Eight-year-old Princess: Phoenix Reborn

As the sky was getting darker, Yunshang handed the map to Qianliu, "Send someone to check the points I marked above, be careful, these points are easy to defend and difficult to attack, if the Eldest Princess wants to These are good places to hide soldiers and horses, so don’t startle them.”

Qian Liu responded and retreated, there was no news from the palace yet, Luo Qingyan sent word to someone, saying that she might not be able to return home tonight. Yun Chang didn't care too much, and carefully asked the person who reported back to the mansion about the situation in the palace.

"The Empress ordered to strictly prevent the news from leaking out. She only told the other concubines in the palace that His Majesty was ill, and the imperial physician told them to rest, so that the other concubines should not disturb His Majesty. Few people knew about the Yunqi Palace. Because Concubine Yun has always lived in secluded places, there are not many concubines on weekdays." The attendant lowered his head and answered Yun Shang's question carefully.

"Who are those people in the palace now?" Yunshang asked lightly, looking at the armrest of the chair with her hand.

The attendant hurriedly said, "My lord, the seventh lord, and Su Taiwei, Liu Situ, Hua Guogong, Liu Gongzi, and nothing else."

"Did you hear what they talked about today?" Yunshang paused slightly, thinking in her heart that Liu Yinfeng's status in Xia Kingdom is really special. It is a bit too special for someone who is not an official of the imperial court to be able to enter and leave the palace freely, and not even hide such an important matter from him, and is deeply trusted by Xia Huanyu. It is true that Liu Yinfeng has some talents, but there are many talented people, why is he so special alone?

Such thoughts flashed by, and Yun Chang withdrew her thoughts again, her gaze fell on the attendant in front of her.

Hearing the words, the attendant rubbed his hands in a bit of embarrassment, and said, "Well, I don't know, the prince and the others have been locked at the door of the palace since they entered the meeting hall. I really don't know what they said in the hall. What." After a pause, he opened his mouth with some hesitation, "But..."

"But what?" Yun Shang hurriedly asked.

The attendant quickly responded, "However, when the prince opened the door of the palace earlier and came out to order the little one to return to the mansion, the little one seemed to see that everyone in the palace was standing, and only Liu Jin, Liu Situ, was kneeling on the ground, and I didn't know Why."

Liu Jin? Yun Chang was silent for a moment, Liu Jin knelt on the ground, why? Liu Jin has a high position, only His Majesty and the Empress can make him kneel. If Xia Huanyu is not in the palace, it must be the Empress who made him kneel. What did he do?

Yun Chang waved his hand to make the attendant retreat. Since Luo Qingyan would not go back to the house, Yunshang also ordered people to prepare some simple dinners and eat them. After dinner, Yunshang plunged into the study again.

Qianzhuo walked into the study, looked up at Yunshang, there were many books and maps spread out on the desk in front of Yunshang, and she was muttering to herself without knowing what she was talking about.

After pondering for a while, Fang walked up to Yunshang and said, "Reporting to the princess, the person sent to the palace before sent a message, saying that a new maid has indeed arrived in Yunqi Palace recently, and it is said that she is serving Princess Qianling." Yes, it's just that Concubine Yun Gui didn't come out of Yunqi Palace very often, and others didn't pay much attention to that person, so I don't know about the rest."

Yun Chang nodded, and waved her hand casually. From this point of view, the eldest princess was indeed hiding in the palace before.

"The gate of the palace is heavily guarded today. The prince and several adults have not left the palace. The gate of the eldest princess's mansion is closed, and no one knows what is going on in the mansion. However, Liu Situ's mansion is normal, and the main people who come in and out They are all servants who are buying, and the slaves and servants have been followed one by one, and nothing unusual has been found." Qianzhuo said softly.

Yun Shang pondered for a moment, then raised her eyes, "Do you still remember that the servants who bought them went to those places to buy, and what did they buy?"

Qian Zhuo nodded lightly, "The servants have all been recorded by the hidden guards."

"Okay, let the secret guard ask those vendors, did the Liu Mansion also buy from him before, the content of the purchase today is different from the past, and whether the quantity has increased." Yunshang ordered carefully, "Take their usual Bring back the list of things you bought and the list of things you bought today."

Qianzhuo responded, and stood by the side for a while, seeing that Yunshang had no other orders, and then exited the study.

Yunshang stayed in the study until the third watch before returning to the house to sleep, and she got up early the next day. As soon as she got up, she heard Qianliu say, "I heard from the steward that I got up early today. I don't know Who leaked the news, there are rumors in the market that something happened to His Majesty, and the rumors are serious, saying that His Majesty has not gone to the court for two consecutive days, and several ministers of the court entered the palace yesterday and have not come out again. It's His Majesty's fault."

Yun Chang nodded, and sighed softly, "Who else told it, who else? It must be the eldest princess. Confusing people's hearts is probably just her first step."

"How long has this rumor been circulating?" Yun Chang walked to the window and pushed it open, wearing only a middle coat. It was still dark outside, and it should be considered early at this time. It was the time when many people had just woken up to go shopping in the street, and it was also the time when the street began to be lively. Even if there were rumors, it would probably not be too long.

"It's been more than an hour, but the speed of rumors spreading is extremely fast. It's more than an hour, almost most people know about it." Qian Liu said softly, glanced at the very thinly dressed Yunshang, and hurriedly He took a cloak from the side and put it on Yun Chang.

Yun Shang nodded, "It's not difficult to spread rumors, you just need to have someone disguised as a hawker on the street, or a morning tea drinker in a teahouse, and you can tell everyone you meet, and it will spread very quickly. And it is extremely difficult to find the source of the rumors.”

When Qian Liu heard the words, she quickly said, "That's right, the servant girl heard what the housekeeper said earlier, so she ordered people to find out who was spreading the rumors, but she didn't want to find anyone anyway."

"At this time, many of the servants who purchased from the official mansions of the aristocratic families have returned to the mansion. You send someone to watch the movements of the officials in the court, and you can watch a few." Yun Shang thought for a while before ordering with.

Qian Liu responded and called Qian Zhuo to help Yun Shang get dressed, and hurried down to make arrangements.

Yun Chang calculated the time, and the Thousand Buddhas Courtyard is some distance away from Jincheng. I am afraid that the hidden guards who went to inquire near the Thousand Buddhas Courtyard would not be able to return to the mansion until around noon. Luo Qingyan told the secret guards not to let her out of the mansion. , she could only spend the morning in the study.

Yunshang had breakfast, and was about to go to the study, but heard Qianliu's surprised voice from outside, "The lord has returned to the house?"

Yun Shang heard the words, hurriedly opened the curtain and walked into the outer hall, saw Qian Liu standing at the door, and asked quickly, "The lord has returned to the mansion?"

Qian Liu responded, and then said, "Yes, the news just came from the secret guard that the prince has left the palace and is heading back to the palace."

Yun Shang hurriedly said, "Hurry up and prepare some food and cook a bowl of soup. The prince may have stayed up all night in the palace. It is cold at night. Even if there is a brazier, it may be difficult to endure. Cook something warm. Give the prince a warm stomach."

After giving the order, she simply stayed in the outer hall and waited. Sure enough, within half an hour, Luo Qingyan, who was wearing an indigo robe, walked into the courtyard.

Yun Shang quickly went up to meet her, handed the Tang Pozi she was holding to Luo Qingyan, stepped forward to help Luo Qingyan take off the cloak, and then said, "Is it possible to eat too early? I'll let someone prepare it I got some food and boiled some hot soup, you should sit down and eat some."

Luo Qingyan nodded, and sat down at the table. Yun Chang quickly ordered the maid to serve the dishes, and sat down with her.

"What's the matter? What clues can we find?" Yun Shang asked quickly.

Luo Qingyan raised his hand and rubbed Yunshang's hair, then shook his head, "How could it be so fast, and you and I suspect that this matter was done by the eldest princess because we discovered something. But this is just Our guesses are nothing more than evidence, so we can't talk to them too much, we spend the whole night guessing who did it, where His Majesty is, and what to do next."

"The news of His Majesty's disappearance has spread among the people of Jincheng. I'm afraid that all the officials in the court will know about it soon. You come back at this time, but do you want a countermeasure?" Yunshang asked softly.

The maid brought the dishes in, and Yunshang quickly stood up and took the things over, and placed them on the table herself. The soup was simple and light chicken soup stewed with mushrooms. Yunshang filled some soup and handed it to Luo Qingyan, Luo Qingyan stretched out his hand to take it, and then opened his mouth and said, "There is no countermeasure, and he insisted that His Majesty is just sick, and he is recuperating. In the inner hall, if the officials don't believe it, just send a few people in to have a look."

Yunshang sighed, "A country cannot be without a king for a day. If this matter spreads, it will definitely cause a big shock. But, why don't you send the imperial guards to find your majesty?"

Hearing this, Luo Qingyan paused slightly with the hand holding the soup, and sneered, "I'm looking, why don't I look for it, I just want to act secretly. A very funny thing happened in the meeting hall yesterday. Originally, the queen wanted to let Su Qi and the three of them took out the imperial guards dispatch token and secretly dispatched the imperial guards to find His Majesty, but Liu Jin said that the imperial guards dispatch token he received was stolen the day before yesterday."

Yun Chang was taken aback, pondered for a moment, and then said, "The day before yesterday, wasn't it the night when His Majesty disappeared? How could it be such a coincidence that the token disappeared when His Majesty disappeared. Besides, Taiwei Su and Duke Hua also had tokens, Why was his alone stolen?"

Luo Qingyan sneered again, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice, "Where is it lost? I have been thinking about why the eldest princess hooked up with Liu Jin. After all, Liu Jin is so old. Originally, I thought that the eldest princess The princess wants to draw Liu Jin, whose relationship with the Seventh Prince is becoming increasingly stiff, into her camp, and I didn't know until yesterday that what the eldest princess wants from Liu Jin's audience is the dispatch order of the Imperial Guard."\u003c