An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 1406 Pigeons

Yun Shang couldn't help but clap her hands and exclaimed, "Wonderful!"

"If Xia Houjing is behind all this, he won't necessarily tell them what to do in detail as he was far away

in Jin city. He will probably just let them do things at will."

"Those two officials are indeed stupid. However, this dumb woman is quite interesting."

Luo Qingyan raised his eyebrows and glanced at Yun Shang, then he slowly said, "A dumb girl may not

be a real dumb girl. Sometimes, people with obvious flaws might make us less vigilant."

"I see what you mean. That move of his is even more powerful." Yun Shang curled up her lips and said,

"if she is not a dumb woman and she has pretended to be deaf for more than twenty years. With such

patience and endurance, she sure is one who can achieve great things."

Seeing Luo Qingyan keep staring at her, Yun Shang smiled and explained, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I

know she has a different position from us now. I won't alert the enemy at this critical moment."

"But we can keep an eye on her. When everything is sorted out eventually, we can consider taking her

under our control."

Yun Shang had always been a thoughtful woman, so Luo Qingyan didn't need to worry about her too

much. He just nodded and didn't say anything more.

While the two of them were talking, they heard hurried footsteps from outside, accompanied by a

panicked cry of a servant, "Crown Prince, slow down please."

Yun Shang instantly turned to look at the door and saw Chengye running in hurriedly with something in

his hand.

It was not until he got closer that Yun Shang saw clearly what was in his hand. It was a small pigeon.

"Where did you get this pigeon?" Yun Shang frowned and asked suspiciously, "Chengye, why do you

carry it around?"

Chengye hurriedly lifted the pigeon in front of Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan, and showed it to the two,

"Mother, the pigeon was shot down by me just now. There is a bamboo container tied to its foot. I

asked my servants, and they said it should be a messenger pigeon. But I really can't read the note in

the bamboo container, so I have brought it to you."

Yun Shang squinted her eyes. She unbelievably murmured, "A messenger pigeon?"

Luo Qingyan had already taken the pigeon from Change's hand to have a close look. Not surprisingly,

he found a bamboo tube attached to the dove's foot. Luo Qingyan took out the letter inside and

unfolded it while asking, "Have you read the letter inside?"

Chengye nodded, "It was my servant who took it out and showed it to me."

Luo Qingyan went straight to the point, "All the personal servants of Crown Prince should receive the

punishment and be flogged for ten times."

Chengye was confused at his sudden words.

Luo Qingyan looked at Chengye and opened his mouth solumnely, "You need to remember that you

are Crown Prince. There are countless people in the world who want to hurt you. Your servants should

rule out all possible hidden dangers for you. The pigeon was shot from the sky by you with arrows. It

was of unknown origin, but your servants still let you touch it. They even let you bring it all the way to

me and your mother."

He paused and sighed, "What if the messenger pigeon is poisoned? Or there is something bad

attached to it?"

Hearing this, Chengye widened his eyes and exclaimed, "I could have been poisoned by touching it.

Not only me, but also you and mother!"

Luo Qingyan nodded, "You are still young. It's normal that you can't be considerate when something

happens. But the most important thing for your servants is to protect your safety. They should have

thought of these hidden dangers and prevent you from touching the pigeon in the first place. Therefore,

I must punish them and let them learn a lesson. They can't be so careless in the future."

Chengye opened his mouth but nothing came out of it. Right now, he felt extremely guilty. He shot the

pigeon down and insisted on holding it and playing with it.

His servants tried to persuade him, but failed.

Looking at his father's angry face, he chose to remain silence.

Chengye bit his lips and looked extremely uncomfortable. The pigeon was a potential threat to his life,

he should have known better. He thought of his servants and hesitated to plead for them. Just now, no

one stopped him when he brought the pigeon to his parents. Cold sweat formed on his back, Chengye

felt scared.

If anything happened to his parents, how could he live with himself anymore?

Chengye closed his eyes and didn't dare to think about it. He just stood straight and nodded, "Yes,

father, I know."

The servants left to receive the punishment. After taking a regretful look at them, Chengye walked up to

Luo Qingyan and asked, "Father, what's on the note?"

Luo Qingyan stared at the note, he was just as confused as his son. It seemed to be a certain

calligraphy, but he couldn't read it clearly.

Yun Shang leaned over and asked, "Are these words or patterns? Looks like odd patterns to me."

"I think these are words."

"It doesn't seem to be the words from the State of Xia." Tilting her head, Yun Shang recalled it carefully, Content provided by NôvelDrama.Org.

"It's more like the words of the State of Yelang. However, I am not sure about it either."

Luo Qingyan nodded, "It is from the State of Yelang."

Yun Shang was surprised, she quickly argued, "I have seen the letters of the State of Yelang many

times before and I can recognize most of them. But for this note, I don't know any of them. I just have a

hunch that they look like the letters of the State of Yelang."

"You are right," Luo Qingyan smiled at her. He folded the paper and explained to her patiently, "It's not

the same language of the State of Yelang now. The note contains the ancient language of the State of

Yelang. It was used hundreds of years ago. The characters of the State of Yelang have evolved several

times, and they are now completely different from the ones of ancient time. It's normal that you don't

recognize them. "

Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, "Since it is written in a language used hundreds of years ago in the

State of Yelang, it must be completely useless now. How can Your Majesty still recognize it? What is it

about anyway?"

Luo Qingyan gave her a profound look, "Well, when I fought with the State of Yelang long time ago, I

have read vastly about the State of Yelang. Back then, I came across some books written hundreds of

years ago. I can only recognize these are the ancient characters of the State of Yelang, but I don't

know what they mean."

Yun Shang grinned, "Well, it doesn't matter. Even though you don't recognise the message, I am still

impressed that you can tell the origin is of the State of Yelang. It's not easy for Your Majesty to read the

message, however, we can find out the truth rather easily since we have a clue where it comes from."

Yun Shang then turned to look at the confused Chengye and asked softly, "How did you shoot down

the pigeon? And where were you?"

"I shot it down in my yard." Seeing that he could finally answer some questions, Chengye was happy

and he quickly replied, "This afternoon I was practicing my horsemanship. The target I have practiced

on for a long time is really boring, so I want to shoot something alive. First, I asked a servant to carry

the target and run. But soon, I got bored with it. Then I saw a pigeon suddenly fly over. It didn't fly too

high, so I tried my luck with it. To be honest, I didn't expect that I actually shot it down."

There was a hint of disbelief in his tone.

Yun Shang smiled and praised him heartedly, "Indeed, you are very capable."

Then she turned to look at Luo Qingyan and said, "It's not flying too high. Either it just took off, or it was

about to land."

Luo Qingyan nodded. When he was about to speak, he saw the servant who got flogged come back in

with a painful look on his face.

He instantly sat up straight and asked directly, "Which direction did the pigeon come from and where

did it fly to? Do you still remember?"