Luo Qingyan's face darkened, "Send someone out to check if anyone has seen anything and where the signal came from. Investigate it!"
"Yes, your majesty."
Yun Shang turned and exchanged a glance with Luo Qingyan, "Anyone with the wit may know that the chances of successful assassination in the palace are very slim, but they still had to take the risk. I'm afraid that they didn't really want to kill us. They were just testing us."
Luo Qingyan nodded, "Now that they have bribed these servants, they could actually poison the water we bathed in if they really wanted to kill us. In this way, they were more likely to succeed. They might just want to know how many secret guards we have kept in our palace... "
Luo Qingyan turned around and took a look at Yun Shang, whose clothes were completely wet. He took the cloak from a servant and put it on Yun Shang, "Put it on first. Don't catch a cold. Ask someone to bring some more water here for us to bathe again."
Qian Zhuo hurriedly asked someone to bring some hot water in, and then the voice of the commander of the imperial guards was heard from outside, "Your Majesty, I've heard
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hand. He appeared to be very crazy and cut everyone he met.
The people in the brothel tried to run away in all directions, and the noises they made were so loud that they even alerted the garrison patrolling the street. Seeing that things were getting more and more out of control, Xia Houjing's men wanted to persuade him to leave, but they were almost killed by him. They then realized that something was wrong with Xia Houjing and knocked him out before taking him away. "
What Luo Qingyan said was almost the same as Yun Shang had expected.
Yun Shang nodded and couldn't help asking, "How about the casualties in the brothel?"
"Three people died, two of whom are from Xia Houjing's side, and the other is a guard in the brothel." After a pause, Luo Qingyan went on, "The first person who irritated Xia Houjing was killed by Xia Houjing. His name is Cao Jin, the fifth son of the Cao clan."
Yun Shang's eyes lit up. This was what she didn't expect, but she was overjoyed.
Yun Shang smiled, "A person from the Cao mansion? Did Xia Houjing kill the people from the Cao clan? Now things are getting more and more interesting. "