Chapter 927 A Visit

"Died? How?" Hearing this, Yun Shang stopped, turned around and looked at Qian Zhuo in astonishment. However, no matter how the four midwives died. It was queer that they all died on the same day, the second day of Lady Liu's childbirth.

Qian Yin answered in a hurry, "Three of them left the Jin City at the very night along with their families. The three midwives, as well as all their family members, were killed by bandits on the way, but in different places which were all far away from the Jin City. Another midwife and her family members were hacked to death by debt collectors because his husband couldn't pay his gambling debt."

Yun Shang fell into silence. They died in different places, some killed by the robbers and some killed by debt collectors. No one would suspect that these cases had anything to do with each other. If she hadn't ordered her secret guards to investigate it carefully, she wouldn't have found it out.

But why? Was there any secret behind this?

Yun Shang was full of doubts. She suddenly remembered that it might raise suspicion if she stood there too long, so she continued to walk towards Taihe Palace and ordered softly, "Keep investigating. Be careful and don't miss any clues, but don't be noticed."

Qian Zhuo quickly answered yes, bowed her head and took two steps back, following Yun Shang.

When they arrived at Taihe Palace, they saw Hua Ling standing outside the main hall and looking up at the sky. Seeing Yun Shang coming, Hua Ling smiled, "It's wet everywhere. Why are you here?"

Yun Shang smiled and said, "His Majesty isn't going to have dinner in Weiyang Palace today. I'm bored alone, so I came here. Would Your Former Majesty mind me having dinner here with you?"

Hearing Yun Shang's words, Hua Ling couldn't help laughing. "Not at all. But I usually eat vegetarian dishes. I'll ask them to prepare a few meat dishes."

Yun Shang smiled and didn't refuse. She just looked around and found that there were many servants in the hall, but Xia Huanyu was nowhere to be seen. Yun Shang asked with a smile, "Where is father?"

"He's reading in the study. I had to play chess with him and can't go anywhere in the afternoon these days. I really can't stand it, so I drove him to the study. Why didn't Chengye come with you?" Hua Ling turned around and entered the main hall, followed by Yun Shang.

"Chengye is asleep. The baby is cute and quiet. But he will always cry for a long while when being woken up." Yun Shang replied with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Xia Huanyu coming in from the outside. "I just said I heard Shang'er's voice. But Yuan Bao said it couldn't be her. How could I hear it wrong?"

Yuan Bao was a eunuch who was now serving Xia Huanyu. Hearing this, he explained in a hurry, "I didn't say it couldn't Her Majesty. I just said that Her Majesty couldn't have come at this time as the road was slippery outside."

Yun Shang found that Xia Huanyu was much more easy-going than before. Even the eunuchs could talk and laugh with him like this. Then Yun Shang smiled and said, "It was indeed slipper

and had dinner with father and mother." Yun Shang said with a smile, "It has rained these days. Father was bored and played chess with mother for a few days. Mother couldn't stand it and drove him to the study. I went here at a wrong time and was asked by father to play a few rounds with him. I lost."

Luo Qingyan curled his lips and said, "if you hadn't thrown the game, you would've at least ended in a draw.

Yun Shang couldn't help laughing, "How could..."

After returning to the palace, Qian Zhuo put the jewelry box that Her Former Majesty gave to Yun Shang on the dressing table. Seeing this, Luo Qingyan walked over and opened it. "What's this?"

Hearing Luo Qingyan's words, Yun Shang turned around and said, "It was given by mother when I went to Taihe Palace. She said that father had given her too much jewelry before, but some of them didn't suit her. So she asked me to take them back."

Luo Qingyan took out an oblong container made of sandalwood with carved patterns. Yun Shang had also noticed it earlier as there was only one container among the jewelry. Yun Shang saw Luo Qingyan open it, and there was a phoenix-shaped hairpin in it. The hairpin was bright and lifelike.

Luo Qingyan picked up the hairpin, turned around, and made a few gestures to Yun Shang from a distance. Then he walked to Yun Shang with the hairpin and said with a smile, "This hairpin is good. You will look gorgeous with it."

Then he took the white jade hairpin off Yun Shang's hair and inserted the phoenix-shaped hairpin into her bun. He stepped back and stared at Yun Shang for a long time before he smiled and said, "The beauty's face can launch a thousand ships."

Yun Shang glared at him, but didn't take off the hairpin. She snorted and said, "Your Majesty, if you have nothing else to do, just have a look at the two kind of fabric on the desk and see which pattern is better. We meant to ask the Shangyi Bureau to make winter clothes for Bao'er. But Bao'er's clothes are enough. I want to choose one to make him some clothes for the Spring Festival."