Water Reflects Peach Blossoms

Just as Shangguan Qian was thinking secretly, the door of the side room opened, and she saw a woman wearing a white fox fur cloak, with fair skin, picturesque eyebrows and eyes, holding a heater in her hands, and with a graceful and gentle demeanor walking out.

She looked young, but the aura around her was so peaceful and serene that people could not help but ignore her age and were impressed by her presence.

All the maids in the courtyard bowed to her, and many brides also looked at her, but she was unaware of it and walked straight towards the young man waiting outside the door.

"sister."

Seeing Gong Yunzheng coming out, Gong Yuanzheng called her obediently.

In the small pavilion outside the ladies' quarters, Gong Yunzheng and Gong Yuanzheng were talking there. A few steps away from the pavilion stood Qinglan, with her maid holding a long sword in her hand and a look of "keep away from strangers" on her face.

As soon as they sat down, Gong Yuanzheng asked, "I just brought you a new recipe for Angelica Dahurica Golden Herb Tea. I prepared the medicine myself. Sister, are you ready to drink it?"

"I drank it," Gong Yunzheng nodded, then asked, "How is the captured Wufeng assassin doing?"

Speaking of the assassin who was captured last night, Gong Yuanzheng frowned. "She's the second daughter of the Hunyuan Zheng family, her name is Zheng Nanyi. I interrogated her this morning and used some poisons, but she refused to say anything despite the torture. I think her life will be in danger if I continue the interrogation, so I have to stop for now."

His sister had never been disappointed in him since he was a child, but he couldn't pry anything out of Zheng Nanyiyi's mouth. Gong Yuanzheng couldn't help feeling a little frustrated, and was afraid that his sister would be disappointed in him.

Thinking of this, he frowned and said, "Don't worry, sister. She just didn't say it for the time being. It doesn't mean that she can still withstand the next poison."

"I know," Gong Yunzheng said softly, "I always trust you to do things."

She just had some doubts. The poison Yuanzheng used to interrogate people was not an ordinary poison. In the torture chamber, his poison made even those horrifying torture instruments retreat in fear, but Zheng Nanyi did not say a word despite being tortured...

There is only one possibility for this: she has an obsession in her heart that is stronger than death.

"Someone's coming." Hearing footsteps, Gong Yuanzheng looked towards the mountain road. Seeing the person coming, he raised an eyebrow in disdain: "Gong Ziyu? What is he doing here?"

Gong Yunzheng also looked at the tall man coming from the mountain road.

Gong Ziyu had sharp eyes and eyebrows, and he looked extremely noble in a black robe with gold patterns, and a mink fur cloak on the outside, which was very thick and warm. When he saw the two people sitting in the pavilion, he paused in his hurried steps and changed direction to walk towards them.

"Sister Ayun." The tall and handsome man addressed the woman sitting on the stone bench politely and obediently.

"Brother Zi Yu." Gong Yunzheng responded gently.

Hearing Gong Yunzheng's gentle voice, Gong Ziyu was in a good mood. When he looked at the boy standing next to the woman, he frowned slightly and called out reluctantly, "Brother Yuanzheng."

Gong Yuanzheng looked at something unlucky and called out, "Brother Ziyu."

But the word "brother" sounded so sarcastic that made Gong Ziyu feel uncomfortable all over.

He was still used to this kid calling him Gong Ziyu directly. Although it was disrespectful, at least he wouldn't be irritated by his sarcasm.

Sure enough, the next second Gong Yuanzheng gave him a mocking smile, his childish face smiling with a hint of innocence: "Brother Ziyu, why didn't you bring your personal bodyguard?"

When Jin Fan was mentioned, Gong Ziyu thought of the chest where Gong Yuanzheng punched him last night, which still hurt. He curled his lips and said, "I have arranged another task for Jin Fan."

"Oh? The famous dandy Master Yu also assigns tasks to his guards?"

Cursing the little poisonous creature for not saying a single good word, Gong Ziyu said in a leisurely manner: "There are so many tasks I can assign to Jin Fan, but these don't seem to have anything to do with my brother Yuanzheng."

"Of course," Gong Yuanzheng's expression turned cold, "I'm just concerned."

Seeing the two of them arguing with each other, Gong Yunzheng raised her hand to cover her mouth and coughed a few times. Sure enough, the two of them instantly focused their attention on her.

"Sister, are you feeling unwell?" Gong Yuanzheng checked on her worriedly.

Gong Yunzheng comforted him: "It's just that my throat is a little itchy."

"It's freezing cold, why don't you go in and chat?" Gong Ziyu said as he rubbed his hands, feeling that the weather was so cold that it would freeze people to death.

He couldn't even stand this little bit of cold, he was worse than his sister. He couldn't help but complain in his heart, and Gong Yuanzheng reminded him: "This is the women's guest house."

"Although I haven't reached adulthood yet, I know that men and women should be separated. What am I going in for? To be conspicuous?"

Gong Ziyu: “…”

Thinking of his original plan, Gong Ziyu was embarrassed for a moment, then retorted: "Sister Ayun's health should be the first priority in everything. If I just worry about the difference between men and women and let Sister Ayun catch a cold outside, wouldn't that be more harm than good?"

Gong Yuanzheng was choked and muttered impatiently: "We are only staying here for a while, my sister will move back to Zheng Palace soon."

"Then why don't you leave? What are you waiting for here?"

"Of course I'm waiting for the medicine to take effect. What else could I be waiting for?"

Gong Ziyu: “…”

Looking at Gong Yuanzheng's mocking face, he gritted his teeth and wanted to punch him. This kid really deserved a beating.

Sister Ayun has to take several kinds of medicine every day. If he asks about the medicinal properties of the medicine, he will definitely have something to say to him.

Gong Yunzheng interrupted them appropriately: "Brother Ziyu, what's the matter with you coming to the ladies' quarters?"

"Me?" Gong Ziyu hesitated for a moment, but finally told the truth: "I lent my mask to one of the brides yesterday, and I came to ask her for it back."

"Is it the mask you treasure so much?" Gong Yunzheng understood the key after a moment's thought and gently joked, "Brother Ziyu is also old enough to choose a bride."

"No! It's not..." Gong Yunzheng's penetrating smile stopped her denial. Gong Ziyu felt her face flushing. "I don't like her. It's just that she didn't believe me last night and was almost discovered by the guards. I gave her the mask in a hurry."

"Last night?" Gong Yunzheng keenly sensed something was wrong.

Is it distrust or a desire to attract attention?

"Sister, you don't know, but Brother Zi Yu was really impressive last night. Now all the potential brides regard Brother Zi Yu as their savior." Gong Yuanzheng seemed to be praising her, but in fact he was setting a trap.

Gong Ziyu gritted his teeth and could only explain, "There's an assassin among the potential brides. My father ordered them all killed. I couldn't bear to tarnish the reputation of the palace by killing innocent people, so I teamed up with my brother to devise a plan to lure the assassin out of his lair."

Gong Ziyu dragged Gong Huanyu down with him. Although this sister was only a few months older than him, for some reason he was very afraid of her anger. It wasn't that he was afraid... He couldn't explain it after thinking about it carefully, but he just felt a feeling that he couldn't describe...

It was not that he intended to lie to Gong Yunzheng at this time. It was because Gong Yuanzheng was there too, and he was worried that he couldn't catch him. If he told the truth, this kid would definitely go to his father and complain about him.

“——Heh.” Gong Yuanzheng, seeing through him, sneered.

Idiot, how dare you lie to your sister?