Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 805

In the next few days, the whole Huaiyin City was very quiet, which made Yun Shang feel a little worried. She always felt that it was more like a sign of a greater storm.

As expected, ten days later, an astonishing message came from the Jin City.

"After his majesty returned to the palace, he began to dismiss the imperial household. Now those concubines who have not served his majesty have been sent out of the palace. His majesty has promised that the concubines who have been sent out of the palace can freely marry the men they like and the men who marry those concubines can get a hundred acres of good land,

after a short pause, Qian Zhuo continued, "A few days ago, the evidence of Su Ruhai's rebellion was sent back to the palace. His Majesty was so angry that he ordered to send Su Ruhai to the Jin City to meditate in seclusion. In the early court, he even revealed his idea to abolish the Empress. On the second day, Suqi went to his majesty and asked to return to his hometown. He argued that the Empress was innocent and asked his majesty not to vent his anger on the Empress. Now the court has been in an uproar. All the officials have pleaded his majesty to take back his order, and many officials have knelt in front of the Taiji Palace for several days."

Yun Shang narrowed her eyes and thought for a long time. Then she said, "Su Qi is a calculating man. He is quick enough to threaten Xia Huanyu like this. Send this letter to Lady Zhao." Qian Zhuo nodded and left. Yun Shang frowned and said gently, "His Majesty is too anxious to dismiss the imperial household and even wanted to abolish the Empress. If I were Su Qi or Su Ruji, I would have spread the rumor that the Empress Hua hasn't died and reappeared somewhere; Or I would tell all the officials and people that the Empress Hua has lost her memory and married someone else, and she has a son. In this way, there would be many obstacles for the Empress Hua to go back to the palace. Although Xia Huanyu is the Emperor, he can't ignore other poeple's feelings."

Qin Yi nodded slightly, "What do you think we should do, your highness?"

Yun Shang thought for a while and said softly, "Now that things have changed to this way, we have to make preparations for both sides. First of all, if the Su clan knows that the Empress Hua is still alive, they will definitely send someone to assassinate her. Now the situation is unfavorable for us, so we will pack up and move to the city garrison commandant's mansion in the Lingxi City later."

Qin Yi nodded. Yun Shang continued, "I'll write a letter to his majesty later, asking him to agree with the request of Su Qi, to allow him to resign, and to remove the ban on the Empress. Next, send a message to Qian Yin, asking her to investigate what kind of charity the Empress Hua had done before. Sort them out and spread them out through the mouths of the people who had been helped by the Empress Hua."

Yun Shang frowned and thought for a while. Then she continued, "Let the storytellers spread a few rumors in the Jin city. The first one is that the reason why the Empress Hua fell off the cliff was because Su Qi who ordered to help his daughter to the throne. Second, after Su Ruji ascended the throne, in order to win the Emperor's favor, she tried to murder the Emperor's son. Su Ruji is in poor health and has infertility. The former Crown Prince was not born by the Emperor and Su Ruji, but was exchanged with a cat by Su Ruji by some dirty means."

Qin Yi's eyes widened. She stared at Yun Shang in disbelief, "Substituting a cat for the Crown Prince?"

Yun Shang smiled, "The so-called rumors are true or otherwise, which can be convincing. Although there was no evidence to prove that Su Qi was directly related with the Empress Hua falling off the cliff, it must have something to do with him. It's true that the Empress Su is unable to get pregnant now. As long as it can be proved that she can't get pregnant, the people will think whether the Empress Su was the former Crown Prince' born mother..."

Yun Shang's eyes were full of coldness, and the corners of her mouth slowly curled up. "I planned the trap last year, and now it finally works."

Actually from beginning, Yun Shang deliberately manipulated the selection show to let Lin Youran and other people enter the palace. Then she stimulated the Empress with the pregnancy of Lin Youran and Ning Qian, making her eager to have a child to consolidate her position. Then, Lady helped the Empress find out the ways for her pregnancy. She told Lady Su some formulas though the so-called skilled gynecologist. She also made Su Luo, who the Empress most trusted, directly give the Empress another formula. In fact, these two formulas were both wrong.

But this was not the problem. The Empress liked aphrodisiac, but it couldn't coexist with a herb that was in both of the two formulas.

The Empress must have used that formula. Yun Shang had smelled it when she went to Weiyang Palace to pay her respects. Now it was impossible for the Empress to have a baby.