As soon as Yun Shang walked to the door of the house, she heard the sound of horse hooves. Yun Shang turned her head hurriedly. Sure enough, Luo Qingyan came over from the night with Qian Zui and a few secret guards.
When Luo Qingyan saw Yun Shang, he quickly got off his horse, glanced at the carriage, then turned his head to look at Yun Shang, frowned and said, "Why are you out so late? What a joke."
Yun Shang breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly: "Seeing that you haven't come back after being out for such a long time, I was worried, so I wanted to go and see what happened."
Luo Qingyan looked around, then took Yun Shang in his arms and walked towards the mansion: "Let's talk about it after we go back to the mansion."
After returning to the mansion, Luo Qingyan threw his cloak to Qian Zui and ordered: "Let all the secret guards withdraw. It's not too early. Let's take a rest first."
Qian Zui responded and retreated. Luo Qingyan walked to the clean room and washed her hands before walking out. She took Yun Shang and sat down on the soft couch and said, "Next time, you are not allowed to go out in the middle of the night.
If I hadn't come back at the right time today, I'm afraid you and I would have been separated. What if we ran into any trouble?"
Yun Shang responded and quickly asked: "What's wrong?"
Luo Qingyan shook his head and sneered: "Old Qi is indeed not a vegetarian. Before the two groups of secret guards left the city, he ordered his people to rob them together. After he found that there was nothing he wanted, he quickly returned
When he arrived at the Seventh Prince's Mansion, he had already returned to the mansion before the secret guard had finished putting away his things, and the secret guard hurriedly withdrew."
Yun Shang also frowned when he heard this, but they had overlooked it. In their initial expectation, there was a danger of being discovered in the city, so they all thought that the Seventh Prince would order someone to follow the secret guard outside the city before taking action.
However, they didn't expect that the Seventh Prince would act so boldly and completely disrupt their original plan.
"Then what should we do now?" Yun Shang frowned, "What did the secret guards put into the Seventh Prince's Mansion?"
Luo Qingyan pondered for a moment and then said: "A corpse."
After saying that, he frowned again: "But if the fire doesn't burn, the body will not be there. Instead, it will arouse the suspicion of Lao Qi. Then it will not be so easy for us to do anything else."
Yun Shang also sighed lightly, as if things suddenly became a little worse.
Luo Qingyan stood up and smiled: "I'm here in the middle of the night with a frown and can't think of a good solution. It's still early, so let's get some sleep first."
Yun Shang looked at him and looked a little unhappy, so she nodded, helped Luo Qingyan take off his clothes, put down the bed curtains and fell asleep.
Yun Shang had just gotten up. After all the trouble, she was not too sleepy anymore, so she kept her eyes open and thought about how to deal with this matter. The most important thing was that since the matter had failed, the Seventh Prince could not be allowed to discover the body.
Do you want to tell Hua Yutong about this matter and then ask her to get the corpse-transforming water to dispose of the corpse?
Yun Shang was thinking this in her mind, but she was a little hesitant. She didn't have much contact with Hua Yutong, and if, as Qinyi said, Hua Yutong was acting from beginning to end, she was a little bit embarrassed by it.
I can't tell whether I should believe her or not...
I was struggling with these troublesome things in my mind, but I fell asleep unconsciously.
It was almost noon when she woke up again. When dressing up, Qin Yi only gave Yun Shang a simple double bun and put two plum blossoms in her hair. There were no other decorations. Yun Shang felt a little curious when she looked at it.
: "No one will come to visit today to pay New Year's greetings?"
There was a bit of a smile in Qin Yi's eyes, "Today is the day to welcome the son-in-law, the day when the married woman returns to Ning with her husband. The princess's natal family is in Ning and she cannot go back, so she should not go out today and comb her hair simply.
A bun is also more comfortable.”
Yun Shang suddenly understood, nodded and said: "There is such a saying." After pondering for a moment, he shook his head, "No, I will go to the Duke's Mansion today to comb my hair into a bun again."
"The Duke's Mansion?" Qin Yi felt a little strange, but did not ask why, so she nodded, untied her bun again, thought about it, and changed it into a concentric bun.
After lunch was served, Yun Shang asked the maid to go to the study and invite Luo Qingyan back to the house for dinner. She said casually: "Today is the day to welcome your son-in-law. I have nothing to do. I want to go to the Duke's Mansion."
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Luo Qingyan's hand holding the chopsticks paused slightly, and after a long while, he nodded: "Okay, there happened to be an old general in the imperial court, who was usually stationed at the border. It was the New Year, and his majesty recalled him to the imperial city. I
I have been thinking about visiting, but I have never found the right time."
Yun Shang raised her eyes and glanced at Luo Qingyan. Luo Qingyan's face was still as cold as ever, but there was a bright color in his eyes. Yun Shang knew in her heart that she was afraid that Luo Qingyan wanted to win over the old ministers in the court and become him.
of supporters.
"If you go to visit today, do you know what the old general likes? It's a Chinese New Year. If you don't bring a gift, I'm afraid it will be disrespectful." Yun Shang asked softly.
Luo Qingyan probably hadn't thought of this. After pondering for a moment, he said, "I only heard that the old general likes to drink and study military formations and tactics. I don't know anything else."
Yun Shang thought about it carefully, then turned around and ordered Qian Zui, "There are books on basic ancient formations on the bookshelf. Mr. Qingcang gave them to me when he accepted me as his disciple. I can also read them."
That’s almost it. I’ve memorized everything that needs to be written down. Since the old general likes to study formations, my lord, please take it with you.”
Luo Qingyan smiled slightly, with a bit of warmth in his eyes, and nodded gently: "Okay."
After lunch, the two of them went out together. Yun Shang took the carriage and Luo Qingyan rode the horse and headed towards where they were going.
There are almost no women in the Duke of Hua's mansion for several generations, so there should be no ordinary bustle in the Duke's mansion today. Yun Shang sat in the carriage and calculated carefully. Except for the second lady, there is no one in her natal family who should be aware of it.
If you stay in Washington, everyone else will have to accompany your wife back to your parents' home.
The carriage arrived in front of the Washington Palace. Qian Zui helped Yun Shang get out of the carriage. Yun Shang saw a carriage parked nearby. Although the carriage was not gorgeous, it was exquisite.
Qian Zui saw that Yun Shang had been staring at the carriage, so she turned her eyes and looked over, "Princess, that seems to be the carriage from the Seventh Prince's Palace."
Yun Shang nodded lightly, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. It was indeed as she thought. Hua Yutong was the niece of Hua Guogong and was from a branch of the Hua family. It seemed that her family was not in Jincheng. Today was the day to welcome her son-in-law.
Most of Yutong and his wife returned to the Duke's residence.
The concierge seemed a little surprised to see Yun Shang. He looked behind Yun Shang, but when he didn't see Luo Qingyan, he quickly said: "Princess, please come this way."
Yun Shang nodded and asked with a smile: "Where is the old lady now?"
The porter quickly responded: "The old lady is walking in the courtyard. The seventh princess returned to the house today. Just after lunch, the seventh prince and the seventh princess accompanied the old man and the old lady for a walk in the courtyard."
Yun Shang responded, and went straight into the house without being escorted by the concierge, and walked towards the courtyard where the old lady lived.
As soon as she entered the yard, she heard faint voices coming from behind some plum blossom trees. Yun Shang stopped and listened carefully for a moment, and then heard the voices of the old lady and Hua Yutong talking. Hua Yutong's voice
With a bit of a smile: "This little thing can be caught by the prince himself. Tong'er saw how cute it was in white, so he thought that the old lady would definitely like it, so he took advantage of today to bring it back to the old lady.
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The Duke's wife also looked very happy, "Okay, okay, okay. This little thing is good for Yan'er and the others to play with."
Yun Shang smiled, walked around the plum blossom tree, and walked out with a smile: "What fun thing did grandma get? She smiled so happily."
Four people were sitting on the stone benches in the courtyard, namely the Seventh Prince and his wife and Hua Guogong and his wife. There was a snow-white fox on the stone table, standing timidly on the table, looking around, as if hearing something.
Hearing Yun Shang's voice, he turned his head and looked over.
The Duke's wife was facing Yun Shang. When she saw Yun Shang coming out, she laughed, "Shang'er is here?"
Yun Shang nodded, walked to the stone table with a smile, and looked at the fox on the table, "This little fox's fur is very beautiful. No wonder grandma is so happy."
Hua Yutong quickly stood up and said, "Sit here, Chang'er."
"It's okay, I just sat all the way on the carriage and was just about to stop." Yun Shang responded with a smile.
She still didn't take her eyes away from the little fox. After looking at it carefully for a long time, Yun Shang stretched out her hand from her sleeves and touched the little fox's head. The fox suddenly seemed to go crazy and jerked toward him.
He looked at Yun Shang's face and rushed towards him. Yun Shang quickly dodged away, Qianzui stepped forward quickly to block Yun Shang behind him, stretched out his hand and swung towards the little fox, and the little fox was Qianzui.
That palm hit him so hard that he fell far away and landed heavily on the ground. After struggling twice, he lost his breath.
Everyone was startled. The Duke's wife quickly stood up and walked to Yun Shang. She checked it carefully, but she was still a little worried and asked repeatedly: "Is it not hurt?"
Yun Shang looked a little pale and was silent for a moment before shaking her head and frowning at the fox corpse on the ground. "It's okay, it's just this little fox..." Yun Shang raised her eyes and looked at the Seventh Prince and the seven princes who looked a little ugly.
Hua Yutong, who was a little surprised, said sternly to Qian Zui: "Why don't you apologize to the Seventh Prince and the Seventh Princess?"
Hearing this, Qian Zui quickly knelt down on the spot and said repeatedly: "Please forgive me, the Seventh Prince, the Seventh Princess, and the Duke and Madam of the State."
The Duke's wife sighed, "It's fine that you're fine. You're just a beast. Just go hunt another one."
"But I just heard Yutong say that the Seventh Prince caught it with his own hands. It is of great significance, but now..."
The seventh prince had already reacted and said with a smile: "It's this beast, isn't it? I thought it was quite well-behaved before, so I gave it to the princess, but unexpectedly it suddenly went crazy and almost hurt my sister-in-law. This little beast died."
If my sister-in-law feels unwell, it will be my biggest fault." (To be continued)
