An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 1397 Getting More And More Interesting

Luo Qingyan's face darkened, "Send someone out to check if anyone has seen anything and where the

signal came from. Investigate it!"

"Yes, your majesty."

Yun Shang turned and exchanged a glance with Luo Qingyan, "Anyone with the wit may know that the

chances of successful assassination in the palace are very slim, but they still had to take the risk. I'm

afraid that they didn't really want to kill us. They were just testing us."

Luo Qingyan nodded, "Now that they have bribed these servants, they could actually poison the water

we bathed in if they really wanted to kill us. In this way, they were more likely to succeed. They might

just want to know how many secret guards we have kept in our palace... "

Luo Qingyan turned around and took a look at Yun Shang, whose clothes were completely wet. He

took the cloak from a servant and put it on Yun Shang, "Put it on first. Don't catch a cold. Ask someone

to bring some more water here for us to bathe again."

Qian Zhuo hurriedly asked someone to bring some hot water in, and then the voice of the commander

of the imperial guards was heard from outside, "Your Majesty, I've heard about the assassination again.

How are your majesties now?"

Luo Qingyan sneered, "If I waited for you to save me, I'm afraid my corpse was already cold now."

There were sounds of iron armors outside, as if they had all knelt down, "Your Majesty, please forgive

us for being late."

Yun Shang held Luo Qingyan's hand and said, "It's you who don't allow the imperial guards to guard

the inner palace. Just now, we were in the innermost part of the bedroom, so it's normal that the

imperial guards couldn't hear anything."

Luo Qingyan also knew that, but he narrowed his eyes and insisted, "The imperial guards are not

ordinary guards. Although we were in the pool just now, we made a big noise. Besides, when

something happened to us, there must be servants shouting for help. However, the imperial guards still

haven't come until now. It's not normal."

The servants had brought water in again. Qian Zhuo watched the servants pour the water and leave

the bathroom before inviting Yun Shang in.

Yun Shang took a bath quickly and changed her clothes. When she came out, she heard someone

talking in the outer hall.

Yun Shang walked out of the palace and listened carefully.

"The servant said that he had seen a lot of black shadows going to His Former Majesty's palace. I

hurriedly led a small group of people there to have a check. On the halfway, we saw two dead bodies of

the servants lying on the ground. There I saw a red spot on each of the two servants between their

eyebrows where blood beads were faintly seen oozing out. I thought it must be done by some masters,

so I felt it was a big deal. I quickly took people over there.

I didn't know that your majesty were attacked by some assassins until I came back. I asked the imperial

guards who were patrolling around the Taiji Palace and knew that they were also trapped in the trick.

They saw some figures flash by, and quickly chased after them.

Anyway, it's my fault. Your majesty, please punish me."

Luo Qingyan said in a cold voice, "You heard that some black shadows went to His Former Majesty's

palace. Your first reaction was not to report to me, but to bring someone there directly? Huh... It's

unforgivable for you to leave your post without permission. Worse still, you should fall into such a

clumsy trick and was distracted by others.

Take the whipping penalty of thirty sticks yourself."

"Yes, your majesty."

Luo Qingyan pursed his lips and asked, "Did you hear who sent the signal?"

"Yes, I heard it. It should be from the southwest of the palace. But we still need to investigate the

specific location. "

Luo Qingyan casually tapped on the table with his fingers while replying, "I'll send someone to

investigate it carefully. You can go downstairs and get your punishment first."

' The signal was sent from the southwest?'

thought Yun Shang. At the same time she quickly went through in her mind all the palaces in the

southwest of the imperial palace, but she still found no clue.

She then returned to the inner hall and lay down on the bed with her clothes.

When she was in a daze, she felt someone lying down beside her.

She opened her eyes drowsily and asked, "What time is it?"

"It's almost 3 o'clock."

Yun Shang was stunned and felt a little sober. "Why is it so late? Your majesty will have to get up and

go to the court in less than two hours? "

"Yes, I've just handled those things." Luo Qingyan raised his hand and patted Yun Shang on the back,

"It's all right. Go on sleeping."

Yun Shang closed her eyes obediently, but her consciousness seemed to be getting soberer and

soberer, and she was totally awake.

She thought that Luo Qingyan had just lied down and she should let him have a good sleep, so she

kept on lying quietly there with her eyes closed. However, a while later, she heard Luo Qingyan's voice,

"Can't you sleep?"

"Em." Now that Luo Qingyan had noticed it, Yun Shang didn't try to hide it, "It's okay. I am just lying

here for a while. Your majesty, go to sleep."

Luo Qingyan smiled, "There is news in the city."

Yun Shang's body moved slightly, "Since it has happened, it won't change. It's just a piece of news. It

doesn't matter if we know it sooner or later. Your majesty, have a good rest."

However, Luo Qingyan didn't seem to hear Yun Shang's words at all. He just said, "Your majesty, you

are such a prophet. Xia Houjing did go to a brothel in the city, and he had his first poison attack in the

brothel."

Yun Shang looked up at Luo Qingyan, who continued, "At that moment, Xia Houjing must be having a

dispute with his colleague. Xia Houjing's mood changed. He suddenly got so angry that he directly

killed that person and even kicked over the table in the room.

At that time, the noise was a little loud, and the people with him should not have thought that Xia

Houjing would suddenly lose his temper. For a moment, they were not prepared, and the people in the

brothel pushed the door open and entered. As soon as they saw a person die in the room, they

immediately made a fuss.

The screams and noises in the brothel made Xia Houjing more and more irritable. According to the

people who had witnessed what happened in the brothel and escaped at last, they saw that Xia

Houjing's eyes turned completely red and looked very frightening. He was holding a sword in his hand.

He appeared to be very crazy and cut everyone he met.

The people in the brothel tried to run away in all directions, and the noises they made were so loud that

they even alerted the garrison patrolling the street. Seeing that things were getting more and more out

of control, Xia Houjing's men wanted to persuade him to leave, but they were almost killed by him.

They then realized that something was wrong with Xia Houjing and knocked him out before taking him

away. "

What Luo Qingyan said was almost the same as Yun Shang had expected.

Yun Shang nodded and couldn't help asking, "How about the casualties in the brothel?"

"Three people died, two of whom are from Xia Houjing's side, and the other is a guard in the brothel."

After a pause, Luo Qingyan went on, "The first person who irritated Xia Houjing was killed by Xia

Houjing. His name is Cao Jin, the fifth son of the Cao clan." Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Yun Shang's eyes lit up. This was what she didn't expect, but she was overjoyed.

Yun Shang smiled, "A person from the Cao mansion? Did Xia Houjing kill the people from the Cao

clan? Now things are getting more and more interesting. "