Chapter 1407 Everything Is Ready
"Yes, I remember. It came from the southeast and was heading to the north." The servant knelt down
and replied respectfully.
"From the southeast to the north," thought Yun Shang.
Yun Shang narrowed her eyes, she found the whole thing suspicious. Just then, Luo Qingyan turned to
Liu Wenan, who was standing aside, and asked, "Who are on the southeast side of the yard where
Crown Prince resides?"
When Luo Qingyan and the others stayed in the tavern yesterday, the secret guards had already
investigated the surroundings in detail.
"Your Majesty, the family living in the southeast is the dumb woman who broke into the tavern before."
"The dumb woman?" Yun Shang opened her mouth abruptly. She only knew that the dumb woman
lived next to the tavern. Since the woman had been deaf and mute since childhood, she didn''t ask who
else was in her family.
Liu Wenan seemed to understand the hidden meaning of Yun Shang''s question, he quickly replied,
"She has an old blind father and a young brother. They are living with her at the moment. It is said that
her mother died of hardbor five years ago when she gave birth to her brother."
"The whole family is either old or disabled. How strange. The father is blind and the daughter is deaf
and mute."
Luo Qingyan tapped his slim finger on the table and said, "Bring me the brush, ink, paper and
inkstone."
Liu Wenan responded in a hurry, fetched the things he required, poured some tea and grounded the ink
for Luo Qingyan.
With a steady head, Luo Qingyan quickly and carefully copied the words on the note and put the
original note back into the bamboo tube.
"Release the pigeon," he ordered.
His attendant took the bird and went out. After a while, he came back and reported, "Your Majesty, the
dove is flying north."
Yun Shang raised her eyebrows and turned to Luo Qingyan, "Isn''t Xia Houjing the big boss behind the
dumb woman? Then howe the words on the note were written in the ancientnguage of the State
of Yng? And why is the pigeon flying north?"
"Who knows?" Luo Qingyan shrugged and replied, "Maybe we guessed wrong before. The dumb
woman is not working for Xia Houjing, but is working for someone from the State of Yng. Or maybe
it''s just a cover up to mislead us to suspect Cangjue Qingsu."
Lou Qingyan blew dry the paper he had just written on and continued with a low voice, "But it doesn''t
matter who she is. She is just a pawn sent by someone to test us. If it doesn''t rainter, we will leave
here tomorrow. The top priority is to get to someone to find out what is written on the note."
Yun Shang frowned but she agreed with his decision anyway. Despite the doubt in her heart, she
remained silent. "Is the dumb woman really one of Cangjue Qingsu''s pawns?" thought she solemnly.
At the moment, the State of Yng was at an absolute disadvantage in the war at the border. Cangjue
Qingsu was in the middle of a mess. How could he have the time and energy to deal with spying?
Deep down, Yun Shang still believed that Xia Houjing is the one who instigated the dumb woman to
test them. This was just a cover up by the calctive Xia Houjing.
"The dumb woman was released by me not long ago, and now she had already made a move and sent
out a messenger pigeon. Isn''t it too deliberate? Don''t forget, it is daytime. The messenger pigeon could
be seen at a nce when it passed by the sky over the tavern. Even if the it wasn''t shot down
identally by Chengye, the secret guards would probably not let it fly away under their noses. All in
all, it''s not a smart way to send a message out."
Hearing Yun Shang''s murmuring, Luo Qingyan couldn''t help but chuckle, "Yes, the Empress is
absolutely right on this one."
She could tell he was just ttering her, with a faint blush on her face, Yun Shang had another idea in
her mind. ''Maybe it is a deliberate trap to begin with!'' she thought to herself.
What if the dumb woman knew what they were thinking? She pursed her lips and wondered if she
should discuss the matter thoroughly with him.
The more Yun Shang contemted about it, the moreplicated the situation became. She sighed
and decided to put it aside. His Majesty was right, whether it was true or not, a plot or something, they
should just find out what was written on the note first.
After the sky cleared out, it didn''t rain any more. On the second morning, as soon as the sun rose, the
servants had packed up their things. Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan got on the carriage and continued
their journey.
Along the way to the temporary imperial pce, nothing strange happened.
After the servants had arranged the temporary imperial pce ready for them, Yun Shang moved in.
Luo Qingyan had his own separate pce, but now he was drinking tea and reading in Yun Shang''s
chamber.
Yun Shang looked up at him and smiled, "We''ve already arrived at the temporary imperial pce, but
no one hase to test us for the third time. Your Majesty, guess who wille here this time?"
Luo Qingyan''s attention was all on the book. Hearing Yun Shang''s question, he didn''t even look up.
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Instead, he curled up his lips and asked back, "Well, how should I know?"
Yun Shang was not surprised at all. She said directly, "I guess it will be Cao Han."
"Cao Han?" The name sessfully attracted his attention, Luo Qingyan looked up. After thinking for a
moment, he nodded and chuckled, "It might be him."
After a pause, he continued, "You said earlier on that you wanted to set them up this time?"
"That''s right." Yun Shang nodded, "Cao Han is a smart man. When he actuallyes in, I don''t have to
be too deliberate. I will only show a little w and hopefully he will take the bait."
After saying that, Yun Shang suddenly remembered the situation when the dumb woman came to test
them. She smiled profoundly and looked at Luo Qingyan in the eyes. She said solemnly to him, "Since
Your Majesty has your own chamber in the temporary imperial pce, please have a rest in your own
ce tonight. Don''t stay overnight here. Otherwise, others will find out the truth."
Since she had to pretend that she was about to leave, she had to pay more attention to the details.
Lou Qingyan was about to turn a page, hearing her abrupt request, his hand froze in the air. He
squinted at Yun Shang and asked unhappily, "Can''t I just sleep here?"
"Of course not."
Her direct answer made him furrow his eyebrows. Luo Qingyan sighed, "That is very harsh of you. How
can I sleep without you?"
Yun Shang ignored the slyness in his tone and simply said, "You can''t make it too obvious. Your
Majesty can alwayse and have tea here during the day."
Luo Qingyan''s eyes instantly lit up. "Well, I won''te here tonight. I can pretend to be busy with the
tedious political affairs. In fact, it will be alright for me toe over during the day."
Yun Shang knew what he meant. She rolled her eyes and said, "I''ll attend the banquet tomorrow, and
I''ll deliberately expose some ws to our hidden enemies. I''ll then leave at the banquet tomorrow."
The fire in Luo Qingyan''s eyes was extinguished at once, "Are you leaving tomorrow afternoon
already? So soon? Have you arranged everything?"
"It has been arranged for a long time. Everything is ready. Your Majesty, please don''t worry about me."
No matter what, Luo Qingyan couldn''t really rest assured. After a long silence, he asked, "Do you need
me to send some secret guards to protect you?"
"No, thanks." Yun Shang smiled, "It will be too obvious that your Majesty''s secret guards are to be
mobilized to arge extent. I won''t be in need of any of your guards. Tomorrow, someone wille to
pick me up outside the temporary imperial pce. The rest of the secret guards are waiting halfway for
me. After we all meet up, we will then travel together."
She gave him an assuring look, "In case of any ident halfway, I have also ced some secret
guards in severalrge towns along the way in case of need."