If other powerful sons said this, Zhong Lingyao might still be panicked, because she knew that her fate was like duckweed that was not under her control.

Although she is now the Oiran of the Maki Flower Pavilion, she seems to be much more noble than other Qinglou women, but in fact, it is just a commodity to be sold.

It's just that their asking price is much higher than that of other Qinglou women, and in addition to money, they also have a lot of power.

If she can really win over a powerful son like Su Shi, her master will definitely send her out like goods without hesitation.

But when Su Shi said this, Zhong Lingyao was only surprised and confused, not uneasy and frightened, because Su Shi's eyes were as calm as water, and he did not show the slightest desire to possess at all.

"I don't know what is the matter with Su Gongzi looking for me?"

Su Shi asked slowly: "How much do you remember about the events of ten years ago?" ”

Suddenly hearing Su Shi ask about what happened ten years ago, Zhong Lingyao immediately understood Su Shi's purpose for looking for herself, but this did not dispel her doubts, but was even more puzzled.

She asked softly, "Is the matter mentioned by the prince related to the prince?" ”

"Yes."

"Hasn't this matter been investigated clearly?"

"Miss Qin told you?"

Zhong Lingyao nodded, and then said, "But I have never revealed it to others. ”

"Miss Qin can tell you, so she naturally trusts you."

Zhong Lingyao's expression suddenly became gloomy, and then she got up silently and said solemnly to Su Shi: "Ling Yao has not thanked her son in person for this matter, if it weren't for her son, my father-in-law would have died unexplained so far." ”

As he spoke, he was about to bow down to Su Shi.

Su Shi hurriedly stopped: "Miss Zhong doesn't have to be like this, I just happened to be at the right time, but I didn't have much strength." Then he sighed lightly: "And I don't feel that the truth of this matter has really come out." ”

Then he looked up at Zhong Lingyao: "That's why I came to you this time." ”

Zhong Lingyao stood in front of Su Shi with a shocked face and looked at Su Shi in disbelief.

"Miss Zhong, please be seated."

Su Shi poured a cup of hot tea, then handed it to Zhong Lingyao, and continued, "Please drink tea." ”

Zhong Lingyao took the teacup blankly, neither drank nor put it down, just held the teacup and looked at Su Shi blankly.

Su Shi didn't rush to ask, because he knew that Zhong Lingyao's heart must be very chaotic, and now was not the time to ask.

So he picked up the teacup in front of him and took a shallow sip.

When Su Shi put it in the tea cup, Zhong Lingyao finally came to his senses and looked directly at Su Shi.

"Isn't Bae Hyun the murderer of the crown prince?"

"Even Bae Hyun himself admitted it, how could it not be?"

Zhong Lingyao's expression became extremely puzzled: "In that case, why does Childe still think that there is another mystery in this matter?" ”

This matter is not easy to explain, but Su Shi didn't mean to explain, he just looked at Zhong Lingyao very sincerely, and said slowly: "I hope you understand that there are some things that I don't tell you, it's not that I want to hide anything, but that you know these things and it's not good for you to know them." ”

Zhong Lingyao naturally understood this truth, she silently looked out of the window, the night outside the window was hazy, as if there was fog, and even the moonlight seemed to be covered with a thin veil.

"Actually, I really don't know anything about it, and a lot of people have interrogated me ten years ago, but nothing has been found. And in the past ten years, I have repeatedly recalled what happened before and after the incident, and there are still no clues, not even a trace of suspicion. ”

So she looked at Su Shi apologetically: "So don't have too much hope for the child." ”

Su Shi sighed: "I also know that ten years have passed since this incident, and it is even more difficult to find out the truth than to ascend to the sky, but no matter how difficult it is, I have to give it a try." ”

"What does Childe want to know?"

"When did your father-in-law, Zhong Lichuan, start serving the crown prince?"

Zhong Lingyao thought for a while and replied, "After Your Majesty ascended the throne, my father-in-law served by the prince's side. ”

"Does he have sleeplessness?"

Zhong Lingyao nodded: "My father-in-law's insomnia is still very serious, and sometimes he can't sleep almost all night, and even if he can sleep, he can only sleep for an hour or two. ”

"When did he start this sleepless illness?"

"It should be that a year before the incident, my father-in-law began to have this disease, but it was still very mild at the time, but since the prince's assistant political incident, my father-in-law's insomnia has become more and more serious."

Su Shi's expression looked puzzled: "As far as I know, the prince treats people extremely benevolently and generously, why does your father-in-law have so much pressure and suffer from insomnia?" ”

Zhong Lingyao said softly: "But my father-in-law is cautious and cautious, he will do everything himself, and he is meticulous in doing things, maybe it is because he thinks too much every day that he has this insomnia." ”

Su Shi muttered: "Most people who suffer from insomnia are anxious. Your stepfather has served the prince for seven years, and he knows the prince's habits, temperament, and preferences well, and should be familiar with taking care of his daily life, and the prince trusts him well. What's more, after the prince's wedding, the daily affairs are decided by the crown princess, and your stepfather only needs to obey orders, why are you so anxious? ”

Zhong Lingyao's face showed a trace of sadness: "My father-in-law never said anything about the palace in front of me, so I don't know why my father-in-law is so anxious?" I still remember that after the winter moon of that year, whenever my stepfather returned home, he would sit in his room until late at night every night, and he seemed to have a lot on his mind. ”

"On the day the prince died, where was your father-in-law?"

Zhong Lingyao's eyes became more and more sad: "My father-in-law was in the palace that day. After the prince was found to have died violently in the palace, all the people who served the prince were arrested by His Majesty, and finally beheaded for poor service. ”

She looked up at the moon, and the bright moon in the sky had become blurred: "I haven't even seen the last side of my father." ”

Qinghui entered the room and shone on Zhong Lingyao's sad face, Su Shi's heart was gloomy for a while, and he couldn't imagine that even though ten years had passed, Zhong Lingyao would still be so sad when he mentioned the events of that year.

"When was the last time you saw your stepfather?" Su Shi was silent for a while and asked again.

"It was on the twenty-eighth day of the winter moon that my father-in-law returned to the mansion very late, but that night he seemed very relaxed, and chatted with me for a few words before going back to his room to rest."

"But when I got up the next day, my father-in-law returned to the palace early in the morning."

Su Shi asked, "What did you talk about that night?" ”

Zhong Lingyao replied: "Father-in-law, he has already decided to officially accept me as a daughter-in-law, so that night he asked me if I would like to, and said that Rui Hexiang had customized a set of clothes for me to wear during the ceremony." ”

Su Shi asked casually, "What about the clothes?" After so many things happened, presumably no one would pick it up, it should still be in Ruihexiang. ”

Zhong Lingyao said: "I don't know. Lord Qin also doubted that the suit would hide a secret, so he went to Rui Hexiang to ask. But according to Rui Hexiang's people, the suit had already been taken away by the secret guards, and even the people who sewed the clothes were invited to interrogate, but nothing was found, and in the end it was gone. ”