An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 1344 Questioning

Hearing Luo Qingyan's question, Yun Shang couldn't help laughing, "I don't know."

"Then why did she nod her head? Wasn't she afraid of being found out by Ling Ziyue? " Luo Qingyan

found it incredible.

Yun Shang lowered her eyes. In order to cover her smile, she coughed and said, "They made such a

plan last night. The ladies have already known the truth from me, but Prince Qingyue doesn't.

If I were Prince Ming Yue, I would have warned her highness to be careful in front of me before coming

to the palace and not to let their plans fail. So it seemed that Prince Ming Yue were probably asking

Princess Ming Yue about today's situation. "

"Gee." Luo Qingyan clicked his tongue and said, "You seem have a thorough understanding of Prince

Ming Yue's thoughts."

'Is this...

mature vinegar jar overturned again?'

thought Yun Shang feeling amused, but she pretended to be serious, "Except for your Majesty's, I will

never try to figure out other men's thoughts. I'm just guessing by common sense."

Luo Qingyan's face softened a little, but still he snorted and turned his head away.

After a few songs and dances, while the hall was quiet, someone suddenly spoke, "Your Majesty, I

heard a somewhat ridiculous rumor outside the Palace last night. Have you heard it, your majesty?"

Ling Ziyue slightly raised his eyes and looked at the minister who was speaking.

"Oh?" Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows inquiring, "What rumor then? Now that Lord Qian said that it is

a very ridiculous rumor, how could anyone dare to mention it me? "

Lord Qian lowered his eyes and reported, "I heard that his majesty and the eighth princess from the

State of Youyue went out to enjoy lanterns and that you were seen to be intimate last night. Later, your

Majesty was assassinated in the street, which caused your identity to be exposed along with the news

of going to the lantern show with the princess. The news has spread everywhere, causing countless

speculations. "

"What guess?"

"It is said that your majesty intended to take the eighth princess from the State of Youyue as your

concubine, and that the envoys from State of Youyue came here for their princess' marriage alliance.

It's also said that the Emperor and the Empress are not as affectionate as they look. "

Hearing this, Luo Qingyan only smiled, but said nothing.

Another Lord nearby, however, stood up and cupped his hands towards the seat of honor. He then

turned to Lord Qian, "The rumors Lord Qian heard are a bit out of date, aren't they?

I've heard of another story, and I've seen it with my own eyes."

"Oh?" Luo Qingyan turned and exchanged a smile with Yun Shang while asking, "What's the matter? It

was just a festive lantern show last night. Was it possible that I could make out ten or eight different

stories? "

"Last night, I saw with my own eyes that the Emperor and the Empress enjoy the lanterns at the

festival, and saw the Emperor and the Empress go to a restaurant for dinner. At last, I saw Master Liu

come to pick up the Emperor and the Empress back to the palace with the imperial carriage.

Not only did I see it with my own eyes, but also many people who were enjoying the festive lantern

show witnessed it with their own eyes."

"Yes."

"I saw it too."

"Yes. I heard that his majesty won the lantern king for the Empress in person at the festive lantern

show."

"I heard the rumor Lord Qian mentioned, but it had been refuted later? It wasn't his majesty who had

accompanied the princess from the State of Youyue to enjoy the lanterns, but that man's appearance

was somewhat similar to his majesty's. As a result, he was mistaken by someone who shouted out that

his majesty had been assassinated. "

"Later, the vendor by the side also personally confirmed that the Emperor and the Empress were right

near his place at that time. When the fake emperor was being assassinated, the Emperor was playing

a lantern riddle and winning the lantern king for the Empress."

Lord Qian didn't seem to hear the rumors that others had said. He looked a little confused and asked, Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

"Is that so?"

Luo Qingyan noticed that Ling Ziyue frowned with confusion in his eyes.

The fake Princess Ming Yue and the eighth princess from the State of Youyue looked even more

flustered. They didn't expect things to go on this way.

Yun Shang, however, smiled, "The other masters are right. The rumors Lord Qian heard are a little out

of date. The eighth princess from the State of Youyue and the other were indeed assassinated, but

they were mistaken as the Emperor and me, when we happened to be about one hundred meters away

from the place where the accident occurred.

At that moment, his Majesty was indeed guessing the riddle and winning the lantern king for me.

Because of that incident, his Majesty's progress was interrupted. Later, after the crowd dispersed, I

accompanied his majesty to take the lantern King away. Now the lantern king is still in my Weiyang

Palace. "

Hearing Yun Shang's words, Ling Ziyue's face darkened. He didn't expect that things would develop

like this.

Yun Shang still had a smile on her face. She looked up at the eighth princess from the State of Youyue

and asked, "But who was the one who went to the lantern show with your highness and was mistaken

as the Emperor?

Your Highness, did you do it on purpose? In order to make people misunderstand about the case and

spread the relative rumors, so that the Emperor would have to be forced by the pressure of the rumors

to accept your highness into the palace?

If it weren't for the fact that his majesty and I were there at that time, if Master Liu hadn't come to pick

us up with the imperial carriage, and if many people hadn't seen us on the street, today, the situation

would have been different."

The eighth princess from the State of Youyue was shocked and flustered. She quickly stood up and

bowed, "Your majesties must have misunderstood..."

"Misunderstood? I don't think there is any misunderstanding here? Otherwise, why was it so coincident

that you would go to the lantern show with a person who looked like his majesty? Was it so coincident

that you were assassinated? What a coincidence! And you were mistaken? And then there were

rumors that his Majesty would take you as his concubine? "

Although Yun Shang wore a smile on her face, it was full of coldness there, "It would be fine if it was

just a coincidence. But it seems that someone has deliberately set up this trap."

"No, it's not like that," the eighth princess from the State of Youyue explained in succession.

"Really so?" Yun Shang immediately replied, "If that's not the case, then tell me what the truth is? And

who went to the lantern festival with you? "

Ling Ziyue frowned more tightly and gritted his teeth. Although his identity had been exposed to Luo

Qingyan and Yun Shang, in the eyes of others, he was still a small official from the State of Yihai and

had no right to defend the princess from the State of Youyue.

He suddenly understood Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan's plan and why they had let him go so easily

before...