An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 1388 To Fight Desperately And Survive

This move might not be able to make people take the initiative to join into their camp, but at least it

would have a certain deterrence effect.

Then, they could slowly add some fuel to the fire, and some people would be unable to bear it.

Yun Shang smiled. Although she and Luo Qingyan had made up their minds to start with Xia Houjing

and Cangjue Qingsu, the Cao clan must be removed as well.

Otherwise how could they allow others to covet by their side?

When Yun Shang arrived at Weiyang Palace, she saw that everything there was burnt beyond

recognition.

"During the year I stayed in the Weiyang Palace, it was burnt by fire twice. The name 'Weiyang' means

peace, joy, no disaster, no trouble but with boundless happiness. But in fact, it's not as auspicious as its

name indicates.

I have to change the name of Weiyang Palace after it is repaired."

Qian Zhuo was standing by the side. She smiled, "What kind of name do you want to change for the

Weiyang Palace then?"

Yun Shang thought for a while and then replied, "The name Weiyang came from two lines in the Book

of Songs: What time is it now at night? It's still early; it's not light yet. Weiyang means the night is not

over. I'll call it Samson palace. "

The Zhaoyang Palace sounds very good."

Yun Shang smiling stood in the yard, watching the servants move out the things that had not been

burnt inside the palace from time to time.

After a while, Yun Shang saw Pei Lan walk out of the ruins of the main hall quickly.

"I'm packing up in the palace. I didn't come out until I heard that your Majesty is here," explained Pei

Lan. Her dress was full of black smoke stains. She quickly reported, "Your majesty, someone has

secretly come to Weiyang Palace to look for something."

Yun Shang squinted, "What happened?"

"As there were fires in many places in the palace, it was already midnight when we extinguished all the

fires last night. The servants were then asked to keep an eye on them in case the fire would be

rekindled again at night. We planned to wait for the day to clear them up. But just now when I was

looking though the things, I found that many things in your majesty's bedroom seemed to have been

moved by someone earlier. "

Yun Shang thought for a moment and then asked, "Did it happen when they were putting out the fire

yesterday? Or did something fall and move them when the fire was on? "

Pei Lan shook her head, "Yesterday, though the fire in Weiyang Palace was not small, the beams and

roof of Weiyang Palace were specially reinforced when it was repaired after the fire last time.

Yesterday, the beams and roof were blackened by the smoke, but they did not collapse. It should not

cause too much movement of things. At most, some fragile things were broken by falling things.

What's more, by saying that there are traces of things being touched, I don't mean that some things are

not in their original positions," Pei Lan said in a low voice, "Although we didn't clean it up immediately

after we put out the fire yesterday, I still went in to have a check. Today, when I went in, however, I

found that there were some footprints on the floor that I didn't see last night.

The vases on the bookshelf as well as at the door of the room were all blackened last night, and today

several fingerprints were seen on the necks of the vases."

Hearing this, Yun Shang couldn't help squinting, "The footprints can be understood, but it's strange that

there are fingerprints on the vases."

"Yes." Pei Lan nodded, "Even if people put out the fire or packed up things, it's impossible to for them

to look into every vase, right?"

Yun Shang thought for a while and asked, "except for the vase, what else has been touched?"

"The bookshelf has been touched the most. Some books that your majesty seldom read before were

placed in different order.

In addition, the things on the bed were also moved." Pei Lan continued, "Although the bed sheets and

quilts on the bed have been burnt, the perfumed powders the servants usually put on the bed when

making the bed for your majesty were also seen traces of being touched."

Obviously, on the bookshelf, in the vases, on the bed or under the quilts, these are all places where

things are easy to hide.

Who is it then?

What was he looking for?'

Yun Shang squinted and thought. It seemed that the fire she set this time not only confused some

people, but also lured quite some devils out.

"All the things in my palace are recorded. Don't let anyone else enter this Palace first. You take Hua'er

with you to carefully count the things in this palace and see if there is anything missing."

Pei Lan nodded, "Yes, that's what I mean."

Yun Shang's eyes swept across the main hall of Weiyang Palace, but she didn't move away.

After a while, a servant rushed in from outside and reported to Yun Shang, "Your majesty, Lady Wang

wants to see you."

"Lady Wang?" Yun Shang was in a daze for a moment. Qian Zhuo then whispered to Yun Shang, "It

must be Qian Qian."

"Ah..." Yun Shang finally came to her senses. Ning Qian had been away from the State of Ning for a

long time. She had forgotten about it. Ning Qian was not only her most trusted person but also Wang

Jinhuan's wife.

"Please come in."

After the servant left, Ning Qian walked in slowly and stopped not far behind Yun Shang, "The fire last

night was quite big."

Yun Shang smiled, "Yes. I supposed you would come to the palace early this morning."

"HMM..." With a sly smile on her lips, Ning Qian said, "I'm thinking that not everyone can burn the

Weiyang Palace. The fire suddenly started and it was so dramatic. It's most likely not an accident. It's

not even likely that someone set your majesty up. Thus, I didn't come immediately.

After all, last night was the Mid-autumn Festival. I should at least let your majesties enjoy yourselves."

Yun Shang turned to Ning Qian and then raised her eyebrows, "You've been with Wang Jinhuan for too

long. You've learned from him to be more and more glib-tongued."

Ning Qian chuckled, but soon she turned serious, "In the past two days, I've carefully investigated what

happened in the palace and the whole Jin City during my absence, and roughly known what your

majesties are facing now. What are you going to do next, your majesty?"

Yun Shang turned to Ning Qian, "What do you think I should do?"

Ning Qian didn't seem to be surprised that Yun Shang would ask her this question. She thought for a

moment and then replied, "To be honest, judging from the current situation, your majesties seem to

have fallen into a great crisis. It seems to be a passive position with a lot of dangers all around. The

situation is very bad, but..."

Hearing the last word from Ning Qian, Yun Shang couldn't help smiling, "But what?"

"But... There is a saying in the art of war, that is to fight desperately and survive. " Ning Qian's eyes

flashed with coldness and harshness, "Your majesties are now in great crisis with difficulties on all

sides, and it seems that you have to fight desperately. Next, I'm afraid you'll have to find another way to

survive."