The announcement was repeated three times from far to near. Everyone in the hall showed different expressions. The old man in cotton clothes also seemed to be a little surprised, and his face darkened. In the entire Taiji Palace, the calmest person seemed to be Luo Qingyan.
Yun Shang was wearing a long carmine dress, whose hemline was swaying on the ground, and her hair was a little messy. The original upright Phoenix hairpin was askew, and her expression was barely calm. Qian Zhuo followed behind with a pale face.
Yun Shang walked in a casual manner, looking straight at Luo Qingyan, who was standing in front of the throne. She stopped in front of the hall, three or four steps away, slowly knelt down and bowed to Luo Qingyan, "Your Majesty."
Luo Qingyan's face changed. He breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Qian Liu from your palace came to report that you were invited by Lady Wan to the Huaixiu Palace to take the pulse for the nineteenth Prince, and then you were missing. What has happened?"
Yun Shang's lips trembled slightly. She looked up at Luo Qingyan with some horror in her eyes, "It's true. After I entered the Huaixiu Palace, I saw the nineteenth Prince covered with two quilts, and his face was pale. It seemed that something was wrong. I asked Qian Zhuo to take out the hands of the nineteenth Prince from the quilt and began to his pulse. Just then, Qian Zhuo screamed, saying that she was feeling a little sore and dizzy. And hardly had she finished speaking, she passed out. I was startled and wanted to check the situation, but I also fainted with the same symptoms. "
"Fortunately, Qian Zhuo and I were only drugged, and both of us are martial artists, so we were able to wake up not long after. When I woke up, I found that we were locked up in a dark room. Presumably, the culprit didn't expect that we would wake up so quickly, so there weren't too many people guarding us. Thus Qian Zhuo and I got rid of the guards' defenses and escaped. After weI escaped from the dark room, I found that we were in... " Yun Shang bit her lips but didn't go on.
"Where is it?" Luo Qingyan frowned and his eyes were flashing sharply.
Yun Shang lowered her eyes and changed the topic. She said in a low voice, "I'm fine. The imperial guards are still searching around. Your majesty can withdraw them."
Qian Zhuo looked anxious. She stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I know where her majesty and I were when we woke up."
No sooner had Qian Zhuo finished speaking, than she was snapped by Yun Shang, "Qian Zhuo!"
Luo Qingyan narrowed his eyes and asked coldly, "Yes? Where is it? "
Qian Zhuo hurriedly kowtowed and raised her voice, "It's in the Taihe Palace, in the dark room of His Former Majesty's study. When I woke up, I heard His Former Majesty tell the guards to keep an eye on the people in the dark room. He said that her majesty was very smart and knew about the matters of the imperial seal as well as Cao Wenxi. Although her majesty would not talk nonsense for the sake of your majesty's throne, he had to prevent her from letting out the secret. The best way was to lock her up and free her when things were not so tense. Besides, there is another woman
e throne to his majesty. The remaining members of the Cao clan panicked. With time passing by, the hope of revenge would be more and more slim, so they worked out the plan about the real and fake jade seal and accused His Former Majesty of killing his father and brother in order to seize the throne. " Yun Shang smiled and turned to look at Luo Qingyan and Xia Huanyu.
"Though the crime of His Former Majesty's killing his father and brother is difficult to convince the public only by a letter from the Crown Prince and the words of Prince Xian, it's easy to prove his former majesty's innocence. I suggest your majesty and His Former Majesty might as well take out the imperial seal and let's identify it together. However, most of the ministers in the court were either promoted by His Former Majesty or newly selected by his majesty. They probably don't know what the real imperial seal looks like. As for Han Mingqing from the Imperial Hanlin Academy, he is an elder official for three dynasties. However, I'm afraid that it's difficult to convince everyone with just a one-sided view, " said Yun Shang lightly as if murmuring to herself.
Hearing this, Han Mingqing quickly stepped forward and said, "Your majesty, if you need several elders from the three dynasties, I can help because I know them. They have just returned to the Jin City to enjoy their retirement. These elders were also very famous in the court. Why not invite them to the hall and examine the imperial seal?"
"Since there are several elders, I think they can prove it," Yun Shang looked up at the old man in cotton clothes and said, "Steward Cao, isn't that the reason why you came here today? Do you think it's a good idea? "
"Can your majesty make a decision?" Steward Cao snorted with disdain on his face, and he clenched his clothes tightly with his hand hanging beside him.
Yun Shang turned to look at Xia Huanyu. After thinking for a moment, Xia Huanyu nodded and said, All right. Go ahead."
Luo Qingyan turned around and ordered Liu Wenan, "Ask Mr. Han to write down their names and residences, and send the imperial guards to invite them here."