Qianyin responded and ran away in a hurry. Yun Shang stared at the figure like a gust of wind, chuckled a few times, took a breath and fell on the soft couch to sleep.
It was already morning when she woke up. Yun Shang was stunned. She rarely slept so deeply in the past few days. Because Prince Jing was away, Yun Shang was not used to it, so she had insomnia every night. In the middle of the night
I always have to wake up several times, but today I had a rare good sleep.
"Qianyin..." Yun Chang called out, but did not hear a response for a long time. After frowning, Yun Chang opened the quilt and stood up. The side room was always where Qian Yin slept at night, because he was afraid that Yun Chang would wake up.
No matter what the need, as long as Yun Shang did not sleep with Prince Jing, Qian Yin would always sleep in the side room. Yun Shang walked to the door of the side room, but there was no one inside.
However, a maid standing outside the house saw Yun Shang and walked in quickly and said, "The princess is looking for sister Qian Yin?"
Yun Shang nodded, and the maid hurriedly said, "Sister Qianyin seemed busy all night last night. She also came to see the princess several times. When she saw that the princess was sleeping peacefully, she left again. Previously, sister Qianyin told the slave, if
When the princess wakes up, she will wait for the princess to get dressed and get up."
This maid was transferred to serve her after she got married to Prince Jing. Her name seems to be He Yun? Yun Shang nodded, "Come in."
He Yun quickly walked in, found a white and light blue dress from the cage, turned around and asked Yun Shang, "How does the princess feel about wearing this today?"
Yun Shang glanced at it lightly and nodded slightly. He Yun took the skirt over and carefully waited on Yun Shang to put it on, and then said, "This slave looks at the princess who usually wears her hair in a simpler bun."
The slave girl will give the princess an ordinary fairy bun."
Yun Shang responded casually, and He Yun quickly picked up the comb and combed Yun Shang's hair. Just as she was holding her hair in a bun, Qian Yin ran in again and saw He Yun combing Yun Shang's hair.
He opened his mouth, but quickly swallowed back the words that were about to reach his lips.
Yun Shang saw her in the bronze mirror, looked at her carefully, and then said, "You didn't sleep last night?"
Qianyin nodded, looked at Yun Shang in the mirror, and said with a smile, "He Yun's hair is also well combed. Look at the craftsmanship, it's much better than mine."
He Yun smiled shyly but did not respond.
Yun Shang glanced at He Yun in the mirror and raised her lips, "Well, Qian Yin's bun is indeed the worst among all the palace maids. The best is Qin Yi."
Qianyin stuck out her tongue, "I know that the princess always dislikes slaves. I am not as skillful as sister Qinyi, but I am livelier and cuter than sister Qinyi."
Yun Shang saw He Yun's hand shaking violently and her face holding back a smile, so she shook her head and said, "You are narcissistic."
He Yun combed Yun Shang's hair, and Yun Shang waved her hand to make her retreat, and then said slowly, "What is worthy of your staying up all night?"
A bright light flashed in Qian Yin's eyes, and she quickly said, "The reason why most of the eyes outside left yesterday was the same as ours, to look for the ventriloquist. There are not even one thousand ventriloquists in the imperial city, but five
Hundreds, the slave was still worried about how to find the artist. The secret guard saw those people entering Liushui Lane. When the secret guard followed them, he felt something was wrong. Seeing that those people seemed to be ready to kill and silence them, he prepared
I went to save him, but I didn’t expect that someone had already taken him away. The secret guards were lurking around and listened carefully to some words. It seemed that their master was in some trouble and could not move more people to kill, so he had to transfer them.
I came here, but I didn’t expect the person to disappear.”
"After those people left to recover, the secret guard quietly inquired about the people in Liushui Lane and heard that a ventriloquist originally lived in the courtyard. Unlike other ventriloquists, he was not only good at imitating
The sounds of animals are also good at imitating human voices, which are lifelike."
"Being taken away?" Yun Shang frowned, "Who actually thought of the ventriloquist first? The person who took him away was an enemy or a friend."
When Qianyin heard this, the light in her eyes grew brighter, and she said with a smile, "I feel that someone must be helping us secretly. Just when we were at our wits' end, someone secretly sent a letter saying that we are in the sake alley.
The person he wanted to see. When the secret guard sent back the news, the servant thought about asking the princess for instructions, but when he came back, he saw that the princess had fallen asleep, so he sent only one person to explore the truth, thinking that if it was a trap, he would lose a lot.
It was just one person. As it turned out, the ventriloquist was really in an inconspicuous little courtyard in that sake alley."
"Can someone find out who the owner of that yard is?" Yun Shang lowered her eyes to hide the emotion in her eyes.
Qianyin said quickly, "I checked, and then I asked the secret guards to check, but the man seemed to have an alias, named Xiao Yan. The secret guards checked for a long time, but could not find out the origin of this person."
Yun Shang sat on the soft couch and squinted her eyes, "Is the ventriloquist hiding now? Has he been interrogated?"
Qianyin responded, "After interrogation, it was him who was upstairs in Yuman that day, but he said that he was taken into a private room as soon as he went up. No one saw him, and he just learned the prince's voice.
, he just sat in a private room and read out the words given to him. He was imprisoned in Liushui Lane ever since, because the man seemed to have something else for him to do, so he was not killed."
Yun Shang knocked on the edge of the soft couch and narrowed her eyes slightly, "Has the confession been signed?"
Qian Yin quickly put down a roll of parchment, nodded and said, "I drew it, and it's here."
Yun Shang opened it and took a closer look, then nodded, "I will go to the palace to see my father now. You stayed up all night last night, so go and rest first."
"Okay." Qianyin pondered for a moment and then responded, "Princess, please take He Yun with you."
Yun Shang nodded, and Qian Yin hurriedly walked out of the house, ordered the servants to prepare the carriage, and gave He Yun detailed instructions on some things that needed advice in the palace, and then walked in again and said softly to Yun Shang, "
Luo Yi once told the slave that He Yun was the secret guard in the hands of the prince. However, the slave had always felt that it would be good if the slave was by the princess's side. The princess was also very powerful in martial arts, so she would be fine. But last time the princess was on her way back to the palace.
After encountering the assassin and being injured, the prince gave his slaves numerous instructions not to let the princess be separated from anyone."
Yun Shang was stunned when he heard this, and was silent for a moment before saying, "I understand, you can go and have a rest."
He Yun also had a quiet temperament, unlike Qian Yin who liked to chatter all the time. Yun Shang did not feel unhappy at all. When they entered the palace, Emperor Ning had not yet gone to court, and Eunuch Zheng was not there either. The chamberlain standing outside the door saw him.
Yun Shang came over and said quickly, "The emperor's signal to go to court hasn't been sent yet. I'm afraid the princess will have to wait for a while."
Yun Shang nodded, "Bring me a pot of tea."
The chamberlain responded quickly and led Yun Shang into the Qinzheng Hall. He moved a chair for Yun Shang to sit on, and then stood aside to wait for orders.
After waiting for about an hour, I faintly heard the sound of three whips coming from the direction of Jinluan Palace.
The chamberlain quickly said, "Your Majesty has come to court."
As expected, Emperor Ning walked in just after a cup of tea. As soon as Yun Shang stood up, she heard Emperor Ning say, "The ceremony is no longer necessary. I heard that you have been waiting for a long time? But what happened?"
"
Yun Shang raised her eyes and glanced at the palace attendants standing a few steps apart in the palace, and fell silent. Emperor Ning looked around the palace, then waved his hand and said, "You all can go down."
The palace attendants quickly bowed and filed out.
When Yun Shang saw Manager Zheng closing the door, she took out the two rolls of parchment from her sleeves and handed them to Emperor Ning. Emperor Ning took them with some surprise, looked at them for a while, and then said, "This is the ventriloquist's confession."
I can see clearly, it was him who imitated Prince Jing’s voice that day at Yumanlou?”
Yun Shang nodded, and Emperor Ning picked up another piece of paper, "This... is the jade medal pattern I gave to Prince Jing? What is it for?"
"This was found from Li Qian. Li Qian was killed yesterday." Yun Shang said calmly.
"Li Qian? Is he the one who is said to be the best at cheating in the world?" Emperor Ning pondered for a moment and then said, "You mean, the jade plaque in Cang Juekang Ning's hand is fake?"
Yun Shang nodded, "This is why I came to the palace. I saw Li Qian's mark on the drawing, so I wanted to borrow the jade plaque to see if it was true or false."
Emperor Ning stared at the drawing for a long time, then frowned, "It really does have the mark that Li Qian is used to." After saying that, he took a white jade plaque from the side and stared at it for a while, his brows kept furrowing. After a while,
, and then touched the place with the mark of Li on the drawing, and then said, "It is true, the jade plaque is originally white, the mark is very hidden, it is completely invisible, just touch that place lightly, and it will
You will feel it." After saying that, he handed the jade plaque to Yun Shang.
Yun Shang took it and reached out to touch it. Sure enough, there were some faint traces of protrusions, which was the character "Li". Yun Shang paused slightly, and rubbed the character repeatedly with his hand, and did not speak for a long time.
Emperor Ning looked at her face, pondered for a moment, and then spoke, "It seems that Prince Jing is definitely not the murderer, but he doesn't know who the real murderer is." He paused and said, "Cang
After Juekang Ning died, envoys from the Yelang Kingdom came to make trouble several times, but Prince Jing did not show up, and they had no choice but to write letters back to the Yelang Kingdom. They heard that the Emperor of the Yelang Kingdom also knew about the matter.
I am so angry that I am about to go to the imperial city."
Yun Shang nodded, "Now that we have found Li Qian and the ventriloquist, the real murderer cannot escape. Although I should not get involved in this matter, it is only about Prince Jing. I hope that this murderer,
I'd better investigate it myself. The murderer didn't originally want to kill the ventriloquist. He thought he was still useful, but suddenly changed his mind. He was afraid that the news would be leaked, and everyone sent by his father would be killed.
They are officials from the DPRK and the Central Government. They always investigate cases with great fanfare, and I am afraid of disturbing others."
After hearing this, Emperor Ning was silent for a while and then said, "I know your worries, and I promise you that. However, you must find out this matter before Emperor Yelang comes to the imperial city..."
I'm afraid Emperor Ning has not finished what he said. Yun Shang pondered for a while and then knew what he wanted to say, "My son, I have received the decree." (To be continued)
