Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

Before the morning dew had evaporated, Jin Fan, dressed in a guard's uniform, arrived at the Blade Hall.

Seeing the man sitting alone on the steps outside the palace, still wearing the mourning clothes from last night, which could not hide his haggard and broken appearance, he sighed and asked him if he had been guarding here all night.

Seeing that Gong Ziyu's eyes were red and he didn't want to talk, Jin Fan, who was not very good at comforting people, advised him to take care of his health as a sword wielder.

"I never wanted to be a blade wielder." Gong Ziyu said sarcastically.

When things developed to this point, even he felt it was ridiculous, thinking about what happened last night, the words of the elders, Gong Yuanzheng's dissatisfaction, and Sister Ayun's heartache.

Sister Ayun never came back after she went out. I guess she spent the whole night trying to coax the angry Gong Yuanzheng?

Perhaps Sister Ayun also does not agree with him being the blade wielder.

He now envied Gong Yuanzheng a little. Gong Yuanzheng had lost his parents, but he still had sister Ayun who always took care of him and loved him. His father and brother were gone, and all his closest relatives had passed away. Even sister Ayun was Gong Yuanzheng's sister.

Overnight he lost everything and understood the misery of life.

But, since he was already holding the sword, it meant that he was the most powerful person in the entire palace, and no one could say anything about him anymore.

Gong Ziyu stood up, his eyes becoming determined.

Seeing what he was thinking, Jin Fan asked him what he wanted to do.

At this moment, as long as Gong Ziyu gave the order, he would do anything for him.

Jin Fan's attitude comforted Gong Ziyu a little: "Who was the first to discover the bodies of my father and brother?"

He wanted to find out who killed his father and brother, to take responsibility as a swordsman, and no longer be looked down upon by anyone, especially Gong Yuanzheng and Gong Shangjiao.

"It's Madam Wu Ji." Jin Fan hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell him: "There is one more thing I think I should let you know."

"What?" Gong Ziyu was puzzled. Jin Fan rarely hesitated like this.

Jin Fan glanced at him, as if he couldn't bear it: "Last night, the Second Miss had a sudden heart attack. The palace was in turmoil all night, and it was not until this morning that everything calmed down."

"What?!" Gong Ziyu was shocked. "When did this happen? Why didn't anyone tell me? Sister Ayun has been taking the heart-protecting pills prepared by Gong Yuanzheng himself, so how could she have a heart attack?!"

A series of questions came out of his mouth, and Gong Ziyu felt nervous.

Could it be that what happened last night caused Sister Ayun to have a heart attack?

If this is really the reason, then he has harmed Sister Ayun?

The death of his loved ones has already hit Gong Ziyu hard, and he can no longer bear the pain of losing his sister.

If I told him, he'd explode. Jin Fan helplessly explained, "The elders told us not to tell you, fearing you'd be even more grief-stricken. I also thought it was best that you didn't know last night. If you knew, with your temper, you would definitely run to Zheng Gong, and then you'd clash with Gong Yuanzheng, which wouldn't be conducive to saving the Second Young Lady."

Hearing this, Gong Ziyu frowned and strode out.

Jin Fan called him from behind: "Where are you going?"

"Zheng Gong!"

"Then at least change your clothes first!"

Zheng Palace.

Seeing that his sister's condition had stabilized, Gong Yuanzheng, who had not slept all night and personally watched over the boiling of medicine and fed the medicine, left the room and gently closed the door.

Outside the door, the big tree in the middle of the Zheng Palace courtyard blocked out the sun. He looked at Manager Jia who had been standing respectfully in the corridor not far away.

Feeling the young man's gaze, Manager Jia looked up and just glanced at him, then lowered his head in fear.

It was because the boy looked at him as if he were a dead person.

Afraid that the noise would be too loud and wake up the people in the house, Gong Yuanzheng walked up to Manager Jia, gave him a look, left the courtyard, and walked to the outermost yard of the entire Zheng Palace.

As soon as he stood still in the yard, Gong Yuanzheng turned around and slapped Manager Jia, who was standing behind him. He used the back of his hand to hit him with great force. After the crisp sound, half of Manager Jia's face quickly became red and swollen.

Not daring to beg for mercy or even cover his aching face, Manager Jia knelt down on the hard stone floor with a thud, not daring to breathe.

"Someone tampered with my sister's Heart-Protecting Pill," Gong Yuanzheng's voice trembled with anger. "I've never asked anyone else to make her pills or herbal medicine. It's just that Zhiren called me out to make plans the day before yesterday, and my sister was disturbed by that loser Gong Ziyu at night. Coincidentally, she ran out of pills, so I had no choice but to ask you to deliver them to the women's guesthouse late at night. Just this once..."

"You bastard, how dare you tamper with my sister's medicine? I think you don't want to live anymore!"

"Unfair...unfair!" Manager Jia was terrified and quickly defended himself, "Even if I had a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare tamper with the Second Miss's Heart-Protecting Pill!"

"The night before last, I took the Heart-Protecting Pill to the Second Young Miss. Before handing it to Miss Qinglan, I held the bottle tightly, fearing something might go wrong... I don't know why the Heart-Protecting Pill would go wrong! Master Zheng, I've been with you and the Second Young Miss since you were little. I have no reason to harm you!"

A sly smile played at the young man's lips. He squatted down, his beautiful eyes fixed on the trembling Jia Guanshi. "No reason? Wait until you're shackled in the dungeon and drink the poison I made, and then I'll know whether you have a reason or not."

“M-Mercy… I really didn’t do that! It really wasn’t me!”

If you are thrown into a dungeon, you will be skinned alive even if you don't die.

Hearing the young man say this, Manager Jia was scared to death, tears and snot streaming down his face. He was so anxious that he wanted to bang his head against the wall, not knowing how to prove his innocence.

"I remember now!" Manager Jia said hurriedly, as if remembering something. "When I went to the ladies' quarters, I ran into Master Yu. He looked like he was going to the clinic, and when he saw me, he asked me where I was going."

"Gong Ziyu?" Gong Yuanzheng's eyes were deep and cold.

"He just asked you? He didn't do anything else?"

Manager Jia shook his head, recalling the scene. "Young Master Yu was rubbing his chest. When he saw me, he immediately lowered his hand and asked where I was going so late. After I told him, Young Master Yu let me go. And then there's the matter! It was so dark, I accidentally stepped on a small stone on the road and nearly slipped and fell. Luckily, Young Master Yu pulled me up, so I didn't cause any serious damage and drop the Heart-Protecting Pill."

"But I can guarantee that Master Yu has never touched the Heart-Protecting Pill in my hand!"

Listening to what Manager Jia said, Gong Yuanzheng looked at him coldly, neither saying whether he believed it nor whether he didn't.

Fearing that Gong Yuanzheng would still lock him up in the dungeon for interrogation, Manager Jia trembled violently, "Master Zheng, I'm telling the truth! Besides, I wasn't the only one who came into contact with the Heart-Protecting Pill that night. Miss Qinglan was also the one who gave the pill to the Second Young Miss!"

"Qinglan..." Gong Yuanzheng thought carefully, he hadn't seen her all night.

Hearing a series of hurried footsteps behind him, Gong Yuanzheng stood up and looked at Gong Ziyu who was walking quickly towards him and Jin Fan who was following behind him.

With his hands clenched into fists behind his back, Gong Yuanzheng warned in a low voice: "Don't even think about running. Now, get out of here."