Chapter 683 A Lot Of Doubts


    Yun Shang lowered her head to check the hairpins carefully. After a short while, she smiled and twisted


    the hairpins. It turned out they were really hollow inside. Yun Shang squinted her eyes and flicked the


    hairpin on the table. Then two small pieces of paper were poured out of the hairpin.


    Yun Shang unfolded the paper and, after a long time of silence, gave it to Daniel.


    Looking at the words on the paper, Xia Huanyu frowned and put it aside in an indifferent manner. Then


    he added, "What is it in the other?"


    Yun Shang took the other hairpin and shook it for a while. Then some grey powder was poured out


    from it. A fragrance wafted from it. Yun Shang immediately covered her nose and said gently, "Your


    majesty, there are two kinds of aromatic substances in it. One is the lily aroma that is used on the


    furniture, the other is the jasmine fragrance. The rouge Lady Xian had given to Lady Hui before also


    had jasmine smell. Lily and jasmine were the mostmon perfume used among women''s rouge, not


    as special as musk which might draw attentions. If a pregnant woman smells these two kinds of


    fragrance too often, she will miscarry. "


    Hearing that, great coldness burst out from Xia Huanyu''s eyes all of a sudden. With a sneer, he said,


    "Guard, take Lady Xian away and lock her in the cold pce."


    The guard came in at once. Lady Xian''s face turned pale. She smiled bitterly and waved her hand.


    "Don''t bother. I can walk myself." With these words, she took a look at Xia Huanyu, and then turned


    around and walked towards the gate. Her figure was more straight and elegant than any time before,


    but a bit deste.


    "I''m tired. I''m going back to the Taiji hall now." After Lady Xian walked out of the room, Xia Huanyu kept


    silent for quite a while. Then he stood up and coldly said that, and left.


    The empress sighed and said, "I have always treated Lady Xian as my own sister. I didn''t expect her to


    be so ungrateful and do such a bad thing." After that, she left with her maids.


    There was only Yun Shang and herpanions left in the hall. Yun Shang went to the chair where Xia


    Huanyu had just sat and picked up the piece of paper he had left on the table. She kneaded it into a


    ball at first nce and threw it into the brazier beside.


    Luo Qingyan also stood up and said lightly, "Let''s go back home."


    Yun Shang nodded, told Ning Qian something, and left the pce with Luo Qingyan. The farce was


    brought to an end. Yun Shang felt as if all her strength had been sucked out. After getting in the


    carriage, she leaned on Luo Qingyan''s shoulder and closed her eyes for rest.


    The carriage headed towards Prince Rui''s mansion. The sound of the wheels on the road was heard


    continuously. Yun Shang sighed slightly and asked, "How did you know the secret of Lady Xian''s


    hairpins?"


    Luo Qingyan stroked Yun Shang''s long hair, patted her on the shoulder and said, "You have ced


    many spies in the pce, and so have I. When Lady Xian was getting in touch with her people, she


    happened to be seen."


    Yun Shang nodded slightly and sighed, "If you hadn''t told me that, I would not have been able to defeat


    Lady Xian today. I didn''t expect it was her. In my opinion, she is just an ordinary concubine who likes to


    dress up and show off. "


    "No concubine in the imperial household is ordinary." Luo Qingyan smiled.


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    After returning home, Luo Qingyan went straight to the study. Yun Shang threw the cloak onto the sofa,


    andy down on the soft couch.


    Qin Yi smiled, "It was a little dangerous today. But what was on the paper? Why did the emperor


    became sure that it was Lady Xian who did it after looking at the note?"


    "It was just the replies from the craftsman and the pharmacist before they left. I didn''t remember clearly.


    They just said that the evidence was destroyed, and nobody could find them. Please don''t worry, Lady


    Xian." Yun Shang responded carelessly, yawning, and soon fell asleep.


    The next day, Yun Shang got up very early. After Madam Qiu reported some affairs, she stood aside


    and watched Qin Yi helping Yun Shang get dressed. She looked at Yun Shang in silence for a while


    and said, "Your highness, although the baby doesn''t show now, you''d better not wear such tight


    clothes, which are not good for your health. Just wear something loose."


    Yun Shang nodded, "I didn''t pay much attention to it before, but I remember all my dresses are tight."


    After a moment''s silence, she said to Qin Yi, "Send someone to the Qianshui Pavilion and asked Qian


    Shui to the mansion. Let her get me measured and make some loose clothes for me."


    "Madam, how many suits do you think are appropriate?" Yun Shang turned to look at Madam Qiu.


    Madam Qiu thought for a while and said, "You could wear loose clothes till March. Make around six


    suits.


    Yun Shang agreed. Then she went to the outer hall for breakfast. After that, she walked to the desk and


    read the ount book.


    After she finished a ount book, Qian Shui entered the yard.


    Yun Shang stood up smilingly and said, "Loose style is not popr in the State of Xia, so I have to


    keep my waist tied. You have to spend more time making some nice clothes for me."


    Qian Shui smiled and joked with Yun Shang, "Don''t worry. I will make you the most beautiful pregnant


    woman in the State of Xia." Then she took a line and measured Yun Shang''s size. "Ladies in the State


    of Xia like to wear clothes with a waistband. Maybe it is because they are petite women, most of them


    shorter than you. The clothes with a waistband will make them seem a little taller."


    Yun Shang nodded and said with a smile, "You are right. Indeed, that would make people look taller."


    Qian Shui measured Yun Shang''s size, and talked about what happened yesterday in the pce, "I''ve


    heard that something happened yesterday in the pce? It''s said that it has something to do with


    Qianshui Pavilion."


    Yun Shang smiled and nodded. "Yes. Lady Xian has the same blue gemstone hairpins as the ones I


    bought from your shopst month. She hollowed out her hairpins and hid something in them."


    "Lady Xian? She hasn''t bought any hairpin from me. " Qian Shui replied in a casual way. Then she


    went to the desk, took a brush and paper, and wrote down Yun Shang''s size.


    "Since Lady Xian is in the Imperial Pce, it is impossible for her to go out to buy the hairpins by


    herself. Lady Xian''s mother is the wife of Wang Congwen, the richest man in Jin City. Lady Xian always


    entrusted her mother to buy all kinds of jewelries in Qianshui Pavilion." Yun Shang smiled and sat


    down behind the desk, holding an ount book.


    Qian Shui frowned and shook her head, "No, I know Mrs. Wang is Lady Xian''s mother. Mrs. Wang told


    me that before, but I''m sure she didn''t buy the blue gemstone hairpins, nor did she ask someone else


    to buy them. The items in my shop are very expensive and I only have a few regr customers. I


    remember everything they have bought."


    Yun Shang heard her and was somewhat stunned. She raised her head to look at Qian Shui and said,


    "But when I saw the hairpins Lady Xian wore, I could tell that they were made by you..."


    Qian Shui put down the brush, and thought for a long time before she said, "Your highness, the hairpin


    is a new style I madest month. Except you, only two people have brought it. One is from the imperial


    censor''s mansion, and the other one is a young woman I have never seen before. She''s about


    seventeen or eighteen years old, but she must note from the Wang''s mansion, I have seen all the


    concubines of Mr. Wang. And I haven''t heard that he has recently married a new concubine."


    Yun Shang frowned slightly. She felt it was weird. Only three people have bought the hairpins, so the


    two Lady Xian wore was most likely bought by the young women. But who was she?


    "Do you still remember her appearance?" Yun Shang asked.


    Qian Shui shook her head and answered after thinking for a while, "That woman wore a veil. I didn''t


    see her appearance, but I judged from her figure and hands that she was only 17 or 18 years old. But I


    have heard her voice. If I hear her voice again, I will definitely recognize her. "


    Yun Shang took a look at the table and shook her head. If we only have these clues, we can''t find out


    anything. There are many youngdies in the city who can afford the jewelries in the Qianshui Pavilion.


    It''s hard to find thatdy by hearing her voice.


    Yun Shang had a lot of doubts in her mind, but she could not find out the identity of the culprit, so she


    could not investigate into it.


    "If you meet the woman again, send someone to follow and inquire about her identity. Then report to


    me." Yun Shang ordered Qian Shui.


    Qian Shui nodded. She asked Yun Shang if she had any other orders, and left the mansion.


    Seeing Yun Shang frowning and unhappy, Qin Yi asked gently, "What''s the matter with you, your


    highness? You were in a good mood just now, but now you look unhappy. "


    Yun Shang sighed slightly and said, "I think there is something we don''t know aboutdy Sharon."


    Qin Yi had just heard the conversation between Yun Shang and Qian Shui. She thought for a while and


    said, "Your highness, you always say that we will deal with the situation as ites. Now that Lady


    Xian has just been banished to the cold pce. If the mysterious woman is in Jin City, we will certainly


    find her one day. And the evidence that Lady Xian murdered Lady Hui is conclusive. Your highness,


    please don''t mind it anymore."


    Yun Shang nodded and sighed, "Well, we have no better way."