Chapter 659 The Undercurrent


    It was not until about 4 o''clock in the afternoon that the bed curtain was lifted. Luo Qingyan stretched


    out his hand to pick up the clothes on the ground and put them on. He picked up the robe on the stool


    and put it on before he walked out of the inner room.


    In the outer room, Qin Yi was sitting on the chair embroidering a pair of shoes. From the size of them, it


    seemed that they were for a small child. The shoes had a delicate yellow tiger head embroidered on


    them.


    Standing aside and looking at her doing her work for a while, Luo Qingyan asked, "for whom?"


    Qin Yi hadn''t noticed Luo Qingyan''s sudden appearance. Hearing his sudden voice, she was startled


    and the needle nearly went out of her hand. Qin Yi quickly put the shoes into the embroidery basket,


    stood up, and bowed to Luo Qingyan and greeted softly, "Your Highness."


    Luo Qingyan nodded his head, and pointed to the shoes in the embroidered basket, "you made it for


    whom?"


    Qin Yi smiled and said, "it''s made for the little prince or princess. I don''t know whether it is a boy or a


    girl. I''ve embroidered a pair of flowers before, and now I''m making this little tiger on another pair."


    Luo Qingyan nodded as if absorbed in thought. After a while, he asked, "why haven''t I seen Shang''er


    doing embroidery?"


    Qin Yi, hearing his words, hurriedly answered, "Your Highness, her highness has grown up without


    being arounddy Jin, so no one ever taught her how to do embroidery. Later, his majesty sent her to


    the Ningguo temple for recuperation. She didn''t return to the pce until she came of age. If your


    highness wants to have something embroidered or make clothes, just tell me... "


    Only then did Luo Qingyan realize that Qin Yi might have misunderstood what he meant. "It''s just that I


    haven''t seen shang''er doing anything like this, so I''m just asking. I don''t know how shang''er looks like


    when she is doing embroidery." Then heughed as if he was amused by his own words.


    Qin Yi noticed that Luo Qingyan did not seem to be angry, so she quickly changed the subject, "Your


    Highness has not eaten anything. I''ll ask someone to prepare some food."


    Luo Qingyan nodded his head and said, "call me in the study when the food is ready." Then he


    intended to go out. But when he reached the door, he turned around and said, "wake up her highness


    when the food is ready. She must be hungry because she didn''t even have lunch."


    Qin Yi said yes, watching Luo Qingyan go out of the room, and then told the maids to get ready.


    Qin Yi went into the inner room after giving orders to the maids. Her eyes lighted up when she saw the


    clothes scattered over the floor in front of her highness'' bed. She picked them up in a hurry and put


    them aside. The clothes was torn a little. Qin Yi put the new clothes aside and cleaned the room again


    before she stood at the bed and called, "Your highness... "


    Yun Shang answered softly from the bed curtain. In fact, she was awake when Luo Qingyan got up.


    She knew clearly that they must have heard what they had done in the daytime, as Qin Yi and other


    servants were waiting outside. She also knew what Qin Yi was doing when she went to clean up the


    room, so she felt her face burning when she heard Qin Yi call her to get up.


    "It''s time to get up, your highness. I have ordered some food to be delivered here." Qin Yi said gently.


    Yun Shang answered in a low voice. She flushed and said, "Okay, go and call his highness. You don''t


    have to wait on me. I''ll get up myself."


    Hearing her words, Qin Yi knew that Yun Shang was too shy. She smiled gently and walked out,


    closing the door behind her.


    Seeing Qin Yi go out, Yun Shang lifted the bed curtain in a hurry. She took her clothes on the stool next


    to her in, and dressed herself in the bed. Then she stood up, hanged the bed curtain, and also tidied


    the quilt.


    When Qin Yi went to tell Luo Qingyan toe back, Yun Shang was sitting on the couch in a daze.


    Noticing that Yun Shang''s hair was unbound, Qin Yi asked Yun Shang to sit in front of the dresser. She


    helped Yun Shang tob her hair, made a bun and put a flower hairpin on it.


    After a while, Luo Qingyan entered the room. Seeing that Yun Shang had already freshened up, he


    smiled, "I saw that they made your favorite osmanthus cake. Come out and have some food."


    Yun Shang nodded her head, stood up and went out.


    After eating, Luo Qingyan returned to the study. Yun Shang seemed to have slept for a long time. She


    looked somewhat sickly, and sat on the couch with a book in her hands, absent-minded.


    After a while, Qian Zhuo went back to the room. There was a bunch of plum blossoms her hands. She


    was so happy that she put a few plum blossoms into the vases in the room back and forth.


    Yun Shang was a little dizzy by her sudden behavior. She looked up from her book and asked, "what


    made you so happy?"


    Qian Zhuo giggled and sat down on a chair beside the couch. With a triumphant look in her eyes, she


    said, "do you have a guess, your highness?"


    Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, "how would I know? Are you dating someone?"


    Qian Zhuo stamped her foot and shook her head. "Your Highness, you are only teasing me. I was so


    happy today that I had given vent to my anger. When you returned to the mansion, you were not aware


    that thedy from the Wang n was seriously injured. The prince was indeed a powerful man. After


    the woman was sent back, the Wang n has searched the whole city for famous doctors to go to


    check on that woman. They even wanted to call for the imperial physician, but it''s hard for them to do


    so. Maybe the imperial physicians in the imperial hospital have heard of what happened in the imperial


    garden this morning, and they refuse to get out of the imperial pce. "


    Yun Shang fell silent on Qian Zhuo''s words. Maybe Luo Qingyan had put pressure on the imperial


    physicians instead of epting giving a treatment instead of hearing the news about what happened in


    the imperial garden. Luo Qingyan looked at Miss Wang with a murderous look before. Although Yun


    Shang dragged him out of the pce, he wouldn''t give up easily if he really wanted to kill someone.


    "She deserves what she deserves. I don''t really like that Miss Wang. She is just a daughter of a


    businessman. Just because her father is the richest man in the Jin city and enjoys a certain position in


    the city, she thinks she is the most powerful person in the world. With such a look, I want to fight her


    once again." Qian Zhuo snorted and said.


    Yun Shang lowered her head and smiled. "She is just a spoiled little girl." After that, she didn''t say


    anything more.


    Qian Zhuo was still angry, but when she noticed that Yun Shang was not in the mood, she shut up.


    After a moment''s silence, she said, "I have a letter for Qin Yi." Then she handed Qin Yi the bamboo


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    container with the letter in it in her hand.


    Qin Yi didn''t expect it as she was embroidering. She froze for a short second before she took over the


    bamboo tube in a hurry and poured out the letter from it. She unfolded it and read carefully. Then she


    turned to Yun Shang, "Your Highness, the empress is making a move."


    Yun Shang stopped turning the pages. She was silent for a moment before asking, "What do you


    mean?"


    Qin Yi handed the parchment to Yun Shang, and whispered, "ording to the people in the Yu Xiu


    Pce, the empress has taken some of the women in charge of the selection to the Wei Yang Pce


    these days. She inquired about the background and performance of the youngdies who were


    selected and called some of them to the Wei Yang Pce this morning."


    "Really?" Yun Shang opened the parchment and saw the content. However, there were several strange


    symbols at the bottom of the letter. Yun Shang frowned as she handed the parchment to Qin Yi. Then


    she raised her head and looked at Qin Yi, "which ones did she choose?"


    Qin Yi looked down at the letter and whispered, "they are mo Mo Jing, Su Luo, Wang Wanzhi, Wu


    Lanxi and Qin Xiann."


    Yun Shang had read through all the information about the girls when they were selected. She was also


    able to recall everything in her mind. After a while, Yun Shang smiled and said, "the empress really has


    a good appetite. She picked five girls at one time. But none of them is from the Jin city and they are not


    supported by the family."


    Qin Yi nodded her head, "she is the empress. It''s better to control this kind of girls."


    "Since the empress has chosen these people, we will try not to contact them in the future. She is very


    cautious and will arrange someone to watch around them, so be careful not to let her discover." Yun


    Shang smiled and ordered.


    Qin Yi responded and threw the parchment into the brazier.


    "The messenger in the pce just now said that after the early morning court this morning, Lady Hui


    was promoted." Qian Zhuo quickly told Yun Shang the news.


    Yun Shang nodded her head and said, "I''m afraid the empress was unable to prevent Lady Hui from


    getting a promotion, so she took the initiative to find the five persons in a hurry."


    "Tell madam Qiu to go to the storehouse and check if there is anything suitable in the warehouse. Then


    choose one gift and send it to Lady Hui and tell her that I congratte her on her promotion." Yun


    Shang stood up from the couch and rubbed her aching and limp waist. "Let''s take a walk in the yard.


    I''m still a little tired after lying here for a long time."


    Qin Yi helped Yun Shang out of the inner room, and gently said, "will it be a bit inappropriate for us to


    do so? As for other concubines in the imperial household, we rarely send gifts to the pce when they


    get promoted or their birthday. But now, Youran is only a concubine, and even if she got promoted, she


    will still be Lady Hui."


    Yun Shang held her waist and walked out, smiling, "that''s why we need to send her the gift. The


    empress knows that Lin Youran is my person. It''s unnecessary for me to avoid arousing suspicion. I


    can take this opportunity to let them all know that she is on my side."


    "They always pay attention to Lady Hui since she is pregnant with a child of his majesty. If you meddle


    in it, I''m afraid..." Qin Yi was a bit worried.


    "It is true that she has be the enemy of all the women in the pce when Lin Youran is pregnant.


    Even if some women didn''t show it, it doesn''t mean that they are happy. What I want is to give a


    warning to those who are too stupid to know who is behind her. " Yun Shang walked to the plum tree,


    picked a branch and smelled it. A cold smile emerged on her face.