Chapter 709 The Trap


    Yun Shang hadn''t recovered from the shock that the woman in front of her was Lady Yun, who had


    disappeared for a long time, when Lady Yun took back the paper and wrote a few more words on it.


    Then she held the paper up so that Yun Shang could see clearly. The handwriting of this time was


    illegible, especially thest two words - Save Qian Ling.


    Yun Shang stared at the words for a long time before she slowly raised her head and looked at the


    woman who imed to be Lady Yun. Again she raised the corners of her mouth, and her eyes met the


    woman''s. Yun Shang didn''t dodge, but asked directly "Why?"


    Yes, why? The woman seemed to be confused by Yun Shang''s question. She was motionless for a


    long time without even a blink.


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    Although Yun Shang''s smile was still quite cold, she was now a little more rxed. She ordered Qian


    Zhuo to fetch a chair, and sat down opposite Lady Yun. Her voice was calm, "I think I know you well,


    Lady Yun. Maybe it''s because I grew up in the pce, I know very well what the women living in the


    pce are thinking. Therefore, after I arrived at the State of Xia, I kept a distance from the Imperial


    concubines. Lady Yun, you were one of the few that were intimate to me. "


    Lady Yun didn''t seem to understand why Yun Shang said these words. She just looked at Yun Shang


    nkly. Yun Shang smiled more brightly and went on, "but Lady Yun, you made me quite


    disappointed... "


    After being silent for a long time, Lady Yun slowly put away the paper and sat on the chair, lowering her


    eyes.


    Yun Shang ordered Qian Zhuo to find the antidote for dumbness as well as the liquid medicine for the


    facial disguise. Although the woman said she was Lady Yun, Qian Zhuo still did not trust her to stay in


    the same room with Yun Shang, so she stayed in the room and only gave the orders to the servants.


    Lady Yun kept sitting quietly all the time, so Yun Shang didn''t speak. About an hourter, the shadow


    guard found medicine Yun Shang asked for. Qian Zhuo took it over, fed an antidote pill to Lady Yun,


    then ordered someone to take some water, poured the liquid medicine to remove the disguise into the


    water, twisted the handkerchief and bit by bit wiped off Lady Yun''s disguise on her face.


    After a short while, the true appearance of Lady Yun was revealed. Yun Shang looked at her from head


    to toe. She found she was a little thinner than before. Her eyes looked dark, which showed she must


    have not slept well for a long time. Her skin looked pale and morbid.


    After a long time,dy Yun tried to say something. She said in a hoarse voice, "The Eldest Princess


    has fed Qian Ling with medicine. So Qian Ling needs to get antidotes from her every month, or else


    she will die..."


    Yun Shang raised an eyebrow and didn''t reply. Lady Yun''s eyes were red and quivering. There were


    tears in her eyes. She seemed to be recalling something, "When my father was in trouble, I was the


    most favored royal concubine and his majesty had shown endless favor to me. But when I knew that


    my father died, I was terrified. I tossed and turned restlessly the whole night, fearing that his majesty


    would order to send me into the Cold Pce and deprive me of the title of the Imperial concubine as


    well as his favor to me. Just as I was filled with fear, the Eldest Princess appeared. "


    Lady Yun took a nce at Yun Shang, and smiled bitterly. Then she went on, "She said she could help


    me keep what I had, but I had to do something for her. "The imperial household is by no means a clean


    ce. When I was favored, the other concubines tried every means to get rid of me. I gave birth to a


    prince, but he disappeared before I could see his appearance. It''s just because the poison I got during


    pregnancy was directly transferred to him. "


    Tears streamed down Lady Yun''s face. She confessed, "I was a murderer myself before, a slut who


    wanted to get into the emperor''s bed shamelessly. As you said, there is no one clean ce in the


    imperial household, so I agreed without asking the Eldest Princess what she wanted me to do.


    Indeed, I didn''t lose anything in the end. Or at least I thought so at that time. Fortunately, the Eldest


    Princess never asked me to do anything actually. Later on, when I saw the women in the imperial


    household kept changing, I gradually understood a lot of things and began to learn to be indifferent and


    rxed. I thought the days of my life would pass like this, but I didn''t expect that the Eldest Princess


    suddenly... "


    Lady Yun suddenly stopped talking while Yun Shang was listening to her quietly. So Yun Shang was


    shocked. She looked up, only to find thatdy Yun was lying on the ground, head askew.


    Yun Shang and Qian Zhuo were taken aback. Qian Zhuo quickly stood in front of Yun Shang, and the


    secret guard stepped forward to check Lady Yun''s body. Quickly the guard reported, "Your highness,


    she''s dead."


    ''Dead?''


    Yun Shang''s heart jolted. She pulled Qian Zhuo away and was about to step forward, but to see blood


    getting out of Lady Yun''s eyes, ears, mouth and nose.


    "She was poisoned," Qian Zhuo said in a hurry, "Your Highness, don''t touch her."


    Naturally, Yun Shang had noticed the obvious symptoms of poisoning on Lady Yun. Still she was


    shocked at her sudden death in front of her.


    Yun Shang seemed to hear the Eldest Princess'' sneer, who appeared to be provoking her.


    Everything was fine a moment ago, but why was she suddenly poisoned? The poison looked very


    strong, so it couldn''t be a kind of chronic poison. Lady Yun just ate an antidote pill to cure her


    dumbness and had liquid medicine to remove her facial disguise. Then she bled to death. Such strong


    poison must have entered her mouth to cause such a result.


    Yun Shang stared at the corpse of Lady Yun for a while, and then looked up at Qian Zhuo. She


    ordered, "Ask the shadow guard. Where did he get those two herbs for Lady Yun just now?"


    Qian Yin responded in a hurry. Then she called in the guard who had taken the medicine and inquired


    about it. The guard was surprised and quickly replied, "I got them from Qian Yin''s Magic Pharmacy,


    which was just openedst month."


    Yun Shang''s hand stopped while hearing those words, and her smile grew colder. She realized the


    Eldest Princess was much more difficult to deal with than she had imagined. How dared she make a


    move from Yun Shang''s own pharmacy so brazenly?


    Yun Shang wasn''t surprised how the Eldest Princess knew the Magic Pharmacy was her shop. Two


    months ago, the princess used to be the ountant of the mansions, where somemon medicinal


    materials are nted, and of course there are rted ounts to be recorded.


    Yun Shang stood up slowly and walked out of the room. She took a deep breath and felt a little


    relieved. She was about to order Qian Zhuo to send a message to Qian Yin, when she heard a knock


    on the door from outside followed by someone shouting, "Open the door! We are in charge of the cases


    in the Jin City. Someone reported that there is a murder here. Hurry up! Or we will break into it... "