"Shan Xian." Yun Shang smiled and sat down on the chair carried over by the servants, "As Prince Ming Yue of the State of Youyue, have you ever thought that there would be such a day?"
Yun Shang raised her hand and pointed at the stone wall around the dark room, "I wonder if you have such a dark prison in your the State of Youyue?"
"Yes, we have." Shan Xian simply nodded, but his face remained calm, "But compared with the fact that I will one day fall into the dark prison of the Imperial Palace of the State of Xia, what I can't imagine is that the lady I met in the opera garden that day is the the Empress ofthe State of Xia.
Does the Empress often go out of the palace? Does the Empress like to watch a play in the opera garden? "
Yun Shang pondered over Shan Xian's answer. Although it was only a few words, it didn't seem to deny Yun Shang's previous question.
So, it was just as she thought?
Shan Xian was the real Prince Ming Yue, Ling Ziyue.
Yun Shang thought to herself, but there was still a faint smile on her face, which was like a mask. No one could see what she was really thinking.
"Prince Ming Yue, you have misunderstood me. I don't often go out of the palace, and I don't like to watch dramas in the opera garden. In fact, that day why I went out of the palace was just to meet your highness."
Shan Xian smiled, "But I don't think I have seen the Empress before, have I? Why did the the Empress have such a suspicion? And why did you want to run into me in the opera garden? "
Yun Shang played with the brocade handkerchief in her hand casually, and then she told a lie calmly, "Before that, you haven't seen me, but I have seen you, Prince Ming Yue.
When his majesty summoned your envoys, I was also present, but I didn't show up in front of others at that time. I only hid behind and quietly watched his majesty summoning you.
As for why I have such a suspicion?" Yun Shang's eyes seemed to have fallen into the starlight, which was frightening bright, "I grew up in the palace, and I'm very familiar with the etiquette and posture of a royal member.
Even the fake Prince Ming Yue might have tried his best to practice it before, and your highness have also tried your best to restrain yourself. But there are some things that have been followed for more than twenty years and engraved into the bones, which can't be changed easily."
Shan Xian nodded and smiled, "Your majesty have a good eyesight."
"I didn't run into you in the opera garden that day. I did it on purpose." Yun Shang's voice was very calm. "Because of the summon of his majesty that day, I had some doubts about your identity as well as that of the fake Prince Ming Yue, but I was still not sure about it. I thought you were in the name of an envoy of the State of Yihai, and you were not from the same country at all as Prince Ming Yue's. If it was true as I expected, you were too bold.
So I wanted to confirm something In the way of that encounter.
That day in the opera garden, I brushed past you, deliberately sent a secret guard to get your things onto the ground, and then talked to you. At that time, the envoy named Gong Yu from the State of Youyue was also there.
I thought If you were really a low ranking official from the State of Yihai, I was sure Gong Yu would doubt whether you had made a secret deal with me when he found out that I was the one who talked to you that day. And he would definitely report this to Prince Ming Yue.
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