Glancing at the snake, Qiao Mu pondered for a bit before getting off the bed. She took out a small basket lined with cotton and put it next to the table. “Stay here and don’t crawl around randomly. Especially not into my bed!”
The white snakelet nodded its head continuously and obediently wriggled its body into the small basket, coiling up into a ball.
Seeing that it was quite obedient, Qiao Mu finally felt relieved, and she flipped onto the bed, pulling up her blanket and falling asleep.
The next morning, the first thing Qiao Mu did after waking up was to check up on that snake.
The white snakelet was waiting in that small basket extremely docilely, not moving at all.
Even the ball posture that it was in yesterday was still the posture it was in today.
Seeing her coming over, the snakelet’s small head probed out of the basket.
After seeing that it had stayed there the entire night, with no traces of it having crawled out, Qiao Mu’s brows couldn’t help but ease up slightly.
It seemed this snakelet wasn’t as galling as she had thought.
“Miss.” Shaoyao drew the curtains as she hurried in, giving a salute. “The Wu Family’s Eldest Miss, Wu Xiaosu, has come to request an audience.”
Qiao Mu had long forgotten about this person, hence she creased her brows at this report. “Not seeing, don’t know her.”
Shaoyao knew that her little master would respond this way, so she said with a smile, “Shaoyao has already tactfully rejected Miss Wu and requested that she rapidly return to her estate. However, it’s unfortunate that Miss Wu won’t listen to me. She’s standing outside our marquis’s estate right now and refuses to leave no matter what.”
“Then let her be.” Qiao Mu deadpanned. “Since she likes it, then let her stand outside.”
Was she, Qiao Mu, the type of person that would hastily invite a person inside after being coerced in consideration of both families’ prestige?
The more she threatened her like this, the more detestable she was.
Since she liked humiliating herself, no one could prevent her from doing so. Let her stand outside as long as she wanted.
“Where’s Xiao’ye? Let him come in, I want to ask him about what happened in the Zheng Estate yesterday.” Qiao Mu set the small basket onto the table, meeting the white snakelet’s protruding eyes.
Shaoyao cried out in shock, “Miss, a snake slipped inside?”
Qiao Mu simply glanced at her in amusement. “This is my summoned beast.”
“Summoned beast?” Shaoyao was a bit astonished. “You mean that day in the garden, when Miss tried to summon something? Then the summoning didn’t fail. However, this snakelet doesn’t look mighty nor ferocious at all. Could it be counted on in critical situations?”
The snakelet’s eyes glared at Shaoyao in response to her defamation.
“It was the one who kept sending me gifts these past few days,” Qiao Mu said.
Upon hearing this, Shaoyao’s eyes suddenly grew round, and she motioned a person’s height with her hand. “That stalk of red coral?”
“That’s right. As well as the herbs later on, it was the one who gifted them.”
Shaoyao immediately gazed at Great Lord Snake in worship, in the same way people would gawk at a nouveau riche. “Then, Miss, should I prepare some frogs and mice or the like to feed the snakelet?”
Unexpectedly, however, once she finished speaking, the white snakelet proudly turned its small head aside in immediate distaste while its moist eyes gazed pitifully at Qiao Mu.
Qiao Mu glanced at it and asked inadvertently, “Want porridge?”
The snakelet furiously nodded its small head.
“What kind of snake is this, it doesn’t eat live animals but drinks porridge instead. Its preference is actually the same as a human’s…” Shaoyao muttered as she walked out, and she called for Xiao’ye, who was waiting outside, in passing.
“Crown Prince Consort.” Xiao’ye saluted after entering.
“What happened afterwards yesterday?” Qiao Mu inquired curiously.
“State Uncle Zheng delivered that beautifying pill to the palace that very night and presented it to Her Highness Consort Zheng.”