Chapter 357 Another Trouble Had Come


    Yun Shang looked at Qian Yin in astonishment all of a sudden. "What did you say? A shadow guard of


    his highness? Is he also investigatingdy Zhao? "


    Qian Yin noticed Yun Shang''s odd look. She quickly answered, "yes, he is Prince Jing''s Secret guard.


    But don''t worry, your highness. The prince''s secret guards haven''t found our secret guards. But, Lady


    Zhao is just thedy of a general. Why do you and his highness send people to investigate her? And


    why do you both look so mysterious? Is there anything special about her?"


    Yun Shang didn''t hear the questions from Qian Yin at all. She was quite shocked. She would send


    people to investigatedy Zhao was because she had seen the picture of Xia Huanyu. She had seen


    was why she sent people to investigate her. But why would Prince Jing do it?


    By the way... Yun Shang suddenly sat up straight and frowned slightly. When she was in the camp


    outside the Xiyi Town, Ning Hua Jing was in the camp where Zhao Yingjie was still in danger. Lady


    Zhao personally came to the frontier to search for her son. And Prince Jing had seen her there once.


    Did he also notice thatdy Zhao looks like thete empress of the state of Xia as well?


    His secret guards are as good as hers. Yun Shang felt her heart was tugged at. Prince Jing must have


    known what Qian Yin said to her a moment ago, right?


    Even Yun Shang felt odd about it, Prince Jing of course, would also noticed the odd. If she had


    guessed it right,dy Zhao was very likely to be prince Jing''s biological mother, thete empress of the


    state of Xia, Hua Ling...


    The only thing she didn''t know was what happened to the empress after she fell off the cliff. Why did


    she leave the Prince Jing after giving birth to him? And why did she lose her memory and meet general


    Zhao?


    Now that Prince Jing had known about it, would he.... Would he recognize Lady Zhao and tell her about


    it? But it was obvious thatdy Zhao had lost all her memories. She lost everything, and married


    someone else, and had a child with him...


    Yun Shang suddenly thought of the Buddhist prayer room in the Princess Pce. Lady Zhao said that


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    among all the gentlemen anddies in the Imperial City, Prince Jing was the only one who could make


    her look up at. She forgot what exact wordsdy Zhao had said, but she supposed to mean it. Now it


    turned out that the mother and the son were indeed connected one way or another.


    Yun Shang was disturbed by the chaos. After she washed her face and rinsed her mouth, shey down


    on the bed. The figures of Prince Jing,dy Zhao and the painting haunted her mind all the time.


    Then she fell asleep while thinking. When she woke up, it was already dawn. Yun Shang took a closer


    look, only to find that the ce next to her was so cold. Her heart sank. Prince Jing didn''te back


    Her mind suddenly cleared up. She quickly sat up and saw a figure sitting by the table in the room. Yun


    Shang took a closer look. Her heart jolted. It was Prince Jing.


    Yun Shang didn''t know how long Prince Jing had been sitting there. She saw him motionless and cold


    as if he had no feeling about the things around him.


    "Your Highness?" Yun Shang called in a soft voice.


    As the figure remained still, Yun Shang raised her voice again. Then Prince Jing turned his head


    slowly. He paused before asking, "are you awake?"


    His voice was hoarse.


    Yun Shang was startled. She immediately took off the quilt and walked to Prince Jing. When she


    touched his hand on the table, she winced at the cold feeling of his hands. Yun Shang then raised her


    hand and touched Prince Jing''s face. His face was as cold as ice as well.


    Yun Shang''s heart ached for him. She quickly took Prince Jing''s hand and said, "Why are you sitting


    here? Your body is so cold. What if you catch a cold? Come and lie on the bed. "


    Prince Jing was surprised at Yun Shang''s words. He sat on the bed with Yun Shang, but he didn''t lie


    down. "I''m cold, and don''t let the chill pass to you. Go to sleep now. It''s cold outside."


    Yun Shang picked up the quilt and draped it all over Prince Jing''s body. Then she sat next to him. She


    was silent for a while. Finally she asked, "Prince Jing, you... Did you send someone to investigate Lady


    Zhao? "


    Prince Jing''s body slightly trembled when he heard her words. He made a slight noise, but Yun Shang


    still could feel it. Yun Shang was flustered and quickly added, "I didn''t send someone to follow you. I


    was checking on Lady Zhao and my secret guard ran into your secret guard."


    Prince Jing smiled at Yun Shang''s words. But the smile made Yun Shang feel sad for him. "You have


    guessed it, haven''t you?"


    Yun Shang remained silent for a while, and said softly, "the other day at the Jinluan hall, when I saw the


    painting taken out by his majesty, I felt that the woman''s face was somewhat familiar, but after I came


    back, it suddenly urred to me thatdy Zhao''s eyes and brows look quite like the woman in the


    painting. It was only a wild guess, so I didn''t tell you anything, and just sent someone to investigate


    "Yes." Prince Jing answered in a low voice. He smiled and said, "I think you have already found it out,


    haven''t you? She was named by General Zhao. He gave her a new name, Qi Hualing. Hualing, with


    the same sound of Hua Ling. She was brought back from the frontier by General Zhao. Although she is


    of unknown identity and memory loss, she is a great fan of war and knows well about military tactics. "


    Yun Shang heard Prince Jing speak in a more and more husky voice. His voice was always t, but


    with a hint of unspeakable disappointment in it.


    Yun Shang''s heart ached, and she grabbed Prince Jing''s hand in a hurry, and said, "maybe we are


    wrong."


    Prince Jing smiled but said nothing.


    Yun Shang remained silent for a long time. Then she bit her lip and asked, "if our guess is true, what do


    you want to do, your highness?"


    Hearing this, Prince Jing didn''t speak for a long time. Yun Shang looked up at Prince Jing. In the dim


    light, Prince Jing looked expressionless. He was dull, but seemed to have lost his soul, instead of his


    usual cold face.


    "Even if it is true, what can I do? The empress of the state of Xia is now named Su Ruji. As for her, her


    name was Qi Hualing now, and everyone else would call herdy Zhao, which was General Zhao''s...


    mother... "


    Mother. Yun Shang abruptly threw herself into Prince Jing''s arms. She leaned her head on Prince


    Jing''s shoulder, and said with a bit of eagerness, "it doesn''t matter. No matter what happens, you still


    have me. I''m your wife, and the mother of your future child. I''ll always be with you, for the rest of your


    life."


    Prince Jing''s fingertips slightly moved. He gently smiled and held Yun Shang in his arms. After a while,


    he said in a low voice, "well, it''s enough to have you with me."


    Prince Jing had something on his mind, but he fell asleep soon. Yun Shang put her head on Prince


    Jing''s chest and she couldn''t help but frowned. Qi Hualing, she might be Hua Ling, thete empress of


    the state of Xia. General Zhao named the empress Hua Qi Hualing when she lost her memory. This


    name was obviously simr to the original name of the empress. So general Zhao must know the real


    identity of the empress.


    But they didn''t know why General Zhao married the empress. Was it because he really fell in love with


    her, or because of her true identity?


    It seemed that Prince Jing neither intended to acknowledgedy Zhao nor inform Xia Huanyu of this.


    Maybe it was a good choice for everyone. As Prince Jing had said, there was now a new empress in


    the state of Xia. No matter why Xia Huanyu married her at that time, many things had been deeply


    rooted in the past, and it was difficult to remove them. Besides, they weren''t sure if Xia Huanyu was still


    quite fond of the empress Hua or not.


    Moreover, Lady Zhao had lost all her memories. Yun Shang spent some time with Lady Zhao in the


    Princess Pce before. Lady Zhao was tough and had a deep feeling for Zhao Yingjie, her second


    son. Now she and Zhao Yingjie guarded the frontier together. It might be a little bitter for them, but it


    was not a loss of happiness as well.


    However, the most bitter one was Luo Qingyan. Yun Shang slightly sighed and held Prince Jing''s hand.


    Yun Shang woke up just dawn in the morning. As she stayed uptest night, she still had a


    headache. She rubbed her temples, and heard a soft voice from the man beside her, "are you awake?"


    Yun Shang replied, "I have had my breakfast and want to go to the pce."


    Prince Jing nodded, lifted the quilt, and got up. He turned on the light, and Qian Yin''s voice came from


    outside, "Your Highness?"


    Prince Jing said, e in and serve her highness."


    Qian Yin didn''t expect that. She hurried in and asked, seeing Yun Shang still in a daze, "did her


    highness know what happenedst night?"


    "What?" Yun Shang was confused and asked, "what happenedst night?"


    From Yun Shang''s expression, Qian Yin knew that she probably had no idea, but she didn''t know why


    she got up so early. Qian Yin guessed in her mind, and then hurriedly said, "more than two hour ago,


    the prison in the court of justice was on fire. I heard that the fire was fierce, but I don''t know what is


    going on now. I''ve sent people to spy on it. I thought that the situation were still in the dark, so I didn''t


    wake you up. "


    "The prison of the Court of justice?" Yun Shang gradually sobered up as her eyes widened. She would


    never forget who was confined there.


    Prince Jing, who was get dressing while Qian Yin was speaking, was also stunned. He frowned and


    turned to Qian Yin. "Go find Luo Yi. Send more people to find out the situation. You must found


    out who set the fire, and Hua Jing is dead or alive."


    Qian Yin said yes and left in a hurry.


    Yun Shang frowned and said softly, "as soon as Hua Jing entered the prisonst night, the prison was


    set on fire. It is really odd. This fire must have something to do with her. There were two possibilities.


    One was that someone deliberately set fire to save Hua Jing in the chaos. Second, someone wants to


    kill Hua Jing. "


    Prince Jing nodded, "I''m afraid there is no one in the imperial city who wants to save Hua Jing now.


    Thete empress is the only one who cares about Hua Jing the most. Judging from the look of Cangjue


    Kangning yesterday, he showed no sympathy for Hua Jing at all. There will be more people who want


    to kill Hua Jing. But the most suspicious person is... "


    Prince Jing paused, and chuckled, "you are the most suspicious one, your highness."