Chapter 1056 Being Threatened


    Cao Shanxiu knelt down on the ground. Yun Shang couldn''t see her face, but her body trembled


    slightly, not knowing if it was fear or anger.


    With her hands sped behind her back, Yun Shang smiled and said gently, "I ordered my secret


    guards to secretly search the pce when you were not here, and let Qian Liu wet your and the


    fifteenth princess''s clothes on purpose. In this way, I wanted to find the exact evidence as soon as


    possible and get to know the truth. I shouldn''t have done this way, but I don''t like to make random


    conjectures, and I hate to be betrayed the most. Cao Shanxiu, what do you want to say? "


    Cao Shanxiu lowered her head and gave a bitter smile. After a long time, she asked in a very low


    voice, "Since you know that the fifteenth Princess met the shopkeeper of the cloth shop, I''m afraid you


    have sent someone to stop him, right?"


    Yun Shang nodded and sneered, "I won''t let him enter Yang Liu Town. I''m afraid your highness''s n


    will fail."


    Cao Shanxiu looked up, but her eyes werepletely calm. "Your Highness, do you think that his


    former majesty will kill the the seventh Prince after you stopped the cloth merchant?"


    Yun Shang''s eyes fell on Cao Shanxiu. She thought for a moment and said, "His Former Majesty is


    kind, but I''m not softhearted. If His Former Majesty can''t do it, I''m willing to do it for him. If I want to kill


    Xia Houjing, who else can save him? "


    Cao Shanxiu stood up and said sarcastically, "Your majesty, you won''t. Your majesty, do you know why


    His Former Majesty always tolerates the seventh Prince even he is not his biological son? No matter


    what mistakes he has made, it''s just some minor punishment which never hurts the Seventh prince''s


    life. Do your majesty knows that if his majesty wants to take control of the state, he can''t do anything to


    the seventh Prince. Do you think the seventh Prince''s rebel and the attack from the State of Yng is


    the biggest crisis of the State of Xia? Your majesty is wrong. If something happens to the seventh


    Prince, the crisis of the State of Xia will reallye. "


    Cao Shanxiu raised her voice and sneered, "I''m afraid you don''t know that the reason why His Former


    Majesty tried every means to protect the seventh Prince is to stabilize the State of Xia. Over the years,


    even though I''ve been sent to the Cold Pce for two times, I still managed to survive, because I have


    something that His Former Majesty had always wanted. But I won''t give it. I think it''s time for His


    Former Majesty to return what he had borrowed. It''s time to give the state back to its real master. "


    Yun Shang didn''t know what Cao Shanxiu was talking about, but she felt that there was a big secret


    rted to the State of Xia.


    With a sh of blood in her eyes, Yun Shang stretched out her hand as fast as lightning and grabbed


    Cao Shanxiu''s neck in an instant.


    "Your Highness, you are so good at talking nonsense. It''s so mysterious.Can you show something to


    convince me?" Yun Shang''s eyes were full of coldness. She squinted at Cao Shanxiu.


    Cao Shanxiu was startled, with sweat on her forehead, but she still clenched her teeth and sneered, "I


    didn''t expect that your majesty is good at martial art. Do your majesty think that you can get rid of a


    potential trouble by seizing the cloth merchant? Then you can rest assured? Your Majesty, I''ve been in


    the imperial household for more than twenty years, and have got familiar with you recently, so I never


    underestimated you. The cloth merchant was just a bait. Although I don''t read much, and I''m not as


    proficient in the art of war as you are, I know something about the scheme of crossing the sea under


    camouge.


    Cao Shanxiu''s face turned red and it was difficult for her to speak.


    Yun Shang sneered, "Well, I''ll wait and see. But I don''t know if your highness can wait until then."


    Cao Shanxiu swallowed hard and forced a smile. "Your Majesty, why are you angry from


    embarrassment? I have to tell you it''s not the time to kill me. If I die, you will regret it."


    Yun Shang smiled and suddenly threw Cao Shanxiu out. Cao Shanxiu fell on the chair behind her, and


    her waist hit the chair. Then she rolled down from the chair and stood up after a long time.


    Yun Shang snorted coldly and raised her voice, "Someone, I have a good talk with Lady Cao. Clean up


    the side hall for Lady Cao."


    Qian Liu and Qian Zhuo nodded and left the inner hall with Cao Shanxiu.


    Yun Shang looked at the trembling fifteenth Princess. She paused for a long time and said, "The


    fifteenth Princess will also live in Weiyang Pce. Take her to the woodshed."


    Pei Lan replied and called Qing Hao. Then Qing Hao pulled the fifteenth Princess towards the door.


    The fifteenth Princess was so frightened that tears streamed down her face. She shouted in a hurry, "I


    know nothing. I know nothing."


    Yun Shang looked at Yun Shang coldly and said nothing.


    After a short while, Qian Liu and Qian Zhuo came in and reported, "Your Highness, she has been taken


    to the side hall. The secret guards are watching over her closely. Nothing will happen to her."


    Yun Shang nodded slightly. What Cao Shanxiu said just now echoed in her mind. She was confused.


    ording to Cao Shanxiu, the reason why Xia Huanyu favored Xia Houjing was not because he was


    the son of Xia Chun and Cao Wenxi, but because he was afraid of Xia Houjing and didn''t dare to hurt


    him.


    Xia Houjing had a secret, but only Cao Wenxi knew it. But now, Cao Wenxi might have asked someone


    to bring the secret to Yang Liu Town, intending to tell Xia Houjing.


    The secret must have something to do with that position. If Xia Houjing knew the secret, he might be


    able to directly get the throne.


    What kind of secret was it? Xia Huanyu had been in office for thirty years, but he hadn''t found it and


    had always been afraid of it. The secret was mostly rted to Xia Chun and Cao Wenxi. Liu Yinfeng


    was also the son of Xia Chun and Cao Wenxi. And now he was in Yang Liu Town. Would there be any


    change?


    Yun Shang''s mind was in a mess. She thought Cao Shanxiu wanted to save Xia Houjing because he


    was Cao Wenxi''s child. But she didn''t expect that there was something hidden behind this matter.


    Qian Zhuo looked at Yun Shang andforted her softly, "Your Majesty, don''t worry too much. I think


    Lady Cao made up the story to save her life. There is no such magical thing in the world. Destroy the


    world with a secret? Isn''t it a joke?"


    Yun Shang rubbed her hands gently with a serious look on her face. After a while, she said softly, "I can


    tell whether it''s true or not."


    In fact, deep in her heart, she believed Cao Shanxiu''s words. After all, Xia Huanyu''s performance was


    too strange. Before, Yun Shang thought that he had been lenient to Xia Houjing because he was Xia


    Chun''s son. But recently, Xia Huanyu knew clearly that if Xia Houjing seeded in the rebellion, Luo


    Qingyan''s life would be in danger. Luo Qingyan was the son of Xia Huanyu and Hua Ling. Yun Shang


    had already caught Xia Houjing, and she had promised Xia Huanyu to keep him alive. Yun Shang


    thought as long as she didn''t kill Xia Houjing, Xia Huanyu wouldn''t have any objection.


    After all, biological son is more important than a nephew.


    Unexpectedly, Xia Huanyu took Xia Houjing away from Yun Shang.


    Yun Shang didn''t understand why Xia Huanyu behaved like this. If what Cao Shanxiu said was true,


    there would be an exnation for the recent abnormality of Xia Huanyu.


    "Whether it''s true or not, I have to let Cao Shanxiu tell the truth." Yun Shang narrowed her eyes and


    gritted her teeth.


    Qian Zhuo answered with a smile, "Don''t worry, your majesty. The secret guards is good at


    interrogating. They will definitely draw out the secret from Cao Shanxiu."


    Yun Shang shook her head and said, "Don''t be too confident. Our secret guards are really good at


    interrogation. But if Cao Shanxiu really had a secret rted to the state, His Former Majesty would


    definitely not spare her. I guess that she must have something that makes His Former Majesty afraid of


    her and not dare to kill her. We have to interrogate her, but I''m afraid that all kinds of interrogation


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    methods will not work on her since she has kept the secret until today. She just needs to make sure


    that we don''t dare to kill her. She won''t tell us the truth.


    Qian Liu saw Yun Shang''s face darken. She thought for a moment and asked softly, "Your Majesty, do


    you have any idea?"


    Yun Shang bit her lip, walked back and forth in the room for a few circles, and said, "We won''t punish


    her, but only attack her weakness. The fifteenth Princess was her daughter. No matter how heartless


    she was, she would neverpletely ignore her own daughter. You can go to the prison tomorrow to


    find some condemned prisoners, and then look for someone who has the simr features as the


    fifteenth Princess. Bring some body part like finger and ear to Lady Cao every day, cook them in front


    of her and asked her to eat. "


    Qian Zhuo and Qian Liu were both shocked. Yun Shang reached out to hold the cup on the table, and


    her face was as cold as frost. "Since she dares to betray and threaten me, don''t me me for being


    ruthless."


    Qian Zhuo and Qian Liu lowered their heads in a hurry. When they were about to answer, they heard


    Luo Qingyan''s voice from outside, "What are you talking about? Our Empress is so virtuous. How could


    anyone say that she is ruthless? "


    Yun Shang waved her hand to ask Qian Liu and Qian Zhuo to leave. Then she went forward and took


    Luo Qingyan''s cloak.


    Seeing that Yun Shang didn''t look well, Luo Qingyan looked at her for a while and asked, "What


    happened?"


    Yun Shang had to tell Luo Qingyan what Cao Shanxiu had said just now. Hearing this, Luo Qingyan


    kept silent for a long time and said, "I''ll write a letter to His Former Majesty and lie to him saying that


    you have killed Cao Shanxiu."