Chapter 18 The Stand-in Heroine's Counterattack 18

A Yan looked over with clear eyes, her little face still frank.

Cheng Qingning pinched her cheek hard, "Fortunately you are not our enemy!"

Even Prime Minister Luo and the Emperor became chess pieces on her chessboard. If she had insisted on going against A Yan at the beginning, she would have been schemed against to the point where nothing would be left of her!

For the first time, Cheng Qingning was thankful for her kindness!

Ah Yan grabbed Cheng Qingning's hand and said sweetly, "I won't go against a sensible girl!"

Cheng Qingning tapped her forehead and said, "Why didn't I realize you were so slick before?"

A Yan held her arms and smiled.

Cheng Qingning took charge and accepted A Yan's banknote, promising: "We will tell people outside that the rice bought with this money is yours!"

"Okay!" A Yan did not refuse her kindness.

It was not until the evening that the girls left reluctantly.

After they left, A Yan ordered Lu Qiang to lock the gate of the courtyard. From today onwards, no one would be allowed to visit, no matter who came.

After everything was arranged, Ayan went to meet the guards coming out of the palace.

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Three days later, everyone in the capital knew that a fortune-teller had come to Hanshan Temple in the suburbs of the capital.

It is said that this saint lady suddenly received guidance from heaven and transformed herself from a young girl in the boudoir into a master of occult arts.

She went up the mountain only after receiving an invitation from the abbot of Hanshan Temple to discuss Buddhism with the abbot.

Whatever people asked for, she would grant them.

People from the capital went to Hanshan Temple one after another, hoping to learn the advice of this saint.

Unfortunately, the Saint Lady only meets twenty people a day. She will not show up for more than that, no matter if they are ordinary people or dignitaries.

As for the twenty people who met the Saint Lady, all of them were amazed by her magic!

After five days, the Saint Lady suddenly vomited blood while fortune-telling for a man, and told him that his whole family would die in a snowstorm two days later at night!

It was already early spring, and the people were half-believing and half-doubting the Saint's words.

But the Saint Lady accurately counted the number of people in his family, and even calculated their birth dates and life experiences, so the man had to believe her.

Following the advice of the Saint Aunt, he hurriedly packed up his family's belongings and planned to take shelter at a relative's house.

It wasn't just one person. Over the next two days, all the people who came to have their fortunes told had the same result.

The Saint Lady closed the door and refused to see visitors. She finally calculated that there would be a heavy snow in the capital, and the houses of more than a thousand households living in the southern part would be crushed.

This result was also affirmed by the abbot of Hanshan Temple.

If only the Saint Lady announced a snowstorm, the people would not be worried.

However, the abbot of Hanshan Temple has always been a monk who never lies and is quite trusted by the people in the capital.

The Saint Lady sent ten of her close guards down the mountain to help the people evacuate.

Before dark, all the people in the southern area were moved elsewhere.

The sky gradually darkened and the air was filled with the warmth of spring.

The saint lady, dressed in plain clothes and wearing a veil, sat in the pavilion of Hanshan Temple, brewing tea and wine.

The host sitting opposite had a complicated expression on his face, "Are you really not worried at all? If there is no snow tonight, both Hanshan Temple and you will lose face!"

The Saint Lady took off her veil, revealing a beautiful and innocent little face. She held the teacup in her hands, her eyes curved, "Alright, Hanshan Temple will sink with me!"

The host glared at her and said, "Don't be silly! I agreed to this because you said that cooperating with you could save the people in the south! If your prediction is wrong, I will personally take you down to apologize to the people!"

The girl had a clever tongue, and at first he thought her plan was absurd and funny.

But after implementing it, it turned out that the people were easily transferred to a safe place without any soldiers being used.

Every step is planned and may seem risky, but in fact every step is taken at a critical point.

The people living at the foot of the mountain probably don’t know that, except for the people who came in the last three days, those before were all her hired help!

This little girl doesn’t know how to tell fortunes at all!

"I won't give the host master this opportunity!"

A Yan took a sip of hot tea with a smile and sighed comfortably.

The host shook his head helplessly and looked quietly outside the pavilion.

At the foot of the mountain, the people who had been resettled were also waiting.

We had a full dinner, but there was no sign of snow that day.

After waiting for two full hours, the old people and children could not stand it any longer and went to rest first.

The young and strong people were left behind to continue looking up at the sky and chatting.

"Could it be that the Saint Lady is lying? It's already spring, how can it still snow?"

"It's past midnight. If it doesn't snow, we'll have to go through a lot of trouble. I'm going to go to Hanshan Temple and smash her stall tomorrow!"

"Wait a little longer, there might be some changes..."

It kept murmuring until late at night, and then gradually stopped.

Just as the night watchmen fell asleep, the cold wind suddenly became fierce and the sound of the wind woke up the sleeping people.

When I opened my eyes, I saw snow flying all over the sky outside, falling down, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of white snow.

“It’s snowing!!”

A snowfall in the capital city crushed countless houses in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, the people were moved to other places in time, so no casualties were caused.

But the people were unable to take out their property and food from their homes.

Several noble ladies in the capital were the first to react. On the second day after the snowstorm, they began to distribute porridge in the disaster area.

After eating the hot porridge, the people finally cheered up and went back to save their homes.

The emperor sent people to help the people rebuild their homes.

Ten days later, the people in the southern part returned home and the impact of the snowstorm was completely eliminated.

This is the first time that people have been able to resume their normal lives within just one month after suffering a disaster.

As a result, the Saint Lady became famous!

The people were grateful for her warning, and the first thing they did after settling down was to go to Hanshan Temple to thank the Saint Lady.

Unfortunately, the Saint Lady has already left Hanshan Temple.

The people returned empty-handed.

Common people do not know the true identity of the Saint Lady, but many powerful people have already heard about her.

He also learned that the Saint Lady had already entered the palace.

At this time, the "Saint Lady" was sitting in the imperial garden, smiling as she placed a piece on the chessboard, "I win!"

The emperor glanced at the chessboard and said, "You are more difficult to deal with than your father!"

Ah Yan gathered the chess pieces together and said, "Your Majesty, why would you want to deal with me? We have the same goal. Unless Your Majesty wants to kill everyone in this world, we will never be enemies!"

The emperor's expression was even more complicated. "I ask you again, do you really not want other rewards? Power, status, gold, silver and jewelry, these things can also make you worry-free for the rest of your life!"

Ah Yan said: "I don't want it. I just want to be the Imperial Master!"

"Give me a reason. Why are you interested in being a national teacher for no reason?"

Ah Yan was silent for a moment, twisting the black spot with her slender fingers, "Because... atonement. I had a dream, in which many people died because of my ignorant love!"

Even though the plot is at work, there are countless people in this small world who have become cannon fodder because of the love between the hero and heroine.

Under their affection and love, not only the heroine's ego is buried, but also the bones of many living people!