With no time to think about it, An Yan bowed and said, "I have already conveyed yesterday's words to Prime Minister Yu."
The Queen of Heaven paused and said calmly: "What did he say?"
"Prime Minister Yu didn't say much, he just asked me to be content with my duties."
The Queen's expression was calm, as if she had expected it to be like this. She just said "hmm" and stopped talking, turning her gaze to the book in her hand.
Upon seeing this, An Yan retreated behind the screen.
It seems that Shi Rong did a good job as he told her, and the maids around the Queen of Heaven were also affected.
Then why does it have no effect on the Queen of Heaven alone?
Is it because the dose is not enough?
But there has never been such an example before. What is so special about this queen?
Could it be that she is also a monk? A monk at the same level as Master Xuanyi, or at a higher level!
After An Yan thought about it carefully, he felt that it was impossible. Nie Nanyan could tell his physique at a glance. Even Shi Lengcen, who was not a monk, could tell that he was in the Qi realm. Among the monks in the city, he seemed to be the only one with nothing. You know, Xiaobai, if the Queen of Heaven was also a monk, she wouldn't have asked Master Xuanyi those questions yesterday.
An Yan was confused all morning.
An Yan did not come out of Fuluan Hall until lunch time. The living attendant did not need to be by the Queen's side all the time. Except for important events, he only needed to roughly write down the Queen's schedule for the day.
When Shi Rong sent him out, An Yan couldn't help but ask her again if she had followed his instructions yesterday, and Shi Rong also gave a positive answer.
"Master An, you seem to be very concerned about whether the Queen can smell the fragrance?" Shi Rong hesitated.
"Is there anything special about it?"
"It's nothing. I plan to engage in incense making privately. If the Queen of Heaven thinks this incense is good, it must be a treasure and priceless." An Yan said slowly.
Shi Rong couldn't help but remind him: "Mr. An, the guilt of smuggling is not small!"
An Yan said: "That's right. The Queen is not aware of this fragrance now. It's normal to think about it. There is no need to take risks anymore."
After thinking about it, Shi Rong said, "Don't worry, Mr. An, I will definitely keep this matter secret."
"Of course I believe Master Shi, otherwise I wouldn't have told you these things." An Yan said with a smile.
Shi Rong was suddenly moved. He looked around and whispered to An Yan, "Mr. An...it's still early."
Walking to the long uninhabited alley again, Shi Rong couldn't help but get closer to An Yan and reached out to grab An Yan's hand.
An Yan smiled and said, "I heard that Master Shi has recognized many goddaughters."
Shi Rong was a little surprised, but still nodded and said: "Yes... there are some smart and sensible people who want to find me as a backer."
Shi Rong was only in his twenties or thirties, and in An Yan's opinion, he was not considered old at all.
An Yan leaned close to her ear and said, "But how come I've heard that Master Shi actually recognized those goddaughters for the purpose of polishing mirrors?"
Shi Rong was stunned for a moment, suddenly annoyed and anxious, and said with great embarrassment: "Master An, who did you listen to?"
An Yan laughed and said, "This matter has reached my ears. Does Mr. Shi still care who I listen to?"
Shi Rong's face turned red and white, and then couldn't help but explain to An Yan: "Mr. An, I..."
"Don't worry, Mr. Shi. Even if these things are true, I don't say I dislike them. As you said before, people in the palace always need something to relieve their boredom."
Shi Rong's face turned red with embarrassment. This embarrassing incident had actually reached the ears of outsiders, and Mr. An also knew about it!
Will he dislike himself and feel disgusted...
And An Yan continued to whisper in her ear: "To be honest, I really want to know what Master Shi was like when he did that thing."
Shi Rong misunderstood An Yan's meaning, and after thinking about it, he said: "If Mr. An is interested, I can arrange some good maids for your entertainment. You don't have to worry about anything happening. If you accidentally get pregnant, I can do it." I’ve taken care of it for you.”
She paused for a moment, then thought about it and then continued: "Or, if the girl in the palace, Mr. An, likes someone, just ask, and I can arrange to be sent to your house to serve you. The people in the palace are very obedient and easy to train. A beauty bowl and paper, that’s fine.”
Beauty bowl, beauty paper...
An Yan's brows couldn't help but twitch. He heard Yu Huanzhang say that the nobles in Chang'an seemed to be very interested in this kind of thing.
Luoyang was full of official families, and at the feet of the Queen of Heaven, no one dared to go too far.
He said: "Master Shi has misunderstood. In fact, I really don't dislike Master Shi for doing those things."
Shi Rong remained silent, pursed her lips, turned around and walked forward.
An Yan smiled when he saw this and said no more.
#
Not yet.
The Queen of Heaven had just woken up from her lunch break when the palace maid came over to report that Master Xuanyi was already waiting for her.
As the head of Xuanzong of Xuanzhen Sect, Master Xuanyi is knowledgeable about the past and present. He can talk about scriptures and preach, and he can also annotate texts to answer questions.
The Queen of Heaven dressed neatly and walked out of the inner hall. She saw Xuanyi standing in front of the incense burner table, her face covered with a clear gauze, holding a fly whisk in her arms, and staring at the wisps of white smoke above.
"What's wrong?"
"Today's fragrance is a bit special." Xuanyi said.
"I didn't smell it. It feels the same as yesterday. It's probably not time to change the fragrance yet." The Queen sat down in front of the red sandalwood table and said calmly.
Master Xuanyi was silent for a while, his eyes flashed, and he said, "Maybe I made a mistake."
The Queen of Heaven looked at Master Xuanyi thoughtfully, then she also stood up and walked to the incense burner. She lowered her head and smelled it carefully, but she still didn't notice anything different.
"Then you are mistaken." She said.
Master Xuanyi walked to the case, picked up a book, flipped through it and said, "Today we will talk about Qian Yi."
The Queen also sat back in her seat.
"let's start."
…
More than half an hour later, Master Xuanyi walked out of Fuluan Palace and saw a palace maid carrying snacks walking towards the palace.
She stepped forward and stopped him.
"What's the matter, real person?"
Master Xuanyi looked at her and said, "Have you seen the new resident?"
"You mean Mr. An?" the palace maid asked in a low voice.
"Um."
"See you, you came here this morning."
"What do you think of him?" Master Xuanyi asked.
The palace maid couldn't help but froze for a moment, raised her head slightly and looked at Master Xuanyi, and soon her face turned red with embarrassment.
"I……"
A gleam of light flashed in Master Xuanyi's quiet eyes.
"It's okay, go and do your work."
#
At night.
A new house by the Lake of Clouds.
Here An Yan met Shi Lengcen, who had disappeared for several days.
"Mr. An! I got the complete design drawing!" Shi Lengcen looked a little excited after seeing An Yan, and took out a thick stack of paper from his arms.
This so-called design drawing was so professional that An Yan felt like he was reading a book from heaven just by looking at it. Moreover, after flipping through it, he found that there were hundreds of pages!
"Do you understand?" An Yan asked.
"This design drawing is very clear, of course I can understand it." Shi Lengcen said, but felt that this was inappropriate, so he added: "Mr. An has not studied mechanics, so it is normal that he cannot understand it."
Of course, An Yan knew this in his heart. After thinking about it, he asked, "Didn't you sneak out before? Are you back home again this time?"
Shi Lengcen said with a smile: "My godmother is out of town, and the uncles and gentlemen in the factory can't stop me."
"What about your father?" An Yan asked again.
Shi Lengcen shook his head and said: "Dad has been missing for a long time. Even my godmother doesn't know where he went. When he left, he only left a letter saying that he was going to find something and he would come back when he found it."
An Yan thoughtfully looked at the thick design drawings on the table. He looked carefully and found that it was as detailed as the production method of each part.
"To make Qian Ji Spirit Bone, do we need some professional instruments?"
Shi Lengcen nodded and said: "Yes, I have to wait until the tribute period between the two countries is over and I can leave the city."
"How long does it take to make it?"
Shi Lengcen thought for a while and said, "If everything goes well, it will take a year. I have seen this design drawing. I have never seen many parts on it. It may be a bit troublesome."
An Yan looked at the final design drawings, the pictures of the finished product, and the various shapes, and then said for a long time: "Your father is really an amazing person."
Shi Lengcen suddenly said with a proud look on his face: "That's natural! In terms of mechanics, no one is better than my father!"
An Yan rubbed her head and said with a smile, "You are also very powerful. I believe you will become the same person as your father."
Shi Lengcen nodded seriously, and then laughed again.
After looking at the drawings, An Yan asked, "Doesn't this Qian Ji Spirit Bone need a life needle?"
"The physique of a monk is different from that of ordinary people. He can drive it without a life needle."
While the two were discussing, Shi Lengcen, who was originally in high spirits, suddenly became sleepy. He put his hands on the table and his eyelids began to fight.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"Mr. An, I... am so sleepy..."
An Yan suddenly felt a cold feeling on her back. She turned around instantly and found a snow-white figure appearing there at some point.
His heartbeat slowed down by half a beat.
Master Xuanyi stood in mid-air, his eyes were cold and there was no emotion in his voice.
"I was still wondering why you insisted on entering the palace in the first place... When did you discover that you have the ability to confuse people?"
Sure enough she knew!
An Yan said in his heart, and then calmed down: "I discovered it accidentally. The real person didn't tell me at the beginning, so I can only explore it slowly on my own."
"Are you blaming me?" Master Xuanyi glanced at Shi Lengcen, who had fainted on the ground.
"Tell you, do you want to play with people's hearts like this?"
An Yan said: "I just want to survive and protect myself."
Master Xuanyi sneered: "Are you trying to seduce the Queen of Heaven for the sake of survival? I see that you clearly have evil intentions and want to hold the entire Xuantang in your hands!"
"The real person thinks highly of me. I'm not that ambitious." An Yan shrugged.
"The queen has murderous intentions towards me, I just want to nip it in the bud."
Master Xuanyi stared at An Yan for a long time, and then said: "I said I will protect your life, why do you still act like this? The Queen of Heaven is the lord of Xuantang, and of course she is different from ordinary mortals. Don't you know that you are looking for death? ?”
An Yan took a deep breath and said, "I won't do it again in the future."
"Who have you used this ability on?"
"She's the only one." An Yan pointed at Shi Lengcen who was on the ground.
Seeing Master Xuanyi staring directly at him, he added: "In addition, there are a few people around the Queen, I don't know the specific number, there is nothing else."
An Yan knew that Master Xuanyi might have found him through clues obtained from the palace, so he simply pushed the maids out.
Master Xuanyi raised her hand lightly, and the design drawing on the desk immediately flew into her hands.
"If Shi Ling knew that you dared to do this to his daughter, do you know what the consequences would be?"
"I don't know."
Master Xuanyi sneered: "He is kind to the monks throughout Xuantang. He only needs to give an order, and countless people will come to take your life. Do you still expect me to protect you?"
An Yan showed no fear and said calmly, "It's better if we don't let him know."
Master Xuanyi wanted to say that An Yan did not know whether to live or die, but he heard An Yan say: "Master, why should I be worried and timid? I dare to do these things, so I will naturally have a way out."
Master Xuanyi frowned and said, "All Xuantang monks are cautious in their words and deeds and walk on thin ice. None of them are as bold as you!"
"That's why they can always hide in the dark."
Master Xuanyi's expression froze.
"What do you want to do?" she asked slowly.
"I don't want to do anything. Now that I know it's useless to the queen, I can't take risks anymore. Everything I do is just to live a better life. Master, you are my benefactor. No matter what, I won't Harm you."
Master Xuanyi looked at An Yan without saying a word, but his thoughts were racing.
Once the tribute is over, make enough preparations, take his Yuan Yang... and it's all over.
It is really dangerous to keep such a person!
