Cao Shanxiu knelt down on the ground. Yun Shang couldn't see her face, but her body trembled slightly, not knowing if it was fear or anger.
With her hands clasped behind her back, Yun Shang smiled and said gently, "I ordered my secret guards to secretly search the palace when you were not here, and let Qian Liu wet your and the fifteenth princess's clothes on purpose. In this way, I wanted to find the exact evidence as soon as possible and get to know the truth. I shouldn't have done this way, but I don't like to make random conjectures, and I hate to be betrayed the most. Cao Shanxiu, what do you want to say? "
Cao Shanxiu lowered her head and gave a bitter smile. After a long time, she asked in a very low voice, "Since you know that the fifteenth Princess met the shopkeeper of the cloth shop, I'm afraid you have sent someone to stop him, right?"
Yun Shang nodded and sneered, "I won't let him enter Yang Liu Town. I'm afraid your highness's plan will fail."
Cao Shanxiu looked up, but her eyes were completely calm. "Your Highness, do you think that his former majesty will kill the the seventh Prince after you stopped the cloth merchant?"
Yun Shang's eyes fell on Cao Shanxiu. She thought for a moment and said, "His Former Majesty is kind, but I'm not softhearted. If His Former Majesty can't do it, I'm willing to do it for him. If I want to kill Xia Houjing, who else can save him? "
Cao Shanxiu stood up and said sarcastically, "Your majesty, you won't. Your majesty, do you know why His Former Majesty always tolerates the seventh Prince even he is not his biological son? No matter what mistakes he has made, it's just some minor punishment which never hurts the Seventh prince's life. Do your majesty knows that if his majesty wants to take control of the state, he can't do anything to the seventh Prince. Do you think the seventh Prince's rebel and the attack from the State of Yelang is the biggest crisis of the State of Xia? Your majesty is wrong. If something happens to the seventh Prince, the crisis of the State of Xia will really come."
Cao Shanxiu raised her voice and sneered, "I'm afraid you don't know that the reason why His Former Majesty tried every means to protect the seventh Prince is to stabilize the State of Xia. Over the years, even though I've been sent to the Cold Palace for two times, I still managed to survive, because I have something that His Former Majesty had always wanted. But I won't give it. I think it's time for His Former Majesty to return what he had borrowed. It's time to give the state back to its real master."
Yun Shang didn't know what Cao Shanxiu was talking about, but she felt that there was a big secret related to the State of Xia.
With a flash of blood in her eyes, Yun Shang stretched out her hand as fast as lightning and grabbed Cao Shanxiu's neck in an instant.
"Your Highness, you are so good at talking nonsense. It's so mysterious.Can you show something to convince me?" Yun Shang's eyes were full of coldness. She squinted at Cao Shanxiu.
Cao Shanxiu was startled, with sweat on her forehead, but she still clenched her teeth and sneered, "I didn't expect that your majesty is good at martial art. Do your majesty think that you can get rid of a potential trouble by seizing the cloth merchant? Then you can rest assured? Your Majesty, I've been in the imperial household for more than twenty years, and have got familiar with you recently, so I never underestimated you. The cloth merchant was just a bait. Although I don't read much, and I'm not as proficient in the art of war as you are, I know something about the scheme of crossing the sea under camouflage.
Cao Shanxiu's face turned red and it was difficult for her to speak.
Yun Shang sneered, "Well, I'll wait and see. But I don't know if your highness can wait until then."
Cao Shanxiu swallowed hard and forced a smile. "Your Majesty, why are you angry from embarrassment? I have to tell you it's not the time to kill me. If I die, you will regret it."
Yun Shang smiled and suddenly threw Cao Shanxiu out. Cao Shanxiu fell on the chair behind her, and her waist hit the chair. Then she rolled down from the chair and stood up after a long time.
Yun Shang snorted coldly and raised her voice, "Someone, I have a good talk with Lady Cao. Clean up the side hall for Lady Cao."
Qian Liu and Qian Zhuo nodded and left the inner hall with Cao Shanxiu.
Yun Shang looked at the trembling fifteenth Princess. She paused for a long time and said, "The fifteenth Princess will also live in Weiyang Palace. Take her to the woodshed."
Pei Lan replied and called Qing Hao. Then Qing Hao pulled the fifteenth Princess towards the door. The fifteenth Princess was so frightened that tears streamed down her face. She shouted in a hurry, "I know nothing. I know nothing."
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