Yun Shang was puzzled at his words and said, "but he just had a third of the token to mobilize the imperial guards. Even if the eldest princess gets it, it's impossible for her to dispatch the guards. What's the use in doing that?"
Luo Qingyan had a sip of soup and smiled, then he said to her, "she has never thought of using the imperial guards. What she wants is just preventing us from using the imperial guards ourselves."
"It was a slip of the tongue. The highness had prepared something for her in advance..." Yun Shang said. Then she paused and raised her head to look at Luo Qingyan. "His Majesty is smart enough to give the token to order the imperial guards to you in advance. How could he be fooled by the eldest princess so easily? We have mentioned the other day that though his majesty seems to be fond of Lady Yun and Princess Qian Ling, he should have been prepared for that a long time ago. Now that the eldest princess planned to use lady Yun and her daughter as bait, how could his majesty not be prepared for that? "
Luo Qingyan, with the bowl in his hand, paused for a moment before he continued, "now no one knows what happened that night, neither did the people in the Yunqi Palace. All the servants were killed by a knife, clean and neat."
Yun Shang bit her lips. She felt that it was unusual that Xia Huanyu would be so careless and fall into the trap of the eldest princess. She thought for a while and said, "may I come to the imperial palace?"
Luo Qingyan shook his head. "Not yet. Just stay at our mansion. I'll take you out some time later."
Yun Shang knew Luo Qingyan meant to protect her and was afraid that the eldest princess would take revenge on her. Moved as she was, she smiled and sai
ce ordered one of the secret guards in low voice to think of a way to get out of the trouble and report the incident back to us. After about fifteen minutes of fighting with the assassins, Prince Rui was kidnapped by them. "
Yun Shang's hand clenched tightly on the map after hearing the news, which made the map wrinkle. After a while, Yun Shang calmed herself down. Luo Qingyan said he wouldn't let her bail the eldest princess out, and then he went to be the bail himself. Hearing that Luo Qingyan left his secret guards in the mansion, Yun Shang knew what he was up to.
The secret guard looked at Yun Shang anxiously. "Your Highness, what should we do now?"
"What should we do?" Yun Shang stood up and told Qian Liu to bring a cloak and put it on her. "I'm going to the palace."
The secret guard glanced at Yun Shang and hesitated. "Go to the palace? But... His highness... "
Yun Shang knew that he wanted to say that his highness meant to forbid her from going into the palace. She said with a cold sneer, "now that Prince Rui has already been kidnapped, who cares about me, a mere Lady Rui? Get the carriage ready. Let's go to the palace. "