Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 727

'The seventh prince didn't get along well with the Eldest Princess?' thinking of this, Yun Shang raised her eyebrows. She had never heard anyone talk about it. And she lowered her head and kept silent.

The Empress continued, "I heard that you are quite close to the seventh princess, but the child doesn't come to the palace often. She looks lively, but she is an introvert actually."

Yun Shang didn't know why the Empress mentioned Hua Yutong. She smiled and said gently, "The seventh prince is now leading the army to fight. She is the only female master in the seventh prince' mansion. I'm afraid that she has to worry too much, so she has neglected the chance coming to the palace."

The Empress smiled and replied softly, "You are right."

Then she raised her hand to cover her mouth and yawned slightly. She said smilingly, "I got up early this morning, and I am a little tired. I'm afraid you also didn't sleep well last night. So go back and have a good rest."

Yun Shang curtsied and retreated, standing at the gate of Weiyang Palace in a daze.

"Your Highness, how about going to the Xiang Zhu Palace?" asked Qian Zhuo in a hurry.

Yun Shang thought for a moment and shook her head. "Now I have a lot of trouble. I'd better keep a distance from Lady Xiang." Then she walked towards the Linglong Palace. Linglong Palace was located in the west of the palace, and by the Yan Cui Lake. It was a good place. Yun Shang walked to the Yan Cui Lake. There were many willows planted there. Although the winter had not passed, the willows were sprouting.

Yun Shang was walking slowly by the lake when she heard a woman's voice, "She moved in last night. You don't know yet? I heard it from a servant today, and it has spread out early in the morning."

"According to the Empress, Prince Rui is likely to die this time, though his whereabouts is still unknown. Lady Rui has already been in the palace, and I don't know what Prince Rui will think if he comes back safely in the future. Ha ha..."

"I think she is not a simple woman. She is only a princess, but I heard that his majesty had ever played chess with her alone. Although his majesty is the father of Prince Rui, he should at least avoid playing chess with her. I thought it was like this in the State of Ning before, but now I understand. It seems that there is an ulterior motive. But Prince Rui has suffered a lot. I don't know how many times he has been cuckolded. I heard that she is pregnant. Who is the father of this child then?

Their voices were not low, accompanied by a burst of laughter, which sounded particularly harsh.

Anger was written all over Qin Yi's and Qian Zhuo's faces. Qian Zhuo was an impetuous person. She could not help to teach those gossips a lesson, but Yun Shang held her hand. Yun Shang shook her head at Qian Zhuo, turned around and walked in another direction.

"Your Highness... You just let them talk nonsense like that? As the saying goes, three people make a tiger. If these rumors spread out, it will be extremely bad for the reputation of your highness," reasoned Qian Zhuo. She was a little impatient. Yun Shang smiled, "It's our first time here. If you do so, we'll have offended someone so rashly. We will stay in the palace for a period of time. What if someone tries to harm us?"

"Then we just leave them alone?" asked Qian Zhuo. She frowned and looked unhappy.

"They have mouths. They can say whatever they like," Yun Shang said indifferently, looking at the new sprouts of the willows in the distance. After a long time, she told Qian Zhuo, "But you can remember all the people who were here just now, and they will eventually get their retribution."

Hearing what Yun Shang said, Qian Zhuo knew that Xiao Yunshang had already known what was going on in her mind. She was silent for a moment before she turned around and said, "I'll go to see clearly and remember the looks of those people in detail. In future, I won't find the wrong persons for revenge."

Yun Shang couldn't help laughing, but let her be. She took Qin Yi back to the Zhaoxia Palace.

Before she stepped into the Zhaoxia Palace, she heard a maid at the gate greet her, "Your Highness is back. Just now, the eunuch from his majesty came and told that his majesty has called you to the Meeting Hall."

The Meeting Hall? Yun Shang paused for a second. She wondered if anything had happened. Yun Shang didn't even enter the gate, and hurried to the Meeting Hall with Qin Yi.

There were quite a few people waiting in the Meeting Hall. Yun Shang's eyes swept across the hall and recognized all the people present in her heart.

Yun Shang then walked quickly into the hall and bowed to Xia Huanyu, "Your Majesty." Xia Huanyu was talking to Liu Wenan when he heard Yun Shang's voice. He waved his hand casually and said, "Arise."

Yun Shang stood up.

After talking with Liu Wenan for a while, Xia Huanyu turned to look at Yun Shang and said, "I asked you to come here today because I have made some progress in the matter of Prince Rui's mansion. I think this should be what you care most about, so I asked you to come here and listen. Li Qianmo, please tell Lady Rui about it.

frowning, Yun Shang stood still and recalled the pamphlet of the servants the Butler had given her. In Prince Rui's mansion, there were a total of thirty-seven people in charge of each courtyard, eighty-nine maids, more than 260 cooks, gardeners, handymen and so on, added up to a total of three hundred and ninety-two people. Among these more than 300 people, some of them were cooks, gardeners, doormen and handymen. As they were short-term workers, they had to go home every day. At night, there were only about two hundred and twenty people staying at home. But now, one hundred and thirty-seven people died in a flash!

Yun Shang had brought not more than 30 people from the State of Ning to the State of Xia, and later, she asked the butler to pick some more innocent people.

Most of them served in or around Yun Shang's yard, so they must be familiar with each other. Fortunately, these familiar faces were not seen last night among the dead bodies.

Li Qianmo read again, "On most of the servants who were killed outside were sword wounds, and most of them were killed by a sword strike. There were not too many signs of fighting, and even no signs of struggling. This meant that the murderers had done it very quickly, and the number of the murderers should not be small. Among the three people who were burned to death in the yard, two were women, and the other was a man. Both of the women were more than 30 years old. On their waists, we found the token of Prince Rui's mansion, which showed that they were purchasing, which meant they were purchasing servants in the kitchen."

"The man is twenty-seven to thirty years old. He is tall and has strong muscles texture. He should have practiced martial arts all year round. Judging from the bones and textures of his hands, he should be a person who usually used his left hand. The token of the Prince Rui's mansion on his waist is also fake."

Yun Shang remained silent for a moment. As far as she could remember, no one in the yard had such a characteristic. "By the way, I found two rat catchers in a garden at the gate of the yard. One of them seems to have some blood stains and a piece of torn cloth hung on it," said Li Qianmo. He walked aside, picked up a plate and walked to Yun Shang.

There was a piece of dark blue cloth on the plate. It seemed to be of good workmanship, but it was not a good one. There were some patterns embroidered with black silk threads, but the cloth was only the size of a palm. Yun Shang couldn't figure out what the pattern was.

Yun Shang glanced at them and said nothing.

Li Qianmo put the plate aside and said in a low voice, "That's all we can find now. I'll go to the mansion to have a look later. Maybe there will be some new clues."

Yun Shang nodded but still kept silent. At last, she asked, "Is there any progress in Liu Yinfeng's case up till now? Since you said that his highness' disappearance has something to do with Liu Yinfeng's disappearance, I want to read the file."

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