Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 553

The coldness in Xia Huanyu's eyes deepened with Yun Shang's words. After Yun Shang finished, Xia Huanyu pounded the table and said with a frown expression, "Bring him up."

The guards escorted Lin Liu into the hall, and then put the quilt and dead leeches on the floor. After glancing at them, Xia Huanyu said, "Take the quilt to the Imperial Household Department and ask them to check whether it's from the Imperial Palace." After a pause, he added, "Take the guard out and punish him severely after making a thorough investigation of him and his family."

Hearing about investigating his family, Lin Liu's expression changed slightly, clenching his hands secretly in his sleeves.

Yun Shang pondered for a while. When the guards were about to drag Lin Liu out, she said, "I think someone must have something on Lin Liu or threaten him by someone he cares about. Your Majesty, you might send someone to check whether all his family members are safe."

Xia Huanyu nodded and said, "Do as Lady Rui said."

Yun Shang added, "I noticed a smell of peach blossom from the incense brought by Lin Liu, and I wonder if there is anything special about it."

Hearing Yun Shang's words, Liu Wenan said, "A smell of peach blossom? In the Imperial Palace, There is an incense for soothing nerves that smells like peach blossom, but it is not psychedelic." Soothing nerves? Yun Shang squinted and said after a short silence, "Is there someone who is good at making incense? The guards have kept some of the burning incense as I told."

Turning to look at Liu Wenan, Xia Huanyu said, "Go to find one."

Liu Wenan said yes, bowed to the head of the guards, took over the thing in his hand and left the Meeting Hall.

Yun Shang smiled and thought about everything in her mind. Then she looked up at Xia Huanyu and said, " Among the evidences of both cases, the one about Lady Qing and the one concerned the son of the former Crown Prince, there are jewels from the shop I often visit. The purple jade hairpin presented by Huai Ya in the morning was from Qian Shui Pavilion, and so were the earrings found from Yan Yu. I do have the same hairpin and earrings. However, my hairpin has been lost and I could ask my maid to find my earrings out. Since those things are all from that shop, why not ask the shop owner to have a look at them? Perhaps we can get some clues from her."

Xia Huanyu looked at Yun Shang for a while and said, "Well, ask the shop owner here."

Yun Shang smiled and looked up at the Empress. The Empress still sat upright in her chair. Frowning and pondering for a while, she turned to look at Yun Shang.

Noticing that Yun Shang was staring at her, the Empress also fixed her eyes on her. After a long time, she turned to Xia Huanyu. "Your Majesty, I'll go to check how Yun Xi is."

After being silent for a while, Xia Huanyu nodded and said, "Okay."

The Empress slightly bent down and stood up from her high seat. She brushed past Yun Shang and walked out of the Meeting Hall.

Seeing that the Empress is being desperate, Yun Shang flashed a smile, feeling relieved.

With his eyes fixed on Yun Shang, Xia Huanyu saw every tiny change on her face. He ordered the maid to prepare tea and then said faintly, "The Su clan has a deep foundation. We can't take action yet."

Yun Shang was taken by surprise and suddenly looked up. She saw Xia Huanyu holding a teacup silently as if he had never opened his mouth. Yun Shang turned to look at the maids standing by her side, and they were all looking down at the ground. It seemed that everything was just her own illusion.

Yun Shang thought for a while. She knew that Xia Huanyu was warning her not to try to target the Empress. Yun Shang lowered her head and fixed her eyes on the hemline of her dress. She meditated for a moment before she said, "The one who sent people to assassinate me around Qi Lan Town was Lady Shu. I have lost more than twenty secret guards that I carefully cultivated, and my closest maid, Qian Yin, has injured one of her hands."

There was a long silence before Yun Shang heard Xia Huanyu say, "As you wish."

A faint smile appeared at the corners of Yun Shang's mouth. This was the so-called Emperor's love. That is abandoning the most useless one after weighing the advantages and disadvantages, no matter how long she had accompanied him, and whether she had given birth to children for him.

After a while, the Empress came in again, with no embarrassment on her face. She had calmed down a lot. It seemed he must have made a lot of preparations.