Eight-year-old Princess: Phoenix Reborn

Yunshang narrowed her eyes and looked at Yuqin. Although there was a bit of disgust in her expression when she mentioned Concubine Liu, she did not dodge. I am afraid that what Yuqin said was not false, but this matter is true. Was it Concubine Liu's doing? Yun Shang pondered for a moment before asking: "Did the Supreme Emperor always obey Concubine Liu back then?"

But Yuqin shook her head: "The Supreme Emperor is kind to Concubine Liu, but he is definitely not obedient. At that time, Concubine Liu was not the only concubine who was favored. Concubine Yun Gui and Concubine Shen Shu of Yunqi Palace , and Concubine Wang De, Concubine Liu, the four of them were almost evenly divided in the harem back then. The Supreme Emperor was a little cold towards Concubine Liu, and even sometimes the servants felt a little cold. But..."

Yuqin paused slightly, frowned, and thought for a long time before saying: "However, the Supreme Emperor's attitude has changed after Concubine Liu became pregnant, and he treats Concubine Liu much better than before. She is always the only one, and even the empress feels a little jealous. Moreover, Concubine Liu has had two pregnancies before, both of which had miscarriages. Concubine Liu has always felt that someone is secretly dealing with her. But the seventh prince pregnant During the period, it was very smooth, and almost nothing happened."

Yunshang squinted her eyes. From Yuqin's words, Yunshang could know a few pieces of information. Xia Huanyu attached great importance to Concubine Liu's child, and Concubine Liu was able to keep that child, most likely because of Xia Huanyu Huan Yu secretly used methods to protect the seed in Concubine Liu's stomach.

However, Concubine Liu had two pregnancies before and Xia Huanyu was not there to protect her. This shows that the reason why Concubine Liu was protecting the child in Concubine Liu's belly was not because she liked Concubine Liu.

So why? Yunshang's eyes were full of doubts, and remembering what Wen Po's husband said, she hurriedly said: "Do you still remember that during the time when Concubine Liu gave birth, were there other people in the palace who were pregnant and about to give birth?"

Yuqin shook her head, thought for a while, then shook her head again: "No, this servant remembers that there were no other concubines who were pregnant and giving birth in the palace at that time."

"Maybe, it's not the concubine." Yun Shang quickly added.

Yuqin was stunned for a moment, her eyes were filled with doubts, as if she didn't understand the meaning of Yunshang's words, she thought for a long time, then shook her head, and after a while, she spoke hesitantly with points: " There must be no concubines or court ladies, but..."

Yunshang raised her eyes to look at Yuqin, Yuqin thought for a while, and then said: "The queen mother said that other people were pregnant and giving birth, but the servant girl suddenly remembered that a strange thing happened in the palace at that time, it was a woman in the palace. One of the servants in the low-ranking talented palace had a strange disease, and his stomach grew very big, and the servants and other palace people talked about it in private at that time, saying that his stomach looked like a woman who was about to give birth."

After finishing speaking, Yuqin hurriedly said: "This servant just heard the empress ask about this matter, suddenly thought of it, and mentioned it casually. By the way, not long afterward, this servant thinks about it, it should be Concubine Liu who gave birth to seven A few months after the lord, the servant heard that the servant had died. The servant later heard from other palace people that when the servant died, the stomach was already flat. I don’t know why, but at that time the servant We were quite frightened, this is the first time we have heard of such a weird thing.”

After hearing what Yuqin said, Yunshang squinted her eyes, thinking a little bit.

After a pause for a while, Yun Shang asked again: "Do you know that all the palace servants who served Concubine Liu in Jasper Palace back then, except you, have all died?"

When Yuqin heard the words, her body trembled suddenly, she quickly lowered her head and responded, "The servant has been in the Clothes Bureau for more than 20 years, and knows nothing about the outside world, but I don't know that there is such a thing."

Yun Shang smiled, and stopped asking any more questions, and just said indifferently: "I think it's because someone is afraid that the person who served Concubine Liu before will reveal some secrets, so they are killing people to silence them. Although you Concubine Liu was sent to the Huanyi Bureau, but it was because of this that your life was saved. Now that you have come out of the Huanyi Bureau, you should stay in the Huanyi Bureau honestly, and don't talk about it. You have served by Concubine Liu, otherwise, if something happens, this Palace will not be able to save you."

Yuqin bit her lips and said nothing, Yunshang waved her hand and said: "Go down, go back and report to your stewards, just say that everything is fine with the clothes, I like it very much."

Yuqin quickly responded, then bowed and bowed, and retreated.

After Yuqin left the inner hall, Yunshang lay down on the soft couch, frowning all the time.

"Your Majesty, do you feel that this Yuqin is telling lies?" Qinyi asked softly.

Yun Shang shook her head, smiled and said, "I dare not say if I didn't tell the truth, but she must have concealed something. If she had followed her words, when Concubine Liu gave birth, Xia Huanyu would have died. After the guards drove everyone out of the Jasper Palace, the palace people in the Jasper Palace knew nothing, didn't know anything, and didn't see anything. Then, how could they be silenced? "

Yunshang thought about it, then shook her head by herself: "It doesn't make sense here, I dare to assert that the palace people in the Jasper Palace must have known something, and Yuqin must have known it, but they just didn't say it. .”

"Then empress, what should we do?" Qin Yi said with a bit of thought in her eyes, "Or else, the slave girl let someone quietly trip up that Yuqin, she thought it was the work of the Supreme Emperor, and she would definitely do it." Find a way to save her life, she is a palace maid who just came out of the clothing bureau, and she has nothing. At this time, she can only ask you, my mother, for help."

Yun Shang laughed when she heard the words: "No one knows what happened to her now, and if she doesn't say anything, no one will know that she served Concubine Liu before. At this time, if someone secretly trips her , the first person she doubted was definitely not Xia Huanyu but me."

Qin Yi stopped talking when she heard the words, and sighed: "This matter is really difficult."

Yun Shang raised her eyes and looked at Qin Yi with a smile: "It doesn't sound like what Aunt Qin Yi said. Aunt Qin Yi has been with me since I was eight years old and now I am eighteen years old. For the calculation of the Empress and Hua Jing, go to Ningguo Temple, accompany me to study various things, and then return to the palace, and accompany me all the way until now, what difficulties have you never seen before, what is this?"

"That's true." Qin Yi also laughed.

Peilan's voice came to report from outside: "Madam, Mother Qiu is here."

Yun Shang stretched out her hand and asked Qin Yi to support her to sit up, before she raised her voice, "Come in."

Nanny Qiu came in, followed by a few court ladies, all holding trays covered with red cloth, Nanny Qiu led all the maids to salute to Yunshang, and after Yunshang asked them to stand up, Qiu Mammy finally opened her mouth: "Your Majesty, the House of Internal Affairs has prepared a batch of wine utensils for New Year's Eve, please take a look at them."

Ministry of Internal Affairs?

With a frown, Yun Chang nodded and said, "Take it here, let me have a look."

Mother Qiu stood aside and asked several maids to come up. The maids lifted the red cloth from their faces, and Mother Qiu introduced them one by one from left to right: "This is used by ordinary courtiers. Bronze It is made of jade and engraved with the word "Fu". This is used by Mrs. Gaoming. It is made of white jade. The pattern carved on it is a plum pattern. It is used by imperial concubines and princesses. It is made of emerald. It is carved with hibiscus. This is used by the princes, and the one carved on it is a unicorn. It is used by your majesty and the empress, and it is made of gold. Your majesty's is carved with a dragon, and the empress's is carved with a phoenix."

"Your servant just took a look at it. These cups are all very well-made, and they are top-notch works." Mother Qiu said with a smile.

"Excellent work?" Hearing this, Yun Shang looked at the cups placed on each plate with great interest, and then ordered Qin Yi: "Help me up, let me take a closer look at the workmanship of these cups .”

Qin Yi quickly agreed, helped Yun Shang to stand up, Yun Shang walked up to those maids, looked at them one by one, the corners of her lips curled up slightly: "The workmanship is very good, but..."

Yun Shang paused, picked up the two cups, turned around and looked at Mother Qiu with a smile: "It's just, why do I see four claws on the dragon's claws on His Majesty's cup? The unicorn on the cup has five claws? Is the Ministry of Internal Affairs planning to reverse it?"

As Yun Chang said, the smile on her face gradually faded, and she threw the two cups in her hand to the ground, making a violent "bang". Yun Shang snorted coldly, walked back to the chair and sat down, raised her voice and said: "Come on, go to the House of Internal Affairs and bring Li Fuhua to bring me here!"

Everyone in the room was stunned for a moment, for some reason Yunshang was still looking at the cup with a smile on his face, but in a blink of an eye, the situation turned so abruptly and became like this.

The guards outside responded quickly.

Seeing this, Qin Yi hurriedly picked up the two cups thrown away by Yun Shang and looked at them carefully, then frowned and said: "The manager Li of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is also an old man, why did he make such a mistake? "

"Old man?" Yun Chang snorted coldly, with a look of contempt on her face: "Yes, he is an old man in the palace, and it is because he is an old man that he acted so boldly, Li Fuhua is planning to plot rebellion Yet?"

Yun Chang's voice is not low, I'm afraid even the people waiting in the outer hall can hear it clearly.

Before Yun Chang was allowed to wait long, the guard escorted Li Fuhua in and walked in. Li Fuhua seemed to be a little displeased with the guard behind him, struggling all the time, and when he was in front of Yun Chang, Li Fuhua said with a bit of grievance on his face: "What's wrong with the empress? What did the servant do wrong?"

"You still dare to ask me what you did wrong? Li Fuhua, you are really good, and you have a lot of ambition!" Yun Shang roared, and then threw the two cups in front of Li Fuhua: "You Take a look, what did you do wrong."\u003c