Stirring Up Trouble

The first to enter the grand palace hall was Xu Linyun. She bowed towards Xuan Si’nyang as she gently walked inside, then took out a blue cauldron from her storage sack and placed a few ingredients on the small jade shelf to the side. While this was going on, Elder Qin’nyao smiled and spoke on her behalf, "Princess, although my pupil here has good looks, her personality is a little slow; she can neither dance nor sing, and has only learned some alchemy skills from me. Here she is, and she shall craft a cauldron of Age Halting Pellets for Your Majesty!"

Xuan Si’nyang parted her lips. "Alchemists should practice alchemy; why would they need to know how to dance? I’d like to see it!"