Huaisang smiles a tiny bit more at that, sucking briefly at his lower lip and then lifting his cup to sip at his wine instead. "I enjoy indulgences aplenty. As you may have noticed. You still have your library access, as long as you are loyal to me, and in the politics to come I will do what I can to gain access to the Lan library and to insist that you attend me as my 'bodyguards' on those trips. We may also be able to obtain access to many of the relics in Jin Guangyao's private collection. The cultivation world will not want to see those things stay in the hands of someone he raised."

Here he is talking politics when he desired instead to brush all that aside. He shakes his head, reaching for a piece of meat and blushing a bit while he nibbles at it, not sure how to approach the topic he wants to ask.