Chapter 1057 Ineffective Deterrence
Yun Shang nodded slightly, but she was a little restless. She couldn''t figure out what could make Cao
Shanxiu so confident.
"It has been a long time since Liu Yinfeng left the Jin City, hasn''t it? Haven''t you got any news yet? "
Yun Shang frowned. She couldn''t feel relieved as Xia Houjing was still alive. Although she knew that
Liu Yinfeng wouldn''t do anything to Xia Houjing, she still hoped that Liu Yinfeng could send a message
back so that they could know what was going on in Yang Liu Town.
The people around Xia Huanyu couldn''t be underestimated. She had sent so many secret guards
there, but they still couldn''t get any news.
Luo Qingyan nodded and said gently, "It''s okay. It''s not urgent. It''s not that difficult to deal with it. Don''t
panic."
Yun Shang replied softly, but still looked thoughtful.
The next day, Luo Qingyan went to the court. Qian Zhuo left the pce early in the morning and
returned to the pce in a hurry in the afternoon with a small box in her hand.
Yun Shang was restless these two days and was practicing calligraphy behind the desk. Hearing the
footsteps of Qian Zhuo, she raised her head and looked at the small box in her hand. "Is it ready?"
Qian Zhuo nodded and answered softly, "Yes, exactly the same as the fifteenth Princess''s. Even Lady
Cao couldn''t tell."
Yun Shang nodded and put down the brush in her hand. She said in a very low voice, "Okay. Find a
secret guard who is good at imitating other people''s voice and let her learn to imitate the fifteenth
Princess''s voice."
Qian Zhuo answered in a hurry. Yun Shang''s eyes fell on the small box in her hand again. After a while,
she said, "Send someone to fetch some ice from the ice cer and freeze the things in the box in case
Cao Shanxiu finds something wrong. I''m afraid Cao Shanxiu is much smarter than we thought. We
caught her yesterday just because she wasn''t prepared. Today, we may have to return in vain. If Cao
Shanxiu was easy to get along with, His Former Majesty would not have suffered for so many years.
You don''t have to say anything. You just take that thing and cook it in front of Cao Shanxiu. You don''t
need to prepare other dishes. "
"Yes." Qian Zhuo curtsied to Yun Shang and left.
In the evening, everything was ready. Yun Shang first asked the secret guard to imitate the voice of the
fifteenth Princess and screamed not far from the side hall where Cao Shanxiu was imprisoned. Her
voice was full of pain, and she kept crying, "Hand, my hand! Don''t... "
About an hourter, Yun Shang ordered Qian Liu and Qian Zhuo to go into the side hall with the box.
After a while, Qian Liu and Qian Zhuo came back to the inner hall. The two of them didn''t look well.
They bowed to Yun Shang and Qian Liu said, "as your majesty expected, Cao Shanxiu is really
heartless. In this situation, seeing that we have boiled the palm, she just looked at it with a smile. I told
her that it was her dinner tonight, but she took the chopsticks calmly and took a bite in front of us. "
Qian Liu and Qian Zhuo said with pale faces.
Even Yun Shang couldn''t help clenching her fists. After a while, she bit her lips and said, "We''ve
underestimated her. It doesn''t matter. Let''s continue tomorrow. I don''t believe that she is not worried
about the fifteenth Princess at all. "
Qian Liu and Qian Zhuo nodded.
For the next few days, Cao Shanxiu was still like this. She just ate whatever Yun Shang gave her. It
seemed like that she felt at ease as if she was in her own pce.
Six dayster, Cao Shanxiu asked Qian Liu to send her words with some intention of showing off, "Tell
her majesty to save it. Does she know why the fifteenth Princess had been raised by the Empress for
so many years? Because His Former Majesty meant to threaten me with the fifteenth Princess, so she
let me give birth to the fifteenth Princess. I have never had a crush on His Former Majesty, and I don''t
like the daughter either. I once wanted to kill her myself, but His Former Majesty knew it, so he ordered
to send her to the Empress. Although there is not so much hatred now, it is impossible for her majesty
to threaten me with the fifteenth Princess. "
Yun Shang''s heart sank. Cao Shanxiu seemed to have no weakness, making herpletely at a loss.
The secret guard stopped the cloth merchant who hade into contact with the fifteenth Princess and
found a letter from him. There was only Yun Shang''s private seal on it, without a word.
Yun Shang smiled coldly. Just as Cao Shanxiu said, it was just her trick. The thing that Cao Shanxiu
really wanted to send to Yang Liu Town was about to arrive. Yun Shang closed her eyes and rubbed
the edge of the cup, hoping that the secret guards and spies in Yang Liu Town could stop the thing.
"Your majesty, the Emperor of the State of Ning and Lady Jin are not far from the Jin city. I guess they''ll
enter the city at noon tomorrow." Qin Yi reported in a low voice.
Yun Shang nodded slightly. The news that her father and mother wereing made her feel better.
Yun Shang looked up at Qin Yi and said with a smile, "Has his majesty ordered someone to clean up
the post house?"
Qin Yi nodded, "Everything is ready. His majesty has ordered the Minister of Rites to carefully tidy up
the post house. When I went there to check, everything has been settled. His majesty has been so
good to you."
Yun Shang lowered her eyes and smiled. She ordered Qian Zhuo and Qian Liu, "Take Cao Shanxiu
and her daughter to the private prison in case father and mother worry about it if they see them."
Qian Zhuo and Qian Liu agreed. Yun Shang sighed and rubbed her temples, eyes full of fatigue.
The second day, Luo Qingyan went to the morning court as usual. But as soon as Yun Shang got up
and had breakfast, Luo Qingyan returned to Weiyang Pce and said with a smile, "You have to wear
more clothes today. Otherwise, my brother and Lady Jin will think that I have mistreated Shang''er."
Seeing that Luo Qingyan seemed to be in a good mood, Yun Shang alsoughed. She red at Luo
Qingyan and murmured, "No, I can''t. I''ll just wear in clothes and let father scold you. Although you
are the Emperor of the State of Xia now, don''t forget that you are also Prince Jing of the State of Xia.
You are father''s sworn brother and his son-inw."
The more Yun Shang said, the happier she became. "In the State of Ning, Emperor''s Son-inw can
only enter the Princess''s bedroom when she hangs antern outside. Go away, I haven''t hung a
Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows, and solemnly made a bow to Yun Shang. He lowered his head and
said obediently, "Greetings, your highness. Since you said so, I''ll ask the servants to hang several
Hearing this, Yun Shang blushed and kicked Luo Qingyan. Luo Qingyan burst intoughter, but the
gloomy atmosphere of the past two days was swept away.
Yun Shang asked Qian Liu to find a red dress with phoenixes embroidered on the hem. Qian Zhuo
made a flying bun for Yun Shang and inserted two phoenix hairpins and a peony hairpin into it.
Yun Shang smiled and turned to Luo Qingyan, "Your Majesty, do you think I''m dignified? In this way,
father and mother won''t think that his majesty has mistreated me, will they? "
There was fire in Luo Qingyan''s eyes. He stared at Yun Shang for a long time and said with a smile,
"Well, it''s true that the tailor makes the man. This little girl looks like the noble Empress now."
The two of them talked in the hall for a while, then they left Weiyang Pce with Bao''er, got on the
carriage and rushed to the city gate.
Yun Shang took Bao''er from Qin Yi''s arms and said with a smile, "Bao''er, we are going to see your
grandfather and grandmother. Are you happy?"
Bao''er stepped on Yun Shang''sp and grabbed Yun Shang''s head. Luo Qingyan pulled his hand
down and said with a smile, "If you take off your mother''s hairpin, she will punish you to kneel at the
door of Weiyang Pce. Don''t be naughty."
Yun Shang red at Luo Qingyan, "How could you threaten the child like this?"
However, Bao''er broke free from Luo Qingyan''s hand and burst intoughter. He grabbed Luo
Qingyan''s hand and bit it. Bao''er had already had several teeth. Although Luo Qingyan didn''t feel pain,
he cooperated very well to make a grimace and kept begging for mercy.
Looking at Luo Qingyan who was ying with Bao''er, Yun Shang''s smile deepened.
Luo Qingyan took his hand out of Bao''er''s mouth and put it in front of Yun Shang. "This boy doesn''t
care that I''m his father. He just opened his mouth and bit me. Look, it took him a lot of effort to bite me
just now. I think he almost used up all his strength. These teeth marks are not shallow."
Yun Shang nced at her and found that there were indeed several teeth marks. Yun Shang looked at
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her smiling baby and said gently, "Come on, Bao''er only has a few teeth. How painful can it be? I''m
afraid that your hard flesh will break Bao''er''s teeth."
Luo Qingyan opened his mouth, but after a long time, he sighed sadly, "How could you say that?"
While talking, the carriage arrived at the gate of the Jin city. Because of Emperor Ning''s extraordinary
identity, the gate had already been cleaned up. Now only a few ministers were waiting at the gate, and
there were no ordinary people.
Seeing Luo Qingyan''s carriage stop, the courtiers went to the carriage, knelt down and bowed, "Your
Majesties."
Luo Qingyan didn''t push the door open. He just asked indifferently, "How is it going? Is the Emperor of
the State of Ning here? "
Yun Shang listened carefully and heard a response from outside, "We will arrive in about half an hour."
Luo Qingyan nodded slightly and turned to Yun Shang, "It''s getting cold now. It''s a little cold with the
wind outside. Let''s wait in the carriage for a while."