When they left the imperial garden, Yun Shang lost her interest. After a moment's silence, she turned to Qian Zhuo, "Let's leave the palace."
Qian Yu glanced at Yun Shang and said gently, "Your Highness, do you want me to inquire about the concubine's words?"
Yun Shang stopped and thought for a while. Then she said, "Don't bother to do the investigation. Help me search for some servants who have served Lady Shu and Lady Xian and the concubines who entered the palace earlier than Lady Shu. If there is, gather their information and give it to me."
Qian Zhuo asked in a soft voice, "What do you want to do, Your Highness?"
Yun Shang smiled. "I haven't decided yet. I just want to know the truth first."
When Yun Shang went out of the palace, the carriage was still waiting for her. Luo Qingyan stood outside the carriage with his back towards Yun Shang. He seemed to be talking to someone.
Luo Qingyan must have heard the footsteps, so he turned around. Yun Shang saw the person in front of him was Li Qianmo.
Yun Shang squinted her eyes and walked to Luo Qingyan. Li Qianmo bowed to Yun Shang with a smile, "Lady Rui."
Yun Shang nodded gently. Seeing that Yun Shang didn't look well, Luo Qingyan said goodbye to Li Qianmo and got Yun Shang into the carriage. The carriage was heading to Prince Rui's mansion. Luo Qingyan held Yun Shang in his arms and whispered, "I thought it would be some time before you went out of the palace. But you came out so early. What happened?"
Yun Shang thought for a while and shook her head. "Nothing. I just went to the Weiyang Palace to greet the Empress."
Luo Qingyan was surprised, "Didn't you go to the Xiang Zhu Palace?"
"No, I didn't. I went to the Xiang Zhu Palace yesterday. I would draw attention if I went there too frequently." Yun Shang explained indifferently and didn't mention what she had heard in the imperial garden. Thinking of Li Qianmo, she asked with curiosity, "What were you talking about with Li Qianmo just now?"
Luo Qingyan had a smile in his eyes. "Li Qianmo saw our carriage parking outside the palace. He thought you were in it and came here to greet you. He said he planned to go to our mansion later and didn't expect to see you here, then he threw a note into the carriage."
Yun Shang couldn't help laughing. She reached out her hand and asked, "Where's the note?"
Luo Qingyan took the paper out of his sleeve and handed it to Yun Shang. Yun Shang asked while unfolding the paper, "So you denied and then got off the carriage to talk with Li Qianmo?"
Luo Qingyan nodded. "Isn't he your subordinate? Does it matter for me to talk with him?"
Yun Shang smiled. It doesn't matter, but Li Qianmo had always pretended to work for Lady Shu. Although she is now in the Cold Palace. Chatting with Li Qianmo at the gate of the palace might cause rumors.
Luo Qingyan seemed to understand what Yun Shang was thinking. He smiled and said, "He came here to pay respects first. If I didn't get off the carriage, that wound be more suspicious."
Yun Shang thought about it for a while, and agreed him. She looked at the note and thought for a while. Then she rolled the note into a ball with an indifferent expression and threw it into the brazier besides.
"What happened?" Luo Qingyan looked at Yun Shang and asked.
Yun Shang smiled coldly with an unreadable light in her eyes, "Li Qianmo said that Lady Shu sent him a message."
"Lady Shu?" Luo Qingyan was also surprised. "Isn't Lady Shu under house arrest in the Cold palace with many guards? How could she still keep in touch with the outside world? "
Yun Shang turned to look at Luo Qingyan with a smile. "If I let you in and out of the Cold Palace, is it possible for you?"
Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows. "That's for sure. For me, those so-called guards in the palace are just decorations."
"Yes." Yun Shang smiled, "Those guards could only block ordinary people who don't know kung fu."
"Why did lady Shu send a message to Li Qianmo?" Luo Qingyan asked quietly, taking a glance at the burned note in the brazier.
Yun Shang stared at the door without blinking. She was lost in thought. "Lady Shu asked Li Qianmo to surrender to you."
"Really?" Yun Shang raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Has she got anything?"
Qin Yi nodded, and her eyes were full of smile. "Of course, she has got the prescription."
The corners of Yun Shang's mouth were slightly quirked up. "Wonderful."
Qian Zhuo listened to their conversation and knew that Yun Shang must have tampered with the prescription, but she was a little hesitant. "We've sent a prescription into the palace, haven't we? I remember it was for the Empress. Why did Lady Su ask for medicine all of a sudden? Is Her Majesty suspicious? "
Yun Shang picked up the tea cup and took a sip. Then she smiled faintly, "Suspicious? The Empress has never believed the prescription, but she became even more flustered yesterday when she found that Ning Qian had also been pregnant. That's why she sent Lady Su out of the palace to look for the medicine. I have also asked the doctors about the prescription. Infertility is usually caused by uterus, I can guess what medicine could be used to treat it. The prescription the Empress has received will not be much different from the one we sent in the palace... "
Yun Shang closed her eyes. She smiled and patted on the armrest of the chair. She paused and said, "But she will definitely use our prescription, because the imperial physician will tell her that our prescription looks dangerous, but it will work sooner."
"If it is not poisonous, there is no good for us." Qian Zhuo said with a look of confusion on her face.
Yun Shang was in a good mood after hearing that. She smiled. "You will know later. That prescription is really a good thing for us."
Yun Shang told Luo Qingyan about the matter of Lord Hua Guo as soon as he came back from the study. Luo Qingyan sneered, "Apologize? Is he daydreaming? "
Yun Shang couldn't help laughing at his words. "Well, we'd better go to his mansion tomorrow. What if he really has something important to discuss with us?"
"Something important?" Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows, "I still remember that every time he hurries to our mansion is just to ask someone to play chess with him. Oh, last time, he came here in a hurry just to compete with Grand Tutor Xiao."
Yun Shang smiled and stopped discussing with Luo Qingyan. Early in the next morning, she took Luo Qingyan to Lord Hua Guo's mansion.
Luo Qingyan's face darkened all the way, which made Yun Shang feel a little funny. When they got out of the carriage, they saw the butler rush out in a hurry and order the gatekeeper to prepare the carriage. Just after the order was finished, he saw Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang get off the carriage. He hurriedly ran to Luo Qingyan and said, "Your Highness, His Lordship is sick. I was just about to go to your mansion to report."
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