Zhang Xueming didn't know that it would not be long before she would be swimming in a happy ocean of skin care products and cosmetics, and she was lying on the bed having a chat with Gong Zishang.

Gong Zishang was quite reserved at first, and even had some indescribable inferiority complex.

Although Gongmen had the reputation of being a martial arts family with hundreds of years of heritage, in reality, they did not have a family education that matched that. Apart from etiquette, they were not qualified in any aspect. As a female heir who was not valued in the bloodline of Gongmen, Gong Zishang was even more lacking in education.

From the moment she entered the small hall where Zhang Xueming lived, she felt that her eyes were not enough and she didn't know where to put her hands and feet. She was not even used to the maids' respectful and considerate attitude. If it weren't for Zhang Xueming being a role model, she would have almost thanked the maids.

It was Zhang Xueming's calm attitude and his implicit demonstration of what he would do that soothed Gong Zishang's uneasy heart.

It wasn't long before she regained her lively and playful nature.

As soon as the bed curtains were drawn and the maids left, the bedroom fell silent. Gong Zishang could not wait to ask, "Zhao Zhao, tell me honestly, how did you take Gong Yuanzheng down? He looks so devoted to you now, so obedient to you. You can't tell at all that he is the fickle little devil as the rumors say."

"Ayuan is very good, and he treats me very well." Zhang Xueming smiled brightly. "I'm sure you all know about what happened before the marriage selection, so I won't say much. In fact, the story between Ayuan and I is not complicated, and there is no question of who won over whom. At the beginning, Ayuan sincerely invited me to the Zheng Palace, and I thought he was a good person, so I agreed. Later, we cleared the way for the marriage selection, got engaged, and moved into the Zheng Palace... He and I are of similar age, and we have similar personalities. I like what he likes, and he likes what I like, and we are very happy together."

"that's it?"

"that's it."

"What's the difference between what you said and what you didn't say?" Gong Zishang turned over dejectedly and lay on the pillow. "Oh, I still want to learn a few tricks from you and try to see if I can defeat Jin Fan some other time."

"Big sister really likes Jin Fan? Is she the kind of person who can only be with him?"

Gong Zishang turned his head to meet her gaze that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. He was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned his head back: "Yes, in my heart, Jin Fan is the best man in the world. Zhao Zhao, do you know? That year I..."

Gong Zishang recounted the time when she had a fever and was unconscious, and Jin Fan came to the Shang Palace to find her, found medicine for her, boiled the medicine, and fed her the medicine, making her feel the long-lost warmth of being cared for.

As if hypnotizing herself, she smiled shyly and twisted around while hugging the pillow: "Zhao Zhao, tell me, how can I not like him?"

"Then make a formal request to Zhiren, asking him to transfer him to be your personal guard. The one who is close to the water gets the moon first." Zhang Xueming smiled and lowered his eyes, his tone indifferent.

"No, no, if you like him, you have to respect his wishes. Just like when you and Gong Yuanzheng were together, didn't he ask for your consent before asking Gong Shangjiao and the elders to let you get engaged to him?"

"That's right. We have to respect his wishes, so we can't put him in a sack or use some tricks to make things a fait accompli..."

"Oh~ Zhao Zhao you are so bold, you dare to say such words~" Gong Zishang's eyebrows were curved, and her smile was rippling, but she said: "Sister, I do admire Jin Fan's figure, but sister, I not only want his body, but also his heart~"

“That’s difficult.”

"That's right, it's really difficult." Gong Zishang pulled up the quilt, buried her face in it, and said in a muffled voice: "I am just a weak woman, I can't practice martial arts, and I don't even have the qualifications to participate in the palace gate trial. Jin Fan is a martial arts expert and walks very fast. Gong Ziyu is not here, Jin Fan wants to run, I can't catch up at all, it's like asking a fish in a pond to climb to the top of a mountain, I have no idea what to do to make him like me."

Zhang Xueming ignored the word "briskly" and secretly thanked God that Gong Yuanzheng was not there, otherwise the two siblings would have started performing crosstalk again.

Perhaps it was her silence that made Gong Zishang misunderstand something. The woman with lively eyes and eyebrows came over and asked cautiously: "Zhao Zhao, do you also think that my sister is shameless..."

"No." Zhang Xueming touched her chubby cheeks, then her forehead, "Sister is smart, brave, and strong." Being attacked from all sides, trying to survive in the cracks, she simply gave up and did the opposite, and she escaped the fate of Mrs. Lan who was forced into a desperate situation by the romantic scandal.

And Gong Zishang is also lucky.

The Jin Fan she was chasing was a Hongyu maid with a hidden identity, and now, if she wanted to give up, Hua Gongzi was also a good choice - she didn't believe that in the middle of the night, just because he valued the bloodline of the Gong family, he would risk his life and run for half an hour on the mountain road to rescue Zheng Gong with a girl he had only met twice.

"... Zhao Zhao, you are really good at comforting people." Gong Zishang blushed, and her eyes were red. She quickly buried her face in the quilt again: "If I was really as good as you said, Jin Fan would not have given me no response at all."

"He is the Green Jade Servant." Zhang Xueming said.

Gong Zishang, who had waited for a long time but received no reply, had calmed down. Only the redness in the corners of her eyes recorded her previous emotion: "What does Zhao Zhao want to say?"

"We also have a Green Jade Servant in Zheng Palace. He is a personal bodyguard assigned to Ayuan by the Council of Elders. His duty is to protect Ayuan, even at the cost of his life. In his heart, Ayuan is the most important, and no one can compare to Ayuan." Zhang Xueming didn't think that Gong Zishang didn't know this, but perhaps what she lacked was a little courage, a little courage to break the illusion that had been maintained for many years, or perhaps a little courage to destroy the habits that had been formed over the years.

"Guards are also human beings, they have feelings too..."

"The guards surnamed Jin in the palace are all orphans adopted by the palace since childhood. They have been taught to be loyal. Especially the Jade Guards, because they have good martial arts aptitude, the palace values ​​them more." Brainwashing education must have never stopped, and those who are not loyal enough will not be sent to the masters. So if you ask him to regard you as more important than the person he is protecting, it can only be wishful thinking. Unless his master regards you as more important than himself, he has to succumb to reality.

Gong Zishang was silent for a long time, and said bitterly: "So what's the point of me working so hard? What's the use of being a lady and the head of the Shang Palace? Can't I win the favor of one person?"

"Are you really working hard just to win Jin Fan's favor, and not for yourself?" Zhang Xueming laughed. "It was obviously you who chose a partner who couldn't and didn't dare to put love and family first. Why is you upset about it now?"

There was another long silence, so long that Zhang Xueming was about to go to sleep. Gong Zishang turned to Zhang Xueming awkwardly and whispered, "Zhao Zhao, why are you so smart? Did you learn from Gong Yuanzheng that you can only sabotage others?"

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