It was not the first time that Yun Shang had said this, but it still made Cao Han's heart skip a beat," I... I dare not to do that. "
"That's good." Yun Shang lowered her eyes and adjusted her sleeves casually, "Other than that, do you have anything else to report?"
Cao Han shook his head and said, "No. I came to the palace in a hurry today just to find an excuse to report this to your majesty."
"Okay." Yun Shang stopped and said to him, "In that case, you can go to the Meeting Hall by yourself now. Although it's just a random excuse, the Cao clan has a wide range of contacts. We are not sure if they have planted their people in the palace. A play should be complete. Otherwise, it's not a good thing if you are caught out. "
"Yes, your majesty." Cao Han bowed to Yun Shang and then walked quickly towards the Meeting Hall.
Yun Shang stood in the distance for a while before turning back to the Taiji Palace.
In the evening, when Luo Qingyan returned to the Taiji Palace, Yun Shang told him about it, "Your Majesty, what do you think Cao Han did this for?" Yun Shang was really confused, "Although the Cao mansion and Xia Houjing are probably clear that we have already suspected them, there is no need for them to directly push the whole Cao clan out, right?
They mean to lead us to investigate the matter? To attract our attention? To distract our attention?" Yun Shang frowned, "If we find out that they have indeed hidden Xia Houjing, won't the Cao mansion be over? Even if we haven't found out anything, Cao Han will lose his trust from me and become an abandoned pawn.
"What's their purpose for such a worthless deal?"
Luo Qingyan tapped the table with his finger and then replied, "It's possible that they are distracting our attention. Xia Houjing also knows us well. He knows that with only a few words from Cao Han, we will definitely not send the palace guards or the garrison troop to search him openly. We will most likely send the secret guards to investigate it in secret.
As we have limited number of secret guards. If Cao Han tells us ten or eight hiding places which are far away, the secret guards will have to be dispersed for the search. In that case, we won't have any secret guards in hand and it will be much easier for them to do anything then.
In the end, we may find nothing. As a result, they will at most lose Cao Han, and he will be regarded as their abandoned pawn. And we won't have any evidence to punish him."
Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, "If so, what do they want to do?"
"Who knows? Maybe Xia Houjing has some plan." Luo Qingyan didn't take it too seriously, "Let's just wait and see. Anyway, Xia Houjing has been released. We have tied a line to him, just like a kite. No matter how far he runs, as long as we pull the line in our hands, we don't have to worry too much.
Not to mention that Cao Han suspected that Xia Houjing had been hidden by the Cao clan. Even if he had irrefutable evidence to prove that the Cao clan have indeed hidden Xia Houjing, I will not take action until I am sure that all the members of the Cao clan are completely convicted. Since we've letting him out. I have never thought of taking him back. "
Luo Qingyan looked at Yun Shang with a smile, "And why should we take him back? It's useless to hold him in hand. In that case, we will have to be worried about this or that all day long. Now it's a good situation. "
Yun Shang thought it was funny. She glanced at Luo Qingyan and said, "Your Majesty is quite clear-minded."
"Of course,"
Luo Qingyan said in a low voice, "Let's just wait and see what Cao Han will report to you in the next two days."
Yun Shang nodded but said nothing.
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