Yun Shang couldn't help but clap her hands and exclaimed, "Wonderful!"
"If Xia Houjing is behind all this, he won't necessarily tell them what to do in detail as he was far away in Jin city. He will probably just let them do things at will."
"Those two officials are indeed stupid. However, this dumb woman is quite interesting."
Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yun Shang, then he slowly said, "A dumb girl may not be a real dumb girl. Sometimes, people with obvious flaws might make us less vigilant."
"I see what you mean. That move of his is even more powerful." Yun Shang curled up her lips and said, "if she is not a dumb woman and she has pretended to be deaf for more than twenty years. With such patience and endurance, she sure is one who can achieve great things."
Seeing Luo Qingyan keep staring at her, Yun Shang smiled and explained, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I know she has a different position from us now. I won't alert the enemy at this critical moment."
"But we can keep an eye on her. When everything is sorted out eventually, we can consider taking her under our control."
Yun Shang had always been a thoughtful woman, so Luo Qingyan didn't need to w
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a clue where it comes from."
Yun Shang then turned to look at the confused Chengye and asked softly, "How did you shoot down the pigeon? And where were you?"
"I shot it down in my yard." Seeing that he could finally answer some questions, Chengye was happy and he quickly replied, "This afternoon I was practicing my horsemanship. The target I have practiced on for a long time is really boring, so I want to shoot something alive. First, I asked a servant to carry the target and run. But soon, I got bored with it. Then I saw a pigeon suddenly fly over. It didn't fly too high, so I tried my luck with it. To be honest, I didn't expect that I actually shot it down."
There was a hint of disbelief in his tone.
Yun Shang smiled and praised him heartedly, "Indeed, you are very capable."
Then she turned to look at Luo Qingyan and said, "It's not flying too high. Either it just took off, or it was about to land."
Luo Qingyan nodded. When he was about to speak, he saw the servant who got flogged come back in with a painful look on his face.
He instantly sat up straight and asked directly, "Which direction did the pigeon come from and where did it fly to? Do you still remember?"