"State Preceptor, this concerns the reputation of the nation. If you know, don't hide it."
The minister beside him suppressed his fear and stepped forward to speak to Shi Sheng.
"If I don't understand, I just don't understand."
Their voices weren't soft, and everyone in the hall heard them.
Lu Ruo knew, but she couldn't say anything.
"State Preceptor, are you looking down on this prince's gift?"
Shi Sheng rested his chin on his other hand, the corners of his lips rising slightly.
Ming Jin knew that she was about to say something unpleasant, so he looked at the Second Prince sympathetically.
"Do you know what this thing is called?"
"Didn't Her Ladyship Zhaoyi mention it just now?" The Second Prince didn't know what Shi Sheng was up to. "This thing is called a clock."
Shi Sheng's smile grew even brighter. "You're giving a clock to someone on their birthday. Are you going to change your name and acknowledge the thief as your father?"
Give a clock …
Send off the dead.
Those with quick reflexes understood and stared at the Second Prince with unfriendly expressions.
But State Preceptor, what are your words? What do you mean by acknowledging the thief as your father?
The Second Prince didn't understand. "Why can't I give a clock?"
"Of course you can. I didn't say you couldn't."
The Second Prince scoffed, ignoring the looks his people were giving him. He said disdainfully, "If you can't make it turn, don't change the subject."
Shi Sheng's eyes curved. "If I make it turn, how about you promise me something?"
"What is it?" The Second Prince frowned.
"It's not difficult. Just go outside and run around Vermilion Bird Street naked."
Everyone: "…" That's not difficult?
The Second Prince gritted his teeth. "What if you can't make it turn?"
Shi Sheng didn't care. "You can state your conditions."
The Second Prince weighed the pros and cons and wanted to back out. This woman was so confident that she might really be able to make the clock move.
"This …"
Shi Sheng looked at him with a half-smile. Anger rose in the Second Prince's heart.
If he admitted defeat, he would be embarrassing Western Liang.
Perhaps this woman was just bluffing to scare him.
He'd asked so many people to make it turn, but they hadn't. He didn't believe that she could.
The Second Prince made up his mind and gritted his teeth. "Fine."
"Bring it here," Shi Sheng ordered the Second Prince.
"Lord Imperial Advisor, you're so arrogant." The Second Prince was so angry that his face turned green.
"Forget it if you don't want to move."
The second prince was speechless.
The Second Prince ordered his men to carry the clock to Shi Sheng, and Shi Sheng ordered his men to put it down.
Shi Sheng took out a few Nanfu batteries and opened the cover at the bottom. He dug out the batteries that were already oxidized and put them in.
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock …
A crisp voice rang out in the hall.
Shi Sheng raised his chin at the Second Prince, indicating for him to help him up.
Lu Ruo was stunned.
It's actually a battery?
How could there be something with batteries in this era?
This was too illogical.
The Shi Sheng expert had a cold expression on his face. This was very scientific. He could say that it had fallen from another parallel dimension.
After all, if you can pass through, why can't the items pass through?
Right?
In the virtual world, one's imagination was the most important thing.
It's not like I'm playing with your sister.
A few people lifted the clock, and the ticking sound became even clearer.
The second hand was moving very quickly.
Everyone had different expressions.
The hall was silent, and only the ticking of the clock could be heard.
"When is the Second Prince going to run naked?" Shi Sheng asked with a smile, cupping his face with his hands.
Who doesn't know how to be pretentious? I'm the ancestor of the pretentious world.
The Second Prince was speechless.
"Lord Imperial Advisor, don't joke with the Second Prince." Yuwen Xun broke the silence. After all, it was his vassal state. He couldn't go overboard.
"Who's joking with him?" Shi Sheng's lips twitched. "Today, either he goes by himself, or I do it. But if I do it, I don't know if he'll be able to return to Western Liang alive. "
Yuwen Xun shouted coldly, "Lord Imperial Advisor!"
"What are you shouting for?" Shi Sheng dug his ears. "I'm not deaf."
The hall fell eerily silent again. No one dared to speak.
Wherever the Lord Imperial Advisor was, there would be war.
He was a walking biological weapon.
"As a man, once a promise is made, it's hard to take it back. Is the Second Prince thinking of going back on his word? "Shi Sheng saw that the Second Prince didn't say anything, so he added.
"Who wants to go back on his word? Let's run."
Yuwen Xun couldn't stop him even if he wanted to. He could only watch as the Second Prince ran naked on Vermilion Bird Street.
Fortunately, the sky was getting dark, and there weren't many people on Vermilion Bird Street. Not many people knew that the Second Prince was running naked on Vermilion Bird Street with his head covered.
However, the officials' gazes became very subtle. They were secretly pleased.
Who told you to be so smug? Now you've failed, haven't you?
The Second Prince couldn't stand those gazes. He left early and went back to the relay station to lick his wounds.
Once the Second Prince left, the other officials began to present Yuwen Xun with gifts.
Gifts for the Emperor didn't have to be the most expensive. They only had to be expensive and unique.
After the gifts were given, it was time for singing and dancing, and a drunken stupor.
Shi Sheng left the banquet first and went outside to get some fresh air.
Suddenly, a hand reached out from behind and pressed on his shoulder, pulling him into the fake mountain nearby.
Shi Sheng reflexively pulled out his sword and stabbed forward with lightning speed.
"Hiss …"
Ming Jin looked at his arm, which had been cut by the Iron Sword, and felt a little helpless. "Miss Zhuang, can't you be a little gentler?"
"Who told you to sneak attack me?" Shi Sheng withdrew the Iron Sword. Her gaze paused on Ming Jin's arm.
It was very easy to see the white clothes and blood, even in the dark.
"I've thought about it." Ming Jin casually bandaged his arm. "I can agree to Miss Zhuang's suggestion last time."
Shi Sheng: "…"
No, we won't agree!
We really won't agree this time.
Goodbye!
Shi Sheng turned to flee, but Ming Jin quickly grabbed her and pressed her against the fake mountain.
His smiling voice carried a hint of dominance. "Miss Zhuang, it's too late to back out now."
Shi Sheng had nothing to lose. "You'll agree even if you're down there?"
Ming Jin bent down and buried his head in her neck, gently biting it. "As long as I can be with you, I'm willing to do anything."
Shi Sheng's heart trembled. The ticklish feeling on her neck made her feel a little irritated.
"We've only met a few times. Don't you think this kind of relationship is very strange?"
"You're different." Ming Jin hugged her even tighter. "From the moment I saw you, I knew you were different."
He suddenly chuckled. "In the past, I didn't believe in past lives. But when I saw you, I kept feeling that we'd been together before, and that we should be together in this life. No one can stop us."
Shi Sheng's heart skipped a beat.
His memories …
Were they recovering?
The System should have been clear about his memories every time. In the past, he'd only felt a sense of familiarity after she'd sent her spiritual energy into his body.
But now, he felt a sense of familiarity even though she hadn't sent her spiritual energy into his body at all.
The System was about to lose control of Feng Ci.
Shi Sheng didn't know why, but this thought popped into his head.
She had always understood that there were many people in this world who were so powerful that it made one's hair stand on end. She was not the only one, but only one of them.
She was different from some people. She was more cold-blooded and selfish, and more unafraid of death.
That was why she stood taller than them.
So Feng Ci, are you also one of them?
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