Yun Shang got rid of Prince Jing's entanglement and wondered why Prince Jing did what he did. As he walked towards Qingxin Palace, his feet suddenly slipped and he was about to fall. Qian Yin behind him hurriedly stepped forward.
Take one step and support Yun Shang's body.
After Yun Shang stood firm, he lowered his head and took a look. This was the only way to the harem. The palace people had already swept away the snow on the road. However, under Yun Shang's feet, there was a wet ground... moss...
Yun Shang was startled and bent down. The moss did not grow on the stone, but contained moisture.
"Bring over some lanterns..." Yun Shang frowned, with a bit of solemnity in his eyes.
Qinyi hurriedly walked to Yun Shang with a lantern. Yun Shang took the lantern and shined it in front of him. There were some moss scattered in front of him at intervals.
Yun Shang sped up and walked forward for a while. After passing a fork in the road, there was no trace of moss. Yun Shang returned to Qingxin Hall with a trace of doubt in her heart. As soon as she took off her cloak, she saw a man falling in from outside.
The chamberlain looked a little panicked and didn't bother to get up. He said in a panic, "Princess, go to Qiwu Palace and have a look. Concubine Jin fell down and saw red. I'm afraid she's going to have a miscarriage."
Seeing red? Yun Shang's heart sank, she turned around and walked out of the Qingxin Hall.
"Princess, princess, it's cold, bring a big cloak..." Behind her, Qin Yi hurriedly picked up the big cloak she just put down, and ran out too.
Yun Shang walked very fast, but she asked the chamberlain who came to report the news, "How did Concubine Jin fall?"
The chamberlain trotted after Yun Shang, breathing heavily as he said, "After coming out of the Jinluan Palace, the emperor took pity on Concubine Jin that she was pregnant, so he asked Concubine Jin to ride on the Dragon Boat Festival together and walk to the Imperial Garden.
Inside, the chamberlain carrying the dragon boat in front suddenly slipped and fell. Concubine Jin and the emperor both fell off the dragon boat. Fortunately, the emperor held Jin Fei tightly, otherwise the fall would have been serious.
, but maybe she was frightened, but Concubine Jin still saw red..."
Did you fall? Yun Shang frowned and suddenly remembered the moss on the road earlier.
Yun Shang arrived at Qiwu Palace as quickly as possible. Before entering the palace gate, he saw the queen walking in from a distance. Yun Shang didn't care about anything else, turned around and stepped into Qiwu Palace ahead of the queen.
"Hey, isn't this Princess Yunshang? Why are you here at Qiwu Palace? Didn't Princess Yunshang see the Queen behind you? She didn't know how to salute, and she stepped into the palace door before the Queen. Princess Yunshang's rules
It's time to study hard." Aunt Xiuxin's slightly sarcastic voice came from behind.
Yun Shang turned her head suddenly, a cold light flashed in her eyes, "No matter how unruly this princess is, she is still a princess. Is it your turn as a slave to teach me a lesson?"
After saying that, he ran towards the side hall without any care.
"Presumptuous!" the queen frowned and said sternly, but Yun Shang didn't even look back.
Queen Yuanzhen gritted her teeth and said bitterly, "Rebellion, rebellion, you are just a little princess, how dare you not take me seriously!"
Qin Yi hurried over and heard the Queen's angry scolding voice. Hearing this, she should be talking about Princess Yunshang. Qin Yi felt cold in her heart and quickly saluted the Queen, "Please forgive me, the Queen. Something happened to Princess Jin Fei.
The princess is impatient, and she does not mean to be rude to the Queen."
"What? What did you say? Something happened to Concubine Jin?" The queen looked stunned, a flash of joy flashed in her eyes, and she quickly asked.
Qinyi lowered her head and did not see the queen's expression. She only said softly, "Yes, the father-in-law just came to report that something happened to Concubine Jin. Although Concubine Jin is not close to the princess, she is also the biological mother of the princess.
So the princess is inevitably a little nervous."
The queen had no intention of listening to her explanation. She turned her head and exchanged a look with Xiuxin, then hurriedly headed towards the side hall.
As soon as they arrived at the side hall, they saw Manager Zheng guarding the door. Yun Shang was also standing beside him, tiptoeing to look into the hall. The queen's heart tightened again. From the looks of it, the emperor must be here too, so he must be there this time.
It's not a trivial matter. It would be great if the trouble in Concubine Jin's belly could be eliminated. But I don't know where the trouble happened to Concubine Jin. If it was in Qiwu Palace, I might not be able to escape the suspicion.
"Eunuch Zheng, I heard that something happened to Concubine Jin, so I came to take a look..." The queen raised her head and looked at Manager Zheng.
Manager Zheng frowned slightly and said with some embarrassment, "Empress, it's not that the servants won't let you in, it's just that the Emperor has decreed that no one is allowed in. Queen, look..."
The queen narrowed her eyes slightly, feeling a little unhappy, but she couldn't hold back the joy that was oozing out of her heart. She glanced at Yun Shang, turned around and said to Xiuxin, "Go and bring two chairs into the palace.
Well, I am worried about Concubine Jin, so just wait here."
Xiu Xin quickly responded and retreated. After a while, two chairs were brought in. One was placed behind the queen, and the other was given to Yun Shang.
Yun Shang was stunned for a moment, turned to look at the Queen, then calmed down her thoughts slightly, sat down on the chair, and slowly began to speculate in her mind.
Since she was born, no prince or daughter has been born in the palace. There are only a few pregnant concubines. It is difficult to get pregnant, and none of them can be born to full term. The pregnancy of Concubine Jin is really a bit eye-catching.
The people in the palace have been trained. If it is just dark and snowy, they will not fall down...
Yun Shang stood up and faced Mr. Zheng, "Eunuch Zheng, where are the people who just raised the dragon and chased them away?"
Manager Zheng said quickly, "Kneeling in the snow outside Qiwu Palace."
Yun Shang nodded, turned around and walked out of the side hall door, found the eight chamberlains carrying the dragon, and pointed casually, "Follow me to see where the incident happened."
The waiter was shivering from the cold and stood several times before he managed to stand up and followed Yun Shang.
Yun Shang looked a little cold, "Think carefully about where you fell."
The chamberlain nodded and took Yun Shang to a corner of the imperial garden, "Princess, it's right here. The servant was carrying it from the back. I just remember that when I was about to turn the corner, the front suddenly dropped."
Yun Shang responded, turned to Qin Yi and said, "Lantern."
Qinyi hurriedly handed over a lantern. Yun Shang picked up the lantern and searched around on the ground. Then he saw a long skid mark on a stone in front of him. It must be here. Yun Shang frowned and squatted down.
After careful inspection, it took a long time to twist a green filament from the slip mark. Yun Shang squinted her eyes. There should be moss here before, but it should have been dealt with by someone. If you don't look carefully,
The green filament cannot be found at all.
Yun Shang stood up and walked to the place where she almost fell to check. Sure enough, the moss scattered at a distance was gone.
"Princess, has someone been here?" Qin Yi also felt that something was wrong, and she suddenly understood in her heart, "Did someone make a special trip to destroy the evidence?"
Yun Shang curled up her lips, "Yes, this move is really good. If I hadn't stepped on it before and almost fell, even if I came to check here again and found this green filament, I wouldn't have thought of what it was.
"
"But now that there is nothing, doesn't it mean that the clues are also broken?" Qin Yi said softly, "Who wants to harm the master?"
Yun Shang smiled coldly, "Go back to Qiwu Palace first and see how the mother-in-law is doing..."
Returning to Qiwu Palace, the queen was no longer there. Yun Shang raised her eyebrows. With the queen's hatred for her mother and concubine, how could she miss such a good opportunity?
Manager Zheng seemed to understand what Yun Shang was thinking, and said quickly, "The Emperor came out just now and saw the Queen, and asked her to go back first."
"Oh..." Yun Shang turned around and looked at the door of the side hall, and saw a palace maid poking around at the door. She knew in her heart that she must be sent by the queen to find out the news, so she turned around and walked in without naming her.
Enter the side hall.
In the inner hall, the imperial doctor was sitting and bending down, writing on the table, as if he was prescribing a prescription. Emperor Ning was sitting by the bed, holding Concubine Jin's hand tightly, and Yun Shang called out, "Father,"
Then he walked over.
Concubine Jin's face was a little pale, and her eyes seemed to be in a trance. When she heard Yun Shang's voice, she turned her head and looked up at Yun Shang, "Shang'er is here, Concubine Mu is fine."
Aunt Zheng on the side quickly brought a stool to Yun Shang, "Princess, your Majesty is fine. She was just frightened. The child is fine. Princess, don't worry."
Yun Chang knew about Grandma Zheng's medical skills. Since she said it like this, she thought it shouldn't be serious, and the stone in her heart quietly fell to the ground, "It's okay. When the waiter came to report just now, it scared Chang'er.
Already."
Emperor Ning's brows still didn't relax, he shook Concubine Jin's hand and said, "I just heard Manager Zheng say that you went to see the chamberlain who carried the dragon, but what did you ask?"
Yun Shang was slightly startled, he was asking her, but...
Yun Shang felt a little hesitant in her heart. Although he was his father, this matter was related to the safety of his mother and concubine. Can she trust him? Yun Shang dreamed of Concubine Jin, but saw Concubine Jin smiling softly, as if
With some encouragement, Yun Shang suddenly understood. Yes, no matter what, his father still loved his mother and concubine in his heart. Moreover, the mother and concubine was still pregnant with his child.
"Earlier, when I returned to Qingxin Palace from the Jinluan Palace, I almost fell down in the imperial garden. I checked at the time and found that what made me almost fall was moss... but not the moss growing on the stones...
...My son made a special trip to check it out. There was some moss every other section of the road from the Imperial Garden to the Crescent Moon Pavilion. At that time, my son didn’t pay attention. Only then did he hear the chamberlain say that the dragon chase between his father and his mother was in the imperial garden.
After a fall, Erchen was suspicious, so he took the servant who was carrying the dragon to check the place where the incident occurred. Erchen saw skid marks on the ground, and above the skid marks, there was a green filament. However, before
The moss that I saw has disappeared..." Yun Shang said softly, her voice gentle but with a bit of doubt.
Although Emperor Ning's experience of sitting on the throne was not that bumpy, he grew up in the palace and saw a lot. When Yun Shang said this, he knew the key, "There is someone
He deliberately wanted Shujin to fall, but after Shujin fell, someone removed the traces."
Yun Shang nodded, "If I hadn't fallen down once and didn't notice the moss on the ground, I'm afraid no one would know that there was moss there. In this case, no matter how we check, it will be difficult to find anything.
Clues.”
Emperor Ning turned his head and looked at his daughter, whom he had never gotten to know seriously, and said after a long time, "If you were asked to investigate this matter, what would you do?"
Yun Shang pondered for a moment and lowered her voice, "If it were Chang'er, Chang'er would immediately release the news and say that the concubine had a miscarriage..."
This New Year's Eve seemed destined to be unrestful. Just after midnight, the palace became noisy again, "Jin Fei has had a miscarriage..."
On the way back to the palace with the emperor, the imperial concubine who was carrying the dragon fell. Jinfei and the emperor fell to the ground, and Jinfei had a miscarriage. The emperor and Princess Yunshang were accompanying her in Qiwu Palace.
He spent the night with Concubine Jin, and early the next morning, the emperor resolutely imprisoned all the eight servants who had carried the dragon to death. Concubine Jin rested in peace, and the side hall of Qiwu Palace was also surrounded by heavy guards.
On the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, as the Queen had already recovered, Concubine Ming notified all the concubines early in the morning to come to Qiwu Palace to pay her respects today. All the concubines knew that Concubine Ming was preparing to return power to the Queen.
Queen.
The concubines of Qiwu Palace came and went. When everyone entered the palace, they couldn't help but look towards the heavily guarded side hall.
"May the Queen be blessed and safe."
The queen nodded, "Get flat."
Everyone sat down in their seats, and the queen's eyes fell on Yun Chang, who was in a daze, "Shang'er took care of Concubine Jin all night yesterday. If you are tired, go and have a rest."
Hearing this, Yun Chang's eyes suddenly filled with mist, and a drop of water fell down, "It's not hard on Chang'er, but I feel a little sorry for my mother-in-law, who bled a lot..."
Hearing this, the queen paused for a moment on Yun Shang. Seeing that her expression did not seem to be hypocritical, she sighed quietly and said, "Oh, I have been looking forward to a happy event in the palace, but in the end, such an accident happened...
…”
Yun Shang raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corner of her eyes, bit her lip, and said bitterly, "It wasn't an accident. If it weren't for the moss..."
Speaking of this, Yun Shang seemed to be surprised that she had said something she shouldn't have said. She quickly lowered her head and looked a little panicked, "Yes, it was all an accident."
All the concubines looked at each other, and they were all beating secretly in their hearts. Just now, Princess Yun Shang said, it was not an accident? Because... Qing Moss?
Queen Yuan Zhen's expression paused slightly, and she glanced at Yun Shang, seeing that she seemed a little nervous, her hands kept stirring her sleeves, and she looked restless.
After a long time, I heard Yun Chang whisper again, "The Queen Mother is right. Chang'er took care of Mother and Concubine all night yesterday. She is a little tired. Please allow the Queen Mother to allow Chang'er to go back to the well first... Oh no, Chang'er first.
Go back to Qingxin Palace and rest."
With that said, without waiting for the Queen's response, she left in a panic.
The queen lowered her head, looked at the brocade handkerchief in her hand, and raised a dignified smile on her lips, "There is nothing to do today. This trouble just happened in the palace. The emperor is definitely not happy. You should try to stay as little as possible these days.
Let's move around, let's all disperse."
Everyone quickly bowed and filed out.
In the blink of an eye, only Queen Yuanzhen and a few maids were left in the main hall of Qiwu Palace. Queen Yuanzhen waved her hand and asked the maids to retreat, then turned around and said to Xiuxin, "I am.
Mr. Gong feels that Concubine Jin’s matter is not as simple as imagined. Although I was very happy when I heard that the bitch’s child was gone, I also vaguely smelled a bit of conspiracy.”
Aunt Xiuxin nodded and said, "Princess Yunshang's performance today is too abnormal. Abnormalities are caused by monsters. Madam, we have to be careful..."
The Queen closed her eyes gently, "I have just lifted the ban, and things happened one after another. Yesterday in the Jinluan Palace, Hua Jing was targeted. Today's incident, I feel, may be aimed at me.
Come."
Xiu Xin was silent for a moment and then said, "Well, the empress, in the Concubine Jin's palace..."
The queen frowned, opened her eyes, and looked leisurely in the direction of the side hall, "It would be great if we could evacuate, but now that the side hall is guarded by the emperor, I am afraid not even a mosquito can fly in. I am
I’m afraid it’s too late to evacuate.”
When Xiuxin heard this, she fell silent.
The Queen stood up and said, "I'm going to ask the Emperor for orders. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. According to the custom, I should go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion."
After leaving Qiwu Palace, the queen took her maids towards the Qinzheng Palace. However, when they walked through the Imperial Garden, they saw a group of people checking something by the lake. The queen squinted her eyes and asked Aunt Xiuxin to go and check.
After a while, Aunt Xiuxin came forward to take a look, and asked someone for a while before returning to the Queen's side, "My Lady, I looked at them. They seemed to be checking the lake and the well. I asked several questions."
Individuals, but they said they were just ordered to check if there were any hidden dangers and didn't say much."
"By the well?" Queen Yuanzhen suddenly remembered that when she was in Qiwu Palace just now, Yun Shang seemed to have mentioned that she wanted to go back to the well, but as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she hurriedly changed her words.
Queen Yuanzhen was silent for a long time, then raised her feet again and walked towards Qinzheng Hall.
Manager Zheng was guarding outside the Qinzheng Palace. When he saw the queen approaching, he quickly came forward and said, "Queen, the emperor is not in a good mood today. He just lost his temper in the palace and smashed a lot of things.
I just gave the order, but no one is here..."
Queen Yuanzhen glanced at the somewhat apologetic face of Manager Zheng, and stood at the door for a while. She only heard a few sounds of broken porcelain coming from inside, "In that case, I will go back first, just to trouble you."
Manager Zheng, please notify me later. If the emperor is willing to see me, he will send someone to inform me and I will come back."
Manager Zheng responded quickly, and the queen looked up at the door of Qinzheng Hall, turned around and left.
Seeing the queen's figure gradually getting further away, Manager Zheng turned around and opened the door and entered the inner hall.
Throughout the whole day, the queen did not receive any news of Emperor Ning's summons. Xiuxin asked people to inquire several times and found that the emperor seemed to have sent many people to check the wells and lakes in the palace one by one.
The queen thought about the well and the lake all day long, but could not figure out how these two places were connected.
But early in the morning on the second day of the Lunar New Year, news came that a person had drowned in a well near the lake near the Royal Garden that usually no one came near... (To be continued)
