Yun Shang was very puzzled, "But Liu Jin's audience's dispatch order for the imperial guards is only one-third. Even if the eldest princess gets it, it is impossible to dispatch the imperial guards. What's the use?"
Luo Qingyan took a sip of soup and smiled, "She never thought about dispatching the Imperial Guards. What she wants is that we cannot dispatch the Imperial Guards."
"Then she forgot that His Majesty was already on guard against her..." She suddenly paused as she spoke and raised her eyes to look at Luo Qingyan, "Since Your Majesty can think of handing over the deployment order of the Imperial Guard to you in advance,
How could he be fooled by the eldest princess so easily? Didn’t we mention that day that His Majesty seemed to be very fond of Concubine Yun and Princess Qianling, but in fact, he was probably on guard for a long time.
Yes, in that case, the eldest princess used Concubine Yun Gui and her daughter as bait, how could Your Majesty be unprepared?"
Luo Qingyan's hand holding the bowl paused slightly, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "Now no one knows what happened that night. Nothing was found in Yunqi Palace. All the palace residents were killed with one knife, neatly."
Yun Shang bit her lip, feeling that it was unusual for Xia Huanyu to fall into the eldest princess's scheme so easily. After pondering for a moment, she said, "Can I come into the palace?"
Luo Qingyan shook his head, "I'm afraid it's not possible now. You can stay in the palace with peace of mind, and I will take you out of the palace some time later."
Yun Shang knew that Luo Qingyan wanted to protect her and was afraid that the eldest princess would attack her. Although she was moved in her heart, she smiled and said, "Does the prince think that I am a delicate and ordinary woman? I know that the prince is worried about my safety.
The eldest princess has captured your majesty. The next step is to get rid of the prince and the seventh prince. I am the best bait to threaten the prince. But prince, the eldest princess is missing now. If we can use this method to lure her out
, not bad."
Luo Qingyan still just shook his head, "There are many ways to lure the eldest princess out, but I won't let you put yourself in danger."
Hearing this, Yun Shang knew that there was no room for negotiation on this matter, so she stopped mentioning it. Seeing Luo Qingyan put the empty bowl on the table, she quickly said, "Your Majesty has been busy all night, go ahead.
Just lie down on the couch for a while."
Luo Qingyan gently put his arms around Yun Shang's shoulders and sighed softly, "No, I just want to see you when I come back and tell you that you are safe. Today I need to carefully check the inside and outside of Yunqi Palace.
After checking it, I will go to the palace first."
Yun Shang never expected that Luo Qingyan would enter the palace again so quickly. She was stunned for a moment and then said quickly, "It's cold, so the prince should wear thicker clothes." After saying that, he walked into the house and walked out of the cage.
After rummaging for a long time, he found a quilted robe and put it on Luo Qingyan himself. Then he put a large cloak on him, and then said, "Although I'm afraid that the prince is a little busy, he can take a nap occasionally during air raids."
, you should still sleep."
Luo Qingyan responded, carefully instructing Yun Shang not to worry too much in the mansion, and then went out.
After Luo Qingyan left, Yun Shang also went to the study. However, within an hour, a secret guard hurried in and arrived in a panic, "Princess, something happened to the prince."
Yun Shang was looking at the map. When he heard what the secret guard said, he raised his head suddenly, his throat tightening, "What did you say? Something happened to the prince? What happened? There weren't so many secret guards following him, how could something happen?"
"
The secret guard quickly said, "The prince himself ordered not to have too many secret guards to follow him. He said that he was just going to the palace. The palace was heavily guarded and there was no need for secret guards. There were twelve secret guards with the prince originally, so he only followed him.
The two men left. According to the secret guard who returned to the palace to report the news at the prince's command, the incident happened in an alley that was about to turn onto Wenwu Avenue. At that time, dozens of assassins in black suddenly sprang out from both sides. Two secret guards hurriedly came up.
He came to protect the prince, but the prince whispered to a secret guard to find a way to escape and return to the house to report the news. The three of them fought with the man in black for about a quarter of an hour, and then the prince was captured by the assassin."
Yun Shang's hand holding the map clenched subconsciously, and the map wrinkled up. After a while, Yun Shang relaxed her grip. The smile at the corner of her mouth gradually turned cold. Luo Qingyan said he would not let her do it.
After luring the eldest princess out, he went there himself. Once he heard the secret guard say that Luo Qingyan had left the secret guard who was originally with him in the mansion, Yun Shang knew what he had planned.
The secret guard looked at Yun Shang with a look of anxiety on his face, "Princess, what should we do now?"
"What should I do?" Yun Shang stood up and asked Qian Liu to get a big cloak and put it on her, "I want to enter the palace."
The secret guard glanced at Yun Shang, with some hesitation on his face, "Entering the palace? This... prince..."
Yun Shang knew that he wanted to say that the prince had told her not to enter the palace. Yun Shang sneered, "Now that the prince has been captured, who cares about me, a little princess? Prepare the carriage and enter the palace."
Xu Shiyun Shang's expression was too scary, and the secret guards did not dare to disobey her orders. They hurriedly prepared a carriage, secretly followed many secret guards, and sent Yun Shang to the palace gate.
Yun Shang saw many court officials gathered at the palace gate. They were talking in low voices in front of the palace gate. Their faces were a bit solemn. The palace gate was closed tightly, and there were a few guards standing in front of the palace gate. Yun Shang also looked at her.
He glanced at the officials gathered in front of the palace gate and said to the guard guarding the gate, "Let me in. I have something urgent to report to Your Majesty and the Queen."
Yun Shang entered the palace quite a few times. The palace guards knew Yun Shang. They glanced at Yun Shang and then said in a low voice, "Princess Rui, it's really not a small matter to embarrass the princess. She actually has orders from above."
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Hearing this, Yun Shang hurriedly said, "I already know that I need to trouble this guard brother to send word that something happened to Prince Rui. As long as the word is passed, it doesn't matter whether the Queen wants to see me or not."
The guard was silent for a moment, then nodded in response, turned around, opened the palace door a little, and walked in.
"Princess Rui also wants to enter the palace?" Yun Shang, Qianliu and Qianzuo stood in front of the palace gate and heard a questioning voice coming from behind.
Yun Shang pondered for a moment, then turned around and saw a man in official uniform standing behind him. Yun Shang recognized the man as Qiu Guangji, the Censor Zhongcheng, and quickly frowned, bit his lip, and then gently
He nodded and said, "The prince was in the palace yesterday to discuss matters with His Majesty and the Seventh Prince. He got up early this morning and went back to the palace. After staying for a while, he wanted to enter the palace again. He said that there were still some things that needed to be dealt with, but he met him on the way.
He killed the assassin, and the assassin kidnapped the prince..."
Yun Shang's face was filled with panic, as if she was at a loss, and her eyes were full of anxiety. When Qiu Guangji heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly said, "In broad daylight, under the imperial city, something like this happened.
It’s really ridiculous.”
Yun Shang nodded with a pale face. Seeing Yun Shang's appearance, Qiu Guangji couldn't bear it and sighed, "Don't worry, Princess Rui, Prince Rui will be fine."
"Thank you Master Qiu for your kind words." Yun Shang saluted Qiu Guangji.
Qiu Guangji couldn't bear to disturb Yun Shang anymore, so he retreated and talked in low voices with other waiting courtiers. Yun Shang heard the word "Prince Rui" mentioned frequently in the words coming from over there.
After a while, the palace door opened again, and the guard from before came out, followed by a palace servant. Yun Shang recognized that it was the palace servant serving Xia Huanyu, who seemed to be named Xiao Anzi.
Before Yun Shang could speak, Xiao Anzi quickly said, "Princess Rui, come with me."
Yun Shang nodded and followed Xiao Anzi into the palace. Yun Shang saw that Xiao Anzi didn't seem to be taking her to the meeting hall, so she felt a little strange, "Eunuch Xiao Anzi? What are we?"
"Go to the side hall of Taiji Hall. The Queen has given an order that Your Majesty should rest in the side hall of Taiji Hall. The Queen, the Seventh Prince and several other adults in the court are all in the side hall of Taiji Hall." Xiao Anzi responded quickly.
Yun Shang nodded, followed Xiao Anzi around the long steps in front of Tai Chi Hall, walked up from the other side, and walked in from behind the main hall of Tai Chi Hall.
This should be the place where Xia Huanyu usually rests. It is very majestic and beautifully decorated, with dragon-decorated utensils everywhere. The queen and several others are in the outer hall. The queen is sitting on the right side of the main throne, and the rest of the people
They were all sitting in the hall, but Liu Jin's face seemed a little gray.
Yun Shang hurriedly walked to the palace and saluted, "I pay my respects to the Queen, the Queen is a thousand years old."
The queen's eyes fell on Yun Shang, and she quickly said, "Princess Rui, please settle down. I heard the letter from Princess Rui. It seems that something happened to Prince Rui?"
Yun Shang nodded quickly, "Yes, after the prince returned to the house, he stayed for less than half an hour and then left the house in a hurry. On the way, he met the assassin. The prince only brought two secret guards with him. There were many assassins.
The secret guard was defeated, and the prince was kidnapped by the assassins."
"Oh..." The queen raised her eyebrows and her voice was slightly longer, but there was no follow-up.
Yun Shang pondered for a moment and then said, "I feel that the person who kidnapped the prince must be the same person as the person who kidnapped His Majesty."
The queen's eyes darkened slightly, "Who told you that His Majesty was kidnapped? Prince Rui?"
Yun Shang just remembered that the news of Xia Huanyu's accident had been sealed tightly by the queen's order. She quickly thought about it and said, "The prince never talks to his wife about court affairs, but this matter has already been spread in the city."
There was such an uproar that the storytellers in the teahouse already had several versions. In the morning, the servant in charge of purchasing in the mansion heard the rumors and reported it to his wife when he returned home. The wife thought that even if his Majesty summoned the prince to the palace to discuss matters, he would never
There was a precedent of all-night discussions, and when I entered the palace, I saw many officials guarding outside the palace gate. The Queen ordered people to spread the news that Your Majesty was ill and was recuperating. However, now the Queen and all the ladies are guarding the Tai Chi Palace, but
Without entering the inner hall, but only in the outer hall, I made some wild guesses, fearing that the rumors among the people were not groundless." (To be continued)
