Eight-year-old Princess: Phoenix Reborn

"Princess Fifteen has been out of the palace recently?" Yun Shang looked sideways at Qian Zhuo, with some doubts in her eyes.

Qian Zhuo nodded, and said softly: "The fifteenth princess will go out of the palace to burn incense and pray in temples outside the city on the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year. Because she is a princess, the guards at the palace gate generally don't ask her."

"Pray for blessings in temples on the fifteenth day of the lunar new year? Heh..." The corners of Yunshang's mouth curled up slightly, but his eyes were a bit cold. Ask, has she always had this habit, or did she develop it recently."

Qian Zhuo quickly responded, and Yun Chang turned her eyes and said lightly: "When I inquired whether there were any palace people in the two palaces who had been out of the palace recently, I forgot Fifteen. Fifteen can enter and leave the palace freely, and Cao Shanxiu also has It may be that the fifteenth princess is passing the news. This offering of incense to pray for blessings is mostly a cover. It is also a coincidence that Mingqian's brother was chased and rescued by the gambling shop when he went out of the palace to pray for blessings. matter."

However, there is still one thing that Yun Chang doesn't know. Logically speaking, even because of Xia Houjing's biological mother, Mrs. Cao might try to help the Seventh Prince, but why did she try so hard to win over the concubine next to Mrs. Li? Palace people. If Xia Huanyu was still the emperor, it would be understandable that he was trying to trip Concubine Li in order to win favor. But now there is no such thing as a rivalry between the two of them, and the two of them have no son, why did Concubine Cao go to great lengths to deal with Concubine Li?

At the beginning, Cao Taipin said that when Concubine Li was handling the harem affairs for Yunshang, she took the opportunity to print Yunshang's private seal on a blank paper and quietly took it away. As a result of this incident, Yun Shang paid special attention to Concubine Li.

Afterwards, Mingqian passed the family letter on behalf of Concubine Li to the guard of the Imperial Guard, but was discovered by the hidden guard. Judging from the existing clues, it is very likely that Mingqian, who was instigated by Mrs. Cao Taibi, deliberately did this.

After that, although Yunshang received the news from the hidden guards, she did not move. Immediately afterwards, Mingqian suddenly died in her room, and looking at the scene, she seemed to have committed suicide. And the damaged letter fragments in Mingqian's room are the same, but it seems that there are two copies. The first one looks like Hualing's instructions to Concubine Li. Judging from the contents of the letter fragments, it seems to be Hua Ling said that Yunshang was infertile and wanted to choose a concubine for Luo Qingyan. The second copy is only half of the private seal, but I don't know what it is.

Yun Shang narrowed her eyes slightly, it was three days since Mingqian's death that she passed the letter secretly.

Yun Shang carefully sorted out the matter, but felt that it seemed that Cao Taipin's purpose of secretly manipulating this matter was to attract Yun Shang's attention.

Just as Yunshang was thinking about it, another secret guard came back to report: "Your Majesty, a seal engraving shop in a relatively remote alley in the west of the city said that someone had engraved this seal privately. The time was the first day of July. The person who came was a The woman looks like a maid. She is wearing a pink dress, and the fabric of the clothes is better. The owner said that because he does not know the characters on the seal, he has a deeper memory."

"The first day of July." Yunshang's voice became a little heavier, and he repeated the time.

Standing beside Yunshang, Qianzhuo rolled his eyes and said quickly: "Madam, the first day of the lunar new year is the day when the fifteenth princess goes out of the palace to offer incense and pray for blessings."

Yun Chang nodded lightly: "Yeah, what a coincidence."

"My servant, let someone draw a portrait of the fifteenth princess for the secret guards, so that they can find out where the fifteenth princess has appeared since she left the palace recently." Qianjue said hastily.

Yun Shang laughed when she heard the words: "However, I have grown a lot."

Qianzhu ran out of the inner hall with a smile on his face, just in time to meet Qianliu walking in from the outside, Qianliu saw her expression, and asked with a smile: "What is so happy?"

Qianzhuo smiled and told Qianliu what happened, and then told Qianzhuo: "There is no one in the inner hall, you go in and wait on it first."

Qian Liu responded, opened the bead curtain and walked in.

Yun Chang raised her eyes and saw that it was Qian Liu who lowered her head again, holding the fragment of the private seal in her hand. Seeing Qianliu, she was silent for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty, are you still thinking about the case of Concubine Li?"

Yun Shang nodded lightly, put the fragment back into her sleeve with a smile, and said softly: "It's just that there is still one key point that I haven't figured out. Cao Shanxiu gave birth to so many little Jiujiu just to help a group of Xia Houjing, but why save Xia Houjing?" If you want to frame Concubine Li, Concubine Li has no influence on Cao Shanxiu in this matter."

Qian Liu frowned and thought for a while, then said softly: "Your maidservant thinks that it might be Mrs. Cao who wants to do something, but she is afraid of being discovered by the empress, so use this method to draw the empress' attention first, Let the empress concentrate on investigating the matter of Concubine Li, and she can take the opportunity to do what she wants to do."

Yun Chang looked sideways slightly, her eyes fell on Qian Liu, and she didn't speak for a long time.

Qian Liu lowered her head slightly, and said softly: "Your servant is just talking nonsense, you don't need to care about it. The servant just came back from Concubine Li's palace. Although the servant is not very good at investigating cases, she just found some interesting things."

"Oh? Tell me." Yun Chang said softly.

"There are very few things in Concubine Li's palace, and there are almost nothing except the necessary ones. In Taifei Li's make-up coffin, there are no more than five sets of hairpin jewelry. Moreover, Concubine Li seems to believe in Buddhism, and there are almost They are all scriptures, but there are no Buddha statues enshrined in the palace, and there are never Buddhist beads in their hands." Qian Liu responded softly, with a little confusion in her eyes.

Yun Shang had been listening quietly, and only said after Qian Liu finished speaking: "It's really strange. Although Concubine Li was not favored before, she didn't go to this point. The masters of each hall in the palace are all served with jewelry. It’s just that the position is different, and the number and style are different.”

"That's right, even though the maidservant has just entered the palace, she still feels very strange." Qian Liu said softly.

Yun Shang nodded lightly, and sighed: "I don't think these things on Taifei Li's side are too important, because most of them should be the hands and feet of Cao Shanxiu, but Cao Shanxiu's side, we But it’s a little confusing.”

"My servant heard that, the empress suspects that the fifteenth princess went to engrave the empress's private seal?" Qian Liu asked softly.

Yun Chang nodded lightly, "Yes, most of the fragments of the private seal found in Mingqian's room were stamped with that fake seal."

Qian Liu tilted her head and thought for a while before she said with some doubts: "Your Majesty, I don't understand something."

"What's the matter?" Yun Shang looked at Qian Zhuo.

Qian Liu bit her lip, and Fang asked: "The empress's private seal is basically only used to deal with some unimportant matters in the inner palace, so what's the use of Cao Taibi's private seal? The empress said, then Cao Shanxiu wants to help the Seventh Prince, and the empress's private seal will be of benefit in this matter?"

Yunshang was stunned by Qianliu's question, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Sometimes, if there are some secret decrees, or to deal with some things that are not convenient to put on the table, I will use private printing."

Yun Shang spoke very slowly, and only squinted her eyes after a long while, and said softly: "Cao Shanxiu may want to use it for this purpose?"

Qianliu heard the words, and quickly responded: "My servant feels that the empress can't just focus on this palace, or in the city of brocade. Since the empress thinks that Cao Shanxiu wants to help the Seventh Prince, then It must be aimed at the Seventh Prince, who is now in the hands of the Supreme Emperor, in Yangliu Town. The servant feels that no matter whether Cao Shanxiu really wants to do this, the empress should also be on guard."

Yun Shang listened to Qian Liu's words, nodded again and again, pondered for a moment before saying: "Yes, you are right, I must be on guard against Cao Shanxiu who wants to reach out to Yangliu Town."

Yun Shang suddenly raised her head: "Send a message to the hidden piles 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 a little more careful, paying special attention to who she has met, and whether she has seen them recently. We are going to Yangliu Town."

Qian Liu responded one by one.

"Your Majesty, my Majesty, peace and prosperity." The voice of the palace people saying hello came from outside, Yun Shang withdrew her thoughts, stood up, and saw Luo Qingyan walking in, behind Luo Qingyan was Liu Wen'an and a few servants. A few people in the back saluted Yun Shang, Yun Shang waved her hand faintly, looked at the oranges on the plate in the hands of several waiters, and laughed and said: "Are the oranges ripe?"

Luo Qingyan nodded lightly, and said with a smile: "Liu Yinfeng bought this on the road, said it was very sweet, and ordered someone to send a box back quickly."

Luo said softly, then took one from the plate and handed it to Yunshang, "Come on, try it."

Yunshang smiled and took it over, the oranges were yellow and orange, very beautiful, Yunshang peeled the skin and ate a piece, Fang nodded and smiled and said: "It's quite sweet. I still think Liu Yinfeng will be anxious I'm on my way, but I don't want to, and I still have the mind to buy oranges."

Luo smiled softly, took an orange, and ordered the servant to put the things on the table, and then let them back out, then said softly: "It's just a sacrifice to the ancestors, and there is no rush."

Yun Chang paused slightly, looked at Luo Qingyan, then fell on Liu Wen'an again, pondered for a moment, then nodded and replied: "Yes."

Luo Qingyan ate an orange, then lowered his voice and said: "You have to think of a name to deal with the ghost doctor."

Yun Chang nodded, and just remembered that the ghost doctor was still in the prison. She was busy with these trivial matters recently, but forgot about it.

Luo Qingyan said again: "By the way, the ghost doctor hasn't diagnosed and treated Chengye yet. Although he said that the chance is very small, it's not completely impossible. It's just that you can't go to the prison with Bao'er, and you have to arrange it carefully." Arrange, let's see how to get the ghost doctor to help Bao'er feel the pulse."

Yun Chang responded in a low voice, bit her lips, and said, "Where are the emperor father and concubine mother? When will we be able to arrive in Jincheng?"

Luo Qingyan counted the time, and replied softly: "There are about ten days left."

Yun Shang nodded when she heard the words, thinking of Bao'er in her heart, she felt a little depressed.