"Your Highness! Your Highness..." Qin Meng seemed anxious as she rushed into Qingxin Hall. Seeing the princess asleep in her bed, she stamped her feet. Then she bit her lip, and pulled the quilt off from Yun Shang. "Your Highness, something has happened!"
Yun Shang moaned, and slowly opened her eyes. Just as quickly, she closed her eyes again. After a short while she spoke in a languid voice, "What is the matter? Why do you wake me up at this hour? What has happened?"
Qin Meng saw Yun Shang was about to fall asleep again and hurriedly spoke, "Your Highness, you should get up! Someone died!"
"What did you say?" Yun Shang's body suddenly went rigid and her eyes snapped open. "Who is dead? And what is the cause of death? Have you sent for the Supervisory Office?"
Qin Meng rushed to answer, "The dead person's name is Xiang Lan*. She was a maid who used to sweep the floors in your Hall. Her body was found by a passing maid in the lake in front of your Hall. They say she drowned." Qin Meng paused and bit her lips as if she had more to say, but dared not say it.
(*TN: the fragrant orchids)
Yun Shang ordered, "What else? Speak up."
Qin Meng sighed and continued, "When I passed by, I overheard the maids say that Your Highness's bracelet was found in Xiang Lan's hand. They also said that Your Highness was likely to be the murderer."
"My bracelet?" Yun Shang sat up. She looked at her maid, "Are you sure that they were talking about a bracelet, not anything else?"
Qin Meng nodded. "I'm sure that they were talking about a bracelet."
a bracelet. One from the pair that you favored most. It has been lost for a while now." Qin Yi
"Is that true? Then I will have to go there
understand why the princess was taking this situation so lightly. "Your Highness!
do you know that I didn't do
might have believed it. But now I dare say such words are merely vicious rumor. Besides, Your Highness is just eight years old. No matter how malicious you may be, you are
stood up. She waited for Qin Meng to dress her. But Qin Meng was still immersed in her own
Qin Yi are old enough. I think
person. Your Highness... I'm serious! How Xiang Lan died is not of consequence. But there were
at Her Majesty's orders. The Empress has sent me to relay a message. Her Majesty wants to ask you
(*TN: bramble finch)
looked at the princess before rushing to the chamber doors and closing the curtain. "Thank you for coming. Her
her princess. Yun Shang saw Lin waiting for her as she stepped outside. Lin rushed up to her and said, "Someone reported Xiang Lan's accident to the Empress. And since yesterday was the fifteenth day of the month, His Majesty was sleeping in Empress Yuan
luck. You were just wondering
was scared, and answered her in
kidding. Besides, I took no part in this murder.
looked around. She noted that the Emperor and the Empress were standing inside the pavilion. Next to them stood Princess Hua Jing. She had a gentle and obedient look on her face. Outside the pavilion, Xiang Lan's corpse lay covered in a white cloth. Beside the
forward, and curtsied to the
cloth, "Stand, Shang'er. Have a look at that corpse. Do you know
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