Chapter 961 The Missing Painting

Yun Shang was surprised, "Someone was following you? Have you seen his face clearly? "

Qin Yi shook her head and said with hesitation, "In fact, I'm not sure if there was really someone following me. I don't know much martial arts, but I always felt that someone was looking at me from a distance, but every time I turned around, I couldn't find anyone. I asked Madam Qi and Madam Qiu, but they said they noticed nothing about it "

Yun Shang knew what kind of person Qin Yi was. If it wasn't for certain, Qin Yi wouldn't have said that to her.

After thinking for a while, Yun Shang ordered Qian Zhuo, "Send two guards to follow Qian Zhuo secretly. She is going to work in the Imperial Household Department, and I'm afraid that the people who want to harm me will first try to kill Qin Yi, so she will be in danger."

Qian Zhuo hurriedly followed the order. Noticing that Qin Yi wanted to refuse her, Yun Shang told her, "The position of the director of the Imperial Household Department is very important to me. In this palace, if no one helps me, no matter how powerful I am, I can't move even a single step. If you take care of the Imperial Household Department, I will be much easier. But I'm afraid there is some risk in the job. Are you willing to do that? "

Hearing this, Qin Yi knelt down and said, "Yes, your majesty."

Yun Shang smiled.

In the evening, when Luo Qingyan returned to the Weiyang Palace, Yun Shang told him the clues she found today. Luo Qingyan seemed to be a little surprised and asked, "You mean that Xia Houjing's biological mother is Cao Wenxi?"

Yun Shang nodded slightly, "If there's no accident, that's true. Let me show you that painting... " As Yun Shang spoke, she asked Qian Zhuo to fetch the painting. Qian Zhuo walked to the case and rummaged through it. Then she ran back in a hurry reporting, "Your majesty, the painting is missing."

Yun Shang was surprised. How could it be, she wondered? The painting must have been taken back this afternoon. Yun Shang had seen Qian Zhuo put it inplace. After they came back from the Imperial Garden, there had always been someone else in the room on duty. How could the painting be missing then? With these in mind, Yun Shang stood up and walked to the case, asking. "Are you sure that you put the painting here after you came back this afternoon?"

Qian Zhuo nodded repeatedly, "Yes. I heard from Master Yu that the woman in the painting is the wife of a traitor, so I was worried that if someone saw it, it would be bad for you. So I put it well and pressed it at the bottom of the case."

Who could take away the painting from the box in front of them? When Yun Shang was thinking about it, she heard a report from outside, "Your Majesties, His Former Majesty has sent someone to invite you to have dinner in the Yaihe Palace."

Hearing this, Yun Shang looked up at Luo Qingyan, stood up and said to Qin Yi, "Go and ask what's the matter with their former majesties, and why they invite us to the Taihe Palace for dinner. "

Qin Yi nodded and went out. After a while, she lifted the bead curtain and came in, "Yo

hey are. Why do you treat them like this?"

A light flashed in Xia Huanyu's eyes. He kept silent for a long time, and finally said indifferently, "Although their identities are somewhat special, they are not like what you think. They will definitely not pose a threat to you. You don't have to investigate them anymore."

"They will not pose any threat to us?" The corners of Luo Qingyan's mouth curled up slightly. He murmured, "Then is it my illusion that there are so many soldiers in Liucang City? Xia Houjing and Cangjue Qingsu were working in collusion, one from within and the other from without. Am I dreaming? "

Xia Huanyu's face darkened. He pounded the table and stood up, declaring, "I'll deal with it myself. Just mind your political affairs."

Yun Shang was a little confused. She asked, "Father said that their identities are not like what we think. Since that's not the case, why do you have to hide it like this, Father? Isn't it better to tell us about it? "

Xia Huanyu's face turned even colder, "I have promised not to tell anyone else, so I won't. If you keep tracing, don't blame me for being rude."

Hearing what Xia Huanyu said, Luo Qingyan stood up and said stubbornly, "Okay, I'd like to know how you will be rude to us."

Then he took Yun Shang out of the study and left the Taihe Palace without saying goodbye to Hua Ling.

Yun Shang kept thinking about what Xia Huanyu had said. If Xia Houjing was really the son of his and Cao Wenxi's, Xia Huanyu would not put it on the table to warn them that way. Xia Huanyu was a very honorable person. Yun Shang knew that. So, was she wrong? From what Xia Huanyu had just said, the identities of the two persons were not as she had imagined. However, it was certain that Xia Houjing's mother was not Lady Liu.

Was it true that Xia Houjing was not Xia Huanyu's son? Or maybe, Xia Houjing's parents were in good relationship with Xia Huanyu, so it was because of his kindness, or it was because of other reasons that Xia Huanyu had tried his best to help them and doted on their son so much?