Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

After Gong Zishang took back power from her father, she returned to the Shang Palace and made drastic changes to the entire Shang Palace.

Because Gong Ziyu had to kneel in the ancestral hall and copy the family rules as punishment, Yun Weishan had not seen him many times recently. Even when he saw him, he would just say a few words and then run away.

Yun Weishan was sitting in Madam Wu Ji's room that day, drinking tea and appreciating flowers.

"Miss Yun, Miss Shangguan from the Corner Palace sent someone to say that she wants to chat with you."

Yun Weishan paused while holding the teacup, and looked at the kind-looking Madam Wu Ji, "Madam, why do you think Miss Shangguan came to see me at this time?"

Madam Wu Ji was just fiddling with the charcoal in the tea stove. "You two are the brides who came in together. Maybe Miss Shangguan was a little bored in the Corner Palace. There weren't many girls in the palace. She only knew you, so naturally she could only think of you."

Yun Weishan is having a headache about her mission, and now Shangguan Qian comes to her, maybe there is some task to be handed over.

"Xiaoxiao, go tell that person that I will go to the Corner Palace to look for Miss Shangguan after I wash up."

Yun Weishan stood up slowly, "Madam, please allow me to go ahead!"

"We'll have plenty of time to sit together and chat in the future."

After Yun Weishan left Madam Wu Ji's room, his originally kind face suddenly turned gloomy, but the next moment he covered his chest and dared not make any loud noise.

A window in the shade of the room was quietly closed without making any sound.

"Master Jiao, I have already made an appointment with Yun Weishan as you asked."

Shangguan Qian half leaned on a beauty couch by the window of the room, holding her chest weakly as she looked at the man sitting in the room drinking tea as if nothing had happened.

"I am the one who has the most information about the palace gate among Wufeng, and you are the bride Wufeng specially trained according to my interests and hobbies. When your Jackdaw asked you to take the mission, didn't you study my information carefully?"

Gong Shangjiao looked at Shangguan Qian who was slumped on the beauty couch. Perhaps at first glance, Shangguan Qian looked a lot like Yuanzheng's younger brother, but those eyes revealed too much.

"You really have a good brain, both your mind and strategies are top-notch. What a pity..." The moment Gong Shangjiao put down the teacup, the cup cracked from the bottom, and the clear yellow tea spilled all over the table.

"Unfortunately, you should never use the expedition as a stepping stone to complete your mission."

Shangguan Qian's face turned pale as Gong Shangjiao said that and the teacup, "Master Jiao, Qianqian has told you everything now. Isn't that enough to prove my innocence?"

"I've told you before, I don't believe a word you say. I'm only willing to believe what I've found and what the original author said."

Gong Shangjiao stood up and brushed off the invisible dust on his body. "If you really want to act, then perform it for the next person." After that, Gong Shangjiao left Shangguan Qian's room.

Qingnv and Qingyun, who were waiting at the door, walked in slowly. After cleaning the teapot and broken teacups on the tea table, they lit incense and stood beside Shangguan Qian.

"Miss Shangguan, Miss Yun is already at the gate of the Corner Palace. Is there anything you need us to prepare?"

Qingnv knelt in front of Shangguan Qian's footstool and handed her the tonic medicine.

Shangguan Qian took the bowl of dark, steaming hot soup, gritted her teeth and drank it in one gulp. She could clearly feel the burning sensation in her body slowly subsiding.

Shangguan Qian had no idea what was there to not understand at this point. Gong Shangjiao had never believed her from the beginning. He even had more information about Wufeng than they had imagined.

What Shangguan Qian didn’t understand was, since Gong Shangjiao knew so much, how could he stay so peacefully at the palace gate and not quarrel with them?

"Miss Shangguan."

When Yun Weishan walked in, he saw Shangguan Qian, with a pale face, half leaning on the beauty couch, with a pair of twins kneeling on either side.

"Miss Yun is here. What a coincidence. I broke my leg when I was taking a walk in Jiao Palace a few days ago. Master Jiao was afraid that I might be inconvenienced, so he sent two maids to protect me."

In Yun Weishan's eyes, Shangguan Qian's shy look clearly showed that she had already walked step by step into Gong Shangjiao's heart, but she was still standing still.

"Is the fall serious?" Yun Weishan couldn't help but sneer in his heart. A Mei-level assassin with no front could actually fall down while walking. Wasn't he probably rubbing their instructor's face on the ground?

"Qingnu, you and Qingyun go get some cakes and prepare a pot of good tea. I want to have a good chat with Miss Yun for a while."

Shangguan Qian sent away the two maids beside her. As soon as they left, she changed her weak and innocent look and said, "Gong Ziyu is such an easy person to deceive, how come you still don't have his trust?"

"Gong Ziyu is not seen all day long now. Even if I want to have a deep communication with him, I can't."

Yun Weishan sat down at Shangguan Qian's feet and reached out to touch her ankle. "It seems like you're not doing well either. I'm afraid your ankle was broken by Gong Shangjiao!"

Shangguan Qian's sudden attack caught Yun Weishan off guard. She put down her wine glass and clamped her neck. "Sister Yun, some things are better kept in your heart. Speaking them out loud will only make you die faster."

Yun Weishan laughed, "It seems I was right. Is it because of Gong Yuanzheng?"

Shangguan Qian's gloomy face made Yun Weishan even more excited. "It seems that I was right. Your mission is Gong Shangjiao, but Gong Shangjiao cares most about Gong Yuanzheng, so you want to capture Gong Shangjiao through Gong Yuanzheng."

Shangguan Qian looked at the smile on Yun Weishan's face, and suddenly pulled out a hairpin from her hair. The cold tip of the hairpin slowly slid across Yun Weishan's face.

"Sister Yun is really a crystal-clear person, but why do you think a person would expose his or her weaknesses so openly?"

Yun Weishan felt the cold hairpin sliding slowly across her face, "You are such a lunatic!"

"Of course I'm crazy! If I'm not crazy, how could I enter Wufeng? If I'm not crazy, how could I accept this mission?"

Shangguan Qian suddenly released the hand that was holding Yun Weishan, and threw the hairpin backwards with the hand holding it. The hairpin fell to the ground with a clang and broke into two pieces.

Shangguan Qian supported herself with her hands behind her back, her clothes half-unbuttoned, her shoulders half-exposed, and she looked at Yun Weishan with slightly raised eyes, "You are just a demon, and I am a spirit. I am half a level higher than Wufeng, and I can crush him to death! Cooperate with me well, and maybe I will live and you will live too. If I die, then we and those spies in the palace will go to hell together!"

Yun Weishan only knew that Shangguan Qian loved acting, but he didn't expect that she would be so crazy. She wanted all the Wufeng people in Gongmen to work for her, otherwise they would all have to be buried with him.

"Miss Shangguan, Miss Yun!"

Qingnv and Qingyun arrived at the right time and interrupted the conversation between Shangguan Qian and Yun Weishan. After Qingnv entered the room with Shangguan Qian's approval, she was stunned to see Yun Weishan sitting at Shangguan Qian's feet.

"Miss Shangguan, we have prepared golden lotus sweet egg custard and lotus crisps for you and Miss Yun, with a pot of Junshan Silver Needle."

Qingnv brought a coffee table and placed it in front of Shangguan Qian's beauty bed. Qingyun placed the cakes and tea on the coffee table. After they finished, they left the room.

"Sister Yun, try the cakes and tea from Jiaogong and see if they suit your taste."

Shangguan Qian picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, motioning Yun Weishan to share some with her.

Yun Weishan watched Shangguan Qian use the tea first, and then the two kinds of pastries, so he let down his guard and tried some of the pastries and tea.

In the following time, the two were like good sisters who had never had any conflicts. Qingnv and Qingyun stood at the door listening to the two assassins talking and laughing inside, feeling very unhappy.

Qingnv gently patted Qingyun's hand and said, "Don't worry, it won't be too far away. Mr. Jiao still needs this woman now."

Qingyun pouted, "Sister, I am just a little resentful, but since Master Jiao has made a plan, I will naturally not ruin Master Jiao's plan."

Yun Weishan stayed in Jiao Palace until evening, until Gong Ziyu sent someone to call her, then she leisurely followed Yu Palace's servants back to Yu Palace.

Sitting at the dinner table, Gong Ziyu picked up food for Yun Weishan as usual and asked, "Why did you think of going to Jiao Palace to find Miss Shangguan today?"

Yun Weishan paused as he held the chopsticks in his hand. "It's nothing. It's just that Miss Shangguan accidentally broke her leg while walking in the Jiao Palace a few days ago. She was bored in the Jiao Palace so she sent someone to talk to me about family matters."

Yun Weishan pretended to look up at Gong Ziyu unintentionally, only to see Gong Ziyu's dark eyes staring at her. Yun Weishan's hair stood on end instantly, "Why is Master Yu looking at me like this? Is there something on my face?"

Gong Ziyu smiled and became as docile as before, "Nothing, I just think you are more beautiful today than usual."

Yun Weishan was still on guard, "Master Yu really loves to joke, but today I just combed my hair differently."

The meal went on peacefully, but Yun Weishan always felt that something was wrong. However, she couldn't put her finger on it. She could only comfort herself that maybe it was because of the threat from Shangguan Qian in Jiaogong today that her face looked a little unhappy.