Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

After Gong Zishang led Gong Shangjiao and others back to the Shang Palace in a hurry, without any delay, he immediately ordered his personal maid Bitao to gather everyone in the mansion together.

Soon, many servants came in a hurry and stood neatly in the open space in front of the Shang Palace. Gong Zishang looked solemn and her eyes were sharp, which was completely different from the image of the eldest lady who was always smiling and seemed to be indifferent to everything.

She first looked around at everyone present, then raised her voice and said: "I know very well that some of you here have always been dissatisfied with me as the Palace Master! In the past, I just pretended not to see your little quarrels and let them go. But now..." Having said that, Gong Zishang paused for a moment, making everyone's heart hang in the air.

Then, she continued, "But now, I have discovered that someone is so bold that he sneaked into my room when I was not there, took my palace master's seal and ran to the corner palace to withdraw money! This is simply lawless!" After saying that, Gong Zishang took a step forward and approached the group of maids. At the same time, she held tightly in her hand a silver needle provided by Gong Yuanzheng, which flashed a chilling light.

At this time, the whole open space was dead silent. The servants and guards were so silent that they dared not even breathe. No one expected that the young lady who usually looked kind and amiable would suddenly get so angry. Gong Zishang emphasized again loudly: "No matter how casual and unreliable I am, I am still the eldest daughter of the palace! What's more, I was officially appointed as the Palace Master of Shang Palace by the Council of Elders! Do you really think I'm easy to bully?"

Gong Zishang suddenly stopped in front of a little maid, and the three silver needles slid slowly against her cheeks. "Why are you shaking? Did you go to my room and steal my seal?"

The little maid felt the silver needle sliding on her skin. She was so scared that she collapsed on the ground and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, "Miss! I am not a slave! I am really not a slave!"

Gong Zishang suddenly smiled, stretched out his other hand to help the little maid up, "Good girl, come here, tell me if you saw anyone enter my room?"

"Yes, yes, it was Master Liushang! Miss, please spare my life! I really didn't do it! Master Liushang said that if I dare to tell Miss, he would kill me!"

The little maid was so scared that she knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Get up! Poor thing, you had such a beautiful face! How did it get bruised like this?" After getting what he wanted, Gong Zishang changed his previous murderous face, looked at the little maid's broken forehead, and wiped it with his handkerchief with heartache.

Gong Zishang took out an ointment from his sleeve, put a little on his fingertips and smeared it on the wound of the little maid, "This ointment is very useful. It is the medicine prepared by my brother Yuan Zheng. You should take good care of it. The most important thing for a girl is her face."

After Gong Zishang forced the man to reveal his name, Gong Shangjiao asked Jin Fu to bring the man over.

Gong Liushang is worthy of being the bully of the Shang Palace. Even though his mother was forced to die because of theft many years ago, he still did not change his arrogant and domineering attitude.

"Let me go! You little dog slave! Do you know who I am? How dare you do this to me!"

When Gong Liushang was carried out by Jin Fu, he was still cursing, and his curses were particularly harsh. No one knew who he learned it from.

"Gong Zishang! What are you going to do to your brother now? You have already caused your brother to lose his aunt, do you want to harm your brother again?"

It turned out that Gong Liushang had seen Gong Zishang and his men entering the Shang Palace early in the morning, so he ran to Gong Mingshang's room early, hoping that her father could protect him.

As expected, when Gong Mingshang saw that a guard dared to run into his room and take away his little son, he immediately ordered his guards to carry him out on the couch.

When Gong Mingshang caught a glimpse of Gong Zishang from afar, his sharp eyes suddenly turned gloomy, as if he had already determined that all the faults were attributed to Gong Zishang alone. Before Gong Zishang could explain, Gong Mingshang angrily accused her: "Humph! You unfilial daughter, what are you going to do now!"

Faced with her father's arrogant and unreasonable attitude, Gong Zishang's long-suppressed anger finally erupted like a volcano. She straightened her body, looked directly at Gong Mingshang without fear, and shouted: "Father! Open your eyes and see clearly, now I am the master of this Shang Palace! The entire Shang Palace is controlled by me. In the past, it was only because I still had a little respect for you that I was unwilling to easily take power from you. However, please do not regard my tolerance and patience as a bargaining chip for your reckless behavior!"

Gong Zishang's sudden rebuke was like a thunderbolt, which stunned Gong Mingshang so much that he couldn't utter a word for a long time. He widened his eyes, unable to believe that his usually docile daughter could have such a tough side.

"Let's go!" Gong Zishang gave the order without hesitation, turned around and led Gong Liushang, Gong Shangjiao and others straight towards the Council of Elders.

At this moment, a miserable cry for help reached Gong Mingshang's ears. "Daddy, save me! This cruel old woman wants to kill me! Daddy! Come and save my child!" It turned out that Gong Mingshang's son was being escorted forward by Gong Zishang and his group. He was terrified and desperately asked his father for help.

Gong Mingshang came back to his senses when he heard his son's cry. He slapped the soft bed under him anxiously and shouted at his followers: "You bunch of idiots, hurry up and catch up! If the young master makes any mistakes, you will be held responsible!"

When Gong Mingshang and his group hurriedly arrived at the Elders' Council, they heard Gong Zishang crying and shouting inside.

"Elder Xue! I am so ashamed to face my ancestors! I think I have done my best for my father. Since I took over the position of the Lord of Shang Palace, even though I hold great power, I have never had the slightest thought of seizing his power.

But who could have expected that my father would actually believe Mrs. Ya's slander and try to have my good-for-nothing brother replace me!

Let's not talk about other things for now, just talking about my younger brother, if he really has some talent and is qualified for the position of Palace Master, then I will naturally hand it over to him without saying a word.

However, the fact is that my brother has been spoiled by Madam Ya all day long, and has become lazy and ignorant. He knows nothing about the affairs of our Shang Palace! How can I trust such a person to hand over such a huge Shang Palace to him?

What's even more infuriating is that, I don't know where he heard some rumors in recent days, but he was possessed by a devil and sneaked into my room, stole the seal that symbolizes the authority of the palace lord, and was so bold as to write a note and go to the Corner Palace to withdraw money.

If I hadn't gone to collect the money for my research today, I would still be in the dark and have no idea that such a dishonest brother had appeared in my Shang Palace!"

The three elders Xue, Yue and Hua looked at Gong Zishang, who was kneeling in the center of the Elders' Council, crying about the difficulties he had experienced over the years and how he had been suppressed, excluded and mocked by his father.

The three elders tend to be soft-hearted as they get older. Besides, Gong Zishang always appears in front of them, and from time to time she develops new weapons to replace the old ones. Generally speaking, although Gong Zishang's behavior has been a bit dissolute in recent years, at least she has not neglected the affairs of the Shang Palace, and has even done better.

The three elders Xue Yue Hua looked at Gong Liushang who was being suppressed by Jin Fu, and at this moment he was still insulting his elder sister incoherently.

You can tell which one to choose by comparing the two.

“Gong Yuanzheng, you monster! You’ve been an orphan since childhood, why do you treat me like this? Aaaaaaaah, ahhh!!”

"Gong Ziyu, you loser! Didn't you see what they did to me? How can you be so incompetent! Let me go! You bastard! I'm going to let my dad kill you!"

"Gong Zishang, you old woman, didn't you see how they treated me? Tell them to let me go! Otherwise, when I grow up, I will sell you out!"

Gong Liushang had begun to hate him since his mother was punished for Gong Yuanzheng's things. Now that she was bullying him again, he completely exploded.

"presumptuous!"

When Jin Fu heard Gong Liushang insulting his young master, he wanted to cover his mouth, but he escaped. In just a moment, Gong Liushang offended everyone present.

When Jin Fu heard the angry roar from Master Jiao, he immediately dragged the man in front of Gong Shangjiao.

Gong Shangjiao narrowed his eyes and looked at Gong Liushang in front of him. Gong Shangjiao had been in power for many years and had been fighting with the weak outside. He had been exposed to wind and rain and was covered in blood. This was something that the young master who lived a carefree life in the palace could not endure.

Gong Liushang was shaking with fear after encountering Gong Shangjiao. After a while, Jin Fu felt some warm water stains on his face. He looked down and found that the young master had peed his pants out of fear.

"Is this the future successor chosen by the old Shang Palace Master for the Shang Palace?" Gong Shangjiao looked at Gong Mingshang, who was slumped on the couch, with a disdainful look.

Gong Mingshang has been living a life of luxury for many years. Even if he had encountered a massacre, that was ten years ago. How could he be compared with Gong Shangjiao, who was always out there mediating with people in the martial arts world and fighting with Wufeng.

"Liu Shang is still young, young and ignorant! He speaks without manners! Please bear with me, Gong Shang!"

Gong Yuanzheng stood aside and listened to Gong Liushang's nonsense, sneering, "Young and ignorant? Talking without manners? He's already old enough to go to school, and he's still young? You don't still treat him as a baby!"

"How does Brother Yuanzheng want to deal with him?"

Gong Shangjiao touched Gong Yuanzheng's head. How could he allow someone to insult the flower that he cherished in his heart like this! And insult him in front of him! If he could let someone leave so easily, he would be unworthy of the oath he made to his brother!

Elder Yue was the softest person, "Yuan Zheng, Gong Liushang is a member of the palace sect after all..."

Gong Shangjiao gave Elder Yue a look and he decisively shut up and looked at the ground. Suddenly he realized that the ground was a little damaged and he would have to ask someone to repair it someday.

"Your mother was punished because she stole my things. As the saying goes, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked. It seems that your mother's previous experience did not educate you well." Gong Yuanzheng stepped forward and walked in front of Gong Liushang, with the dagger in his hand pressed against Gong Liushang's cheek.

"Gong Zishang! Are you just going to watch your brother being bullied like this?" Gong Mingshang looked at the dagger in Gong Yuanzheng's hand pointing at his beloved son, and immediately thought of Gong Zishang, who had a good relationship with Gong Yuanzheng.

"Father! It's all because of your inaction that my brother became so arrogant. If he had known a little bit of manners, this wouldn't have happened."

Gong Zishang had already stood up with the help of Gong Ziyu. When he heard his father's biased words, he scratched his ears disdainfully, then looked at Gong Yuanzheng, "Brother Yuanzheng, it's all because of me, as a sister, that I didn't teach him well. Not only did he act arrogantly in the Shang Palace, he even verbally abused brother Yuanzheng and brother Ziyu. Gong Zishang would like to apologize to the two brothers on behalf of my useless brother."

Gong Zishang did a good job on the surface, at least the three elders looked at her with satisfaction.

"If jade is not polished, it cannot be made into a useful object. No matter how my brothers Yuanzheng and Ziyu want to teach my useless brother a lesson, Shang Gong has nothing to say!"

"Gong Zishang! Do you take me, your father, seriously? He's your own brother! You actually handed him over to them!" Gong Mingshang saw that his son's fate was determined by just a few words, and he wanted to stand up angrily.

Gong Yuanzheng asked Jin Fu to carry Gong Liushang out the door, "Old Palace Master Shang, this depends on what you choose. Do you want Gong Liushang or the insignificant power in your hands?"

Gong Mingshang didn't know what Gong Shangjiao and the others were planning yet. He looked at Gong Zishang with gritted teeth. When he finally closed his eyes and opened them again, the fighting spirit in his eyes had completely disappeared. "I want Liushang."

"Congratulations, Miss!"

"Congratulations, Sister Zishang!"

"Congratulations, Miss!"

Gong Liushang was thrown back into Gong Mingshang's arms by Jin Fu. Gong Mingshang did not despise Gong Liushang who had wet his pants. After catching him, he checked to see if he was injured anywhere.

"Gong Zishang, you really look like your mother who died long ago!" Gong Mingshang looked at Gong Zishang viciously.

"If it weren't for my mother, you wouldn't have the ability to sit on the throne of Palace Master. You are so ungrateful! You are the one who betrayed me and forgot about my mother!"

Gong Zishang already knew everything from Bitao, so naturally he no longer expected to get any recognition and love from her biological father.

When Gong Zishang walked out of the Elders' Council, she found that the dark cloud that had been lingering in her heart had disappeared.

"What is it like to officially become the Palace Master of Shang Palace?"

Gong Yuanzheng looked at Gong Zishang, who was standing at the door of the Elders' Council and breathing heavily.

"Very good! It's better than ever! I spent the 1,500 taels to get that old man to stop interfering in the affairs of the Shang Palace. It was worth it!"

Gong Shangjiao walked out from behind Gong Yuanzheng and said, "Then please remember, Miss, you have to pay back the 1,500 taels! In cash or in banknotes?"

Gong Zishang looked at Gong Shangjiao in disbelief, "Are you a skinning ghost? Why are you so anxious to get the 1,500 taels?"

"Since Miss has said so, then deduct it from next month's monthly allowance!"

Gong Zishang was furious as he looked at Gong Shangjiao and Gong Yuanzheng who had already walked away. After all, the fact that the power of Shang Palace could be consolidated so smoothly today was largely due to the efforts of these two people.