Yun Shang was waiting for Luo Qingyan to leave the palace together. Luo Qingyan left the palace today a little earlier than in the past few days, and his expression was not as tired as in the past few days. Yun Shang smiled and said: "The prince seems to be getting familiar with him gradually."
Some."
Luo Qingyan also laughed when he heard this, "It's not that we are familiar with each other. It's just that His Majesty has accumulated a lot of government affairs after leaving Jincheng for more than ten days. He basically dealt with them in the past few days. Today, he is very busy.
One day, tomorrow there will be nothing accumulated before.”
"That's good." After saying that, he hugged Luo Qingyan's hand and said with a smile, "My imperial uncle is really capable."
Luo Qingyan reached out and hugged Yun Shang, patted Yun Shang's head gently, and said in a confused voice: "Are you praising or making fun of you? What about you? Weren't you still complaining about too many ledgers a few days ago? Why are you here today?
Entering the palace?"
Yun Shang smiled quietly and said: "The disposal has been completed. Besides, in addition to the disappearance of people in the city recently, there are also some unusual things in the palace. In addition to Qian Yin's report, the palace bought a large amount of jewelry. I heard before
Lin Youran said that there were also mysterious disappearances in the palace, and she had never heard of any jewelry."
Luo Qingyan nodded gently, pondered for a moment, then looked at Yun Shang and said softly: "How do you think this matter should be handled, Princess?"
Yun Shang thought for a while and then said: "I hope the prince can provide me with two figures, how many people are missing in the city, and how many people are missing in the palace."
"Okay, since the princess has given the order, I will definitely order someone to investigate this matter within two days." Luo Qingyan responded with a smile.
Back in the house, Qinyi hurriedly came up to her and said with a soft smile: "Princess, there is a letter from Ning Guo."
Yun Shang was stunned, and a happy look suddenly appeared on his face, "Whose letter is it, please show me quickly." After saying that, he saw a letter on the desk, Yun Shang picked it up, and on the envelope was the name of his father.
's handwriting.
Yun Shang opened the envelope and unfolded the letter, but it was a handwritten letter from her mother-in-law. The letter was just an ordinary letter from home. It talked about some trivial things and gave Yun Shang detailed instructions on what she needed to pay attention to when she was about to give birth. It only made Yun Shang frown slightly.
What makes me frown is the date when the letter was finally signed: the sixth day of June, Haishi.
This time revealed two pieces of information.
One piece of good news is that Su Ruji did not threaten her mother-in-law. After all, it was around April or May when Su Ruji took out her mother-in-law's hairpin to threaten Yun Shang. If something really happened to her mother-in-law, this would not have happened.
letter.
The second is the problem. When Su Ruji took out her mother's hairpin, it was around April or May. At that time, Yun Shang sent people to Ningguo to find out the news. Logically speaking, since Yun Shang had already sent people
After asking, the mother-in-law will definitely convey the news that she is fine to Yun Shang as soon as possible. However, the time when this letter was written was more than a month after Yun Shang sent out the secret guards. Moreover, the letter was written.
After that, the mother-in-law will definitely be handed over to the secret guards as soon as possible. That fashion was in June, and now it is already August. It will only take about 20 days at most to get from Ningguo Imperial City to Jincheng. Why did this letter take two full days to go?
months?
"What's wrong?" Luo Qingyan asked when he saw that Yun Shang didn't feel the slightest joy after receiving Ning Guo's letter.
Yun Shang handed the letter to Luo Qingyan, who read it carefully and focused on the last position.
"At this time..." Luo Qingyan frowned and raised his eyes to look at Yun Shang.
Yun Shang nodded lightly and looked at Qin Yi: "Is the person who sent the letter still there?"
"Here he is. The slave girl saw that he was a little embarrassed, so she asked someone to take him down to wash up and get some food. Does the princess want to see him? The slave girl then ordered someone to bring him up." Qin Yi said quickly.
.
"Well, bring it with you. I have some questions I want to ask." Yun Shang nodded.
Qin Yi responded and went out the door.
An attendant asked to see Luo Qingyan outside, and Luo Qingyan walked out. Yun Shang heard faint voices coming from downstairs. After a while, Luo Qingyan came up again and stood at the door facing Yun Shang.
Shang said: "There are some things that need to be dealt with. I'll go to the study. Just ask someone to come to the study and call me during dinner."
Yun Shang responded with a smile, and Luo Qingyan hurried downstairs again.
Yun Shang felt that it was a little hot in the house. She had not gone out in the past few days, so she only wore silk clothes with wide robes and long sleeves, which was very comfortable. Today, because she had entered the palace, her clothes and hair bun
It was a bit heavy. Yun Shang frowned, then walked to the window and pushed it open. From the window, she could see the scenery of the lake. The sky was full of blue, the pink lotus flowers were in full bloom, and there was a faint breeze blowing into the house.
In the middle, it seems less stuffy.
The upstairs of Nanyuan can basically overlook most of Prince Rui's Mansion. There are quite a few courtyards in Prince Rui's Mansion, but because there are only two masters in the mansion, almost all the courtyards are vacant. At a glance, it seems that
Somewhat deserted.
There were footsteps outside, Yun Shang turned around and saw Qin Yi leading a young man upstairs, "Princess, someone is here."
Yun Shang nodded lightly and looked at the man: "Is it you who sent Concubine Jin's letter?"
The man quickly raised his hands and said, "I'm a subordinate."
"I saw that this letter was signed on the sixth day of June. It's already August. Why did this letter just arrive?" Yun Shang's hand casually picked up the letter on the side and folded it casually.
"Princess Qi, we received the letter on the eighth day of June. However, we were chased and intercepted a lot along the way. We replaced twenty-six people before our subordinates successfully delivered the letter." The secret guard Jing.
He said quietly.
Yun Shang was stunned, was he being chased?
"Do you know which side is chasing you?" Yun Shang asked.
The secret guard shook his head and said in a very soft voice, "The skills are not weak, and there are many people. There are about a hundred people touched. There are no obvious identification marks on them, but judging from the accent, they should be from the Xia Kingdom."
Xia people...
Yun Shang squinted her eyes and had some guesses in her mind.
"Thank you for your hard work. I saw Concubine Jin in Ningguo. How is Concubine Jin?" Yun Shang asked softly again.
"Every time she comes to Ningguo, Concubine Jin meets us personally when she sees our token. Everything is fine with the concubine. This time she also meets the little prince Chen Xi. The little prince can already walk alone, and the same goes for the concubine.
Very filial." The secret guard responded.
Yun Shang smiled, knowing that his mother and concubine were well, with a smile on his face, "He is just a one-and-a-half-year-old child, and it is obvious whether he is filial or not."
The secret guard quickly said: "When the subordinates were received by the imperial concubine in the imperial garden that day, the imperial concubine must have just taken the little prince to visit the imperial garden. The subordinates saw the imperial concubine carrying the little prince into the pavilion.
After the imperial concubine put the little prince down, the little prince started to come and go next to the imperial concubine, sometimes squeezing her hands and sometimes pressing her legs. He seemed to be afraid that the imperial concubine would be tired."
Yun Shang laughed when she heard this. Her brother was really much smarter than her. It was good that her mother and concubine were not lonely because they had the morning sun by their side.
Yun Shang nodded and asked the secret guard to retreat.
"The princess has been worried about Ning Guo's situation during this period. Now that the secret guard has said this, are you relieved?" Qin Yi said with a smile.
"Yes, although my father also loves his mother and concubine, after all, he values the country more than his mother and concubine. Chen Xi is the only prince in the Ning Kingdom, and he must be doted on by all kinds of people. The only thing I worry about is my mother and concubine. In the harem, as long as
If there is another concubine, the mother-in-law will not be truly happy. I am always afraid that the mother-in-law will not live well enough and that something will happen to her." Yun Shang sighed lightly.
When Qin Yi heard what Yun Shang said, she also fell silent. After a while, she said, "Yes, Master has lived a very hard life."
For a while, neither of them spoke anymore.
Yun Shang walked to the soft couch and sat down, unfolded the letter and read it a few times, feeling lost in thought.
Not long after, Qian Zhi came upstairs and called softly: "Princess, it's time to eat."
Yun Shang nodded lightly, raised her eyes and said to Qian Zui: "Okay, I'll go down right away. You go to the study to invite the prince over first."
Luo Qingyan returned to Nanyuan, and Yun Shang ordered people to serve food. After eating the food, Luo Qingyan did not go to the study again. The sky had not yet darkened. Luo Qingyan seemed to be in a good mood today, and he pulled
Yun Shang ordered someone to prepare a small boat together and went rowing in the lake. Yun Shang couldn't bear to dampen his interest, so he ordered someone to prepare another pot of peach blossom wine and put it on the boat.
Luo Qingyan helped Yun Shang get on the boat, refused the servants arranged by the housekeeper to row the boat, and rowed the boat himself into the lake. The boat could not move where there were many lotus flowers, so Luo Qingyan rowed the boat out of the lotus.
The pile of leaves came to the side where there were fewer lotus leaves and lotus flowers.
When they reached the middle of the lake, Luo Qingyan simply put down the oar, walked to Yun Shang and lay down against the side of the boat, facing Yun Shang.
Yun Shang looked at Luo Qingyan with a smile, "The prince looks very happy today, but what good news is there?"
Luo Qingyan didn't nod or shake his head. He poured a glass of wine with a smile, raised his head and drank it, "It's just that it's rare for me to go home early today. I wanted to spend some time with my wife."
Yun Shang obviously didn't believe his words, but since Luo Qingyan didn't want to say anything, Yun Shang didn't ask any more questions, and just looked at Luo Qingyan with a smile.
Luo Qingyan interrupted his conversation unnaturally, "How about it? Have you found out about the letter?"
Yun Shang nodded lightly, "Someone sent someone to intercept, so the secret guard was delayed on the road for a while."
"Who?" Luo Qingyan squinted his eyes, a dangerous light flashing in his eyes.
Yun Shang shook her head, "Those people are very cautious. They don't have anything on them that can reveal their identity. I just heard from the secret guard that the accent should be the Xia Kingdom accent. There are only a few people around, and it's not Su Ruji.
It's the Seventh Prince, either the Seventh Prince or Concubine Shen Shu. But Su Ruji's may be bigger, after all, she took the concubine's hairpin to threaten me."
After Yun Shang finished speaking, she raised her eyes and looked at Luo Qingyan and said, "When will Queen Hua return to the palace? I'm afraid there won't be peace on the road."
When Luo Qingyan heard Yun Shang's question, he responded casually: "We are already on the way. Your Majesty has the Royal Guards and Imperial Guards with you, so nothing will happen to you." (To be continued)
