Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 649

As soon as Yun Shang reached the door of the mansion, she heard the sound of horses' hooves. She turned around hastily and saw Luo Qingyan, followed by several secret guards.

As soon as Luo Qingyan saw Yun Shang, he got off the horse and took a look at the carriage. Then he turned to Yun Shang with a frown. "Why are you out at this late hour? It's not funny."

Yun Shang let out a sigh of relief and quickly said, "You have been out for so long. I'm worried and want to see how it is going."

Luo Qingyan looked around, and then walked inside with Yun Shang in his arms. "Let's go back first."

When they got back, Luo Qingyan tossed his cloak to Qian Zhuo and ordered, "It's late now. Let all the secret guards retreat to have a rest."

Qian Zhuo responded and left. Then Luo Qingyan went to wash his hands in the bathroom. He took Yun Shang to sit on the couch and said, "Don't go out late at night again. If I hadn't come back in time today, we would have missed each other. What if something happens then?"

Yun Shang nodded and asked, "How is it going?"

Luo Qingyan shook his head and sneered, "The seventh prince is really a tough nut to crack. Before the two groups of secret guards were out of the city, he asked his men to abduct them. When he found that they didn't have what he wanted, he quickly returned to his mansion. And the secret guards hurried back."

Yun Shang also frowned at his words. They had thought that the city would be in danger, so they thought the seventh prince would send some people to follow the shadow guards out of the city. They didn't expect that the seventh prince would be so bold, which messed up their original plan.

"What should we do now?" Yun Shang frowned, "What did the secret guard put in the seventh prince's mansion?"

Luo Qingyan meditated for a moment and said, "A corpse."

Then he continued with a frown, "But if we can't light up a fire, then the corpse won't work. On the contrary, the seventh prince will doubt it. By that time, it will be much harder for us to do anything else."

Yun Shang sighed. Things had gotten worse.

Luo Qingyan stood up and smiled, "It's midnight now. We might not come up with any good idea even we are so worried. Let's get some sleep."

Yun Shang saw that he also looked unwell, so she nodded, helped Luo Qingyan take off his clothes, put down the bed curtain and went to bed.

Yun Shang had just got up. With all the mess, she wasn't too sleepy now. She tried to think about how to deal with it. The most important thing was that since it failed, she couldn't let the seventh prince find the corpse.

'should I tell Hua Yutong this thing and ask her to take the corpse water to deal with the corpse?'

Yun Shang hesitated. She didn't know Hua Yutong very much. If what Qin Yi said was true, Hua Yutong was pretending all the time, which confused Yun Shang. Would she trust her or not...

She was struggling with these thoughts, but she fell asleep gradually.

It was almost noon when she woke up. After a quick make-up, Qin Yi only made Yun Shang a simple bun with two plum blossoms in her hair. Yun Shang was curious and asked, "Won't anyone pay a new year call today?"

Qin Yi said with a smile, "Today is the day to welcome the son-in-laws, and the married women will return home with their husbands. As your highness's home is in the State of Ning, so you don't have to go out today. It will be more comfortable to have a simple bun."

Yun Shang suddenly realized. She nodded, "I see." After a moment's reflection, she shook her head. "No, I'm going to Lord Hua Guo's mansion today. Change a bun for me."

"Lord Hua Guo's mansion?" Qin Yi felt a little strange, but she didn't ask the reason. She nodded and loosened the hairstyle. She changed it into a concentric bun.

Lunch was served. Yun Shang sent her maid to the study and invited Luo Qingyan back to the room for dinner. She said casually, "Today is the greeting day for my son-in-laws. I have nothing to do, so I want to go to Lord Hua Guo's mansion."

Luo Qingyan's hand holding the chopsticks paused for a while before he nodded. "Okay. It happened that a senior general in the court, who was usually guarding in the border, was called back to the imperial city by his majesty for the new year. I wanted to pay a visit to him, but I didn't find a suitable time."

Yun Shang looked up at Luo Qingyan, who looked cold as usual, but had a glimmer of light in his eyes. Yun Shang knew that he was trying to woo senior officials and make them his supporters.