Xia Huanyu took a glance at Yun Shang and turned the jade ring on his thumb without saying anything. No one knew what he was thinking about.
Yun Shang smiled. "What are you doing, Master Su? I didn't say that you wanted to rebel. I just thought that since everyone had doubts about each other and they didn't have any real evidence, then why not search both our mansions? Master Su, what do you think? Anyway, you don't have to be afraid if you don't want to rebel, right?"
Yun Shang's words were actually a bit childish, but because of what she said just now, Xia Huanyu was silent for a moment after hearing her words. Then he turned to look at Su Qi, who was kneeling on the ground, and said lightly, "what do you think about it?"
Su Qi was taken aback and remained speechless for a long while before he realized what Xia Huanyu was talking about. His heart missed a beat. His majesty didn't contradict her and she was being unreasonable. Did his majesty really suspect him because of the woman's words?
After thinking for a long time, Su Qi gnashed his teeth and whispered, "it's all my fault. Lord Hua Guo is an important official of the state of Xia. I should not have acted so recklessly and searched their mansion."
Yun Shang smiled, "you are right." However, in her mind, she was thinking that most of the officials of the court are afraid of Xia Huanyu to search their mansions.
Xia Huanyu glanced at the three of them and said, "you three are also goofing around, and the south is now full of crises. Each of you, donate 10000 silvers for the country. You hear me?"
Since Xia Huanyu insisted on his decision, they had no choice but to obey him. "Your Majesty, of course!" they shouted, and flung themselves out of the palace in dejection.
The three of them walked out of the palace. Su Qi gave Yun Shang a ferocious stare, and then went on the horse. Yun Shang didn't care much about it. She held Lady Hua Guo on the carriage, and climbed on the carriage herself.
"Su Qi is a narrow-minded man. You shouldn't get involved in this. Now Prince Rui's mansion still doesn't have a firm foothold in the court. If it is suppressed by the empress and the Su clan, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you in the future." There was a touch of blame in Lady Hua Guo's voice, but her eyes were touched.
Yun Shang held the hands of Lady Hua Guo, smiled and said, "I have always wondered why people fight for power and position, and later I found that the most important reason should be to protect the people they want to protect. If I can't even protect the people I want to protect, then what's the use of fighting for power? "
"Okay, okay, okay..." Tears welled up in Lady Hua Guo's eyes. "I made a wish in front of the Bodhisattva before, hoping to find my granddaughter, Ling'er, but I didn't find her. But I have Qingyan now. Both of you are filial children. I'm very content."
As soon as she returned to the Lord Hua Guo's mansion, Lady Hua Guo shut the door behind her and began to search the mansion thoroughly. In the yard of the third young lady, she found a letter. The letter was written on the map of defense in the Jin city of the state of Xia, which was imitated by Lord Hua Guo's handwriting. But the letter was received by Qingsu of the state of Yelang.
In the other room, they also found some powder with poison and the letter required Lord Hua Guo to remove Young Lady Liu and Liu Huansheng.
Yun Shang gave a brittle laugh. If it was a normal case, the two letters should have been found in Lady Hua Guo's yard, which was much easier to be found. Perhaps it was because her yard was strictly guarded that ordinary people could hardly enter it, so Yun Shang had to return and put two letters in her mansion randomly.
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