On the bustling long street, a tavern was still overcrowded. At the full table, a few people got together, talking mysteriously about something that had already spread through the streets and alleys.

"Hey, have you heard? Recently, something big happened in the court——"

"Oh, how can I not know, this has involved many people."

"It's true, the calmer it is, the worse the things underneath will be."

"Hey, you can say a few words less."

"What are you afraid of, this has been uprooted, and someone can come..."

Trivial voices kept piercing into the ears, the person who was shaking the wine glass suddenly exerted some strength in his hand, the light blue porcelain cup burst into several petals, and even drew a few bloodstains on the palm of the person, but this personAs if feeling nothing, he casually took an ingot of silver and put it on the table, waved his sleeves and left.

At the same time, Su Mu and Liu Xiaoran were very busy.

It took a lot of effort to uproot this group of dirty things. Even though the evidence was solid, there were still many people who were stubbornly resisting, so it took a lot of time to sort out various account books and witnesses.

This matter was ordered by the emperor himself, and the two of them would inevitably have to go back and forth to the palace. Su Mu dragged Liu Xiaoran to learn the etiquette norms all night, and his dizzy mind was full of feudal etiquette, which was not advisable.The rules and regulations of 88 really make people dizzy, and if they accidentally make a mistake, they will be grabbed and held by others. It is really trembling, like walking on thin ice.

"It finally came out..."

After walking out of the Xuanzheng Hall, Su Mu hammered his shoulder and let out a low sigh of relief.

Before he could let go of his breath, suddenly there was another person in front of him like a magic trick.

The person who came was an eunuch, and after saluting respectfully, he squeezed his throat and smiled obsequiously: "Marquis Su, His Royal Highness, please go over and talk."

"His Royal Highness the Prince?" Su Mu was taken aback. The prince had nothing to do with him, and didn't he always say that the prince lived in seclusion and rarely interacted with others?

Come to find yourself something?

He could roughly guess that it must have something to do with King Ning.

Since the prince only invited one person, he could only go there alone. Su Mu always felt that something was vaguely wrong, but he was forced to go alone. Seeing that Liu Xiaoran seemed quite worried, Su Mu gently squeezedSqueezing his wrist, nodded.

"Let's go back first."

It may not be possible to come out in a short while, the sky is freezing, he can't bear to let Liu Xiaoran wait.

Afterwards, he left with the eunuch.

Asking the prince to wait for him to go, it was the first time he knew that he had such a big face.

After detouring several roads, finally entered a palace.

"His Highness is waiting inside, Marquis just go in."

Then the man called inside again: "Your Highness, Marquis Su is here."

"Enter."

Su Mu had met the prince a few times, but he was still not familiar with him. When he opened the door and walked in, he felt uncomfortable everywhere.

Ji Yunche, who was wearing a moon-white uniform, was standing in front of the desk. When he heard the footsteps of someone coming, he paused slightly, then raised his eyes, and showed the most gentle smile: "Su Marquis."

Su Mu naturally didn't dare to look up at people at this meeting, and began to salute in a proper manner, intending to go through all the etiquette in his mind in one go, and before he finished reviewing, a hand with strong bones had already reached himforearm.

"Marquis doesn't need so much courtesy, please."

The voice was gentle, but it was somewhat different from the prince Su Mu thought of.

When he heard Lu Lingjue's messy description before, he thought that this was a depressed highness. He should have a gloomy and introverted personality who didn't like to talk to people. Judging from the voice now, it seems that this is not the case.

When he raised his eyes to see Ji Yunche's appearance, he couldn't help being taken aback, there was a gentle smile on his brows, there was no gloomy look.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness."

When Su Mu carefully sat down, Ji Yunche said with a smile.

"Marquis has spent a lot of time working on these matters in the DPRK these days, I think it must have taken a lot of effort, I admire you."

...

Su Mu was really terrified.

"His Royal Highness is serious."

But it was not bad from what he thought, the prince said this straight to the point, so it is estimated that the purpose of coming to find him is probably related to this.

After going back and forth like this for a few times, Ji Yunche coughed lightly, and Su Mu immediately shivered.

I think His Royal Highness is finally going to get down to business.

"I have also done some research on the affairs of these days. Compared with Marquis, my palace is naturally much more convenient in some places." Ji Yunche slowly filled himself with tea and held up the cupZhan blew lightly, "Teach me to find out some old things."

Although his voice was still very peaceful, Su Mu could hear some other meanings from it.

The old things that the prince said were not simple things.

"This matter is related to Marquis' father, who used to be Anding Marquis."

Although Su Mu had a premonition, he didn't expect it to be about Su Yi.

Although he had guessed that Su Yi's death might be related to a deeper secret before, he couldn't find any definite evidence or clear direction, so he could only shelve it for the time being.

"Your Highness, what do you mean?" Su Mu stood up with a serious expression.

Ji Yunche stood up, and there seemed to be a bit of sadness in his eyes: "Marquis, did you ever think that Marquis Anding's death in battle was not due to the rampant Turks, but because someone fueled the flames?"

Although there is no fate with this father, and he has neither met nor spoken to, but this is the real father of the original owner, if the other party keeps playing tricks - it will be a bit impolite.

"Master Lu Linlu, he was once the deputy general of Marquis Anding. Like your father, he died in the battle with the Turks, but he once sent a letter home, and he is here."

Su Mu took the yellowed letter from Ji Yunche with both hands. It was very old, but the letter was very well preserved. Except for the inevitable wear and tear on the corners, the handwriting was clearly legible.

"As stated in this letter, there were clues to that battle before it started. In that battle, King Ning went out with the army, but he made a rash judgment and misjudged the enemy's situation, which led to a turn for the better.Mr. Lu was puzzled in the letter, but Lord Su must be able to understand the intricacies. This letter is a close friend of Mr. Lu, and it happened to be brought back by the way. But because of theIt is a very important matter to write, and no one dared to touch it, until a few years ago when Mrs. Lu passed away and I went to express my condolences, Madam Lu gave this letter to me."

Su Mu looked at the few words in the letter, and a chill came from the bottom of his heart.

Lu Lin obviously had expected it. There was confusion and reluctance in his words, but he didn't complain. When he wanted to bury his bones in a foreign land, he only thought it was "the king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die."

"Marquis Anding seems to have visited many officials related to this case, and he must have become suspicious of someone." Ji Yunche slowly sat back on his seat, "It's just that it's better for someone to strike first, Marquis AndingInvincible, a hero who was supposed to be admired by everyone, but in the end... ended up like this, it's a pity, and it's really hateful."

"But it's only a letter, it's not yet possible to—"

"Marquis, believe it or not, it's just a thought." Ji Yunche lowered his eyes and said softly, "This is the case for this palace, so is Marquis, and the same is true for my father."

The eunuch dressed in dark blue clothes thoughtfully sent people to the door, and pointed to two little maids to lead Su Mu out of the palace. Although it was a sunny day, Su Mu felt that the sky was more beautiful than the snow.Let it cool down a bit.

The palace walls piled up one after another, and the red wall was supposed to be a noble color, but it seemed a bit dazzling at this time. Su Mu walked slowly and silently followed the two young ladies. He was not good at remembering the way, so he just had to follow the peoplejust go.

"Yu Zhi."

A familiar call pulled his thoughts out of the chaotic world. When Su Mu raised his eyes, he saw Liu Xiaoran standing in front of the backlight, frowning at him.

He evoked a faint smile knowingly: "Sure enough, he is still waiting for me."

I made you go back first.

"Then you don't have to follow any more. Go back and report to your orders. It's cold outside." Su Mu walked up to Liu Xiaoran side by side, turned around and told the two little maids to go back first, and waited until the two little girls respectfully left.After Li left, he squinted his eyes and looked at Liu Xiaoran, "Without Yan Xuan by my side, this palace is really difficult for me."

"..." Liu Xiaoran seemed to want to say something, but in the end she didn't ask anything, just nodded slightly, "Let's go."

It wasn't until she got into the carriage that Liu Xiaoran sighed softly, and stretched out her hands to straighten Su Mu's neckline that had been blown by the wind.

"Yu Zhi."

"Ok?"

"Stop laughing."

Su Mu's body seemed to tense up uncomfortably for a moment, and seemed to be discouraged the next moment. Although he didn't put away the smile on his face, his exhausted expression had fully exposed his current state of mind.

"Is it ugly?"

"...not pretty."

Unexpectedly, Liu Xiaoran actually answered her question seriously, and Su Mu smiled sincerely: "What Yan Xuan means is that I look good when I smile on weekdays?"

It was just a thoughtless joke, but Liu Xiaoran paused for a moment, then nodded seriously.

This made Su Mu feel a little overwhelmed.

In fact, there is no need to answer this question so seriously.

"what happened?"

Su Mu rubbed the tips of his reddish ears, but the culprit had already changed the topic and subtly cut to the point.

"Actually...these are all things that have already been guessed. It is still a bit hard to accept now that all of these things have become true." Su Mu looked down at his hands, with a white wrist wrapped around his white wrist.Stringing the beads that Qin Anhe had just asked from Miaoli, it was said that it could bless him in the new year without any disasters and troubles, and be safe and sound.

Looking at this string of beads, he wondered if Su Yi once had such a string, which was worn on her body for thousands of years, just for saying "peace and peace".

Su Mu stroked the cold beads, as if asking himself.

"How can people be so bad?"