Chapter 749 Regaining Favor

Noticing Yun Shang's expression, Luo Qingyan gave a glance to the storyteller who was talking excitedly and then turned to Yun Shang, "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong with the storyteller?"

Yun Shang shook her head slowly. She thought for a while and said, "Go with me to see the stone tablet outside the ancestral temple before it gets dark. I'll tell you what happened on the way."

Luo Qingyan nodded slightly and stood up with Yun Shang. They walked out and headed for the ancestral temple in the east of the town.

Along the way, they hear many people talking about the person the stone tablet which appeared from nowhere. After Yun Shang's narration, Luo Qingyan asked softly, "You feared that the eldest princess would frame me after you saw the note with the words "Heaven bestows upon Luo the position" in your handwriting imitated by the eldest princess. So you came up with the stone tablet idea to strike Prince Qi and Lady Shu first and instigated the Empress to do it. In this way, even if the eldest princess spreads the words on the note later, His Majesty and others will think it must be that someone copies the method to frame me."

While talking, they arrived at the ancestral temple.

There was indeed a high stone tablet at the entrance of the ancestral temple. The stone tablet was mottled, and the words engraved on it were a little light, as if it had existed for a long time. It had been almost a day since the stone tablet was found, but there were still many curious people around it. The local officials had sent guards to protect the stone tablet from being destroyed.

Luo Qingyan held Yun Shang in his arms, separated the crowd and walked to the stone tablet. The words on the stone tablet were very big, especially the four words "the mandate of heaven". They were bright red, as if they were stained with blood.

After staring at it for a while, Yun Shang asked a guard beside, "Sir, what are you going to do with the stone tablet?"

The guard felt like to talk with Yun Shang when he saw her slim figure though her face was covered under the curtained hat. He smiled and said, "Our magistrate said

stone tablet to the Jin City tomorrow morning, but..."

The Empress listened quietly and nodded from time to time. But when she heard the word "but", she frowned and asked, "But what?"

The madam's face darkened. She kept silent for a long time and said, "Your Majesty, just now, the Emperor took Lady Shu out of Wu Yan Palace."

The Empress seemed to be stunned for a long time before she came to her senses. "What did you say?"

"Lady Shu has been taken out of the Cold Palace by the Emperor, Your Majesty." The madam gritted her teeth and repeated.

The Empress's face suddenly turned ghastly pale. She turned to the madam and asked, "Why? His Majesty allowed Lady Shu out of the Cold Palace even she has committed such a serious crime. Won't His Majesty be ridiculed by the ministers?"

The madam hurriedly said, "I heard from a servant in Taiji Palace that it might be because of Prince Qi. After Prince Qi presented a memorial to His Majesty in the assembly, His Majesty summoned many ministers to Taiji Palace. They stayed there for more than two hours before coming out. After that, His Majesty went straight to Wu Yan Palace."

"Has my father attend the assembly?" The Empress asked in a hurry.

Seeing the madam nod, the Empress stood up and said, "Send a message to my father, saying that I have something urgent to see him. Ask someone to prepare some ginseng soup. I'll send it to Taiji Palace myself. "