Seeing Su Shi suddenly asking about the handkerchief, Zhou Jin knew that he must have made a new discovery, and immediately became energetic, staring at him with eyes like black pearls.
"That handkerchief is kept in my dormitory. Did you find anything?"
Although there were only two of them in the room now, Su Shi still lowered his voice and said, "I have a guess about that handkerchief."
"What speculation?"
Su Shi said slowly: "Pei Xuan once said that the prince wanted to change his destiny against heaven, so he left a book behind. I speculate that the clue to finding the book is hidden in that handkerchief."
She knew about the book left behind by the prince's brother, but this was the first time Zhou Jin heard about Zhou Xuan's desire to change his destiny.
"Change your fate against the will of heaven?" Zhou Jin's eyes were full of doubts: "You mean that the prince brother mistakenly believed in Pei Xuan and thought that he would die on the 29th of the winter lunar month, so he wanted to change his fate?"
Su Shi shook his head and sighed: "According to what Pei Xuan said, the prince wants to change not his personal destiny, but the destiny of Daqian."
"Dagan's fate?"
Su Shi suddenly fell into silence, and after a long time he slowly said: "What I say below is just my speculation. If I can find the book left by the prince, it may be able to prove whether my speculation is correct."
"The prince knows that the national policy he implemented can indeed revitalize Daqian in the short term, but in the long run, it will do no harm to Daqian. So the prince must have a follow-up plan to change this situation."
"If the prince is not dead, Daqian will definitely not be in this situation now."
Having said this, Su Shi cleared his mind and continued: "His Royal Highness was bewitched by Pei Xun and believed that the 29th of the winter lunar month in the seventh year was his final day. Therefore, even if Pei Xun left a way to resolve it, the crown prince would not I have made other preparations, and I guess that book records the prince's subsequent governance. If he really cannot escape the deadline, then this book will be his back-up."
"In this way, we can understand why Pei Xuan wants to get this book. If His Majesty today gets this book and governs according to the book, Daqian may not be as chaotic as it is now."
Zhou Jin still couldn't understand, and couldn't help but ask: "Since the prince brother has a strategy for governing the country, he should discuss it with his father. Why is it that he has not leaked a word and has to write it into a book and hide it?"
Su Shi said: "At that time, the prince was trying his best to promote business, and the subsequent policy of governing the country should be to restrict the development of business, so it was not appropriate to propose it at that time. Moreover, he believed Pei Xun's words and believed that Pei Xun could help him avoid the disaster. So I was just lucky, so naturally I didn’t know that the charm Pei Xuan gave him was actually his life-saving charm."
Zhou Jin thought of the prince Zhou Xuan again, and couldn't help but feel sad. After a long time, she said silently: "According to your speculation, this book should have appeared in the hands of the father as soon as the prince's brother died. Why is this book still missing now?" No news?”
Su Shi sighed: "There is another question that I still can't figure out. That is why Pei Xuan knew that the prince had written a book? And I believe that he knew the content of the book and that it would have a certain impact on his plan. It’s a big obstacle, so he wants to find this book to prevent it from falling into His Majesty’s hands.”
Zhou Jin said: "Sister Qin Nan is not speculating that the prince brother and Pei Xun should have met in private. Maybe Pei Xun learned about this through this meeting."
Su Shi shook his head and said: "With Pei Xun's cautious character, he will not meet the prince to avoid arousing suspicion from others. Moreover, the prince has not even informed your majesty about the writing of the book, so how could he tell Pei Xun."
"Then where did Pei Xuan learn about the book written by the prince's brother?"
At this time, Su Shi's expression became extremely strange. After a long time, he smiled bitterly and said, "Because the prince entrusted you to a wrong person."
When Zhou Jin heard this, he suddenly sat up from his chair and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Hui Niang?"
Su Shi was obviously much calmer and nodded: "I'm afraid this is the only reasonable explanation."
Zhou Jin still couldn't believe it. She looked at Su Shi blankly and murmured: "You mean Hui Niang is also Pei Xun's?"
Su Shi said slowly: "No one except Hui Niang should know about the prince writing the book. How did Pei Xun know about it? Since it is impossible for the prince to tell Pei Xun, then the only one who can tell Pei Xun is Hui Niang."
"And this also explains why the book on governing the world did not appear in His Majesty's hands after the prince's death. Because Hui Niang was Pei Xuan's person, so she had no intention of handing it over."
Zhou Jin argued: "But according to what you said, Pei Xun didn't get this book on governing the world. Since Hui Niang is his, why didn't Hui Niang give him the book?"
"There's only one explanation."
"What explanation?"
"Perhaps Hui Niang had other reasons for approaching the prince at the beginning, but in the end she really fell in love with the prince." Speaking of this, Su Shichang sighed: "I believe that Pei Xun also has great kindness to Hui Niang, and Hui Niang is caught between There wasn’t much choice she could make between the two.”
At this time, Zhou Jin finally understood. She sat down slowly and said, "So she neither gave the book of governing the world to her father nor to Pei Xun."
Su Shi said: "This is probably the best choice she thinks she can make."
However, he changed the topic and said: "All my speculations are based on Hui Niang knowing the book of governing the world. If Hui Niang doesn't know it at all, then my speculations will have no meaning."
"Whether we can unlock these secrets depends on whether the handkerchief left by Hui Niang contains clues to the book of governance."
Zhou Jin said: "But you said that Pei Xun had studied the handkerchief and proved that there was no secret on it. Could it be that Pei Xun was lying?"
"What if the secret is not on the surface of the handkerchief, but inside?"
Zhou Jin wondered: "Inside the handkerchief?"
"When I was drinking in the tavern at noon today, it suddenly occurred to me that if Hui Niang first embroidered the clue on the handkerchief, and then embroidered the four words "Withered Plum Blossoms" and "Bi Yi Lian Zhi" on the clues, wouldn't it be just right? The clues are hidden on the handkerchief.”
Then Su Shi showed a thoughtful look and said slowly: "Pei Xuan may know that the secret is hidden in it, but firstly, no one has discovered the secret, and secondly, if he wants to know the secret, he must destroy the handkerchief. In this way It will inevitably arouse others' suspicion. As long as this book of governing the world does not fall into the hands of His Majesty, Pei Xun does not care about this book that much."
Finally, Su Shi said: "And this can also explain why Hui Niang took three months to embroider a handkerchief."
After listening to Su Shi's analysis, Zhou Jin could no longer sit still. She stood up and was about to call Xiaolan in when Su Shi suddenly said: "Don't leave such an important matter to others. You should go back to the palace immediately." , get the handkerchief, then find an embroiderer in the palace, remove the silk thread from the handkerchief, and see if there are any clues hidden in it."
"What about you? Aren't you coming together?"
Su Shi smiled and said, "I'm not in a hurry now. I'll know everything tomorrow."
