The next day, Liu Yinfeng set off for Yangliu Town, but Yun Shang was still a little worried. After all, Liu Yinfeng was Xia Houjing's biological brother. Cao Wenxi worked so hard to save this child, and Liu Yinfeng had not been able to do so before.
After personally teaching you for a while, you will definitely take care of your bloodline.
"What are you thinking about?" Luo Qingyan closed the folding fan in his hand and tapped Yun Shang's head gently, "Looking at you looking absentminded, it's your turn."
Yun Shang smiled and looked at the situation on the chessboard. Her chess piece had been forced into a dead end by Luo Qingyan, with almost nowhere to survive. Yun Shang frowned, placed the piece casually, and then responded softly: "
I'm thinking about what will happen when Liu Yinfeng goes to Yangliu Town. If it doesn't get better, I will definitely lose." The weather was extremely hot, which made Yun Shang a little upset.
Yun Shang said, then stood up and sat down on the soft couch.
Luo Qingyan put the chess pieces in his hands into the chess basket, sat down next to Yun Shang, fanned Yun Shang, and said softly: "No matter what the outcome is, the current situation is beneficial to us.
of."
"What's the advantage?" Yun Shang was confused by Luo Qingyan. Why didn't she see the advantage?
Luo Qingyan gently nodded and said with a smile: "Now that Xia Huanyu and Xia Houjing are rushing to Yangliu Town, it is also an opportunity. Although the people in Liucang City who have no main responsibility will not become a piece of loose sand, they have lost their backbone after all.
And now that the foreign troubles have been resolved, it is the right time to put down Liu Cang's rebellion."
Hearing this, Yun Shang's eyes suddenly lit up: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true. Xia Huanyu just tripped up Xia Houjing."
"I have ordered the secret guards in Liucang City to coordinate with Zheng Qiming, and sent a letter to Sun Bingzhi with an eagle, ordering him to attack the city immediately, and cooperate with Zheng Qiming inside and outside, and we must capture Liucang City with lightning speed.
Let Xia Houjing never have a chance to stand up again." Luo Qingyan's face was cold, but his eyes were like an eagle that had spotted its prey.
When Yun Shang heard what Luo Qingyan said, her eyes suddenly became brighter. She stretched out her hand to pick up the tea cup on the table beside her and raised it towards Luo Qingyan. Her smile was exceptionally bright: "I am still a little short-sighted, listen.
After Xia Huanyu took Xia Houjing to Yangliu Town, he was worried that after Xia Houjing knew his life experience, he would use his life experience to make trouble, which would be detrimental to His Majesty. However, His Majesty's vision was not as far-sighted as that, and all the situations were under control.
I admire you, and I would like to offer you a drink."
Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows, reached out and took the tea cup from Yun Shang's hand, and said with a smile: "It's too insincere to use tea instead of wine? Huh?"
The last word "um" has a long ending sound, which is extremely playful.
Yun Shang naturally heard his teasing, and glared at Luo Qingyan, with a slight blush on her face: "Your Majesty, just tease me, I will definitely not be fooled again, just once or twice, that's all.
No more than three.”
Luo Qingyan raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, his eyes full of calculations.
Most of the matters in the court have now been settled, and Yun Shang can't worry about any more. Before Liu Yinfeng has heard any reply, the matter in Liu Cangcheng may not be completely resolved for a while, so Yun Shang also retracted his thoughts.
He returned his attention to the harem.
The first thing is naturally about Qi Ruihai.
"Beauty, beauty." The parrot in the palace had been chirping endlessly since the morning. Yun Shang reached out to take the rice from Qian Zui's hand and put some into the bird cage.
The parrot ate some rice, fluttered in the cage for a while, and then stood in the cage sadly and stopped talking.
Yun Shang handed the bamboo tube containing the rice to Qian Zui and whispered: "Go to the inner chamber and talk to Qi Ruihai, saying that the parrot in this palace suddenly has no energy. Most of the people in this palace don't understand."
The reason for taking care of parrots. Ask him if there is anyone in the palace who is good at raising parrots, and bring him to my palace to show me."
Qianzuo responded quickly, took the bamboo tube and retreated, walked to the small kitchen, threw the bamboo tube into the burning stove, and then ordered someone to go to the inner chamber to deliver the message.
Qi Ruihai worked very quickly. Before evening, he personally brought people to the door.
Yun Shang looked at the person Qi Ruihai had brought. He looked about thirty years old, a little fat, and could be considered stocky. Yun Shang faintly withdrew his gaze and said with a smile: "Since Manager Qi said, you
If you are good at caring for parrots, I will trust you. Have a quick drink and bring the parrots out."
Qianzui quickly responded, entered the inner hall, and took out the parrot and its cage. Yun Shang signaled Qianzui to lift the parrot in front of the man, frowning slightly and said, "Let me take a look at this parrot."
It was given to me by Your Majesty. I usually serve it with delicious food and drink. Today, I don’t know what’s going on. It looks sleepy. I am used to its croaking and haven’t heard anything all day long.
Hearing its sound, I’m still a little used to it.”
The waiter responded quickly, stepped forward and took a closer look at the parrot's eyes, ears, mouth and nose, then stretched out his hand to touch the parrot's belly, then turned his head and responded softly: "Madam, I'm afraid this parrot has eaten something that shouldn't be done"
The food you eat, my servant looks at it, is mostly wine."
"Wine?" Yun Shang blinked and turned to look at Qian Zui: "What did you feed the parrot this morning?"
Qianzui quickly responded: "It's just rice."
Yun Shang nodded slightly, then raised her eyes to look at the waiter: "Are you sure it's wine?"
"Yes." The waiter responded softly.
Yun Shang frowned and lightly knocked on the handrail, nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "I know, do you have a solution?"
The waiter quickly responded: "I would like to ask someone to give it more water, and it will be fine in a short time."
Yun Shang nodded, responded, paused, and then ordered Qianzui again: "Qianzui, please take him down. I have something that I want to talk to Manager Qi about."
Qi Ruihai was stunned for a moment, then stood quietly with his head lowered. Qian Zhui left the main hall with the waiter. Yun Shang looked at Qi Ruihai steadily, curled up the corner of his mouth and spoke: "Eunuch Qi
Do you know what I want to say to you?"
Qi Ruihai quickly shook his head, his eyes a little flustered, but he quickly calmed down, and Yun Shang laughed: "Eunuch Qi has been in charge of the internal chamberlain for so many years, so he must not be unclear about instructing the palace people to smuggle banned drugs from outside the palace.
What kind of crime is entering the palace?"
Qi Ruihai was shocked and raised his head suddenly, with a bit of surprise and disbelief in his eyes.
Yun Shang knew what he was thinking, and smiled coldly: "The evidence in my hands is conclusive, so there is no need for Eunuch Qi to defend himself."
Qi Ruihai was silent for a long time, and his voice was slightly hoarse: "How does the Queen want to deal with the slaves?"
Yun Shang's hand tapped the armrest lightly: "I want to ask, why did General Manager Qi use so many banned drugs?"
Qi Ruihai lowered his eyes, his fingers trembled slightly, and after a while he whispered softly: "The empress has also grown up in the palace since she was a child, and is no stranger to the methods in the palace. The women in the palace use sex to harm the master, and all kinds of conspiracy methods,
They are just fighting for a favor. Banned drugs can help them achieve some goals, and they will get it at any cost. Although the country has changed hands now, they no longer need to do this, but they have become addicted to those banned drugs.
, I can’t even quit.”
Yun Shang laughed and saw that Qi Ruihai's face was calm and his expression remained calm even when he told lies. He was calm in the face of danger.
"Eunuch Qi also understands the guilt of smuggling prohibited drugs into the palace."
Qi Ruihai nodded invisibly and responded in a low voice: "Death penalty."
"Yes, it's a capital crime." Yun Shang said with a smile: "But I can tell you the truth from the bottom of my heart. Among the stewards in the harem now, the one I am most optimistic about is you, Governor Qi.
I still say the same thing, if General Manager Qi can do things for me, I will pretend not to know about this matter, and I will not cut off your financial path, General Manager Qi. Now I am the only one in the harem. Qi
Manager, what do you think?"
Qi Ruihai pondered for a long time but did not respond. Yun Shang was not in a hurry and just waited quietly.
After a long while, Qi Ruihai suddenly knelt down and said, "Slave Qi Ruihai, please pay homage to the Queen."
Hearing this, Yun Shang's lips curled up, and there was a bit of a smile in her eyes: "Well, Eunuch Qi is indeed aware of current affairs. In this case, if Eunuch Qi is sincere for me, I will not treat you badly.
. But the ugly talk is ahead. What I dislike most is betrayal. If once betrayed, I will have thousands of ways to make Eunuch Qi's life worse than death. Not only Eunuch Qi, but also Eunuch Qi cares.
people."
A coldness flashed across Yun Shang's eyes, but Qi Ruihai was secretly frightened, nodded slightly, and agreed.
After Qi Ruihai left, Qian Zui walked in from the door, looked back at Qi Ruihai's back, and then said softly: "My queen, I don't understand."
Yun Shang glanced at Qian Zui. There were many people around her, but not many she could trust. Qian Zui was one of them. Although Qian Zui was more mature than before in dealing with people, she still lacked a lot. She didn't
I hope Qianzuo can grow up quickly, so he smiled and said, "Oh? Tell me, is there anything you don't understand?"
Qian Zhui stretched out his hand and made a gesture, "I don't understand two things. First, the empress could clearly order someone to invite Qi Ruihai, so why did she still find an excuse?"
Hearing this, Yun Shang looked at the parrot in the bird cage beside him and said softly: "Qi Ruihai is a smart person. If I tell him to come to Weiyang Palace to meet me without any reason, he will definitely understand that I have something up his sleeve.
, I will think of various ways to deal with it in advance. What I want is to catch him off guard so that he has no time to prepare."
Qian Zui suddenly realized, Yun Shang smiled and glanced at Qian Zui, blinked and said: "Let me guess, the second thing you don't understand is definitely why I didn't mention Concubine Wan and Concubine Wan.
What about the Nineteenth Prince?"
Qian Zui nodded several times, "The fact that Concubine Wan is Qi Ruihai's sister, and the fact that Qi Ruihai secretly brought forbidden drugs into the palace for the purpose of giving to the Nineteenth Prince, in the eyes of the slaves, these two are the only ones who came to threaten Qi Ruihai into submission."
It’s a good reason, but I didn’t mention it at all.”
Yun Shang nodded: "You are right. Judging from the situation we have now, Concubine Wan and the Nineteenth Prince are probably the people Qi Ruihai cares about most in the palace, but I only chose the lightest one to steal.
Banned drugs are brought into the palace to talk about things."
Seeing Qian Zui nodding, Yun Shang asked, "Then let me ask you, how do you think Qi Ruihai's power has been since he has been in the palace for so many years?"
"There must be quite a few." Qian Zui said without thinking.
Yun Shang nodded: "By the way, although Qi Ruihai looks calm and composed, it's just because I want to touch his bottom line. He has been looking for his sister for so many years and has done so much for Concubine Wan. It can be seen that Wan
The concubine Wan and the 19th prince are the people Qi Ruihai cares about most in the palace. If I threaten the concubine Wan and the 19th prince, I will inevitably use too much force, and Qi Ruihai will feel that the lives of those two people are at stake.
In my hands, if he desperately tries to put me to death by relying on the connections he has accumulated in the palace, it may not be possible, but this method of killing fish and chips will not benefit me, but will cause me losses.
A person who is available will also put himself in danger."
"Taifei Wan wants the Nineteenth Prince to stay away from disputes, and the pill is the key. If Qi Ruihai can't get the pill, everything he has done before will be in vain. I deliberately raised the issue of banning drugs, and Qi Ruihai would be worried that I would cut him off because of it.
The source of the banned drugs. Then I deliberately mentioned in the conditions that if he was willing to work for me, I would not stop him from taking pills from outside the palace and entering the palace. This was a great inducement for him.
"
Qian Zui listened to Yun Shang explain all the reasons in detail, and then a flash of understanding flashed in his eyes, and he nodded repeatedly: "Your Majesty, you are very clever."
Yun Shang glared at Qian Zhui, but then laughed: "Qi Ruihai must now do things for me, whether he wants it or not. In this way, many things will be much easier to handle. Clean up the harem,
You can start from the palace servants in each palace."
Qianzuo quickly responded: "I understand, slave."
While the master and servant were talking, a voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, Concubine Cao wants to see you."
Yun Shang nodded, drank a little, walked to the door, opened the door curtain, and said with a smile: "Concubine, the Queen has invited you."
With a gentle smile on her face, Concubine Cao walked in from outside and said hello to Yunshang.
"Concubine Cao doesn't need to be so polite." Yun Shang asked Qianzui to move a stool for Cao Shanxiu to sit down. Then she raised her eyes and looked at Cao Shanxiu and said, "Concubine Cao looks pretty good."
When Cao Shanxiu heard this, she laughed and said, "Thanks to the good teachings of the empress, during the recent period, on the 15th, I followed my grandma in the palace to learn female beauty, read books and practice the piano, and my behavior has become much gentler and more mature. I am a bitch.
I feel relieved a lot.”
"The fifteenth princess is not a stubborn and unteachable person, and she is also kind-hearted. With more guidance, she will be an excellent daughter. By the way, I previously said that I would choose a consort for the fifteenth princess. Some time ago, because of the spirit
The Xi incident has also been delayed. I ordered someone to compile a list of some people of suitable age in the court, including their portraits and birthdays. Later I will ask Qian Zui to sort them out and send them to your palace." Yun Shang smiled.
typical.
When Cao Shanxiu heard this, she looked very happy. She quickly laughed and said, "Thank you, Queen."
After thanking her, Cao Shanxiu raised her eyes and glanced at Yun Shang, pondered for a moment, and then said: "There is something, I don't know if I have overthought it, but I am also afraid that if I don't report it to the empress, something bad will happen.
"
Seeing her expression, Yun Shang raised an eyebrow and said, "I didn't think you were such a timid person before? What is it? Tell me."
Cao Shanxiu nodded, and then said softly: "Some time ago, the empress was not in the palace, and I and Concubine Li were cooperating in the affairs of the harem. Concubine Li accidentally discovered that Concubine Li was using the empress to drink with Qin Yi.
When the girl took the empress's private seal in her hand, she quietly stamped a few seals on a few pieces of white paper. The concubine didn't know what the purpose of doing this was, but after all, the empress's private seal was also involved in a wide range of things.
I’m afraid something is wrong.”
"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Yun Shang raised her eyebrows and turned to look at Qian Zui. The confusion on Qian Zui's face didn't look like she was pretending, which showed that she really didn't know about it, but Princess Li didn't know martial arts.
, and Yun Chang issued an order that Princess Li and Concubine Cao must use her private seal only when Concubine Li, Concubine Cao, Qinyi and Qianzuo are together.
If the concubine could hide it from Qian Zui and Qin Yi, how could she be discovered by Cao Shanxiu?
Yun Shang was thinking secretly in her heart, but she didn't show anything on her face. (To be continued)
