"Continue to follow, and follow closely. The Supreme Emperor has been immersed in the harem of the previous dynasty for more than thirty years. He will not expect someone to follow him. There is something fishy about this matter. He deliberately walked northwest, and it is very likely that he is misleading us.
Then they will think of ways to get rid of our people." Yun Shang raised his eyes slightly and ordered softly.
"Yes." Qian Zhui responded, quietly sizing up Yun Shang's face, and then opened his mouth slightly and said, "Madam, the weather is quite good today, why not go for a walk?"
Yun Shang was a little strange, her eyes moved to Qian Zui's face, and she said with a faint smile: "With your guilty look, I can tell at a glance that you have a premeditated plan. Tell me, what is going on?"
When Qian Zui heard what Yun Shang said, she stuck out her tongue and couldn't help but laugh: "I still can't hide it from your Majesty. Your Majesty ordered your servants to persuade your Majesty to go out for a walk. He said that there was a brazier burning in the house all day long.
Although I occasionally open the window to let some air in, it's still a bit stuffy. My wife has just recovered from a serious illness and she should walk outside more often."
Hearing this, Yun Shang raised the corner of her mouth: "If you want me to go out for a walk, just say so. Why do you have to be so timid? People will look at you and think you are hiding something from me. I just said
I'm still thinking, maybe you have a crush on a certain man and you're too embarrassed to say it."
Qian Zui's face turned red when he heard this, and he stamped his feet and said, "Your Majesty, you know how to tease me."
Yun Shang laughed, stood up and said, "Then let's go for a walk." Just as he was about to walk outside, he saw himself in the bronze mirror wearing pink clothes, but his hair was just pulled up casually.
She naturally followed the path that made her feel comfortable in the dormitory, but it was inappropriate to go out like this. Yun Shang turned around and said to Qian Zuo: "Give me a bun."
Yun Shang sat down in front of the bronze mirror. After a brief drink, she walked up behind Yun Shang and gave Yun Shang a flying bun: "What kind of hair accessory do you want, your Majesty?"
"You can do it as you see fit." Yun Shang raised her eyes to look at the man in the glasses and responded casually.
Qian Zhui nodded, opened the coffin, and said softly: "Then the hairpin with phoenix wings that the Queen Mother gave to the empress before I gave it to the empress. That hairpin is exquisitely made and lifelike. It looks good on the empress. Wear it again."
One step."
After Yun Shang heard what Qian Zui said, she remembered that Hua Ling had indeed given her a hairpin with phoenix wings spread out before, with a note inside. Yun Shang thought about it and nodded: "It's just a hairpin."
One hairpin is enough."
Qian Zui agreed, and after rummaging through the coffin for a long time, he frowned: "Hey, why is that hairpin missing? I saw it when I was dressing up my empress years ago."
"Gone?" Yun Shang frowned, "It was placed in the coffin in the inner hall, so how could it be missing?"
Qian Zui was also a little strange: "And all the things that the queen will come into contact with in this dormitory are taken care of by slaves, Peilan and Qinghao. Other than that, they have never passed through other people's hands. Why?
meeting……"
Yun Shang was silent for a moment and then said: "There are many secret guards inside and outside Weiyang Palace. Who can steal a hairpin from this coffin quietly? Take a look and see if there are other things missing?
"
Qianzuo quickly poured out everything in the coffin and counted it carefully before shaking his head: "Only the hairpin is missing."
Yun Shang found it even more unbelievable. Not only were all the jewelry in her coffin priceless, but they were all extraordinary. Why did she steal only that one? And that hairpin was the pattern of a phoenix spreading its wings.
Yes, the phoenix is the symbol of the queen. Even if you take it, you don't dare to wear it easily.
Qian Zui bit her lip and was silent for a long time before saying, "I will check later to see who has entered this dormitory recently."
But Yun Shang suddenly remembered that after Yun Shang got back the phoenix-winged hairpin, she only used it once. After taking the hairpin back from Queen Hua, Luo Qingyan saw it.
Yan personally took the hairpin and tied it for her. Later, by some strange combination of circumstances, he found the note that Hua Ling had hidden inside.
Then, that hairpin...
Yun Shang frowned and thought carefully. She remembered that after reading the note that day, she stuffed the note into the hairpin and put the hairpin beside her pillow. She thought briefly about why this happened.
Said, Shang saw it in the coffin years ago?
"I remember that I wore that hairpin once the day I got it back, and then put it next to the pillow. Did you put it in the coffin?" Yun Shang raised her head softly and asked Qian Zui.
Qian Zui was stunned for a moment, but then he shook his head and said, "I'm not a slave. I saw that the hairpin was in the coffin. Could it be that Sister Qinyi saw it when she was cleaning the bed and put it in the coffin?"
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Yun Shang did not respond and had another question: "And that hairpin, when I took it from Queen Hua, it was in a box. No one else had seen it. Who told you that the hairpin was a gift from Queen Hua?
For me?"
Qian Zui tilted his head and thought for a moment before saying, "It's Pinellia ternata."
"Panxia?" Yun Shang frowned. Banxia was the palace maid who was found dead in the side hall the year before last. Yun Shang felt that her death should be at the hands of Xia Huanyu.
Qianzui nodded and said: "One day, the servant was cleaning the hairpin in the coffin. When she saw the hairpin, she was still amazed that the hairpin with the wings of a phoenix was very exquisite. The empress would definitely look good wearing it. Banxia walked in,
When he saw the hairpin, he said to his slave, it seems that the Queen Mother really likes the Queen Mother very much. This hairpin was given to the Queen Mother by the Supreme Emperor, and the Queen Mother actually gave it to the Queen Mother."
Yun Shang believed in Qian Zui, and when she heard what she said, she also frowned: "If I remember correctly, Ban Xia has never served the Queen Mother, right?"
"Ban Xia was serving the Fourteenth Princess before. Later, after the Fourteenth Princess drowned, she has been doing some cleaning work in the palace where the Fourteenth Princess lived. She has never been around the Queen Mother." Qian Zhui.
Responded softly.
Hearing this, Yun Shang narrowed her eyes: "You have been serving the Queen Mother before. Do you know that this hairpin was given to the Queen Mother by the Supreme Emperor?"
Qian Zui shook his head, his eyes blank: "After the Queen Mother entered the palace, she was very favored. At that time, the Supreme Emperor would send many things to Weiyang Palace every day, ranging from various vases and ornaments to small clothes, jade pendants and jewelry. There were countless things.
, how could this slave notice such a small thing."
Yun Shang nodded: "That's the problem."
"Before I entered the palace, you were always waiting by the Queen Mother's side, but you didn't know that the hairpin with phoenix wings spread was given to the Queen Mother by the Supreme Emperor. But she, a person who has never served by the Queen Mother's side, seemed to know everything.
It's as clear as day." Yun Shang's eyes gradually turned cold.
"Could it be that Banxia took that hairpin? But Banxia is already dead." Qian Zui whispered.
Yun Shang was silent for a long time, then sighed softly and said: "Yes, he is dead."
Yun Shang frowned, feeling a little uneasy in her heart. She didn't care about the hairpin. Others might not be able to understand the note in the hairpin, but what she was worried about was that the hairpin was missing now, in case it fell into the hands of someone with intentions.
I don't know what kind of trouble it will cause.
"Where Banxia used to live, and all her belongings, search carefully and see if you can find the hairpin." After Yun Shang ordered a brief drink, he sighed and said, "Let's change the hairpin.
"
Qian Zui agreed and took three identical Xiangyun white jade hairpins and gave them to Yun Shang. Yun Shang stood up and was about to go out. As soon as she reached the bead curtain, she saw Peilan opening the bead curtain and walking in.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Li would like to see you."
Yun Chang was startled. She remembered that Princess Li had come to see her twice since she entered the palace, but she was rejected both times because Yun Chang had no time to spare. She didn't expect that Princess Li would
He is truly a persistent person.
Yun Shang opened the bead curtain and walked out, and saw a woman sitting on a chair on the left side of the main hall. Although she was a concubine, the woman's appearance was very well maintained, and she looked like she was in her twenties.
She has a beautiful appearance and exquisite makeup, and everything she wears, whether it is clothes or jewelry, can be considered exquisite.
Seeing Yun Shang come out, Princess Li quickly stood up and said, "Greetings to the Queen."
Yun Shang hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and said with a smile: "Concubine Li, there is no need to be polite. After all, I should call you my concubine."
Concubine Li hurriedly said: "I don't think so. I don't think so."
Yun Shang smiled slightly, walked to the chair and sat down, then raised her eyes and looked at Concubine Li with a smile: "I heard that Concubine Li had come to Weiyang Palace several times before, but every time it was very unlucky and she couldn't.
Meet Princess Oriole."
Concubine Li quickly said: "It's my fault."
Yun Shang just smiled quietly and did not answer, secretly guessing in her heart what Concubine Li meant when she came now. Concubine Li was originally just a concubine in the harem, but it was only after Hua Ling entered the palace that she became a concubine.
She was named Concubine Xian, one of the four concubines. Not long after, Xia Huanyu abdicated the throne, and Concubine Xian became Concubine Li.
Concubine Li saw that Yun Shang had not spoken, so she spoke hesitantly: "I heard that the Supreme Emperor and the Queen Mother went out of the palace to travel..."
When Yun Shang heard this, she smiled. She would never believe that Concubine Li would not know the exact information about this matter. Although Xia Huanyu and Hua Ling's departure from the palace was not widely publicized, it was not
To hide it, women who have stayed in the palace, especially women who once had a low status, must be extremely keen on this information: "Yes, this is indeed the case."
When Concubine Li heard this, her expression changed, and she quickly said: "Well, how could it be like this? Previously, the Queen Mother specially asked me to help investigate a matter, but now that the Queen Mother has left the palace, I am like this.
Who should I report to?"
When Yun Shang heard what Concubine Li said, she basically guessed her plan. Ganqing wanted to find a proper backer in the harem and found her here. (To be continued)
