"Has the fifteenth princess been out of the palace recently?" Yun Shang glanced sideways at Qian Zuo, with some doubts in her eyes.
Qian Zui nodded and said softly: "The fifteenth princess will go out of the palace on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month to burn incense and pray for blessings in the temple outside the city. Because she is a princess, the guards at the palace gate usually don't interfere."
"On the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, you go to the temple to offer incense and pray for blessings? Ha..." Yun Shang's lips curled up slightly, but there was a bit of coldness in her eyes, "The character and temperament of the fifteenth day is not like someone who has this habit. Send someone to the palace gate to inquire.
Ask her if she has always had this habit or if she just developed it recently."
Qian Zui quickly agreed, and Yun Shang turned her eyes and said calmly: "When I inquired about whether any of the two palaces had been out of the palace recently, I forgot that Fifteen. Fifteen can freely enter and leave the palace, and Cao Shanxiu can also do so.
It may be that the fifteenth princess is conveying the news to the outside world. This offering of incense and praying is mostly a cover. When you leave the palace to offer incense, you can meet Mingqian's brother who was chased by people in the gambling house and saved. How could there be such a coincidence?
matter."
However, there is still something unclear about Yun Shang. Logically speaking, even if Concubine Cao might find a way to help the Seventh Prince because of Xia Houjing's biological mother, why would she try so hard to win over Concubine Li?
Palace people. If Xia Huanyu was still the emperor, it would be understandable that he was trying to get in the way of Concubine Li to compete for favor. But now there is no such thing as competing for favor between the two of them, and they have no son. Mrs. Cao
Why did the concubine go through so much trouble to deal with Concubine Li?
At first, Concubine Cao said that when Concubine Li was handling harem affairs for Yun Chang, she took the opportunity to print Yun Chang's private seal on a blank piece of paper and took her away quietly. The result of this incident was that Yun Chang
Pay special attention to Princess Oriole.
Then, Mingqian delivered a family letter to the guard of the Imperial Guard on behalf of Concubine Li, but was discovered by the secret guard. Judging from the clues now available, it is most likely that Mingqian deliberately took the opportunity to instigate this matter.
Do.
After that, although Yun Shang received the news from the secret guard, he did not move. Then, Ming Qian suddenly died in his room. Looking at the scene, he seemed to have committed suicide. And in Ming Qian's room,
Those damaged letter fragments were on the same paper, but it looked like there were two copies. The first one seemed to be Hua Ling's instructions to Concubine Li. Judging from the content of the letter fragments, it seemed that Hua Ling said that Yun Shang was infertile.
, I want to choose a concubine for Luo Qingyan. The second copy only has half a private seal, but I don’t know what it is.
Yun Shang narrowed her eyes slightly. Ming Qian's death came three days after she secretly delivered the letter.
Yun Shang went over the matter carefully, but felt that it seemed that Concubine Cao was secretly manipulating the matter just to attract Yun Shang's attention.
Just as Yun Shang was thinking about it, another secret guard came back to report: "Madam, a seal carving shop in a relatively remote alley in the west of the city said that someone had privately carved this seal. The time was the first day of July, and the person who came was...
The woman looks like a maid. She is wearing pink clothes, and the fabric of the clothes is better. The shop owner said that because he could not read the words on the seal, he remembered it more deeply. "
"The first day of July." Yun Shang's voice became slightly louder and she repeated the time.
Qian Zui, who was standing next to Yun Shang, rolled his eyes and said quickly: "My Lady, the first day of the Lunar New Year is the day when the fifteenth princess comes out of the palace to offer incense and pray for blessings."
Yun Shang nodded lightly: "Yes, what a coincidence."
"This slave will ask someone to draw a portrait of the fifteenth princess and give it to the secret guards, so that they can check where the fifteenth princess has appeared since she left the palace recently." Qianzuo said quickly.
Yun Shang laughed when he heard this: "However, I have made a lot of progress."
Qian Zuo ran out of the inner hall with a smile on her face, and happened to meet Qian Liu walking in from the outside. Seeing her expression, Qian Liu asked with a smile: "What are you so happy about?"
Qianzui smiled and told Qianliu what had happened, and then told Qianzui: "There is no one in the inner hall now, you should go in and wait."
Qian Liu responded, opened the bead curtain and walked in.
Yun Shang raised her eyes and looked down, then lowered her head when she saw it was Qian Liu, holding the fragment with the private seal in her hand. Seeing this, Qian Liu was silent for a moment, and then said: "The queen is still thinking about Princess Li.
That case?”
Yun Shang gently nodded, put the fragment back into his sleeve with a smile, and said softly: "There is one key point that I have not thought through. Cao Shanxiu gave birth to so many little Jiujiu just to help a bunch of Xia Houjing, but why did she save Xia Houjing?
I have to frame Princess Li, but Princess Li has no influence on Cao Shanxiu in this matter."
Qianliu thought for a while and then said softly: "I wonder if Concubine Cao wants to do something, but is afraid of being discovered by the empress, so she uses this method to divert the empress' attention first.
Let the empress concentrate on investigating the matter of Princess Li, and she can take the opportunity to do what she wants to do."
Yun Shang turned his head slightly, his eyes fell on Qian Liu, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
Qianliu lowered his head slightly and said softly: "This slave is just talking nonsense, I don't need to pay attention to it. I just came back from Princess Li's Palace. Although I am not very good at investigating cases, I found some interesting things."
"Oh? Tell me." Yun Shang said softly.
"There are very few things in Princess Li's palace, and there are almost nothing except the necessary ones. There are no more than five sets of hairpins and jewelry in Princess Li's coffin. Moreover, Princess Li seems to believe in Buddhism, and there are almost no items on the bookshelves.
They are all scriptures, but there are no Buddha statues enshrined in the palace, and Buddhist beads are never twisted in their hands." Qianliu responded softly, with a bit of confusion in his eyes.
Yun Shang had been listening quietly, and after Qianliu finished speaking, she said: "It is indeed strange. Although Princess Li was not favored before, it was not to this point. According to the regulations in the palace, every year spring, summer, autumn and winter are different.
The masters of each palace have jewelry to serve them. It’s just that their positions are different, and their quantity and style are different.”
"Yes, even though I have just entered the palace, I still feel very strange." Qianliu said softly.
Yun Shang nodded slightly and sighed: "I don't think these matters on Princess Li's side are too important, because most of them should be Cao Shanxiu's hands and feet, but Cao Shanxiu's side, I
But I’m a little confused.”
"The slave heard that the queen suspected that the fifteenth princess went to carve the queen's private seal privately?" Qianliu asked softly.
Yun Shang nodded lightly, "Yes, most of the private seal fragments found in Mingqian's room were stamped with the fake seal."
Qianliu tilted her head and thought for a while, then said with some doubts: "Your Majesty, I have something unclear."
"What's the matter?" Yun Shang looked at Qian Zui.
Qianliu bit her lip and asked, "The empress's private seal is basically only used to deal with some unimportant matters in the inner palace. So even if Concubine Cao carved the seal privately, what's the use of it?"
?The empress said that Cao Shanxiu wants to help the Seventh Prince, can the empress’ private seal be helpful in this matter?"
Yun Shang was stunned by Qianliu's question. After pondering for a long time, she said: "Sometimes, if I need to give some secret orders or deal with some things that are inconvenient to put on the table, I will use
Private seal."
Yun Shang spoke very slowly. After a while, he narrowed his eyes and said softly: "Is this what Cao Shanxiu wants to do?"
Hearing this, Qianliu quickly responded: "I feel that your Majesty can't just focus on this palace or this Jincheng. Since your Majesty feels that Cao Shanxiu wants to help the Seventh Prince, then
It must be for the Seventh Prince, who is now in the hands of the Supreme Emperor, in Yangliu Town. I feel that regardless of whether Cao Shanxiu really wants to do this, the Queen should be on guard."
Yun Shang listened to Qianliu's words, nodded repeatedly, and pondered for a moment before saying: "Yes, you are right, I must guard against Cao Shanxiu trying to reach out to Yangliu Town."
Yun Shang suddenly raised her head: "Send a message to the hidden stakes in the city near Yangliu Town, and keep an eye on the movements in Yangliu Town. Those who investigate the movements of the fifteenth princess should be more careful, paying special attention to who she has met, and whether she has seen anyone recently.
I’m going to Yangliu Town.”
Qian Liu responded one by one.
"Your Majesty, may you be blessed." The voice of greetings from the palace came from outside. Yun Shang recovered her thoughts, stood up, and saw Luo Qingyan walking in. Luo Qingyan was followed by Liu Wen'an and several chamberlains. There were several people behind him.
After saluting Yun Shang, Yun Shang waved his hands lightly, looked at the oranges on the plates held by the waiters, and smiled and said, "Are the oranges ripe?"
Luo Qingyan nodded lightly and said with a smile: "Liu Yinfeng bought this on the road. He said it was very sweet. He ordered people to work hard and deliver a box back."
As Luo Qingyan said this, he casually took one from the plate and handed it to Yun Shang, "Here, try it."
Yun Shang took it with a smile. The orange was yellow and orange and very beautiful. Yun Shang peeled it off and ate a piece. Fang nodded and said with a smile: "It's quite sweet. I thought Liu Yinfeng would be anxious."
I'm on my way, but I don't want to think about buying oranges."
Luo Qingyan smiled, took an orange, ordered the servant to put the things on the table, and asked them to leave, and then said softly: "It's just a sacrifice to the ancestors, not in a hurry."
Yun Shang paused her hands slightly, looked at Luo Qingyan, and then her eyes fell on Liu Wen'an. After pondering for a moment, she nodded and said, "Yes."
Luo Qingyan ate an orange before lowering his voice and saying, "You have to think of a name to deal with the ghost doctor thing."
Yun Shang nodded and then remembered that the ghost doctor was still in the prison. She had been busy with these trivial matters recently and had forgotten about it.
Luo Qingyan added: "By the way, the ghost doctor hasn't treated Chengye yet. Although he said the chance is very small, it's not completely impossible. It's just that you can't go to Tianlao with Bao'er, so you should make careful arrangements.
Let’s make arrangements and see how we can get the ghost doctor to take Bao’er’s pulse.”
Yun Shang responded in a low voice, bit her lip, and then said: "Where are my father and mother and concubine? When can they arrive in Jincheng?"
Luo Qingyan calculated the time and responded softly: "There are still about ten days left to make an appointment."
Hearing this, Yun Shang nodded, thinking about Bao'er in her heart, and her mood became a little low. (To be continued)
