Outside the palace, there was a secret signal from a secret guard. Yun Shang and Qian Liu raised their heads at the same time. Yun Shang thought for a moment before turning to Luo Qingyan. "Women in the imperial household are not allowed to participate in politics. Since it's clear, I have another request. I wonder if your majesty agree."
Luo Qingyan looked up at Yun Shang with a smile, "You can say it."
Yun Shang turned to the lady in the hall who had the same face as her and smiled slowly. She pointed at the lady and said, "It's my duty to make the imperial household peaceful. Please leave her to me, your majesty. "
The woman in the hall seemed to be a little flustered and her face twisted. "His majesty treats me like this in order not to let me tell you the truth. All the officials are watching!"
Luo Qingyan sneered, "How stubborn you are."
Yun Shang knew she was trying to buy time. Frowning slightly, she said, "Since she doesn't feel like she has lost and wants everyone to witness it, I'm willing to help her."
Yun Shang stood up, glanced at the ministers in the hall, and said indifferently, "It's not difficult to distinguish whether I'm telling the truth or not. We just need to ask some questions that others don't know. We need to write down the answers and distinguish the truth. To prove that his majesty and I haven't cheated, let Prince Xian think about the questions. Prepare the writing brush and paper. "
Liu Wenan hurriedly asked the servants to make preparation. Yun Shang glanced at Liu Yinfeng. After a moment's reflection, Liu Yinfeng asked, "When the empress is in a good mood, how does she address the emperor?"
Yun Shang looked up at Luo Qingyan with a cunning look in her eyes. She smiled and wrote down the answer without hesitation. Luo Qingyan also finished the writing very quickly.
Cold sweat seeped from the woman's forehead. Yun Shang urged her with a smile, "It's a simple question. Don't you know it?"
Seeing this, everyone had an answer in their hearts. The woman pondered for a long time before she wrote down the answer. Yun Shang asked Liu Wenan to take the paper back and showed the answers of the three people to everyone.
The woman wrote Qingyan.
The answer of Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan was uncle.
The woman was stunned for a long time, but she still looked incredulous. "How could it be? It is Qingyan. How could it be uncle?"
Hearing this, Yun Shang smiled, "Isn't it easy to understand? When we were in the State of Ning, his majesty was my father's sworn brother. According to his seniority, I should call him uncle. Although we got married later, I haven't changed my habit. When I am in a good mood, I will still call him uncle. So, are you sincerely convinced? Qian Liu, take her to the side hall. "
Qian Liu hurried to agree and escorted the woman away with another servant. Yun Shang bowed and left the main hall.
As soon as they entered the side hall, Yun Shang said hurriedly, "They want to lure the tiger away from the mountain. They want to take the opportunity to rescue Cao Wenxi. Transfer all the secret guards that can be dispatched in the palace. We can't let her be saved."
Qian Liu hurried to say yes and left. Yun Shang walked up to the woman and asked the guard to hold her. She fumbled around her face for a while before she lifted her hand and suddenly took off the mask on her face.
Under the mask, as Yun Shang expected, it was Lady Wan's face.
"Your disguise skill is much worse than that of Cao Wenxi." Yun Shang sneered, "I don't understand. Although you are not favored in the imperial household, you have a child after all. You don't need to worry about living a peaceful life. Why do you take the risk to do such a thing? "
With tears in her eyes, Lady Wan lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "I also hope to live a stable life, but they don't want to give me the chance."
"If you don't want to, who else can force you?" Yun Shang sneered, her eyes full of distrust.
Lady Wan lowered her head and smiled bitterly. "I learnt from the same master as Cao Wenxi's. But I'm not as talented as her in both disguise and other aspects. I'm a very important chess piece in their hands, and they naturally don't want to let me go so easily. Since I gave birth to An An, they have paid more attention to me. "
Hearing this, Xia Huanyu rolled his eyes and looked colder. Yesterday, when he just said something to Cao Wenxi in the private prison, she also made such a request. Presumably, she wasn't not completely isolated from the outside world though she was locked up in the private prison. Cao Wenxi must've told those words to the old man, and he must have done something.
Liu Wenan ordered someone to bring paper and writhing brush to the elders. The elders and Han Mingqing pondered for a moment before they finished writing.
Luo Qingyan asked someone to put away all the things before asking Liu Wenan to take out the imperial seal.
The imperial seal was placed in a box made of purple sandalwood, with a piece of yellow cloth inside. Liu Wenan took the seal out and asked someone to take the notes from the elders one by one.
Luo Qingyan selected a few people to check with the elders. Liu Wenan started reading the notes.
"When Emperor Yuan founded the country, he chose a special jade to carve of the imperial seal. The special feature of the jade is that it was in a shape of a dragon, and there were black spots on the top of the dragon's head. That was a flaw, but Emperor Yuan said that the black spots were the dragon's eyes, so he chose this jade to carve the imperial seal." Liu Wenan's voice rang out in the hall.
Everyone's eyes fell on the dragon of the imperial seal.
"Yes, there are two black eyes, and they are indeed embedded in the jade." Someone exclaimed.
Seeing this, Liu Wenan continued, "The jade used to carve the imperial seal is Dushan jade, a soft jade. It was white, delicate and moisturizing. Except for the two spots of the dragon eyes, there was no other impurities. The craftsman who carved the seal was Tian Guang who has unique skill. "
Some people who were good at appreciating jade stepped forward and carefully looked at the jade seal. They all nodded and said, "Yes. I've seen the jade carved by Master Tian. It's indeed amazing. The dragon looks natural, and the lines on its back are carved with his unique skill."
"When Tian Guang was carving the jade, in order to make it easy to identify, there was a secret hidden in the jade seal. At first glance, the jade seal was not special, but if you look at it in the light, you can see a flying dragon embedded in it." Liu Wenan raised his voice and folded the notes in his hand.
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