The Empress's No.1 Lackey-Chapter 499 - 389, The Joy of the Boudoir (5k)_2

Eunuch Hai froze in place.

Haitang's little mouth gaped slightly open.

Under Ji Yue's black hair, her ears pricked up with a "pop," and beside her, Lang Shiba also showed a look of astonishment.

Caw—

As for Hou Renmeng and others, who had knelt on the ground, it was like they had hit the pause button, they all simultaneously raised their heads, looking bewilderedly toward Ma Yan.

"Lord... are you saying..."

Ma Yan could not help but smile wryly as he briefly described the situation, roughly mentioning Zhao Douan's escape with the Suppressing Object bestowed by Your Majesty and the Empress's prohibition of Buddha, including how he chopped Xuan Yin three times in front of the whole city.

"So, Zhao Douan is alright?!" Haitang's blocked nose suddenly cleared.

Ma Yan smiled and said, "He's fine. I thought he had already seen you all."

"Is he in the government office?" Haitang asked a silly question.

Ma Yan shook his head and said, "He came by this morning and took Little Wang, said they were going to Heavenly Master Mansion."

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After a winter snow, the giant clock tower within the Heavenly Master Mansion was also frosted white.

Zhao Douan traveled by carriage, bringing gifts to visit Heavenly Master Zhang.

Hearing the news, Gongshu Tianyuan immediately went out to invite him into his workshop-home to sit down.

"I should have come over earlier, but I was too injured at that time, and my family wouldn't let me run about. Also, things were unstable at Divine Dragon Temple, so it was delayed some days. Now that my injuries have mostly stabilized, I thought to come and thank the Heavenly Master in person."

Sitting in the hosting hall on a brown wooden chair, Zhao Douan spoke with a smile.

The driver, Little Wang, who had followed, placed gift boxes one by one on the ground, then tactfully left.

"Thanking our master?"

Little chubby Gongshu Tianyuan sat opposite him. freёnovelkiss.com

After winter set in, this fellow seemed to have grown even fleshier, looking very festive. He now asked back in surprise.

As a technology enthusiast, Gongshu Tianyuan, who turned a deaf ear to world affairs, only knew about Zhao Douan being stabbed by Da Jing and wasn't aware that the Little Heavenly Master had made a move at Yansuo Lake.

"Yes, roughly during the last mission, the Heavenly Master had guarded over me." Zhao Douan explained casually.

Gongshu Tianyuan did not probe too deeply and smiled, "Brother Zhao, please sit here for a while, I've already sent someone to inform him, and if my master is willing to see you, he will reply."

Ah, this Zhang has really put on airs, he's not the old Zhang who used to block my way home for a chat... Zhao Douan sighed.

Gongshu Tianyuan seemed very excited, talking about the recent ice-making business and mentioning the progress at the Divine Mechanism Camp and Firearms Bureau. Finally, he said:

"The machine you brought me last time to pump water in mines, I have almost conquered it. Just waiting for mass production to see the effects."

Zhao Douan couldn't help but greatly admire the guy's work efficiency, and at the same time, he keenly sensed that Gongshu Tianyuan's mana seemed to have increased a notch:

"Brother Gongshu, you must be close to entering the Worldly Realm."

Gongshu Tianyuan's chubby face showed pride, and then he said with deep affection:

"I should thank you, Zhao. Oh, I've also prepared a gift, which I was just planning to send to you. It is one of my new inventions."

Saying this, the short and plump young man stood up, and went to the next room to bring out what looked like a blanket... or rather, a small quilt.

"Is this also a Suppressing Object?" Zhao Douan was startled.

At first glance, it truly looked like a small quilt, but on it, there were patterns outlined in cinnabar used for drawing talismans.

Gongshu Tianyuan's corners of his mouth curved upward as he smiled:

"Now that winter has arrived, Brother Zhao, you have cultivation and most likely don't fear the cold, but I imagine your family must be cold. This object, I've named 'Boudoir's Delight', just drape it over your body, and it will continuously emit warmth..."

"Boudoir's Delight"... what a lousy name, an otherworldly electric blanket... Zhao Douan felt helpless to retort.

Gongshu Tianyuan, on the other hand, was excited to demonstrate his latest invention to his "confidant":

"I'll demonstrate it for you now!"

Just as a few young priests walked by outside the courtyard, Gongshu Tianyuan stepped forward briskly, enthusiastically calling out:

"Fellow junior brothers, I have something here that I would like to ask for your help to test..."

Before he could finish, the young priests showed a look of terror, and fled as if escaping, their voices drifting over slowly after they had run away:

"Brother's grand creation is too much for us to bear, please find someone more capable!"

Watching this scene, Zhao Douan grimaced, wondering just how dangerous the Suppressing Objects created by this chubby man were to scare people off like this...

Suddenly, he remembered the last time Gongshu showed him those quirky inventions.

Gongshu Tianyuan, having his pride wounded, was rather displeased. He could only sit back down with a flop, draping the "Boudoir's Delight" over himself, and very seriously bundled up, saying earnestly:

"Let me demonstrate for you, Brother Zhao. Look, just by draping it over like this, without any additional operation, this Suppressing Object will warm itself up, making one feel as if they're in a hot spring, completely undaunted by the cold..."

Zhao Douan watched expressionlessly as little chubby's face grew progressively red and sweaty, and a faint smoke began to curl up from his hair...

He gently reminded, "Brother Gongshu, your hair is on fire..."

Gongshu Tianyuan: ??!

When Jin Jian, wearing a dark priest robe, petite in stature, with delicate features, and an aura like a dark-elf, appeared in the small workshop courtyard.

What she saw was the scene within the largely open hall: the frantic efforts to extinguish a burning quilt, and the fifth brother, looking utterly disheveled.

"..." Jin Jian took a startled gasp, very seriously wiped away the fog that suddenly appeared on her glasses with both hands, and then cautiously took two steps back, as if facing a great danger:

"What are you all doing?"

Zhao Douan's eyes lit up; he hadn't seen the young priest for a while and was just about to explain, then he saw Gongshu Tianyuan, with a head of charred hair and a smoke-blackened face, awkwardly making an exit like fleeing, leaving behind the words: