After guessing the secret of Lady Shu, Yun Shang also received a message from Ning Qian, knowing that Ning Qian had received the eldest princess' instructions from Lady Shu.
At first, Yun Shang didn't understand why the eldest princess asked Ning Qian to frame the Empress with her unborn child. After thinking for a long time, she figured out that it was the eldest princess' trick of killing two birds with one stone. Although the Empress was grounded by Xia Huanyu, she could still turn over in a short time. And at that time, the person in charge of the Empress' seal was Ning Qian.
Although it was the eldest princess who recommended Ning Qian to the Palace, she didn't completely trust her. As long as Ning Qian did as the eldest princess asked, no matter what the result was, the Empress would definitely be involved in the crime of murder a royal children. Even if the Empress had the support of the Su clan, it was still difficult for her to turn over in the short term. Moreover, if Ning Qian had a miscarriage, she would have to recuperate. In this way, Lady Shu would be in charge of the imperial household.
The eldest princess wanted to seize the opportunity to usurp the throne when the seventh prince and Jin City were not in Jin City. She was not afraid that Lady Shu would disobey her as she had Prince Qi, who had poisoned by her, as a bargaining chip.
The message the eldest princess was brought into the Palace by Lady Shu, so Xia Huanyu must have guessed the eldest princess' plan. The only thing Xia Huanyu didn't expect was that Ning Qian had found out that she hadn't been pregnant at all, and that she had even question Xia Huanyu about this in public.
Xia Huanyu had already arranged everything, waiting for the eldest princess to take the bait. He would definitely not allow such a thing to happen at this time, so he simply grounded Ning Qian in Xiangzhu Palace. Fearing that there would be spies of the eldest princess in Xiangzhu Palace, he also ordered all the servants leave Xiangzhu Palace to prevent the news from leaking out.
Yun Shang couldn't help but marvel at Xia Huanyu's thoughtfulness.
When did this plan begin? Since Lady Shu was sent to the Cold Palace? All these things, including the war with the State of Yelang, the expedition of the seventh prince, and Ning Qian's fake pregnancy, seemed to be within the plan.
However, the only thing that Yun Shang didn't understand was whether the purpose of the series of actions was to target at the eldest princess alone or to plot against both the eldest princess and the seventh prince.
It should be the former. If the matter went on like this, the seven princes would soon know that Lady Shu was a secret guard of Xia Huanyu. She didn't know if the seventh prince had told any secret to Lady Shu, but since the seventh prince knew about it, he would definitely take some action. Fortunately, the seventh prince were far away in Lingxi City, and couldn't respond in time.
Yun Shang thought that it seemed she had to remeasure Xi
Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.
To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.
"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."
She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.
Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.
task all herself after the experience during these days. Although she was not proficient, she was no longer impetuous and became much calmer.
Though she was shocked after hearing Yun Shang's description of her purposes, she also felt excited. She hurriedly said, "I'm willing to have a try."
Yun Shang smiled, "Okay, I believe you. By the way, Ning Qian was in the mansion now. She has got much experience about these things when we were in the State of Ning. If you don't have anything else to do later, you can have a talk with her and learn from her experience."
Qian Yin replied happily, with excitement in her eyes.
Seeing this, Yun Shang couldn't help laughing.
"Qian Liu, I only have one trusted maid, Qin Yi, around me as Qian Yin has gone to Cangnan with His Highness. Now that things about Wang Congwen are almost done, you'd better go back to the mansion and stay with me. I'll be relieved to have you around." Yun Shang looked at Qian Liu gently.
Qian Liu replied with a smile.
Looking at Qian Yin and Qian Liu, Yun Shang felt relieved. She smiled and asked softly, "By the way, I rarely care about things outside the Palace these days. Is there anything new recently?"
Qian Yin smiled and said, "Of course there are a lot of new things. But recently, the one that has received most attention is the battle with the State of Yelang. I heard that the first battle was a success. Everyone is praising the seventh prince."
Yun Shang smiled. Qingsu would definitely make way for the seventh prince. The real battle won't start until Luo Qingyan took action against Qingsu from Cangnan City.
"By the way, the seventh princess... Did anything happen with her? Yun Shang asked casually.
Qian Yin thought for a while and said in a low voice, "It seems that the seventh princess has been stayed at home all the time. But recently, I heard a rumor that she has an affair with some man. It is said that she has been witnessed to go to the opera house for several times with the same young man.