Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 847

Qian Zhuo was taken aback. She hurried to have a look, but didn't find anything wrong. She paused and said, "How could it be fake? Did Lady Shu do it on purpose? Has she kept the real one herself without permission?"

With a faint look in her eyes, the Empress put the seal into the box held by Qian Zhuo and said softly, "Both the Emperor's seal and the Empress's seal have been engraved since the State of Xia was established and passed down from generation to generation. The State of Xia has been established for more than two hundred years. But judging from the carving technique and the jade used on the seal, I'm afraid that the seal is relatively new, at most twenty years."

"But Lady Shu..." Empress Hua narrowed her eyes, "His Majesty asked her to return the Empress's seal in the presence of so many ladies. I don't think she had done anything to it. It's too risky. If I exposed it on the spot, what could she do?"

Qian Zhuo opened her mouth and looked at the seal in the box. After a while, she said, "Then this is..."

Empress Hua was also confused. She kept silent for a while and said, "Put away the seal first. I'll ask His Majesty in detail When he comes here later."

Hearing this, Qian Zhuo answered and carefully hid the box in the jewelry box.

After lunch, Empress Hua took Qian Zhuo to the Imperial Garden for a walk, and then went back to Weiyang Palace and took a nap. For the whole day, no one came to recommend themselves. Qian Zhuo asked anxiously, "Your Majesty has promised to promote four ladies as noble consorts. Why hasn't anyone come?"

Empress Hua was not in a hurry. She took a book and read it. "No hurry. They are still watching today. Tomorrow, I think someone will come. And the first one is very likely to be Lady Li."

Qian Zhuo didn't know why Empress Hua was so sure, but she was a little worried. "Lady Li has been in the Palace for a long time, but she is still only a low-ranked concubine. I'm afraid she can't be qualified to the title as a noble consort."

Empress Hua smiled, "Why couldn't she be qualified?"

While they were talking, Xia Huanyu's voice came in from outside, "Qualified for what?"

Qian Zhuo hurriedly curtsied to Xia Huanyu, who opened the bead curtain and stepped into the bedroom. Then she poured tea for Xia Huanyu in a hurry and stepped aside. Xia Huanyu sat down next to Empress Hua, smiled and said, "What are you talking about?"

Empress Hua flipped through the book casually without raising her eyes. "In the morning, I made a promise to those concubines that I will choose four from them to help me deal with the imperial household affairs. I told them that they could come to me to recommend themselves."

Xia Huanyu was stunned. He fixed his eyes on Empress Hua, as if he was observing her expression. After a moment of silence, he nodded and said, "It seems simple to run the imperial household, but there are a lot of trifle things to deal with every day. You do need to find someone to share the burden."

"Okay," said Empress Hua indifferently. She put down the book and finally looked up at Xia Huanyu. "The Empress's seal sent by Lady Shu this morning is fake."

After saying that, Empress Hua turned to Qian Zhuo and said, "Show the seal to His Majesty."

Qian Zhuo hurriedly walked to the dresser, took out the rosewood box, opened it and handed it to Xia Huanyu.

"This seal is made of Hanbai jade which is of excellent quality. However, this kind of jade has been discovered for less than fifty years. And look at the craftsmanship, this carving technique had appeared even later than the discovery of the jade. It had only been about thirty years. No matter what, it can't be the real Empress's seal."

Empress Hua explained in a low voice. Xia Huanyu touched the seal gently and kept silent for a long time.

Xia Huanyu picked up the seal, walked to the desk, took a white paper, dipped it in some ink, and pressed the seal on the white paper.

Then he picked up the paper and looked at it carefully for a long time before he said softly, "It's a fake one."

After a pause, he continued, "But it shouldn't be done by Lady Shu. She doesn't have the guts."

Empress Hua's eyes fell on the paper. She stared at it for a long time and said, "Although the Empress's seal won't affect the stability of the country as the Emperor's seal does, but it is also a very important. Moreover, we should keep the disappearance of the real seal a secret, or it will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble."

Xia Huanyu nodded and put the fake seal aside. He said indifferently, "I'll send someone to secretly investigate the whereabouts of the real seal."

Seeing Xia Huanyu had been staring at the red mark on the paper, as if he had some suspect, Empress Hua nodded slightly and said, "okay."