Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Jiang Xinxin went back and conveyed Gong Shangjiao's meaning to Elder Xue in full. She also mentioned that Gong Shangjiao had made it clear that he did not want to wield a blade, which made Elder Xue blush.

"A few years ago, we old men were biased against Shang Jiao. At that time, we thought he was too cruel, so even though he was the best among his peers, we still gave the position of young master to someone else. Now..."

It is not easy to admit that you are judging others by your own standards, but Elder Xue is already at this age and doesn't care about it too much. He quickly calmed down and turned to talk to Elder Hua and Elder Yue.

However, Master Xue wanted to go to the Moon Palace to find Master Yue to show off what he saw and heard in the Zheng Palace today, because both the Moon Palace and the Zheng Palace are responsible for medicine and are good at it.

If it were any other time, Xue Zhongzi would definitely not forbid Master Xue from going to the Moon Palace, but at this moment they had other things to do, so Xue Zhongzi stopped him and said, "I heard that Gong Ziyu will come up to take the test in the next few days. We have no place to stay in our small building. Today we are free, and we have to quickly build a place for Gong Ziyu to stay overnight."

Everyone in the mountains knows that Gong Ziyu was born prematurely, so he has always been afraid of the cold. He has a more capable older brother, and his father is a person who despises him on the surface but dotes on him in private. So, even after growing up to be in his twenties, he still does things according to his own will, which makes him pampered and troublesome.

Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi were building a residence for Gong Ziyu. In Jiao Palace, Gong Yuanzheng was about to admit his mistake to Gong Shangjiao about Jiang Xinxin, but before he could even start talking, he was met with Shangguan Qian's probing.

There are so many things Shangguan Qian wants to know. First of all, he wants to know Jiang Xinxin's name and identity. Then he wants to see Gong Shangjiao's impression and opinion of Jiang Xinxin. In addition, he wants to use Jiang Xinxin to do something.

If it were in the past, Gong Shangjiao would have revealed some things about Jiang Xinxin to test Shangguan Qian, but now he had just been belittled by Jiang Xinxin, and the feelings he had for Shangguan Qian, which he had not yet had time to realize, had been completely wiped out by the safety and future of the palace.

Although Gong Yuanzheng was often rude in front of Jiang Xinxin, that was based on the fact that Jiang Xinxin herself had no good feelings towards Gong Shangjiao from the beginning and looked down on him. That was why Gong Yuanzheng ignored the fact that Jiang Xinxin was a guest invited by Gong Shangjiao himself and was angry and rude many times.

Gong Yuanzheng had suffered several losses at the hands of Shangguan Qian. Although part of the reason was that Gong Shangjiao did not help him, which made him remember it, he now understood that Gong Shangjiao's optimism and indulgence towards Shangguan Qian had begun to disappear.

So before Gong Shangjiao could speak, Gong Yuanzheng took the lead in provoking Shangguan Qian and said, "My brother highly respects Miss Jiang. Only someone with Miss Jiang's looks, character, and talent is worthy of the position of Madam Jiaogong."

Shangguan Qian's face turned pale, but she still forced a smile and retorted to Gong Yuanzheng, "But I am the bride chosen by Master Jiao himself, Master Jiao, don't you agree?"

Shangguan Qian looked at Gong Shangjiao expectantly and aggrievedly, but Gong Shangjiao did not look back. Instead, he continued to do what he was doing and said casually, "Ms. Shangguan's identity seems to be fine, but no one has stipulated that the Shangguan family in Dafu City cannot play both sides, befriending the palace gate while sending their young lady to Wufeng for training."

"Don't you think so, Miss Shangguan?"

Shangguan Qian unconsciously tightened her hands under the table, but heard Gong Yuanzheng laugh: "Just like Zheng Nanyi, my brother has been friends with the Zheng family for many years, but not only is Zheng Nanyi suspected of murdering Gongmen Zhiren and the young master, but even the Zheng family disappeared overnight, which shows that they have long since surrendered to Wufeng."

Shangguan Qian's heart tightened, and her mind worked quickly. However, she was distracted and did not refute Gong Shangjiao immediately. Now that Gong Yuanzheng had finished speaking, she had actually exposed herself.

Shangguan Qian didn't say anything, so Gong Shangjiao thought she was still weighing the pros and cons, so he slowly said: "Wu Feng's means of controlling people are nothing more than interests and poison. No matter what means Wu Feng used on you, I, Gongmen, can solve it for you."

In a split second, Shangguan Qian decided to confess part of the truth in exchange for passing today: "I was indeed someone Wufeng arranged to stay in the Shangguan family. Even the fact that Master Jiao saved my life four years ago was a deliberate arrangement."

"I am an orphan of Gushan Sect. Back then, my uncle was in love with Zhuomei of Qingfeng Sect, but was stopped by the leader of Qingfeng Sect, Dianzhu. Not only did she harm her own sister Zhuomei, she also used this as an excuse to massacre everyone in Gushan Sect!"

"I was still young at that time, and my father sent me to a secret passage to hide. But I panicked and ran out of the passage early, causing myself to fall off a cliff and get injured. From then on, I lost my memory and was taken back by Dianzhu himself to be trained as a tool."

"That's right. The leader of Wufeng should be Dianzhu, the leader of Qingfeng Sect. I have carefully investigated for many years. I had slowly recovered my memory and only wanted to kill Dianzhu to avenge my family. At that time, I used the poison of the palace gate to send fairy dust as a base, and mixed it with several other poisons. Dianzhu was poisoned and endangered. It was at that time that the routine leader meeting of Wufeng was temporarily cancelled. So I was sure that the leader of Wufeng was Dianzhu!"

"It's so hateful that I thought I had avenged my family, but I didn't expect Dianzhu to be fine!"

"Only the Hundred Herbs in the Palace Gate can cure all kinds of poisons. If you were not useless and had someone steal the Hundred Herbs, I would have avenged the entire Gushan Sect several years ago!"

Shangguan Qian became more and more excited as he spoke, and in the end he really hated the palace gate as well.

Because the Gushan Sect had clearly asked the Palace Gate for help back then, but the Palace Gate not only ignored the Gushan Sect's request for help, but later also ruined her painstakingly planned revenge plan!

Although he felt a little guilty towards the Gushan Sect's Gong Shangjiao, it was not much. After all, he was still young when the Gushan Sect was destroyed, and he had not even taken on the responsibility of Palace Jiao. However, he had personally experienced the theft of Baicao Cui from the palace gate as Shangguan Qian mentioned. At that time, the spy was exposed and executed and hung outside the palace gate for public display. Finally, the assassin's body was stolen, and it must have been at that time that Baicao Cui was also stolen.

Gong Yuanzheng asked directly: "What evidence do you have to prove that you are the real orphan of Gushan Sect?"

Shangguan Qian dropped her coat and brushed her hair aside. "The direct descendants of Gushan Sect all have a mark on the back of their necks. This mark is not a tattoo. Even if someone outside sees it, they will never be able to imitate it."

Gong Shangjiao didn't expect that Shangguan Qian would dare to take off her clothes and look at Gong Yuanzheng. He hurriedly stopped Gong Yuanzheng's overly rude behavior, but in the end he still saw that there was indeed a small, slightly clear mark under Shangguan Qian's snow-white neck.

Gong Shangjiao apologized to Shangguan Qian on behalf of Gong Yuanzheng, and said, "Ms. Shangguan, I still say the same thing. No matter what means Wufeng uses to control you, Gongmen can solve your worries, as long as we are friends."