The Cloud Feather of the Red Chamber: A Marriage Arranged with Gong Yuanzheng at the Start

Gong Shangjiao slightly raised his long, slender fingers, and the powder fell gently onto the desk.

His move shocked the three of them.

Shangguan Qian was puzzled. Why did Gong Shangjiao suddenly get angry?

Gong Yuanzheng immediately looked away. He was wrong; his brother didn't like that.

Lin Qingyue immediately realized that Gong Shangjiao must have heard her words. Gong Yuanzheng, he actually lied to her!

She slowly turned her head to look at Gong Yuanzheng, her usually gentle eyes now filled with rage.

Gong Yuanzheng shrank his neck. Oh no, Yue'er is really angry.

He pushed a plate of pastries in front of Lin Qingyue in a flattering manner, "Yue'er, this osmanthus and chestnut sugar cake is quite good, you should try it!"

Lin Qingyue glared at him and turned her head away.

Gong Yuanzheng immediately stepped forward, poured her tea attentively, put his arm around her shoulder, and whispered an apology in her ear.

Gong Shangjiao closed his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to his troublesome younger brother anymore, and picked up a teacup again.

He didn't know why he would like a woman like that in the future.

He traveled extensively throughout the year, overseeing all liaison and business dealings at the palace gates.

Sometimes, he inevitably frequented brothels and met the girls there.

Undeniably, Shangguan Qian's behavior and mannerisms did indeed bear the imprint of those girls.

He couldn't understand how he would end up having an emotional entanglement with her.

Before he could figure it out, Jin Fu brought Granny Fu from the women's quarters to the corner palace.

Granny Fu was also bewildered. Gong Shangjiao had just brought Shangguan Qian to Jiao Palace and then summoned her here.

Could it be that Miss Shangguan suffered some injustice in the women's quarters, and now Young Master Jiao is here to seek justice for her?

When she saw Shangguan standing there in such a disheveled state, she couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

"Miss Shangguan, what's wrong with you?!"

When I left the female guest's courtyard, how could such a perfectly fine girl have ended up in such a disheveled state in less than an hour?

Shangguan Qian looked at her with tears in her eyes, "Granny, I..."

Gong Shangjiao interrupted Shangguan Qian directly, "Granny, search Miss Shangguan. She has secretly kept two Hundred Herbs Extracts."

Granny Fu thought she had misheard. She looked at Gong Shangjiao with a strange expression. "Young Master Jiao, are you asking me to search Miss Shangguan's body?"

Gong Shangjiao nodded. "The maids in Jiao Palace are all rough maids. They don't know their own strength and might hurt Miss Shangguan. You are the nanny of the women's quarters, so you naturally know what to do."

Shangguan Qian still wanted to struggle a bit more, "Young Master Jiao..."

Gong Shangjiao raised his hand to stop Shangguan Qian from speaking, "I only believe in evidence."

Knowing that a body search was unavoidable, Shangguan Qian gritted her teeth and said, "I am the future mistress of the Horn Palace, how can a mere nanny be allowed to search me?"

Shangguan Qian looked at Lin Qingyue and said, "If you insist on searching me, let Miss Lin do it."

Lin Qingyue looked completely bewildered. How could Shangguan Qian have come up with the idea of ​​searching her body?

Gong Yuanzheng sneered, "You're not worthy!"

Shangguan Qian clenched her hands. Yes, she was not worthy of being Gong Shangjiao's wife, nor was she worthy of being searched by Lin Qingyue!

Gong Yuanzheng, she will remember today's humiliation!

"Granny, please."

Gong Shangjiao spoke up, and Fu Mama had no choice but to step forward and carefully search every piece of clothing on Shangguan Qian's body, starting from her hair.

When she touched her lower back, Shangguan Qian looked nervous, but Granny Fu remained calm and skipped over that spot to search other areas.

A moment later, Granny Fu stepped back a few steps, bowed to Gong Shangjiao, and reported, "Young Master Jiao, no herbal extract was found on Miss Shangguan."

Shangguan Qian immediately looked at Gong Shangjiao with a wronged expression, as if to say, "You've wronged me."

Gong Shangjiao seemed oblivious to her gaze, toying with the teacup in his hand and giving Granny Fu a slight smile.

"Thank you for your help, Granny. Jin Shu, please see her off."

A figure suddenly appeared from nowhere and stood beside Granny Fu.

Granny Fu's expression changed, her lips moved, but in the end she said nothing. She just glanced at Gong Shangjiao and walked out in silence.

Jin Shu followed closely behind her.

Gong Yuanzheng's expression turned serious. It was just a nanny, yet she was sent by a guard named Hongyu. There was something wrong with this nanny!

As soon as Granny Fu left, Shangguan Qian was about to start her performance again.

Gong Shangjiao was too lazy to waste any more words with her. "Hand it over. I know you're hiding the medicine."

"Why won't Young Master Jiao believe it...?"

“If you are Miss Shangguan from Dafu City, then I will naturally believe you.”

"But you are the last descendant of the Lonely Mountain Sect, the enchanting one without a blade, so I can't trust you."

The deeply hidden secret was thus laid bare.

Shangguan Qian's sorrowful expression froze on her face.

She slowly composed herself; having come this far, any attempt to argue would be futile.

"When did you find out?"

“I knew you the moment you entered the palace gates,” Gong Shangjiao said. “The Gushan Sect suffered a brutal massacre at the hands of Wufeng, and because of the palace gates, I will not kill you.”

"Hand over the medicine and you can stay in the Corner Palace. If you insist on refusing, I will have to send you to the dungeon."

Shangguan Qian smiled faintly, her fingers lightly stroking her cheek. "Stay in the Horn Palace? Could it be that Young Master Horn has truly fallen in love with me?"

Gong Yuanzheng scoffed, "It's not even dark yet, and you're already dreaming?"

Gong Shangjiao simply looked at her quietly, "Which path do you choose?"

"Do I have a choice?" Shangguan Qian sneered, took out the pill, and threw it directly on the ground.

Gong Shangjiao's gaze swept over the pills on the ground and looked at Gong Yuanzheng.

Gong Yuanzheng immediately understood his meaning, poured out a pill from the small conch shell, and shot it directly at Shangguan Qian.

Shangguan Qian made no attempt to conceal her martial arts skills, raising her right hand to accept the pill.

"I am already imprisoned in the Horn Palace, powerless to fight back. What else could you possibly be worried about, Young Master Horn?"

Gong Shangjiao looked at her calmly, "You hate Wufeng, but you also hate Gongmen."

All the secrets in my heart were completely exposed.

Shangguan Qian stopped pretending and her face turned cold, her eyes filled with deep hatred. She slammed the pill in her hand to the ground.

"You know all this, yet you still dare to leave me at the palace gate. Aren't you afraid of me...?"

Before she could finish speaking, her body went limp, and Shangguan Qian collapsed to the ground, finding it difficult even to speak.

She stared in terror at the pills that had rolled away not far away.

What happened? She clearly took medicine, so how could she be poisoned?

Didn't she also take Baicao Cui (a herbal extract)? How could she still be poisoned?

Her doubts were destined to remain unanswered.

Gong Shangjiao instructed Jin Fu, "Take her away and have the maid change her clothes."

"The herbal extract is still on her body."