An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 1258 More Than That

"Dead?" Yun Shang was stunned. "I just left for a short time. And he is gone? How? "

"After you left, he turned around and sat still in the corner. We looked through the dark window several

times, but we didn't find anything unusual. It was not until about two hours later when we brought him

food that we found he was gone.

He committed suicide. He used a hairpin and stabbed it into his own Baihui acupoint. And he died

quietly."

Yun Shang frowned more tightly, "He committed suicide with a hairpin? Where did the hairpin come

from? When he was locked up in the private prison, all the things on his body had been taken away,

hadn't they? Wasn't even his clothes replaced by secret guards? "

"Yes, your majesty." The secret guard lowered his head and took out a hairpin from his sleeve, "This

hairpin should belong to your majesty, but I don't know when it was taken away by that Mister Mingyi."

Yun Shang's eyes fell on the secret guard, who was holding a white phoenix hairpin with a drooping

heart. It was indeed what she wore today.

Yun Shang raised her hand and touched her bun. The hairpin was indeed gone.

"When did he take it? I didn't have physical contact with him at that time. "

Besides, she had met this Mister Mingyi several times, and she didn't notice how profound his martial

arts was.

Unless... He was much better at martial arts than her, so that she didn't notice it at all.

But it shouldn't be the case. Besides her, Luo Qingyan had also been close to this Mister Mingyi.

And if he was really that good at martial arts, how could he be caught and brought back so easily?

Yun Shang took the hairpin and frowned.

"When Mister Mingyi was brought back, what did he bring with him? Such as the jade pendant sachet

or other things that were more likely to make people think of him at the first sight? "

The secret guard recalled for a moment and said, "When Mister Mingyi was brought back, he did have

a jade pendant and a sachet with him. In addition, he also had a jade ring in his hand. Judging from its

color, it seemed to be very precious."

Yun Shang nodded slightly, "Send one of these things to the Cao clan's mansion and put it on the table

in Cao Yi's study. Then ambush nearby and observe his reaction carefully."

Since she had promised Mister Mingyi that she would find a way to save Cao Yi's life, she would keep

her words.

But before she saved him, she could also use this to frighten him.

"Yes, your majesty."

In the evening, when Luo Qingyan came to the Weiyang Palace, Yun Shang told him about this. Luo © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Qingyan didn't show much surprise on his face, "Did I forget to tell you that Mister Mingyi used to be a

thief before he was sent to the brothel? And he was very skilled at picking things out. He was also

caught and sent to the prison in Yamen for a period of time, leaving the criminal record. Thus he was

found by the secret guards. "

Yun Shang widened her eyes in astonishment, "Why didn't you tell me such an important detail? If you

had mentioned something related to me, I would have been on my guard. I wouldn't have been set up

by him so easily... "

"I think this matter has nothing to do with the Cao clan. It was about five or six years ago, and it seems

unnecessary to mention it," replied Luo Qingyan.

Yun Shang sighed, "All right then. Mister Mingyi had a deep affection for Cao Yi. He even wanted to

exchange himself with Cao YI. The secret he told about the Cao mansion has nothing to do with Cao

Yi. I have promised him that I will find a way to keep Cao Yi alive. Actually, as long as Cao Yi is alive,

he would have no other weakness in my hand, and I'm afraid he wouldn't reveal anything, anyway.

Just let it be."

Luo Qingyan nodded, and then he turned to Yun Shang, "Are you really willing to spare Cao Yi's life?

After all, he is behind all this. "

"Of course I will keep my promise, but it doesn't matter. What Mister Mingyi wanted was only to keep

Cao Yi alive. But there is another kind of life in the world, which is worse than death.

"Besides, Cao Han doesn't want to kill Cao Yi, so in fact, we just do nothing."

Hearing Yun Shang's words, Luo Qingyan couldn't help laughing, "If Mister Mingyi knew it, I'm afraid he

would regret.

By the way, what is the secret that Mister Mingyi used to exchange with you for Cao Yi's life?"

Yun Shang smiled and said, "Actually, it's not a big deal. Mister Mingyi just said that after years of

business, Cao Zhou has accumulated countless wealth, but most of these wealth has disappeared. If

we can find that large amount of disappeared wealth, we will know the most important secrets about

the Cao clan. "

"Cao Zhou's money should have been given to Cao Wenxi, or Xia Houjing enabling Xia Houjing to

recruit troops and buy horses to overthrow the State of Xia, right?"

Yun Shang shook her head, "I asked him the same question at that time, but I didn't mention Wenxi.

We just talked about the incident in Changting Garden. At that time, the old master of the Cao clan was

on Xia Houjing's side, and that was why he was executed by me. Since the Cao clan was loyal to Xia

Houjing, they must have supplied him the money so that he could seize the throne. However, Mister

Mingyi denied it. He said that the Cao clan's ambition was probably more than that. And all the money

from the clan was not given to Xia Houjing. "

Luo Qingyan frowned, "What did he mean... The Cao clan was more ambitious than that? Is it possible

that the Cao clan wants to overthrow the State of Xia by themselves and support the Cao clan to

establish an Cao dynasty? "

Yun Shang burst into laughter and said, "Let's not talk about anything else. Don't you think that the Cao

Dynasty is too unpleasant to hear?"

"Oh... It's unpleasant to hear, so they can't succeed just because the name is so unpleasant to hear. "

Yun Shang's smile widened, "Yes, your majesty. You can do whatever you want. If you say they can't

make it, they can't make it."

"Of course," Luo Qingyan pursed his lips and said, "After all, the Cao family is indeed very rich, but my

Empress is not necessarily worse than they. Besides, the Cao clan doesn't have an empress as smart

as my Empress. With this, they can never defeat me. "

Yun Shang glanced at Luo Qingyan and said, "Your Majesty, your words of love are getting more and

more sweet now. Have you hired someone to teach you? I remember that your majesty was not like

this before... "

Luo Qingyan nodded seriously, "Yes. Why not? I've read a lot of scripts about it. And I have almost

memorized all the sweet words on the script. "

Yun Shang burst into laughter again...