Yun Shang was caught by shock and didn't say anything for a long time. Then she heard the voice of Xia Huanyu, "This was found in this morning. It was tied on a horse which was rushing straight to the Palace gate and was stopped by the guards at the gate."
After a pause, Xia Huanyu looked at Yun Shang and said indifferently, "I've just seen it. It should be Prince Rui's handwriting. But I'm afraid that I might make a mistake, so I specially ask you here to have a look."
Yun Shang opened her mouth and said in a dry voice, "Yes, it's His Highness' handwriting."
Xia Huanyu nodded slightly and then looked at Su Qi and Li Qianmo. "Now that we've confirmed it's Prince Rui's handwriting, but what does the words mean on the paper? And how did the horse get to the palace gate?"
There was a long silence in the hall until Su Qi cleared his throat and said, "Cangjue Qingsu is the name of the Emperor of the State of Yelang, so what Prince Rui wanted to say is most likely that it was Cangjue Qingsu who killed the people in Prince Rui's mansion and kidnapped him. As for the word "southeast", it was hard to guess. It seemed that the sentence was not finished yet. It was hard to tell whether Prince Rui was in the southeast or something has happened in the southeast. And I don't know if it's the southeast of the Jin City or the southeast of the State of Xia..."
Su Qi's words were reasonable, but not useful at all. Yun Shang gave Xia Xia Huanyu a glance and then looked at the letter written in blood again.
"And this horse was heading straight for the Palace gate. I thought we could send someone to the go to the Zhu Que Road and ask around if anyone has seen the horse. In this way, at least we can know where the horse came from. I don't believe it was able to find the Palace gate from afar alone."
Xia Huanyu glanced at him indifferently, and then turned around. "What do you think, Lady Rui?"
Yun Shang's eyes swept across Xia Huanyu, Su Qi and Li Qianmo before she she lowered her head and said, "I didn't think that much. I just want to know how could Prince Rui write the words as he has been in a coma after he was poisoned by the snow lotus. It would take more than a month to completely detoxify it even if he was fed antidote."
Hearing what Yun Shang said, Xia Huanyu frowned. "But, you said this is Prince Rui's handwriting, didn't you?"
Yun Shang nodded slightly, "It's indeed Prince Rui's handwriting, but there are many people who are good at imitating other people's handwriting. As far as I know, the eldest princess is one of them."
Xia Huanyu kept silent for a long time and looked at Yun Shang up and down. Then Yun Shang lowered her head and said in a low voice, "I had been taking care of His Highness since he was poisoned and I have some medical skills, so I know very well that the poison can't be removed so quickly."
"Do you mean that someone imitated Prince Rui's handwriting to confuse us?" Xia Huanyu asked quietly.
Yun Shang kept silent for a while and said, "I don't dare to make a conclusion either."
Xia Huanyu nodded and said, "I know. I have something important to discuss with Field Marshal Su. You can leave now."
Yun Shang nodded and quietly left the Meeting Hall. When Yun Shang went out of the Meeting Hall, Qin Yi was already waiting at the door. Seeing Yun Shang being in a trance, Qin Yi hurried forward to hold Yun Shang's hand and whispered, "Your Highness, be careful. What happened?"
Yun Shang smiled and kept silent for a long time. "Nothing. Let's go back to Zhaoxia Palace. Have you arranged the secret guards? "
Qin Yi nodded.
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