Chapter 429 The Warning
The Xiang Zhu Pce should be where Ning Qian lived. When Yun Shang was thinking about it, a
hatred shed in the empress'' eyes and she concealed it immediately. She smiled indifferently. "I
wanted to have a good talk with you. Now that his majesty wants to see you, then go first."
Yun Shang curtsied to the empress and left with the servant.
"I haven''t seen my father for a long time. I want to go with you." Princess Qian Ling''s voice came from
behind her, "sister inw, wait for me."
Yun Shang paused for a while, and then she was held by Princess Qian Lingg. After they left the Yunqi
pce, Princess Qian Ling nced at the servants who walked in front of them and said in a low voice,
"tell you a secret. Thedy from the Xiang Zhu Pce is even more beautiful than you. It''s just that she
doesn''t pay any attention to me. I don''t like her. "
Yun Shang''s eyes fell on Qian Ling who looked innocent. She was a little annoyed that the girl growing
up in the pce was so scheming at the age of twelve that she told her first that Lady Xiang was even
prettier than her to get her annoyed. Women were always narrow-minded, especially with a beautiful
face. There was always a slight enmity between women who were more beautiful than themselves.
That was exactly what Qian Ling wanted. She wanted to make Yun Shang dislike the Lady Xiang in the
first ce. Then, she told Yun Shang that Lady Xiang chose to ignore her because she didn''t like her.
She wanted Yun Shang to know that they were on the same side.
"Really?" Yun Shang frowned. "She is really more beautiful than me?"
"It''s not my words. Since you came, people all hold aparison between you and Lady Xiang."
Yun Shang smiled and said no more.
A lot of Hunan bamboos were nted in the Xiang Zhu Pce. Yun Shang heard someone ying
when she walked in. Someone was ying the zither behind a piece of white veil.
"Father, father." However, Qian Ling hadn''t seen the emperor, before she had thrown away Yun
Shang''s hands and rushed into the pce, shouting and yelling.
"It''s Qian Ling." Xia Huanyu''s voice came through, which sounded indifferent and emotionless.
It suddenly came to Yun Shang''s mind that there was information in her pamplet, on which Princess
Qian Ling was the apple of Xia Huanyu''s eye. Yun Shang paused for a second and walked in. It turned
out that Ning Qian was ying the zither. At the same time, Xia Huanyu sat on the chair next to them,
holding Qian Ling in his arms, who had just rushed in.
"Pay respects to his majesty and Lady Xiang." Yun Shang curtsied to them.
"Get up." Said Xia Huanyu lightly.
Yun Shang rose to her feet. No sooner had she stood on her feet than she heard Xia Huanyu ask,
"Why are you here today?"
Yun Shang quickly bowed her head and said, "Princess Qian Ling came to the mansion. I sent her
back to the pce."
Hearing this, Xia Huanyu looked at Qian Ling, who was in his arms, as if deep in thought, and then
looked away slightly. "Well, since you''re back in the pce, let''s y chess with you."
Hearing this, Ning Qian quickly ordered the maids to bring the chessboard. Yun Shang sat down
opposite to Xia Huanyu. It was hard for her to figure out what was on Xia Huanyu''s mind. Did he ask
her toe just to y chess with her?
With a frown, Yun Shang took a look at Xia Huanyu and finally kept up with him.
They yed the game for more than an hour. Qian Ling had been bored for many times, but she hadn''t
left. As one round finished, Xia Huanyu frowned again. "You have made some progress in your chess
skills. Just now I won a little risky. Let''s y another round."
Yun Shang put the piece back into the box in silence and said, "yes."
In the middle of the game, Qian Ling yawned and called out, "I will go back first. It''s time for dinner."
After saying that, she ran away with brisk steps, without waiting for any response from Xia Huanyu.
It was not until this moment that Xia Huanyu said slowly, "it is better not toe here in the Imperial
Pce if there is nothing important. There are secret guards following Qian Ling when she leaves the
pce. She will be fine. Next time you can find an excuse to refuse her. "
Yun Shang didn''t know what he meant. She thought for a moment, and agreed, "yes."
After he finished speaking, Xia Huanyu turned around and said to Ning Qian, "I''ll have dinner with Lady
Rui here tonight. You go and prepare the dinner."
Ning Qian looked up at Yun Shang and nodded. Then she left with her servants.
"Liu Wenan, refill the tea." Xia Huanyu turned to look at Liu Wenan.
Liu Wenan hastened to fill the cup with tea before Xia Huanyu opened his mouth again. "Qingyan is a
very good man. But he thinks too much about love. Now even the imperial household of the former
dynasty know that you are his weakness. If you don''t want me to help him get rid of his weakness, you
should be careful. Don''t bring shame on Qingyan. I heard that you''re a smart person and even Yinfeng
is said to be. Everyone in the imperial household paid attention to you and cares about you so much
that you need to live well as Qingyan thinks you are very important."
Yun Shang remained silent for a while after hearing those words. Then she continued, "Your Majesty,
please don''t worry. I understand."
As the second round was over, Xia Huanyu did not actually let Yun Shang stay to have a meal. He just
said indifferently, "in the recent time, Lord Hua Guo of the state of Xia, who hasn''tunched an army for
many years, has sent for battle the Ya n in the southwest. During these days, you should get close
to people of Lord Hua Guo. Now, Prince Rui will be out of the Imperial Pce soon. Let Liu Wenan
lead you there. "
Yun Shang agreed and left the Xiang Zhu Pce with Liu Wenan. She kept thinking about what Xia
Huanyu had said just now. Lord Hua Guo hadn''t join the army for a long time, and she knew that
although Lord Hua Guo was as the Lord of the state, he ignored the affairs of the state. Why did he
suddenly send out troops to smooth out the rebellion? It must have something to do with his highness.
Liu Wenan took Yun Shang to the gate of the conference hall. He let Yun Shang wait for a moment and
then went in. After a while, Luo Qingyan walked out of the door quickly. His cold face softened a little as
he saw Yun Shang outside the pce. He walked to her and said, "what are you doing here? How long
have you been waiting? "
Yun Shang smiled. "Just now, Princess Qian Ling came to our mansion. I sent her back to the pce
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and stayed with Lady Yun for a while. Then the emperor called me to the Xiang Zhu Pce. I yed
chess with his majesty there."
Luo Qingyan nodded. "Wait a moment. I''ll go back to pack up and then we''ll go back home."
Yun Shang said yes and waited at the door of the meeting hall. After a while, Prince Jing came out with
several officials. Yun Shang smiled at him as he said goodbye to the officials and then walked to Yun
Shang, holding her hand and leading her to the gate.
"I have met Princess Qian Ling twice, well... She seems quite ''innocent''... " Luo Qingyan said in a light
voice. With a heavy ent on the simple and innocent words, Yun Shang smiled and understood what
he wanted to say.
"Okay, I''ll keep that in mind."
However, Yun Shang didn''t expect that Princess Qian Ling still had an ident. The next morning, as
soon as Yun Shang got up, she saw Prince Jing frowning slightly. Prince Jing turned to Yun Shang and
said, "Princess Qian Ling suffered from abdominal painst night. The imperial physician said she was
poisoned. Now the pce is in a mess. Qian Yin said that Princess Qian Ling had some osmanthus
cake in our mansion yesterday?"
Yun Shang nodded to him. She was fully aware that the target was her.