Yun Shang smiled and turned to look at Qian Yin, with a hint of tease in her eyes, "I didn't expect Qian Yin to hear these rumors and believe them. You've been with me for a long time, so you must know that they are all inconceivable. Maybe someone is spreading these rumors there."
"But the rumor does not seem to be fake at all. I heard that it was from a man not far away from the yard where I live. He said that his niece was a servant in Lady Liu's yard." Qian Yin frowned and said in a light voice, as if thinking of something.
Yun Shang smiled at Qian Yin and asked, "then have you ever asked why Lady Liu and Master of the court Liu had a fight?"
Qian Yin was speechless at Yun Shang's question. She said through gritted teeth, "maybe it's because of the affair between Master of the court Liu and the eldest princess. Lady Liu is always jealous. Your highness, see, it has been for so many years, and there is only one concubine besides lady Liu by Master of the court Liu's side. It is said that he fell in love with the woman at the brothel. Lady Liu didn't want the woman to enter their house at first, but she suddenly got pregnant. At that time, it was a critical moment in the official field for Master of the court Liu. Lady Liu didn't want him to have a bad reputation, so she was successfully persuaded to let the woman enter the mansion. But then that woman miscarried without any reason. I guess lady Liu must have done it." "Well, it seems that you have heard a lot of rumors." Yun Shang smiled and said.
The curtain of the room was opened while they were talking. The maid who was asked to cut the plum blossoms by Qian Yin came in with several plum blossoms in her hands. She said with a smile, "Your Highness, here are the plum blossoms. Do you like them?"
Yun Shang lifted her eyes to have a look. It was in bud and a few drops of water were on the flower stem. That was fresh. Yun Shang nodded her head, pointed to a vase and said with a smile on her face, "put it over there."
The maid, taking the order, went to the vase and arranged the flowers.
Qian Yin changed the subject in a tacit understanding. "The flower has been wet in the snow. It looks fresh, but the smell is not that strong. It will be better to pick some more flowers up in a sunny day."
Qian Yin left after sitting and chatting for a while.
The sky darkened when Qian Yin left. Qian Zhuo said with a smile on her face, "Your Highness, you have planned to have a rest. Your highness has been busy since the Empress came here. Now it is finally getting quiet. I'm going to fetch the meal for your highness. You should have an early rest after having the meal."
Yun Shang said yes, also feeling a little tired. She went to bed very early after supper.
When Yun Shang woke up the next morning, it was already noon. Yun Shang got up slowly and had breakfast. The butler was waiting outside the door.
Yun Shang wasn't in a hurry at all. She had her breakfast unhurriedly before she asked the Butler to come in. "Your Highness, I have asked my people to check out where Lady Liu went and what the hell did she go on the day she came to our mansion. The secret guards found that lady Liu went out of the Mansion of the Liu clan early in the morning and wanted to enter the palace in a hurry. However, she was stopped at the entrance of the palace by the guards. Guards guarding the palace said that the empress had said that she could not meet anyone before being summoned. Lady Liu seemed to be in a hurry. She almost had a fight with the guards, but was stopped by a maid with her. Then lady Liu went back to her carriage with the help of the maid. It seemed that she had been in the carriage for a long time before she asked the coachman to go to our mansion."
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