An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 1395 To Sow Dissension

It was not the first time that Yun Shang had said this, but it still made Cao Han's heart skip a beat," I... I

dare not to do that. "

"That's good." Yun Shang lowered her eyes and adjusted her sleeves casually, "Other than that, do you

have anything else to report?"

Cao Han shook his head and said, "No. I came to the palace in a hurry today just to find an excuse to

report this to your majesty."

"Okay." Yun Shang stopped and said to him, "In that case, you can go to the Meeting Hall by yourself

now. Although it's just a random excuse, the Cao clan has a wide range of contacts. We are not sure if

they have planted their people in the palace. A play should be complete. Otherwise, it's not a good

thing if you are caught out. "

"Yes, your majesty." Cao Han bowed to Yun Shang and then walked quickly towards the Meeting Hall.

Yun Shang stood in the distance for a while before turning back to the Taiji Palace.

In the evening, when Luo Qingyan returned to the Taiji Palace, Yun Shang told him about it, "Your

Majesty, what do you think Cao Han did this for?" Yun Shang was really confused, "Although the Cao

mansion and Xia Houjing are probably clear that we have already suspected them, there is no need for

them to directly push the whole Cao clan out, right?

They mean to lead us to investigate the matter? To attract our attention? To distract our attention?" Yun

Shang frowned, "If we find out that they have indeed hidden Xia Houjing, won't the Cao mansion be

over? Even if we haven't found out anything, Cao Han will lose his trust from me and become an

abandoned pawn.

"What's their purpose for such a worthless deal?"

Luo Qingyan tapped the table with his finger and then replied, "It's possible that they are distracting our

attention. Xia Houjing also knows us well. He knows that with only a few words from Cao Han, we will

definitely not send the palace guards or the garrison troop to search him openly. We will most likely

send the secret guards to investigate it in secret.

As we have limited number of secret guards. If Cao Han tells us ten or eight hiding places which are far

away, the secret guards will have to be dispersed for the search. In that case, we won't have any secret

guards in hand and it will be much easier for them to do anything then. Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

In the end, we may find nothing. As a result, they will at most lose Cao Han, and he will be regarded as

their abandoned pawn. And we won't have any evidence to punish him."

Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, "If so, what do they want to do?"

"Who knows? Maybe Xia Houjing has some plan." Luo Qingyan didn't take it too seriously, "Let's just

wait and see. Anyway, Xia Houjing has been released. We have tied a line to him, just like a kite. No

matter how far he runs, as long as we pull the line in our hands, we don't have to worry too much.

Not to mention that Cao Han suspected that Xia Houjing had been hidden by the Cao clan. Even if he

had irrefutable evidence to prove that the Cao clan have indeed hidden Xia Houjing, I will not take

action until I am sure that all the members of the Cao clan are completely convicted. Since we've letting

him out. I have never thought of taking him back. "

Luo Qingyan looked at Yun Shang with a smile, "And why should we take him back? It's useless to hold

him in hand. In that case, we will have to be worried about this or that all day long. Now it's a good

situation. "

Yun Shang thought it was funny. She glanced at Luo Qingyan and said, "Your Majesty is quite clear-

minded."

"Of course,"

Luo Qingyan said in a low voice, "Let's just wait and see what Cao Han will report to you in the next two

days."

Yun Shang nodded but said nothing.

Luo Qingyan thought for a while and then asked in a low voice, "By the way, it should be the right time

soon for Xia Houjing's first poison attack, right? How many days will it take? "

Yun Shang calculated the time and then replied, "There are still two days left.

His first poison attack may occur seven days after he got poisoned. From then on, every time his mood

fluctuates greatly or he is irritated, he will have a poison attack. "

Yun Shang smiled, "In life, any man has seven emotions and six sensory pleasures, including joy,

anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, shock, eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind. As long as any

of these seven emotions or six sensory pleasures is triggered, he will be attacked by the poison in his

body. "

Luo Qingyan nodded, "That's good. The poison is interesting. If only we could make use of it earlier. "

"I didn't think of this strategy in the beginning.

It doesn't matter. It's not too late."

With that, an idea suddenly came to Yun Shang's mind, "According to what Cao Han had told me, he

should submit the list of properties that belong to the Cao clan but not under the name of the Cao

mansion tomorrow at the latest. If, as your majesty said, the purpose of the Cao clan as well as Xia

Houjing is to distract our attention, they will certainly act before we do something.

Thus, how about we just set the time of our action on the day after tomorrow when Xia Houjing's poison

attack begins?"

Luo Qingyan turned to look at Yun Shang with a smile, "Your majesty, you've gone to the bad."

Yun Shang put her arms around Luo Qingyan's neck and asked, "Then do you like or don't the one who

has gone to the bad, uncle? "

Just as Yun Shang expected, on the second day, Cao Han passed a piece of paper to her through

Wang Wanzhi, "When Cao Han handed the paper to me, he seemed to want to say something but

hesitated for a long time. At last he said he always felt that his majesty trusted Lord Wang very much,

but he didn't expect that Lord Wang was working for your majesty."

Yun Shang smiled, "Did he say that? How did you reply then? "

"Yes, your majesty," Wang Wanzhi lowered her eyes and replied calmly, "I said that the Empress has

helped me a lot, and it's natural for me to serve the Empress. What's more, his majesty has a deep

relationship with the Empress. And my being loyal to his majesty or to the Empress makes no

difference.

After I finished speaking, Cao Han just sighed in a low voice. He replied that he didn't mean anything

else and he felt that it's fate to serve the same master.

He then added that there was a huge gap between people's hearts. Although your majesties' love was

deep, it was still between two people. Who knew if this love could last for a lifetime.

After saying that, Cao Han laughed and then joked with me. He told me that he just said it casually. He

didn't mean anything else and asked me not to think too much.

He also went on pointing out that although my position was not very high, it was beyond the

imagination of many people in the court. He said that being on the side of the emperor, it was only a

matter of seconds for me to become successful or to fall into hell. Although there were risks, it was also

a good opportunity. He told me as long as I seized the opportunity, it would't be difficult for me to have a

very high position in the court even if I might not be a supreme official. "

Yun Shang smiled and commented, "This Cao Han is really interesting. He probably never thought that

you would tell me what he said in detail.

He seemed to be just chatting casually, but... He was trying to sow dissension between us. "