Chapter 1396 The Assassins


    Wang Wanzhi went on calmly, "Maybe Official Cao thought he could see through people. If he mentions


    this again next time, I will try to deal with him. "


    Yun Shang nodded, "You always know what to do. It''s up to you."


    Anyway, she was clear that Cao Han might not be able to appear in front of her soon.


    As Yun Shang spoke, she unfolded the paper and had a look. As Luo Qingyan expected, there were


    more than 10 ces of properties written on the paper, followed by the name of the person who bought


    each house, when it was bought, and who really owned it.


    Yun Shang smiled. She and the Emperor had guessed that Cao Han would tell them seven or eight


    ces to be distributed to the secret guards. But they didn''t expect that he was so powerful. What he


    had presented were not seven or eight ces, but nearly twenty!


    The Cao n really thought highly of them.


    Yun Shang took a nce at the paper and put it on the imperial table, "Okay. After the morning court


    tomorrow, you''ll tell Cao Han that I have known it and have discussed it with his majesty carefully. At


    about 9 o''clock tomorrow evening, his majesty and I will arrange secret guards to investigate all these


    ces he has mentioned and let him deal with them carefully in the Cao mansion. Don''t let them find


    out anything."


    Wang Wanzhi noted down Yun Shang''s words and left.


    When Luo Qingyan returned to the Taiji Pce, Yun Shang told him what had happened.


    "At nine p.m.?" Luo Qingyan was a little surprised, "It''s already the evening time, and the city has been


    under a night ban. This time?"


    Yun Shang certainly understood what Luo Qingyan meant. She nodded and said, "Xia Houjing must


    have been hiding from the limelight before. Today is the best opportunity. He will try his best to contact


    his own people, his previous subordinates, the officials and so on to discuss something important.


    Most of the officials in the court are under the supervision of your majesty and me. If several officials


    don''t go back at night at the same time, it will cause our suspicion. Therefore, Xia Houjing will definitely


    choose a ce where he can stay tantly without causing any suspicion after the night ban. "


    A cunning light shed through Yun Shang''s eyes, "Tell me, your majesty. Where will this ce be?"


    "A brothel?"


    Yun Shang smiled, "Yes, a brothel.


    Brothels are good ces. There are many brothels in the city. Xia Houjing will definitely feel that even if


    we guess what he is thinking, we will definitely not know which one he is in. We can''t investigate it one


    by one.


    But he probably won''t think of it anyway that we won''t investigate it at all. Although I choose the time of


    9 p.m., it is the most lively time in the brothel. There are all kinds of people in this kind of ces. If


    anything happens, it will definitely be spread quickly.


    In my opinion, although it''ste at night, it''s very quiet everywhere in the city. If anything happens or


    any noise astires out then, it will be more abrupt and eye-catching in this quiet city."


    Luo Qingyan nodded, "Okay, then do as you say."


    At night, the secret guards were sent out early in secret, leaving only more than ten people guarding


    near the Taiji Pce.


    Yun Shang asked someone to set up the chessboard and yed chess with Luo Qingyan.


    "Your Majesty has been busy all day long. I have never seen you y chess with anyone since I moved


    to the Taiji Pce. Why are your majesty still so good at chess? I haven''t yed chess for a long time,


    and I feel it quite exceeds my ability. "


    Luo Qingyan smiled, "Maybe it''s because I''m always ying chess in my mind, though I don''t y


    chess with others."


    "What?" Yun Shang was surprised, ''Is he ying chess in his mind every day?''


    "The checks and bnces in the imperial court as well as the disputes between countries are all chess


    games for me. If I make a mistake, I''ll lose everything. "


    Yun Shang understood what he meant. She thought for a moment and then nodded, "Yes, you''re right."


    With a teapot in his hand, Liu Wenan came and served tea for them two. He nced at the sand clock


    on the bookshelf and reminded in a low voice, "Your Majesties, it''s already nine o''clock at night."


    Nine o''clock already?


    Yun Shang turned to look at the sand clock. It was indeed 9 p.m.


    She wondered what was going on outside.


    While Yun Shang was thinking, Qian Zhuo asked outside the door, "Your Majesty, it''s nine o''clock. Are


    your majesties going to take a bath and have a rest?"


    Yun Shang nodded, "Bring some water in."


    After saying that, she turned around and said to Luo Qingyan, "If Xia Houjing really has a poison attack


    outside, the news wille soon. Something should happen tomorrow morning at thetest. We don''t


    have to wait for it."


    "Okay..." Luo Qingyan nodded, "You are right, the Empress."


    Then he immediately got up and said to the outside, "Prepare more water in the back pool."


    "What?" Yun Shang turned to look at Luo Qingyan.


    Luo Qingyan replied seriously, "The pool there is bigger. It''s getting cold in the early morning and at


    night. You have always been weak. Soaking in it is good for your health."


    "……" Yun Shang would have believed it if she hadn''t seen the light in Luo Qingyan''s eyes.


    Qian Zhuo had left outside the room. Yun Shang snorted and said nothing.


    After a while, some servants carried the water into the pce. Seeing it was almost ready, Luo


    Qingyan took Yun Shang into the back hall.


    The servants were packing up and about to leave. Luo Qingyan bent down to test the water


    temperature. When he was about to say something, he suddenly saw a light sh by the side of the


    pool.


    Luo Qingyan frowned and pulled Yun Shang forward almost subconsciously.


    Yun Shang was not prepared for Luo Qingyan at all. She staggered and fell into the water.


    She had been plotted like this before, but this time she reacted very quickly. She quickly held the edge


    of the pool and stood up.


    She was about to scold Luo Qingyan for it when she saw a dagger suddenly appeared in the hand of a


    servant who had been cleaning up the bucket by the side of the pool and was fighting against Luo


    Qingyan.


    Yun Shang immediately realized what had happened just now. She pped the edge of the pool,


    jumped up, pulled out the hairpin on her head, and rushed over to them.


    The secret guards had also been alerted and hurried to rescue them.


    However, those servants were good at Kung Fu. They ignored the other secret guards and rushed


    towards Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan. Since Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan came in to take a bath, they


    didn''t bring any weapons with them. They had to keep stepping backward.


    Fortunately, the secret guards reacted quickly. And there were many of them, after all, so that they


    quickly subdued the assassins.


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    Luo Qingyan was about to ask the servant to leave for interrogation, but he saw that the servants'' faces


    were all dark, and their heads and ears were bleeding. They fell down quickly.


    "Daredevils."


    Luo Qingyan frowned and ordered the servants, "Clean up this ce."


    Just then, they heard a sharp sound from outside, like that of fireworks rising into the air.


    "Your Majesty, someone is sending a signal in the pce."