Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

When Master Xue came back, he excitedly told her that the palace gates would welcome the bride today. Jiang Xinxin was surprised and asked, "How come the back mountain can't participate in such a big event as getting married?"

Xue Zhongzi explained: "Marrying a wife in the palace is different from marrying outside, because we cannot expose the palace's location, so when marrying a wife, we will randomly send the betrothal gifts first, and then after welcoming all the brides in, we will let the young men who have reached adulthood choose the bride they like to marry, and the remaining brides who are not selected will be sent out by special people."

Master Xue also said, "It has been twenty years since the last time Gongmen got married. Now, apart from Shao Zhiren, only Master Yu of Yu Palace and Master Jiao of Jiao Palace have reached adulthood, and Master Zheng of Zheng Palace is only eighteen years old. I don't know if Zhiren will let Master Zheng choose a bride together this time, and then get married after he reaches adulthood. If Master Zheng doesn't choose this time, we can only wait a few more years to choose a bride for him."

Jiang Xinxin just felt that she had a lot to complain about. From hearing the palace gates' behavior, it seemed as if women were treated as tools to continue the family line. No matter how well they did things, it couldn't change the fact that in their eyes women were just tools to continue their offspring!

So Jiang Xinxin mocked directly: "Your palace is really majestic, the emperor's selection of concubines is just like this!"

Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi had no idea why Jiang Xinxin's mood suddenly became so bad, but they could hear that she was dissatisfied with the palace's marriage.

Xue Zhongzi explained: "The palace has a big secret to protect, so the palace has been guarding this Old Dust Valley since its establishment. But the situation in the Old Dust Valley has gradually deteriorated. If women stay in the valley for too long, it will affect their fertility, so the palace has gradually developed the tradition of choosing brides from outside."

Mr. Xue was also anxious, but he had no idea how to persuade her, and his handsome face turned red.

Jiang Xinxin also knew that Houshan didn't marry, so what happened in Qianshan had nothing to do with Houshan. She shouldn't have taken her anger out on Xue Gongzi and Xue Chongzi, so after taking a long breath, she sincerely apologized to them: "I'm sorry, I took my anger out on you just now."

Jiang Xinxin got angry again, but she suppressed her anger and said to Xue Zhongzi and Xue Gongzi, "Men and women outside the country are not necessarily married because they are in love. Most of them are arranged by their parents and matchmakers. But those girls who are married outside the country can always go back to their parents' home to reunite with their parents, brothers and sisters during some festivals every year, and there are no restrictions on daily communication."

"But your palace is different. You also said that you have a big secret to protect, so it is almost impossible for the bride to step out of the palace again. In this case, her husband will only use her as a tool to give birth to children. In my opinion, almost no girl is willing to fall into such a situation."

"You two don't have to have children, and you still have things to do on a daily basis, but you also want to go out and see the world, right?"

After hearing this, Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi finally understood why Madam Lan, the biological mother of Yu Gong, died of depression. It turned out that it was because she didn't like wielding a sword, couldn't see her parents and family, and could only stay in a place as small as Yu Gong all day long. No wonder she was like that.

Xue Chongzi secretly despised Zhi Ren. To this day, there are still rumors circulating in the palace that Master Yu is not Zhi Ren's biological son. No one knows why Zhi Ren himself has never thought of clarifying it and just let the people below spread it. As a result, Master Zheng of Zheng Palace is still at odds with Master Yu.

Mr. Xue didn't think so much. He asked hesitantly, "Are we going out tonight?"

Jiang Xinxin nodded: "Of course we have to go out. You also said that the marriage of the front mountain has nothing to do with the back mountain. They marry their brides, and the three of us go out for our own shopping. We have nothing to do with each other."

So both Xue Gongzi and Xue Chongzi were happy.

Because time was urgent, the clothes sent by the Snow Palace were only outer clothes, but they were enough for the time being. Elder Xue also secretly sent three bulging purses over. When Jiang Xinxin and the other two opened them, they saw four gold ingots inside.

Jiang Xinxin couldn't help but sigh: "You two really met a good father."

Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi also felt very happy. They put away their purses carefully, quickly changed their outer clothes, and gave space to Jiang Xinxin to change clothes. They were very polite.

However, when the mountain gate was right in front of them, Jiang Xinxin, Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi saw a good show - the brides who were supposed to be sent to the women's guest house appeared in front of the mountain gate for some reason, and even the secret passage out of the mountain had been opened!

Jiang Xinxin and the other two looked at each other, and lay on the roof nearby to watch the show in tacit understanding. Just when the bride walking in front was about to enter the secret passage, Gong Yuanzheng, the Prince of Zheng Palace, suddenly appeared and directly closed the door of the secret passage.

"Gong Ziyu, are you going to bring the bride to test the medicine for me?"

Gong Yuanzheng was not yet an adult, and his hair was braided into small pigtails, with bells hanging on them.

"Is he free every day? It must take a lot of time to take care of all these braids."

Jiang Xinxin thought so and asked. The steady Xue Chongzi was very upset, but the lively Xue Gongzi agreed with Jiang Xinxin's words: "Yes, Master Zheng has taken on the important task of the Zheng Palace at a young age. Everyone in the palace needs the medicinal tea prepared by Master Zheng to resist the toxic miasma. So Master Zheng is really amazing. He has time to braid his hair even though he is so busy!"

After saying this, Master Xue felt that he admired Master Zheng even more, and he felt sorry for his previous misunderstanding of him. Even Xue Chongzi felt ashamed for believing the servants' words that Master Zheng was a cruel and heartless poisonous child. It was obvious that Gong Yuanzheng had taken on the important task of Zheng Gong at a young age, and was much better than Gong Ziyu who was still looking for women, but they had developed prejudice and dislike for Gong Yuanzheng because of the rumors spread among the servants.

This really shouldn't happen!

Gong Ziyu brought out all the brides who were imprisoned in the dungeon. Seeing that Gong Ziyu had even exposed the secret passage out of the mountain, Gong Yuanzheng threw a few small balls down. The small balls emitted poisonous smoke as soon as they hit the ground. Several brides fell on the spot. Among the remaining people, Jiang Xinxin saw with her own eyes that at least three of them knew kung fu, because they raised their sleeves to cover their mouths and noses at the first moment.

Gong Ziyu was still angrily accusing Gong Yuanzheng of poisoning the bride, when one of the brides grabbed another bride and said that she was scared and didn't want to die. But as soon as she finished her words, a girl who was hiding nearby stepped forward and walked towards Gong Ziyu, then took Gong Ziyu hostage.

Even the ignorant Master Xue felt that there was something fishy about this scene, but Gong Ziyu insisted on holding his girl hostage only because he was afraid and wanted to survive, and he was still protecting her, which really left Xue Chongzi and Jiang Xinxin speechless.

Jiang Xinxin asked: "Are we still going out to play?"

In fact, she wanted to ask Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi if they were still interested in going out.

Master Xue gritted his teeth and said, "Go! Why not?! These brides are chosen by the front mountain, and have nothing to do with our back mountain!"

After watching such a "good show", Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi lost interest in shopping. However, this made it easier for Jiang Xinxin to do something. When they were carried by Jiang Xinxin to fly over the artificially processed ten-foot-high stone wall on the front mountain again, they realized that their trip tonight was a complete waste of effort.

It’s all Gong Ziyu’s fault!