The palace man shook his head, "All the embroiderers in the palace were called over by the servants to identify them one by one. They all said they couldn't tell whose technique it was."
"Including the one in Tai'an Mansion, it's already the fifth one..." The queen was silent for a long time before sighing, "Where's the fabric?"
"The fabrics are all used by the palace people to make clothes, and they are also used to make linings. This is even harder to find. Every palace person has some, and every palace has quite a few.
"The palace man added quickly.
The queen was silent for a moment, then waved her hand to ask the palace people to retreat. After a while, she turned around and looked at Yun Shang, "Princess Rui, who did this?"
"My wife doesn't know, but since this cloth belongs to the palace, it must belong to the palace, and it is extremely difficult for others to get it. However, we have just arrived in Xia Kingdom, and there are very few people entering the palace.
I should have no grudges against the people in the palace, and no one is so cruel." Yun Shang lowered her eyebrows and sighed lightly, with a bit of grievance in her voice.
The queen choked in her throat and held the brocade handkerchief tightly. After a long while, she slowly stood up and said, "The peach blossoms are just right in spring. Princess Rui has to wait for Master Kong Kong to enter the palace, and she has to go back and forth.
, why not accompany me to the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers."
The peach blossoms in the imperial garden were indeed blooming just right. The peach blossom courtyard was filled with pink and extremely gorgeous. Yun Shang followed the queen, not knowing what she was planning.
After walking half the garden, the queen dismissed the palace attendants who were following her, picked up a fallen petal from the ground, and said softly, "The concubine in the palace is like this peach blossom. When she is in her prime, she can
The branches stand proudly, but if the years pass by, they can only wither to the ground and be crushed into mud."
Yun Shang was silent, and the queen chuckled, and then said, "If you want to stay on the branch longer, you have to work hard to bloom more colorfully, attract butterflies for pollination, and then bear peaches. Originally,
The peach in the palace was the one that grew the most happily, but unexpectedly, it was knocked to the ground and disappeared."
Yun Shang understood the Queen's strange metaphor, but she had only one reaction in her mind: You compared His Majesty and His Majesty to butterflies, does he know?
But these words could not be said at this time. Yun Shang pondered for a moment and then said, "The climate in Ningguo is not suitable for growing peaches, but I know that if it is a fruit, as the Queen Mother said,
In this way, if it grows well, it will probably be picked first by farmers and sold. On the contrary, it may be the one with the most crooked melons and cracked jujubes that stays on the peach tree longest."
There was a sudden silence in the garden for a moment, and then there was a burst of laughter, "Hahahahaha...well said!"
The queen turned around and looked at Yun Shang, who was still bowing her head with a submissive look. Her eyes suddenly shone brightly, "Sure enough, it is the authorities who confuse the beholder. I have been thinking about the problem for a long time, but you have revealed it with one word. I am wrong.
The mistake is that all this time, I have ignored the person who originally thought there was no threat, but I didn't realize that he is the most dangerous person."
Yun Shang was silent. Although in the end, under Xia Huanyu's instructions, the seventh prince's crime of killing his brother was completely wiped out, the queen was able to stand firm in the palace for so many years. Naturally, she had her connections, even from afar.
In Ningguo.
"You got close to Xianggui's concubine a few days ago, but it was because King Rui had just returned to Xia Kingdom and had no support in the court, so he wanted to find an ally in the harem. But if you set your sights on Xianggui,
On the concubine, then you are missing a move. The Xianggui concubine has no children and no support from her father and brother. She is just a piece of duckweed in the palace. She looks at the grace of the saint, but she has no roots. She can be removed without any effort.
Pull it away. When it comes to allies, I think that no one in this harem can compare with me. Now that I have no heirs, I will not threaten Prince Rui’s status, but I am the master of the harem.
"My father and brothers all hold important positions in the court, and your enemies are my enemies. If you join forces with me..." The queen chuckled lightly and looked at the top of the peach tree.
"The highest position is within easy reach." After saying that, he turned to look at Yunshang, "And I don't ask for much. I just hope that the status of the master of the harem will be more stable. After the new emperor ascends the throne, then
The position of the Empress Dowager belongs to this palace."
Yun Shang lowered her head, eyes full of falling flowers. When she heard the Queen's words, she slightly curled her lips where she couldn't see her, and whispered, "I can't decide this matter. I have to discuss it with the prince before I can give it to the empress."
reply."
"Then I will be waiting for your good news." After saying that, he walked forward again.
Yun Shang accompanied the queen to visit the Imperial Garden for half a day, and had a meal in the Weiyang Palace before someone from the palace came to invite her. "Empress, Master Liao Kong has entered the palace and is now in the meeting hall. Your Majesty invites the Queen."
Your Majesty, come to the meeting hall."
The queen nodded, turned her eyes and glanced at Yun Shang, "Then let's go."
When they arrived at the meeting hall, Yun Shang saw that all the people he had seen in Weiyang Palace earlier this morning were there, and there were also some ministers in court uniforms. Duke Hua was among them. He was the only one in the meeting hall who was sitting like Xia Huanyu.
It's the monk in the temple.
The monk's beard has turned gray. He sits quietly with his eyes closed, as if he has fallen into trance. There is pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of him, and the paper is blank.
The eyes of everyone in the hall fell on him. After a long time, the monk opened his eyes and said, "If it is according to what Your Majesty said, that person must have set up a formation. It's just that the poor monk didn't know much about the layout of Jincheng."
I know, please ask a donor to come and paint a picture for the poor monk."
When Xia Huanyu heard this, he glanced around the hall and then said calmly, "Old Qi, go ahead."
When the Seventh Prince heard the words, he quickly responded, walked to the opposite side of Master Kong and knelt down, "Master, please tell me."
"Your Majesty just said that these objects were found in Prince Rui's Mansion, the Seventh Prince's Mansion, Princess Tai'an Mansion, and the palaces of Concubine Xiang and Concubine Shen Shu. Please draw the approximate location of this place on this paper," Master Likong.
said softly.
After hearing the words, the Seventh Prince pondered for a moment, and then he first drew a rough outline of Jincheng on the paper, then drew a few circles, stopped writing, turned the paper half a circle, and placed it in front of Master Kong.
Master Liao Kong stared at the picture for a long time, then drew two more points on the paper, and then raised his eyes to look at the man opposite, "May I ask the Seventh Prince, does the Seventh Prince know what these two places are?"
Where?"
Everyone's eyes fell on the drawing paper. Before the Seventh Prince could answer, someone said, "Hey, isn't this the location of Su Shilang's mansion?"
Another person said, "I know this is the residence of Wang Congwen, the richest man in Jincheng."
Xia Huanyu was silent for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at Master Kong, "What is the position marked by Master on this picture?"
"The poor monk looked at the picture drawn by the prince just now and found that these five positions also have rules to follow. If they are also found in these two places, they will be connected to the Big Dipper array. The art of witchcraft also needs to be observed.
The Qi of the person you want to kill is that your Majesty is the Son of Heaven and has the Qi of a true dragon. Ordinary witchcraft and poison cannot harm Your Majesty in the slightest, so we need to use some formations." Master Liao Kong recited a Buddhist name.
"Come here," Xia Huanyu said loudly, "go search the mansion of Su Shilang and Wang Congwen to see if there is that witchcraft doll."
The queen hurriedly stepped forward, looking anxious, "If it is true as the master said, this formation is complete, will the emperor be affected?"
Master Liao Kong pondered for a moment and then said, "It depends on when the formation was completed. Although the formation has been completed, it still needs seven or forty-nine days of blood sacrifice. However, at this time, His Majesty is free from illness and pain."
, it means that the formation has not yet been completed, but luckily it was discovered early."
"..." Yun Shang looked at Master Liao Kong, who had a righteous face, and felt a little admiration in his heart. He was able to smooth this matter out in such a short period of time, which is extremely impressive. I don't know where the prince came from.
Such a person was invited, but the reason he made up was a bit far-fetched. Yun Shang looked at the position on the paper, how did it look like the Big Dipper formation? Even though she had just read some formation books
, also felt a little too different.
Yun Shang looked at Liu Yinfeng, who was standing aside, as if he was wandering in the sky, thinking that since he was so good at forming formations, he must have seen some clues.
When the queen heard this, she hurriedly said, "Master Lokong may know who did this?"
Master Liao Kong pondered for a moment and then said, "This matter is not difficult to identify. The poor monk heard that if the Big Dipper array is to be activated, one must place a witchcraft doll in one of these places and feed it with blood every day.
.You only need to take out the seven witchcraft dolls and remove the cloth outside, and you will know."
Hearing this, Yun Shang thought about it carefully. Ning Qian arranged for these witchcraft dolls to be made, and there would definitely be no blood. However, the only one who destroyed the witchcraft doll was
It's Princess Tai'an. Could it be that the prince wanted to pull Princess Tai'an out and broke his opponent's hand first?
When the queen heard this, she quickly said, "Bring up those witchcraft dolls."
The palace attendant quickly took the witchcraft dolls over and arranged them on the plate one after another. The place where they were found was marked with paper underneath.
Xia Huanyu waved his hand, "Don't worry, let's wait until we find the two witchcraft dolls."
Yun Shang saw Xia Huanyu's eyes sweeping over Master Kong and the paper in front of him, and frowned slightly, knowing that Xia Huanyu was probably suspicious of Master Kong.
Yun Shang frowned, her heart rising inexplicably.
The guards came quite quickly, but after just over an hour, they walked in with two witchcraft dolls, "Reporting to the emperor, it is true that as Master Luokong said, witchcraft dolls were found in these two places."
Xia Huanyu was silent for a long time and then said, "Take it apart."
Liu Wen'an quickly asked the palace servants to bring scissors and took apart the witchcraft doll in front of everyone. Yun Shang stared at everyone's actions and frowned suddenly.
"Your Majesty, the witchcraft doll found in Prince Rui's Mansion contains blood stains." (To be continued)
