Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 671

Yun Shang raised her eyebrows at the emperor's words and replied with a smile, "Your Majesty, that's too exaggerated. I'm just an ignorant woman. It's good for the Ministry of Justice to look for the murderer. I'm just good enough to cure the patient."

Hearing that, Xia Huanyu wore a cold smile at the corners of his mouth. After a while, he opened his mouth, but what he said seemed to have nothing to do with the question he had asked just now. "Lady Hui is smart and self-centered. She knows what she is doing and is reasonable. However, she is a bit too naive to be tricked so easily."

Yun Shang looked up and had a quick glance at Xia Huanyu. As she was about to look away, she happened to meet Luo Qingyan's eyes. Yun Shang pondered for a while and said with a smile on her face, "I have heard that you always like hunting, your majesty, so I think you should know that intelligent animals always hide behind large targets. A hunter usually sees the big target, but he doesn't know that the things behind it might be the real treasure."

Hearing that, Xia Huanyu's hand paused for a while. Then he wore a meaningful smile at the corners of his mouth and said, "Oh, really?"

Yun Shang smiled and continued, "but it also depends on the big target how long the animal can hide behind the big target before the hunter finds it."

Xia Huanyu slightly narrowed his eyes, put down the tea cup cover, and turned the jade ring on his thumb. He was silent for a long time before he said, "in that case, I have to try our best to keep a close eye on it, so as to make sure that the huge animal will survive in the dangerous forest for a long time."

Ning Qian smiled and stood up. She interrupted, "It won't end once you talk about hunting. Please have dinner, your majesty."

Xia Huanyu nodded his head and said, "okay."

Ning Qian replied with a "yes" and then asked the servants to deliver the meal. After the servants had prepared a full table of dishes, Xia Huanyu walked to the table and sat down. Then he raised his head and said, "please sit down. You are all casual people, so why do you only pretend to be so polite now?"

Yun Shang smiled as she didn't know whether the emperor was praising them or giving them a reminder.

Rules were very strict in the palace, so no one could make any noise while having dinner. After the dinner, Xia Huanyu stayed at the Xiang Zhu Palace to play chess with Luo Qingyan.

Ning Qian ordered servants to prepare some food for Lin Youran and sent it to the inner hall. After that, she sat with Yun Shang and watched them playing chess.

Qin Yi came back in the middle of the game. She left in a hurry and gasped for breath. Yun Shang looked at the two people who were fighting fiercely on the chessboard. After a moment's consideration, she called her to go to the inner hall with her.

"Just say it here. Where are we going?" Said Xia Huanyu all of a sudden. He spoke in a steady tone, which sounded somewhat cold.

Yun Shang looked up at Xia Huanyu, who was still concentrating on the chessboard. She hesitated for a while and sat down again, asking Qin Yi: "how is it going? What did the carpenter say? "

Qin Yi looked at Xia Huanyu with carefulness in her eyes. Since Yun Shang said so, she said in front of him, "I've showed that piece of wood to a carpenter. He said that the oil on the head of the wood was fine originally. But usually they used the tung tree oil to brush the skin of the furniture. But because the tung tree oil smelled much more, so it was best to keep a distance from pregnant women, otherwise there would be risk for miscarriage. Seen from the wood, in order to make the oil smell less strong, they added some aromatic substance in it, and also it is not good for pregnant women. If these two kinds of aromatic substance are mixed together, the effect will be much more obvious. If a pregnant woman smells it all the time, within three months, she will definitely have a miscarriage."

Yun Shang couldn't help but frown. A deadly scheme! If she hadn't been a keen sniff and smelled the scent, no one would have thought of it.

Besides, even if it was found by someone, the tung tree oil was used to brush the surface of the furniture, and all the furniture in the palace must be made in that way, and nobody could be blamed.

"What are you talking about? What wood?" Xia Huanyu and Luo Qingyan asked faintly, turning their heads to look at Yun Shang after they just finished playing a game.

Yun Shang stood up at once. "Your Majesty, I found the tables, chairs, screens, wardrobes and dressers in the side hall where Lady Hui slept. All of them are newly made and smell rather strange. It won't be smelled unless someone examined it carefully. With some doubts in my mind, I took the wood of the bed made of red wood which Lady Hui slept on. A small piece of wood was taken out of the palace by Qin Yi and she met a famous carpenter outside the palace."

They must have heard clearly what Qin Yi said just now, so she didn't have to repeat it.

Before Xia Huanyu made any response, Luo Qingyan frowned, walked to Yun Shang and said, "you stood there for half a day. Are you all right? You are pregnant too..."

Yun Shang smiled and patted Luo Qingyan's hand. She said gently, "It doesn't matter. The smell is not too strong, and even if it is working, it will take a few days to do so. I'm just standing there for a while. It's okay."

"It's also because Lady Hui is not in a good health herself and has severe morning sickness. What's more, she originally can't keep a steady fetus. As a result, she has an symptom even after five or six days' staying there. Luckily, she had symptoms so soon. Otherwise, the smell of the new made furniture would be gone after a few days. By then, there was nothing we could do about it anymore." Yun Shang smiled and sighed.