The king of Sanyo died quite unjustly, and it seemed to be an accident.

It is said that after he left the palace of Suning County, he took the prince of Shu as a companion on the grounds of being in a bad mood, ran to a restaurant near Shichahai, and chartered a private room near the water on the second floor to eat and drink to relieve boredom. During this period, they called a small song, but it didn't last long, and it was sent out in less than half an hour.

According to this little song and the official officials afterwards, at that time, the king of Shanyang was drinking wine cup after glass, and talked to the prince of Shu about his difficult life in recent years, and he was about to cry, and then scolded several officials in charge of the Zongren Mansion, and also scolded the elders of the clan who had befriended him in the past, feeling that they had changed their faces in recent years and refused to take care of him anymore, which was too ruthless and unjust. Maybe it was because King Shanyang's words had already involved more sensitive topics, and the prince of Shu sent Xiao Sing out at that time, and specially gave her two taels of silver to tell her not to say what she heard.

Then, it's nearly the second watch. The king of Shanyang was already very drunk, and he started a drunken madness, ran to the window and opened the window, shouting to Chu Zhengfang, the newly appointed deputy commander of the city guard, saying that he knew the latter's secret, and told the latter to be careful. At this time, Chu Zhengfang himself walked by with a team of soldiers nearby, and when he saw the appearance of the King of Shanyang being drunk, he frowned and sent someone to ask what was going on. The king of Shanyang didn't know if he was scared, or what, so he climbed out of the window and fell into the Shichahai.

At this time, the first lunar month had just passed, the weather was still quite cold, and the ice on the surface of the Shichahai Sea had not completely melted. The king of Shanyang fell into it like this, and the person was so drunk that he immediately lost his breath. By the time his retinue, the soldiers of the city guard, and the guys from the restaurant worked together to get him out of the water, he was already frozen. The shopkeeper of the restaurant invited a doctor to take a look, saying that he had lost his breath and could not be saved.

After the corpse was sent back to the Shanyang Palace, the Princess of Shanyang cried earth-shatteringly, but she couldn't save anyone, so she vented her anger on her entourage. The shopkeeper of the restaurant, the prince of Shu who was traveling with him, and Zhao Mo, the king of Suning County, who was rumored to be the source of the king of Shanyang's bad mood today, were all scolded by her crying.

Of course, with Zhao Mo's current status, Princess Shanyang just cried and scolded a few words in front of her family, and she didn't dare to really make too much trouble in front of the public. What was really scolded by her as a soft pestle was the restaurant and the prince of Shu.

Who called the shopkeeper and his companions of the restaurant to be ordinary people, and the prince of Shu Wang was a clan that had lost power, and he was a junior?

It's just that when the restaurant asked someone to come over and say that the owner behind them was also a nobleman with a head and a face, the only object of Princess Shanyang's scolding was the prince of Shu.

Zhao Mo listened to the news at home all night, and only felt inexplicable.

What does it mean that he is the source of the bad mood of the King of Shanyang? The first time the King of Shanyang went back to his house, he broke his things for no reason, and he paid for the gifts and things, but he never gave the King of Shanyang a roll of the eyes, but he still politely gave people out, and accepted all the gifts. Why did King Shanyang feel bad because of him? If it was for the gift that was given, wasn't it that the other party had planned to give it to him a long time ago? The gift he had originally prepared for his fiancée caused the other party to fall, and he didn't get angry. The other party behaved like a rebellious sinner, and he was kind enough to help investigate the truth and not let the other party be wronged, how could he be splashed with such sewage in a daze?

The next day, Zhao Mo entered the palace early in the morning to find the prince. On the day they found out that King Sanyo was acting suspiciously, King Sanyang died in a daze, and it couldn't be a coincidence! They had to figure out what was going on.

The prince's expression was also full of words: "This morning, when the people below reported it, Lone thought it was a mistake. Yesterday, I was depressed, and I left your house without paying much attention, and after returning to the palace, the more I thought about it, the more wrong it became, and I felt that King Shanyang didn't seem to be the culprit. I was discussing with my father and the emperor, and I wanted to summon someone into the palace to ask him carefully, but who knew that he was dead? Where in the world are there so many accidents?!"

Zhao Mo said: "My nephew thinks the same way, but what I can hear at home is all news that can be inquired about from outside, so I can only enter the palace and ask His Highness, what is going on?"

The prince said: "Lone is about to go to his father's place, so you can simply come together." His father, the emperor, summoned the prince of Shu and Chu Zhengfang and others, as well as the testimony of the restaurant guys brought by Yin of Shuntian Mansion and the entourage of Shanyang Palace. Let's take a closer look. ”

Zhao Mo originally wanted to ask the prince if he had heard the letter from Yuan Tongzhi's side that came back later, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed it again. There is no need for him to be in a hurry, Yuan Tongzhi must have already sent the actual information to the emperor before notifying him. Whether the prince knows it or not, he will know sooner or later anyway.

The emperor was quite at the emperor's place, and it was obvious that the emperor was also very interested in this matter, and invited the queen mother, several chief officials of the Zongren Mansion and several elderly and virtuous elders in the clan such as King Xiuning to come over and testify that Princess Shanyang stood on the side of the queen mother's hand in a plain dress, and did not even have a seat. Behind her was a grandmother waiting by the Queen Mother's side, holding the only son of the young King of Shanyang for her - the emperor still did not mention whether this child could inherit the title of his deceased father.

Zhao Mo came with the prince, and when he saw this scene, he immediately restrained his momentum, and he must act like a low-key junior, always showing his innocence.

The emperor took control of the field and began to ask questions one by one.

First of all, I asked the crown prince, what was the reason why the king of Shanyang and the prince of Shu went to the palace of the prince of Suning County with him? When did they go? When did they leave? Did anything unpleasant happen during the period? The prince, Zhao Mo, the king of Suning County, and the prince of Shu were all present, and they clearly explained the situation at that time. The king of Shanyang actually couldn't say that he had suffered any grievances, and after listening to it, Princess Shanyang understood what was going on, so she naturally didn't dare to complain about Zhao Mo openly and secretly, but glanced a few more times in the direction of the prince of Shu.

The king of Shanyang was in a bad mood after coming out of the palace of Suning County, and this matter was told by the prince of Shu. Even if she misunderstood the king of Suning County, it was his fault! She is a woman, her husband has just died, and her children are still young, how can other people be embarrassed to worry about her?

No one cares about her. Zhao Mo only needs to explain his own part clearly. As long as no one spills sewage on his head, it has nothing to do with him.

The emperor asked the prince of Shu: "You told people that the king of Shanyang was in a bad mood after leaving the Guanglu family, what is going on?"

The prince of Shu actually did not expect that the emperor would gather all parties to interrogate and confront them in person, which made him unable to continue to confuse individual people in front of everyone, but he could not change his confession, so he could only say vaguely: "Uncle Wang has never said clearly, but only vaguely complained, and the original planned thing cannot be done." The nephew originally thought that Uncle Wang was talking about him breaking the things of the King of Suning County, but he was afraid that the King of Suning County would be angry and refused to agree to his request, so he comforted Uncle Wang a few words, saying that the King of Suning County was not that kind person, and he would be kind to him today, so he could just relax. Uncle Wang said that his nephew didn't understand what he was worried about. When his nephew asked him, he refused to say anything, but drank vigorously to drown his sorrows. Before going to the Suning County Palace, Uncle Wang had never been like this, so his nephew thought that he had encountered some setbacks in the Suning County Palace, so he was in a bad mood......"

To some people who know the "inside story", the words of the prince of Shu may make them suspect that the king of Shanyang actually found that there were no forged letters in it after dropping the trap box, plus the three Beirong spies were either dead or captured, and the plan was frustrated, so he would be in a bad mood, right?

Zhao Mo secretly stared at the prince of Shu a few times, and then looked at the expressions of the emperor and the crown prince. The emperor's face was faint, and he couldn't see any thoughts, but the prince was a little surprised, but other than that, there was nothing unusual. I wonder if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince believed the words of the Prince of Shu?

When Zhao Mo secretly observed, the prince of Shu mentioned that he and the king of Shanyang went to the restaurant to eat: "Uncle Wang wants to find a place to drink, saying that he is drinking at home, and Aunt Wang will take care of him, and he doesn't want his family to know that he is in a bad mood, so he asks his nephew if he knows what good places to go." How dare the nephew take Uncle Wang to those messy places? There is a restaurant that he frequents, the things are still clean, and the guys know the rules. The nephew invited Uncle Wang to go with him. Originally, he wanted to go to a private room in Changding, but Uncle Wang said noisily that he wanted to go to a place where he could climb high and look at the scenery. The nephew couldn't persuade Uncle Wang to do anything, so he asked the guy to lead the way and went to the private room on the second floor......"

Later, it was the matter of their uncle and nephew drinking together. In this part, in addition to the testimony of the prince of Shu, there are also the words of Princess Shanyang from her own subordinates, as well as the confessions obtained by Yin of Shuntian Mansion from interrogating many witnesses, which are quite detailed.

The prince of Shu did not let the men wait in front of him, and when the wine and food were finished, he sent the people out and asked the entourage of the two to be responsible for pouring the wine. After a few glasses of wine fell to the king of Shanyang and got up, the prince of Shu let his entourage take the other party's entourage and open another table downstairs, saying that he was a treat, and he personally held a pot to persuade Uncle Wang to drink. He was so hospitable, how could the king of Shanyang, who was in the prime of his life at that time, not accept it? Later, when the entourage of the king of Shanyang saw that he called for a small song, they thought that the two masters wanted to play something in the private room that was not on the table, and they did not want their subordinates to be an eyesore in front of them, so they thought that they were cleverly eating and drinking. The Shanyang Palace's situation is not good, and those of them who are subordinates don't have many opportunities to eat and drink. It is rare to meet such a rich man as the prince of Shu, who is cheap and does not take advantage of nothing.

The next thing, with that little song as a witness, the matter is basically clear. The elders of the clan and the officials of the sect mansion knew that King Shanyang was drunk and scolded them, and their faces were not very good-looking. Seeing this, Princess Shanyang was also stunned, lowered her head and wiped her tears, and said nothing, but she was secretly complaining to her husband in her heart: No matter how many troubles there are, why don't you go home to drink if you want to drink?

When the Shuntianfu Yin read out Xiao Song's testimony, he reported to the emperor, and until the king of Sanyang went crazy and fell into the water from the window sill on the second floor, there were no relevant witnesses who could provide any confession. Because during this period of time, the only person who knew what King Shanyang had done was the prince of Shu who was in the same private room with him.

And watching the King of Shanyang get drunk more and more, but he failed to stop him in time, he was the only one who was the prince of Shu.

Everyone's eyes were on his face, and their expressions were different. Seeing this, the prince of Shu couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.