The protagonist of this crossover film and television series is disrupting the plot again.

Chapter 152 Cloud Feather 11

Now that things have come to this, it's impossible to remove Gong Ziyu from his position as the wielder of the blade.

Moreover, not only can we not bring him down, we also need to find a way to lift Gong Yuanzheng up.

Now that things have escalated to this point, I absolutely must help Yuanzheng...

Ok?

Gong Shangjiao suddenly thought of something.

Everyone in the palace knew that he was closest to Gong Yuanzheng, who was his Achilles' heel.

To control Gong Yuanzheng is to control him!

Moreover, Gong Yuanzheng is young and easily provoked, unlike him who has dealt with people in the martial arts world for many years, seen the wickedness of people's hearts, and is mature and steady in dealing with things.

So just now, Gong Ziyu deliberately ignored him and focused all her attention on Gong Yuanzheng, putting all sorts of accusations on him, forcing Gong Yuanzheng to lose his composure and speak recklessly.

Gong Ziyu went through all this trouble, ostensibly to force Gong Yuanzheng, but in reality, he was trying to force him to submit.

Gong Shangjiao suddenly realized, and a chill ran through him. Only now did he truly change his opinion of Gong Ziyu, and he had only one thought in his mind:

Is this person a sack? They can hold a ton of crap!

For the first twenty years, he acted as if he were the real deal, and even his own father thought he was a lazy, dissolute playboy who loved to sleep with women.

Unexpectedly, he managed to fool everyone. The entire palace treated him like a dog. Who would have thought that if you gave him the moon, he would roar to the heavens!

We're all surnamed Gong, why are you so wary of us?

I tolerated your good-for-nothing brother back then. If I had known you were so capable, would Gong Yuanzheng and I have schemed like this and listened to that person's slander?

Let's all unite as brothers and resist Wu Feng, okay?

Gong Shangjiao cursed inwardly, but for Gong Yuanzheng's sake, he had to lower his stance: "Brother Yuanzheng would never do anything like switching the Hundred Herbs Extract, causing the deaths of Old Master Zhiren and the young master, please—"

At this point, Gong Shangjiao paused, took a deep breath, and bowed: "Please give us some time, Lord Zhiren. I, Gong Jiaogong, will do my utmost to assist Zhenggong in investigating this matter and get to the bottom of it."

As soon as Gong Shangjiao uttered the words "Lord Blade Master," everyone in the hall immediately understood that he was acknowledging Gong Ziyu's identity as Blade Master, and at the same time, he was bowing down to Gong Ziyu.

The reactions of the crowd varied, each with their own thoughts, but they all breathed a sigh of relief. Only Gong Yuanzheng stared wide-eyed, looking up in disbelief.

"Brother, you don't need to..."

Gong Yuanzheng's muffled voice trembled, filled with anxiety and reluctance, as he tried to dissuade Gong Shangjiao from bowing down to Gong Ziyu for his sake. However, before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Gong Shangjiao's rebuke.

"Shut up!"

Gong Yuanzheng, who was interrupted, opened his mouth but did not disobey Gong Shangjiao's order. He lowered his head and stood to the side, almost in tears of guilt. If it weren't for him, his brother would not have needed to bow down to Gong Ziyu.

Gong Yuanzheng cursed inwardly: It's all that bastard's fault for switching the herbal extracts. If he catches me, I'll make him wish he were dead!

Everyone's attention was drawn to Gong Ziyu. Gong Shangjiao had already laid the groundwork; as long as Gong Ziyu followed through, everyone would be happy.

However, under everyone's gaze, Gong Ziyu fell silent, staring thoughtfully at Gong Shangjiao, seemingly lost in thought.

The three elders were startled. Could it be that Gong Ziyu was really going to send Gong Yuanzheng to the dungeon because of his temper?

If that's the case, things could get really out of hand.

"cough!"

Just as the three elders were about to speak up and smooth things over, Gong Ziyu suddenly spoke up: "Gong Shangjiao!"

Gong Ziyu didn't agree or disagree with Gong Shangjiao's request, but instead changed the subject, her tone naturally carrying the authority and imposing manner of someone in a superior position: "I'm asking you, why is Zheng Nanyi among the bride candidates this time?"

The question came out of nowhere, catching Miyazaki off guard; he clearly hadn't expected him to bring it up so suddenly.

If it were before today, even if he were the one wielding the blade, Gong Shangjiao would never have answered Gong Ziyu's question with such an attitude. He would have even given a contemptuous smile and mocked her in return.

However, at this moment, the situation is completely different.

Gong Shangjiao lowered his eyes slightly, his voice steady: "The Hunyuan Zheng family and Phoenix Manor have always refused to bow down to Wufeng, but Wufeng has issued an ultimatum, and the situation is pressing. Zheng Zhongyi, the head of the Zheng family, has some connection with me. He wants to leave some bloodline for the Zheng family, so he sent his daughter Zheng Nanyi to participate in this year's marriage selection."

At this point, Miyazaki's expression became somewhat unnatural.

He had a slight connection with the Zheng family, and Zheng Nanyi's entry into the palace to choose a husband was with his approval. However, now that Zheng Nanyi has been found to be the Wufeng Assassin, and is also inextricably linked to the deaths of the old master and the young master, he is truly embarrassed and somewhat uneasy when this matter is brought up.

Could it be that Gong Ziyu is trying to use this incident to make things difficult for him?

"You left the valley that night to investigate the Zheng family? What was the result?" Gong Ziyu was referring to the night Gong Hongyu died. Gong Shangjiao left the valley that night, thus missing the opportunity to become the vacant successor.

Gong Shangjiao shook his head: "When I arrived at the Zheng family, it was already deserted. Obviously, the Zheng family had long been in cahoots with Wufeng, using the marriage selection as an opportunity to send Wufeng's assassins into the palace. After achieving their goal, they immediately withdrew without leaving a trace."

After hearing what Gong Shangjiao said, Gong Ziyu scoffed.

I genuinely believe that all those people from Wufeng and Gongmen are insane!

Wu Feng went to great lengths to stage this whole thing with the Zheng family, all to get Zheng Nanyi into the palace.

No sooner had the bride been brought in than a message was sent to the palace gates that there was an assassin among the brides.

what's going on?

Is this a deliberate attempt to cover up the truth? By intentionally exposing one assassin to conceal the others?

If you don't send a message, the people at the palace gates won't know there's an assassin among the brides, wouldn't that make it easier to hide?

The palace gate guards, knowing there was an assassin among the brides, set a elaborate trap and captured Zheng Nanyi.

Afterwards, he didn't even think about whether there were any assassins among the remaining brides.

Without even bothering to thoroughly check whether there were any assassins who had entered through other channels, they simply continued the palace selection ceremony as if nothing had happened!

Afterwards, Gong Hongyu and Gong Huanyu were poisoned to death.

Less than three days after the two died, the three elders still wanted to continue the bride selection process!

If Gong Ziyu hadn't rejected those three earlier, she probably would have been chosen by now...

Ah! That's hard to judge!

Gong Ziyu closed his eyes, feeling that he shouldn't analyze Wufeng and Gongmen too carefully, because that would make him abnormal too!