Chapter 430 The Interrogation


    Yun Shang asked Qian Yin to help her get dressed and made her hair in a bun. Then an eunuch by the


    empress'' side came to visit, and he was not Liu Wenan. "Your Highness, Princess Qian Ling had a


    stomachachest night. The imperial physician diagnosed that she was poisoned. The empress is


    calling for you toe to the Imperial Pce."


    Yun Shang lifted her hand and held the plum blossom hairpin in her bun. She frowned as if she was


    very surprised, "Princess Qian Ling was poisoned?"


    The eunuch hurriedly said yes and continued, "the empress has summoned all the people who have


    contact with Princess Qian Ling yesterday. Princess Qian Ling went to her highness'' mansion


    yesterday, and Lady Rui sent her back to the pce in person. The empress said thatdy rui was so


    kind that she would never do such a thing. But she also said that she had to go through the proper


    procedures, or people would not believe it."


    "Well..." Yun Shang squinted and nodded her head, "I''ll go to the imperial pce with you."


    When Yun Shang arrived at the pce,dy Yun''s Yunqi Pce was full of people. The empress was


    the first to see her. "Lady rui, you are here? Come and sit here. " Then she asked some maids to bring


    a stool for her. Yun Shang curtsied to the empress, and sat down beside her. She looked worried, "I


    heard that Princess Qian Ling was poisoned in the early morning. How is she now?"


    "The physician has been making a diagnosis and treatment for her stomach for a whole night. I went to


    see her just now and her face was so pale. I feel very sorry for her." The empress looked miserable.


    "Have you found the culprit yet?" Yun Shang lifted her eyes to look at the people in the hall. In addition


    to many maids and eunuchs, there were also two or three imperial concubines sitting in the hall. All of


    them had heavy faces.


    The empress shook her head, "not yet. His majesty has always loved Princess Qian Ling. Now


    someone hasmitted such a terrible crime. The culprit must be punished." Then the empress turned


    around and looked at an old maid who was a little old. "Madam, it seems that Qian Ling also went to


    the Xiang Zhu Pce yesterday. Has the Lady Xiange yet?"


    Thedy whom she have been talking about is Ning Qian?


    Yun Shang was stunned for a while and then said to the empress, "Princess Qian Ling went to the


    Xiang Zhu Pce with me yesterday. The emperor was there and the princess was in his Majesty''s


    arms. But it seems that she didn''t get in contact with thedy."


    "Well, it''s not necessarily a solid evidence to prove she''s innocent. I also didn''t get in contact with


    Princess Qian Ling, but she''s always fond of food. She ate almonds in my pce, and maybe she had


    some in the Xiang Zhu Pce as well." A woman who was dressed a little coquettishly snorted and


    responded dismissively.


    The empress frowned and seemed a little displeased. She nced at thedy and ordered quietly,


    "send someone to the Xiang Zhu Pce to invite thedy Xiang."


    Xia Huanyu was not here. Yun Shang thought to herself. When she received the news today, Luo


    Qingyan had not gone to the pce to the court yet. Lady Yun had no reason to keep it a secret if


    something bad happened to Qian Lingst night. And ifdy Yun reported to Xia Huanyu that Qian Ling


    was poisoned, as the favorite princess by name, he would havee to see her.


    Yun Shang thought for a while and wondered where did Xia Huanyu rest yesterday?


    No one answered Yun Shang''s question before Xia Huanyu came in, followed by Ning Qian, who was


    dressed in in clothes.


    As he looked a little angry, Daniel went straight to the woman who had just spoken, ignoring the other


    people who had knelt down to express their respects. "Why didn''t you tell me that something like that


    happened to Tinast night? If I didn''t go to the Xiang Zhu Pce to hear about it from the Lady Xiang


    there, I''m afraid you will


    still hide it from me even now. "


    Thedy was shocked. She hurriedly knelt down and said, "I, I didn''t expect..."


    Xia Huanyu was so angry that he raised his foot and kicked her. "You didn''t expect that? Why didn''t you


    think of it? " Then he turned to the empress, "where is the imperial physician? What did the imperial


    physician say? "


    The empress answered promptly. "The imperial physician is making a diagnosis and treatment. The


    night before yesterday it was a bit noisy. The imperial physician said that there might be some trouble.


    Lady Yun Shang is in her bedroom. Your, would you like to go in and have a look?"


    Xia Huanyu didn''t respond. He walked towards the inner room, followed by the empress. Yun Shang


    stood still with her head down and her eyes peered at Ning Qian. Ning Qian gave a gesture to Yun


    Shang and then stood still quietly.


    The woman who was kicked to the ground gritted her teeth and knelt up. Stubbornness could be seen


    in her eyes.


    It must be because the woman was fighting for emperor Xia''s favor, sody Yun sent a servant to tell


    the news that Princess Qian Ling had a stomachache. At that time, Xia Huanyu should be resting in the


    woman''s pce. That woman thoughtdy Yun deliberately blocked the news in order to lure him into


    the pce.


    ''the woman is probably going to die. But she doesn''t seem to realize it, '' she thought to herself.


    Suddenly, a roar came from inside. "Take the best medicine for me. If it doesn''t work, you will all die."


    Yun Shang frowned again as soon as she heard the voice. She had thought that Princess Qian Ling


    was just poisoned. Judging from Xia Huanyu''s voice, it seemed that she was seriously injured.


    While she was thinking about that, she saw Xia Huanyue out of the room again and give the


    woman one more kick a second time. Then he ordered Liu Wenan, "take this bitch away and lock her in


    the cold pce."


    Yun Shang saw the disdainful look on the woman''s face change and she eximed. She looked at Xia


    Huanyu in disbelief. She couldn''t believe that the gentle couple sleeping with each otherst night had


    changed so quickly. It was not until an eunuch grabbed her arm that she came back to her senses.


    "Your Majesty, I''m innocent. I didn''t know that Princess Qian Ling was seriously injured. Oh, yes, the


    eunuch at the door. He said that the maid was bossy and proud, and it seemed that there''s nothing


    wrong with Princess Qian Ling at all. I thought it was...dy Yun. Lady Yun wanted to take the emperor


    away from me. You haven''t visited me for more than three months. How can I let her take away this


    rare opportunity... "


    Xia Huanyu frowned and said, "take Lady Mei away. Send all the maids and servants of Lady Mei''s


    pce to the Huanyi Bureau to work."


    Hearing this, the woman cried even more bitterly. She was about to plead for mercy again, but an


    eunuch threw a piece of cloth over her mouth and dragged her out.


    The empress let out a sigh and bowed to Xia Huanyu. "It''s my fault. I didn''t take good care of the


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    imperial concubines. It''s all my fault."


    "So many people imed that they were guilty? What''s the usage? Find the culprit soon! " With a cold


    snort, Xia Huanyu sat down on the throne.


    The empress answered yes, and then she stood up and said, "the imperial physician said that she had


    eaten something poisonous. ording to the secret guard who was protecting her yesterday, she had


    eaten something in the Qing Ya Pce and the mansion of Prince Rui. It''s said that the time of the


    poison''s effect is about four hours, but the princess was in the Qing Ya pce at noon, it doesn''t match


    it. "


    Yun Shang narrowed her eyes. So, her mansion was the only suspect ce for the princess to get


    poisoned? Yun Shang sneered in her heart. "I didn''t know Princess Qian Ling before, and yesterday


    when she came to my mansion, she came all of a sudden without giving me a message first. The cake


    was meant for me, I couldn''t have put poison in it to poison myself, right?"


    Xia Huanyu cast a cold nce at Yun Shang and asked, "is there any more cakes left yesterday?"


    "yes, there is. there''s no Osmanthus in this season. Prince Jing had made a lot of efforts to buy these


    osmanthus from a perfumed shop in the city yesterday. So I made these cakes, and I made many


    cakes. I nned to have some for his highness after dinner, but I didn''t expect that Princess Qian Ling


    woulde so suddenly. But she didn''t finish them either, I''ll send someone to get some. " Yun Shang


    replied immediately.


    Xia Huanyu nodded his head. "I''ll send someone to bring the cakes. Where are they?"


    Yun Shang thought for a while and answered, "in the inner room of my yard."


    Hearing that, Xia Huanyu ordered somebody to go to the prince''s mansion to fetch it.


    Yun Shang''s eyes fell on the door of the inner hall. Her eyes shed. Who was to me for the drama?


    Is it Lady Yun? Or is it the empress?


    On the previous day when Princess Qian Ling suddenly came to the prince''s mansion, Yun Shang


    sensed that something was wrong and was a little vignt. But everything seemed to be normal and


    nothing special happened. Yun Shang was also on her guard, lest something bad would happen to the


    Princess Qian Ling. Everything went well yesterday, but she still had an ident.


    After a short while, the cakes were brought back. Xia Huanyu asked someone to send them into the


    inner hall, and asked the imperial physician to do a thorough examination of the cakes. The imperial


    physician said that the cakes were all right, but Yun Shang didn''t feel relieved at all.


    The empress said, "this piece of cake looks dry. Just eat it and won''t you feel thirsty?"


    Yun Shang smiled and answered honestly, "yes, the princess was thirsty. Her Highness drank some


    fruit tea at the prince''s mansion yesterday. But the fruit tea was already drained, and even the cups and


    tes were washed."


    The empress narrowed her eyes and turned to Xia Huanyu, "Your Majesty, please send more people to


    search the prince rui''s mansion. We can''t make any investigation merely by bringing those cakes."


    Hearing no response from Yun Shang, Xia Huanyu turned to look at her. "What do you think,dy rui?"


    Yun Shang smiled. What did she think? The empress had a good idea. She could search the mansion.


    On the one hand, she wanted to know how powerful Prince Rui''s mansion was now. On the other hand,


    it would be easy for her to hide something in the mansion.


    Thinking of this, Yun Shang raised her head, "I am not afraid of it because I didn''t do anything guilty


    You can search my mansion. I''ve never done anything malevolent. Of course I''m not afraid of it. But I


    have a request. Your majesty, please send someone you can really trust to find out whether I''m


    innocent or not. I''m afraid that I would be framed by the real culprit. "