Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 802

Yun Shang wasn't exaggerating the situation. Now that Xia Huanyu had come to Huaiyin, she was afraid the secret of Empress Hua would soon be known by others. By then, it would cause a big storm. The Empress, the seventh prince and many other people would definitely not want Empress Hua to go back to the Palace.

They will try their best to get rid of Empress Hua in the shortest time so as to avoid future trouble.

Yun Shang sighed and leaned back against the couch, looking a little tired. "Mobilize all the secret guards that can be used in the State of Xia to Huaiyin City, and protect Empress Hua at all costs."

Qian Zhuo answered in a low voice. After a moment's silence, she said, "Your Highness, how about we find a place to hide Empress Hua?"

"Hide?" Yun Shang smiled, with a touch of sadness in her eyes. "Where can we hide her?"

After a pause, she continued, "I asked our people in the Palace to try every means to get rid of Su Ruji. How is it going?"

Qian Zhuo replied in a hurry, "Empress Su is being protected by many people as she is an important chess piece of the Su clan. Though Wang Wanzhi and others can get close to her, there is no way to get rid of her..."

Yun Shang kept silent for a long time and said, "Time waits for no one. Empress Hua must be eliminated, but it's not appropriate for Xia Huanyu to do it. Xia Huanyu still needs to rely on the Su group, and it's not the time to fall out with them." After thinking for a while, she murmured, "I don't know if there is any drug that can bewitch people's mind..."

Hearing Yun Shang's words, Qin Yi, who is standing aside, said softly, "I haven't heard of such a drug, but I've heard that in the southwest of the State of Xia, the Hmong people breed poison used to manipulate people's will."

Yun Shang smiled. She just said it casually. She gently held the edge of the bed and squinted.

"Where is Su Ruhai now?" Yun Shang turned around and looked at Qian Zhuo.

After thinking for a while, Qian Zhuo said, "After imprisoning the seventh prince, General Su led the army to attack Mohuai City. Now he should've met with His Highness."

Yun Shang's eyes flashed with a murderous look.

Yun Shang spent the whole afternoon lying on the couch, waiting for the eagle. It was not until dusk that the eagle finally brought her the letter. Yesterday, Yun Shang told Luo Qingyan that Xia Huanyu came to Huaiyin City. Yun Shang took down the bamboo tube under the eagle's claw and took out the letter from it.

There was only a simple sentence on it, "Take the token to mobilize the secret guards. Be careful."

Seeing this, Yun Shang took out the bamboo tube and turned it upside down on the table. Then a small jade pendant fell down, with only one word written on it: "Shang".

"Shang" for "Yun Shang".

Yun Shang's lips curled up into a sweet smile.

Qin Yi had already prepared the brush, ink, paper and ink stone. Yun Shang paused for a long time with the brush that had been dipped in ink before she wrote, "Su Ruhai betrays the State.".

Yun Shang slowly wrote down the five words. After staring at it for a long time, she put down the brush, quickly rolled up the note and put it into the bamboo tube.

Yun Shang knew that many people would want to kill Empress Hua, but she didn't expect it to come so soon.

In the night after Xia Huanyu had just left for three days, a secret guard came to report that something had happened to Lady Zhao. Yun Shang's eyes snapped open when she heard this. She hurriedly put on her robe and rushed to the yard house where Lady Zhao lived.

It was different from what Yun Shang had imagined. It was not an assassin, but a poison.

The Poison was a deadly herb, gelsemium elegans, also known as heartbreak grass, but Lady Zhao just had some mild symptoms. Although she looked pale, she was fine. Yun Shang tried to induce her vomiting with carbon dust, and then asked someone to decoct medicine with mung beans, honeysuckles and licorice for Lady Zhao. After taking the medicine, Lady Zhao looked a little better.

Frowning, Yun Shang looked around the room. She was wondering how this could happen. All servants in the yard were secret guards sent by herself and they had checked carefully all the food served to Lady Zhao every day as she ordered.

After Lady Zhao rested, Yun Shang went out of the room, leaving Zhao Yingjie serving her inside. As soon as she stepped into the yard, she called all the servants.

"What has Lady Zhao eaten today? Bring them to me." Yun Shang ordered calmly. In order to prevent someone from poisoning Lady Zhao, Yun Shang also had ordered the servants to make an extra portion of everything Lady Zhao would consumed and throw it away on the second day if there was nothing wrong with Lady Zhao.

After a short while, the servants returned with the food. Yun Shang pulled out the silver hairpin from her bun to test all the dishes, but the silver hairpin didn't turn black. As the heartbreak grass has high toxicity, even the slightest amount of it could be detected by the silver hairpin. Since the silver hairpin was not black, the poison would definitely not be in these dishes.

Then Yun Shang checked the tea and daily necessities of Lady Zhao, but found nothing, as if the poison came from nowhere and left no trace.

Yun Shang returned to the inner room, wanting to ask Lady Zhao some questions. Lady Zhao must've be exhausted tonight. When Yun Shang went to her room, she had already fallen asleep.

Zhao Yingjie sat still on the chair beside the bed, with his back straight.