Chapter 447 The Doubt Rises (Part One)


    The servant shook her head and said, "all the maids in charge of the embroidery in the pce have


    been called together by me. But no one can tell who did it."


    "And the witch doll in the princess Tai an''s pce has already been the fifth one..." The empress kept


    silent for a long time and let out a sigh, "what about the fabric of the fifth doll?"


    "The fabric is used to make clothes from the maids in the pce, and also used to make underwear.


    This is even more difficult to find who did this. Every maid has the same fabric, and every maid has a


    lot of it." The maid answered in a hurry again.


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    The empress kept silent for a while after hearing this and waved the maid away. Then she turned to


    Yun Shang and asked. "Lady Rui, in your opinion, who have done this?"


    "I have no idea. Since this fabric belongs to the pce, it must be belonged to the people in the pce


    and is difficult for others to get. However, we just arrived in the state of Xia and rarely enter the pce.


    We have no enmity with the people in the pce. I have no idea who is that vicious." Yun Shang


    lowered her eyes and let out a sigh, her voice filled with grievance.


    The empress choked in one breath. She clenched the handkerchief tightly in her hand. After a long


    time, she stood up slowly and changed the subject. "It''s good that the peach blossom blooms in the


    spring. Lady Rui has to wait for the master Kong toe into the imperial pce. There is nothing to


    do during the wait. Why don''t you apany me to the imperial garden and watch the flowers?"


    The peach blossom was in full bloom in the Imperial Garden. Pink and gorgeous. Following the


    empress, Yun Shang had no idea what the empress was up to.


    After they walked half of the yard, the empress waved back the servants who followed her, picked up a


    withered petal from the ground, and whispered, "the concubines in the pce are like these peach


    flowers. When the time is just right, she can stand proudly on the branches, but if she grows old, she


    can only perish on the ground, and be crushed into mud."


    Yun Shang remained silent at her words. The empress chuckled and then said again. "If you want to


    stay in the branches for a long time, you have to try your best to be more beautiful, attract butterfly and


    beat other women, and then make the butterfly to give you a peach. Originally, my peach was the most


    eye-catching one. Unexpectedly, it fell to the ground and disappeared. "


    Yun Shang understood the odd metaphor of the empress, but there was only one thought in her mind,


    ''In your opinion, his Majesty is like a butterfly. Does he know that?''


    Yun Shang remained silent. She thought for a while, and said, "the weather in the state of Ning is not


    good for peach trees. But I know, if a fruit, as the empress said, is good-looking, it will be the first one


    that a farmer will pick up. Instead, it''s the most ugly one that has been kept in the peach tree and no


    one wants it. "


    There was a sudden silence in the garden. Then a burst ofughter of the empress came through,


    "hahaha... Great! You are right!"


    The empress turned around and looked at Yun Shang, who was still bowing her head in respect.


    Suddenly, her eyes gleamed with great joy. "As the saying goes, the closely involved cannot see


    clearly. You make a point out what I have been thinking for a long time. It''s my fault. I have ignored that


    man who I thought was not a threat. I didn''t expect that he is the most dangerous one instead. "


    Under the instruction of Xia Huanyu, Yun Shang made it a secret that the seventh Prince killed his


    brother. But as the empress still stood in the pce for so many years, she must have her connections,


    even if her son was in the state of Ning.


    "The reason why you got close to the Lady Xiang in the pce a few days ago was that Prince Rui just


    returned to the state of Xia and there was no support in the court, so you wanted to find an ally in the


    imperial household. But if you target at the Lady Xiang, you will be far behind it. She don''t have any


    children or brothers'' support, she was just like a piece of floating wood in the pce, which means that


    even though she has the emperor''s love for now, she is not that powerful at all. Anyone can get rid of


    her easily. Ally, I think no one in the imperial household is more powerful than me. I have no heir now,


    so I won''t pose any threat to Prince Rui''s position. I''m the imperial household master, and my father


    and brother both take an important position in the court. Your enemy is also my enemy. If you join


    hands with me... " The empress chuckled, looking at the peak of the peach tree.


    "It is easy to reach the highest position for you." Then she turned to look at Yun Shang. "I don''t ask for


    too much. I just hope that my status of the empress will be more stable. After the new emperor ascends


    the throne, I will still be the old empress."


    Yun Shang lowered her head and looked at the peach flowers in the ground with her eyes. When she


    heard the empress'' words, she smiled secretly and answered in a low voice, "I can not decide such a


    big matter on my own. I have to discuss with Prince Rui before I can give you a reply, your majesty."


    "Then I will wait for your good news." Then she walked on.


    Yun Shang apanied the empress to walk in the imperial garden for half a day, and then had dinner


    in the Wei Yang pce before a servant came to invite the empress, "Your Majesty, master Kong is in


    the Meeting Hall now, and his majesty is asking your majesty toe to the Meeting Hall."