Yun Shang's heart skipped a beat and she hurriedly ran into the house. However, the princess's court dress was too complicated. Yun Shang stepped on the hem of her skirt and almost fell. Yun Shang didn't care that Xia Huanyu and the others were there, so she lifted up her skirt.
Then he ran to the mansion.
The entire palace was so quiet that it was almost disturbing, as quiet as death. From the entrance of the palace all the way inside, through the flower hall, and all the way to the promenade by the lake, there were corpses of servants scattered at regular intervals.
.Yun Shang's eyes quickly swept over the corpses, and his steps became faster and faster.
"Princess, slow down, be careful with your body." Qinyi and Qianzui looked at this situation and were a little panicked. They were shocked when they saw Yun Shang's desperate running style. Qianzui hurriedly used it.
With Qinggong, he quickly stepped forward and grabbed Yun Shang's arm.
"Squeak..." A strange voice came from the distance. In Prince Rui's mansion, which was as quiet as a ghost house at the moment, it seemed particularly clear. Yun Shang was stunned, stopped, and raised his head to look at the voice.
direction of coming.
"Boom..." A louder sound came over, and Yun Shang saw a courtyard collapse in the distance through the moon in the sky and the light of the lanterns on the corridor.
That was...the courtyard where she and Luo Qingyan lived.
Yun Shang looked steadily at the yard, her eyes a bit scary in the night.
Xia Huanyu, who followed closely, and a group of ministers behind him, had already caught up. Seeing Yun Shang standing there without moving, they quickly stepped forward. Xia Huanyu glanced at Yun Shang and then said, "What's wrong?"
Yun Shang did not speak, but Qin Yi whispered: "Just now, we saw that the courtyard where the princess and the prince lived collapsed."
A hint of darkness flashed in Xia Huanyu's eyes, and he waved his hand quickly: "Let the Imperial Guard bring someone to take a look."
The Imperial Guards quickly ran towards the direction Qin Yi was pointing. Xia Huanyu stood in front of Yun Shang and turned to look at Yun Shang, "In which courtyard is Prince Rui?"
Yun Shang's voice trembled uncontrollably: "Yes, the prince has been recuperating in that courtyard since he was poisoned."
When Xia Huanyu heard this, he just nodded lightly and walked towards the courtyard.
The ministers who followed Xia Huanyu passed by Yun Shang one after another. Yun Shang then raised his head and looked at Qin Yi, "Qin Yi, give me a hand, my legs are weak." The voice was neither loud nor soft.
But it was just enough for Xia Huanyu, who was walking at the front, to hear it faintly.
Qin Yi was stunned. She didn't expect that Yun Shang didn't move forward for this reason, but she quickly walked to Yun Sang and supported Yun Sang. Yun Shang slowly turned around and sat down on the corridor.
.
After everyone walked towards the yard, Yun Shang slowly lowered his head, moved his feet slightly, bent down and picked up something from the ground.
Qinyi and Qianzui both looked at the object in Yun Shang's hand. It was a dark red ribbon with a blue ribbon at the bottom.
Qin Yi's eyes widened a little, "This is not..."
Yun Shang put the thing into her sleeve with a calm expression, stood up slowly, and said softly to Qian Zui: "I have no internal strength, tell me, how many secret guards are there around the palace?"
He drank and stood quietly for a moment before answering: "Forty is seven."
Yun Shang nodded lightly, stood up and walked to the yard.
The fire should have started in the yard where Yun Shang and the others lived. Although the fire had been put out, there was still a burning smell. The Imperial Guards searched back and forth among the burned-down and collapsed houses for a long time before moving three people out of the house.
A corpse came: "Your Majesty, a total of three corpses were found in the courtyard, two female corpses and one male corpse."
Xia Huanyu raised his head and looked at the three corpses lying side by side on the ground in the yard. The three corpses had been burned beyond recognition, and it was completely impossible to tell who they were from their appearance.
Xia Huanyu frowned and glanced at Yun Shang, who had his head lowered and looked pale. He was silent for a moment and then said: "Go to the Ministry of Punishment and send some works."
The Imperial Guards took the order and quickly left the door.
Someone had already squatted down next to the corpse, looking carefully at the male corpse on the ground. It was Li Qianmo, the Minister of Punishment. Everyone looked at his movements, and after a while they saw him stand up and face Xia Xia.
The whole world bowed.
"Your Majesty, although I am not as detailed as the one I have given you, I have obtained some general information. This man is about eight feet three in height, and is about twenty-seven to thirty years old. He is fat and thin, and he should be practicing martial arts all year round.
man of."
Yun Shang raised her head and looked at Li Qianmo, thinking that her height, age and features matched Luo Qingyan's.
After Li Qianmo finished speaking, his eyes fell on the waist of the corpse and froze. Yun Shang raised her eyes to look at Li Qianmo and saw Li Qianmo taking a white jade pendant from the waist of the corpse.
Yun Shang's eyes were fixed on the white jade pendant, her body trembled slightly, and the hands in her sleeves clenched secretly. After a while, she spoke with a somewhat hoarse voice: "This is the jade pendant that the prince wears with him."
The courtyard suddenly became quiet, and Yun Shang slowly closed her eyes, tears welling up in her eyes.
Li Qianmo glanced at Yun Shang, then walked into the collapsed house, looked around, and then walked out, "Your Majesty, this fire has probably been burning for more than half an hour, and there is no smell of tung oil.
There was no oil, but the beams in the house were made of wood, which burned quickly, which caused the whole house to collapse. But there was something strange. Logically speaking, there was no oil, and the whole house except for some flammable things such as wood and cloth,
The others were not completely burned, indicating that the fire was not fierce. But these three corpses were the most severely burned."
no fuel……
Yun Shang's eyelids twitched slightly, no oil, Li Qianmo said this word twice. No oil, no worry. Did Li Qianmo want to tell her this information?
Yun Shang raised her eyes and looked at Li Qianmo, and saw that he had been looking at Xia Huanyu, but when she looked over, he nodded invisibly.
Yun Shang was stunned for a moment, and then walked towards the collapsed house. Qianzui and Qinyi hurriedly followed, for fear that she would fall. Yun Shang stepped in carefully, and the room was just like what Li Qianmo said.
The clothes, the wooden items in the cabinet were all burnt black, but the other items were quite intact.
Yun Shang looked at everything carefully, and after a while, she walked out of the room. Her eyes fell on the corpse. She was silent for a long time and did not speak again. The hand in her sleeve slowly stretched out and pulled the piano on the side.
according to.
Qin Yi turned her eyes and glanced at Yun Shang, her eyes full of worry. After a while, she said: "Princess, your face looks very pale. You are pregnant now. Please take care of yourself."
When Xia Huanyu heard this, he turned his eyes and looked at Yun Shang, and found that as Yun Shang's maid said, her face was frighteningly white.
"Please help your princess find a clean courtyard to rest first. Someone, please send two imperial doctors to the palace." Xia Huanyu said in a loud voice.
Qin Yi pulled Yun Shang's sleeves, but Yun Shang was indifferent. Qin Yi pursed her lips, with tears in her eyes, as if she was about to cry, "Princess, don't be like this, you still have something in your belly."
The fetus, if the princess cannot give birth and rest, I am afraid that the child will not be saved. Princess, that is the child of you and the prince..."
Yun Shang's eyes rolled, and she gently raised her hand to cover her lower abdomen. After a while, she said: "Child." There was a bit of confusion in her voice.
After a long time, Yun Shang moved slowly and put her hand in Qin Yi's hand, "Rest."
Qin Yi nodded repeatedly, and helped Yun Shang out of the yard with Qian Zui. Xia Huanyu looked at the backs of the three of them, and then ordered the imperial guards to follow them and escort them.
Entering a courtyard not far away.
Every courtyard in the mansion was cleaned regularly every day, and it was quite clean. Qinyi lit a glass lamp, illuminating the room brightly, and closed the doors and windows.
Qian Zui looked around and then said: "There are guards guarding the surrounding areas, but they are fifty feet away from us and cannot hear us."
Yun Shang nodded, and then took out the ribbon she found on the corridor earlier from her sleeve.
Qian Zui was a little confused. He looked at the ribbon for a long time and then asked softly: "Princess, what is this?"
Yun Shang raised her head and smiled slowly, with a bit of coldness in her smile: "This is a palace thing, a decoration worn by the chamberlain on the waist, and this color should be worn by His Majesty's personal attendants.
of."
Qian Zui was stunned for a moment, "His Majesty's personal belongings? Why are they there?"
"This is also what I want to know." Yun Shang put the thing away again, looked at the light burning quietly in the glazed lamp, with a bit of confusion in his eyes, and said as if muttering to himself: "Nothing
Oil, worry-free, the prince is fine."
Qinyi and Qianzui both looked at Yun Shang, wondering why Yun Shang was so sure.
After a long while, Yun Shang said calmly: "From the time we entered the palace to now, the road was full of scattered corpses, but none of them were really familiar faces. I didn't see any of our own people. Secondly, the corpse must be
It's not the prince's. Ever since the prince began to recuperate in the mansion under the name of being poisoned, he has been wearing regular clothes most of the time, and he has never liked wearing a jade pendant around his waist. Even if it is a jade pendant, it must be placed in his arms.
, or in the sleeves. Besides..."
The corner of Yun Shang's mouth curled up slightly, "I looked around the house just now. Almost everything in the house is there, except for the clothes that have been burned. But there is one thing missing. I have been looking for it in the house for a long time.
Not found."
"What?" Qin Yi raised her head and looked at Yun Shang, with a bit of surprise in her eyes.
Yun Shang looked at Qin Yi and said, "It's something you usually use."
Qin Yi thought carefully for a moment, then a light flashed in her eyes, "I know, it's... the makeup coffin."
Yun Shang smiled and nodded, "Yes, it's the makeup coffin. Although the makeup coffin is made of wood, if it is burned, the hairpins and jewelry inside will definitely be fine. At most, they will be scattered on the floor, but I
