Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 682

"Rouge?" Yun Shang frowned and was confused. "If it happened before the banquet for New Year, is the rouge a gift for you getting a title?"

Lin Youran shook her head. After thinking for a while, she said, "I don't think so. When I was conferred the title, Lady Xian also sent me a gift, and I remember that she sent me bolts of the finest brocade. She gave the rouge to me not long after I found out I was pregnant. I remember it clearly. I didn't use any makeup after I was pregnant. That day, when Lady Xian came to my palace, she suddenly mentioned that there was a shop named Qianshui Pavilion. The fragrance of rouge in the shop is pure and elegant, which is a rare quality. Her mother bought many boxes of the rouge for her, and then she gave me a box."

Lin Youran paused for a while and continued, "I know Qianshui Pavilion. Lady Xiang had told me that it belongs to us, so I didn't suspect and just accepted it. Later, I asked someone to check the rouge. There was no problem with the it and it was indeed made by Qianshui Pavilion. But Lady Xiang had exhorted me not to use makeups when I was pregnant. A few days later, Lady Xian asked why I didn't use it. I felt a little guilty. Later I used it occasionally."

Yun Shang frowned. "Where is the rouge?"

"When I moved to Xiang Zhu Palace, I didn't take any old things here. I guess they are in the original palace. But I don't know if the servants have thrown them away. No one has lived in the palace after I moved out. Your highness could send someone to look for the rouge and check it. Now when I remember it, I felt that Lady Xian had already doubted whether I was pregnant, so she gave me the rouge to test."

Yun Shang nodded. It could be possible. With this in mind, she carefully asked Lin Youran where the rouge was, and asked the maid standing beside to send a message to the secret guard hidden in the imperial palace, telling him to look for the rouge.

A maid lifted the curtain and walked in, whispering to Yun Shang, "Your highness, the empress's maid has contacted the spy she placed in the Xiang Zhu Palace. It seems that someone has sent out a message."

On hearing this, Yun Shang raised her eyebrows and sneered. "Our empress is not stupid. She was more than willing to see that we were going to get rid of a concubine for her. She has probably asked someone to fiddle with it."

Yun Shang was worried that it would be difficult to get in once they went out. So she waited in the hall until the secret guard came back to report.

"Your highness, the empress asked if Lady Hui has any discomfort? Does she need an imperial physician? " Another maid opened the curtain and whispered.

Yun Shang thought for a while and replied: "Go and report to the emperor and the empress that she is fine. She is just having a chest tightness. I'll check her and get out soon."

The maid curtsied to her, and obeyed.

About a quarter of an hour later, the rouge box mentioned in Lin Youran's previous palace was found. Yun Shang opened the box, looked at it, and smelled it carefully. There was nothing special about the rouge, but this rouge had a faint fragrance of jasmine, and all the rouge in Qianshui Pavilion was made of flowers, and this one might be made of jasmine. The fragrance of jasmine was light, but it was not good for pregnant women. If a pregnant woman wore the rouge made from jasmine, it would easily cause headache, nausea and vomiting.

Yun Shang smiled coldly, "It was probably the rouge that made you suffered serious sickness."

Hearing this, Lin Youran was stunned, with a hint of panic in her eyes. After a long time, she said, "How could? The rouge..."

"Some things are harmless to ordinary people, but not to the pregnant woman." Yun Shang said lightly as she put the rouge in her sleeve. She smiled and said, "Besides, even if w asks Lady Xian about this, she could say that she didn't know you were pregnant and that it's true there is nothing wrong with the rouge, so it is very difficult to convict her of a crime."

Frowning, Lin Youran was a little scared. She hadn't expected that a box of common rouge could hide something dangerous.

Yun Shang stood up and said with a smile, "Don't worry. Lady Xian will not be able to escape today." Then she went to the door, lifted the bead curtain and went out.

"Is Lady Hui alright?" Xia Huanyu turned to Yun Shang and asked softly.

Yun Shang curtsied to him and replied, "Nothing serious. The hall is not ventilated, so she feel stuffy inside."

Xia Huanyu nodded and turned around. Yun Shang took the rouge out of her sleeve and put it on the table next to her without being noticed by Xia Huanyu and the empress.

Yun Shang noticed that Lady Xian fixed her eyes on the rouge. She frowned and looked away.