Luo Qingyan never spoke. When he heard Yun Shang said that he felt a little uncomfortable, he frowned and said, "You are pregnant now, so don't worry about it. I will take you home first."
Yun Shang nodded, turned around and smiled at Hua Yutong, "I will go back to the house first. Yutong, you are the first to arrive at the Seventh Prince's Mansion. If anything happens, just tell the housekeeper. I think,
The butler shouldn't ignore it."
When the housekeeper heard what Yun Shang said, he quickly responded, "Of course, of course, if anything happens to the princess, just ask her."
Hua Yutong nodded hurriedly and looked at Yun Shang with a smile, "Okay, I understand."
Luo Qingyan took Yun Shang out of the Seventh Prince's Mansion, got on the carriage and walked towards Prince Rui's Mansion. Yun Shang frowned and asked Luo Qingyan: "Is there anyone following us?"
Luo Qingyan shook his head, "No, what's wrong?"
Hearing this, Yun Shang watched the carriage turn around and entered a small alley, and ordered the carriage driver to stop the carriage. Luo Qingyan looked at Yun Shang, frowned and said, "What happened?"
"It's okay." Yun Shang smiled, leaned into Luo Qingyan's arms and said, "The prince is looking at what happened today, who did it?"
Luo Qingyan was silent for a while, then said, "Based on what I know now, if I have to say a doubtful person, it would be Lao Qi. The traces of treatment in the yard are too clean...
"
"Yes, it's so clean that one has to suspect that it was done by someone from the Seventh Prince's Mansion." Yun Shang responded softly, but there was a bit of hesitation in her voice.
After the carriage stopped for about a quarter of an hour, the sound of "tapping" horse hooves was heard. The sound of horse hooves stopped behind the carriage. Luo Qingyan opened the carriage curtain and took a look outside, then frowned and looked
Xiang Yunshang, "Li Qianmo, are you waiting for him?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Li Qianmo's low voice coming over: "Master."
Yun Shang responded before speaking: "You were in the yard just now, but do you have something to say to me?"
Li Qianmo responded, "Just now when my subordinate was investigating the scene of the crime in the courtyard, I found something in a crevice in the rockery in the courtyard. I looked a little strange and wanted to show it to the master.
Look."
Rockery? Yun Shang frowned, it was the rockery in the yard where Concubine Liu lived. Yun Shang opened the carriage curtain, and Li Qianmo handed in a piece of parchment-like thing from the carriage window.
, before Yun Shang reached out, Luo Qingyan had already taken it and unfolded the parchment.
Yun Shang stretched out her head to take a look, then frowned.
It was a map, a very detailed map. What was drawn on the map was the Seventh Prince's Mansion. Every courtyard in the Seventh Prince's Mansion, every small road, and the appearance of every courtyard were marked in detail.
came out.
"Map?" Yun Shang frowned. In any case, this map should not appear. The yard was so clean, but this map was left alone. This was obviously used to confuse people.
of sight.
"The Queen and the Seventh Prince asked you to investigate this case. Why didn't you report it to them after you found this thing?" Before Yun Shang could speak, Luo Qingyan spoke up.
When Li Qianmo heard this, he quickly said, "My lord, look, there is a small embroidery in the lower left corner of the back of the map."
"Embroidery?" Luo Qingyan frowned, turned over the parchment map, and found a small mark-like embroidery in the lower left corner, embroidered with the word "Rui".
Rui? Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang looked at each other in confusion. The word Rui could be the name with Rui in it, but it was just easier for people who saw it to think of King Rui.
This thing really cannot be given to the Queen and the Seventh Prince. If it is given to them, I'm afraid they will look for opportunities to make a big fuss and pour all the dirty water on their Prince Rui's Mansion.
"But why are you targeting Prince Rui's Mansion? Prince Rui's Mansion has nothing to do with Concubine Liu..." Yun Shang was a little confused. If someone pointed out that Yun Shang had been to Concubine Liu's yard before,
She might even think that everything was just a coincidence. It happened that the murderer met them and they happened to ask for directions, so the murderer deliberately led Yun Shang and the others to Concubine Liu's yard. But looking at the parchment map, it was clear that it was
Already prepared.
Li Qianmo pondered for a moment and then said, "Recently regarding the death sentence of Master Liu Jinliu by His Majesty, there are some rumors that the disappearance of Prince Rirui some time ago was planned by Master Liu Jinliu, just because Master Liu is the grandfather of the Seventh Prince.
"
Yun Shang was stunned for a moment, then came back to her senses, fearing that the murderer would lead clues to Luo Qingyan because he wanted to say that Liu Jin kidnapped Luo Qingyan, and then Luo Qingyan took revenge on the Liu Mansion, so he became
Liu Chuchu, who had married the Seventh Prince's concubine, was killed.
"Isn't this too far-fetched?" Yun Shang found it a little funny.
"Whether it's far-fetched or not, it's not you and me who have the final say. Others can just think it's not far-fetched." Luo Qingyan said with an indifferent expression.
However, if this matter was really done by the Seventh Prince as they thought, then even if Li Qianmo brought over this parchment map, the Seventh Prince would probably have a way to get another copy.
Luo Qingyan was silent for a moment, then said again, "Just wait and see what happens."
Yun Shang nodded and said to Li Qianmo, "I know about this. You can leave first. We have stayed here for so long, so I'm afraid it will attract some attention."
Li Qianmo responded, and Yun Shang heard the sound of horse hooves gradually disappearing again, and then ordered the carriage driver to return to the palace.
Luo Qingyan collected the parchment and put it into his sleeve, then whispered, "You don't need to worry about this matter, I will handle it."
Yun Shang was thinking about something and didn't hear clearly what Luo Qingyan was saying, so she nodded.
After returning to the palace, Yun Shang felt a little sleepy, so she ate something and went to bed early. It was noon when she got up the next day, and Luo Qingyan had not returned from the court, so Yun Shang got up to eat.
After lunch, she heard the housekeeper come to report that the Seventh Princess was here. Yun Shang was stunned. Although Hua Yutong had said yesterday that she would visit from time to time, she didn't expect that she would come today. Yun Shang guessed that Hua Yutong was here.
Maybe something happened to Yutong, so he quickly ordered someone to bring Hua Yutong to the courtyard.
Hua Yutong came in and saw Yun Shang reading a book on the soft couch. She was stunned for a moment before smiling and said, "As a guest, I don't have the sense to be a guest. I didn't bring any gifts when I came to see you."
Yun Shang laughed when she heard what Hua Yutong said, thinking that Hua Yutong's temperament was quite to her liking, "It doesn't matter, I don't have the consciousness of being a host. I didn't get up to greet the guests when they came.
Welcome, feel free to find a place to sit."
Hua Yutong smiled, sat down on a stool nearby, quickly glanced at the furnishings in the room, and then said with a smile, "It is true that Prince Rui dotes on his wife."
Yun Shang saw that Hua Yutong didn't mention anything about the seventh prince's house, so she didn't take the initiative to ask. She just smiled and followed her words and said, "You just sat down and you knew that Prince Rui doted on his wife?"
"That's natural." Hua Yutong's smile became brighter, "The tradition of large families in the Xia Kingdom is that the husband lives in a separate main courtyard, and no matter how many wives and concubines there are, they all live in separate rooms.
In the courtyard. No matter how good the relationship between husband and wife is, this is basically the case, and if the wife has sunflower water on those days every month and if she is pregnant, she cannot sleep with her husband. I see many men living in this house.
There are traces of this, Prince Rui must be living with you, if this is not considered favor, what else is?"
Hearing this, Yun Shang thought about it, and it seemed to be like this. It was the same when she got married in her previous life, but since she got married to Luo Qingyan, he arranged it like this from the beginning, and she also
I didn't feel anything was wrong.
When Yun Shang thought of this, she smiled and did not answer her words. She just asked, "Did you go to see the Seventh Prince yesterday?"
Hua Yutong's smile faded a bit and she shook her head, "Yesterday, I spent most of the day cleaning out the things I brought from Washington. There were more than ten boxes, but I never found the right time.
.”
"More than ten boxes?" Yun Shang also laughed when he heard this, "What did you bring?"
"I don't think there's anything special. It's just some clothes, shoes, commonly used hair and accessories, jewelry, books I like to read, pens, inks, paper and inkstones that I usually use, as well as music, chess, calligraphy and painting, embroidery stays, and embroidery
"There are three boxes of books alone. I was shocked when I looked at them yesterday. I thought there weren't that many things. How could I move so many things in one move?" Hua Yutong smiled.
He said, "But if you suddenly replace something you are used to at home with a new one, something will always feel wrong."
Yun Shang also laughed after hearing this, "That's true. When I came to Xia Kingdom, I even asked Ning Guo's cook to bring it over and put it in the small kitchen in the yard. I was afraid that I wouldn't be used to Xia Kingdom's food.
Eat.”
After a pause, something suddenly flashed in his mind, and he frowned and said, "Are you familiar with Liu Chuchu?"
"Concubine Liu?" Perhaps because of what happened yesterday, the smile on Hua Yutong's face disappeared when she mentioned Liu Chuchu, "I have always heard about it, but I was not in good health before and was
Send her away. She was still young when she was in Jincheng. I only heard that she was talented. She was very talented in literature at the age of seven or eight. She was proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. I had heard her playing the piano at a small banquet before, and it was true.
It’s unforgettable. The piano she plays is still the Jiaowei Qin given by His Majesty..."
"Oh? The Jiaowei Qin given by His Majesty?" Yun Shang muttered with a frown.
Hua Yutong nodded, "I heard that at a palace banquet, Concubine Liu, who was only nine years old at the time, made His Majesty applaud her with her song "Mountains and Flowing Waters", and immediately rewarded her with the Jiaowei Qin." (To be completed.)
