Eight-year-old Princess: Phoenix Reborn

The woman hurriedly said: "My servant asked the owners of the grain stores, and they said that the business has been very good recently, the supply is in short supply, and there is not much grain in Jincheng, so the price has to be raised."

Yunshang squinted her eyes. The business is very good. In each city, the number of people is basically relatively fixed, and the consumption of things like rice, flour, grain and oil is also relatively fixed. And there is no major event recently, it is impossible for a sudden skyrocketing situation, abnormality is a demon. If it is in other cities, Yunshang must first be suspected of whether someone has hidden a large number of soldiers here, but Jincheng is different. Because Jincheng is an imperial city, within a radius of tens of miles of Jincheng, there are no guards and patrols. It's very strict, unless Xia Huanyu allows it, it won't be able to hide it.

But why is this so?

Yun Shang was silent for a while, then raised her eyes again and said, "Just now you said that many people have disappeared in Jincheng recently, so what's going on?"

Another mother-in-law hurriedly said: "It is true that many people have disappeared. The servant's family lives in the west of the city, which is considered a poor area. Recently, the neighbors near the servant's house have disappeared for no reason. There are men and women, and they are all younger. Their family Everyone doesn't know where they went, and they all suspect that they were taken away. They just don't know, they are not from rich or noble families, so what's the use of taking them away."

"Can you report to the official?" Yunshang asked softly.

"Reported, this situation has been going on for almost a month, and it has been reported to the official for almost a month, but there is no clue, and the official sentinel can't find anything, so they reported it layer by layer, and reported it to the household department, and the household department ordered the closure Once you pass the city gate, you are only allowed to go out but not to enter." The woman replied softly.

Yun Chang frowned, shook her head, no, if a large number of people disappeared in the city, and the yamen reported it, in addition to the household department, there should be a criminal department, but Yun Shang did not receive a letter from Li Qianmo. Moreover, after a person disappeared, according to common sense, when the city gates were closed, people should be allowed to enter and not to be allowed out, instead of being allowed to leave and not allowed to enter, so as to prevent the missing person from leaving the city.

Yun Shang turned her head to look at Qin Yi, "Who is the servant of the household department?"

Qin Yi responded quickly: "The household servant's surname is Qian, and his name is Qian Rujun."

Yun Chang nodded, but she remembered that during the Chinese New Year today, the Minister of Household Department came to pay New Year's greetings, but at that time, because the Seventh Prince brought someone to check on Liu Chuchu, she didn't think too much about it. Pay attention to that Mr. Qian. Thinking about it now, even the face is blurred.

Yun Chang nodded lightly, it was not her turn to worry about this matter, and after Luo Qingyan returned to the mansion later, she could ask him about it.

Yunshang thought about it, and didn't want to waste too much energy on this matter in front of the woman in charge, so she turned away from the conversation, "Since the prices of rice, flour, grain, oil and vegetables have increased, as you said, let people buy them from Zhuangzi. Send it over here, it doesn’t take much trouble. It’s just that people outside the city can’t enter the city recently, so you can send someone to the gate of the city to meet them every day, and I will send someone to greet the guards at the gate.”

The woman quickly responded and stepped aside. The next one hurriedly said: "Wangfei's courtyard was burned down before, and the prince ordered it to be repaired. Now it is almost finished. The servant thinks that the things in the house should also be completed, and draws up a list that needs to be added. Wangfei has a look, But what needs to be added or subtracted.”

Yun Chang took it, turned it over carefully, picked up the pen on the side and scratched out some at will, and said: "The two-eared vase is not very good-looking at the door, let's replace it with blue and white porcelain. The bedroom is not big, eight The screens don’t look good, so six screens are fine, and the patterns on them are galloping horses. The prince likes dragon birthday incense, so buy some and put them away first. I’ve also deleted some of the others..."

As he said that, he deleted and changed the things that should be deleted from the list, and then handed them back to the woman.

The women in charge of the house reported one by one, and it was getting dark.

Yun Chang let everyone go away, and then told Qin Yi to prepare dinner. After the dinner was ready for a while, Luo Qingyan returned to the mansion. Seeing that he looked tired again, Yun Shang quickly poured him a cup of tea and handed it over.

"The meal is ready, and I made the sweet-scented osmanthus fish, which is the prince's favorite. The prince has worked so hard these days, so he can eat more later." Yun Shang said with a smile.

Luo Qingyan nodded lightly, looking at Yunshang with a bit of tenderness in his eyes.

"What did Chang'er do today?" Luo Qingyan took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and turned to look at Yunshang with a smile.

Yun Chang smiled and said: "We have been away from the mansion for three months, and there are a lot of things to deal with in the mansion. I just finished reading the account books in the mansion this afternoon and dealt with some trivial matters. There is also a shop. Yes, Zhuangzi’s, we have to deal with each of them.”

"Thank you." Luo said with a smile.

The meal has been served, Luo Qingyan got up and had dinner with Yunshang. After dinner, Luo Qingyan accompanied Yunshang for a walk in the courtyard. There were lanterns hanging under the eaves, which made the courtyard as bright as day. Yunshang looked at the lotus blooming in the lake, then turned to look at Luo and said softly: "I heard from the women in the mansion that the price of food in Jincheng has increased a lot recently, and many people in Jincheng have disappeared. gone?"

Luo Qingyan stood beside Yunshang, nodded slightly, and frowned slightly, "It's a bit tricky, I always feel that it was Su's doing, but there is no evidence at all."

Yun Chang turned her eyes and looked at Luo Qingyan, which coincided with what she thought, and she also had doubts about Su Qi.

"What is the prince going to do?" Yun Chang blinked, looked at Luo and said softly.

Luo Qingyan pondered for a long time before softly saying: "Let someone pretend to be a commoner..."

Yunshang smiled and said: "I can help the prince with this matter. When I first arrived in Xia Kingdom, one of the things I started to do was to keep putting hidden piles in Jincheng. Although the poor area in the west of the city is more Less, but not at all.”

Luo Qingyan turned around and looked at Yunshang with a smile, cupped his hands towards Yunshang and said, "If so, then thank you lady. But lady, don't work too hard..."

Yun Chang glared at Luo Qingyan, but found out that since he came back from Lingxi, he is no longer called Madam, but Niangzi.

Speaking of the food price increase, Yunshang thought of the strange things in the palace again. Qianyin said that the palace bought a large number of jewelry, regardless of the material, and the jewelry stores in the city were almost wiped out. I don't know who ordered this, and what they want to do...

Jewelry, besides being worn by women, is there any other use?

It's just that Yunshang really didn't have time to investigate these things. For two consecutive days, Yunshang was trapped by the ledger and some trivial matters.

It wasn't until the fourth day that Yunshang finally had some leisure. After lunch, she walked slowly towards the palace. When Yunshang went to Shuya Palace, Concubine Shen Shu was taking a nap, so Yunshang went to Xiangzhu Palace.

Although Ning Qian is no longer in the palace, Lin Youran still lives in the Xiangzhu Palace.

Lin Youran was about to give birth, and her body was swollen a bit, so she could only lie on the bed and rest, when she saw Yun Shang, she sat up quickly, wanting to get out of bed and salute Yun Shang.

Seeing this, Yun Chang quickly waved her hands and said, "You are not feeling well, you should lie down."

Yun Chang sat down by the bed and felt Lin Youran's pulse, but the fetus in her womb was fine.

Lin Youran smiled and said, "This child really annoys me enough, but the princess is so cute."

Yun Shang smiled slightly, shook her head and said, "I'm afraid, this child has the same temperament as his father, if he is also a frosty master, it will be troublesome."

Lin Youran couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, "The prince is a dragon among men, and the child must be very smart and excellent, so don't worry about the princess."

"Who can say for sure about this." Yun Shang said softly, "I see that there are many people missing in the palace?"

Lin Youran nodded lightly: "Some time ago, His Majesty suddenly ordered the concubines who had never slept in the palace to be sent out of the palace. Due to my inconvenient health, I rarely went out. I only heard that Empress Hua seemed to have disappeared. I After entering the palace for nearly a year, I have heard about the matter between Empress Hua and His Majesty, saying that Her Majesty is very affectionate to Empress Hua, when Empress Hua was here before, there was only Empress Hua in the harem..."

All this was known by Yunshang, and after a moment of silence, Yunshang asked again: "Have you noticed anything unusual in the palace recently?"

Seeing Yun Chang's serious expression, Lin Youran thought about it carefully, and then said softly: "An unusual place... I have been recuperating in the palace these days, but I have never heard of anything unusual. It's just that some time ago, in the Xiangzhu Palace, Three palace attendants suddenly disappeared..."

"Has anyone sent someone to look for it?" Yun Shang asked quickly.

"I've searched, I've searched almost everywhere I can, but I'm really missing." Lin Youran replied softly.

Missing again?

Yun Chang frowned, and a strange look flashed in her eyes. It is quite common for someone to disappear outside the palace, but in the palace...

The palace has always been heavily guarded, but it is not easy to attack the palace.

"Have you heard of such a situation in other palaces?" Yun Shang asked quickly.

"I don't know about the other palaces, but I heard from the palace people that there are people missing from Zhenbao Pavilion and Shangyi Bureau. But now His Majesty is not in the palace. Although Concubine Shen Shu is assisting the harem, she doesn't really manage the affairs. And I'm afraid that the people in the palace will panic. , then suppressed it, and only asked people to report the missing person to the internal servant first, and the internal servant would investigate. But after investigating for a while, I have not heard of any results." Lin Youran said softly.

Yun Shang nodded lightly, "Have you heard that the palace bought a lot of jewelry from outside the palace recently?"

"Jewelry?" Lin Youran shook her head, "Because there isn't a war at the border recently? Concubine Shen Shu ordered that the soldiers at the border need food and grass, and the treasury is empty, so that the harem can save money. It has been several months since they bought any jewelry. Almost every The palaces are all like this, and I heard that Empress Hua is going back to the palace, no one wants to make trouble at this juncture."

Yun Chang frowned, this matter was weird everywhere, but he couldn't understand it. \u003c