Chapter 614 A Silver Lining (Part One)


    Yun Shang narrowed her eyes, with astonishingly bright light in her eyes, and asked, "Your master,


    what did your master see?"


    The woman shuddered at her words. Biting her lips, she cried out, "yes, my master! My master saw his


    majesty and Prince Rui!" Then the woman fell to the ground as if she had lost all her strength after the


    words. She then said in a low voice, "that day, my master went to her husband''s yard to look for him,


    but he wasn''t there. As my master saw many books scattered on the ground in the messy room, she


    cleaned the room by herself for him. But she identally bumped into something on the shelf. With a


    loud bang, the shelf was moved away. "


    The woman''s voice kept trembling, as if she was still frightened. "After the bookshelf was moved, there


    was a dark cave. On that day, I was the only one following my master that day. My master and I were


    shocked and watched outside for a while before she dragged me with her and walked in. However, we


    walked for only a short while before we saw an iron gate. Curious as my master was, she peeped


    through the gate and saw the emperor and Prince Rui sitting inside.


    My master was scared and dared not stay any longer. So she and I rushed back into the room. She


    searched back and forth in the shelf for several times before she finally moved the shelf back. And


    being afraid of being discovered by her husband, she could only restore the room to what it looked like


    before with only the help of her memory. "


    Yun Shang remained doubtful about the woman''s words. After a short silence, she asked her again,


    "Lady Liu saw the emperor and Prince Rui that day, so she wanted to go to the pce to report the


    empress as soon as she saw the emperor and his royal highness?"


    The woman shook her head, "My master and her husband have been married for so many years. At


    the beginning, my master was just frightened. At that time, the rumors of the emperor''s ident and


    the disappearance of Prince Rui spread everywhere in the Jin city. My master can''t believe that it was


    his majesty and Prince Rui who were seen in the secret room behind the shelf. However, she dared not


    ask her husband directly. So she went to the hidden room again when his lordship was not in the


    mansion the next day. This time, she talked with his majesty and Prince Rui through the door and


    confirmed their identities. Prince Rui told my master that his lordship must be bewitched by the eldest


    princess, so he did such a rebellious thing. He wanted my master to go to the pce to find the


    empress, ore to the Prince Rui''s mansion to tell Lady Rui.


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    My master was out of mind after she came back to her own room. She didn''t even have dinner for the


    whole day. She summoned a carriage to see the empress before the sun rose the next day. But to her


    surprise, she didn''t even get to enter the pce gate. My master hesitated after knowing that she


    couldn''t see the empress. After all, she had been with his lordship for so many years. But sheter


    gritted her teeth and came to the Prince Rui''s mansion. The Butler said that your highness was in poor


    health and couldn''t see any guest. My master had been busy for the whole morning, but could not get


    any help. She grabbed my hand in the carriage and asked me if it was her fate... " The woman choked


    with sobs and could hardly speak anymore.


    Yun Shang quickly asked somebody to bring a cup of hot tea to her, thinking that what the woman said


    was consistent with what the Butler had found out.


    "And then? And why diddy Liu pass away? Is the emperor and Prince Rui still in the Mansion of the


    Liu n?" Lady Hua Guo quickly asked anxiously, unable to keep herposure.


    The woman drank some tea to ease herself. After apologizing to Yun Shang, she said, "My master was


    ill because there were so many thoughts in her mind. She has been ill since she came back. But


    because of his majesty and his royal highness, my master had been on pins and needles the whole


    time. When she had taken a walk in the mansion in a pleasant weather that day, she had almost


    walked to the gate of his lordship''s yard, and saw his lordship was talking to a woman in an intimate


    manner. Thedy stood with her back to the door. My master only saw her hairpin with a purple jade


    and a phoenix pattern on it. She looked very familiar. A few days ago, when my master found out the


    rumor between her husband and the eldest princess, she was angry and sensitive to it. So she rushed


    in hurriedly and scolded that woman. Then she was stunned again and realized that the woman was


    the eldest princess.


    His lordship was a bit angry with my master at that time, so he had a big fight with her and asked her to


    get out. The master went back to the yard in a fit of anger. But when she went back, she held my hand


    all of a sudden and told me that the Liu n would be done if the eldest princess didn''t change her


    mind andmitted a serious crime with his lordship. That day, after my master had dinner absent


    mindedly, she left me alone in the yard and went to the yard of his lordship with another maid. After my


    master went into his lordship''s yard, she never came back. Then a servant in his lordship''s yard


    delivered a message to me, saying that my master had a sudden illness and died. She, along with the


    maids who apanied my master, was not found. I guess that my master must be so anxious that


    she told his lordship that she knew about the matter of his majesty and Prince Rui, and was killed by


    the eldest princess and his lordship."


    With tears streaming down the woman''s face, the woman kowtowed to Yun Shang for several times


    and begged, "please help me, your highness!"


    Yun Shang hurriedly said, "if what you said is true, of course I will help you out. Did you give me that


    purple jade and Phoenix shaped hairpin? How did you get that hairpin?"


    "After my master died, I wanted to avenge my master. This morning when I went out of the mansion for


    shopping, I came to the Prince Rui''s mansion for many times, but the door was closed every time, and


    there were guards in the mansion, so I couldn''t get close. Then I went back to the mansion. When


    there was no one in his lordship''s yard, I went into the yard, pretending to be the maid who had sent


    presents to him. I saw the hairpin ced in the outer room, so I took it over. I can''t go in because there


    were guards at the inner door. I''m not sure whether his majesty and Prince Rui are still in the mansion


    or not. " The woman said in a low voice.