Yun Shang smiled coldly and turned to look at Hua Yutong. "It's a pity. Yesterday, I checked tall the things she brought to the seventh prince's mansion, but I didn't see the Jiao Wei Qin. Otherwise, it could broaden my vision. However, Liu Chuchu is really special. She even didn't bring her favorite Guqin. Both of us are the kind of person who would like to take all our favorites with us. The things she brought to the seventh prince's mansion were really too few."
On hearing this, Hua Yutong became silent. It seemed that she was thinking about something. After a while, she said, "I just remembered that she brought four boxes with her. Nothing else in them except some necessities. Although I don't know her well, I know she is very talented and is picky at the four arts. In recent years, she only plays the Jiao Wei Qin, uses the peach blossom stationery and the Hui ink-stick. But these things were all not seen in the boxes brought by her yesterday."
Yun Shang slightly upturned her fingers. It was abnormal. Something was wrong. But Yun Shang didn't know why there was such an abnormality.
Hua Yutong talked with Yun Shang for a while and then stood up to say goodbye.
Yun Shang sat on the bench for a while before she waved at Qian Zhuo, "Try to ask about a Guqin named Jiao Wei in Liu Chuchu's house."
Qian Zhuo kept slient for a while and said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid it's going to be a little difficult. It's not difficult to go to Liu Chuchu's home, but it's not easy for the secret guard to find the Jiao Wei Qin."
"The most obvious feature of the Jiao Wei Qin are some scorch marks at the end of it and that's why it is called Jiao Wei." After a pause, Yun Shang waved her hand and said, "Wait a minute. Go and bring Qian Yin here. I'll ask her to buy a dummy Jiao Wei Qin. When the secret guard finds the real one, ask him to replace the original one with the fake one."
Qian Zhuo said yes and left in a hurry to look for Qian Yin.
After giving Qian Yin the order, Yun Shang lied down on the bench for a rest again.
When Yun Shang woke up again, Luo Qingyan had returned home and was reading a book on the bench. Seeing that Yun Shang was awake, he smiled, stretched out his hand to touch Yun Shang's hair, and said softly, "I heard from Qian Zhuo that you didn't wake up until noon. But you fell asleep soon after you had lunch. Why are you so sleepy?"
Yun Shang patted Luo Qingyan's hand and glared at him. "What time is it?" Then she leaned forward and looked out of the window. It was dark. She frowned, "Have you ordered Qian Zhuo to prepare the supper?"
"I have. You like eating except sleeping." Luo Qingyan said and laughed.
Yun Shang sat up and lifted the quilt, put on her shoes and a robe, then turned to Luo Qingyan, "Is there any clue about the incident in the seventh prince's mansion?"
Luo Qingyan shook his head, "No. The yard was too clean. Today the Vice Minister of Vice Minister has interrogated all the servants of the seventh prince's mansion. I checked the notes, but didn't find any clues. Someone said they saw us walk towards Liu Chuchu's yard, but I left at the door, and then you seemed uncomfortable and left in a hurry."
Yun Shang nodded, "I knew someone would see us. I was just curious. Since we were all seen walking towards her yard, it seems that there were people there. In that case, how could the murderer kill so many people and deal with their corpses in broad daylight?"
"The Vice Minister also asked. They all said there were people there, but when the seventh prince fainted, many servants rushed to help. The servants said that because the seventh prince was the only master of the mansion before, there weren't many servants. And many servants were hired recently because of his marriage. However, two ladies hadn't entered the mansion, so the matter was not serious. All the servants were around the seventh prince. They panicked when they heard the accident. " Luo Qingyan said lightly. "They all said like this, but it's hard to tell whether it's true or not."
Yun Shang nodded.
Suddenly, something occurred to Luo Qingyan. He pulled out a pink handkerchief embroidered with peach flowers from his sleeve. Yun Shang raised her eyebrows and asked, "Is this handkerchief given by a girl to express her love for you?"
Luo Qingyan's hand paused for a while and then said with a bit of tease. "It's from a beauty. And She also talked something to me."
"Really? Did she say that she had been admiring you for a long time? " Yun Shang smiled and looked at Luo Qingyan with burning eyes.
With a bigger smile, Luo Qingyan said, "well, that lady told me to give this handkerchief to lady ray and invite him to come to the Imperial Palace if he is free." Then she passed the handkerchief to Yun Shang.
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