Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

The Zhuo family is indeed a family known for their efficiency. They acted extremely quickly and actually successfully built the house that Hua Yu requested on the eve of Zhuo Yichen's full moon.

It was a sunny day with a gentle breeze. The Zhuo family was in high spirits, beating gongs and drums, playing musical instruments and singing along the way, welcoming their old ancestor and the much-anticipated young ancestor in a lively manner.

At that time, Tiandu City was in a state of excitement, with huge crowds of people everywhere and extremely noisy. Especially the street where the Zhuo family lived, it was so crowded that it was impossible to get through. People were shoulder to shoulder, so crowded that there was almost no place to stand. Some people even had their feet off the ground and could only let the people around them push them forward.

At this moment, an extremely luxurious carriage slowly drove into the city gate. This carriage was beautifully decorated and magnificent, with countless gems inlaid on the body, emitting a dazzling light. When it appeared, all the people's eyes were instantly attracted. Everyone stretched their necks to look, wanting to see the elegance of the people in the carriage.

It turned out that the man leading the way for the carriage was none other than the famous young master of the Zhuo family, Zhuo Yixuan. He rode a snow-white horse, looking heroic and elegant. However, what was even more surprising was that the man driving the carriage was actually a strange man. This man had an extremely handsome face, like an immortal descending from the earth, and people could not help but fall in love with him. This man was Zhang Qiling, who had just woken up from a deep sleep.

At the same time, on the royal wall in the center of Tiandu City, stood a middle-aged man in a bright yellow robe embroidered with a golden dragon. He stood tall and majestic, his eyes piercing as he stared at everything below.

"This Zhuo family's display is truly extraordinary! Such a grand scale is even more lively than my outing!" The middle-aged man stood on the wall of the imperial city with his hands behind his back, looking down at the road below that was surrounded by people, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He was the emperor of this world. Although he was usually surrounded by many guards and subjects when he went out on tour, it was extremely rare for the people to spontaneously flock to welcome him like today.

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, and his thoughts involuntarily drifted back to his past travels. At that time, most of the people around him just watched from afar, and occasionally a few brave ones would approach to pay their respects, but it was never like now, where almost everyone in the city came out in full force just to see the Zhuo family.

At this moment, the young man in purple clothes standing next to the emperor came closer and said in a low voice: "Royal brother, you see, although the Zhuo family has always been loyal to the royal family, the Demon Collection Bureau they control has become a local overlord and its power is growing day by day. If this continues, there is no guarantee that they will not have second thoughts! Especially the recent incident in Chongwu Camp is even more urgent and must be resolved as soon as possible!"

The emperor frowned and nodded slightly, indicating his agreement with his brother. He knew that once the power was out of balance, it would lead to all kinds of disasters. The rise of the Zhuo family and the crisis faced by Chongwu Camp had undoubtedly made the situation more complicated and difficult.

"Prince Xiang, I know what you are going to say. But after all, the Demon Collection Bureau has no ill intentions. If a Chongwu Camp suddenly appears, the words of the common people outside will be directed at the royal family. I can't risk the royal family's century-old reputation for a Chongwu Camp." The emperor naturally knew what his younger brother was thinking. Although he had that idea too, suddenly suppressing the Demon Collection Bureau did not mean handing the royal family's handle into their hands.

"Brother, it's all my fault! I'm so stupid that I didn't consider everything, which caused you so much trouble and difficulty!" King Xiang knew his brother's character very well. He knew that his brother was always harboring all kinds of bad thoughts and wanted to do those shameful things, but he was unwilling to do it himself, so he liked to hide behind and instruct others to do his job.

At this time, the streets were crowded with people who were watching the excitement. They watched a gorgeously decorated carriage slowly stop in front of the Zhuo Mansion. Then, Zhuo Yixuan, the handsome and elegant eldest son of the Zhuo family, walked quickly to the side of the carriage and stood respectfully. Just as people were curious, a delicate and white jade hand like white jade slowly stretched out from the carriage. The hand gently pinched the curtain and then carefully lifted a corner of it.

Instantly, everyone's eyes were drawn to it, and they stretched their necks to try to see through the narrow gap in the curtain. Finally, there was a burst of exclamations from the crowd, as they saw a stunningly beautiful woman sitting in the carriage.

The beauty was dressed in a snow-white brocade gown, lying half sideways on a thickly cushioned seat in the carriage. Her long eyelashes cascading down like a waterfall fluttered gently like butterfly wings, just enough to cover her beautiful eyes. Her black and shiny hair was like silky satin, with a few strands of hair playfully falling in front of her smooth forehead, cleverly covering half of her charming face.

Although the heavy curtains made the interior of the carriage a little dim, with almost no light coming in, everyone present could still clearly see the beauty's delicate face emitting a light white and clear color, as if she was a fairy from the moon palace, so beautiful that it was breathtaking. What was even more surprising was that the beauty was holding a baby tightly in her beloved arms.

The person who lifted the curtain was a pretty maid. After the maid completely lifted the curtain, the beauty sitting in the carriage first handed the baby in her arms to Zhuo Yixuan who was waiting beside the carriage, and then got off the carriage with the help of the "coachman".

"Father has been waiting in the mansion for a long time. Please... follow me." Zhuo Yixuan naturally knew the identity of the person in front of him, but he didn't dare to make it public, so he vaguely mentioned the identity of the person in front of him.

However, in this grand event in Tiandu City, there were not only humans but also some monsters among the people passing by. But generally, these monsters lived in a corner, enjoying a quiet life alone, waking up every day to work, basking in the sun, strolling on the street to enjoy the scenery that was different from the wilderness. They rarely gathered in the crowd.

On the second floor of a teahouse not far from the Zhuo family, there were two people sitting inside. One of them had white hair but a childish face. The white hair was braided with a pom-pom, and he was wearing a white pom-pom coat. The other one had long black hair draped over his back, and he was wearing a black gauze coat.

"Li Lun, who do you think the Zhuo family brought back with such a big fanfare?" The white-haired young man leaned on the window and looked at the entrance of the Zhuo family not far away, asking puzzled Li Lun who was calmly drinking tea opposite him.

"Zhu Yan, we have been out for a long time. And there are too many people here, and it's a mixed bag. Once something happens, the Demon Collection Bureau is nearby, and they can catch us and lock us up at any time." Li Lun was not very interested in the affairs of the human world. If Zhu Yan hadn't been dragging him to come to the human world, he would rather study in the mountain temple.

"What's so good about those books? It is said that the person taken back by the Zhuo family will live outside Tiandu City in the future. His house seems to be very close to my Taoyuan. Maybe, we will meet often in the future." Zhu Yan suddenly thought of something and looked at Li Lun with shining eyes.

"Books contain golden houses and beautiful women. How can you and an illiterate person know the joy of reading?" Li Lun hit the sore spot of Zhu Yan as soon as he opened his mouth, saying that he was an illiterate.

Zhu Yan covered his chest and pointed at Li Lun, "You, you, you've gone too far! How am I illiterate? Me! Zhu Yan! The great demon of the wilderness! I'm proficient in thousands of magic arts and all kinds of methods! You say I'm illiterate!" Zhu Yan's defense was broken by Li Lun's words.

Li Lun continued to drink his tea without raising his head, looking at the books he had just bought from the bookstore, and nodded indifferently.

Zhu Yan watched his fist hit the cotton and was too tired to speak.

During their quarrel, the excitement at the entrance of Zhuo's house had ended, and the beauty who came out of the carriage had already entered Zhuo's house. The tightly closed door blocked the sight of everyone outside the house.

After entering Zhuo Mansion, Hua Yu leaned close to Zhang Qiling's ear and whispered something. Zhuo Yixuan, who was standing behind them and holding Zhuo Yichen, naturally heard it, but did not dare to speak up to stop them. After all, one was the emperor who wanted to do bad things to them, and the other was their ancestor. They couldn't beat either of them, so they might as well shut up.