Chapter 680 The Murderer Behind The Scenes


    Yun Shang raised her sleeve to cover her mouth and nose with it. Then she turned around and asked,


    "did you smell a scent?" Before they could answer, Yun Shang had already put down the oilmp in her


    hand, smiled and said, "it is the scent that almost killed Lady Hui''s unborn child."


    As soon as Yun Shang stopped, Luo Qingyan was the first one to react. He hurriedly walked in front of


    Yun Shang and threw the table, chair and screen out of the hall.


    "Is the scent special?" The empress opened her mouth. There was confusion in her eyes.


    Yun Shang smiled and said gently, "the freshly made furniture will be covered with ayer of oil in case


    of worms or cracks. The oil''s scent was extremely strong by nature, and the excessive smell would do


    no good to human body, especially to pregnant women. And those things were just fresh made and had


    not dissipated the smell of the oil. They were sent to Lady Hui''s bedroom. In order to cover the strong


    smell of the oil, they added some lily flowers. The lily flowers looked very beautiful, and the fragrance


    was fresh and elegant, but it would cause miscarriage. Thebination of these two things is fatal to


    the baby in Lady Hui''s belly. "


    Frowning, the empress pondered for a moment and said, "but you grilled the table with the fire just


    now, which gave off the scent. Normally,dy Hui wouldn''t roast those things for nothing, right?"


    "Your Majesty, as it is in winter, there is always a pot of fire in the hall, and the scent will be much


    stronger."


    Yun Shang hesitated before she continued, "In fact, when the baby in Lady Hui''s womb was instable


    know who was behind all this, so I followed his Majesty''s orders and he asked me not to make any


    sound. So I came up with a way to let the furniture be covered with a thickyer of candle oil. After the


    wax cool down, these smell could be prevented from spreading. I have used the fire to melt the wax. "


    The empress frowned. It seemed that she was somewhat unhappy. But in consideration to Xia


    Huanyu''s presence, she could not show her unhappiness. She only snorted coldly and kept her mouth


    shut.


    Xia Huanyu kept turning the jade ring around his thumb and looked at Yun Shang. "Today, you asked


    someone to move these things out. Did you find the murderer?"


    Yun Shang hesitated before answering, "yes."


    "Really? Who is it? " Hearing that, Xia Huanyu paused slightly with his eyes shing and the corners of


    his mouth raising.


    After a long silence, Yun Shang answered in a low voice, "Your Majesty, it was Lady Xian who had


    those furniture made."


    Since Yun Shang came out just now, Lady Xian had been sitting quietly beside her without speaking.


    She seemed to be immersed in her own thoughts. When she heard Yun Shang mention her, she


    suddenly came to her senses, jumped up as if there was a needle on the chair, and roared in a certain


    sharp voice, "nonsense! Your majesty,dy Rui made a wild guess. It''s not me. I have never hurt the


    child. I didn''t hurt Lady Hui''s child, and I didn''t give her these things. "


    "Lady Xian!" The empress frowned and snapped, "sit down. It''s not proper to shout like that."


    Hearing that, Lady Xian was at a loss before she realized that she might have overreacted. She bit her


    lips, eyes filled with grievance. She sat back with the handkerchief, but her eyes were fixed on Yun


    Shang.


    "Really? Do you have any proof? " Xia Huanyu looked very calm, as if he was not surprised at all.


    Yun Shang smiled, "the furniture is evidence. I have heard that Lady Xian''s father, Lord Wang


    Congwen, is the richest businessman in the city, and also an imperial businessman. Many imperial


    household things in the pce are bought from Wang Congwen. He sold the wood for the furniture and


    the oil for Lady Hui too. "


    Hearing that, Lady Xian became excited again. She said quickly, "please don''t sling mud at me. My


    father chose to do the Royal business because of the high quality of the things he provided. It''s a rare


    good thing. Besides, my father has been doing business for so many years and has never had any


    problems. It must be thatdy Rui hates our family because my sister likes Prince Rui. Is it wrong that


    she likes Prince Rui? Prince Rui hurt my sister and Lady Rui ndered my family. "


    Yun Shang couldn''t helpughing when she heard the decree of defamation.


    "If it''s a nder, you can send someone to the imperial household department and ask the craftsmen


    who made the furniture. After I found there were some problems with those thingsst time, I asked his


    majesty to pay attention to those carpenters. Among them, there''s a carpenter whosest name is


    Qian. Recently, a new house was bought by him. It was a good location with a price of about 400


    silvers. However, he was the only person who could earn some money in the Qian''s house. ording


    to his monthly allowance, the pce only offered him two taels of silver a month. How could he afford


    the house? To avoid alerting the enemy, I haven''t had him and his family arrested yet. I can bring him


    here and interrogate him in detail now. "


    "How would I know?" Lady Xian''s face looked a bit pale. It was in winter now, but her forehead was


    covered with a thinyer of sweat.


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    She would not give up until Yun Shang had the evidences.


    Yun Shang smiled and said: "just now when I was in the inner hall, I asked Lady Hui who has visited


    her these days. I think Lady Xian muste very often. "


    Lady Xian didn''t answer, her face pale. But Yun Shang didn''t want to get any answer from her, so she


    continued, "you''re the most frequent one who visits her, especially after the ident that happened to


    Lady Hui. And you just wanted to know how those things would work. You wanted to know whether


    Lady Hui was using them or whether I had found them. Do you feel at ease every time you enter the


    inner hall from here and see those furniture in her bedroom? "


    Yun Shang sneered and suddenly changed her tone, "Even if you saw Lady Hui had been using these


    pieces of furniture all the time, even today when there was an ident to Lady Hui and the baby in her


    womb was dying, you still felt very worried. You were afraid that the baby in Lady Hui''s womb would be


    too lucky and survive, so you deliberately bribed a refinery assistant in the imperial hospital called Ming


    Cai, whose mother was a servant in Lady Xian''s father''s mansion. When I asked someone to fill the


    prescription in the the Imperial Hospital, you asked the assistant to put some musk in it. "


    The sweat quietly slipped down from Lady Xian''s forehead, her face bloodless. The brocade


    handkerchief in her hand was also condensed into a ball. Perhaps it was because of too much force


    that her fingernails stained with rouge were broken.


    "Lady Xian, am I right?" Yun Shang smiled coldly and looked her in the eye.