Inspection Office.
"My lord, it's really cold today!" Xie Xiaoj iu rubbed her hands before the brazier.
The glowing red charcoal reflected an especially rosy hue onto her face.
Hearing this, Jiang Ning temporarily set down the book in his hands and looked out the window.
The snow was falling especially heavily now, like goose feathers drifting down. From time to time, large flakes of snow floated through the gaps in the window and landed on the wooden floor, gradually piling into a thin layer.
Then Jiang Ning turned and glanced at Xie Xiaoj iu.
"Since you feel cold, why didn't you put on a few more layers before going out?"
Xie Xiaoj iu shook her head. "Wearing too many clothes feels too restrictive. I don't like it!"
Jiang Ning smiled at that and said no more.
For martial artists, it truly was inconvenient to wear too much clothing.
And this subzero cold did not really have much effect on a martial artist of his level.
At most, it was a little chilly.
This chill was neither deadly nor harmful to the body.
It was merely somewhat uncomfortable.
Just then, Xie Xiaoj iu pulled her collar tighter.
"My lord, I'll close the window!"
"Don't!" Jiang Ning immediately stopped her.
Seeing the puzzled look she gave him, Jiang Ning pointed at the vigorously burning charcoal before him.
"If you shut all the doors and windows completely, with no air circulation, you could get carbon monoxide poisoning from the charcoal fire."
"Carbon monoxide poisoning?" Xie Xiaoj iu's eyes were full of confusion.
"Mm." Jiang Ning nodded.
Faced with Xie Xiaoj iu's utterly baffled gaze, this was all he could explain.
He could hardly say that burning charcoal in a sealed room would produce large amounts of carbon dioxide, resulting in carbon dioxide