It was getting dark, and Yun Shang handed the map to Qianliu, "Send someone to check the points I marked above. Be careful. These points are easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the eldest princess wants to
These are good places to hide soldiers and horses, don’t try to alert others.”
Qianliu responded and retreated. There was still no news in the palace. Luo Qingyan asked someone to spread the word, saying that he was afraid that he would not be able to return home tonight. Yun Shang didn't care much at all and asked her husband carefully.
The messenger asked about the situation in the palace.
"The Empress ordered to prevent the news from leaking out. The other concubines in the palace just said that Your Majesty was ill, and the imperial doctor said that he needed to rest, so that other concubines should not disturb His Majesty. Not many people knew about the affairs of Yunqi Palace.
Because Concubine Yun Gui has always lived in seclusion, there are not many concubines coming and going on weekdays." The attendant lowered his head and answered Yun Shang's question carefully.
"Who are the people in the court who are in the palace now?" Yun Shang asked lightly, looking at the armrest of the chair with her hand.
The attendant hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince, Taiwei Su, Situ Liu, Duke Hua, and Young Master Liu, there are no others."
"Did you hear what they talked about today?" Yun Shang paused his hands slightly, thinking in his mind that Liu Yinfeng's status in the Xia Kingdom is really special. After all, he is not a member of the royal family, nor is he a member of the royal family.
It is really special that he is not a court official, but can enter and leave the palace freely, even such important things are not hidden from him, and is deeply trusted by Xia Huanyu. It is true that Liu Yinfeng has some talents, but talented people cannot
Boy, why is he so special?
As soon as such thoughts passed by, Yun Shang retracted her thoughts and her eyes fell on the attendant in front of her.
When the attendant heard this, he rubbed his hands secretly in embarrassment and said, "I don't know about this. The prince and the others have been locked in the hall since they entered the meeting hall. I really don't know what they said in the hall."
What." After a pause, he spoke with some hesitation, "But..."
"But what?" Yun Shang asked hurriedly.
The attendant quickly responded, "But when the prince opened the palace door and came out to tell me to go back to the palace to send a message, I seemed to see that everyone in the palace was standing, except Liu Jin and Liu Situ who were kneeling on the ground.
Why."
Liu Jin? Yun Shang was silent for a moment, and Liu Jin knelt on the ground. Why was this? Liu Jin had a high position, and only Your Majesty and the Queen could make him kneel down. If Xia Huanyu was not in the palace, it must have been the Queen who asked him to kneel down.
Yes, what did he do?
Yun Shang waved his hand and asked the attendants to retreat. Since Luo Qingyan was not going back home, Yun Shang also ordered someone to prepare some simple dinner. After eating the dinner, Yun Shang dived into the study again.
Qian Zhui walked into the study and raised his eyes to look at Yun Shang. There were many books and maps spread out on the desk in front of Yun Shang, who was muttering to himself without knowing what he was talking about.
After Qianzhu pondered for a moment, Fang walked up to Yun Shang and said, "Reporting to the princess, the person who was sent to the palace before sent a message back, saying that Yunqi Palace has indeed had a new maid recently, and it is said that she is serving Princess Qianling.
Yes, it’s just that Concubine Yun doesn’t go out of Yunqi Palace very often, and others don’t pay much attention to that person, so I don’t know the rest.”
Yun Shang nodded and waved his hand casually. It seemed that the eldest princess had indeed been hiding in the palace before.
"The gates of the palace are heavily guarded today. The prince and several adults have not left the palace. The gate of the eldest princess's mansion is closed, and no one knows what the situation is in the palace. However, Liu Situ's mansion is normal, and the main people coming in and out are
They are all purchasing servants, and all the servants were followed one by one, and nothing unusual was found." Qian Zui said softly.
Yun Shang pondered for a moment and then raised her eyes, "But still remember where those servants went to buy and what they bought?"
Qian Zhi nodded lightly and said, "I have asked the secret guards to take note of this."
"Okay, let the secret guards ask those traders whether the Liu Mansion also purchased from him before. Is the content of today's purchase different from the past and whether the quantity has increased." Yun Shang gave careful instructions, "Bring them to the ordinary ones.
Bring back the list of things you bought and the list of things you bought today."
Qian Zui agreed and stood aside for a while. Seeing that Yun Shang had no other instructions, he left the study.
Yun Shang stayed in the study until the middle of the night before going back to the house to sleep. She also got up early the next day. As soon as she got up, she heard Qian Liu say, "I heard from the housekeeper that I got up early today. I don't know."
Who leaked the news? People in the market were spreading rumors that something had happened to His Majesty. They were spreading the news in a serious way, saying that His Majesty had not been in court for two days in a row. Yesterday, several ministers in the court entered the palace and never came out again. I'm afraid
It's your Majesty's fault."
Yun Shang nodded, sighed softly and said, "Who else could have spread the news? It must be the eldest princess. Confusing people's hearts is probably just her first step."
"How long has this rumor been circulating?" Yun Shang, wearing only a middle coat, walked to the window and pushed it open. It was still dark outside, and it should be considered early at this hour. It was many people who
When I got up and went shopping for groceries, the street started to get lively. Even if rumors spread, I'm afraid it wouldn't last long.
"It's been more than an hour, but rumors spread very quickly. In just over an hour, almost everyone knew about it." Qianliu said softly, glanced at Yun Shang, who was wearing very thin clothes, and hurriedly
He took a big cloak from the side and put it on Yun Shang.
Yun Shang nodded, "It's not difficult to spread rumors. You only need to have people disguise themselves as vendors on the street or people drinking morning tea in teahouses. They can talk to everyone they meet and it will spread very quickly.
And it is extremely difficult to find the source of the rumors.”
When Qianliu heard this, he quickly said, "That's right. I heard what the housekeeper said earlier and ordered people to find out who was spreading the rumors, but I couldn't find anyone."
"At this time, many of the servants who were purchasing goods from the official houses of aristocratic families must have returned to their houses. Send someone to keep an eye on the movements of the officials in the court. Keep an eye on as many as you can." Yun Shang thought for a moment before giving the order.
With.
Qianliu responded and called Qianzui to help Yun Shang get dressed, and he hurried down to make arrangements.
Yun Shang calculated the time and found that Qianfoyuan was quite far away from Jincheng. She was afraid that the secret guards who went to inquire about Qianfoyuan would not be able to return home until around noon. Luo Qingyan asked the secret guards not to let her out of the house. It seemed that
, she could only spend the morning in the study.
Yun Shang had breakfast and was about to go to the study when she heard Qian Liu's somewhat surprised voice coming from outside, "Has the prince returned to his residence?"
Hearing this, Yun Shang hurriedly opened the door curtain and walked into the outer hall. When she saw Qianliu standing at the door, she quickly asked, "The prince has returned to the house?"
Qianliu responded and said, "Yes, the news just came from the secret guard said that the prince has left the palace and is heading back to the palace."
Yun Shang hurriedly said, "Hurry up and prepare some more food and cook a bowl of soup. The prince will probably have to stay up all night in the palace. It's cold at night. Even if there is a brazier, I'm afraid it will be difficult. Let's make something warm."
Warm the prince's stomach."
After giving the instructions, she simply stayed in the outer hall and waited. Sure enough, less than half an hour later she saw Luo Qingyan wearing an indigo robe walking into the courtyard.
Yun Shang hurriedly greeted her, handed the Tang Pozi she originally held in her hand to Luo Qingyan, then stepped forward to help Luo Qingyan take off her cloak, and then said, "Can we have breakfast? I'll have someone prepare it.
I bought some food and boiled some hot soup. You can sit down and eat some first."
Luo Qingyan nodded and sat down at the table. Yun Shang quickly ordered the maid to serve the food and sat down with him.
"What's going on? Can we find any clues?" Yun Shang asked quickly.
Luo Qingyan raised his hand to rub Yun Shang's hair and shook his head, "How can it be so fast? Besides, you and I suspect that the eldest princess did this because we discovered something. But this is just
We are just guessing and cannot provide any evidence, so we cannot say much to them. We spend the whole night guessing who did it, where is Your Majesty, and what should be done next."
"The news of His Majesty's disappearance has spread among the people of Jincheng. I am afraid that all officials in the court will know about it soon. You are back at this time, but you want to take countermeasures?" Yun Shang asked softly.
The maid brought the dishes in, and Yun Shang quickly stood up, took the things over, and placed them on the table herself. The soup was a simple and light mushroom stew in chicken soup. Yun Shang poured some soup and handed it to Luo Qingyan,
Luo Qingyan stretched out his hand to take it, and then said, "There is no countermeasure. I insist that His Majesty is just sick and recuperating. The Queen has someone disguised as His Majesty, lying in the Taiji Hall."
If the officials in the inner hall don't believe it, just send a few people in to have a look."
Yun Shang sighed, "A country cannot live without a king for a day. If this matter spreads, it will definitely cause a big shock. But, shouldn't we send the imperial guards to find your majesty?"
Hearing this, Luo Qingyan paused slightly while holding the soup and sneered, "Xun, why don't you search? You just want to act secretly. A very funny thing happened in the meeting hall yesterday. Originally, the queen wanted to let
Su Qi and the other three took out the Imperial Guard dispatch tokens and secretly dispatched the Imperial Guards to find His Majesty, but Liu Jin said that the Imperial Guard dispatch token he received was stolen the day before yesterday."
Yun Shang was stunned, pondered for a moment, and then said, "The day before yesterday, wasn't it the night His Majesty disappeared? How could it be such a coincidence? The token was missing when His Majesty disappeared. Moreover, Taiwei Su and Duke Hua also had tokens.
Why was it stolen from him alone?”
Luo Qingyan sneered again, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice, "What's missing? I have been thinking about why the eldest princess hooked up with Liu Jin. After all, Liu Jin is so old. I originally thought that the eldest princess would hook up with Liu Jin.
The princess wants to bring Liu Jin, whose relationship with the Seventh Prince has become increasingly tense, into her camp. It wasn’t until yesterday that I found out that what the eldest princess wants from Liu Jin is the dispatch order for the Imperial Guard." (To be continued.)