As soon as Wang Jinhuan and the others left, Yun Chang was free and remembered that Princess Tai'an was still in a private prison in the palace. The sudden visit of Xia Huanyu and Queen Hua yesterday made her almost forget about this trouble.
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As soon as Qin Yi returned to the house, Yun Shang ordered Qin Yi to call the secret guards to bring Princess Tai'an up.
I don’t know what kind of torture she suffered in the private prison these two days, but the torture tools of the secret guards are always endless. You can see the good and bad from the condition of Princess Tai’an. Princess Tai’an is completely different from the day before.
He was pampered at that time, as if he had aged several years, his face was gray, his eyes were black and blue, and his whole body was trembling slightly.
As soon as the secret guard let go of her, she fell to the ground as if she had no bones. When she looked up and saw Yun Shang, she seemed to be frightened and took a few steps back: "Don't come over, don't come over.
Don't use torture anymore, I will punish you all."
Yun Shang slowly raised the corners of her lips and said softly: "Princess Tai'an designed to frame me this time. I wonder who instigated her?"
"Concubine Shen Shu, Concubine Shen Shu..." Princess Tai'an said quickly, curling up into a ball, "Concubine Shen Shu said that no matter how the Xia Kingdom changes, at least the descendants of our Xia family should inherit that position, not a wild man of unknown origin.
He also said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was harmed by Prince Rui, and Prince Rui also wanted to harm the Seventh Prince. He asked me if I could choose one of the Seventh Prince and Prince Rui to join me, who would I choose? Naturally, I would choose the Seventh Prince.
, the prince and I are in love with each other."
Although she knew that Princess Tai'an was talking about the former prince, Yun Shang still couldn't help but frown.
Princess Tai'an seemed to be in a state of confusion as she continued to ramble: "Before, she asked me to play with the little princesses in the palace more often, and then asked Princess Qianling to put poison into your food. Who would have thought of Qianling?"
The princess disappeared unexpectedly. I was listening to a play at the theater that day, and she asked someone to come to me and said that our opportunity had come."
Yun Shang had heard about Princess Tai'an being poisoned before. After the Queen Mother went there, her temperament changed a lot. She often played with the little princess and the princes, but she never thought that she would have such an idea.
As for the day she was talking about, it must have been the day Yun Shang said she wanted to stay at Xiangzhu Hall.
In this way, Concubine Shen Shu had known about the tunnel in the palace for a long time, so she asked the spy in Xiangzhu Palace to bring Yun Shang to the dormitory where the accident occurred.
"Did Concubine Shen Shu tell you about that tunnel, or did you know about it before?" Yun Shang asked with a frown.
Princess Tai'an shrank back, as if she was extremely afraid of her, and answered after a while: "It was Concubine Shen Shu. Concubine Shen Shu told me. She said that she used to be the secret guard of the emperor's brother, and often entered and exited the palace through the tunnels in the palace.
The imperial brother was doing business and knew the tunnels in the palace very well, so I went with her for a walk, and sure enough, the tunnels led to the palace."
"Why did she ask you to take me to the ice cellar?" Yun Shang's eyes turned cold and she looked at Tai'an steadily.
Hearing this, Tai'an laughed a little weirdly: "She didn't ask me to take you to the ice cellar, I took you there myself. I thought, since it was Prince Rui who harmed the prince, he harmed me.
Having lost the one he loves, I naturally want to let him experience the feeling of losing the one he loves."
"Even Concubine Shen Shu didn't know that tunnel. It was used for our tryst when the prince and I were together. I took you quietly into the ice cellar. I wanted to kill you directly, but I heard footsteps.
I didn't have time to kill you, so I threw you down in a hurry and hid aside. I didn't expect Liu Yinfeng to be following me, but I was afraid that he would rescue you, so I simply took that authentic person away.
The secret door is blocked, and you two are locked inside."
As Tai'an spoke, he suddenly raised his head and stared at Yun Shang, with a bit of malice in his eyes: "After I finished doing these things, I was afraid that Concubine Shen Shu or the Seventh Prince would come to me to accuse me, so Concubine Shen Shu ordered me to
Just lock you up. I thought you were dead at that time, so I quickly packed up my things and fled out of the city. In the end, I was captured..."
Tai'an lowered his head and smiled, and then continued: "Who knew you were so lucky that you were found so quickly? You were frozen in the ice cellar for so long and nothing happened, and you even gave birth to your son smoothly.
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When Yun Shang heard this, she laughed coldly, "You keep saying that you like the former crown prince Xia Houyan, but you don't even know that the real murderer of Xia Houyan was the seventh prince. You are really extremely ignorant."
Tai'an shrank back again, "You are talking nonsense. When the prince was alive, he was very caring to the seventh prince, and the seventh prince also respected the prince very much."
"I, Ning Yunshang, don't have any other merits, but I still dare to admit the things I have done. Besides, you are now in my hands, why should I lie to you?" Yunshang sneered,
He glanced at Tai'an again.
"But whether you believe it or not is of little use to me. I have never been merciful to people who tried every means to touch me, and this time you almost caused me to lose the child in my belly. For this reason
, I will be liquidated no matter what."
Yun Shang said, looking at Tai'an with pity: "Your former Crown Prince was in the Ningguo Heavenly Prison, and was plotted by the Seventh Prince and Cang Jue Qingsu together. He was confused by the Buddha's incense, and was burned alive.
I heard that if two lovers die in the same way, they can meet each other underground. Since you miss him so much, why don't I help you and let you go down and be reunited with him."
After saying that, without waiting for Tai'an's reaction, he raised his eyes and shouted in a loud voice: "Come here, it's a hot and dry day. There's a fire in Princess Tai'an's mansion. Why don't you put out the fire quickly?"
The secret guard responded quickly and dragged the pale-faced Princess Tai'an out of the house. Only this time, Princess Tai'an did not yell or make any more noise, and was unusually quiet.
When Luo Qingyan returned home, Yun Shang was taking a nap with Bao'er in her arms. Bao'er was well-behaved. He had already woken up, but he didn't make any noise. He just bit his finger silently. He saw Luo Qingyan staring at him.
, he smiled and clapped his hands, looking very happy. Seeing Luo Qingyan still looking at him, he simply stretched out his hand, as if asking for a hug.
Luo Qingyan looked at him steadily for a long time, then slowly looked away, with a bit of coldness in his eyes.
Seeing this, Bao'er pursed his lips, as if he was about to cry. However, Luo Qingyan just pretended that he had not seen it, turned around and left the house... Then, Bao'er's crying came from the house.
Luo Qingyan paused, but still didn't look back.
When it was time for dinner, a maid came to invite him, and Luo Qingyan returned to Nanyuan. Seeing that Yun Shang had already sat at the table, and Bao'er and the nanny were missing, Luo Qingyan's face calmed down a little, and she walked to
Sat down at the table.
Yun Shang didn't know what happened in the afternoon, so she chatted with Luo Qingyan while the maid was placing the dishes and chopsticks, "Did Queen Hua encounter any obstacles when she returned to the palace?"
Luo Qingyan shook his head, with a hint of deep thought in his eyes: "Your Majesty seems to have made up his mind to restore Queen Hua to the throne this time. When you return to the palace today, Your Majesty did not let Queen Hua go back first.
The harem, instead, took Queen Hua directly to the Tai Chi Hall."
There was a look of surprise on Yun Shang's face that could not be concealed. The Taiji Hall was where the courtiers went to court in the morning. Xia Huanyu acted like this because he wanted to block everyone in the court from talking. But Yun Shang knew it without guessing.
, today when the courtiers saw Empress Hua and Xia Huanyu going to court together, their expressions must have been wonderful.
"And in our palace, His Majesty asked Queen Hua to change into a phoenix crown and robe. When His Majesty took Queen Hua into the Taiji Hall today, the courtiers didn't know how to salute Queen Hua." Luo Qingyan
He squinted his eyes, with a hint of subtlety in his eyes, "It's just that your Majesty should have made arrangements in advance. Before all the ministers stood up after saluting, your Majesty first commended Duke Hua for his contribution to resisting the enemy this time and rewarded him with many things.
, and then directly issued the decree to seal the queen."
Hearing what Luo Qingyan said, Yun Shang felt a little regretful that she was not there. It was a rare scene in a hundred years.
"No one stood up to oppose?" Yun Shang was a little confused.
"Objection?" Luo Qingyan curled her lips when he heard this, "The old officials in the court must all be very aware of how favored Empress Hua was back then. To stand up and oppose it would be tantamount to insulting His Majesty's face. Moreover,
I have just been crowned a prince, and the Duke of Hua was heavily rewarded just a moment ago. Who dares to stand up and make irresponsible remarks at this juncture? Even if he wants to say something, he can only come down and make secrets quietly, but the imperial decree has been issued on this matter.
Your Majesty, if you want your majesty to take back your life with just a word and a whip, it will be difficult."
Hearing this, Yun Shang had to sigh: "Ginger is still spicy when it's old."
She had laid so much groundwork for Empress Hua's return, but she could not resist Xia Huanyu's thunderous tactics, and she decided on the title of Empress Hua with lightning speed.
After the imperial edict was issued, the ceremony for conferring the title of empress was not yet on the agenda, but the Prince's Mansion was already bustling with people.
Yun Shang was still in confinement, so she refused them all. However, many people just left gift boxes at the door and left in a hurry. Yun Shang did not refuse, and ordered people to collect all the ownerless things.
He picked it up, sorted it out one by one, and asked Luo Qingyan to find an opportunity and donate it to the national treasury.
In the past few days, Jincheng has been very peaceful, except for the sudden fire that broke out in Princess Tai'an's mansion that day, and Princess Tai'an died in the crowd. It's just that Princess Tai'an has always been domineering, and this happened in Jincheng
After a few days of chatting after dinner, things gradually calmed down.
But the peace didn't last for a few days before something happened.
A plague broke out outside Jincheng and spread to Jincheng. Qin Tianjian concluded that this phenomenon was caused by a disaster star falling on Xia Kingdom, and the disaster star moved into Jincheng, causing trouble. All of them
All signs point directly to Queen Hua, who has just returned to the palace. (To be continued)
