"Wait, Mother Xue, what are you doing?"
Beiming Lieyang looked at the Snow Empress with a strange expression.
"Aren't I supposed to get shocked?"
"Shocked?"
"I heard human nobles have some unusual ways of playing."
Black lines appeared on Beiming Lieyang's forehead.
Unusual ways of playing among nobles? How come he knew nothing about them?
"Mother Xue, where did you read that?"
The Snow Empress opened her eyes, her gaze wavering.
"When I was reading human books... I came across some things."
"What books?"
"Books about... how humans reproduce, and... erotic pleasures."
The corner of Beiming Lieyang's mouth twitched.
The Snow Empress had been reading books about human reproduction? And erotic pleasures?
He suddenly remembered asking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to collect human books.
They had all read them with great relish.
He had thought she was studying human civilization at the time. Only now did he realize she had come across these things too.
"Mother Xue, those books are all..."
"It doesn't matter what I read." The Snow Empress interrupted him, suddenly drawing close and pressing her entire body against his as she hugged him tightly.
"Xiaoyang is mine."
"And Mother Xue will always belong to Xiaoyang."
Beiming Lieyang felt her heart beating faster than usual. Her arms tightened around him as though she feared he would disappear the next second.
"Mother Xue, I'm here." Beiming Lieyang reached out and patted her back soothingly.
After a couple of pats, the Snow Empress calmed down a little. She loosened her grip slightly and gazed steadily at him.
"We'll be together forever, won't we?"
"Xiaoyang?"
The Snow Empress's eyes had turned entirely scarlet.
Their icy blue faded, replaced by blazing heat.
Beiming Lieyang's heart tightened as he looked into her eyes.
"Mother Xue, come to your senses."
"I'm perfectly