"A person of unknown origin?" Concubine Shen Shu seemed a little surprised, "What person of unknown origin?"
Luo Qingyan was obviously not a patient person. He sneered and said, "Didn't Concubine Shu hear that there was a lot of noise in the harem tonight? Didn't Concubine Shu's people report everything that happened to Concubine Shu?"
Empress?"
After Luo Qingyan finished speaking, he took Yun Shang in his arms and walked around Concubine Shen Shu, and walked towards Xiangzhu Hall without looking back.
Yun Shang couldn't help but curl up the corner of her mouth, and smiled so much that her whole body trembled slightly. Luo Qingyan was a person who could really make people angry when he spoke sometimes, but Yun Shang surprisingly felt that Luo Qingyan's temperament was too much for her.
I like it very much.
He sent Yun Shang to the door of Xiangzhu Hall and left. Qinyi helped Yun Shang back to the hall, took off Yun Shang's robe, picked up the comb, and then said softly, "Just now we placed a palace maid next to Concubine Shen Shu.
I gave this to my slave."
Qin Yi stretched out her hand, holding a piece of paper tightly in her hand.
"What are you writing about?" Yun Shang took the comb from Qin Yi's hand, combed her hair one by one, and asked casually.
Qin Yi looked at it, then frowned and said softly: "After the princess and the seventh princess left Shuya Palace together this afternoon, it didn't take long for the seventh princess to circle back to Shuya Palace."
Yun Shang's hand combing her hair paused slightly, then smiled and said, "What did you say?"
Qin Yi shook her head and said: "I didn't say anything. The maid only served in the outer hall of Shuya Palace. I'm afraid there's no way to know what they talked about. But aren't these seven princesses from the Duke's Palace?
how……"
Yun Shang concealed her smile, with a bit of pity in her eyes, and said quietly after a while: "I'm afraid my suspicion before has come true. Last time about her cousin, I found out that she had hidden something from us.
, this time it confirmed my thoughts. I am afraid that she fell in love with the Seventh Prince and was taken advantage of by him. "
"Princess, do you think that the Seventh Prince used the Seventh Princess to hook up with Concubine Shen Shu?" Qinyi walked to the table, opened the lampshade of the octagonal palace lantern on the table, lit the note on the lamp, and watched it burn
After it turned into ashes, he put the lampshade back on.
Yun Shang nodded lightly, "It's very possible."
After Yun Shang finished speaking, she was silent for a long time. She put down the comb in her hand and stood up. She stared fixedly at the octagonal palace lantern with the picture of a lady. After a while, she said: "I don't know why, but I suddenly remembered that Lin Lin had been there before."
Before anything happened to Youran, I came into the palace and told Lin Youran about the disappearance of someone in the palace. Lin Youran said that although Concubine Shen Shu was co-leading the harem, she didn't take care of things very much."
Qin Yi didn't understand why Yun Shang suddenly mentioned this matter, but she nodded and replied: "I remember Hui Zhaoyi once said such words, but..."
"It's just that although Concubine Shen Shu is just a secret guard, according to my understanding of her, she actually covets power. Now that the Queen's Seal is placed in her hands openly, how can she do nothing?"
Yun Shang took the words and frowned before continuing, "I thought before that she was worried about her identity as a secret guard, but when it came to handling Lin Youran's difficult childbirth that day, I found that it was not because of
this."
Yun Shang paused again, seeming to be thinking about something, "When I heard about Hua Yutong, the first thing I thought of was that since the Seventh Prince might have been on the same boat with Concubine Shen Shu, then Concubine Shen Shu
Is it possible that this kind of inaction is the seventh prince’s instruction?”
Qian Zui listened for a while and then said softly: "This servant has been a little strange just now. There are so many people in the palace all of a sudden. How could Concubine Shen Shu not know about it? We can find clues when we enter the palace occasionally. Concubine Shen Shu, but she has always been
They all stay in the palace."
Yun Shang paced back and forth in the room for a long time, reached out and dipped her hand into the water in the cold tea cup she had drunk before on the table, and wrote and drew on the table, mumbling to herself all the time.
"Let's make a hypothesis. Suppose that Concubine Shen Shu had actually discovered these anomalies long ago, but had discussed it with the seventh prince, deliberately ignored it, and then learned that the prince and I were investigating the matter. The same goes for the pregnant palace maid today.
She deliberately arranged it and made a special trip waiting for me to bump into..."
Qinyi and Qianzui were both listening, with a bit of surprise on their faces, but they didn't dare to say anything to interrupt Yun Shang's train of thought.
"If this is the case, then there are several doubts about this matter. The first doubt is that since Hua Yutong has become the seventh prince's person, then Concubine Shen Shu is his majesty's secret guard, and she had previously pretended to join forces with the eldest princess and the seventh prince, and finally
But he betrayed the eldest princess. It is impossible for the Seventh Prince not to know about it. Now that he knows it, how can the Seventh Prince dare to continue to trust Concubine Shen Shu? Are he not afraid that Concubine Shen Shu will beat her up?" Yun Shang drew a circle on the table with his hand.
"Second doubt, this private manufacture of weapons was a major crime against the Nine Clan. If Concubine Shen Shu had discovered it first, or had told the Seventh Prince, no matter who exposed the matter, it would be a great achievement for both of them. Why would she actually do this?
Why did the opportunity to make meritorious deeds go to the prince in vain?"
"The third doubt is that Concubine Shen Shu is His Majesty's. According to common sense, the most important thing she should do is to be absolutely sincere to His Majesty. As long as she is sincere to His Majesty, His Majesty will definitely not treat her badly. No matter she is a concubine,
Or is she just His Majesty's secret guard? But why did she choose to join forces with the Seventh Prince? In this way, she is on the opposite side of His Majesty. If the Seventh Prince loses, she will not end well. Even the Seventh Prince will not end well.
If the prince wins, what can she get from the seventh prince? Besides, she has been in the Xia Kingdom for many years, so she is very familiar with the seventh prince's temperament. For the seventh prince, I am afraid that is the best.
s Choice."
Yun Shang drew three circles on the table, frowned and thought for a long time, but could not come up with any results. She sat on the chair with some frustration and did not speak for a long time.
After a while, Yun Shang simply pushed the teacup away and stood up, "I'll rest first. What I just said and those three doubts, Qinyi, you go look for the prince later."
Tell him every word."
Qin Yi hurriedly agreed, helped Yun Shang get on the bed, covered Yun Shang with the quilt, and put down the bed curtain. After doing all this, Qin Yi winked at Qian Zui, and the two of them
People stood at the door, Qinyi gave Qianzui a few words of advice, and then hurriedly left the Xiangzhu Hall to find Luo Qingyan.
Qian Zui turned around and returned to the inner hall, blew out all the lights in the hall, leaving only one, and then lay down on the table to take a nap.
It was getting brighter and Qinyi hadn't come back yet. Qianzui opened her eyes and looked at the bed curtains embroidered with hibiscus flowers. She thought that Yun Shang had been tired all night yesterday and she was afraid she would have to wake up later today.
.She was not very familiar with Xiangzhu Palace, so she had to go find someone to prepare breakfast first, otherwise the princess would not have anything to eat when she woke up.
Qianzui thought about this and left the inner hall. Concubine Xiang was very favored before, so although Xiangzhu Palace was not a palace but a palace, it also had its own small kitchen. Qianzui asked his servant about the kitchen
He went straight to the small kitchen.
The small kitchen was filled with the smell of Chinese medicine. Qianbi beside Hui Zhaoyi was already there, watching the servants boiling the medicine, "In another quarter of an hour, it will be boiled over a slow fire."
Qian Bi ordered the palace maid, raised her eyes and saw Qian Zui, then she hurriedly went up to her and said, "Sister Qian Zui, is the princess awake?"
Qian Zhui smiled and shook his head: "I worked hard all night yesterday and I'm still awake. I came to see what's in the breakfast so I can prepare some for the princess."
Qian Bi quickly responded: "Today we have prepared purple rice soup, red bean barley cake, hibiscus cake, and six plates of side dishes."
"So rich? That's enough. Let someone bring the water to warm it. If the princess wakes up later, I'll come and get it. Are you making medicine for Hui Zhaoyi?" Qian Zui looked at the small stove.
medicine jar.
Qian Bi nodded: "Yesterday, the princess persuaded our master, no, he is finally willing to take medicine. I was so anxious before, and the master's body is already so weak. If he doesn't take medicine, it will be so bad."
It’s my own body…”
"Just take medicine and you'll be fine." Qian Zui said with a smile.
Qianzuo chatted with Qianbi for a while before returning to the palace. As soon as she arrived at the door, she saw a palace maid standing at the door, with a set of blue and green palace clothes on the plate in her hand.
"Empress Zhaoyi thought that the princess had not returned home yesterday and was afraid that she would have no clothes to change into, so she asked her slave to send a set of clothes. These were newly made clothes by Empress Zhaoyi not long ago and had not been worn yet. They were made at that time
It's a little longer, so I don't have to wear it. The princess is taller than Empress Zhaoyi, so she should be able to wear it." When the palace man saw Qianzui coming back, he said quickly.
Qian Zui raised his eyebrows. It seemed that the princess's scolding yesterday really woke up Hui Zhaoyi. Now she is still taking medicine, and she has time to care about whether the princess has changed her clothes.
Qianzuo quickly took the plate and said with a smile, "Thank you, Empress Zhaoyi."
The palace man smiled and retreated. Qianzui took the clothes back to the inner hall. Yun Shang hadn't woken up yet. As soon as Qianzui sat down on the chair, Qinyi walked in.
Qin Yi glanced at the bed curtain that had not yet been raised, and knew that Yun Shang had not gotten up yet, so she retreated again.
Qian Zui also followed him to the door and said softly: "Why has aunt been gone for so long?"
Qin Yi smiled and said: "There were too many people, and the prince's secret guards were not enough, so I helped to interrogate those people. After that, I came back directly." Qin Yi looked into the house.
He leaned forward and said, "How did you sleep, Princess, last night?"
Qian Zui nodded: "Very good."
The two of them talked for a while, and then they saw a palace maid hurriedly walking in, "Sisters, is the princess up? Prince Rui is here and has arrived at the door. He said he was going to take the princess back to his residence."
Qinyi and Qianzui nodded in agreement and returned to the room. Qinyi stood beside the bed and softly called twice through the bed curtain: "Princess, princess, it's time to get up."
No one answered, Qinyi couldn't help but laugh. The princess's snoozing was really a bit helpless. But the prince was still waiting outside, so he didn't dare not wake up. Qinyi thought about it, and opened the door
Bed curtains.
When the bed curtain was lifted, both of them were stunned.
"Where is the princess?" Qian Zui's expression suddenly changed, he looked at the empty bed and said in shock. (To be continued)
