There was nothing to clean up, so Yun Shang deliberately stained some blood on the hem of her skirt and simply applied some powder to make her face look much paler.
Prince Jing had already returned. He was stunned when he looked at Yun Shang's appearance, then raised his eyebrows and smiled and said, "You look like this, but you want to go to the palace to win your father's sympathy?"
Yun Shang chuckled lightly, but frowned again. He didn't want to tell Prince Jing that he was actually a little suspicious of his father, just because he met Emperor Ning several times when he entered the palace a few days ago. Yesterday, he suddenly said
He shouted, "Look, you look a lot better recently, and you seem to be a lot more relaxed, but what's the progress?"
Yun Shang only smiled and responded, "Shang'er will definitely keep his promise and find out the matter before the Emperor of Yelang Kingdom comes to the imperial city."
I'm afraid her behavior these days has aroused Emperor Ning's suspicion.
Yun Shang frowned. It was not that she deliberately hid the news from Emperor Ning to prevent him from knowing about Prince Jing's return. However, although it was very clear now, there were still some details that needed to be found out. If Emperor Ning knew about it,
King Jing has returned to the palace, which is not conducive to King Jing's actions.
Yun Shang and Prince Jing made a fool of themselves, then took Qian Yin into the palace, and hurriedly ran to the Qinzheng Hall. Manager Zheng was guarding the door. He was shocked when he saw Yun Shang looking like this, and quickly asked
He asked, "What happened to the princess?"
Yun Shang spoke with a bit of hoarseness in her voice, "Just now, assassins entered the palace. There were about a hundred people involved. The palace was almost destroyed."
Manager Zheng was a little surprised when he saw this, "Is the princess okay?"
"It's okay, I'm just a little shocked. Is your father here?" Yun Shang responded softly, her body trembling slightly.
Manager Zheng said quickly, "The emperor is summoning the royal commander. I will go and report to the emperor. Princess, please wait a moment."
Yun Shang responded, but narrowed his eyes slightly. Commander, why did the emperor summon him?
After a while, Manager Zheng came out again and said to Yun Shang, "Princess, please invite me."
When Yun Shang stepped into the Qinzheng Hall, she saw two men walking away. One of them she knew was the Imperial Commander, but the man walking next to the Imperial Commander was a bit unfamiliar. He was wearing a black outfit and exuding a certain radiance.
It has a cold breath.
When has there ever been such a person in the imperial court? Yun Shang squinted his eyes and glanced at the man casually. His eyes fell on the jade plaque around his waist. He paused for a moment, then looked away lightly and walked in.
In the inner hall.
Emperor Ning was frowning and looking at the memorial. When he heard the footsteps, he raised his head. Seeing Yun Shang's pale face, he quickly stood up from his chair, walked to Yun Shang and said, "I heard Mr. Zheng say
, Prince Jing’s palace was attacked by an assassin? How are you? Are you injured again? "
Yun Chang shook his head, bit his lip and lowered his eyes and said, "No injuries. Because Chang'er was assassinated a few days ago, the prince left most of the secret guards around Chang'er to protect Chang'er's safety. Those assassins just relied on
There were so many people that they broke through the guards outside the palace, but they made too much noise and attracted all the secret guards in the palace, but they were all eliminated. But now there are corpses all over the palace, and the prince is not in the palace.
, I still feel a little scared when I look at it.”
Yun Shang's body was trembling slightly, but her voice was as calm as possible. Only the occasional pauses and clenched hands revealed her emotions.
Emperor Ning stared at Yun Shang for a while and then said, "Prince Jing's palace is not very safe now. You can just stay in the palace these days. When things calm down, you can go back to the palace."
Yun Shang pondered for a moment and then said, "But if the prince suddenly returns to the house and I am not there, I am afraid there is something wrong. Now that my son is married, I am afraid that if he still lives in the palace, it will cause some gossip. Moreover, I heard that Yelang Kingdom
The emperor will arrive in the imperial city in four or five days. In the past few days, I always felt that someone was following me, so I just ordered the secret guards below to investigate the matter secretly. Although I have some clues, there is still no evidence.
, I thought I would be able to find out in the next few days..."
Emperor Ning thought for a while and then said, "In this case, I will send more secret guards to your house to protect you."
Hearing this, Yun Shang narrowed his eyes. It seemed that his father was really suspicious. Is this the purpose?
"The secret guards are supposed to protect my father. I called them privately when I went to Kangyang before, and I felt a little sorry. Chang'er thought about it, I'm afraid that the reason why this assassin is so menacing is because of the people in Chang'er's house.
The person who is locked up." Yun Shang had calmed down a little, and her voice gradually became clearer, but her brows were still lightly frowned.
"Oh?" Emperor Ning raised his eyebrows when he heard this, as if he was aroused. He smiled and walked back to the imperial desk, picked up the teacup on it, turned to look at Yun Shang and asked softly, "
Who is imprisoned in Chang'er's house?"
Yun Shang was silent for a moment before saying, "Originally I didn't want to tell my father so early because the evidence for this matter was incomplete. If I had told my father earlier, I'm afraid my father wouldn't believe it either." After a pause, he said.
, "Prime Minister Li and the Seventh Prince of Xia Kingdom are currently imprisoned in Chang'er's house."
Ning Di held the lid of the teacup in his hand and suddenly touched the teacup. Some of the tea in the teacup spilled out, but Ningdi didn't care about the tea. "Who are you talking about? Li Jingyan? The Seventh Prince of Xia Kingdom?"
Yun Shang pursed her lips, nodded, walked back and forth in the palace a few times, then turned to look at Emperor Ning and said, "Actually, it's just Chang'er's guess. Does your father still remember that Chang'er was assassinated and injured a few days ago?
"
Emperor Ning nodded, wondering why Yun Shang suddenly mentioned this matter.
"When Chang'er was assassinated, I only had a coachman with me. The coachman tried his best to protect me and escaped, but the coachman only delayed for a moment. After a while, the assassins chased me. Chang'er couldn't help it, so he hurriedly hid in
He walked into a small courtyard in the alley, and the owner of that courtyard happened to be Liu Yinfeng." Yun Shang spoke a little slowly, thinking about the words secretly in his heart.
"Actually, Yun Shang had met Liu Yinfeng before when he was in Kangyang City. When I went to explore the terrain, I was caught by him. However, he didn't know my identity. He only thought that I was a citizen of Ning State and was afraid that I would expose him.
He and I were not acquainted with each other, and the person who died in the prison was the Prince of Xia. I escaped into his yard that day, and when I talked about it, he and I
I said that he also went to the Tianlao to investigate and found that the tung oil in the Tianlao was actually masking a smell, which was the smell of Buddha incense. Buddha incense is an incense often used in the Jianghu organizations of the Xia Kingdom. It can confuse the mind.
Causing people to coma. I then suspected that this matter was most likely done by the Seventh Prince of Xia Kingdom. After all, he was the only person in Ning Kingdom who wanted to kill the crown prince of Xia Kingdom."
Yun Shang raised her eyes and looked at Emperor Ning's expression quietly. Seeing a hint of darkness flash in his eyes, she continued, "Since then, I have suspected that Prime Minister Li and the Seventh Prince of Xia Kingdom are in the imperial city.
So I secretly ordered the secret guards to search for their whereabouts, and I found them."
"Are they hiding in Jingkui's house?" Emperor Ning put down his tea cup, took out a golden silk handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped the water stains on his hands, and asked in a low voice.
Yun Shang nodded, "Actually, I just made a wild guess. After Jing Wenlan's accident, my father ordered the Imperial City Guards to put Jing Kui under house arrest. That day, I was chatting with the maid, and we talked about the situation in the Imperial City now.
Where is the safest place? I thought for a moment, and besides the palace, Jing Mansion, which was surrounded by the imperial city guards, was safer. The fire in Jing Mansion, to be honest with my father, was set off by Chang'er.
The only thing I wanted to do was to force them out, and the result was just as I expected, they were really hiding in the Jing Mansion."
Emperor Ning sighed after hearing this, "You admit it so readily now, how can I explain it to all the civil and military officials? After all, Jing Kui is still the prime minister, the leader of all officials, and you burned down the prime minister's house without saying a word."
Yun Chang smiled a bit slyly, "Shang'er is my father's daughter, you have to help Chang'er cover up."
Emperor Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was silent for a moment and then said again, "Since everyone has been captured, why not hand them over?"
"It's not the time yet. There is insufficient evidence now, and the assassination of Prince Yelang is still unknown. I always feel that it has something to do with them. Moreover, I'm afraid it has something to do with my father's Prime Minister Jing. I
It was found that the younger brother of the housekeeper of Jingkui Mansion had inquired about the master of counterfeiting from the brothel girl, and he was the first person to recognize the prince's voice in Yumanlou that day, and the others were just following others' opinions."
Yun Shang frowned and sighed, "My head has been dizzy from these things these days. I haven't had time to interrogate them properly, so I locked them up in the house first. Chang'er thought...
Wasn't it because someone knew about this that the assassin was invited?"
Emperor Ning was silent for a long time and then said, "The prince of Xia Kingdom could be killed even if he was locked up in the sky prison. It is not safe in the sky prison. There are many people in the palace talking about it. I am afraid that the news will be exposed. It is better to lock him up first."
In the palace, as you said, there is no evidence yet, Li Jingyan is still okay, he is a rebellious person, death is not a pity, the other one is also the prince of Xia Kingdom after all, if he is detained in the palace and is known to others,
It’s hard to explain.”
"Well...Father's concerns are reasonable. In this case, I still have some people in my hands who can be called upon, and Father may not know it. When Chang'er was in Kangyang, he worshiped Mr. Qingcang as his master. Qingcang
Mr. Cang is also in the imperial city now. He is best at the Eight Qimen Formation. I will ask the master to set up some formations in the palace so that no one else can break through." Yun Shang said hurriedly after hearing this.
"Oh?" Emperor Ning narrowed his eyes at Yun Shang and nodded, "In that case, you can make your own arrangements." After thinking about it, he added, "Jing Kui, since you said he is suspicious,
I will send more people to keep a close eye on him. If there is really evidence, you can take them at any time." (To be continued)
