The doctor suffers from amnesia, but not complete amnesia.

Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial? Not that person...

Oh right, they changed the person.

That's fine.

When the Grand Tutor finally understood what was going on, he picked up the report submitted by the Honglu Temple delegation after their return, and his expression had already changed to this.

On March 4, 1078, they arrived in Trinitylme and attended a banquet.

On April 5, 1078, Lord Qiao said that the negotiations were complete and all that was left was to conduct a routine visit.

On March 21, 1078, they arrived in Lateran and attended a banquet.

On April 22, 1078, Lord Qiao said that the negotiations were complete and all that was left was to conduct a routine visit.

On April 15, 1078, he arrived in the Grand Duchy of Normandy and attended a banquet.

On April 16, 1078, Lord Qiao said that the negotiations were complete and all that was left was to conduct a routine visit.

......

What is this supposed to mean?!

The only difference was at the Grand Duchy of Gaoduoting, where the phrase "collective talks" appeared for the first time in the report, along with a description of the negotiation process and its difficulties. However, under Lord Qiao's leadership, the delegation members, undeterred by hardship and overcoming all obstacles, always kept in mind the glorious mission they carried, arguing their case with the other side with reason and upholding the dignity of our Great Yan...

This account of the experience is full of twists and turns, and is absolutely brilliant—most of this ten-page performance review is about this negotiation.

However, the Grand Tutor directly expressed his doubts.

—If he remembered correctly, this Grand Duke Gao Duoting seemed to be the only one who explicitly stated that he was unwilling to participate in the Lungmen Coin system?

Your conversation was so exciting, so it turns out that Qiao Yelan dragged you along just to go through the motions after failing to reach a conclusion?

The old man reached out with trembling hands, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and calmed his nerves.

Meanwhile, Chen Fan and Cai Yan had already sprayed tea all over the floor.

Others, also eager to test the waters, stared with distorted expressions at the photocopy of the performance report in their hands, raising the same question as the Grand Tutor—

What the hell is this supposed to mean?

Every Grand Duke or Emperor would host a banquet for others, spend some time privately with Qiao Yelan, and then agree to join the Lungmen Coin system.

And why do the men always come back that night, while the women always come back a day later?

Is Qiao Yelan some kind of Terra succubus? Not only is she bisexual, but how come she can persuade men faster than women?

Male-female succubus?

Oh, so the twin empresses will be arriving that very night—is it because the two empresses like each other and are just playing around with Qiao Yelan?

Everyone who sees this report feels like they have cerebellar atrophy, their minds a jumbled mess as if they've taken some kind of high.

After regaining some composure, they decided to send someone directly to the delegation members to ask them questions.

Then they discovered that the members of the mission had cerebellar atrophy even earlier than the rest of the mission.

No matter what question you ask, the answer will always be just two sentences—

It must have been Lord Qiao who did it.

Why can't I do it?

Chen Fan glanced at the reply, his expression strange; he felt the answer was somewhat familiar...

Before Qiao Yelan came to confront him, he probably only had these two sentences about matters of the court, and he didn't even have the first sentence.

Because he didn't even know it was Qiao Yelan who did it.

Cai Yan let out a long sigh, feeling as if it wasn't that he was incompetent, but rather that the other side had a Gundam-like opponent...

—Before he saw Qiao Yelan in the imperial court that day, this was the only answer he could give regarding his situation.

Because he couldn't even answer the first question correctly.

The only person he didn't pull the delegation members before him for questioning was the Grand Tutor of the Great Yan.

Because he truly knew Qiao Yelan's methods.

If Qiao Yelan doesn't want others to know how he did it, then no one will know how he did it.

Everyone who comes into contact with Qiao Yelan develops an indescribable sense of dependence. Whether you were an enemy or a friend before, you will become immersed in the transactions with Qiao Yelan.

The reason is simple—when you find that all your efforts yield results that are not even as good as the handouts Qiao Yelan casually gives you, you will be willing to use your efforts to find Qiao Yelan to exchange for something of greater value.

After sorting everything out, the Grand Tutor could only sigh softly. In any case, they were all people outside of the Great Yan Dynasty, and he couldn't be bothered to investigate what methods Qiao Yelan had used.

Anyway, since we're not in the Great Yan territory, why bother making trouble for ourselves?

The old man picked up his half-finished tea, wanting to calm his nerves a little longer.

"Grand Tutor, Vice Minister of Rites Qiao Yelan requests an audience."

puff--

Ultimately, even the floor of the Grand Tutor's house couldn't escape the same fate as the Cai and Chen families.

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When Qiao Yelan entered the room, she saw the Grand Tutor mopping the floor.

"...What kind of latest exercise method is this?"

"No, it's simply because I made a mistake and I have to make amends for it."

The Grand Tutor wiped away the last trace of water before straightening up and speaking.

"That's really your nature—otherwise you wouldn't have sat so intently in the Sishui Terrace, watching over such a long period of time."

"What brings you here?"

The old man walked past Qiao Yelan to the pond in the courtyard, washed the mop, and then placed it on the shelf next to him.

"I've come to you to resolve a question that's been bothering me."

"What doubts?"

"Do you know that someone is helping Sui Xiang cover up his whereabouts?"

The Grand Tutor appeared in front of Qiao Yelan in an instant, staring intently at her.

"What did you say? Someone is helping Sui Xiang cover up his whereabouts? Where did you find out? And who is doing this?"

He knew very well that Qiao Yelan would never lie, and since he had said it, then no matter what, it must have happened.

Qiao Yelan took out one local chronicle after another.

"The 'Divine Craftsman' and 'Wandering Immortal' of Shangshu, the 'Grandmaster' of Yumen, the 'Shennong' of Dahuang City... I don't understand the way these things are recorded, but what surprised me is that the records I found in the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Archives are all the same."

The Grand Tutor's expression changed drastically. He had already seen Qiao Yelan take out the file from the Si Suitai Archives—and that file should clearly record the truth!

He opened the file and clearly saw the records there. They were almost identical to those in the Ministry of Rites and local chronicles. The records only vaguely mentioned the involvement of the Celestial Master, but there was no record of any year signs.

"To be honest, at first I really thought you were using yourself as a living record, and that you would only reveal these secrets when you realized your time was coming to an end—I never expected... old man, you had a traitor in your life that you didn't even know about?"

Qiao Yelan teased.

The old man, his face grim, opened the records of the Great Wilderness City. He clearly remembered that it was a scroll sent by the Old Celestial Master, which he had even perused before. It clearly recorded—

He suddenly tensed his hands and tore the questionnaire to shreds.

“Hey, Grand Tutor, I borrowed these for reference. You tore them up. How am I supposed to return them? I can’t afford to pay for them. They’re antiques even older than you.”

"The scroll sent back by the Old Celestial Master could not have been torn apart by external force—this one is not the genuine article at all!"

Qiao Yelan blinked.

"You mean, given my rank, I can't borrow the genuine article right now?"

“If the rank of Vice Minister of Rites is not high enough—then I’ll have to see if my rank is high enough.”

The Grand Tutor suddenly stood up and walked outside.

Qiao Yelan tilted her head and waved.

Ace, who was supposed to leave after seeing Qiao Yelan inside, walked in from outside and pushed Qiao Yelan to chase after the Grand Tutor.

"Don't push it so fast. If I really made a mistake, I have to save face for the old man and give him some time to clean up and mop the floor."

Qiao Yelan said casually.

"Got it, Doctor."

Ace answered in a low voice.

The man sat in his wheelchair and slowly made his way to the archives of Si Suitai.

Becoming a char siu (barbecued pork) next to Qiao Yelan is easy, but refusing to be assimilated by char siu is perhaps a bit too difficult.

Chapter 134 The Chasm

When Qiao Yelan was pushed by Ace and swayed as he arrived at the entrance of the Si Suitai Archives, he saw the Grand Tutor sitting inside with a sullen face, and a group of Celestial Masters working in the archives, their legs trembling, wanting to leave first, but only able to stand obediently in place.

The Grand Tutor saw Qiao Yelan but did not speak directly. Qiao Yelan was not in a hurry either. He simply gestured for Ace to push him to the threshold but did not intend to go in.

There's no rush yet.