Yun Shang was stunned. She quickly took the pamphlet from Luo Qingyan's hand, opened it and read in detail the date of Cao Shanxiu's birth, the time she entered the palace, and her family background.
The time she entered the palace was almost the same she had inferred. Yun Shang read the family background carefully. She found Cao Shanxiu's father was just an inferior fifth grade official, but...
Yun Shang fixed her eyes on the words below. Although Cao Shanxiu's father was only a fifth grade official, he was the brother of the former General Jianwei of the highest rank.
General Jianwei, the first grade general, was added with the word "former". Yun Shang narrowed her eyes. In this way, she was almost sure that Cao Shanxiu was that concubine. The saying that she was not favored by the Emperor because of her family background resulted from the fact that she was a member of the Cao clan. No wonder Xia Huanyu asked Xia Houjing's mother to hide in the palace of Lady Cao. On the one hand, this concubine was not favored, so it was not eye-catching. On the other hand, the relationship between the concubine and the daughters of the Cao family was as close as sisters, so she would sincerely help everything hence.
Yun Shang nodded and looked up at Luo Qingyan, "It's her. I don't know if she's still alive or not. If we can find her, Xia Houjing's identity will be revealed."
Luo Qingyan nodded slightly and looked at the three words on the cover of the book. He said, "I'll ask someone to investigate it."
Both of them talked for a while, put the book back in place, and went downstairs together. It was really dark outside. Qin Yi took a lamp from the library and lit the way. Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan went back to the Weiyang Palace together.
After returning to the Weiyang Palace palace, Yun Shang saw the excitement on Qian Zhuo's face. She smiled and asked, "Any good news today? You look so happy. "
Qian Zhuo walked to the door and looked around. Then she returned and whispered in Yun Shang's ear, "Your majesty, there are two pieces of news. One is good and the other is bad. Which one do you want to hear first?"
Looking at her expression, Yun Shang knew
un Shang frowned, "Isn't Pei Lan our people?"
Qin Yi was also a little surprised. She quickly said, "I promise that there will be no problem with Pei Lan. There must be something hidden in this matter. Your majesty, you can ask Pei Lan directly."
Yun Shang nodded, "Call Pei Lan in."
Qian Zhuo went out and called Pei Lan. Pei Lan came in and bowed to Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan. Yun Shang asked softly, "Pei Lan, did you change the flowers in the vase in the inner hall yesterday?"
Pei Lan thought for a while and replied, "Your majesty, are you asking about the plum blossoms in the blue porcelain vase?"
"Yes, it's the plum blossom."
Hearing this, Pei Lan nodded slightly and said, "I changed it. Yesterday, your majesty went to the Neishi Bureau with that guard, and then a servant came into the inner hall to do cleaning. I thought that Aunt Qin Yi had told me not to let other servants enter the inner hall alone, so I followed her in. When the servant was cleaning the blue porcelain vase, she accidentally took out a branch of plum blossom from the vase. I saw that the bottom part of the plum blossom soaked in water was dark, so I asked the servant to pour away the water in the vase, wash the vase and fill it with water again. After that, I went out to pick plum blossoms and changed them. "
Hearing Pei Lan's words, Yun Shang didn't know whether to cry or to laugh. She said to her, "You did a bad thing out of kindness this time."