Chapter 1082 Which Imperial Seal Is The Real One
The announcement was repeated three times from far to near. Everyone in the hall showed different
expressions. The old man in cotton clothes also seemed to be a little surprised, and his face darkened.
In the entire Taiji Pce, the calmest person seemed to be Luo Qingyan.
Yun Shang was wearing a long carmine dress, whose hemline was swaying on the ground, and her
hair was a little messy. The original upright Phoenix hairpin was askew, and her expression was barely
calm. Qian Zhuo followed behind with a pale face.
Yun Shang walked in a casual manner, looking straight at Luo Qingyan, who was standing in front of
the throne. She stopped in front of the hall, three or four steps away, slowly knelt down and bowed to
Luo Qingyan, "Your Majesty."
Luo Qingyan''s face changed. He breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Qian Liu from your pce
came to report that you were invited by Lady Wan to the Huaixiu Pce to take the pulse for the
neenth Prince, and then you were missing. What has happened?"
Yun Shang''s lips trembled slightly. She looked up at Luo Qingyan with some horror in her eyes, "It''s
true. After I entered the Huaixiu Pce, I saw the neenth Prince covered with two quilts, and his
face was pale. It seemed that something was wrong. I asked Qian Zhuo to take out the hands of the
neenth Prince from the quilt and began to his pulse. Just then, Qian Zhuo screamed, saying that
she was feeling a little sore and dizzy. And hardly had she finished speaking, she passed out. I was
startled and wanted to check the situation, but I also fainted with the same symptoms. "
"Fortunately, Qian Zhuo and I were only drugged, and both of us are martial artists, so we were able to
wake up not long after. When I woke up, I found that we were locked up in a dark room. Presumably,
the culprit didn''t expect that we would wake up so quickly, so there weren''t too many people guarding
us. Thus Qian Zhuo and I got rid of the guards'' defenses and escaped. After weI escaped from the
dark room, I found that we were in... " Yun Shang bit her lips but didn''t go on.
"Where is it?" Luo Qingyan frowned and his eyes were shing sharply.
Yun Shang lowered her eyes and changed the topic. She said in a low voice, "I''m fine. The imperial
guards are still searching around. Your majesty can withdraw them."
Qian Zhuo looked anxious. She stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I know where her majesty
and I were when we woke up."
No sooner had Qian Zhuo finished speaking, than she was snapped by Yun Shang, "Qian Zhuo!"
Luo Qingyan narrowed his eyes and asked coldly, "Yes? Where is it? "
Qian Zhuo hurriedly kowtowed and raised her voice, "It''s in the Taihe Pce, in the dark room of His
Former Majesty''s study. When I woke up, I heard His Former Majesty tell the guards to keep an eye on
the people in the dark room. He said that her majesty was very smart and knew about the matters of
the imperial seal as well as Cao Wenxi. Although her majesty would not talk nonsense for the sake of
your majesty''s throne, he had to prevent her from letting out the secret. The best way was to lock her
up and free her when things were not so tense. Besides, there is another woman in the dark room. I
know she is... "
"Guards, drag out the fake Empress and her maid!" Luo Qingyan interrupted Qian Zhuo before she
finished her words.
Hearing this, Qian Zhuo was stunned and kowtowed repeatedly. "Your Majesty, I''m telling the truth..."
Yun Shang, who was kneeling in the hall, was also shocked. She seemed to be in disbelief and
shouted, "Your Majesty..."
The old man in cotton clothesughed, "Your Majesty, in order to cover up His Former Majesty''s sin,
you are even unwilling to let go of your own wife? After all, the throne is more important than the
beauty. However, even the maid beside the Empress said so. Do your majesty and His Former Majesty
think that all the officials in the pce are blind and deaf? It''s not easy for His Former Majesty and your
majesty to exin what happened today clearly. I''m afraid that today even if I agree with it, the people
in the world will not agree. If both your majesty and His Former Majesty are really innocent in your
minds, why not take out the imperial seal and let the whole court to identify whether it is true or not? "
Hearing this, Yun Shang in the middle of the hall bit her lips and her face turned pale. After a long time,
she stood up and said, "Since your majesty is ruthless, don''t me me for being merciless. I know
what happened. The imperial seal is fake. Back then, after His Former Majesty obtained the throne, he
didn''t get the real imperial seal at all. He had no choice but to carve a fake imperial seal at that
moment. The fake imperial seal was so hasty when being forged that there were ws in it, so His
Former Majesty said it was broken by ident. I have seen the fake imperial seal before. I know the
jade used ispletely different from the real imperial seal. Although it looks simr, one can tell
whether it is true or not with a closer look. I heard that Lord Meng from the Imperial Hanlin Academy
used to see the real imperial seal before. Your majesty, do you dare to show it to Lord Meng? "
As soon as she finished speaking, the court was in an uproar. Atst, there was another silence in the
hall.
At this very moment, a gentle but dignified voice came from outside, "What''s going on?"
Everyone''s eyes were attracted by the voice, and they were all stunned, "Why are there two
Emperors?"
The woman standing outside the door had the same appearance as the Empress kneeling in the hall,
but her clothes were different. She was wearing a dark red robe, with a shining Phoenix crown on her
head, and a faint smile on her face.
Qian Liu, who was kneeling on the ground, was also a little confused. She looked up at the clothes of
the Empress who was kneeling aside, and then looked at the one who was approaching the door step
by step.
Luo Qingyan looked at Yun Shang who was walking slowly in. His cold face softened. He stepped
down the stairs and walked up to her. He asked worriedly, "Shang''er, are you okay?"
Yun Shang smiled and shook her head, "Nothing. I just went back to the Weiyang Pce to change my
clothes, so I came a littlete. I didn''t expect that I almost missed such a big drama."
All the courtiers present were puzzled. Their eyes shuttled back and forth between the two people who
looked exactly the same, but they didn''t know which one to believe.
Luo Qingyan helped theter one walk up the stairs and sit down on the chair beside the dragon
throne.
The one kneeling in the hall looked a little pale, but she straightened her back and said coldly, "Your
Majesty, do you really think that you can wipe out such a fact by putting on a show here with the
woman who disguised as an Empress?"
Before Luo Qingyan could say anything further, the woman in Phoenix robe and phoenix cor on the
Phoenix throne said, "Lady Wan is good at disguising. Today''s y is really wonderful, but
unfortunately, before you decided to poison me, you forgot to inquire about it. You didn''t even know that
I am immune to poisons."
Yun Shang''s eyes fell on the old man again. She smiled and said, "As for this old man''s identity, a
quarter of an hour ago, the secret guard reported to me that he was the butler of Mr. Cao, the leader of
the Cao n, the most prosperous n in the period of Emperor Wenzong. As for the punishment of
the whole Cao n''s extermination, Steward Cao was then outside to make an inventory for the Cao
n''s business and had a lucky escape thus. Ever since then, he has done a lot about revenge for the
n.
In the past, the power of the Cao n was both in the court and themonalty, and many people
were secretly nted in the imperial household in order to better control the state affairs. Lady Wan''s
father was a personal servant of Mr. Cao. After taking over the throne, His Former Majesty knew that it
was difficult to deal with the state affairs if the Cao n was not removed, so he took advantage of the
Cao n''s unprepared situation and cut off all the members of the Cao n. In order to avenge the
Cao n and rebuild the prestige of the Cao n, Lady Wan''s father sent her to the pce. However,
the extermination of the Cao n in the past was really a heavy blow. They had nned for many
years but they didn''t find the right time to avenge. Worse still, it was unexpectedly that His Former
Majesty was still young and strong, when he passed the throne to his majesty. The remaining members
of the Cao n panicked. With time passing by, the hope of revenge would be more and more slim, so
they worked out the n about the real and fake jade seal and used His Former Majesty of killing
his father and brother in order to seize the throne. " Yun Shang smiled and turned to look at Luo
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Qingyan and Xia Huanyu.
"Though the crime of His Former Majesty''s killing his father and brother is difficult to convince the
public only by a letter from the Crown Prince and the words of Prince Xian, it''s easy to prove his former
majesty''s innocence. I suggest your majesty and His Former Majesty might as well take out the
imperial seal and let''s identify it together. However, most of the ministers in the court were either
promoted by His Former Majesty or newly selected by his majesty. They probably don''t know what the
real imperial seal looks like. As for Han Mingqing from the Imperial Hanlin Academy, he is an elder
official for three dynasties. However, I''m afraid that it''s difficult to convince everyone with just a one-
sided view, " said Yun Shang lightly as if murmuring to herself.
Hearing this, Han Mingqing quickly stepped forward and said, "Your majesty, if you need several elders
from the three dynasties, I can help because I know them. They have just returned to the Jin City to
enjoy their retirement. These elders were also very famous in the court. Why not invite them to the hall
and examine the imperial seal?"
"Since there are several elders, I think they can prove it," Yun Shang looked up at the old man in cotton
clothes and said, "Steward Cao, isn''t that the reason why you came here today? Do you think it''s a
good idea? "
"Can your majesty make a decision?" Steward Cao snorted with disdain on his face, and he clenched
his clothes tightly with his hand hanging beside him.
Yun Shang turned to look at Xia Huanyu. After thinking for a moment, Xia Huanyu nodded and said, All
right. Go ahead."
Luo Qingyan turned around and ordered Liu Wenan, "Ask Mr. Han to write down their names and
residences, and send the imperial guards to invite them here."