Chapter 1054 The Murderer


    Yun Shang was stunned. Qian Zhuo ran to the bed happily and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, look,


    the Prince can walk now."


    Yun Shang looked at Bao''er, lost in thought. Bao''er blinked at Yun Shang and stepped forward.


    However, he stumbled on one foot and almost fell off the couch. Hua''er and Qian Zhuo hurried to hold


    Bao''er, but Bao''er seemed not to be scared at all. He stared at Qian Zhuo andughed.


    Yun Shang smiled and picked up Bao''er. She tidied up Bao''er''s clothes and said gently, "When your


    fatheres back, you can show it to him. Ok?"


    Yun Shang saw that Bao''er rolled his eyes and smiled at Yun Shang after hearing her words. Yun


    Shang''s eyes lit up. She smiled and handed Bao''er to Hua''er. "He''s been yed for a long while. Take


    him back for food and sleep."


    Hua''er answered in a hurry, lifted the bead curtain and walked out with Bao''er in her arms. Yun Shang


    looked at the swaying bead curtains and turned around. "You can leave now. I''ll have a rest first."


    All the people in the inner hall left. Yun Shang went to the bed and sat down, with a bit of contemtion


    in her eyes. She had a vague guess in her heart, but she felt that it was too mysterious to be sure. A


    miracle might really happen to Bao''er.


    Yun Shang sat in the hall for a while, and heard Qian Liu''s voice from outside, which sounded a little


    anxious. "Your Majesty, I have something important to report."


    Yun Shang raised her head and said loudly, e in."


    Qian Liu suddenly lifted the bead curtain and hurried in from the outside. She said, "Your majesty, the


    guard who got the letter from Ming Qian has been found."


    "What?" Yun Shang was surprised. Then she remembered what Qian Liu was talking about. "Where is


    he?"


    With a serious look on her face, Qian Liu said in a low voice, "Your majesty, he is dead. The dead body


    was found in the rockery in the Imperial Garden. It seems that he has been dead for two days. "


    Astonishment was written all over Yun Shang''s face. She looked at Qian Liu in surprise. After a while,


    she regained her consciousness and murmured, "Dead?"


    "Yes, Lord Qi has taken his people there. Recently, many people had been killed in the imperial


    household, which made some people panic. Your majesty, I''m afraid this is not good. " Qian Liu said in


    a low and heavy voice, "Since your highness came back from Lingxi City, the imperial household


    seems to have been in trouble. Although only the servants and guards died, some ministers of the


    previous dynasty might say that you were not good at managing the imperial household."


    Yun Shang nodded slightly, "Your worry is reasonable. But now that it has happened, we really have to


    deal with it as soon as possible. I don''t believe that with so many people in the pce, no one notice


    anything about the death of Ming Qian and the guard. If there is no trace, the person behind it will be a


    big trouble for me. Under the heavy reward, there will definitely be brave men. Send my words that


    anyone who provides useful clues will be promoted as a first-ss servant, and there will be a reward


    of gold. And the current first servants can be promoted as the deputy directors of the main departments


    in the imperial household."


    Qian Liu curtsied to Yun Shang and left in a hurry.


    Yun Shang stood up with a fierce look in her eyes. The imperial household was still in her hands, so


    she would definitely not let it be in chaos.


    Less than half a day after the decree was issued, a clue came, "Your majesty, the eunuch on duty in


    the pce saw a maid was walking in the Imperial Garden at midnight that day. The eunuch inquired


    her, but the maid ran in a hurry. The ce where the maid appeared was where the corpse was found.


    Besides, the eunuch on duty said that the maid didn''t seem to be an ordinary maid judging from her


    clothes. She should be a steward or above. "


    Yun Shang nodded slightly. After a while, another person came to report, "Your majesty, the Neishi


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    Bureau has found out that the director of Shangyi Bureau, Yu Nian, is from the same hometown with


    that guard."


    Same hometown, again. Yun Shang squinted her eyes. Yu Nian was the director of Shangyi Bureau,


    and the eunuch said the maid she met should be a steward or above. Yun Shang remembered that


    someone had told her that Yu Nian was a fence sitter.


    However, she didn''t know if Yu Nian was involved this time. If she was involved, which side was she


    on?


    "Ask Qi Ruihai to take my jade badge and take Yu Nian back to the Neishi Bureau for interrogation.


    And tell Qi Ruihai to trick her to draw her secret out when interrogating her." Yun Shang replied softly.


    Qi Ruihai was a smart man. ording to Yun Shang''s instruction, he had interrogated many things. Yu


    Nian admitted frankly that she killed the guard, and she just worked for Lady Li.


    Lady Li and the guard were not only from the same hometown, but also had an affair. Lady Li was from


    the same hometown with Yu Nian and the guard. She was not favored in the imperial household, and


    her life was even worse than that of Yu Nian. The three of them took care of each other in the imperial


    household. Later, Lady Li had an affair with the guard.


    As soon as Ming Qian died, Lady Li was worried that her affair with the guard was exposed, so she had


    an idea.


    When the guard heard the news, he tried his best to run out and asked for help from Lady Li and Yu


    Nian. It was inconvenient to stay in Lady Li''s pce, so the guard directly asked for help from Yu Nian.


    Taking advantage of the opportunity to send clothes to Lady Li, Yu Nian secretly passed the news to


    her. Lady Li gave her some benefits and asked her to try her best to kill the guard to keep the secret.


    Worrying that it would be hard to exin if the guard would die in the Shangyi Bureau, she took the


    guard out and killed him in the Imperial Garden. However, she didn''t expect to be found by the eunuch


    on duty. She thought the corpse of the guard would be found the second day, but it was another day


    Lady Li was involved in this matter, so it was no longer something that the Neishi Bureau could handle.


    After listening to Qi Ruihai''s report, Yun Shang asked Qian Zhuo to invite Lady Li here.


    Lady Li came only in in clothes without any jewelry.


    Seeing her dressing, Yun Shang knew what she was doing. She didn''t want to beat around the bush


    and asked, "Yu Nian has admitted everything. What else do you want to say?"


    Lady Li smiled, and the hair around her temples seemed to be much whiter. She shook her head


    quietly and said, "I don''t want to say anything. When I heard that Yu Nian was taken away by the Neishi


    Bureau, I knew that I couldn''t escape. I don''t think Yu Nian can keep the secret. Yes, I asked her to kill


    Li Nan to keep the secret. Oh, Li Nan is that guard. However, the death of Ming Qian has nothing to do


    with me. I just panicked after she died. "


    Yun Shang nodded. Now that things hade to this, there was no need for Lady Li to lie to her.


    Yun Shang looked at Lady Li indifferently and said, "You are being silly. I have no idea to help you


    about this. But there are two things I have to ask you for confirmation. When I went back to the pce,


    Lady Cao came to me and said that you put my private seal on a nk paper when you dealt with the


    imperial household affairs for me. I don''t know why. "


    Hearing Yun Shang''s words, Lady Li was confused. She shook her head and said, "I didn''t do it. Why


    did Lady Cao nder me like this? Don''t worry, your majesty. Now that I have be like this, there is


    no need to lie to you. I won''t lie to you. "


    Yun Shang nodded. It was as she expected.


    "One more thing, are you still in contact with her former majesty?" Yun Shang looked up at Lady Li.


    Lady Li didn''t understand why Yun Shang asked this question. She shook her head and said, "No. I


    haven''t contacted her since her former majesty left the Imperial Pce, and I don''t know how to


    contact her."


    "Oh?" Yun Shang narrowed her eyes and knew what was going on.


    Yun Shang nodded slightly, "Okay, I see. However, you can''t escape punishment as you ordered Yu


    Nian to kill someone. You''ll be grounded in the Xiangyi Pce. Only one of your servants can be


    allowed to serve you and all the others will be ordered to leave your pce. Please shut your door and


    copy the Buddhist Texts in the pce. You are not allowed to leave without my imperial edict. "


    Lady Li''s face was a little pale. She slowly bowed to Yun Shang and said in a low voice, "Thank you for


    not killing me, your majesty."


    Lady Li bowed and stood up. She staggered and seemed to be unable to stand steadily. After a long


    time, she steadied herself, took a deep breath and left Weiyang Pce.


    Looking at the back of Lady Li, Qian Liu sighed, "what a pity."


    Yun Shang smiled, "She has no way back since she entered the imperial household."


    Yun Shang''s eyes shed. It seemed that Lady Cao was behind all this.


    The truth was clear about the death of the guard, but there was still no clue about the death of Ming


    Qian. Yun Shang had toe up with an idea. "Ask Lady Cao and the fifteenth Princess to Weiyang


    Pceter. After they leave, ask someone to search their pce carefully to see if they can find the


    fake private seal. After they arrived at Weiyang Pce, try to wet the clothes of the two, then I''ll ask


    them to change their clothes in Weiyang Pce. No matter where she hides the fake private seal, I


    have to find it out. As long as I find it and have physical evidence, she can''t deny it. "


    Qian Liu replied softly, "I see."


    As soon as Yun Shang finished her words, Qian Zhuog left. "Your majesty, the secret guards found out


    that the fifteenth Princess had met a shopkeeper in a clothing store after she left the pce. The


    shopkeeper often searched all over the city for some special cloth to sell in the Jin city. Not long after


    the fifteenth Princess saw him, he went to Yang Liu Town. I''ve already ordered the secret guards to


    intercept them... "