Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

Zhuo Yichen and his companions entered the palace gate in the morning, and the bride to be chosen arrived at the palace gate by boat in the evening.

"Second brother, do you want to go see a big show today?" Gong Yuanzheng looked at Zhuo Yichen excitedly and strongly invited Zhuo Yichen to accompany him.

"What's the big deal? Why did Brother Yuanzheng only invite little Brother Zhuo?" A little kid who had been following Zhuo Yichen pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Xiao Jiu, you are still young. This is the time when you are growing up. Only by getting enough sleep can you grow taller and stronger." Zhuo Yichen looked at Bai Jiu, who was not even as tall as his shoulders.

"Hmph! Xiaojiu is angry. She can't be coaxed without Yinglei's osmanthus cake." Bai Jiu turned her head, put her hands on her hips, and turned her back to Zhuo Yichen and Gong Yuanzheng with a snort.

"Then don't try to coax him. Just knock him out. Everything will be fine when he wakes up." Gong Yuanzheng leaned close to Bai Jiu's ear and whispered in a low voice.

The screams like a boiling kettle resounded throughout the Zheng Palace.

"Second brother, did you find a doctor or a reincarnated kettle?" Gong Yuanzheng frowned fiercely and rubbed his ears which were aching slightly because of Bai Jiu's scream.

"Xiaojiu is still young, and it is inevitable that he will be emotionally unstable when encountering some things. Yuanzheng is now a big brother, and he has to be more considerate of the little boy." Zhuo Yichen also rubbed his ears. Although he had worked with Baijiu for so long and had long been accustomed to Baijiu's screams at any time and place, he was still frightened by the piercing screams sometimes.

"Oh~ It's so lively here, Brother Yuanzheng!" Gong Zishang walked in gracefully from the door, holding the door, "What was that scream just now? Has the whistle here, Brother Yuanzheng, become a spirit?" Gong Zishang shook his head and groped his way into the hall of Zheng Palace with golden eyes.

"You are the one who has turned the whistle into a spirit!" Bai Jiu was hooked by Gong Zishang's words and immediately refuted him.

"Oh~ So cute! Where did this kid come from? Look at the little braids, the colorful clothes, and the big bell!" Gong Zishang looked at Bai Jiu.

Zhuo Yichen was dragged out of the Zheng Palace by Gong Yuanzheng and ran around on the rooftops. After a while, Gong Yuanzheng saw a group of women in red dresses. The leader was wearing a black and gold cloak, and the people who were leaving were wearing the guard uniform of the Green Jade Guard at the palace gate.

"Ha! Only a fool like Gong Ziyu could do such a thing!" Gong Yuanzheng curled his lips in disdain.

Although Zhuo Yichen didn't know much about the people in the palace, he could still piece together some information from the few words his brother Yuanzheng told him.

The name Gong Ziyu is one of the names that appears quite frequently in Yuanzheng's mouth, but it is not a good reputation, but a name that is unbearable to hear.

For example: Gong Ziyu is a fool, who came to the palace for no reason and trampled on the medicinal herbs he had just planted in the morning; Gong Ziyu was idle and spent his time drinking and partying, and knocked over the tonic he had just prepared for Gong Shangjiao; Gong Ziyu was kind-hearted, remembered the names of everyone in the palace, and was a good child...

Although Zhuo Yichen didn't know why remembering everyone's name was considered a good boy, he could only say that he didn't understand but respected the palace elders' unique ideas.

After all, Zhuo Yichen was forced by Zhang Qiling to handle the affairs of the Demon Collection Bureau several times, and now he can handle it independently, but he still can't handle interpersonal relationships. However, in the words of his little father, interpersonal relationships are because his own strength is not enough, so he needs to manage interpersonal relationships to pave the way for himself.

Zhuo Yichen himself is that interpersonal relationship. Only others come to please him, and he will never lower himself to please others, even if that person is the emperor.

Gong Yuanzheng and Zhuo Yichen stood on the eaves, quietly watching Gong Ziyu so carelessly expose his own secret passage. Zhuo Yichen didn't know whether to say that this man was kind or stupid.

Since they already knew that there were assassins sent by the enemy among the brides, they still dared to expose the loopholes in their own defense. Was it because they were too confident in their own strength or they were afraid that the enemy could not get in?

"Gong Ziyu! Didn't you say that you would send these brides to Zheng Palace to be my medicine men? Where are you taking them?"

The bride, Gong Ziyu and Jin Fan in the secret passage looked up together and saw two identical faces standing there on the roof. One of them was slowly putting on black and gold woven gloves. The breeze blew across his cloak, making him look so high-spirited.

"Gong Yuanzheng! I am following the orders of the young master!" Gong Ziyu shouted at Gong Yuanzheng with his neck stiff.

Zhuo Yichen felt that Gong Ziyu might really have been poorly developed in the womb as his brother Yuanzheng said, so when his mother gave birth to him, he only inherited his looks but not his IQ.

"Is it the young master's order or is someone using the young master's order to do something illegal?" Gong Yuanzheng said and jumped down. Zhuo Yichen still stayed on the eaves, but his hands were wrapped around an exquisitely crafted long sword.

Zhuo Yichen looked down and could clearly see that there were several treacherous people among the brides.

"You are crazy! They were all sent by the palace's allies, and you dared to poison them!" Gong Ziyu looked at Gong Yuanzheng who took the opportunity to throw poison at the bride, and looked at the young ladies shrouded in the poisonous fog in disbelief.

"You are worthy of being the most compassionate Master Yu in the palace. Even at this time, you still have the mood to care about those bladeless assassins who are about to be executed!" Gong Yuanzheng's palm wind brushed past Gong Ziyu's cheek.

Gong Ziyu grabbed Gong Yuanzheng's arm and said, "You are really unreasonable. I just set up a trap to lure out Wufeng's people!"

"I didn't know that Master Yu, the most unlearned person in the palace, could set up a trap. Isn't card game always your best?" Gong Yuanzheng dodged the blade that was cutting at him with a sideways kick.

Zhuo Yichen saw that he could handle the expedition, so he did not go down to help. After all, children still care about their reputation.

At this time, the brides fell down in twos and threes. Gong Ziyu's kind heart broke out and he ran to the brides, asking them if they were okay.

Zhuo Yichen watched the three brides on the ground making small movements. One of them secretly pulled out a hairpin and hid it in her sleeve in the smoke. She was about to sneak up to Gong Ziyu, but was stopped by another delicate lady. The delicate lady turned around and glanced at another beautiful girl.

Zhuo Yichen pursed his lips as he looked at the beautiful girl, then ran over and grabbed Gong Ziyu, "Will I really die? I don't want to die! Please!" The beautiful girl, who had just looked pitiful, suddenly changed her expression after grabbing Gong Ziyu's arm.

The girl's eyes flashed with ferocity, and she grabbed Gong Ziyu's neck with her claws. "Thank you very much, Master Yu, for your kindness! If you want to save him, give me the antidote in exchange!"

Gong Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows and looked at the held hostage Gong Ziyu in a defiant manner, "He is of no use to me and is not worth wasting an antidote on. Just kill him!"

Gong Ziyu widened his eyes, "Gong Yuanzheng, what nonsense are you talking about! Believe it or not, I will tell the young master in a moment!"

Gong Yuanzheng picked his ears calmly, "You are an adult, why do you still need to complain? My brother is here, I can complain to him too! You are bullying me with two against one!"

Jin Fan was watching for the exposed assassin to hurt Gong Ziyu, "Gong Yuanzheng! Gong Ziyu is your brother after all, why are you just watching him die without saving him? Aren't you afraid that the elders will punish you when the time comes?"

Zhuo Yichen noticed this person who was different from the Green Jade Servant beside Gong Shangjiao. They were both Green Jade Servant, so why was Gong Ziyu, a guard who did nothing, more powerful than Gong Shangjiao's Green Jade Servant who fought in the martial arts world?

Zhuo Yichen couldn't understand why a guard dared to call his master by his name? Was it because he had the support of the so-called blade-wielding parent-child or some other barrier?

However, none of these prevented him from supporting his brother Yuanzheng.

The people on the ground only felt a flash of sword light, and the guard who had just been fighting with Gong Yuanzheng had slid down from the wall with a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth.

"Jin Fan!"

Two stones shot out from Gong Yuanzheng's hand and hit the assassin who was distracted.

Then a black shadow flashed by and hit the assassin in the chest. The assassin was knocked against the wall and rolled down and fell unconscious. "Send the assassin to the dungeon and wait for the interrogation of Brother Yuanzheng."

Following the black shadow's order, two rows of guards and maids walked out from behind him.

The guards dragged the assassin away, and the maids, escorted by the guards, took the brides who had fainted on the ground away and sent them to the female guest courtyard.

"Young Master!" Gong Ziyu looked at the newcomer with expectant eyes.

Gong Yuanzheng clasped his fists perfunctorily as a gesture of greeting.

"Brother Yuanzheng, you were too reckless just now." The young master scolded Gong Yuanzheng neither too lightly nor too harshly.

"I was just afraid that Brother Zi Yu would be hurt by the assassin, so I was a little anxious." Gong Yuanzheng curled his lips, stood behind Zhuo Yichen, and played with the little bell at the end of his hair.

"You were clearly going after me just now!" Gong Ziyu pointed at Gong Yuanzheng angrily.

Gong Huanyu saw all of Gong Yuanzheng's backers, and was also a biased person like Gong Shangjiao. He stopped Gong Ziyu's accusations, "Brother Ziyu, Brother Yuanzheng is young and doesn't know the limits. You are a few points older than him, so why would you argue with him?"

Gong Ziyu looked at his brother who actually defended an outsider, and looked at his brother with a bit of hurt, "The assassin has been caught, we should go and report to Zhiren." After that, he flicked his cloak and walked towards Zhiren Hall.

"Second brother, are you going to Zheng Palace to wait for me or come with me?" Gong Yuanzheng pulled Zhuo Yichen's braid.

"I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll just accompany Brother Yuanzheng for a walk." Zhuo Yichen glanced at Gong Yuanzheng, and followed Gong Yuanzheng to the Blade Hall.

Zhuo Yichen almost fell asleep while standing, and he only listened to a few nice words, and then the words in which he drew his sword and scolded his son.