Comprehensive film and television: The Queen of Rolls Opens the Roll Again

Gong Shangjiao raised his hand to ask Jin Ting to stop, and held his breath as he approached silently. As soon as he reached the entrance of the palace, he heard a low voice coming from the other side of the screen -

"It's your turn, Huang Yushi. Rule 37 of the house rules. Memorize it."

"Master Zheng, my name is Jin Tong, not Huang Yu Shi...Okay, the thirty-seventh rule of the family rules is to respect and obey the orders of the sword bearers as if they were sword bearers.

"Then you dared to say that to me and Zhao Zhao just now. Tell me, who of you did this in the Elders' Council last night?"

"No one... But what you took out last night, Master Zheng, was clearly the accessory token for the Blade, not..."

"Okay, Ayuan, Jintong just needs to know he's wrong and not make the same mistake again next time. Don't waste time, your brother should be back soon, deal the cards quickly."

"That's right, little brother, why do you have so much to say? You are the only one who has a big mouth! Deal the cards quickly!"

"Who goes first this round?"

Gong Shangjiao's eyebrows jumped, he strode in, walked around the screen, and saw four people kneeling upright in a circle, with serious and focused faces playing... leaf cards?

Perhaps because the "thief" had been caught, everyone was in a relaxed state of mind and Zhang Xueming did not send out the spiritual consciousness network to keep watch.

At this time, the four of them were holding a handful of cards, and there were two plates beside each of them, filled with different amounts of cookies. Obviously, if you lose, you will not only have to recite the house rules, but also lose the delicious cookies.

Gong Shangjiao raised his hand to press down the bulging veins on his forehead, tightly closed his eyes, and squeezed out two names from between his teeth, word by word: "Gong, Yuan, Zheng! Zheng, Zhao, Zhao!"

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A side hall of the Zheng Palace.

In the bedroom, the brothers Gong Shangjiao and Gong Yuanzheng were sitting on the edge of the bed, soaking their feet with their trouser legs rolled up.

When Gong Shangjiao thought of the ridiculous scene he had seen in the main hall before, he couldn't help but curse: "Outrageous!"

Gong Yuanzheng lowered his head and said nothing, but the corners of his mouth were always curved and his shoulders would tremble from time to time.

Gong Shangjiao became even angrier: "You're still laughing! You were crying and looked scared before, but now you're having fun and are not afraid of anything, right? You and Zheng Zhaozhao are so capable that you even dragged Huang Yushi into this. If Zheng Zhaozhao hadn't run fast, just wait and see how I would punish her!"

Zhang Xueming reacted so quickly. As soon as Gong Shangjiao spoke, she suddenly let go of the leaf cards in her hand.

Gong Shangjiao thought she was pretending to faint, but she suddenly stood up and pulled Gong Zishang up as well, bent her waist to carry him up, pushed open the screen and ran away.

The remaining three grown men looked at each other in bewilderment. Gong Shangjiao forgot what he wanted to say and could only release Huang Yushi to report to the elders. Then he took Gong Yuanzheng to the side hall to teach him a lesson - it was too late to keep running into the little girl's room, and that thing must have closed the door of the small hall, so it would be useless to go there.

Since he couldn't scold Zhang Xueming, he scolded his own brother.

However, he couldn't be too lenient, as his brother wouldn't learn his lesson; nor could he be too harsh, as he couldn't bear it.

So Gong Shangjiao kept scolding people like "nonsense", "outrageous" and "unbecoming". Gong Yuanzheng felt no pressure at all. He just lowered his head and didn't respond, and the scolding would end after a few words.

Hearing Gong Shangjiao's new words this time, Gong Yuanzheng still felt it was strange and novel, and whispered to himself, "Brother, you are bragging." But he still turned his head to look at Gong Shangjiao with face, and said with bright eyes, "It is because brother is here that Zhaozhao and I are not afraid."

Gong Shangjiao was a little dizzy from his brother's attack. He coughed dryly and turned his head away, his ears reddening quietly: "Then you can't drag Huang Yushi to make trouble together... Aren't you afraid that the elders will ask and he sold you out?"

"Sell it if you want." Gong Yuanzheng smiled. He was in a good mood now. "Zhao Zhao and I just experienced life and death. We were the heroes who captured Gong Huanyu and prevented him from causing trouble at the palace gate. Huang Yushi made a big mistake by not stopping Zhao Zhao and I from kneeling with him. If he dares to say anything, we will at most be scolded and punished to copy the family rules, but he will have a hard time saying anything."

Gong Shangjiao looked at his brother in surprise: "Not bad, you have improved."

She was happy about his growth, but also worried that he was becoming more and more bold by following Zhang Xueming. She couldn't help but say, "Don't learn everything from Zheng Zhaozhao. You should learn to distinguish between good and bad..."

"Brother." Gong Yuanzheng looked him in the eyes seriously and said, "Zhao Zhao is very good. She is also very good to me. She is so good that I never dared to dream before."

Gong Shangjiao was speechless for a while, then shook his head and said with a smile: "Forget it, it's up to you."

Gong Yuanzheng thought about it and finally asked the question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time: "Although I know that there is no possibility of love between brother and Zhao Zhao, but when brother first invited Zhao Zhao into the palace, did he think about marrying her in the future?"

Gong Shangjiao was shocked, thinking that Gong Huanyu was deliberately provoking him by bringing up the fact that Zhang Xueming entered the palace as his fiancée. However, he remained calm and asked instead of answering, "Why would brother Yuanzheng have such an idea?"

Gong Yuanzheng smiled calmly and said, "Brother, I have depended on you for ten years, and I never dared to guess your feelings. But I really want to know why you let go so easily. Is it because I accidentally did something wrong that forced you to..."

"No. Brother Yuanzheng, don't have any wild thoughts. Zheng Zhaozhao and I can never be together, not in this life! At that time, I only let her enter the palace as my fiancée to ensure that Zheng Zhaozhao could enter the Jiao Palace smoothly and that Gong Huanyu wouldn't interfere." Gong Shangjiao would only admit this part. As for the part that Master Zheng entrusted privately and that he had to agree to, he would not acknowledge it even if Master Zheng came in person.

Gong Shangjiao didn't notice that when he said the words "my fiancée", Gong Yuanzheng's smile froze for a moment. When he thought of the things he had given to Zhang Xueming, he couldn't help but reveal a toothache expression: "I paid a huge price to ask Zheng Zhaozhao to come to the palace to help me. It was a huge price."

"...How old?" Gong Yuanzheng was shocked by Gong Shangjiao's new expression. He swallowed hard, and all the discomfort in his heart was scared away.

"Have you seen the two new dresses and matching jewelry she brought in, Brother Yuanzheng?" Gong Shangjiao wiped his face, "And the two large woolen coats... I paid for them all."

"Hiss~" Gong Yuanzheng took a deep breath for his brother, "Twenty, twenty thousand gold?"

"To be precise, it is 21,660 gold, which is equivalent to 216,600 taels of silver." The dividends of Jiaogong for ten years shrank by nearly one-fifth in an instant, and it was exchanged for less than two dowry boxes of clothes and jewelry. Can you believe it?

Relying on the little consumer experience he had gained in Jiuchen Town that day, Gong Yuanzheng changed the number into clay cats and dogs... This time he was so frightened that his face turned pale.

He recalled the prices of rouge and powder that Zhang Xueming had mentioned and calculated them carefully, his expression heavy.

When the water for soaking his feet was almost cold, he looked at his brother firmly and said, "I will work hard to make money. Please help me, brother."