As soon as Yun Shang finished speaking, they paused. Yun Shang clearly saw a flash of panic in Mrs. Liu's eyes and she quickly lower her head.
As nobody responded, Mrs. Liu added, "After all, Chuchu was just a concubine. Besides she and the seventh prince's wife married into his mansion on the same day. Chuchu was worried that too many things would draw too much attention, so she only brought some daily necessities. She planned to find a chance to move other things later. But we didn't expect that such things would happen as soon as she entered." Then she wiped her tears with her sleeve.
Yun Shang sneered. The second lady of the Liu clan was indeed from the collateral relatives of the Liu clan. Compared to Liu Jin's wife, there were too many loopholes in her words and she was really not adorable. It sounded like how aggrieved it was for her daughter to be a concubine.
Yun Shang took a look at Hua Yutong, who was sitting quietly beside. She was smiling, but the brocade handkerchief in her hand was crumpled into a ball. It seemed that she was aware that Yun Shang was looking at her. She lowered her head in silence and straightened her sleeves.
Yun Shang stood up and said with a smile, "We could've refused when you wanted to search Prince Rui's mansion. After all, even the Ministry of Justice can't search our mansion casually as they like. But I don't think it's a good idea to have a fight on the New Year Day, and I don't want to disturb his majesty. Though your request was not reasonable, I still allowed you to search my mansion, because I understand that you are worried after such thing happened to your family. Now we have searched my mansion. Is there anything else?"
The seventh prince and the two from the Liu clan didn't look well. They stood up and said, "We're so sorry to bother you. We'll leave now."
"Butler, see the guests off for us." Yun Shang ordered aloud.
Before the others walked out of the garden house, Yun Shang turned to Luo Qingyan, "I'm a little tired after sitting for such a long time..."
Luo smiled, stood up and said, "Then go back to the yard and have a rest. If someone comes to visit you, ask the butler to keep him away." Then she helped Yun Shang up and walked towards the yard.
Yun Shang sat on the edge of a couch as soon as she entered the room. She sneered, "The seventh prince has gone too far today. He totally ruined our day."
"It's also our fault. We were not considerate enough and fell into others' trap. Someone took advantage of it," he comforted in a soft voice
Yun Shang nodded and sighed, "There are traps and crises everywhere. If we are not careful enough, we will lose our lives. We have to be very careful."
Seeing that Yun Shang was a little depressed, Luo Qingyan held her in his arms and patted her on the shoulder, smiling. "Well, I'm not afraid of that at all. No matter what happens, as long as we're together and have our child, we can overcome all the obstacles." After finishing his word
very quiet. Seeing Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang coming, the empress's maid quickly said, "Your highnesses, please sit for a moment, the empress is taking a nap."
A nap? Yun Shang paused. It was already half past four. Is the empress still sleeping? It was most likely that She was displeased because of Lin Youran's pregnancy thing yesterday and thus she planned to ignore them today.
Luo Qingyan didn't say anything. He just helped Yun Shang to sit down. When they sat down, the maid said, "I'll go to see if the empress is awake." Then she entered the inner hall.
The maid hadn't come back for a long time. The servants in the hall were standing still and no one served tea for them.
They had sat for about thirty minutes before Luo Qingyan stood up with a sneer and said to Yun Shang, "Since the empress is still asleep, we don't have to disturb her. Let's go to the Taiji hall to see his majesty."
He said to Yun Shang, but his voice was quite loud.
Yun Shang lowered her head and flashed a gentle smile. When she was thinking whether she should get up and pretend to leave with Luo Qingyan, the empress's voice came from the inner hall. "Are Prince Rui and Lady Rui in the main hall?"
Yun Shang smiled and saw the curtain being lifted up by a maid. The empress came out of the inner hall in a red formal dress with a pattern of phoenix embroidered on her clothes and a gold phoenix coronet on her head. She glanced at Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang before turning around and scolding the maid who was holding her: "Why didn't you wake me up when Prince Rui and Lady Rui arrived?"
The maid bowed and pleaded.
Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan watched the drama coldly. They thought this drama was too old-fashioned, and it had been used more than once. It was really boring.
After a long rebuke, the empress found that Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang had no intention of making a sound. Embarrassed, she turned around and looked at them with a smile. "Have you been waiting for a long time?"