"The seventh item up for auction today is the antidote pill developed by the divine physician Luo Zhi, which can cure all poisons. The starting price is five hundred taels, with each bid increasing by fifty taels. Bidding begins now."

"Six hundred taels." A middle-aged man on the second floor was the first to call out the price.

"Six hundred and fifty taels."

Those who come to this auction are either officials or prominent families. Even if they are on guard every day, they are still bound to fall into traps. Therefore, antidotes, especially those that can cure all poisons, are very important to them.

"Since you're here, why don't you even come in?" Yan An murmured to the air.

"Bai Su, you can go down now. Let Manager Wang take you to prepare some food for me."

Bai Su curtsied and left.

"You concealed your aura very well, but the sandalwood scent on your body is quite unique and hard to ignore, Regent."

In fact, the sandalwood scent on Yue Xiyuan's body was so faint that ordinary people couldn't smell it at all, but Yan An was no ordinary person.

“Little fox, you are really smart, but you also need to understand that being too smart is not a good thing.” Yue Xiyuan walked over and sat down in the chair next to Yan An.

Yue Xiyuan stood tall and elegant in a magnificent brocade robe, his face still cold and arrogant. Tsk tsk tsk... still as handsome as ever.

"Regent, do you think I'm too smart and want to... eliminate me to prevent future troubles?" Yan An made a throat-slitting gesture.

"However, getting rid of me is a bit difficult. How about you take me in? Or how about I take you in? Such a handsome guy could be nice to warm up my bed."

Yan An leaned down and whispered in Yue Xiyuan's ear, his warm breath tickling him. Yue Xiyuan's ears instantly turned red. Oh, so the Regent's ears are very sensitive!

"It's not impossible for me to take you in." Yue Xiyuan was about to reach out and grab Yan An when Yan An suddenly dodged and sat back down in the chair next to him.

Yan An rested his chin on his hand, crossed his legs, and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at Yue Xiyuan, a knowing smile playing on his lips.

"When did you find out that Linglong Pavilion belonged to me?"

"When I first came here, the Third Pavilion Master was Dark Three, right? The jade belt around his waist that day was similar to Dark Four's. He could recognize me after seeing the antidote pill. Currently, it's just you and your people."

"Is An Si the best at light footwork here? Actually, I have to slow down every time An Si follows me, otherwise he'll lose me. The day I entered the capital, I walked a little too fast, and when I turned around, An Si was gone. So I pretended to go back to find him and let him continue following me." Yan An chuckled as he recalled that day.

"...When we get back, I'll have him practice more. Also, my lightness skill and martial arts are better than theirs."

An Si shivered involuntarily in the shadows.

"Oh~ then shall we try it another day?" Yan An pressed her face very close to Yue Xiyuan's again. Yue Xiyuan felt her burning gaze, his heart began to beat faster, and his ears, which had just turned red, turned red again.

"Hahahaha..." Yan An laughed heartlessly.

Yan An glanced at Yue Xiyuan's purple jade pendant at his waist, on which the character "An" was clearly engraved. This was their engagement gift.

"The Regent seems to really like this jade pendant. People say that the Regent is ruthless and doesn't like women, but now it seems that the legends are unreliable!"

“I didn’t like it before, but I like it now.” Yue Xiyuan touched the jade pendant, his eyes fixed on Yan An, hoping to see a trace of joy in Yan An’s eyes.

Unfortunately, Yan An's face remained expressionless, but a pang of bitterness rose in his heart. "Although Yan An and Luo Zhi are both my own, Yue Xiyuan doesn't know that. He says he likes his fiancée, but now he's flirting with me. Ugh, what a scumbag. He's so unreliable."

Yan An was unaware that Yue Xiyuan already knew that Yan An and Luo Zhi were the same person. Yan An was jealous of herself and kept cursing Yue Xiyuan as a scumbag in her heart. Yue Xiyuan was unaware that his words had just caused his status in Yan An's heart to plummet.

Yue Xiyuan noticed that Yan An's mood seemed different from before, and called out, "Little fox..."

That's it, I'm ignoring him...

Suddenly, Yan An stood up with a whoosh, fed Yue Xiyuan a pill, looked around, and fixed his gaze on the purple bronze kylin incense burner on the table. Yan An took his teacup and poured all the remaining tea into the incense burner.

“Your Linglong Pavilion isn’t very safe either~” Yan An opened the incense burner and was about to pick up the sandalwood incense that hadn’t burned out when Yue Xiyuan grabbed Yan An’s arm.

"No."

"It's nothing, it won't hurt me." Yan An held the sandalwood to his nose and smelled it. "Interesting..."

"Go and summon An Er," Yue Xiyuan commanded the air.

"Master." An Er arrived at the private room in an instant.

"Go check it out." Yue Xiyuan's gaze fell on the purple bronze kylin incense burner.

"The sandalwood incense is mixed with datura. The initial part is fine, but the datura is in the middle part, just beginning to burn. Inhaling even a little can cause neurotoxicity and hallucinations. Inhaling it for fifteen minutes will result in death without you even realizing it. You can check the people around you," Yan An advised.

"Yes." An Er quickly withdrew.

"Little fox, you inhaled quite a bit just now, why didn't you take any antidote pills? Is there only one left? Dark Four, that antidote pill is no longer up for auction, hurry up and bring it over." Yue Xiyuan became nervous after hearing what Yan An had just said.

"I'm fine. These common poisons can't harm me." Yan An and Yue Xiyuan were so close that they could clearly hear each other's heartbeats, and their breaths mingled with the scent of medicine from Yan An and the sandalwood from Yue Xiyuan.

"Master, the antidote pill has been brought." An Si suddenly pushed open the door and saw the two people in a somewhat ambiguous position. Oh no... it seems he came at the wrong time.

"Let me go." Yan An struggled for a moment before Yue Xiyuan released him, then coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment.

"Go down, the auction for the antidote pills will continue." Yue Xiyuan's deep, cold voice rang out as the warmth in his hands vanished.

An Si fled in a panic, fearing that if he was any slower, his master would send him to the Dark Pavilion training ground. Emerging from the training ground, An Si kept patting his chest, "It's all over, it's all over..."

Just as the auctioneer was about to bring down the gavel, Dark Four swiftly snatched the antidote pill, and now another person has swiftly returned it, leaving the auctioneer quite puzzled.

"No problem, let's continue the auction. Are there any further bids?"

The antidote was eventually sold for one thousand taels of silver.