C10 Undisguised threats 2

These kinds of things were usually found in the hands of the young ladies who were about to leave the pavilion. They couldn't just go ask them one by one, right?

The three of them spent another sleepless night. The next day, as soon as the sun rose, the three of them went straight to Qin mama's house.

When Qin mama saw the three of them at the door, she was startled. She didn't expect the young masters to be so anxious, but on account of the money, she didn't chase them away. Not only did she let them in, but also served them tea.

Around the time when the three impatient people finally heard the knock on the door, Senior Servant Qin stood up, beaming with joy.

"Please wait a moment, the young masters. It should be Miss Qing`er."

Hearing Qin mama's words, the three of them immediately stood up. In order to prevent Miss Qing`er from recognizing them and running away, the three of them arranged themselves in a favorable position and prepared to capture the culprit with one hand.

"Senior Qin, this is the goods you wanted." As soon as Qing'er entered the room, she opened the bundle and placed it on the table.

Seeing that he couldn't afford to miss the opportunity, Shangguan Ye went forward to detain him.

"Let's see where you can run now."

"Young masters, what are you doing?" When Qin mama saw that the young masters had captured her, her expression changed drastically.

"You go out first, we have something to ask these girls." Yin Che smiled as he led Senior Servant Qin out of the hall. Of course, there was no lack of silver notes.

Qin mama lowered her head and looked at the hundred taels of silver in her hands. Without asking any more questions, she entered the inner room with a smile.

"Who are you people?" Amongst the three of them, he only recognized Bu Qingyun. In the past, when they were still at Shang Shu Manor, they had seen Bu Qingyun before. This time around, she lowered her head in fear of being recognized by him.

"What an exquisite embroidery handkerchief. What is this? It smells so good." Yin Che and Shangguan Ye opened all the things in the bag like robbers.

They had seen many of the chun gongtu, and it was no longer fresh, but the bottles and scented sachet inside the bundle attracted them.

"Are you from the palace?" Bu Qingyun raised Qing'er's lower jaw in puzzlement.

He looked familiar, but he couldn't recall where he had seen it before.

"No." Qing`er decisively replied.

"You want to lie? We've all seen you in the palace." Shangguan Ye stuffed a scented bag into his sleeve.

"Impossible, I simply don't …" Qing`er's words served as evidence of her guilt.

At this time, Yin Che also turned his head and seriously sized up Qing`er.

When Qing`er saw Yin Che, her expression changed again. Although she had not come into direct contact with him, when she accompanied the Empress to the great hall that day, she seemed to have seen him. She remembered that he was probably the Prince.

"Young lady is so daring to peep at the emperor's room, and you even dare to openly take out the emperor and imperial concubine to buy it." Shangguan Ye looked at the girl in ridicule.

It seemed like this girl was even more timid than a mouse, but she actually committed such a heinous crime.

"I remember now, she's … she's the empress's personal servant." Yin Zhicheng slapped his head and said in shock.

"No, I'm not." This time around, Qing`er broke out in a cold sweat.

"It seems that there's no mistake. If we were to say that the empress is short of money, then the empress is the only one who is lacking." Bu Qingyun smiled.

"No, it's none of the empress's business. It was all done by me, by me, by me. If you want to kill me, kill me. It has nothing to do with the empress." Qing`er knelt on the ground, begging.

"Since you know who it is, it's easier to do it. This isn't a place to talk, so you should first bring her back to the manor before slowly asking questions." Shangguan Ye said cautiously when he heard the footsteps.

"Alright, let's take these with us." Bu Qingyun nodded.

"Milords, this servant must return to the palace before noon. Otherwise, esteemed empress will be worried." After being brought to the Royal Mansion, Qing`er didn't care whether she was alive or dead, she was only worried for the Empress.

"As long as you are willing to cooperate, this king will personally put you in the palace." Yin Che gave Qing'er a charming smile.

In the Cheng Wang Manor, Qing`er knelt like a prisoner in front of the three men.

"Say it, was this painting painted by the empress?" Shangguan Ye asked coldly.

"No, it was drawn by this servant." Qing`er flatly denied.

"Very well, as long as you can draw the three of us, we will believe you." Bu Qingyun gracefully smiled at Qing`er.

Yin Che immediately ordered someone to send over some paper and paper. Qing'er's hand was trembling as she held the brush. Although she could write a few words, Dan Qing and the Miss were incomparable.

"In my opinion, we should just hand her over to the emperor and have her confront the empress. I'm afraid she won't accept." Shangguan Ye said savagely.

"Prince, Master Shangguan, Lord Bu, please let my mistress go, she has suffered enough." Upon hearing that they would be handed over to the Emperor, Qing`er burst into tears as she cried.

"Then tell me the truth, who painted this." Shangguan Ye growled with a cold face.

"Ye, be gentle, don't scare the little girl. Speaking of which, your lordship's sister-in-law is truly pitiful. If she didn't buy these spring paintings, I'm afraid she would have starved to death in the palace." Yin Che sighed as he recalled the scene in the Great Hall that day.

"Indeed, the emperor seems to have a special prejudice against the empress." Bu Qingyun nodded in sympathy.

"The empress always did it for the servants of the Phoenix Nest Palace. Ever since the emperor cut off the supply, the livelihood of the sixteen people of the Phoenix Nest Palace all depends on the empress's hands. Moreover, the empress even gives us a monthly allowance like the empress did in the palace. My empress's life is very bitter." Qing`er thought of the pain the Empress had endured and cried her heart out.

"Sigh, this king has never understood why the empress would cripple the emperor the moment she entered the palace." Yin Che asked Qing'er doubtfully.

"As long as Your Highness and the two sirs promise Qing`er to let my Empress go, Qing`er will be willing to say anything." Qing`er kowtowed to them.

"Tell me about it." Yin Che said.

"Prince, this is favoritism." Upon hearing Yin Che's intention to protect the empress, Shangguan Ye's face immediately darkened.

"Ye, don't get too excited. Let's listen to the little girl first." Bu Qingyun held Shangguan Ye down and said.

When my Empress was still in my wife's womb, she was cursed. After she was born, the Empress had half a heavenly face, and half a demonic appearance. In Shang Shu Manor, the Empress practically never went out, and spent all day in her room studying medicine. Qing`er choked with sobs as she told the story of the Empress's fate to the few grown men.

"How is this possible? Isn't the queen we saw a perfect beauty? " Yin Che first asked a question.

"That's because the Empress is wearing a mask. Not only is the Empress proficient in medicine, disguise, poison, and so on, but since the age of six, the Empress has been wearing a mask for fear of scaring people. She only takes it away at night." Qing`er sobbed.

In these past few years, only she knew of the Empress's pain, and speaking of it caused her heart to ache.

"Could it be that the empress wasn't wearing a mask on the day of the wedding?" Bu Qingyun asked in shock.

Qing'er shook her head. "No. Before entering the palace, Madam once advised the Empress, but the Empress insisted on revealing her true appearance to the Emperor. When the Emperor saw the Empress's face, he flicked his sleeves and left.

"It is impossible for the Emperor to be such a superficial person." Shangguan Ye interrupted Qing'er in her attempt to destroy the Emperor.

This servant doesn't dare to say even half a lie. Although this servant wasn't at the Hall of Acceptance that night, this servant heard the words of the emperor and the Empress clearly outside the hall. At that time, the emperor repeatedly questioned the Empress, and the Empress only said that this was natural. Qing`er's face was filled with tears.

"I still don't believe that the Emperor would turn a blind eye to a woman because of her appearance, and even mistreat her." Shangguan Ye did not want to continue listening to what Qing'er had to say, so he interrupted her.

"That's easy, we can go to the palace to meet the empress." Yin Che did not insist. What he was more curious about was the empress's complexion and what kind of face could make the emperor mistreat a woman in such an abnormal manner.

"We can't. If we enter the palace and see the empress, that'll be telling the emperor the answer. This time, the empress will definitely sweep the palace and either force it into the cold palace or expel it from the palace." Bu Qingyun decisively stopped her.

"Then what should we do? We submitted this case and told the Emperor the same thing. " Yin Che looked at the Spring Palace on the table.

"Let's go to the palace today and tell them we haven't gotten anything yet. We can plan things out after meeting the empress." Bu Qingyun looked at the kneeling Qing`er as he said.

"As long as we enter the palace and see the empress, we'll surely be able to keep our eyes and ears open, Imperial Brother." Yin Che sighed.

"Esteemed Empress can leave the palace." Qing`er replied immediately.

"That's right. Since this servant can leave the palace, then the empress can naturally leave as well." Bu Qingyun clapped his hands and said.

"Alright, little girl, listen. Today, we'll let you go back to the palace and report to the empress. If you don't want the emperor to know, then you must come to my residence tomorrow. Also, leave these things with me first." Yin Che chuckled as he looked at the items on the table.

"Prince, you men don't need these things. Can you return them to me?" Qing`er gazed at the embroidered cloth as she spoke.