Chapter 671 A Guess


    Yun Shang raised her eyebrows at the emperor''s words and replied with a smile, "Your Majesty, that''s


    too exaggerated. I''m just an ignorant woman. It''s good for the Ministry of Justice to look for the


    murderer. I''m just good enough to cure the patient."


    Hearing that, Xia Huanyu wore a cold smile at the corners of his mouth. After a while, he opened his


    mouth, but what he said seemed to have nothing to do with the question he had asked just now. "Lady


    Hui is smart and self-centered. She knows what she is doing and is reasonable. However, she is a bit


    too naive to be tricked so easily."


    Yun Shang looked up and had a quick nce at Xia Huanyu. As she was about to look away, she


    happened to meet Luo Qingyan''s eyes. Yun Shang pondered for a while and said with a smile on her


    face, "I have heard that you always like hunting, your majesty, so I think you should know that


    intelligent animals always hide behindrge targets. A hunter usually sees the big target, but he doesn''t


    know that the things behind it might be the real treasure. "


    Hearing that, Xia Huanyu''s hand paused for a while. Then he wore a meaningful smile at the corners of


    his mouth and said, "Oh, really?"


    Yun Shang smiled and continued, "but it also depends on the big target how long the animal can hide


    behind the big target before the hunter finds it."


    Xia Huanyu slightly narrowed his eyes, put down the tea cup cover, and turned the jade ring on his


    thumb. He was silent for a long time before he said, "in that case, I have to try our best to keep a close


    eye on it, so as to make sure that the huge animal will survive in the dangerous forest for a long time."


    Ning Qian smiled and stood up. She interrupted, "It won''t end once you talk about hunting. Please have


    dinner, your majesty."


    Xia Huanyu nodded his head and said, "okay."


    Ning Qian replied with a "yes" and then asked the servants to deliver the meal. After the servants had


    prepared a full table of dishes, Xia Huanyu walked to the table and sat down. Then he raised his head


    and said, "please sit down. You are all casual people, so why do you only pretend to be so polite now?"


    Yun Shang smiled as she didn''t know whether the emperor was praising them or giving them a


    reminder.


    Rules were very strict in the pce, so no one could make any noise while having dinner. After the


    dinner, Xia Huanyu stayed at the Xiang Zhu Pce to y chess with Luo Qingyan.


    Ning Qian ordered servants to prepare some food for Lin Youran and sent it to the inner hall. After that,


    she sat with Yun Shang and watched them ying chess.


    Qin Yi came back in the middle of the game. She left in a hurry and gasped for breath. Yun Shang


    looked at the two people who were fighting fiercely on the chessboard. After a moment''s consideration,


    she called her to go to the inner hall with her.


    "Just say it here. Where are we going?" Said Xia Huanyu all of a sudden. He spoke in a steady tone,


    which sounded somewhat cold.


    Yun Shang looked up at Xia Huanyu, who was still concentrating on the chessboard. She hesitated for


    a while and sat down again, asking Qin Yi: "how is it going? What did the carpenter say? "


    Qin Yi looked at Xia Huanyu with carefulness in her eyes. Since Yun Shang said so, she said in front of


    him, "I''ve showed that piece of wood to a carpenter. He said that the oil on the head of the wood was


    fine originally. But usually they used the tung tree oil to brush the skin of the furniture. But because the


    tung tree oil smelled much more, so it was best to keep a distance from pregnant women, otherwise


    there would be risk for miscarriage. Seen from the wood, in order to make the oil smell less strong, they


    added some aromatic substance in it, and also it is not good for pregnant women. If these two kinds of


    aromatic substance are mixed together, the effect will be much more obvious. If a pregnant woman


    smells it all the time, within three months, she will definitely have a miscarriage. "


    Yun Shang couldn''t help but frown. A deadly scheme! If she hadn''t been a keen sniff and smelled the


    scent, no one would have thought of it.


    Besides, even if it was found by someone, the tung tree oil was used to brush the surface of the


    furniture, and all the furniture in the pce must be made in that way, and nobody could be med.


    "What are you talking about? What wood?" Xia Huanyu and Luo Qingyan asked faintly, turning their


    heads to look at Yun Shang after they just finished ying a game.


    Yun Shang stood up at once. "Your Majesty, I found the tables, chairs, screens, wardrobes and


    dressers in the side hall where Lady Hui slept. All of them are newly made and smell rather strange. It


    won''t be smelled unless someone examined it carefully. With some doubts in my mind, I took the wood


    of the bed made of red wood which Lady Hui slept on. A small piece of wood was taken out of the


    pce by Qin Yi and she met a famous carpenter outside the pce. "


    They must have heard clearly what Qin Yi said just now, so she didn''t have to repeat it.


    Before Xia Huanyu made any response, Luo Qingyan frowned, walked to Yun Shang and said, "you


    stood there for half a day. Are you all right? You are pregnant too... "


    Yun Shang smiled and patted Luo Qingyan''s hand. She said gently, "It doesn''t matter. The smell is not


    too strong, and even if it is working, it will take a few days to do so. I''m just standing there for a while.


    It''s okay."


    "It''s also because Lady Hui is not in a good health herself and has severe morning sickness. What''s


    more, she originally can''t keep a steady fetus. As a result, she has an symptom even after five or six


    days'' staying there. Luckily, she had symptoms so soon. Otherwise, the smell of the new made


    furniture would be gone after a few days. By then, there was nothing we could do about it anymore. "


    Yun Shang smiled and sighed.


    After a short silence, Xia Huanyu asked in a colder tone, "where did those thingse from?"


    Ning Qian replied promptly, "imperial household department. After Lady Hui''s move to the Xiang Zhu


    Pce, I noticed that everything in the side hall was old, so I asked the imperial household department


    to prepare a new set for her. "


    "Imperial household department?" With a cold smile, Xia Huanyu lowered his head to pick up the ck


    pieces on the chessboard one by one. After a while, he said, "Liu Wenan, go and bring the man in


    charge of the imperial household department here."


    Yun Shang hurriedly said, "I think that it is not the right time to bring the man in charge of the Imperial


    Household Department here."


    "But why?" Xia Huanyu looked up at Yun Shang and then at Liu Wenan, who seemed hesitant. "Just


    wait." Then he asked Yun Shang, "why is it not the right time?"


    Yun Shang pondered for a while and said gently, "the lord of the imperial household department or the


    person behind the plot who made the furniture was only one of the hands of the backstage maniptor.


    Even if we cut the hand off, we still don''t know who the backstage maniptor was. On the contrary,


    we will startle the snake, which would make the backstage maniptor be on guard. At that time, it will


    be difficult to arrest the real culprit."


    Xia Huanyu frowned and looked at Yun Shang. He threw the pieces in his hands one by one into the


    basket, and the pieces collided one after another. "Oh? What can you do? "


    Yun Shang thought for a while and said, "I have thought of a way, but I don''t know whether it''s


    feasible."


    "What is it?" Xia Huanyu put the basket aside and looked at Yun Shang.


    Yun Shang thought for a while and said gently, "it seems that it will take ten days..."


    Yun Shang told Xia Huanyu her thoughts in a careful way. After a while, Xia Huanyu thought for a while


    and quickly turned the jade ring on his thumb. After a long time, he stopped and said in a firm voice,


    "do as you said."


    When Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan went out of the pce together, it was almost midnight. The night


    was cold. Luo Qingyan held Yun Shang in his arms carefully and put her under his cloak.


    After a long time, Yun Shang got on the carriage. The braziers on the carriage had already been


    extinguished, and the heating in the carriage wasn''t good. But it was much better without the night


    wind.


    Luo Qingyan seemed unhappy, kept a long face and said nothing as he sat down.


    Yun Shang felt strange. She looked up and down at Luo Qingyan from time to time. After a long time,


    she couldn''t help asking, "what happened? Why do you look so upset? "


    Luo Qingyan held Yun Shang tighter and sighed heavily. He buried his head in Yun Shang''s shoulder


    and muttered, "I really want to hide you. We''re going to live in seclusion and not care about the world.


    You don''t have to work so hard."


    Yun Shang didn''t know Prince Rui was sulking over it, but he acted like a child. Yun Shang couldn''t


    helpughing. "I''m not tired at all. These days, due to my pregnancy, I''ve been staying at home all day


    long. I had to look through the ount books for fun. Now with this matter, and I''m quite excited about


    what''s happening because I finally have something to do."


    Hearing this, Luo Qingyan looked up and knocked on Yun Shang''s head, "I don''t care if you just want


    to check the ount book. But there are so many cunning people in the pce. You are pregnant now.


    I''m afraid that someone will plot against you. Thus, I''m not liking that you go to the imperial pce.


    Now you have Ning Qian there, and now Lin Youran can also help you keep an eye. You can have a


    rest at home when you can have a rest. After all, the empress is a tough nut to crack. There are many


    enemies in the pce we know little about. Now what I care most is your safety. "


    Yun Shang felt warm in her heart. She smiled and leaned her head against Luo Qingyan''s chest. She


    said in a softer voice, "I know what to do. I will be careful and take good care of myself. After this


    matter is settled, I can rest at home. Now there are more and more our people in the pce, I can also


    have a good rest."


    Hearing this, Luo Qingyan smiled and nted a kiss on Yun Shang''s forehead. "That''s my girl."


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    All of a sudden, a trace of interest came into Yun Shang''s mind. She smiled to Prince Rui, "do you want


    to have a guess, Prince Rui? Who is behind all this?"


    Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows and smiled, "who else could it be? It must be the empress."


    "The empress?" Yun Shang tilted her head, thought for a while, and shook her head. "I don''t think it''s


    the empress. Let''s make a bet. If you lose, you have to promise me one thing. If I lose, I will promise


    you one thing."


    Hearing that, Luo Qingyan smiled. "Okay, I ept your bet."