No matter how delicious the food is, once it is cold, it will not arouse the appetite of others. Zuo Yuyan looked at the food on the table that had been gradually cooled and had been untouched, and seemed to be in deep thought.

At this time, Zuo Xiangting stood up and said, "The wine and food on the table are already cold, and it is not a way to entertain, so Zong Yuan and I will serve the dishes hot up." ”

Zuo Zongyuan also hurriedly got up, called someone to bring out the dishes on the table, and only Zuo Yuyan and Su Shi were left in the entire hall.

"Why did you suddenly ask about this?"

"Because it's too coincidental." Su Shi said slowly, "On the 28th of the winter month, this eunuch went crazy, and the prince was killed on the 29th, it is difficult not to think about whether there will be anything to do with this." ”

Zuo Yuyan suddenly said lightly: "Do you know how many things will happen in the palace in a day?" ”

"I don't know."

"The big and small things that happened in the palace in one day were not ten thousand, but seven or eight thousand. I don't know how many people quarrel and scold, and even those who hang themselves and throw themselves into the well also happen from time to time. I really can't figure out why Su Gongzi linked a eunuch to the death of the prince? ”

Su Shi sighed: "If it weren't for the fact that this eunuch committed suicide a few days ago, I wouldn't have this thought." ”

Zuo Yuyan seemed to be a little surprised: "This eunuch is still alive, and he only committed suicide a few days ago?" ”

"It seems that the crown princess still remembers this incident vividly, otherwise she wouldn't have let Lord Zuo avoid it just now, and now she is so surprised to hear that the eunuch is not dead."

"Since you're investigating this matter, you should know why I asked Lord Zuo to avoid it."

Although the dish was served and re-steamed, the wine was still on the table. Su Shi had already sworn not to drink again today, so even though the cup was already full of wine, Su Shi didn't drink a drop of wine.

But now he couldn't help but pick up his wine glass, and he really wanted to get drunk.

But in the end, Su Shi still put down the wine glass and looked directly at Zuo Yuyan: "Princess Pingle checked all the files and asked many people in the palace, but she found nothing. I wonder if the crown princess can give me an answer? ”

"I'm sorry." Zuo Yuyan said regretfully: "Although I know about this, I really don't know the answer you want." ”

Su Shi was puzzled: "Didn't even the crown princess hear that the eunuch was said to be rebellious?" ”

"Since it is a great rebellion, who dares to spread it privately." Zuo Yuyan said, "Actually, if the prince hadn't told me about this matter the next day, I'm afraid I wouldn't have known about it so far." ”

Su Shi couldn't help but pick up the wine glass again, because if he didn't have something in his hand at this time, his heart seemed to be unable to settle down.

"The prince knows about this?"

Zuo Yuyan seemed to fall into a memory, and her eyes gradually became confused: "That night, the prince saw his father and queen, and on the way back to the East Palace, he heard a eunuch wandering by the Taiqing Lake like a wandering spirit, reciting words while wandering. ”

The prince was suspicious, so he sent someone to call the eunuch over and ask him for a closer look. However, as soon as the guards heard the words of the eunuch, they were so frightened that they took the eunuch down on the spot and sealed his mouth. ”

Su Shi couldn't help but ask, "Does the prince know what the eunuch muttered to himself?" ”

Zuo Yuyan thought about it seriously and said, "The prince came back late that night, and the palace had already rested, so he inadvertently told me the next day. At that time, Bengong also asked curiously, but the prince was silent at the time, so Bengong did not continue to ask. After all, in the palace, although it is not common for a eunuch to lose his heart, it is not an unusual thing. ”

"But now that I think about it, the prince should know what the eunuch said."

Su Shi's eyes looked a little disappointed, because he always suspected that Lu Chi was a pawn of Pei Hyun, and his behavior on the 28th day of the winter moon should be Pei Hyun's layout, and the most crucial of them was naturally those few words of great rebellion.

But now even the crown princess doesn't know, and Su Shi really doesn't know where else to start.

Zuo Yuyan seemed to see through his thoughts, looked at him with deep meaning in her eyes, and said slowly: "There were not many people who knew about this at the beginning, and after ten years, there are even fewer people who know what the eunuch said, and I believe that there are only one or two people in this palace." ”

Su Shi finally broke the vow, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

"Although I know who to turn to to get answers, it's a pity that I don't belong to a cat."

Zuo Yuyan looked at him suspiciously: "Cat? ”

Su Shi smiled bitterly: "If I had nine lives, I would definitely bet one or two lives, but I only have one life now." ”

Su Shi sighed again: "And this life is about to starve to death." ”

Seeing that he was talking interestingly, Zuo Yuyan couldn't help but smile, and then raised her voice: "Someone." ”

A palace maid immediately appeared in front of the hall, bent down and asked respectfully, "What does the crown princess command?" ”

Zuo Yuyan chuckled and said, "You can ask Lord Zuo to serve the food." ”

The palace maid left in response, and Zuo Yuyan looked at Su Shi again: "I wonder if Su Gongzi still has something to ask about the palace?" ”

Su Shi suddenly asked, "Does the crown princess still have something to tell the grass people?" ”

Zuo Yuyan fell into deep thought again.

At this time, Zuo Xiangting and Zuo Zongyuan slowly walked in, and several subordinates followed behind with steaming dishes.

When Zuo Xiangting and his son sat down, the dishes were already on the table.

Su Shigang drank a glass of wine on an empty stomach, and was about to pick up chopsticks to pick up some delicacies to fill his stomach, but at this time, he heard Zuo Yuyan say quietly: "My father once mentioned in the letter that Su Gongzi's purpose of seeing the palace, so after receiving my father's letter, the palace also repeatedly recalled what happened in those days. ”

Then she shook her head slightly: "But still nothing has been found." ”

Su Shi didn't seem surprised by Zuo Yuyan's answer, so he smiled: "I also know that after so much time, it is already difficult for the princess to recall the details of the past, and the princess is able to meet the grass people, and the grass people are already very grateful." ”

After finishing speaking, Su Shi finally picked up the chopsticks and picked a piece of tender and smooth meat, just as he was full of joy and was about to put it in his mouth, he suddenly wanted to do something again, and couldn't help but look up at the crown princess.

"Presumably, the crown princess should be familiar with Zhong Lichuan, right?"

Su Shi originally asked this sentence at random, because he always felt that Zhong Lichuan's behavior before the prince's death was very strange, but he couldn't find any answer.

Although Zhong Lingyao was his daughter-in-law, Zhong Lichuan was in the East Palace most of the time, and when he died, Zhong Lingyao was still young and didn't know much.

So now that he saw the crown princess, Su Shi naturally asked about Zhong Lichuan.

Su Shi originally didn't hope to get any news from the mouth of the crown princess, after all, Zhong Lichuan's loyalty to the crown prince was known to everyone, even if the prince's death was related to him, everyone knew that he was just being used.

It's just that when he asked this sentence lightly, the hand holding the chopsticks suddenly stopped in mid-air, even if the meat slice slipped quietly from between the chopsticks, Su Shi still didn't know it.