After lunch, Luo Qingyan left the inn again. Yun Shang stayed and read in the inn. In the morning, the thing that Qian Yin asked the hidden guards to investigate had gained some clues.
"The seventh prince's mansion is heavily guarded, so it's difficult for the secret guards to sneak in. They noticed that there seems to be someone else investigating this, and I told him to look for a group of people from the palace. When those people entered the palace, I sent a message to Qian Qian, asking Qian Qian to send someone to follow them, only to find that they stayed around the Buddhist Prayer Room for a while and then left." Qian Yin said in a low voice.
Yun Shang clenched the tea cup in her hand, a grim smile on her face, "it's indeed her."
Qian Yin heard her and opened her mouth, but then fell silent. Lowering her head, she looked at her empty right arm.
"I thought have no enmity with her, but she has already bullied me, and I can no longer sit by and watch." Yun Shang said indifferently, "I will go to the Imperial Palace tonight. Tell Ning Qian to find a way to meet me."
Qian Yin replied yes.
Yun Shang lifted her eyes to Qian Yin, and said with a smile, "don't worry. I will give you a chance to kill your enemy."
Qian Yin nodded with tears in her eyes, "okay." Qian Yin paused before she continued, "I have investigated the woman in the portrait, but I haven't found any information yet. The man at the San Cun Alley is also a mysterious person. It is said that he came to the state of Xia three years ago and opened a small shop. It seems that he has a lot of friends. From time to time, there will be distinguished guests who visit him at any time. But they were also people of mystery, and we don't know who he really was yet.
After dinner, Luo Qingyan came back. Yun Shang told him that she would come to the palace in the evening, but she just said that she had something to do with Ning Qian. Luo Qingyan asked her to be careful before letting her enter the palace.
But Yun Shang didn't change her face. A person gave her the maid's dress and helped her change. Then, following the maid into the palace, the guards at the gate stopped them. The maid in waiting immediately took over a jade badge and handed it to the guards, who just casually glanced at it before letting them go.
It was still early. Yun Shang went to the Xiang Zhu Palace and talked with Ning Qian for a while. She walked to the Buddhist Prayer Room after midnight.
As the old empress loved the Buddhist prayer room, the Buddhist prayer room was beside the Qian Ling Palace. After the old empress was dead, the Qian Ling Palace became quiet.
Yun Shang approached the Buddhist prayer room gingerly. She heard someone coughing inside.
Yun Shang leaned against the wall and listened carefully. Then a maid's voice was heard. "Your Highness, let me get you some hot water. It will moisture your throat and make you throat feel better. It's a little cold in the Buddhist prayer room. The eunuch sent a quilt here last night. Why didn't you let me take it? There was another sound of cough. After a while, the woman stopped and had a rest. Then Yun Shang heard a woman's voice. "Doesn't matter. The empress wants to see me having a bad time, doesn't she? The worse I am, the happier she will be. We have been together for so many years. But she will be complacent tomorrow if I cough a little. Isn't it a good idea? "
Yun Shang heard her and raised her eyebrows. Lady Shu was an interesting woman. Others would never show weakness to their enemies, no matter how hard they tried. However, she chose to go the opposite way. She deliberately pretended to look miserable, so that the empress thought she had won.
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