Ning Qian and Lin Youran were both stunned, then took a deep breath, looked at each other and shook their heads: "No, we didn't hear anything."
Yun Shang frowned slightly, turned around and looked at Qin Yi who was following behind her, "Did you ask?"
Qin Yi pondered for a long time, and then said with some hesitation: "When I first entered the house, I smelled it a little bit, but the smell was so weak that I couldn't smell it as long as I stood in the house for a moment.
Yes. I thought about it carefully and felt that the smell seemed a bit familiar. I should have smelled it in other places."
Yun Shang thought Qin Yi would also say that she didn't hear it, and wondered if it was her hallucination, but she didn't expect Qin Yi to feel the same way, and a flash of excitement suddenly flashed in her eyes.
"Since Qinyi also heard it, it's not my illusion." Yun Shang said softly.
Knowing that there was a strange and faint fragrance in the house, Yun Shang took Qin Yi and kept going in and out of the house, hoping to find something from the fleeting fragrance. They just went back and forth like this for more than a dozen times.
There was no progress.
Yun Shang frowned and felt that her method seemed to be wrong. Since this fragrance only existed in this room, she should search for it from inside the room.
On New Year's Eve, when Yun Shang checked Lin Youran's pulse, everything was normal, but now she suddenly had fetal contractions, which must have happened during this period.
Moreover, the side hall of Xiangzhu Hall should have been uninhabited, so there should not be any problems. Lin Youran's move to live in this side hall should be extremely sudden...
"What did you bring with you after you moved here?" Yun Shang walked to the bed and sat down, asking softly.
Lin Youran thought for a while and then said: "Because I was afraid that the things in the previous store would be tampered with, I almost didn't bring anything with me when I checked into the side hall of the Xiangzhu Palace. The clothes were ordered by the Xiang noble concubine.
Everything brought into the palace from outside the palace is also the utensils used for eating and drinking. Almost all the furniture in this shop is new and was only delivered to me three days after I moved into the side hall."
Yun Shang glanced around the furnishings in the store. According to this, everything in this room is possible.
Just as Yun Shang was thinking about it, Qin Yi suddenly clapped her hands. Yun Shang turned her head and looked at Qin Yi. Qin Yi quickly said to Yun Shang: "I have always felt that the scent is familiar, but I can't remember it."
, just now I heard Hui Zhaoyi say that almost everything in this house is made new, and I suddenly remembered what it smells like."
"What does it smell like?" Yun Shang asked quickly.
"Generally, a thin layer of oil is applied to the surface of newly made wooden furniture to prevent moths, insects, and cracks. The slave doesn't know what kind of oil it is, but it has this smell.
And generally speaking, the smell of this oil dissipates relatively quickly, unless the furniture has just been made recently." Qin Yi responded with a bow.
"Oil? Oil on the surface of furniture?" Hearing this, Yun Shang pondered for a moment, then stood up, approached the bedpost of the mahogany bed where Lin Youran was lying, and smelled it gently. Sure enough, she could faintly smell a faint fragrance.
Yun Shang walked to the table and chair next to the bed in two steps, bent down and smelled the table, and there was also that smell.
Yun Shang pondered for a moment, and found the source of the fragrance, but was a little unsure whether the problem was caused by the fragrance. Yun Shang turned around and asked Ning Qian: "Where do these things come from?"
"The furniture in each palace was customized and distributed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After Youran moved to the side hall, the original beds, tables and chairs in the side hall were quite old, so I asked people from the House of Internal Affairs to send a new set.
Come here." Ning Qian replied softly.
"House of Internal Affairs?" Yun Shang frowned. The House of Internal Affairs is in charge of all the needs of the harem, and the personnel are extremely complex. It is not difficult for someone who is willing to tamper with the things sent by the House of Internal Affairs.
"I have stayed in the Ningguo Palace for a long time. I know that because some masters are very unhappy with the smell of the oil, the furniture sent by the Palace Household Office must be prepared and then dried in the dark for a period of time.
It will take time to deliver it to each palace." Qin Yi heard Ning Qian talking about it and said softly.
Yun Shang glanced around the room. The tables and chairs were all new, the bed was all new, and even the screen beside the bed was all new. If there was something wrong with the aroma, it would be obvious how deep the thought of the people behind the scenes was.
However, the most urgent task is to confirm that Lin Youran's signs of unstable fetal air and even redness are due to this table and chair.
Yun Shang thought for a while and then said to Lin Youran: "Although I don't know if it's because of these things yet, I'm afraid you can't stay in this house anymore for the time being."
Ning Qian also nodded, "You should go to my bedroom to rest first, and then we will talk about it after the princess finds out the matter."
Lin Youran was silent for a moment before responding. Ning Qian ordered the palace attendants standing by to help Lin Youran walk to the main hall. After Lin Youran left, Ning Qian said softly: "Listen to what you said,
I felt that it was most likely that these things were causing the trouble. On the second day after Youran moved to this side hall, I ordered someone to go to the House of Internal Affairs to talk to them. At that time, I remember the reply they gave me was, "The House of Representatives"
The government said it is ready-made and will be delivered soon."
Ning Qian thought for a while before continuing: "But they didn't send it until the third day. I think it was probably because someone intervened in this matter and wanted to interfere with it, so the Ministry of Internal Affairs had no choice but to do it again.
He came with a set, and he was afraid that we would notice the clues, and even the smell had not had time to disperse, so he hurriedly sent it to us."
Yun Shang also had this suspicion in her heart. After thinking about it, she turned to Qinyi and said, "Qinyi, please leave the palace and ask the carriage driver to take you to Qianyin's place. Ask Qianyin to find a trustworthy carpenter.
"
Qinyi nodded and was about to go out, but Ning Qian frowned and said: "But even if you find the carpenter, this palace is not a place where anyone can come and leave at will..."
When Qin Yi heard the words, she stopped and turned around to look at Yun Shang. Yun Shang was silent for a moment and walked around the room. With a thought, she bent down and took out the dagger tied to her leg. After thinking about it,
He cut a large piece of carved wood from the area covered by the bed curtain, took out a piece about a foot long and handed it to Qinyi, "Be careful, take this thing out of the palace, and let Qian Yinxun's carpenter take a look.
Look, there’s something inappropriate about it.”
Qin Yi responded, took the piece of wood, looked around, then took a rope from the side and tied it to her thigh. Fang smiled and saluted Yun Shang and said, "Slave!
Then he went."
Yun Shang nodded, took off the jade medal that represented his identity from his waist and handed it to Qin Yi, saying: "After you go and ask the carpenter clearly, go back to the house and have a look. If the prince and I have not returned to the house,
Just bring this badge to the palace."
Qin Yi took the badge, bowed and then left.
After Qinyi left, Yun Shang was checking back and forth in the house. Ning Qian became anxious when she saw her unhurried look: "The princess is also pregnant now. There is something bad in this house.
But we can’t stay too long. Princess, you’d better go to the main hall and sit for a while.”
Yun Shang responded with a smile and followed Ning Qian to the main hall.
Not long after he arrived and sat down in the main hall, he saw someone from the palace coming in. He looked at Yun Shang who was sitting in the shop drinking tea, and said with a salute: "Greetings to Princess Rui, the noble concubine of Xiang. The queen has sent a servant
Let me ask what the result is."
Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, stood up quickly, and responded with a smile: "Can you please help me call the Queen and tell her that there are no results yet, but I suddenly felt unwell, so I sent someone back to get the medicine."
Okay, I'm going to rest here for a while."
The palace man glanced at Yun Shang, with a bit of impatience on his face, nodded casually, bent over slightly, and then stepped back.
Yun Shang smiled and said: "Not long after I came here and sat down, I sent someone to inquire. I'm afraid your palace is not clean. You should be more careful on weekdays."
Ning Qian sighed softly, "There is no clean place in this palace. If my place is too clean, I'm afraid the queen will target everything. Someone is watching here. She can rest assured, and I can rest assured too.
.And I certainly know who the detailed work is, and what she can usually send back is just some insignificant things."
"It's good that you have an idea." Yun Shang thought for a while and felt that the queen was very suspicious, and Ning Qian was right to consider this.
It had been an hour since Qinyi left the palace, and it was already completely dark. Yun Shang frowned, her eyebrows twitched slightly, and then she heard a voice of greeting coming from outside: "Greetings to your Majesty, to Prince Rui."
Yun Shang and Ning Qian stood up quickly and saw Xia Huanyu and Luo Qingyan walking in together.
Xia Huanyu took a look at the situation in the room and said, "Is dinner ready?"
Ning Qian shook her head, walked up to him and said, "We have sent people to prepare it. Is there anything your Majesty would like to eat?"
"I don't have anything in particular that I want to eat. What would Prince Rui want to eat?" Xia Huanyu turned to look at Luo Qingyan.
Luo Qingyan pondered for a moment and then said softly: "Let's make some sweet-scented osmanthus cake."
Hearing this, Ning Qian turned her head and glanced at Yun Shang quietly, then smiled and responded, calling the palace attendants to give the order.
Xia Huanyu walked to the chair beside him and sat down. He looked at the three people standing and said, "Sit down. What are you doing standing there?"
The three of them sat down, and the palace servants quickly brought tea. Xia Huanyu picked up the tea at hand, picked up the lid of the cup, and carelessly brushed the foam in the cup. After a long while, he raised his head and looked at Yun Shang, as if
He asked very casually: "How is it? How is the investigation of Hui Zhaoyi's case? Do you have any clues?" (To be continued)
