Cao Han was shocked and looked up at Yun Shang in confusion. "Your Highness, do you mean that Xia Houjing is in the Cao Mansion? And he is poisoned?"
Yun Shang sneered and looked down at Cao Han. "Didn't you see Xia Houjing yesterday? You should know this question the most. Why did you come to ask me?"
"I saw Xia Houjing?" Cao Han was still confused, "Did Xia Houjing pretend to be someone in the mansion?"
Then he kowtowed to Yun Shang again, "Your Highness, I really don't know about it. I'm not favored in the mansion. I'm the last one to know where Xia Houjing is."
Yun Shang smiled, "But the poison that Xia Houjing is poisoned with was originally put on you when I met you last time.
If Xia Houjing hadn't seen you and stayed with you for a long time, he wouldn't have been poisoned." Yun Shang sneered, "Lord Cao, do you still want to pretend to be confused with me under this circumstance?"
Blue veins stood out on Cao Han's forehead, but he still insisted, "Your Highness, what I said is true. I really don't know Xia Houjing is in the Cao Mansion, or who he is disguised as.
I'm loyal to you. I have never deceived or betrayed you, Your Highness."
Cao Han lowered his eyes and said, "After I submitted myself to you, I devoted myself to work for you. It's inconvenient for me to do things in the mansion, but I have reported all the information I can get and know to you.
I'm now working for you. There's no way back. Now that you suspect me, I don't know how to prove my innocence. But I really haven't betrayed you. Please reconsider it, Your Highness."
Yun Shang squinted her eyes and said nothing.
Cao Han clenched his teeth and said, "Your Highness, you just said that the Cao clan invited an imperial physician to treat Xia Houjing last night. Xia Houjing was poisoned. It was the poison that you put on me so that I could bring it back to the Cao Mansion. And he should have been poisoned after staying with me for a long time..."
Cao Han frowned, with beads of sweat rolling down from his forehead. "I...
I beg Your Highness to give me some time to think about who I have been with since I left the palace."
Looking at the anxious look on Cao Han's face, Yun Shang raised her eyebrows slightly. When she was about to speak, she saw Liu Wenan walking out of the Meeting Hall.
"Your Highness."
Yun Shang looked up at Liu Wenan and said, "Master Liu."
Liu Wenan smiled and said, "When you came here just now, a servant came into the palace and reported to His Majesty. He saw that you have not come into the palace after a long while, so he specially asked me to have a look."
As Liu Wenan spoke, his eyes swept over Cao Han, "Lord Cao? Why are you here?"
Before Cao Han opened his mouth, Yun Bhang had already answered Liu Wenan's question. "Nothing. I just met him here and had a casual chat with him. I'll be right there. Is there anyone else in the Meeting Hall?"
"No, His Majesty is dealing with the memorials now."
"Okay." Yun Bhang nodded, "Master Liu, please go in first. I will go in after chatting with Lord Cao for a while."
"Yes, Your Highness." After Liu Wenan entered the hall, Yun Bhang turned to Cao Han and said, "Whether you have betrayed me or not, I'm determined to find out the scheme of the Cao clan."
"I would rather kill all the innocent people in the Cao clan than to let one go."
Luo Qingyan's smile deepened, "I think so too."
How could Yun Shang not know what he was thinking? She sneered, "You are a petty man. I'm afraid that no man can appear beside me in the future."
"Who else do you want to be with?"
Yun Shang blinked, "Chengye?"
Luo Qingyan glanced at Yun Shang and ignored her. He asked with great interest, "What are you going to do with Cao Han?"
"I don't care if Cao Han is a spy deliberately chosen by the Cao clan or not. The people of the Cao clan have indeed bullied Cao Han for so many years. To know whether Cao Han is innocent or not, I just need to let the people in the Cao Mansion know the source of Xia Housing's poison."
Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows and said, "In fact, if Xia Houjing knows that it was Cao Han who brought the poison back, no matter he is innocent or not, he will be in a life-threatening situation.
Xia Houjing is a pettier man."
Hearing his comment on Xia Houjing, Yun Zhang suddenly remembered that she had just said that he was petty. She couldn't help but feel angry and funny. "Are you even going to compete with him on this?"
"Of course." Luo Qingyan didn't think there was anything wrong with him at all. He just took a look at Liu Wenan, who was standing aside, and pulled Yun Shang to his side. He lowered his voice and said, "A man can't be pettier than others, both mentally and physically."
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