The Queen sat in Fengyi Palace, thinking to herself, "The Ning sisters' relationship is so deep? For a man, they would murder the Crown Prince's Consort like this?"

But no matter what, this is still a direction for investigation.

However, if the mastermind behind this is really Concubine Ning, it will not be easy to touch her without solid evidence.

The queen frowned and thought over and over again. She had never heard of any grudges between the Shangshu Mansion and the Shangguan Palace. This matter must be handled with caution.

Soon, the chief guard came hurriedly to report: "Your Majesty, the number of dead guards is fifteen, and the number of dead masked men in black is seventeen."

Originally, the Queen was going to check all the palace maids today, and she already had the list in her hands, just waiting for Yun Shang to identify them. But now that this situation has occurred, it seems that it is necessary to verify the identity of the guards as well.

The queen sat up straighter and said, "Go and get the list of these guards. Also, what have you found out about these masked men in black?"

The chief guard showed a hint of hesitation on his face, but still said truthfully: "Your Majesty, these masked men are all palace guards in disguise. There are no real assassins infiltrating the palace!"

"what!"

The queen was shocked and angry, and slammed the table. "Impersonating? This is ridiculous! Check for me, find out which palace they belong to and which area they are responsible for!"

At this time, the Queen could not help but doubt Concubine Ning: Could it be that the deep sisterly love made Concubine Ning take action? However, the Queen quickly calmed down. This matter was of great importance. After all, Concubine Ning had the support of the Shangshu Mansion, and Lord Ning was highly valued by the Emperor. Moreover, Lord Ning had many disciples. If a concubine was found to have a problem, he would probably have to listen to the Emperor's opinion. Without absolute evidence, it would be difficult to touch her! Thinking of this, the Queen felt a headache.

Yunchang was standing by and naturally understood what the queen was thinking.

She knew very well that it would be difficult to shake Concubine Ning by just relying on the bodies of these guards.

Now, it all depends on whether the matter of identifying the palace maid who spread pollen yesterday can be successful.

At this time, it was already daybreak, and some palace maids were already waiting outside Fengyi Palace to be summoned.

At this moment, a maid walked quickly into Fengyi Palace, approached the Queen, and whispered in her ear.

After hearing this, the queen was furious and shouted, "Carry the man out of the palace!"

The nanny hurriedly did as she was told, and soon, a female corpse was carried out of the hall, with a white silk wrapped around her neck.

The Queen turned to look at Yun Shang and said, "Princess, go outside the palace and see if the female corpse lying on the ground is the palace maid who sprinkled pollen on you yesterday!" The Queen's face looked extremely ugly.

Yun Shang was slightly startled, but she felt that this was reasonable. How could such an important witness survive without someone to protect him? She responded, "Yes!"

Yunchang went outside the palace to carefully identify the body, and it was indeed that palace maid.

She shook her head helplessly, sighed softly, then walked back into the palace to report to the Queen.

Although everyone believed that the dead palace maid must be a witness, they were still a little disappointed when they heard Yun Shang confirm it herself.

The queen held her forehead with her hand. In just two days, she felt as if she had aged a lot.

She waved her hands tiredly and told the maid: "Tell all the maids waiting outside the palace to leave."

Just then, a cough was heard outside the palace, and the eunuch announced in a sharp voice: "Prince Shangguan has arrived!"

When Yun Shang heard this, she was overjoyed. She thought to herself, I can finally leave the palace. Staying here for one day was terrifying enough. If I stay for two more days, I'm afraid I'll get depressed!

Shangguan Haoyu walked slowly into the hall and first glanced at Yun Shang. She looked sick, but there was a gleam in her eyes as she looked at him.

He covered his mouth with his hand and coughed softly, "Empress, your nephew is here to pick up the Crown Prince's Consort."

At this time, the Queen had already made up her mind and felt that it would be safer for the Crown Princess to return to Prince Shangguan's Mansion than to stay in the palace awaiting investigation.

So she nodded slightly and said, "Okay, then you can take the Crown Prince's Consort back!"

When Yun Shang heard the Queen's agreement, her heart was already blooming with joy, but on the surface she pretended to be in pain and sick. After respectfully paying her respects to the Queen, she followed Shangguan Haoyu, and the two of them slowly left Fengyi Palace, one in front and the other behind.

Just as they were about to walk out of Fengyi Palace, the eunuch's sharp voice was heard: "Concubine Ning is here!" A beautiful woman came slowly under the guidance of the eunuch, without looking around, and passed by Shangguan Haoyu.

Yun Shang was full of doubts: Wasn't it said in the rumors that they were enemies? How come they had never even looked at each other?

She couldn't help but look up, and saw that Concubine Ning's face was indeed somewhat similar to Ning Xue's, but her temperament was far superior to Ning Xue's and she appeared more outstanding. Concubine Ning looked to be almost the same age as Ning Xue.

Concubine Ning also glanced over, and their eyes met briefly. After looking at each other, they quickly looked away and walked in their own directions.

After leaving Fengyi Palace, they walked along the long palace road, walking one in front of the other at first.

As the number of people around them gradually dwindled, the distance between the two gradually shortened, and eventually they began to walk side by side.

Shangguan Haoyu tilted his head with concern and asked, "Xiao Shang, were you frightened in the palace this time?"

"Yes! But Aunt Yuan is really amazing!"

Yun Chang still felt a lingering fear when she thought of Aunt Yuan's behavior. "It really scared me!" Although she was scared, Yun Chang still admired Aunt Yuan very much. However, she still said with some worry: "But is it really okay for her to act like this now?"

Shangguan Haoyu said firmly: "It's okay, Aunt Yuan knows her limits."

Is there really a sense of propriety? Yun Shang was full of doubt.

Shangguan Haoyu seemed to have sensed her thoughts, and said in a slightly stiff tone: "I'm sorry, Xiaoshang, I didn't know you would enter the palace in advance!" If he had known it earlier, he would have made proper arrangements in advance to keep her safe.

"It's okay, I'm not that delicate little girl, and Aunt Yuan is here with me!"

Yun Shang smiled faintly, trying to ease the atmosphere, "You! You just have too much responsibility. Sometimes, you don't need to bear too much. My situation is my own destiny. Even if I encounter an accident, it is not your responsibility. It is me, I caused it myself!"

As Yun Shang spoke, she recalled that in the original book she only had one year to live, and she couldn't help but feel worried. Although she changed the plot and did not marry that scumbag, she was always afraid that she could not change the fate that was predetermined in the book.

She was even more worried that if something unexpected really happened, the prince would blame it all on her for harming her and would always feel resentful about it. That would be terrible!

Yun Shang wanted to say something else, but she felt that now was not the right time to do so.

She glanced at Shangguan Haoyu secretly, and saw that Shangguan Haoyu's brows were tightly furrowed, as if he was still blaming himself for what happened.

So she thought to herself: Forget it! I'll find a suitable opportunity to talk to him about cause and effect!

Finally, we left the palace. The carriage from Prince Shangguan's mansion had been waiting outside the palace for a long time.

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