"I heard that you met Cao Han this morning?"
At noon, Luo Qingyan went back to the Taiji Palace to have lunch with Yun Shang and asked about it.
"Bringing me the mutton soup is just an excuse. In fact, it's mainly for meeting Cao Han, isn't it?"
Hearing the obvious jealousy in Luo Qingyan's words, Yun Shang couldn't help laughing, but she nodded honestly. "Yes, I ordered Wang Wanzhi to call Cao Han over after the morning court meeting yesterday. But Cao Han is a courtier, and I'm the Empress, so it's impossible for me to summon him to the palace to meet him alone. So I asked someone to prepare the mutton soup, pretending to bring it to you. I happened to meet him on the way and said something casually."
Luo Qingyan couldn't help but widen his eyes. "Yes? How dare you answer yes?"
Yun Shang burst into laughter.
"I'm just telling the truth. I can't find an excuse to deceive you. You're the emperor. If I lie to you, it's a serious crime of deceiving the emperor."
"How dare you!" Luo Qingyan wasn't really jealous. Seeing that Yun Shang was laughing happily, he couldn't help laughing. "Are you meeting him for Qian Zhuo?"
Yun Shang nodded and shook her head, "Yes, but not entirely.
I did mention Qian Zhuo to him and wanted to see his reaction. But the real purpose is not for Qian Zhuo."
Yun Shang pursed her lips and said, "I will think of other ways to deal with the matter of Qian Zhuo. Cao Han is a member of the Cao clan. If he really brings Qian Zhuo out, I will have to think carefully about what they are doing."
Luo Qingyan nodded and took a sip of tea. "Then why do you meet him, if it's not for Qian Zhuo?" Yun Shang smiled and said, "On the one hand, I want Cao Han to confirm in person that I'm back. Now I'm the one in the palace, not someone disguised.
On the other hand..." Yun Shang turned to Luo Qingyan, "Didn't Your Majesty say that before? That Xia Houjing is very likely to be in the Cao Mansion, so..."
Yun Shang narrowed her eyes and said, "So Your Majesty, do you think that after Cao Han goes back, will Xia Houjing want someone else to tell him what I have said to Cao Han... Or do you think he wants to see Cao Han in person?"
A look of surprise flashed across Luo Qingyan's face. He turned to look at Yun Shang, but didn't say anything for a long time, as if he was thinking about what Yun Shang meant.
"I think he will meet Cao Han in person." After a while, Luo Qingyan answered Yun Shang's previous question, "Xia Houjing is suspicious and arrogant. He will be afraid that if someone passes on the message, the important information might be missed, which will make his judgment wrong. Therefore, it would be best if he could meet Cao Han in person and hear his report.
What's more, he is arrogant. He will feel that even if we guess that he is hiding in the Cao Mansion, no one will really find him there."
Yun Zhang nodded and smiled, "I think so, too. So I poisoned Cao Han."
Luo Qingyan was more surprised, "You poisoned Cao Han?"
"Yes. To be exact, I poisoned Xia Houjing again through Cao Han."
Yun Shang pursed her lips and said, "I poisoned Cao Han. As long as someone smells it, the person will be poisoned, and anyone close to Cao Han will be poisoned. But the poison is useless to others, it will only poison Xia Houjing."
Yun Shang thought for a while and felt that her words were not accurate. "If Cangjue Qingsu is here, it will poison him too."
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