Eight-year-old Princess: Phoenix Reborn

Liu Yinfeng set off for Yangliu Town the next day, but Yunshang was still a little worried. After all, Liu Yinfeng was Xia Houjing's elder brother. Cao Wenxi worked so hard to keep this child, and Liu Yinfeng had personally taught her for a while before, so the love of blood will definitely be taken care of.

"What are you thinking about?" Luo Qingyan closed the folding fan in his hand, and lightly tapped Yun Shang's head, "Look at your absent-minded appearance, it's your turn."

Yun Chang smiled, and looked at the situation on the chessboard. Her chess pieces had been cornered by Luo Qingyan, and she had almost nowhere to survive. Yun Chang frowned, and calmed down casually, before responding softly: "I'm thinking about Liu Yinfeng's trip to Yangliu Town, I don't know what will happen. If I don't go down, I'll lose." The weather is so hot , disturbed Yun Chang a little upset.

As Yun Chang said, she stood up and sat down on the soft couch.

Luo Qingyan put the chess pieces in his hands in the chess basket, sat down beside Yunshang, fanned Yunshang, and said softly: "No matter what the result is, the current situation is beneficial to us of."

"Advantageous?" Yun Shang was confused by Luo Qingyan, why didn't she see, where is the advantage.

Luo Qingyan nodded lightly, and said with a smile: "Now that Xia Huanyu is taking Xia Houjing to Yangliu Town, it is still an opportunity. Although the people in Liucang City who have nothing to do with themselves will not become a mess, they have no backbone after all. And now that the foreign troubles have been resolved, it is the right time to put down the chaos in Liucang."

Yun Chang's eyes immediately lit up when he heard the words: "Your Majesty's words are very true, but Xia Huanyu's move happened to stumble Xia Houjing."

"I have already ordered the dark guards in Liucang City to respond to Zheng Qiming, and I sent a letter to Sun Bingzhi with an eagle, ordering him to attack the city immediately, and to cooperate with Zheng Qiming inside and outside, and must take Liucang City as quickly as possible. Let Xia Houjing have no chance to stand up again." Luo Qingyan's face was indifferent, but his eyes were like an eagle that saw its prey.

Hearing what Luo Qingyan said, Yunshang felt his eyes suddenly brighten up. He stretched out his hand to pick up the teacup on the table and raised it towards Luo Qingyan, with a bright smile: "The concubine is still a little short-sighted. Xia Huanyu took Xia Houjing to Yangliu Town, worrying that after Xia Houjing knew his life experience, he would use his life experience to make a fuss, which would be detrimental to His Majesty. However, His Majesty's vision was not as high as His Majesty's, and everything was under control. The concubine admires it, and respects His Majesty."

Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows, reached out to take the teacup in Yunshang's hand, and said with a smile: "It's too insincere to replace wine with tea? Huh?"

The last word "um" has a long ending sound, which is extremely playful.

Yun Shang naturally heard his teasing, and glared at Luo Qingyan, with a little red on his face: "Your Majesty, please make fun of the concubine, the concubine will definitely not be fooled again, just once or twice, the matter But three."

Luo Qingyan raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, his eyes full of calculations.

Most of the affairs of the court have now been settled, no matter how many, Yunshang can't worry about it. Before Liu Yinfeng has heard back, the Liu Cangcheng incident may not be completely resolved for a while, so Yunshang also withdraws her thoughts. Put your attention back into the harem.

The first thing is naturally about Qi Ruihai.

"Beauty, beauty." The parrot in the temple has been calling endlessly since the morning. Yunshang reached out to take the rice in Qianzhuo's hand, and put some into the birdcage.

The parrot ate some grains, fluttered around in the cage for a while, then stood in the cage a little wearily, and stopped talking.

Yunshang handed the bamboo tube containing the rice to Qianzhuo, and ordered softly: "Go to the internal servant and talk to Qi Ruihai, and say that the parrot in this palace suddenly has no energy. Most of the people in this palace don't understand. It’s because of parrots. Ask him, is there anyone in the palace who is good at raising parrots, bring them to my palace and show me.”

Qianzhuo quickly responded, took the bamboo tube and retreated, went to the small kitchen, threw the bamboo tube into the burning stove, and then ordered someone to send a message to the internal servant.

Qi Ruihai did things very quickly, before evening, he personally brought someone to the door.

Yun Shang looked at the person Qi Ruihai brought, he looked about thirty years old, a little fat, but he could be considered stocky. Yun Chang withdrew her gaze lightly, and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Qi said that you are good at taking care of parrots, I will believe you. Drink lightly and bring the parrots out."

Qianzhuo quickly responded, entered the inner hall, and brought out the parrot together with the cage. Yunshang motioned for Qianzhuo to lift the parrot in front of the man, frowned slightly and said, "Let's have a look, this parrot It was given to me by His Majesty, and I usually serve it with delicious food and drink, but I don’t know what’s going on today. Hearing its voice, I'm not used to it."

The servant quickly responded, stepped forward to carefully look at the parrot's eyes, ears, mouth and nose, then reached out and touched the parrot's belly, then turned his head and replied softly: "Madam, I'm afraid this parrot has eaten something and shouldn't eat it." The servants looked at what they were eating, and it was mostly wine."

"Wine?" Yun Shang blinked, then turned to look at Qian Zhuo: "What did you feed the parrot this morning?"

Qianzhuo quickly responded, "It's just rice."

Yun Chang nodded slightly, then raised her eyes to look at the waiter: "Are you sure it's wine?"

"Yes." The servant replied softly.

Yun Chang frowned and tapped the handrail lightly, nodded lightly, and said with a smile: "I know, is there a solution?"

The waiter quickly responded: "Your Majesty, why don't you ask someone to feed it some water, it will be fine in a short time."

Yunshang nodded, answered, paused, and then ordered Qian Zhuo: "Qian Zhuo, take him down, I still have something in my palace, and I want to talk to Chief Qi."

Qi Ruihai froze for a moment, paused for a while, and then stood quietly aside with his head down. Qianzhuo took the servant and left the main hall, Yunshang looked at Qi Ruihai steadfastly, the corner of his mouth curled up, and he opened his mouth: "Eunuch Qi knows what I want to say to you?"

Qi Ruihai shook his head hastily, his eyes were a little flustered, but he calmed down very quickly, Yun Chang laughed: "Eunuch Qi has been in charge of the internal guard for so many years, he must not be unaware that he ordered the palace people to smuggle banned drugs from outside the palace. Entering the palace, what kind of crime is it?"

Qi Ruihai was shocked all over, and raised his head abruptly, with a bit of surprise and disbelief in his eyes.

Yun Shang naturally knew what he was thinking, and smiled coldly: "The evidence in my palace's hands is solid, and Eunuch Qi doesn't need to defend himself."

Qi Ruihai was silent for a long time, his voice was slightly hoarse: "How does the Empress want to deal with the slaves?"

Yun Chang's hand lightly tapped on the armrest in her hand: "I want to ask, but Director Qi wants so many banned drugs, why use them?"

Qi Ruihai lowered his eyes, his fingers trembled slightly, and he said softly after a while: "Your Majesty also grew up in the palace, so she is no stranger to the methods in the palace. The reason is just to fight for a pet name. Prohibited drugs can help them achieve some goals, and they want to get it at any cost. Although the country has changed hands now, they don't need to do this anymore, but those banned drugs are already addicted , I can’t even quit.”

Yun Chang laughed, seeing that Qi Ruihai's face was calm, and he didn't change his face when he told a lie, but he was calm in the face of danger.

"Eunuch Qi also understands what kind of crime it is to smuggle banned drugs into the palace."

Qi Ruihai nodded invisibly, and responded in a low voice: "Capital crime."

"Yes, death penalty." Yun Chang smiled and said, "However, I also want to tell the truth from the bottom of my heart, among the general managers in the harem, the person I am most optimistic about is you, Director Qi. I still say the same thing, if Director Qi is able to do things for me, I will pretend not to know about it, and I will not cut off your money, Director Qi, and now there is only one person in the harem. Qi Commander, what do you think?"

Qi Ruihai pondered for a long time without responding, but Yun Chang was not in a hurry, and just waited quietly.

After a while, Qi Ruihai suddenly knelt down: "Slave Qi Ruihai, I pay my respects to the empress."

Yun Shang heard the words, the corners of her mouth curled up, and there was a bit of a smile in her eyes: "Okay, Eunuch Qi really knows the current affairs, and in this case, if Eunuch Qi is sincerely for this palace, this palace will not treat you badly." But the ugly words come first. The thing I dislike the most is betrayal. If there is a betrayal, I will have thousands of ways to make Eunuch Qi's life worse than death. Not only Eunuch Qi, but Eunuch Qi also cares. people."

A gleam of coldness flashed across Yun Chang's eyes, but Qi Ruihai was secretly startled, nodded slightly, and agreed.

After Qi Ruihai left, Qian Zhuo walked in from the door, looked back at Qi Ruihai's back, and said softly: "Mother, I don't understand."

Yun Shang took a look at Qian Zhuo. There are many people around her, but not many people she can trust. Qianzhuo is one of them. It's just that although Qianzhuo is more mature than before, she still lacks a lot. She also hopes that Qianzhuo can grow up quickly, so she smiled and said: "Oh? Tell me, there is What don't you understand?"

Qian Zhuo stretched out his hand and made a gesture, "I don't understand two things. First, the empress can clearly order someone to invite Qi Ruihai, so why is she still looking for a reason?"

Yun Chang heard the words, looked at the sleepy parrot in the bird cage, and said softly: "Qi Ruihai is a shrewd man, if I tell him to meet at Weiyang Palace without reason, he will definitely understand that I have something in mind , will think of various ways to deal with it in advance, what I want is to catch him by surprise, so that he has no time to prepare."

Suddenly, Yunshang smiled and glanced at Qianzhuo, blinked and said: "Let me guess, the second thing you don't understand is that you don't understand why I didn't mention Concubine Wan and Concubine Wan." What about the nineteenth prince?"

Qian Zhuo nodded several times, "The fact that Concubine Wan is Qi Ruihai's younger sister, and that Qi Ruihai stole forbidden medicine into the palace for use by the nineteenth prince, in the eyes of the servants, these two are the ones who come to threaten Qi Ruihai to submit. Good reason, but the empress did not mention a word."

Yun Shang nodded: "You're right, judging from the situation we have now, Concubine Wan and the Nineteenth Prince are probably the people Qi Ruihai cares about most in the palace, but I only chose the lightest steal Prohibited drugs enter the palace to talk about things."

Seeing Qianzhuo nodded, Yunshang asked: "Then let me ask you, what do you think Qi Ruihai has in the palace for so many years, what kind of power is he in his hands?"

"There must be a lot." Qian Zhuo said without thinking.

Yun Chang nodded: "By the way, although Qi Ruihai looked calm and self-reliant, it was only because Ben Gong touched his bottom line. He has been looking for his sister for so many years, and he has done so much for Concubine Wan. The concubine and the nineteenth prince are the people Qi Ruihai cares about most in the palace. If I threaten the concubine Wan and the nineteenth prince, I will inevitably use too much force. Qi Ruihai feels that the lives of those two are at stake. In my hands, if he fights desperately because of this, and with the help of contacts accumulated in the palace, intends to put me to death, although it may not be successful, but such a way of killing me will not benefit me, but will lose me. A person who is available puts himself in danger."

"Concubine Wan wants the nineteenth prince to stay away from disputes, and the pill is the key. If Qi Ruihai can't get the pill, everything he has done before will be in vain. If I deliberately raise the issue of banned medicine, Qi Ruihai will worry that I will cut him off because of this." The source of banned drugs. Then, among the conditions I threw out, I deliberately mentioned that if he is willing to work for me, I will not prevent him from taking pills from outside the palace into the palace. This is a great inducement for him. "

Qianzhuo listened to Yunshang explaining all the reasons in detail, a flash of understanding flashed in his eyes, and he nodded again and again: "The empress is conspiring."

Yun Shang glared at Qianzhuo, but laughed: "Qi Ruihai has to do things for the palace no matter whether he wants it or not. In this way, many things will be much easier. Clean up the harem, You can start with the palace people in each palace."

Qianzhuo quickly responded: "I understand."

The two masters and servants were talking, when a voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, Mrs. Concubine Cao, please see me."

Yunshang nodded, and walked to the door lightly, opened the door curtain, and said with a smile: "My lady, the empress is here to invite you."

Cao Taipin came in from the outside with a gentle smile on her face, and greeted Yun Shang.

"Cao Taibi doesn't need to be so polite." Yun Shang asked Qian Zhuo to move a stool for Cao Shanxiu to sit down, then raised her eyes to look at Cao Shanxiu and said, "Cao Taibi looks pretty good."

When Cao Shanxiu heard the words, she laughed: "Thanks to the good teaching of the empress, recently, on the 15th, I learned female reds from the mother in the palace, read books and practiced the piano, and became more gentle and mature in dealing with people. It’s also relieved a lot.”

"Princess Fifteen is not a stubborn and uneducable person, and her temperament is also kind. She is an excellent daughter-in-law with more guidance. By the way, before this Palace said that she was choosing a son-in-law for Princess Fifteen. The matter of the stream was also delayed, I ordered someone to sort out the list of some people of the right age in the imperial court, including portraits and birthdays, and I will let Qianzhuo sort it out later and send it to your palace." Yunshang smiled. typical.

When Cao Shanxiu heard the words, she was very happy on the face, she quickly smiled and replied: "Thank you, Empress."

Thanks for your kindness, Cao Shanxiu looked up at Yun Shang, pondered for a moment, and then said: "There is one thing, I don't know if the concubine is thinking too much, but I am also afraid that if I don't report it to the empress, something bad will happen. "

Seeing her expression, Yun Shang raised her eyebrows and said, "I didn't realize you were such a timid person before? What is it? Tell me."

Cao Shanxiu nodded, and then said softly: "Some time ago, the empress was not in the palace, and the concubine and Concubine Li were assisting with the affairs of the harem, but the concubine accidentally discovered that Concubine Li used the Empress Dowager to drink with Qin Yi When the girl took the empress's private seal in her hand, she quietly stamped a few seals on a few pieces of white paper. The concubine didn't know what use it was for her to do this, but the empress's private seal involved a lot after all, I'm afraid something is wrong."

"Oh? There's still such a thing?" Yun Chang raised her eyebrows, turned to look at Qianzhuo, the confusion on Qianzhuo's face didn't look like a fake, it can be seen that she really didn't know about it, but Concubine Li didn't know martial arts , and Yunshang issued an order that when Concubine Li and Concubine Cao use her private seal, Concubine Li, Concubine Cao, Qin Yi and Qian Zhuo must be together. Qianzhuo's martial arts skills are not low, if Concubine Li could hide the truth in front of Qianzhuo and Qinyi, how could Cao Shanxiu find out?

Yun Chang thought to herself, but didn't show anything on her face.