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Yuan Youjiang's body was placed in the middle of the room. The Hall of Rejuvenation had never been guarded. Anyone who came in would just follow him to fend for himself. Murderers like Yuan Youjiang were even more ignored. After the people dragged him here, they left in a hurry, for fear of getting bad luck.

The room was dark, and there were no lights.Thanks to the dilapidated roof, a lot of moonlight came in.The white moonlight can't add much light, but you can only vaguely distinguish the path under your feet, so that you don't step on the dead.

Ruan Yunqing rummaged for a long time, but couldn't find any lights and candles. It was only after Song Ju took the fire from his bosom and ignited it that they could barely see the furnishings in the house.

The dusty wall was covered with cobwebs, and the rats all over the floor were frightened by the bright light and fled in panic. After a while, Ruan Yunqing and the two saw Yuan Youjiang's body among the rats.

Yuan Youjiang only had a straw mat rolled up on his body, his feet were exposed outside, and his face was covered with a piece of cloth, so he was not exposed to the naked eye.

Song Bin stepped forward to remove the cloth covering Yuan Youjiang's face.Ruan Yunqing stopped her and stopped her: "What is Your Highness going to do? It's better for me to do it for you."

Song Ru patted Ruan Yunqing's arm lightly, and said with a smile, "Nothing to do. I just want to see what the person who poisoned me looked like."

Uncovering the cloth, Song Ren looked at it carefully.Yuan Youjiang's body had been stored in the Hall of Rejuvenation for seven days. His body had already been bitten by rats beyond recognition. Fortunately, there was nothing serious on his face, and his facial features could still be clearly distinguished.The weather was cold, but the corpse was not very rotten, but the strong corpse smell choked people's noses, and it was really uncomfortable to smell it for a long time.

Song Bin looked at Yuan Youjiang from head to toe, and also carefully looked at the suspicious points mentioned by Ruan Yunqing last time.He put down the cloth, stood up, and sighed: "This man must have been a romantic person before his life."

Ruan Yunqing was puzzled, Song Bin pointed to Yuan Youjiang's finger, and explained: "Look at the callus on the middle finger of his right hand, it seems that it is caused by holding a pen all the year round. I heard you mentioned it last time, the table in his room is full of He has a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and you still said that the handwriting on his confession book is strong and elegant. He is handsome, and he has a good handwriting. Who doesn’t like it when a woman sees it? The court lady who wants to be close to him for this There are not a few of them, and that Fang Luopa may have come from this."

Yuan Youjiang is indeed handsome, tall and tall. From what Xiao Pei said, he has a gentle temperament, unrestrained and uninhibited, quite a bit of heroic spirit. Now that I think about it, such a character, coupled with various skills, can be imagined. It is indeed romantic and free and easy, very pleasing to women.

Ruan Yunqing knelt down, rolled up the straw mat on Yuan Youjiang's body again, and asked Song Ren, "Your Highness, after looking at it for a long time, what did you find?"

Song Ru pondered for a while, and said, "Same as what you said last time, I also think that the cause of Yuan Youjiang's death is not as simple as suicide."

Ruan Yunqing nodded, "Indeed. If it is said that he committed suicide, his clothes are too strange. But if it is said that someone killed him, how could the person who killed him let him have such a big mistake?"

Song Fu couldn't help laughing, he glanced at Ruan Yunqing, and said with a bit of complacency in his words, "When everyone is as careful as you, how can you not let go of such small details? I heard from Mo Zheng that he is also After you reminded me, I discovered the crux of the problem. If Yuan Youjiang was really killed, the real murderer only cared about the layout in the house, and he didn't notice the corpse for a while."

"Then according to your Highness, who wants to kill Yuan Youjiang?" Ruan Yunqing thought for a moment, stared at Yuan Youjiang's body, lowered her head and said: "If according to the evidence on the surface, Yuan Youjiang was bribed by Concubine De, what should we say? Killing someone to silence her must have been done by Concubine De."

Song Ren shook his head, "Not necessarily. This matter is by no means that simple. The chief envoy behind Yuan Youjiang may not be Concubine De alone."

Ruan Yunqing nodded. According to what Xiao Pei said, because of his relationship, Yuan Youjiang hated Xiao Changfu very much. When they met each other on weekdays, the two also broke up. Yuan Youjiang stood up for Xiao Pei several times. Wanting Xiao Changfu to stop forcing Xiao Pei to do those disgusting things, Xiao Changfu relied on his deep roots in Likun Palace, used his power to suppress others, and gave Yuan Youjiang little shoes to wear.

These two people are almost like fire and water, it is unimaginable that the two of them work together to serve Concubine De.

Having said that, Ruan Yunqing suddenly remembered something that he had never asked Song Yuan in detail.

When he said this, Song Ru must be angry.Ruan Yunqing considered it carefully, before asking: "Your Highness, Yun Qing has the guts to ask you a question, and I hope His Highness will not blame you."

Song Ru said with a smile: "Speak up if you have something to say, you have done so many bold things in front of me, are you still afraid to ask a question?"

Ruan Yunqing was a little embarrassed, he smiled shyly, and complained in his heart: Isn't it because he said a few ignorant words in front of Song Ru when they met at the beginning of their acquaintance?

lifetime?

These three words circled in Ruan Yunqing's mind, and finally got into his heart. For the rest of his life, can he really stay by Song Bin's side forever?

Ruan Yunqing respected Song Ruan and got along with him for many days. Song Ruan was extremely gentle and considerate to him. No matter his homework or daily trivial matters, he would ask them one by one. A little melancholy, how long can this kind of life last, he is willing to live his whole life, but what about Song Ren?In the future, can he really keep the lie and let himself always be by his side?

The promise after the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is still in my ears, but Ruan Yunqing is still anxious in his heart. He always feels that such a beautiful day came too suddenly, and it is always a bit unreal.

These troubles have been suppressed in my heart for a long time, but now they suddenly popped up, Ruan Yunqing couldn't help laughing at herself.No matter how upset he is, it's no use. The relationship with Song Bin, from the beginning to the present, seems to be something he can't decide alone.

Ruan Yunqing still firmly remembered what Mo Zheng said to him.Now, you only have to take one step and count one step. Instead of worrying about what you have and what you don’t have, it’s better to think about how to ask clearly what you want to ask.

Ruan Yunqing gave a wry smile, put aside those complicated melancholy, and turned to face Song Ren.He restrained his mind and asked solemnly: "I want to ask His Highness. Has His Highness thought about where he was poisoned?"

After the prince was poisoned, it has been impossible to find out who the poisoner was.Ruan Yunqing had thought about this a long time ago, if the person who poisoned him could not be found out, then he might as well use the backward method to find out where the prince was poisoned.

Ruan Yunqing once asked Ning Bai what kind of poison the crown prince was poisoned with, and what were the characteristics of the poison.

At that time, Ning Bai searched the pharmacopoeia and only found some sporadic clues. He only worked hard on poisons and medicines, and completely ignored the spices, which made the process of detoxification difficult every step of the way, and there was no progress.

But it’s not nothing at all, at least Ning Bai deduced that the poison Song Ru was poisoned was a slow-onset poison, and it was definitely not made at one time. followed its way.

Ning Bai's words woke up Ruan Yunqing.Since poisoning can only be caused by long-term contact, the place where the prince was poisoned can be narrowed down to a very small range, that is to say, it must be someone or something who is very close to Song Ruo and he can often come into contact with. just work.

Song Ren has just turned fifteen and is still studying. Except for some important court meetings and sacrifices, he doesn't need to show his face in the court hall.The scope of Song Ren's activities is limited. He usually stays in the Duanhua Palace, or studies and practices martial arts, or discusses state affairs with the Zhan Shi Shao Zhan Shi of Zhan Shi Mansion, as well as many disciples and staff.He usually only had activities in the inner court. Apart from Duanhua Palace, the only places Song Ren went to every day were Likun Palace and Kangqian Palace, to pay his respects to the emperor and empress.

Then, if Song Bin was exposed to poison for a long period of time, and even fell into a coma after being poisoned, there were only three places where he couldn't escape.

Song Ren gave a guarantee to the servants of Duanhua Palace, saying that these people were carefully selected by Gu Yuanwu, especially those servants who served personally, all of them could be called confidantes, so the people in Duanhua Palace Basically can be ruled out.

In this way, only Likun Palace and Kangqian Palace are left.

Song Ren paid his respects to Emperor Hongyou, the emperor was still hanging out with the concubines most of the time, not to mention meeting him, even Luo Sixi, the Chief Steward of the Kangqian Palace, came out to support him.Every time Song Ru went back to Kangqian Palace, he couldn't stay for long. Sometimes Luo Sixi greeted him before he reached the main hall, greeted Song Ru with a few polite words, and then invited him out directly so as not to disturb the emperor's pleasure.

Ruan Yunqing thought about it carefully, and felt that it was impossible here. Firstly, the time was too short, and secondly, there was nothing in regular contact. When Song Ren went to the Kangqian Palace, most of the time he just saluted outside the main hall door. If he left, the possibility of poisoning him was extremely slim.

Based on this inference, the only thing left now is the Likun Palace.

Ruan Yunqing was a little uneasy. He looked at Song Bin's face and saw that his expression was normal, so he asked cautiously: "Did your Highness think that it was the poison in Likun Palace?"

It is impossible for a person like Song Ju to be poisoned without thinking about where he was poisoned.

The imperial court attaches great importance to the case of the prince's poisoning. The three divisions will be interrogated, and the imperial horse inspector will supervise the trial. Such a thorough investigation has not found out why it happened for half a year. Ruan Yunqing had to guess that someone must have concealed it. What important clues have been laid.Especially after knowing that Yuan Youjiang was the poisoner, Ruan Yunqing became even more suspicious. In Song Ren's heart, he might have already guessed who the poisoner was.

Song Ru was silent for a long time, looking at Yuan Youjiang's body, thinking of some old things from years ago, his heart felt like a huge stone was blocked.

Song Ru's chest felt tight, and the annoyance in his heart was quickly replaced by violent emotions. His temperament suddenly changed, and when he raised his head again, Song Ru's face had long since changed to indifference and murderous intent.

He lightly tapped Ruan Yunqing's forehead, and sighed helplessly: "Sometimes, I wish you weren't so smart."

If Ruan Yunqing wasn't so smart, maybe he could see the scar in his heart later.This was a thorn in Song Bin's heart since he was a child, and he didn't want to tell anyone about it, let alone let anyone see it.This thorn is in the softest part of his heart, and whenever someone touches it, it will make his emotions violent and uneasy.As time went by, even Song Ju himself didn't dare to touch it easily, because he knew that when this thorn was completely provoked, he would be covered in cuts and bruises, bleeding profusely.

Song Bin smiled at Ruan Yunqing with that distorted murderous intent on his face: "As early as when I woke up, I thought that I was poisoned in Likun Palace."

The self-abuse-like pleasure eroded Song Ruo's heart, and the twisted malice made Song Ruo gloomy. There was unspeakable resentment and self-mockery in his tone. He spoke slowly, word by word, in a calm voice. : "Not only did I think that I was poisoned in Likun Palace, I also suspected more than once that the mastermind behind the poisoned person was my biological mother, the mother of the Dongli Dynasty, and the current queen!"