Yun Shang was stunned on the spot, but she happily ran towards the bed while having a drink, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, look, the little prince can leave."
Yun Shang looked at Bao'er, with some contemplation in her eyes. Bao'er blinked at Yun Shang and took another step. However, one foot was tripped by the other, and he staggered.
He almost fell off the couch. Hua'er and Qianzui quickly stepped forward to catch Bao'er, but Bao'er didn't seem to be frightened at all and still stared at Qianzui and laughed.
Yun Shang smiled, walked over and picked up Bao'er, tidied up Bao'er's clothes, and then said softly: "Your father will come back later, how about you take another one to show your father?"
Yun Shang saw that after hearing her words, Bao'er rolled his eyes slightly and smiled at Yun Shang. Yun Shang's eyes lit up slightly, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he handed Bao'er to Hua'er and said, "Noisy
It’s been a while, so let’s take him back to feed him and take a nap.”
Hua'er quickly agreed, hugged Bao'er, opened the bead curtain and walked out. Yun Shang looked at the swaying bead curtain, then turned around and said, "You guys go down first, I'll take a rest first."
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Everyone in the inner hall retreated, Yun Shang walked to the couch and sat down, with a bit of contemplation in her eyes. She had some vague guesses in her heart, but she felt that the matter was too mysterious and she was still not sure. Her treasure
, maybe a miracle will really happen.
Yun Shang sat in the palace for a while, but then she heard Qianliu's voice coming from outside, which seemed to be a bit anxious: "Your Majesty, I have something important to report."
Yun Shang raised her head and responded in a loud voice: "Come in."
Qianliu suddenly opened the beaded curtain and hurriedly walked in from the outside. He hurriedly said: "Madam, the guard who delivered the letter to Mingqian has been found."
"Huh?" Yun Shang was stunned for a moment, then remembered what Qianliu was talking about: "Where is it?"
Qianliu's face was a little solemn, and he only whispered: "Mother, he is dead. The body was found behind the rockery in the imperial garden. It seems that he has been dead for two days."
There was also surprise in Yun Shang's eyes, and she looked towards Qianliu suddenly, her expression paused for a moment, and she regained her clarity after a while, muttering to herself: "Dead?"
"Yes, Eunuch Qi, the chamberlain supervisor, has already brought people over. Recently, people have been killed one after another in the harem, which has made some people panic. Madam, I'm afraid there is something wrong with this matter." Qianliu's voice was low, with a bit of gravity.
"Since the empress came back from Lingxi City, the harem seems to have been unrest. Although only the palace and the guards died, they were easily caught by the ministers of the previous dynasty, saying that the empress was not managing the harem well."
Yun Shang nodded lightly, "Your worries are not unreasonable, but now that things have happened, this matter must be dealt with as soon as possible. I don't believe that with so many people in the palace, the deaths of Ming Qian and that guard can be completely avoided.
If there are no clues about everyone, then the person behind the plan will be a big problem for me. Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man who will pass on my will. Anyone who provides useful clues will be promoted to the rank of a palace official.
Those who are in the first-class palace will also receive an additional reward of ten taels of gold. Those who were originally first-class palace people can be promoted to the first-class palace maiden, and have the opportunity to become the associate general manager of one prison, one palace, one courtyard and six bureaus."
Qian Liu responded, saluted Yun Shang, and hurriedly retreated.
Yun Shang stood up, a stern look flashed in her eyes. The harem was now in her hands, and she would definitely not let it be messed up.
Less than half a day after the decree was promulgated, there was a clue: "Mother, the eunuch on duty in the palace once saw a palace maid walking in the imperial garden in the middle of the night on the day of the incident. After the eunuch on duty found out that day, he asked,
The palace maid ran away in a hurry, and the palace lady appeared where the body was found. The eunuch on duty said that judging from the clothes on her body, the palace lady did not seem to be an ordinary palace lady, and she should be in a position above that of a steward.
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Yun Shang nodded lightly, and not long after, someone came to report: "Madam, based on the clues, the inner chamber supervisor found out that Yu Nian, the director of the Clothing Bureau, is from the same hometown as the guard."
Fellow countryman, another fellow countryman. Yun Shang narrowed his eyes slightly, and it was Yu Nian. Yu Nian was the director of the Clothing Bureau, which was consistent with the position of steward or above mentioned by the eunuch on duty. Yun Shang remembered that someone had told him
If you pass her, she is just a wallflower.
I just don’t know if Yu Nian is involved this time. If so, which side is she on?
"Let Qi Ruihai take the jade plaque from this palace and take Yu Nian directly to the inner chamber for interrogation. And tell Qi Ruihai that when interrogating Yu Nian, just one word is fraud." Yun Shang responded softly.
Qi Ruihai was a smart man, and based on Yun Shang's words, he interrogated many things. Yu Nian confessed, bluntly saying that she had killed the guard, and that she was just doing things for Princess Li.
Concubine Li and the guard were not only from the same hometown, but also had an affair. Concubine Li, Yu Nian and the guard were all from the same hometown, and they were not favored in the harem. Their life was even worse than that of Yu Nian. The three of them were in the harem.
They were taking care of each other. As time went by, Princess Li began to have an affair with the guard.
As soon as Ming Qian died, Concubine Li was worried that her affair with the guard would be exposed, so she took action.
It happened that after the guard heard the news, he ran out and asked for help from Princess Li and Yu Nian. Concubine Li was inconvenienced in the palace, so the guard went straight to Yu Nian. Yu Nian quietly took advantage of it to help Princess Li.
Taking the opportunity to send clothes, she passed the news to Concubine Li, who then gave Yu Nian some benefits and asked her to find ways to kill the guard to silence him.
Yu Nian was worried that it was unjustifiable for someone to die in the Shangyi Bureau, so he took the guard out on the pretext that Concubine Li wanted to see the guard, tricked him into the imperial garden, and killed him. However, he was discovered by the eunuch on duty.
She thought that the body of the guard would be found the next day, but she didn't expect that it would still be a day later.
The matter involved Concubine Li, so it was no longer the role of the internal chamberlain to intervene. After hearing Qi Ruihai report the results of the interrogation one by one, Yun Shang ordered Qianzui to invite Concubine Li.
Concubine Li was only wearing plain clothes when she arrived, without any accessories.
Seeing her dress, Yun Shang understood something in her mind, so she didn't bother to beat around the bush and asked directly: "Yu Nian has confessed everything, is there anything else you want to say?"
Concubine Li smiled, her temples seemed to be much grayer, and she shook her head quietly: "I don't have anything to say. When I heard the news that Yu Nian was taken away by the chambermaid, I knew that I couldn't escape, and Yu Nian wasn't
A person who can handle things. Yes, I asked her to kill Li Nan to silence her. Oh, Li Nan was the guard. However, Mingqian's death had nothing to do with me. I just saw Mingqian dead and panicked.
Hands and feet.”
Yun Shang nodded, the matter was over, there was no need for Concubine Li to panic like this.
Yun Shang looked at Concubine Li with faint eyes, and said: "You are also confused, but I can't cover up this matter for you. There are only two things that I have to ask you for confirmation. I replied before
After the harem, Concubine Cao once came to me and said that when you were handling harem affairs on my behalf, you used my private seal to stamp a blank piece of paper, but I don’t know what the purpose was."
When Concubine Li heard what Yun Shang said, a look of doubt flashed in her eyes. She shook her head and said, "I have never done this before. Why does Concubine Cao want to slander me like this? Don't worry, I am already like this.
Naturally, there is no need to lie to your Majesty. There will definitely not be half a lie in what I say."
Yun Shang nodded, and things were pretty much what she expected.
"One more thing is, are you still in contact with the Queen Mother?" Yun Shang raised her eyes and looked at Princess Li.
Concubine Li was a little confused as to why Yun Shang asked this question, and she shook her head and said, "No, I haven't contacted the Queen Mother since she left the palace, and I don't know how to contact her."
"Oh?" Yun Shang squinted her eyes slightly, and she became more aware.
Yun Shang nodded slightly: "Okay, I understand. It's just that you instigated Yu Nian to kill people, but you have to be punished. I will order the removal of other palace servants in your palace, leaving only one personal attendant. You must not be punished."
Anyone who comes in or out of Xiangyi Palace, please just copy the scriptures behind closed doors in Xiangyi Palace. No one can leave Xiangyi Palace even half a step without my permission."
Concubine Li's face was a little pale, and she slowly bowed to Yun Shang and said in a low and inaudible voice: "Thank you, the Queen, for not killing me."
Concubine Li saluted and stood up. She staggered a little and seemed to be unsteady on her feet. After a while, she stabilized her body, took a deep breath, and exited Weiyang Palace.
Qianliu looked at Concubine Li's back and sighed, "It's a pity."
Yun Shang smiled and said, "After entering this harem, she has no way out."
Yun Shang's eyes flashed slightly, Concubine Cao, it seemed that she was behind all these things.
The truth about the death of the guard has been revealed, but there is still no clue about Ming Qian's death. Yun Shang had to come up with a plan: "Send a message to Concubine Cao and the fifteenth princess to Weiyang Palace later.
After they left, they ordered people to search their palace carefully to see if they could find the fake private seal. After a while, they arrived at Weiyang Palace and tried to wet the clothes of both mother and daughter.
Let them change their clothes in Weiyang Palace. No matter where she hides the fake private seal, I have to find it. As long as the thing is found and the physical evidence is available, there is nothing she can do about it.
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Qianliu responded softly: "I understand, slave."
Yun Shang had just finished her instructions and left after a brief drink: "Your Majesty, the secret guards found out that after the fifteenth princess left the palace, she had met the shopkeeper of the same cloth shop. The shopkeeper often collected some special fabrics from various places.
He came to Jincheng to sell, and a few days after the fifteenth princess saw him, he went to Yangliu Town. The slave girl has ordered the secret guards to intercept him..." (To be continued)
