Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

After Gong Yuanzheng returned to Zheng Palace angrily, Zhuo Yichen accompanied him through a difficult night.

Early the next morning, before the rooster crowed, Gong Yuanzheng dressed neatly and hurriedly left the dormitory with a small gourd.

Zhuo Yichen was still curled up in the warm quilt. Half asleep and half awake, he reached out his hand to touch the place on the left where Gong Yuanzheng had slept. Suddenly, he found that there was no one there and the quilt was ice-cold.

Gong Yuanzheng walked slowly into the clinic from the mist, carrying a small gourd. He stood beside a row of medicine furnaces and stared carefully at the medicine simmering in the furnaces. Suddenly, his ears moved slightly, and the guard Jinhua beside him slightly pushed away the knife at his waist with his thumb.

"Who are you?" Gong Yuanzheng and Jinhua blocked the people from the front and back.

"Are you the bride-to-be? Why are you running to the clinic instead of staying in your ladies' quarters?" Gong Yuanzheng looked at the woman in white, which was different from the attire of the maids at the palace gate.

"Yesterday, Doctor Zhang from the clinic said that I have spicy smell in my body, which may be bad for my offspring, so I wanted to ask Doctor Zhang to prescribe a prescription for me to regulate my body." The woman looked at Gong Yuanzheng tenderly.

"What? Do you really want to be a dead man's wife?" Gong Yuanzheng lifted the woman's chin with the tip of the knife.

"What! Young Master!" The woman looked terrified and almost fooled Gong Yuanzheng, who had reviewed the plan with Zhuo Yichen after setting it up that day.

"The young master and Zhi Ren died at the same time, as well as the female assassin of the Chi class who was pushed out to die." Gong Yuanzheng nonchalantly announced the news that Zhi Ren and the young master had died at the same time.

The woman covered her chest with her hands, her eyes reddened. "What should I do then? If I am sent back home, my stepmother will give me to someone else as a concubine!"

"What are you afraid of? Take this state with you and go and beg Gong Ziyu, the most compassionate person in the palace. Who knows, he might allow you to stay with him." Gong Yuanzheng shrugged indifferently.

“But…but I don’t like Master Yu. The person I like is…” The woman blushed, bit her lips tightly, and refused to say the name.

"There are only three adults in the palace. You are not here for the young master and Gong Ziyu, so are you here for my brother?" Gong Yuanzheng became furious whenever he thought about the fact that this woman was coveting his brother.

"Of course it's for Mr. Gong Er. If it weren't for Mr. Gong Er, I'm afraid no one in this palace would..." Gong Yuanzheng didn't understand what the woman didn't finish.

"Keep talking! What will happen at the palace gate? You said three-tenths to keep seven-tenths to yourself. Do you like to keep us in suspense?" Gong Yuanzheng lowered the tip of his knife, signaling Jinhua behind the woman to put away his knife.

“If it weren’t for the existence of Mr. Gong Er in the palace, I’m afraid that the palace would have fallen into Wufeng’s pocket long ago. There is no young man in the world who does not admire Mr. Gong Er. They all want to enter the Jiao Palace and stay with Mr. Gong Er until old age~” The woman blushed and said shameful words, but unfortunately, Gong Yuanzheng was a person who did not understand these romantic matters.

At the palace gate, Gong Shangjiao blocked everything for him, and even the maids who were allowed to appear in the room when they reached a certain age were not allowed to appear.

In Tiandu, Zhuo Yixuan had to go out to hunt monsters all year round and could never think of such things. After all, there was no mistress in the Zhuo Mansion, and the whole family consisted of men except for the maids. Moreover, Zhuo Yichen had a special status, so he and his father naturally would not treat him with those in the human world. With the ancestor watching them, it was even more unthinkable.

Therefore, Zhuo Yichen and Gong Yuanzheng have been two little flower buds like blank paper so far. However, Gong Yuanzheng is better than Zhuo Yichen in that he knows what a brothel is like, because Gong Ziyu often sneaks down the mountain to the Wanhua Building at the foot of the mountain to find an old woman named Ziyi.

Zhuo Yichen was more innocent. His monster-hunting missions were carefully selected by Zhang Qiling and Hua Yu. The brothels like Tianxiang Pavilion were supervised by other people.

Zhuo Yichen lived entirely in a small garden set up by Zhang Qiling and Hua Yu.

"What do people in the world say about my brother?" Whenever Gong Yuanzheng heard people praising his brother, he would be extremely happy. He folded his arms and looked at the woman with a smile.

“The world respects Mr. Gong Er because he will protect those sects and families that are persecuted by Wu Feng; Wu Feng is afraid of Mr. Gong Er because as long as he is caught by him or Wu Feng’s stronghold is found, they will be surrounded and wiped out to comfort the souls of those who died because of Wu Feng.” When the woman mentioned Wu Feng again, a trace of hatred flashed in her lowered eyes.

"What's your name?" Gong Yuanzheng was very interested in this Wufeng assassin who was acting so seriously, but he was only interested in the fact that she seemed to be full of hatred towards Wufeng, whom she was loyal to.

"I am from the Shangguan family, a famous medical family in Dafu City. My name is Shangguan Qian." Shangguan Qian looked weak, but her expression was firm.

Shangguan Qian only felt that her name rolled around in Gong Yuanzheng's mouth, as if it could soften a person's entire body bones.

"How could a bride-to-be escape the heavily guarded patrols at the palace gates and come to the clinic unhindered? And even have such a pleasant conversation with her brother Yuanzheng?" A cold voice came from the door.

Gong Yuanzheng walked around Shangguan Qian with a cheerful step, "Brother!"

The person who came was Gong Shangjiao who rushed back from outside the palace gate.

"Brother Yuanzheng, why do you come to the clinic so early in the morning?" Gong Shangjiao stroked the hair of the little puppy who came to him and gently moved the silver bell at the end of his hair, but his eyes glanced at Shangguan Qian.

"Ah! My medicine!" Gong Yuanzheng's face changed suddenly, as if a flash of lightning passed through his mind. He slapped his forehead hard, exclaimed in surprise, and slipped into the clinic like a loach.

Immediately afterwards, the three people at the door heard Gong Yuanzheng's deafening roar coming from the clinic: "My medicine! I put so many precious herbs in it! How come it's all burned dry! Ahhhhhh, ahhhhhh, I'm so mad!" The voice was like thunder out of the blue, resounding through the sky, and made people look sideways.

At this moment, Gong Shangjiao, who was standing aside, suddenly had a barely perceptible smile in his eyes, but this smile could not escape Shangguan Qian's sharp gaze, and he said softly: "Mr. Gong Er, how are you!" As he spoke, Shangguan Qian bowed gracefully and performed a standard salute.

As she was paying her respects, her hand accidentally touched a jade pendant on her waist. The jade pendant was fine and smooth, but the workmanship was a little rough. It was carved with a bunch of unknown flowers. Although the pattern was simple, it also had a unique charm. In this way, the jade pendant was exposed to Gong Shangjiao without reservation.

Gong Shangjiao's attention was instantly attracted by the jade pendant. His eyes, which were originally as sharp as an eagle, were now like two cold rays, staring directly at the jade pendant.

Then, his body hidden behind the door began to move slowly, approaching Shangguan Qian step by step.

Shangguan Qian was a meticulous person. She quickly noticed Gong Shangjiao's actions. She followed his line of sight and found that Gong Shangjiao was wearing a jade pendant around his waist.

Shangguan Qian discovered that the jade pendant worn on Gong Shangjiao's waist was different from the one she was wearing. Although the jade on Gong Shangjiao's was also delicate and smooth, it was obvious that his was much more exquisite than the one she was wearing. It was engraved with a budding Epiphyllum, which looked lifelike and seemed as if it would bloom at any time.

"It's getting late. You should go back to the ladies' courtyard." Gong Shangjiao did not immediately point out that the jade pendant Shangguan Qian was wearing was a men's jade pendant.

"Jinhua, send Miss Shangguan back to the female guest courtyard."

Jinhua extended his hand and asked Shangguan Qian to leave the clinic.

On the way back to the ladies' courtyard, Shangguan Qian wanted to ask Jinhua some more questions, but when she saw the ambiguous smile on his face, Shangguan Qian felt as if she had been seen through from the inside out.

Jinhua just said calmly, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't say what you shouldn't say. I'm not an unsophisticated guard in the palace. I've seen at least eighty girls like you, if not a hundred."

Shangguan Qian forced a smile, "Guard Jin really loves to joke."

When Jinhua sent Shangguan Qian to the women's courtyard, he happened to run into Gong Ziyu and his men searching the women's courtyard.

"Where have you been? Why weren't you in the ladies' courtyard? And why did Gong Yuanzheng's guards send you back?" Gong Ziyu had just checked the number of people and discovered that one person was missing when the person was sent back by Gong Yuanzheng's guards. Moreover, they had just had a conflict last night, so how could he give a good face to this person who was suspected to be related to Gong Yuanzheng.

"Master Zhiren, I just came back from the clinic. I just wanted to ask Doctor Zhang to prescribe some medicine for my body. But Doctor Zhang was not in the clinic. So I ran into Mr. Gong San and Mr. Gong Er." Shangguan Qian calmly narrated why she came back from outside and why she was sent back by Gong Yuanzheng's guards.

"Madame Fan, how do you take care of the women's courtyard? Accidents happen one after another." For the first time, Gong Ziyu spoke harshly to the matron in charge of the women's courtyard.

"Miss Shangguan did report to me when she went out, but no one knows why Miss Yun appeared by the river at the palace gate." Nanny Fan was also very upset. Shangguan Qian did tell her that she was going to the clinic, but no one knew how Yun Weishan ran away.

"Master Zhiren, a can of medicine powder was found in Fourth Miss Song's room." The guard who was investigating handed a box of medicine powder to Gong Ziyu and explained that it was found in the bedroom.

As soon as the guard said this, a large space suddenly appeared beside the Fourth Miss Song. "I didn't poison her. This is the powder I use to treat asthma. I reported it to Qian Zhiren before I came to the palace, and he agreed to let me bring the powder to the palace."

Gong Ziyu disagreed with what she said, "My father has passed away, who can prove what you said?" Gong Ziyu took the box of medicine powder, opened it and saw the red powder inside.

"This... Where is the proof? These were all letters written by my father to the previous owner of the blade. I can't carry letters around with me!" Song Si couldn't produce any evidence from Gong Ziyu's mouth. After all, these were all discussed between his father and the previous owner of the blade alone.

"Then eat it now to prove your innocence!" Gong Ziyu's action not only stunned the other brides in the female guest courtyard, but even Jinhua couldn't help but look over.

Gong Ziyu felt the gazes of the people around him, but he just took them as looks of admiration and didn't think anything else of it.

Song Si looked at Gong Ziyu, who was asking her to take medicine on the spot, as if she was a lunatic. However, she was stimulated by Gong Ziyu's next words and immediately poured the medicine powder into her mouth.

Gong Ziyu looked at the Fourth Miss Song who was afraid to take medicine in public, and raised her head and said, "You are jealous of Miss Jiang, so you poisoned her to replace her. Otherwise, why don't you dare to take medicine?"