An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 1353 The Cloth Piece

Yun Shang was stunned. "It appeared quietly in front of the secret guards?"

She also knew how capable the secret guards were. If the letter could quietly appear in front of them,

the person who sent it must be not simple.

Yun Shang quickly opened the letter and read it carefully. Her voice was trembling, "Didn't your Majesty

say that Chengye was replaced after the banquet? Then he must be still in the palace. As long as we

guard the four gates in the East, South, West and North, it's not easy to take a child out of the palace.

Then why does the letter say that they have taken away Chengye?"

Luo Qingyan's face also darkened, "There are three possibilities. The first is that our previous thinking

is wrong. Chengye might have been lost on the way back to the East Palace from the Taiji Palace. At

that time, the banquet in the palace hadn't been dismissed yet. After being replaced, Chengye was

taken back to the Golden Palace and waited to leave the palace until the banquet was over.

The second is that the person who kidnapped Chengye is very good at Kung Fu. He is so strong that

even if the palace is so heavily guarded, we can't stop him at all. He can bring a child back and forth

freely in the palace.

The third possibility is that the real Chengye is still in the palace. They are just cheating us."

Yun Shang held the letter tightly, "We're not sure what's going on, but we can't risk Chengye's life."

"Yes, of course." Luo Qingyan nodded and repeated, "We can't risk Chengye's life."

Neither of them spoke. Yun Shang's mind was in a mess. She lowered her head in silence, slowly

unfolded the crumpled letter she had made, and put it back into the envelope.

"But the letter only tells us that he has got hold of Chengye, but it doesn't tell us what he wants and

why he took him away.

It says that we can make a public announcement and search for Chengye as we like, but it claims that

if he is not happy, he will kill Chengye. "

What on earth does he want to do?"

Luo Qingyan shook his head and said, "Maybe he is afraid that we still don't know that Chengye has

been replaced, which makes it impossible for him to go on, so he specially sent this letter."

Yun Shang frowned, "But why is he sure that we will believe him only by this letter?"

"Even if you don't believe it, you will probably doubt it, right?"

Hearing Luo Qingyan's words, Yun Shang was silent for a moment. Then she took out the letter and

looked at it carefully.

She just took a look subconsciously, but she really found something. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Yun Shang quickly unfolded the envelope and saw something stuck to the letter.

"This is..." Yun Shang pursed her lips and said, "It's the cloth piece from the clothes that Chengye wore

yesterday."

Both of them kept silent again. Yun Shang bit her lips and became more and more flustered.

She had always thought that she was a calm and self-control person, but now she found that when

such a thing happened, she could not even keep calm.

Her mind was in a mess and she couldn't think of anything.

Luo Qingyan held Yun Shang's hand and said, "Don't worry. Since he has given us the letter, he must

have his own purpose. Let's wait and see. He will inform us again."

Yun Shang nodded and then stood up. "Then I'll go back to Weiyang Palace."

"Why do you go back to Weiyang Palace?" Luo Qingyan held Yun Shang's hand and said, "Once there

is news, they will report it to me right away. And if you are here, you can know anything as soon as

possible."

"But the fake Chengye..."

Luo Qingyan shook his head and said, "Since they have told us clearly that Chengye has been

replaced, why should we continue to act?

Although we can't publicize it, we don't have to pretend. We just follow our heart."

Chengye had just disappeared. Luo Qingyan was now more worried that Yun Shang would be sad at

the sight of fake Chengye when she went back. Thus, he wanted to keep her here anyway.

Yun Shang thought for a while and nodded in agreement. She sat down on the chair, took off the cloth

piece from the envelope and put it on the table.

"A piece of cloth might represent something, but it doesn't mean that Chengye has been taken out of

the palace. It's not easy to take a child out of the palace, but it's very easy to take a piece of cloth."

Yun Shang nodded, but her eyes were still fixed on the piece of cloth, without saying anything for a

long time.

After a while, Liu Wenan hurried in and reported, "Your Majesties, I have checked and sorted out the

entry and exit records of the four palace gates in the East, South, West and North yesterday. There are

a total of seven children from two to four years old who were brought into the palace yesterday.

The secret guards went to investigate in secret. The children they took into the Palace last night were

all taken out of the palace. The guards at the city gate confirmed that what they saw were all people.

No children fell asleep and was held out of the palace. Those children were all staying at home today.

In my opinion, it's not difficult to replace any of those children with a mere child, neither was it difficult

for them to leave us a false impression for this purpose. Perhaps, the children who were brought into

the palace at that time were not the children of those lords'. Thus I've asked the secret guards to keep

an eye on those lords' mansions. Once there is anything unusual, they will report it immediately."

Both Luo Qingyan and Yun Shang nodded at the same time without saying anything.

"The names of the eunuchs and maids have been checked and confirmed. There are no maids aged

two to four in our palace."

Yun Shang nodded, "In the palace, one extra person appearing or disappearing is not easy to be hided,

let alone hiding such a child."

"It's not definitely so." Luo Qingyan pursed his lips and then went on, "Those who practice martial arts

with Chengye are all children of this age."

Yun Shang frowned, "Your Majesty, are you suspicious about them?"

"It's better to be cautious. Now that Chengye is sick, he can't practice together with them. It's a good

chance for the secret guards to investigate it there."

Yun Shang nodded.

Seeing the tiredness on Yun Shang's face, Luo Qingyan said, "You are tired now. Go and have a rest

first."

Then he turned to Liu Wenan, "Go to Weiyang Palace and tell them that in order to help the Crown

Prince rest well in Weiyang Palace, the Empress has to rest in the Taiji Palace for two days and let the

Weiyang Palace bring over her daily necessities."

Liu Wenan replied and left.

After a while, Qian Zhuo came in with something in her hand. Seeing that Yun Shang was sitting at the

table looking at a piece of cloth, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, "Isn't this the cloth from the

Crown Prince's clothes? Why is it here? "