[天命为凰]

Untitled Part 17

017- Fighting injustice

The manager smiled while feigning a good attitude. "Young Master Gao, we do not originally possess many medicinal herbs of top grade. By coincidence, a batch had previously been collected by the Jade Pear Residence, and the newly transferred over batch is of this grade."

"Then why is mine of top grade?" Gao Xiang questioned.

The manager spoke in a rigorous manner, "This package had long been prepared since Elder An sent word over previously. Otherwise, Young Master Gao would be collecting a package of this grade too."

"This..." Gao Xiang was momentarily at a loss for words. Even though he felt something was amiss instinctively, he was still young and did not think things through enough.

As for Lu Mingshu, her heart was akin to a mirror. Even if top grade was not available, a normal grade would do. Why go so far as to deceive me with inferior herbs? I do not believe Nine Jade Palace would dare permit its disciples to use inferior herbs for something as important as opening one's Meridians. They first made me wait for so long and now have even given me inferior herbs. The other party must have made up their mind to make things difficult for me.

But the other party just had to speak pretty words while maintaining a polite attitude, so much so that she was utterly helpless against her situation.

"No, get your Hall Head to come out!" Gao Xiang called out. "Why haven't I ever heard of the sect giving inferior herbs to its disciples?"

"Young Master Gao..."

Lu Mingshu wanted to speak, but she paused after some hesitation.

When Fu Shangqing received the news and had rushed to the scene, the situation had long since turned awful.

By right, a small matter like this would not have been reported to the sect leader. But coincidentally, he was in the Truth Courtyard to check the medicine list when the incident occurred.

The line of Willow Woods possessed a high status in the current Nine Jade Palace, and the number one expert in Nine Jade Palace, Grand Elder Zhuo Jiangui, was from the line of Willow Woods. This line of theirs had always stayed out of disputes and maintained its neutral position. In that same vein, no one would try and offend them, as that would force them to another sect.

(TL Note: the line here refers to a line of direct disciples.)

Given that Fu Shangqing's position as sect leader was quite unstable, why would he then offend the line of Willow Woods? One could not just write Gao Xiang off as just a child, for the line of Willow Woods had always only had a sole heir—there would only be one lineal disciple every generation. Zhuo Jiangui only accepted An Tongchen as an official disciple, and An Tongchen had now selected Gao Xiang in this generation. Without a doubt, he would be the future successor of the line of Willow Woods, and An Tongchen was bound to be vengeful if things got ugly here.

A few days had only passed since the farce, so Fu Shangqing would never do anything unnecessary at this moment.

"What is going on here?" Fu Shangqing walked out with a solemn expression.

That manager had acted on his own initiative and on the notion of: so what if a child like Lu Mingshu was bullied? The more important thing was to gain favor with the Second Miss. Who would have thought that fellow Gao Xiang would appear at this moment hell-bent on standing up for Lu Mingshu, thus complicating this matter?

He did not dare to call the Hall Head. Distributing Spirit Pills was an important task only managers had a right to handle. He was very clear on what status Gao Xiang held; what if the Hall Head fires him in order to appease Gao Xiang? No matter how many gifts a manager like him sends, he would never be as important as the successor of the line of Willow Woods.