Yun Shang opened her eyes and looked, and suddenly her heart tightened.

Yuan Yuan's face was as pale as paper, and her lips were completely bloodless. Her appearance was truly heartbreaking.

"Aunt Yuan was not injured in a fight with a master, absolutely not!"

Yun Shang thought firmly in her heart, and she secretly wondered that if Concubine Ning sent someone over again, with Aunt Yuan's skills, even if she was defeated and injured, she would never lie on the bed and pretend to be seriously injured in her sleep.

Therefore, this must be Aunt Yuan's plan, deliberately creating the appearance of her being a weak woman.

Just like how Aunt Yuan had knocked her out before, she put herself in a position where the weak deserved sympathy, but this was too realistic. What if something went wrong and she ended up making things worse? Yun Shang couldn't help but worry and ponder secretly.

Not long after, two more imperial doctors hurried over to treat Yuan Yuan.

Upon seeing this, the Queen and everyone else withdrew, leaving the room to the imperial doctors so that they could diagnose their condition with peace of mind.

The queen also ordered the guards to properly handle the bodies in Taoyuan and to find out their identities and origins.

Then, the queen returned to Fengyi Palace in a dignified manner, and Yunchang, carefully supported by two maids, also slowly walked towards Fengyi Palace.

After arriving at Fengyi Palace, the Queen began to dress and put on makeup, and the palace maids skillfully served breakfast.

Yun Shang had no appetite, but thinking that she still needed to maintain her strength to deal with the situation that was about to happen, she forced herself to eat something.

An hour had passed when I saw the queen again.

At this moment, Yun Shang no longer had the heart to act.

Now, all she thinks about is how to find Concubine Ning and seek justice for Aunt Yuan and herself.

"Empress, what happened last night? I still feel dizzy and my head is heavy." Yun Shang asked the queen with a confused and frightened look on her face.

"Princess, luckily you are safe and sound. Please tell me in detail what happened last night!"

The queen frowned, her anger evident in her expression.

Such a serious and terrible thing happened in the harem she was in charge of, and the person who was injured was the one she wanted to protect. This was undoubtedly someone who was clearly trying to go against her. How could she not be angry?

The Queen offered Yun Shang a seat. Yun Shang sat down slowly, pursed her lips, and said slowly as if trying to recall something: "Last night, when I was half asleep and half awake, I suddenly smelled smoke. I thought there was a fire at the time, so I wanted to get up and check. However, I felt dizzy, and my hands and feet were weak and powerless. I couldn't move at all."

Yun Shang rubbed her temples as she spoke, seeming to still feel the discomfort at that time, "I couldn't even stand steadily, and I fell to the ground. I saw that the room was full of smoke, and I was very scared, so I struggled to crawl towards the door."

At this point, her voice trembled slightly, "Who knew that I fainted before I even crawled to the door, and I really have no idea what happened afterwards!" Yun Shang pretended to be terrified, her eyes full of panic of surviving a disaster.

"Just now, I woke up and saw you, the Queen, in Fengyi Palace. The Queen was dressing up and the palace maids brought me breakfast. I really had no appetite, but I still forced myself to eat." Yun Shang sighed lightly, her expression revealing fatigue and worry.

"There are so many dead bodies lying in my yard! I feel..."

Yun Shang hesitated to speak, and finally confided quietly: "I never thought that the palace was so heavily guarded, but an assassin could sneak in." Her eyes were full of panic and confusion, and her body was trembling slightly.

The Queen slammed the table with her jade palm and said angrily, "Don't worry, I will investigate this matter thoroughly!" Her face was terribly gloomy and the anger in her heart continued to burn.

Thinking of this series of bad things, the queen felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart. First, the matter of giving the cold medicine implicated Concubine Ying, and now the assassins were sent, resulting in the deaths of many guards.

This person is clearly determined to confront the Crown Prince's Consort!

"Crown Princess, think carefully, do you have any enemies?" The Queen narrowed her eyes and stared at Yun Shang and asked.

Yun Shang pretended to think for a moment before she slowly spoke: "Before she got married, my father was only a fifth-rank official, and the things he was in charge of were all trivial matters. I don't think it's likely that he would make enemies with anyone."

Yun Shang's heart was already in turmoil. She wanted to shout: "Queen, the prince and Concubine Ning have a deep hatred. Don't you know?" But she also knew that this hatred seemed to be a secret that could not be spoken of in the palace, and not everyone knew about it.

No matter how Yun Shang's heart was churning, on the surface, she always maintained a calm expression, and continued: "After marriage, I seldom go out. Even if I go out, I am busy managing the shop. I have never been anywhere else. I really can't think of anyone I would have a grudge against!"

When the queen heard this, she frowned and began to think about it.

The cold medicine was given to Yun Shang, obviously because he didn't want her to get pregnant, or even to take her life. Could it be that he didn't want the prince to have a wife? Could it be that the person behind this was coming for the Shangguan Palace?

Suddenly, Yun Shang cried out, breaking the queen's contemplation: "Queen, I had a fiancé before, but the engagement has been cancelled. Logically speaking, there should be no hatred between us, right?"

When the Queen heard this, her eyes fixed, and she felt that any subtle reason should not be missed, so she asked anxiously: "Why do you think that the previous engagement will cause hatred?"

Yun Shang's face was filled with shyness, and she whispered, "Empress, the situation is like this. My former fiancé has already married, and his wife is deeply in love with him. Before the marriage, she counted with me the gifts that my former fiancé and I had given each other. She said that she felt uncomfortable looking at these items, so she spent a thousand taels to buy all the things I had given her!"

After saying this, Yun Shang showed an embarrassed look at the right time.

"It's really mean to behave like this!"

The Queen came to a conclusion and thought to herself, at the very least, this was a case of jealousy between women, at the most... if the ex-fiance still had feelings for Yun Shang, it was not impossible for his wife to have murderous intent, the key would depend on this man's identity and background, and whether he had the ability to interfere in the affairs of the palace.

"Then who is your ex-fiancé's wife?" asked the queen.

"Miss Shangshu's Mansion, Ning Xue!" Yun Shang said, then she looked at her nose with her eyes and her heart with her nose, and stood quietly aside, waiting for the Queen to guess for herself.

Humph! Concubine Ning, right? You must have been unable to sleep well last night. Now, I'm dragging your sister into this. Let's see if you'll be even more restless! Concubine Ning is not afraid of making a big fuss, and Yun Shang is also not afraid!

When the queen heard the name, she narrowed her eyes and thought to herself: Ning Xue? Isn't Concubine Ning Ning Xue's sister? Could this matter be related to Concubine Ning? If so, then there will be another storm in the harem.

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