card and appealing to righteousness, he had no other options.
*In Lady of Three Paths Mountain's eyes, I'm too slick and oily. The emotional card won't mean much, so I