The cold wind was howling outside the window, and in the small courtyard, there were bursts of birdsong from time to time, thinking that it was a cold winter day, and those birds were looking for food for the winter.

And in this courtyard house, Su Wuming and the others were sitting together eating, they were a little happy to eat, and the steaming food swept away the cold.

Everyone ate what Su Wuming made called hot pot, and there was an indescribable strange happiness in their hearts.

Nangong Yan ate the most, and said while eating: "Su Lang, I really can't imagine that your cooking skills are so good, this thing is fragrant and spicy, it's really enjoyable." ”

Su Wuming smiled: "This hot pot is indeed enjoyable, but the anger is a little bigger, so you can't eat it often." ”

After speaking, I saw that Nangong Yan was still eating, as if she hadn't heard what Su Wuming said, and at this time, Wen Wan'er said: "Xianggong, in the future, you will hand over this method of making hot pot to me, how can I let you come to the kitchen." ”

Su Wuming nodded: "Okay, I'll teach you when I'm free in the future, let's eat first today." ”

The warmth spreads in the house, and everyone's face is happy.

The night was getting late, and I don't know when, everyone didn't dare to go to bed immediately because they had eaten too much tonight, so they had to brave the cold wind and paced back and forth in the courtyard, and when everyone walked back and forth in the courtyard, Nie Zhiwen opened the window and looked out, and saw Su Wuming and others like this, a little strange, and said, "Master Su, what are you doing here?" ”

Of course, Su Wuming couldn't say that it was because he was too full to eat, and his heart changed his mind, and then he smiled and said: "It's okay, I can't sleep, walk outside and exercise." ”

Nie Zhiwen sighed, said you continue, and then closed the window and went back to the house to rest, and when Nie Zhiwen disappeared from the window, Su Wuming's brows suddenly condensed slightly, and he didn't know what he thought.

The cold wind is unabated, the plum blossom in the courtyard actually does not know when to open, when the wind blows, you can vaguely smell the fragrance of flowers, the fragrance of flowers is elegant, but it can invade the heart, making people feel comfortable.

Unconsciously, it got dark, and everyone was almost gone, so they were ready to go back to the house to rest, but just when they turned around, there was a sudden noise outside the courtyard, and then the entire palace suddenly became brightly lit, and the originally somewhat cold palace suddenly changed, Su Wuming and the others frowned slightly, and some didn't understand what was going on, and just when they were in shock, Nie Zhiwen walked out of the house with a slightly disheveled shirt and asked, "Master Su, what's going on outside?" ”

Su Wuming shrugged: "Lord Ben doesn't know either." ”

"Why don't you go out and have a look!"

The entire Di Wang's Mansion was all on guard at this time, Su Wuming and the others wanted to go into the core part of the incident to check it out, but they were stopped by the guards, this situation made Su Wuming and the others very puzzled, it stands to reason that they are guests invited by King Di, and this King Di has always wanted to pull him into the partisan dispute, so these guards have always been very polite to them, no matter where they go, they have never stopped them, but now they have stopped them, but why?

Several people stood anxiously in the courtyard of the Di Wang's Mansion and waited, a group of guards surrounded the attic not far away, after Nie Zhiwen saw the attic, his expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but whisper: "What can happen there?" ”

Nie Zhiwen's voice was very small, almost only he could hear it, but Su Wuming still heard it, and when Su Wuming heard Nie Zhiwen's words, he asked, "Nie Gongzi, what is that place?" ”

Nie Zhiwen was taken aback, and then hurriedly said, "That's where Princess Kong lives." ”

"Princess Kong?" Su Wuming was a little surprised, he had never heard of Princess Kong, but this surprise did not last long, after all, King Di was the prince, and his concubines were only afraid that there would be no other princes, and his women would not even be less than the current emperor.

At this time, Nie Zhiwen nodded: "This Princess Kong is the princess of King Di, but Princess Kong is jealous, and later beat one of the prince's new favorites, as a result, King Di was furious, so he snubbed Princess Kong, for several months, Princess Kong never appeared in front of everyone, and stayed in that attic all the time." ”

The newcomer laughs and the old cry, this kind of tragedy is staged almost every day, Su Wuming frowned slightly, but his heart suddenly sank, I am afraid that now he also has the same opinion as Nie Zhiwen, what can happen to the residence of a neglected princess?

Just when Su Wuming and the others were puzzled, a guard hurriedly ran over, bowed his hand to Su Wuming and the others, and said, "The prince is invited!" ”

Several people glanced at each other, their eyes puzzled, but it was only a matter of a moment, and after a moment, they followed the guard into Princess Kong's attic.

The atmosphere in the attic is a bit weird, and it can even be described as eerie, I don't know if it's because of a woman who has fallen out of favor living here, or because it's a cold winter night, and the wind is miserable.

A few people walked into the attic, went up the stairs to the second floor, and were finally led into a room by a guard, the room was very gorgeous, but the atmosphere was gloomy, when Su Wuming and the others glanced at it, their expressions suddenly changed greatly, and it was not until this time that they knew that the reason why the atmosphere was weird was not because of the cold wind of the woman who had fallen out of favor, but because there was a woman lying in this room, and at this time, the woman was dead.

The deceased was gorgeously dressed, and at a glance he knew that he was the master here, and there were two maidservants kneeling beside her, and King Di was sitting on a chair, his face was very ugly, and there was even a faint indescribable coldness in his expression.

The two maidservants trembled, thinking that although Princess Kong had fallen out of favor, but now that she was dead, the king was still a little sad and angry.

Su Wuming and the others stood in the room and were stunned for a long time, and did not speak for a long time, and finally it was Nie Zhiwen who was the first to say: "Lord Wang, this ...... What the hell is going on? As he said this, Nie Zhiwen glanced at Princess Kong's corpse slightly, but this look frightened Nie Zhiwen, because he found that Princess Kong's face was purple and black, and it was obvious that she was poisoned.

King Di didn't answer Nie Zhiwen's question, just glanced at Su Wuming, and then said: "Lord Su is like a god in judging the case, and I heard that he is also quite successful in the autopsy, so it is better to come and examine the body of the concubine for this king." ”

Although the prince snubbed Princess Kong, he obviously didn't want to be known to outsiders, and now that Princess Kong is dead, he can only pay attention to it first, and those who investigate the cause of death next will not dare to be careless.

Su Wuming was a little flustered, but in the end he nodded again and again, and then ran to check Princess Kong's body, but when Su Wuming saw Princess Kong's face, he was suddenly stunned, of course, he was stunned not because of Princess Kong's purple face, but because of Princess Kong's face, even if Princess Kong was poisoned to death at this time, her face still looked amazing, I don't know how many sentient beings she fascinated when she was alive.

With such a beautiful woman, King Di couldn't bear to be snubbed, I really don't know what he thinks.

It was only a moment, and after a moment, Su Wuming began to carefully examine Princess Kong's body, and after such an examination, Su Wuming got up and arched his hand: "Back to the prince, after the inspection of the lower officials, the princess was poisoned and died, and the princess did not have any traces of external injuries all over her body, and the poison obviously came from the mouth." ”

After listening to Su Wuming's words, King Di nodded slightly, then looked at the two maidservants who had been kneeling beside the corpse and asked, "What did the princess eat before the poisoning attack?" ”

The two maidservants were very nervous, but they didn't dare to slack off, and replied again and again: "Before the poison attack, the princess suddenly said that she wanted to eat lotus seed soup, so the slave maid hurriedly went to the kitchen and asked the cook to make a bowl of lotus seed soup. ”

After listening to the maid's words, King Di looked slightly angry, while Su Wuming's heart sank, he suddenly felt that it was a wrong choice for him to go to the kitchen today, and this choice may cost him a lot.

Su Wuming stood aside worriedly, King Di pondered for a moment, and finally ordered someone to call all the cooks in the kitchen.

The cooks stood in a row in the room, their expressions nervous, as if they might lose their lives at any moment.

King Di glanced at the cooks, and suddenly said coldly: "Say, who poisoned the lotus seed soup that the princess ate?" ”

None of the cooks would admit it, and King Di was furious and said, "Come on, pull all these cooks out and cut them down." ”

For a prince, the power of life and death is sometimes so easy to grasp, and asking for a person's life is a matter of one sentence.

The lives of those cooks were in jeopardy, and at this time, a cook suddenly knelt down and kowtowed: "The prince spares his life, the little one has something to say." ”

King Di said coldly: "Say! ”

The cook was a little trembling, but he still said: "The little people have been cooks in the palace for many years, and they will never think of poisoning the princess in the meal, and please ask the prince to find out, in fact, there was an incident in the kitchen today, I don't know if it has anything to do with the princess's killing." ”

King Di glared at the cook and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Back to the prince, it's like this, around dinner, Lord Su suddenly came to the kitchen and said that he wanted to requisition the kitchen, and I was just the cook of the palace, so I didn't dare to say anything else, so I ...... I agreed. ”

The cook's words only said this, but the meaning was already clear, Su Wuming went to the kitchen today, and then Princess Kong was poisoned, so isn't this murderer Su Wuming?

After Nangong Yan listened to the cook's words, her face turned red with anger, and she said angrily: "You are talking nonsense, we requisitioned the kitchen, but you were all watching from the sidelines at that time, did you see us poisoning the kitchen?" ”

Those chefs bowed their heads and were silent, but although they were silent, it was not because of guilt or because they agreed with Nangong Yan's words, they just felt that what should have been said had been said, and everything depended on how the prince dealt with it.