Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Gong Shangjiao looked embarrassed, but after all, the current predicament and future of the palace were more important, so he didn't feel embarrassed at all to ask Jiang Xinxin for advice.

Jiang Xinxin then listed the things that were wrong with the system and what she had found in the past few days:

"First of all, we can be sure that Wufeng's spies have been lurking inside the palace for many years. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Wufeng to easily grasp the time and method of the palace's bride selection, and arrange spies among the brides;"

"Secondly, Zheng Nanyi is not the only problematic bride. Yun Weishan and Shangguan Qian are also problematic. According to some unspeakable law, Gong Ziyu's confidante in the Shangxia Wanhua Tower is very likely to be Wufeng's spy. "

"In the end, I really don't understand. Master Jiao, you clearly knew that Shangguan Qian had problems, so why did you insist on keeping her under your watch? You've been busy outside all day, and you should have had a good rest when you came back, but because there was a spy next to you, you had to cheer up and continue to deal with it. Do you think your body is too healthy, or do you think everything about Shangguan Qian is under your control?"

"The spies Wu Feng sent were only for a few things: first, the defense of the palace gate and the means of entry and exit; second, the so-called infinite flowing fire that the palace gate has been guarding for generations."

"Then the simplest way is to incite those spies to rebel, or to completely control them, and proactively reveal some false information to them, so as to lure Wu Feng to attack the palace gate."

"As for your choice, I think it has nothing to do with me."

Gong Shangjiao was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into, especially after Jin Fu came over and reported that Shangguan Qian was here to serve tea and snacks.

Gong Yuanzheng was about to cry, "Brother, you just--" Do you like Shangguan Qian so much?

Master Xue would not be embarrassed, but he could see that Gong Shangjiao and Gong Yuanzheng were not in the right mood. Xue Chongzi could see it, but thinking that he might need help from Gong Shangjiao in the future, he raised his teacup to cover the corners of his upturned mouth, so that Gong Shangjiao would not see his expression.

Seeing Gong Shangjiao pretending to be dead, Jiang Xinxin reminded him, "Since everything has been said, Master Jiao, why don't you let Miss Shangguan in?"

Gong Shangjiao gave him a look, and Jin Fu turned around and invited Shangguan Qian in.

Shangguan Qian originally noticed that there was an outsider coming to Gong Shangjiao's place, so she made an excuse to come in and test it out. However, she realized something was wrong as soon as she entered the room.

Gong Shangjiao himself always liked to wear dark-colored clothes. Even though he was hosting a banquet today, he did not wear narrow sleeves or wrist guards. Instead, he wore wide sleeves in a dark blue, almost black color, with more gold embroidery than usual, and the hair crown on his head was more gorgeous, making him look very solemn.

Gong Yuanzheng was wearing light blue today, and sitting next to Gong Shangjiao, the color seemed too light.

Among the three people opposite, Jiang Xinxin, who was sitting in the front, was also dressed in blue. That blue was very pure, just like the blue shown by the feathers of a kingfisher. She looked very compatible with Gong Shangjiao.

Shangguan Qian's heart skipped a beat for no reason, but she didn't show it at all and sat down on the other side of Gong Shangjiao, placing the snacks she had brought with her on the table one by one.

"Qianqian saw that Master Jiao had guests today, so I thought of making some tea and snacks to send over. If I disturb Master Jiao and the three guests, I will leave now."

I go!

This was the first time Jiang Xinxin met a real green tea. Although she wanted to have more contact with her, when she thought of the other person's identity, she had to suppress these thoughts.

"Miss Shangguan, you are worrying too much. There are few women in the palace who take care of these mundane things. In my opinion, Miss Shangguan's arrival has added a lot of glory to the entire Corner Palace."

Gong Yuanzheng looked at Jiang Xinxin in bewilderment, he really didn't expect that Jiang Xinxin said Shangguan Qian was a spy sent by Wufeng just now, and then she would smile and praise him happily!

And he said it so sincerely!

Gong Shangjiao and Xue Chongzi could understand Jiang Xinxin's bad taste. Gong Shangjiao quickly said to Shangguan Qian, "There's nothing to do here. Go back and have a rest."

Shangguan Qian couldn't get entangled with Gong Shangjiao in front of other people, so she could only say goodbye with a smile. The look on her face that she was reluctant to leave Gong Shangjiao made Gong Yuanzheng grit his teeth again.

Jiang Xinxin watched Shangguan Qian walk away, and then said to Gong Shangjiao: "This assassin organization wants to control its assassins, nothing more than profit and poison. If you really want to turn the spies who have entered the palace, you might as well work on the poison first."

Gong Shangjiao continued to feel ashamed. It was fine that Gong Yuanzheng and the others stayed inside the palace most of the time and did not go out. However, he was outside all year round and was responsible for all external affairs of the palace. Logically, he should know these methods, but he did not expect that he needed an outsider to remind him.

Even if he had urged this outsider to come back, if he had not been concerned about the safety of the people in the palace, someone else would have turned hostile long ago.

Fortunately, Gong Shangjiao was able to keep his composure, and the five of them got together and had a good meal, especially Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi, who usually ate snow lotus porridge. They were very happy to be able to come to Qianshan with Jiang Xinxin to have a meal openly today.

After dinner, Gong Shangjiao hinted to Gong Yuanzheng to take Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi away, as he wanted to talk to Jiang Xinxin alone. Although Gong Yuanzheng didn't understand what he meant, he did it anyway and took Xue Chongzi and Xue Gongzi to Zheng Palace to see the Izumo Chonglian that he had carefully cultivated.

Xue Chongzi was not very interested in other things, but he attached great importance to Izumo Chonglian. As soon as Gong Yuanzheng mentioned it, he followed him.

When Master Xue saw Xue Chongzi following him, and heard Jiang Xinxin wink at him, he had no choice but to follow as well.

After everyone left, Gong Shangjiao poured tea for Jiang Xinxin again and asked respectfully, "I would like to hear from Miss Jiang about the dynamics of the elders in the back mountain."

Jiang Xinxin looked at Gong Shangjiao in surprise. It turned out that he also knew that the elders in the back mountain had many selfish motives.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Xinxin said frankly: "Originally, because the miasma in the back mountain was getting worse, Sangong wanted to find a time to talk to Zhiren about moving out of the back mountain, but later too many things happened, and I gave him an idea to reduce the miasma."

"Master Jiao has been traveling outside for many years and he must know that once some thoughts have been generated, it may not be easy to extinguish them."

From the bottom of his heart, Gong Shangjiao thought that it was no longer applicable to forbid people from the back mountain to come to the front mountain, or to forbid other people from the palace to go down the mountain. Moreover, as far as he knew, some people from the Moon Palace and the Flower Palace had already secretly come to the front mountain, not to mention that he had seen Jiang Xinxin sneaking down the mountain with people from the Snow Palace last night.

Gong Shangjiao assured, "I also think it's time to make some changes to some of the rules. Miss Jiang, please help me communicate with Elder Xue first."

Jiang Xinxin accepted the olive branch from Gong Shangjiao on behalf of Xue Gong, but still did not think that now was the best time for Gong Shangjiao to take on the role of Blade Master, so she reminded him, "It's fine as long as someone is sitting on the Blade Master position at the palace gate, but you are the only one who can go out and mediate with various forces, so you are not suitable to sit on the Blade Master position."

Hearing this, Gong Shangjiao sighed secretly, "So, I never thought about taking the position of holding the blade, but Gong Ziyu is really not up to the task."

This made Jiang Xinxin look sideways, because she could see that Gong Shangjiao was telling the truth.