Cao Shanxiu bent over and knelt on the ground. Yun Shang couldn't see the expression on her face, but her body was trembling slightly, whether it was fear or anger.
Yun Shang clasped her hands behind her back and smiled slightly, and said softly: "I ordered the secret guards to search the palace secretly while you were away, and asked Qianliu to wet your and Shishi's clothes on purpose, just to find the exact identity as soon as possible.
Evidence, understand this matter as soon as possible. I should not have made such a move, but I don’t like to make random guesses, and I hate being betrayed. Cao Shanxiu, do you have anything to say?"
Cao Shanxiu lowered her head and smiled bitterly, and after a while she asked in a very soft voice: "Since you know about Shi Fifteen's meeting with the fabric merchant, I'm afraid you have already sent someone to intercept the merchant, right?"
Yun Shang nodded, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth: "I will not let him enter Yangliu Town. I am afraid that the concubine's plan will come to nothing."
Cao Shanxiu raised her eyes, but her eyes were completely calm: "Does the Queen think that the Emperor will execute the Seventh Prince if he stops the cloth merchant?"
Yun Shang's eyes fell on Cao Shanxiu, and after pondering for a moment, she said: "The Supreme Emperor is kind, but I am not soft-hearted. If the Supreme Emperor refuses to do anything, I am very willing to help the Supreme Emperor. The concubine feels that I
If Gong wants Xia Houjing's life, who else can save him?"
However, Cao Shanxiu stood up and said with a bit of ridicule: "My Majesty, you won't do it either. Madam, you know why the Seventh Prince is obviously not the biological son of the Supreme Emperor, but the Supreme Emperor tolerates him everywhere, no matter how big a mistake he has made."
The incident was just a small punishment and never harmed the life of the Seventh Prince. The Queen knows that if Your Majesty wants to secure the world, she must not attack the Seventh Prince. The Queen felt that the Seventh Prince had rebelled and the Yelang Kingdom had attacked, so she
Is this the biggest crisis for the Xia Kingdom? Your Majesty is wrong. If something happens to the Seventh Prince, then the crisis for the Xia Kingdom will really come."
Cao Shanxiu's voice became louder and louder, with a sneer on her lips: "I'm afraid the queen doesn't know that the emperor tried every means to keep the seventh prince in order to stabilize the Xia Kingdom. Even, in so many years, the concubine twice
Although I went in and out of the cold palace, I still saved my life because I had something in my hands that the Supreme Emperor had always wanted. However, I would not give it to me. I felt that it was time to give the things that the Supreme Emperor had borrowed.
It’s time to return this country to its true owner.”
Yun Shang didn't know what Cao Shanxiu was talking about, but she was vaguely aware that it involved a huge secret, a secret about the Xia Kingdom.
Yun Shang's eyes flashed with blood, and she stretched out her hand as fast as lightning, grabbing Cao Shanxiu's neck in an instant.
"Concubine Cao's specious abilities are beyond my reach. She talks so mysteriously. Maybe you can come up with something that will convince me?" Yun Shang's eyes were full of coldness and she narrowed slightly.
Narrowing his eyes, he looked at Cao Shanxiu.
Cao Shanxiu was startled, and there was a hint of sweat on her forehead. However, she still clenched her teeth with a sarcastic smile on her face: "I didn't expect that the Empress is so skilled. Does the Empress think she is so good?
Catching the cloth merchant will eliminate a future trouble? Can you rest easy? The queen, the concubine, has been in this harem for more than twenty years, and she has dealt with the queen a lot recently, so naturally
I never dare to look down on you, the cloth merchant is just a bait. Although I don’t read much and am not as proficient in military arts as my queen, I am still good at hiding things."
Cao Shanxiu's face was already red from suppressing the pain, and it seemed a little difficult to even speak.
Yun Shang sneered coldly: "Oh, I'll wait and see, but I don't know if the concubine can wait until then."
Cao Shanxiu swallowed with some difficulty, then her face turned red and she forced a smile and said: "Why does the Queen need to be so angry? I would like to advise you that now is not the time to kill me. If I am gone, your Majesty will definitely do it."
You will regret it.”
Yun Shang smiled and threw Cao Shanxiu out violently. Cao Shanxiu fell on the stool behind her, her waist hit the stool, and she rolled down from the stool. It took a long time to get up from the ground.
Yun Shang snorted coldly, then raised her voice and said: "Come here, I had a very happy chat with Concubine Cao. I ordered someone to clear out a side hall and place Concubine Cao in it."
Qianliu and Qianzuo responded quickly, then took Cao Shanxiu from the left and right out of the inner hall.
Yun Shang looked at the trembling fifteenth princess, paused for a long time, and then said: "The fifteenth princess lives in Weiyang Palace, take her into the woodshed."
Peilan responded, called Qinghao, and pulled the fifteenth princess toward the door. The fifteenth princess was so frightened that tears flowed down her face, and she hurriedly shouted: "I don't know anything, I don't know anything."
.”
Yun Shang looked at him with a cold face and said nothing.
Not long after, Qianliu and Qian Zuifang came in and told them: "Your Majesty, you have been brought to the side hall. The secret guards are closely guarding you. There are also secret guards in the hall who are closely watching over you. Nothing will happen to you."
Yun Shang nodded lightly, her mind echoing Cao Shanxiu's words over and over again. She was not without doubts in her heart. According to Cao Shanxiu's intention, Xia Huanyu favored Xia Houjing, not because he was the son of Xia Chun and Cao Wenxi.
It was just because I was afraid of Xia Houjing and didn't dare to touch him.
There is a secret hidden in Xia Houjing's body, but only Cao Wenxi knows that secret. However, now Cao Wenxi may have ordered someone to bring the secret to Yangliu Town, intending to tell Xia Houjing.
The secret must involve that position in the Taiji Palace, and if Xia Houjing learns the secret, he may be able to directly seize the country.
What kind of secret is that? Xia Huanyu has been in power for thirty years, but he has never found it and has always been afraid of it. Most of the secret is related to Xia Chun and Cao Wenxi, and Liu Yinfeng is also Xia Chun and Cao Wenxi's
My son is now in Yangliu Town, will there be any changes?
Yun Shang's mind was a little confused, one after another. She originally thought that Cao Shanxiu wanted to rescue Xia Houjing because Xia Houjing was Cao Wenxi's child. But she didn't expect that there was still something else hidden after this incident.
thing.
Qian Zui looked at Yun Shang's expression and comforted her softly: "My queen, there is no need to worry too much. I feel that this matter was probably made up by Concubine Cao in order to survive. How can there be such a magical thing in this world?"
Isn’t it a joke to overthrow the world with just one secret and one thing?”
Yun Shang gently rubbed her hands, but her expression was still very solemn. After a while, she whispered softly: "I can tell whether it is true or false."
In fact, deep down in her heart, she believed Cao Shanxiu's words. After all, Xia Huanyu's behavior was too strange. Before, it was just a favor. Yun Shang only thought that he was doing it because Xia Houjing was Xia Chun's son.
That's why he showed mercy many times. But this time, Xia Huanyu clearly knew that Xia Houjing's rebellion, if it happened, would endanger Luo Qingyan's life. Luo Qingyan is the son of Xia Huanyu and Hua Ling, and Yun Chang clearly knows
She has already captured Xia Houjing, and she also promised Xia Huanyu that she would spare Xia Houjing's life. If she was simply concerned about brotherly love, with Xia Huanyu's temperament, as long as Yun Shang did not kill Xia Houjing, he should not
What is your opinion?
After all, children of siblings cannot compare to their own parents.
However, Xia Huanyu unexpectedly took Xia Houjing away from Yun Shang.
Yun Shang has never understood why Xia Huanyu is like this. If it is as Cao Shanxiu said, all Xia Huanyu's recent abnormalities will be explained.
"Whether it's true or not, I have to let Cao Shanxiu tell the truth." Yun Shang narrowed her eyes slightly and gritted her teeth.
Qian Zui responded softly and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Madam, interrogating others is the secret guard's specialty. Cao Shanxiu is just a woman, so it's no big deal."
Yun Shang shook her head: "Don't say too much, our secret guard interrogation is really good. But if the truth is what Cao Shanxiu said, she holds a secret related to the country, the country, the country, the emperor will definitely not take it easy, I guess
Well, there must be something in her that makes the Supreme Emperor afraid to kill her, but this interrogation will definitely be necessary, but since she has kept the secret to this day, I am afraid that all kinds of interrogation methods will be useless to her.
.She just needs to be sure that we don’t dare to kill her, even if we carry her to death, she won’t say anything.”
Qianliu saw that Yun Shang's face looked a little bad, so she pondered for a moment and asked softly: "Is there anything you can do?"
Yun Shang bit her lip, walked back and forth in the room several times, and then said: "We will not torture her, but only attack her heart. The fifteenth princess is her daughter. No matter how hard-hearted she is, there is absolutely no way she can do it.
You completely ignore your biological daughter. Tomorrow you will go to the prison to find some death row prisoners, and then you will look for people who have similar body parts to the fifteenth princess. Today they will have one finger, and tomorrow they will have one ear. Every day
Send something to Concubine Cao and cook it in front of her for her to eat."
Qian Zui and Qian Liu were both a little frightened when they heard what Yun Shang said. Yun Shang stretched out her hand to hold the cup on the table, her face seemed to be covered with frost, full of indifference: "Since she dares to betray, she dares to threaten me.
Your Majesty, please don’t blame me for being cruel and ruthless."
Qian Zui and Qian Liu hurriedly lowered their heads and were about to respond when they heard Luo Qingyan's voice coming from outside the door: "Why are you cruel? Our Queen is so virtuous and virtuous, how can anyone say that you are cruel."
Yun Shang waved her hand to ask Qianliu and Qianzui to retreat, and then stepped forward to take the cloak from Luo Qingyan.
Luo Qingyan saw that Yun Shang didn't look very well, and after looking at her carefully for a moment, she couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"
Yun Shang had no choice but to tell Luo Qingyan what Cao Shanxiu had just said. Luo Qingyan also fell silent after hearing the words. After a long time, he said: "I have a letter here and send it to the Supreme Emperor.
As soon as he cheated, he said, "You will kill Cao Shanxiu." (To be continued)
