Yun Shang lowered his head and carefully examined the two steps. After a moment, he laughed. With a slight twist of his hand, Yun Shang removed all four hairpins. As expected, there was a hollow in the middle of the hairpins. Yun Shang
He squinted his eyes and took a look, then turned the hairpin upside down and gently tapped it on the table. Two small pieces of paper came out of the hairpin.
Yun Shang unfolded the note and was silent for a long time before picking up the note and presenting it to Xia Huanyu.
Xia Huanyu read the words on the note, frowned, put it aside calmly, and then asked, "What are the other two?"
Yun Shang turned the remaining two hairpins upside down and shook them for a while, and then gray-white powder poured out from the two hairpins. A smell of fragrance wafted up, and Yun Shang quickly covered her nose.
, said softly: "Your Majesty, these two hairpins contain two different spices, one is the lily incense used on the furniture, and the other is jasmine incense. Mrs. Xian gave Hui Zhaoyi one before."
The fragrance inside the box of rouge is jasmine. Lily and jasmine are the more commonly used fragrances in women's rouge. They are not as special as musk and will not attract attention. However, these two fragrances will be very effective if you are pregnant.
If any woman smells it too much, it will have the effect of miscarriage."
Xia Huanyu's eyes suddenly burst out with extreme coldness, and he sneered: "Come here, take Mrs. Xian down and lock her into the cold palace first."
The guard outside the door heard this and walked in quickly. Mrs. Xian looked pale, smiled sadly, waved her hand and said, "Don't bother me, I can go on my own." After saying that, she looked at Xia Xia.
Huanyu glanced at him, his face full of bitterness, turned around and walked towards the door of the palace, his figure seemed taller and taller than ever, but also had a faint sense of desolation.
"I'm tired, let's go back to Tai Chi Hall first." Xia Huanyu watched Mrs.
The queen sighed softly, with a look of compassion: "Oh, I have always treated Mrs.
He also took the palace people away.
Yun Shang and the others were the only ones left in the hall. Yun Shang walked to the side where Xia Huanyu was sitting just now, picked up the note that Xia Huanyu had casually placed on the table, took a look at it, crumpled it up into a ball, and threw it away.
Went to the brazier on the side.
Luo Qingyan also stood up and said calmly: "Go back home."
Yun Shang nodded, gave Ning Qian a few instructions, and then left the palace with Luo Qingyan. The farce came to an end, and Yun Shang felt as if all her strength had been taken away, and got into the carriage.
He leaned on Luo Qingyan's shoulder and closed his eyes to rest.
The carriage drove towards Prince Rui's Mansion, and the sound of the wheels of the carriage running over the bluestone road kept ringing. Yun Shang sighed softly, and then asked: "How do you know the secret of Mrs. Xian's head shaking?"
Luo Qingyan caressed Yun Shang's long hair, patted her shoulder and said: "You have laid a lot of hidden stakes in the palace, and I have a lot of them too. Mrs. Xian happened to be seen when she was meeting with her people.
Already."
Yun Shang gently nodded and sighed: "If you hadn't told me this, I might not have been able to bring down Mrs. Xian today. I had never thought before that it was her. In my impression
She is just an ordinary concubine who likes to dress up and show off."
"There are no ordinary concubines in this palace." Luo Qingyan smiled.
After returning to the mansion, Luo Qingyan went straight to the study. Yun Shang returned to the house and threw away her cloak, then walked to the soft side and lay down.
Qin Yi said with a smile: "Today is a bit dangerous, but what is written on the note? Why did your Majesty conclude that it was Mrs. Xian who did it as soon as he took a look at it?"
"It's just the reply that the craftsman named Qian and the medicine boy gave to Mrs.
Yes." Yun Shang responded nonchalantly, lay down on the soft couch, yawned, and fell asleep soon after.
Yun Shang got up very early the next day. After Qiu reported the matter, she stood aside and watched Qin Yi dressing Yun Shang. She looked at her in silence for a while and then said: "Princess, although she is not too showy now.
, but it’s best not to wear this kind of waist-cinching dress. It’s not good for your body, so you should wear something looser.”
Hearing this, Yun Shang thought for a while, then nodded and said: "I didn't pay attention to it before, but I remember that all the clothes I have are tied around the waist." After a moment of silence, she said to Qin Yi:
"Send someone to Qianshui Yiren Pavilion later to invite Qianshui into the house. Let her take measurements and make some looser clothes."
"Mommy, which ones are suitable?" Yun Shang turned around and looked at Aunt Qiu.
Aunt Qiu thought for a while and then said: "It should be no problem to wear looser clothes until around March. Let's make about six sets."
Yun Shang responded, packed up, and went to the outer hall to have breakfast, then walked to the desk nearby and looked at the account book.
As soon as he finished reading an account book, Qian Shui entered the courtyard.
Yun Shang stood up with a smile and said, "Loose clothes are not fashionable in the Xia Kingdom, so I only have clothes with a waistband. You have to work hard to make me some better-looking clothes."
Qian Shui smiled and agreed, jokingly saying to Yun Shang: "Don't worry, I will definitely make the clothes elegant and flexible, and the princess will definitely become the most beautiful pregnant woman in Xia Kingdom." After saying that, he took a ruler to measure Yun Shang.
Size, "The reason why women in the Xia Kingdom like to wear corsets is probably because the women in the Xia Kingdom are inherently petite. Most women are half as tall as the princess. Clothes with a corset will make the waist appear slightly taller."
Yun Shang nodded and said with a smile: "That's true, it does look taller."
While Qian Shui measured Yun Shang's size, he talked about what happened in the palace yesterday: "I heard earlier that something happened in the palace yesterday? I heard it had something to do with Qian Shui Yiren Pavilion, my subordinate."
Yun Shang smiled and nodded: "Well, it's the blue gem butterfly tassel Bu Yao that I just got from you last month. Madam Xian in the palace hollowed out the hairpin and hid something inside.
"
"Mrs. Xian? Didn't Mrs. Xian buy that step from me?" Qian Shui responded casually, walked to the table and took out a pen and paper to write down Yun Shang's measurements one by one.
"Mrs. Xian is in the palace, so it is naturally impossible for her to go out of the palace to buy a walking stick. Isn't Mrs. Xian's mother the wife of Wang Congwen, the richest man in Jincheng? Mrs. Xian always entrusts her mother to come to Qianshui Yiren Pavilion to buy all kinds of products.
All kinds of jewelry." Yun Shang walked behind the desk with a smile, sat down, and picked up another account book.
Qian Shui frowned, but still shook his head, "No, I know that Mrs. Wang is Mrs. Xian's mother. Mrs. Wang once mentioned it when chatting with me before, but the blue gem butterfly steps.
, but she definitely has not bought it, nor has she sent someone to buy it. The items in my store are expensive, and there are only a few regular customers. I remember what they bought."
When Yun Shang heard this, she was also a little dazed. She raised her eyes and looked at Qian Shui: "But yesterday, Mrs. Xian had two identical steps on her head. As soon as I saw the workmanship, I knew they were made by your hands...
"
Qian Shui put down his pen, thought for a long time, and then said: "The step shake that the princess mentioned was a new style that was only made last month. Only four units were sold in total, one to the princess and one to the censor.
There are two more at your residence that were bought by the same person. However, I have never seen that woman before. She looks about seventeen or eighteen years old, but she is definitely not from the palace. I have seen several of the wives and concubines of the palace.
I have never heard that Mr. Wang has a new concubine recently."
Yun Shang frowned slightly, always feeling that there was something fishy about this matter. There were four steps in total, and Mrs. Xian had two on her head. They were probably the two that the young woman bought. But, what happened to the young woman?
Who is it?
"Do you still remember her appearance?" Yun Shang asked quickly.
Qian Shui shook his head and thought for a while before replying: "The woman was wearing a headband. I didn't actually see her appearance. I could only tell from her figure and hands that she was only seventeen or eighteen years old. However,
I have heard her voice before, and if I hear her voice again, I will definitely recognize it."
Yun Shang glanced at the table lightly and shook her head. If it were just these clues, there would be too few clues. There were many young women in Jincheng, and there were also many who could afford the jewelry in Qianshui Yiren Pavilion.
She couldn't just pull Qian Shui one by one and let Qian Shui recognize people, right?
Yun Shang has many questions in her mind, but now she has no way to find out the identity of that person, so there is no way to pursue it.
"You keep an eye out for me. If you see that woman again, send someone to follow her to find out her identity, and then come back and report back to me." Yun Shang raised his head and ordered Qian Shui.
Qian Shui responded, asked Yun Shang if he had any other instructions, and then left Prince Rui's Mansion.
Qin Yi stood aside and looked at Yun Shang's frown, with a depressed look on her face, and asked softly: "What's wrong with the princess? She seemed to be in a good mood just now, but now she looks unhappy."
Yun Shang sighed softly and said softly: "I always feel that there is something hidden about Mrs. Xian."
Qinyi had just heard the conversation between Qian Shui and Yun Shang, and after thinking about it, she said: "The two things the princess always likes to say are that when soldiers come to cover up the water and earth, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. Now Mrs. Xian just
She has just been thrown into the cold palace. If the mysterious woman is in Jincheng, she will definitely be found one day. Moreover, the evidence of Madam Xian harming Hui Zhaoyi is conclusive, so the princess does not need to worry about it."
Yun Shang nodded and sighed softly, "That's all we can do." (To be continued)
