Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 713

'Xia Huanyu?1 Yun Shang lowered her head and thought for a while. What Luo Qingyan said made sense. In the imperial household, although the Empress seemed to be in the charge, Xia Huanyu knew the tricks well. If he felt Ning Qian was still of value, he would find a way to protect her.

"Ning Qian is bearing his child!" Yun Shang turned to look at Luo Qingyan, thinking that at least Xia Huanyu wouldn't let anything happen to his unborn baby.

"Unborn baby?" said Luo Qingyan with a sneer, "Xia Huanyu has never been short of sons. Think about it. The concubines in the imperial household are focusing on three things: to get Xia Huanyu's favor, to bear his son, and to be close to his royal throne. He had many sons before and many of them died. If he cared about that, he should have tried to save them!"

Yun Shang fell silent. When Luo Qingyan mentioned these three things, he added Xia Huanyu in front of them. If it was all because of him, it could only be put out by him.

Yun Shang suddenly recalled the peaceful look on Xia Huanyu's face when the Crown Prince of the State of Xia died in the State of Ning. A shiver ran down her spine.

Just then, a maid's voice came from outside, "Your Highness, the seventh prince, Lord Li, and Mister Liu want to see you."

Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan glanced at each other and then looked out at the door. They wondered if the three of them came together. Did they have any clue? Yun Shang thought for a moment, stood up and said gently, 'Til go and see them."

Luo Qingyan didn't make a comment. He just said indifferently, "Keep some distance from Liu Yinfeng."

Yun Shang was a little taken aback at his words, but then she burst into laughter...

Yun Shang went out of the room and asked, "Where are they?"

The maid answered, "The Butler has led them to the garden house."

Yun Shang nodded slightly. She was about to go out, when she saw Qin Yi come in and say to her, "Your Highness, are you going out? I'll go and get an overcoat for her. It's quite frosty and cold outside today."

Yun Shang nodded and left the room after Qin Yi helped her put on her cloak. Walking in the long corridor, they saw Xiao Yuanshan fishing outside the arbor with the butler.

Yun Shang felt guilty as she was too busy these days and forgot that her grandfather still lived in the mansion. She thought for a while and went to greet Xiao Yuanshan, "Grandfather."

Xiao Yuanshan looked up at Yun Shang with a smile on his face. After a long while, he said, "Go for your business. The guests are waiting for you."

Yun Shang was surprised that Xiao Yuanshan knew there were guests waiting for her. She slightly nodded and smiled, "I will go fishing with Grandfather after meeting the guests."

"Nonsense. I'm surprised that you still have the mood to go fishing with me after the accident. Isn't it a good way to arouse others' suspicions? You don't have to look after me these days. Just do what you should do." Xiao Yuanshan waved his hand. He turned around and looked at the quiet lake.

Yun Shang thought for a while. It turned out that her grandfather was the one who saw everything most clearly. Then she smiled and said, "All right, I'll go now."

She bowed again, and led Qin Yi to the garden house.

When they arrived at the gate of the garden house, Yun Shang paused for a while, and adjusted her facial expression. Then she stepped into the house. The three people were sitting on the chairs, and the Butler stood with his hands down. The garden house was quiet.

Yun Shang went forward hurriedly and apologized, "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting."

Then she went to a chair and sat down. The three of them quickly got up and bowed to Yun Shang. Yun Shang smiled, "There's no need to be courteous."

Then she raised her head and looked at the three people in the hall. The corners of the seventh prince' mouth were slightly upward. There was a faint smile on his face. Not a trace of expression could be seen on Li Qianmo's face. As for Liu Yinfeng, he kept his head down all the time.

The three of them sat down again. Yun Shang asked with an anxious look, "Have you found any clues about the poisoning case?"

They three made eye contacts. After a while, Li Qianmo said, "We checked the restaurant serving the seventh prince and Prince Rui, but found nothing. We even checked the waiters in Long Feng Tower one by one. There, we found some clues. One of the waiters who served the seventh prince and Prince Rui that day was missing on the same night. We found an ingot of 100 taels of silver and two cheques in his room..." Yun Shang looked at Li Qianmo with fixated eyes. After hearing that, she said quickly, "The attendant must be a suspect. An ordinary attendant can not have so much money even if he has to work in the Long Feng Tower for thirty or fifty years. And the attendant must have been killed. Mr. Li can order a search around for his body. There may be other findings."