An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 242 Plotting

When arriving at the Imperial City, it was already the beginning of September. As the weather became

colder, the chirping of cicadas became less. Yun Shang began to draw on the paper carefully with her

pen. After a while, she stopped writing. The paper on the paper was a map of the State of Xia.

When Qian Yin came in with a cup of tea, she frowned at the map drawn by Yun Shang. "Your

Highness, why do you draw this map of the State of Xia?"

Yun Shang didn't say a word. She put down the map, picked up her teacup, and went to a bench

nearby to sit down. With a touch of sadness in her eyes, she said, "I calculated the days, and Ning

Qian should have arrived in the State of Ning, right?"

Qian Yin thought for a while with her head tilted to one side, "She should have arrived at the borderland

if it was normal. But it's not safe there. I'm afraid it will take some more time. I'm afraid it'll take a few

more days."

Yun Shang nodded.

It had been a few days since they returned to the Imperial City. The tense atmosphere in the Imperial

City a month ago seemed to have disappeared. It seemed that everyone had forgotten what had

happened at that time, except for the few clans that had disappeared inexplicably. Yun Shang smiled.

In fact, most of the time, the most ruthless people were these people. Even if someone else had

become the Emperor, they would only be surprised by a few words, and would not have thought of how

to live in a short time.

Yun Shang sighed before she looked up at Qian Yin, "In the recent days, ask the servants to buy more

food in case of need."

Qian Yin nodded. The servant said outside, "Princess, Lady Shun Qing has come to visit."

It was Lady Shun Qing. Yun Shang stopped and thought, 'what is she doing here? Ning Ye has been a

spy in her mansion for years. Do Prince Shun Qing and Lady Shun Qing know about it?'

Yun Shang put the teacup on the table and stood up, "Let's go to the front hall."

Compared with the last time they met, Lady Shun Qing seemed to be older and had much more grey

hair. Yun Shang sighed. Indeed many things had happened in Prince Shun Qing's mansion these days.

A daughter-in-law had colluded with the Empress and almost killed her. Another daughter-in-law was

nowhere to be found. She didn't know why her son turned out to be another person. All of this was like

a heavy punch in her heart.

Yun Shang walked into the front hall hesitantly, "Lady Shun Qing..." Yun Shang curtsied to Lady Shun

Qing before taking a seat on the main seat. She asked a maid to serve tea and snacks to Lady Shun

Qing, and asked with a smile, "Lady Shun Qing, what can I do for you?"

Lady Shun Qing looked at Yun Shang for a while before she said, "I don't want to bother you, but since

Prince Jing is not in the Imperial City, I can't do anything about it. I'm here for my son..." She paused

and sighed, "Well, he might not be my son."

Yun Shang knew she was talking about Ning Ye.

Lady Shun Qing smiled bitterly, "Well, I have four sons in my life. Ning Ye, the youngest of them, is a

stubborn man, so we have worried a lot about him. In the past few years, although he still acted playful,

he became more sensible. Before Prince Shun Qing and I could comfort him in time, we finally knew

that he was not our son..." Lady Shun Qing said in a shaky voice, "Ning Ye, I didn't know he was not

our son."

Yun Shang listened in silence and sighed in her mind, 'What a poor parent.'

After a short pause, Lady Shun Qing began to speak with a trembling voice, "I am here to ask you to

send a message to Prince Jing. If he meets… in the battlefield... If he meets him... If we can capture

him alive, please do your best to do so. Our prince and I just want to ask him where my Ning Ye's

bones are. "

Yun Shang's hands slightly trembled. After a long while, she said, "Okay."

After Lady Shun Qing left, a servant came to tell her that Lady Jin summoned her.

Yun Shang got changed and went into the palace in light pink. Lady Jin was watching a madam nursing

Chenxi with a smile.

"Mother." Yun Shang curtsied to her, and Lady Jin drew her to sit beside her.

"I haven't seen you in the palace these days. What are you doing here?" Lady Jin asked with a smile

after the nurse had fed the baby.

Yun Shang shook her head, "No. I'm just reading a book."

Lady Jin glanced at her and said, "I got a news from Prince Jing that he was about to arrive at the

house and met an ambush not far away from the house. But Prince Jing had taken precautions, so the

ambush wasn't severe."

Yun Shang had her people with Prince Jing, so she knew about it already. She didn't pay much

attention and nodded slightly.

Seeing Yun Shang's face, Lady Jin handed the baby boy to a babysitter, and asked her to take Chenxi

out. She held Yun Shang's hand, and said, "I asked my father in private. He said you had learned a lot

from him in the past few years. Father is quite confident with your talent. To be frank, I can't rival three

of you. "

Yun Shang gave a wee smile, "mother, I'm flattered."

Lady Jin could not help laughing, too. After a while, she said, "Your father said that you were interested

in the KY City."

Yun Shang's face changed. She was silent for a while before she nodded. She tapped on the table

three times with her fingers, and a bird's chirp came from outside. Yun Shang said, "Mother, Prince

Jing... Is from the State of Xia. "

Lady Jin was shocked. She took back her hand suddenly and accidentally touched the teacup on the

table. The teacup fell to the ground with a crisp sound, and the tea spilled on the ground.

"Your Majesty?" A maid asked with a bit of doubt from outside.

"It doesn't matter. I knocked over the teacup. Come in and clean it up." Lady Jin calmed herself down

and said in a loud voice.

A maid quickly lifted the pearl curtain and came in. She collected the broken teacup on the ground and

left in a hurry. The clatter of pearl curtains colliding sounded. Lady Jin's expression changed for several

times before she sighed. "You knew it from the very beginning?"

Yun Shang shook her head, "It's not early. I just knew it a few days ago. He... He is not only a citizen of

the State of Xia, but also the eldest son of the Emperor of the State of Xia... "

There was a bit of surprise in Lady Jin's eyes. After a while, she came to herself and murmured, "It's

so..." After a pause, she seemed to recall something, with some surprise and uncertainty in her eyes.

"Then Prince Jing and the State of Xia..."

Yun Shang sighed, "His highness is grateful to the late Emperor for his help and patronage. He may

not betray my father now, but the State of Xia is his..."

But she couldn't continue. After a while, she said, "I don't want him to be in a dilemma, and I also don't

want to see the State of Xia be unscrupulously trying to get close to the State of Ning. In these days, I

have read a lot of information. Now, even with my eyes closed, I can accurately draw the map of the

State of Xia, the State of Yelang and the State of Ning. Also, I can know the information about the

border guards, including their families, Their character, their preferences. Although I have never

directed a battle once, I think I will be quite good at it. Has my grandfather ever told you? I've already

planted the secret guards in every town in every country a few years ago... "

Lady Jin was silent for a moment and finally nodded, but she was a little worried. "But, after all, you are

a woman..." In the end, it was like a sigh.

Yun Shang smiled, "Father also feels sorry that I'm not a man. Now the situation was in turmoil and

with Grand Councilor Li's rebellion, there would have been more than half of the position left in Jinluan

Hall in the end. It would take some time to recover. It's a critical moment right now. We don't know who

the generals and soldiers at the border will support, so I want to go there and see what happens."

"Shang'er..."

Yun Shang interrupted Lady Jin, "Right now, there's no one in the palace that can threaten you. And I'm

truly relieved even if I'm away. I believe Chenxi will be the leader of our country sooner or later. I don't

want to see it happen. He would have to face a turbulent empire."

Yun Shang sighed. She made the decision for both Prince Jing and for her little brother. In her previous

life, she owed Lady Jin a lot. In this life, she wants to compensate her with all the best things in the

world.

While they were talking, a loud voice came from outside, "Bad news! Bad news!"

Yun Shang couldn't help frowning and looked at the maid who rushed in. She knew this maid and had

been by her side since her mother came out of the cold palace. The maid's name was Yingyu, which

she believed.

"Is there a wolf chasing you?" Lady Jin looked at her with a smile. "What's wrong?"

She stamped her foot and said angrily, "I just heard from an attendant at the door of Jinluan Hall that

when we went to court this morning, many officials proposed to select outstanding officials. They said

that the Emperor had few sons and needed more resources to grow branches and leaves for the royal

family. Your majesty... His majesty agreed... "

Yun Shang noticed the surprised look on Lady Jin's face, but she quickly regained her usual

composure. "Yes, I know."

Seeing that Lady Jin didn't seem to care about it, Yingyu became more anxious. Just when she was

about to speak, Lady Jin waved her hand to stop her and said, "You can leave now."

Yingyu stamped her foot and followed her order obediently.

The room was quiet for a while. Then Lady Jin whispered, "Now the court is in turmoil. It's normal for

him to agree their suggestions to stabilize."

Yun Shang felt a dull pain in her heart. "Mother..."

Lady Jin suddenly turned to Yun Shang. "If you want to go to the KY City later, I'll mention it to his

majesty."

Yun Shang was surprised, but Lady Jin looked determined. "When I was in the the Cold Palace, my

father resigned and I lost everything in the court. In that case, I have to do something, lest I lose Chenxi

afterwards."

Yun Shang paused for a while before she recognized the implication of Lady Jin's words. She nodded, This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

"I see."