Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 469

"The Ya Clan?" Yun Shang suddenly raised her eyes to look at Ning Qian. "You mean lady Shu is from the Ya clan?"

Ning Qian nodded her head, "yes, she is. The Ya clan is located in a remote place with mountains and forests, and it is a very poor area in the state of Xia. That's why she was sold by her parents to be a maid in the palace. Her parents were just ordinary people in the Ya clan before, but because of her favor by the emperor, they gradually established a prestige in the clan. However, it's somewhat strange. Because of Lady Shu, the emperor has taken good care of the Ya clan and the Ya clan is getting better and better. But somehow it is in chaos now."

Yun Shang's heart sank at her words. After a long silence, she asked, "what kind of person do you think lady Shu is?"

Ning Qian tilted her head, thought for a while, and answered, "Lady Shu was not in good health. She rarely appeared in public. She has only been seen by me three times since I entered the palace. I have also curiously asked some old maids about lady Shu. They said that she was a very gentle woman. Lady Shu used to be the empress' personal maid. Most of the servants in the empress' palace were more or less arrogant. Lady Shu, however, was an amiable and sensible woman. She treated everyone nicely. Even after she became lady Shu, she was always gentle and polite to the servants and concubines. Therefore, even if the empress dislikes lady Shu, Lady Shu has never been cold to anyone in the imperial household. And the people all respected her. Even in the most difficult time, the servants in the Lady Shu's palace are all receiving the same treat as the maids in other palaces."

"A woman like her knows how to endure. If we are friends with her, it will be best. But if we are enemies with her, she is very hard to deal with. " Yun Shang let out a small sigh, "but we are not meant to be friends due to the situation."

Yun Shang suppressed the ominous premonition in her heart and smiled bitterly. "I'm afraid the unrest of the Ya clan is a trap, which is to lure Prince Rui and Lord Hua Guo into it."

Ning Qian was taken aback at Yun Shang's words. She didn't know why Yun Shang suddenly said that. She kept silent for a moment, and guessed what Yun Shang was probably thinking about. Then she said, "it's just that, the Ya clan didn't start to riot after your highness came to the state of Xia. They have been restless before his highness came to the state. I remember that the empress mentioned it once when we went to the Wei Yang palace to pay respects to each other early in the morning. At that time, lady Shu was also there. And the empress was also secretly accusing her family members of not fulfilling their duty as a member of the court and making the emperor annoyed. When was it? Let me think. Oh, I remembered. His majesty went to the state of Ning at that time. It seemed that not long after the news of the crown prince's death came back."

Ning Qian frowned and said, "I remember that the empress was quite angry at that time. Lady Shu, who rarely got out of her palace, appeared several times when the empress invited us in the morning for greetings during that time. I guess she just wanted to laugh at the empress' pain. On that day, it seemed that the empress had to rely on those senior courtiers for the affairs of the court when his majesty wasn't at the court. The empress suddenly brought up the matter of the Ya clan, and got angry with Lady Shu, so lady Shu didn't go to her palace in the morning anymore after that." "After the news of the crown prince's death came back.

Yun Shang couldn't help but frown. If that was the case, the culprit was not supposed to be against Prince Rui. But somehow she felt something wrong in her heart.

After returning to her mansion, Yun Shang thought for a long time and still couldn't figure out what the odd was. She was a little worried that the prince had not sent her a letter since he left for the army. After careful consideration, she simply sent a secret guard to the Ya clan to search for Prince Rui, and she put this matter aside for now.

Ning Qian got the information and sent a message to her in a short time. She said that no one incited Young Lady Liu to be poisoned, but the servant of the Lord Hua Guo's mansion had admitted the poison in person. He even said what poison it was and where he bought it. The shop assistant in the pharmacy confirmed this as well. All the evidences were clear. Li Qianmo couldn't cover it up even if he wanted to.

All the evidences were clear. Yun Shang sneered coldly. She suspected that the evidence was too clear to be true. There must be something fishy about this.

Yun Shang knocked slightly on the armrest of her chair and stood up. "It has nothing to do with Prince Rui's mansion at all, and it's not convenient for me to show up, but I have to go to the Lord Hua Guo's mansion now. Now the Lord Hua Guo's mansion and the prince rui's mansion are on the same team. It's likely that someone wants to attack the Lord Hua Guo's mansion first to get rid

of Prince Rui's biggest helper, since I am in the Jin City, I will never allow such a thing to happen."

To her surprise, Lady Hua Guo wasn't anxious at all. She ordered the servants to serve Yun Shang some fruit tea in a leisure way and then said with a smile, "The Lord Hua Guo's mansion haven't been in those disputes for many years. I thought that the spies in the servants have been withdrawn. I didn't expect that there are still some. But it's good that we got rid of one for now."

"Grandma, aren't you feel anxious at all?" Yun Shang asked softly.

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Translator: HCIO