Yun Shang smiled, turned to look at Qianyin, with a bit of joking in her eyes, "I didn't expect that our Qianyin would also listen to these nonsense rumors. You have been with me for so long, so you naturally know this.
Rumors in the market are especially untrustworthy, as there may be someone spreading them."
"But this rumor seems to be true when I hear it. I heard it was spread by a man not far from the yard where I live. He said that his niece is the one serving in Mrs. Liu's yard."
Qianyin said softly, frowning slightly, as if she was thinking about something.
Yun Shang looked at Qianyin with a smile and said, "Then have you ever asked why Situ Liu quarreled with Mrs. Liu?"
Qianyin choked when Yun Shang asked, gritted her teeth and said, "Perhaps it's because of the romantic relationship between Liu Situ and the eldest princess. Mrs. Liu herself is jealous. Princess, you see after all these years
Now, besides Mrs. Liu, Situ Liu only has one concubine beside him. I heard that it was Situ Liu who he met and fell in love with in the land of fireworks. Originally, Mrs. Liu was not willing to let that woman into the house, but that woman suddenly became pregnant.
. Thinking that Situ Liu was at a critical time in the officialdom at that time, and did not want him to get a bad reputation, Mrs. Liu allowed the woman to enter the house under the persuasion of Concubine Liu. But then the woman became inexplicable.
The miscarriage occurred, probably because of Mrs. Liu."
"Well, you have heard a lot of gossip." Yun Shang said with a smile.
The door curtain was opened, and the maid who had been asked by Qianyin to cut plum blossoms came in holding a few plum blossoms and said with a smile, "Princess, the plum blossoms have been cut, can you take a look at these branches?"
Yun Shang raised her eyes and took a look. They all looked like they were in bud. There were still some drops of water on the flower bones, which looked fresh. Yun Shang nodded, pointed at the vase on the side and said with a smile, "Put it in."
Get there."
The maid then went to the vase to arrange flowers.
Qianyin also changed the subject of her conversation in a tacit understanding, "This flower has been soaked by the rain mixed with snow. Although it looks fresher, the fragrance is weaker. If the weather is fine in two days, I will pick it again."
That’s the best.”
Qianyin sat there for a while and then left.
After Qian Yin left, the sky became dark. Qian Zui said with a smile: "The princess also said that she should have a good rest. After the queen came, she had no rest. Now she is finally fine. The slaves went to pass the food, and the princess used it.
Let’s take a rest early after eating.”
Yun Shang also felt a little tired, so she agreed, had dinner and rested early.
When she woke up the next morning, it was already noon. Yun Shang got up slowly and was still having breakfast. The housekeeper was waiting outside the door.
Yun Shang was not in a hurry, and ate her breakfast slowly before calling the butler in.
"Princess, I ordered someone to check where Mrs. Liu went on the day she came to our house. The secret guard found out that Mrs. Liu left Liu's house early in the morning and hurriedly wanted to enter the palace.
As a result, she was stopped at the gate of the palace. The guard guarding the palace gate said that the queen had an explanation and would not be seen unless summoned. Mrs. Liu seemed a little anxious and almost had a conflict with the guard, but was persuaded by the maid next to her. Later, Mrs. Liu seemed a little anxious and almost had a conflict with the guard.
Mrs. Liu was helped back to the carriage by the maid, and she seemed to sit in the carriage for a long time before letting the carriage driver drive to our residence."
The housekeeper paused for a moment, but seeing that Yun Shang did not interrupt, he continued: "Later, after leaving our house, Mrs. Liu asked the carriage driver to drive the carriage around the city several times and then went there again.
I went to the palace gate, but still couldn't enter the palace, so I returned to Liu Mansion."
"Imperial Palace, Prince Rui's Mansion..." Yun Shang frowned slightly, her eyes full of confusion. Why did Mrs. Liu insist on entering the palace, and why did she come to me?
Yun Shang was still confused, and the doubts in her heart deepened.
The housekeeper added: "Getting up early today, the Empress left the palace and went out of the city in person to meet the Royal Guards. She was accompanied by the Seventh Prince, Taiwei Su, Situ Liu, and Duke Hua Guo."
Yun Shang nodded, presumably Liu Ming had already passed the imperial guard command token into the palace.
"How did the Queen arrange the Royal Guards?" Yun Shang asked.
"The Queen Empress ordered people to temporarily clean up a large mansion in Jincheng, let Liu Tong live in it, and let the Imperial Guards camp outside the city. However, Commander Liu said that he must be with the Imperial Guards, so he refused.
Arrangements." The butler responded quickly.
Yun Shang laughed when she heard this, "Liu Ming is a blessed person who doesn't know how to enjoy it. If it were me, I would accept the Queen's gift."
Apart from that, the housekeeper had nothing else to report, so he withdrew.
It was a very calm day and nothing happened.
The next day was the day of Mrs. Liu's funeral. The weather cleared up, and Yun Shang became interested. She took her maid for a walk in the mansion. Through the layers of walls, she could faintly hear the sounds of mourning and crying outside.
Yun Shang stopped and listened for a while, then returned to the house. As soon as she entered the house, the housekeeper hurried over and said, "Princess, the little beggar who brought the hairpin box is here. He said he was on the street just now."
I saw that woman."
Yun Shang was stunned, turned around and said quickly, "Go and bring the little beggar here. I want to ask him personally."
The housekeeper responded and soon brought a little boy who was about seven or eight years old. The little boy's clothes were thin and he didn't even have shoes on in such a cold weather.
Seeing this, Yun Shang hurriedly asked Qianzui to find some clothes and shoes for him to wear, and then asked, "Did you just tell the housekeeper that you saw the man who asked you to deliver the box that day?"
Woman, where did you see her?"
The little beggar looked at Yun Shang timidly and said in a soft voice, "Just now on the street, right outside on the street. People died. I saw that woman following the team of people who were dying.
Not far behind the man holding the wooden sign."
Yun Shang narrowed his eyes and sorted out the little beggar's words carefully. What he meant was that he just saw the woman who delivered the box that day in the funeral procession. The woman was following closely behind the person holding the coffin.
Far.
The funeral procession, the funeral procession that just passed near Prince Rui's Mansion, should only belong to Mrs. Liu. That woman was in the funeral procession and not far behind the person holding the coffin. She should be someone close to Mrs. Liu.
That hairpin might have been given to me by Mrs. Liu's people.
According to the housekeeper, the hairpin was delivered on the second day after Mrs. Liu passed away.
A few thoughts flashed through Yun Shang's mind, and she hurriedly raised her head and ordered the housekeeper, "Take him to identify the woman, arrange for someone to create some chaos, and take advantage of the chaos to bring the woman back to the house."
The housekeeper responded. Hearing Yun Shang's tone, he knew that the matter was very urgent, so he quickly carried the little beggar and left the house.
Yun Shang stood up and paced back and forth in the room. She always felt that there was something crucial that she had not thought through, and she was also a little anxious.
Seeing Yun Shang's appearance, Qian Zui didn't dare to disturb her, so she helped Yun Shang make a cup of tea. Yun Shang frowned and looked at the plum blossoms in the vase. After being silent for a long time, he said, "You said that Mrs. Liu came to the palace to see the queen.
Why did you come to the palace to find me?"
Qian Zui just didn't know. When Yun Shang asked, he froze on the spot. After thinking for a while, he hesitated and said, "Um, could it be for the eldest princess?"
"Elder Princess?" Yun Shang shook her head, but she didn't know what she was denying.
Qian Yin quickly said, "Other than the eldest princess, I really can't think of the reason for this."
Just as Yun Shang's mind was in chaos, a maid's voice suddenly came from outside, "Princess, the Duke's wife is here."
Yun Shang quickly put away the chaotic thoughts in her mind and walked to the door. The Duke's wife walked in from the door with a cane. Yun Shang quickly stepped forward to help her. When she saw Yun Shang, the Duke's wife frowned.
He said, "The weather is so good, why don't you go for a walk in the courtyard? You should take more walks when you are pregnant, so that the baby will be born easily."
Yun Shang responded and changed her subject, "It's such a mess outside today, how could grandma be here?"
Hearing this, the Duke's wife seemed to be suddenly enlightened. She raised her head and patted her head, "You see, I'm old and my memory is not very good. I came here to see you for something. Didn't I say that someone sent it to you that day?"
Is that purple jade hairpin with cloud and phoenix patterns coming over? I thought about it for a long time in the past two days in the house, and then I remembered that the eldest princess particularly likes hairpins with cloud and phoenix patterns, because she flaunts her belief in Buddhism, and the hairpins on her hairpins are relatively plain.
This cloud and phoenix pattern is beautiful, majestic, and simple. She often wore it when she was younger, but I haven't seen her much recently. But I have never seen her wearing purple jade. Usually she only wears something made of wood or bamboo."
"Eldest princess?" Yun Shang frowned again when she heard this.
Since it was the style that the eldest princess liked, why did the people around Mrs. Liu send that hairpin to the palace?
The eldest princess...
Yun Shang still had no clue, so she had to accompany the Duke's wife to ask the eldest princess some past events in detail. After talking for about half an hour, the housekeeper rushed over again, followed by a woman wearing sackcloth and mourning.
The Duke's wife frowned, "Who is this? Why are you here dressed like this? It's so unlucky."
But the woman hurriedly walked up to Yun Shang, knelt down with a thud, and her voice was a little choked, "I finally met the princess. Princess, my master died unjustly. I beg the princess to make the decision for my son."
"Who is your master?" Before Yun Shang could speak, the Duke's wife asked again unhappily.
Yun Shang said quickly, "Grandma, this is Mrs. Liu who serves beside me. She asked the little beggar to bring me the purple jade hairpin with cloud and phoenix patterns."
When the Duke's wife heard this, she was stunned. Yun Shang then turned her head to look at the woman and said, "You said your master died unjustly. Why?"
The woman quickly said, "The master of this slave was killed by the master and the eldest princess together, just because the master saw something he shouldn't have seen, knew something he shouldn't know, and the master found out..." (To be continued
