During the famine, my ancient well connected to modern times

"Marquis Xuanwen called people out. Princess Protector's men beat people to death. We can't just let the matter go."

"That is, the emperor broke the law and was as guilty as the common people, let alone an eunuch. Hand him over."

"The dignified princess protecting the country actually condoned the domestic slaves beating the royal family and nobles. It is really too much. Could it be that because she has an emperor brother, she doesn't pay attention to other people?"

"..."

The shouts of the people came into the Xuanwen Hou Mansion.

Luo Huanhuan kept pacing back and forth in the room, tiptoeing to look at the door from time to time.

Hou Cheng sat in Luo Huanhuan's footsteps with runny nose and tears.

Luo Huanhuan was furious, "Why are you crying? Haven't you been sentenced yet?"

"Princess, if this slave is sentenced, he will probably die."

Thinking of the scene of people's heads falling to the ground, Hou Cheng cried again.

Luo Huanhuan felt upset and slammed the table, "I'm annoyed enough now, can you please stop annoying me."

Hou Cheng hesitated and couldn't help but started to hiccup.

Although he tried his best to restrain himself, he still made sounds, and his body would tremble from time to time.

Luo Huanhuan was angry and distressed, "Okay, before anyone from the government comes, you go down and freshen up. With your appearance now, anyone will suspect that you killed someone."

After hearing this, Hou Cheng got up on his hands and feet, and fell down when he went out.

Luo Huanhuan gritted his teeth, "Why did I choose him in the first place?"

Not long after, Jiang Qian walked in with the support of Hong Li.

Luo Huanhuan's heart calmed down, "You are finally back. Something happened at home."

"Don't worry." Jiang Qian held her hand and his voice was soothing. "I know everything. Your Majesty has asked Guo Xing to take over the case."

"It turned out to be Guo Xing."

It is better to hand it over to Guo Xing than to hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple.

Luo Huanhuan put her hands together and recited Amitabha.

Jiang Qian raised the corner of his mouth and said, "You care about Hou Cheng."

"In the palace before, he was the only one who could make me happy. Although he has some minor flaws, he is definitely not a bad person."

Even if you are as noble as a princess in the palace, your life may not be easy. No outsider will know the sadness in this.

When the Huns came, several servants in her palace ran away. The only one who stayed with her was Hou Cheng. He was obviously timid, but he stood in front of the door with a knife and kept vigil for her.

Although he is usually fierce, he is actually a coward. If you ask him to kill people, he will scare himself half to death.

Luo Huanhuan would never believe that he had committed a murder. It was either an accident or a frame-up. The other party was probably coming for her or the Hou Mansion.

In this case, no matter what the reason was, she would try her best to keep him.

Jiang Qian saw her worries, "Guo Xing was born in Dali Temple, he is very good at investigating cases, and he is upright. He will not wrongly accuse Hou Cheng."

"I'm just afraid that the royal family won't let Hou Cheng go."

Everyone in the capital knows how precious Princess Changle is to her son. I heard that they had just decided to get married not long ago and they will get married in July. Now that something like this has happened, how could Princess Changle let it go?

"We haven't figured out what the situation is yet, so no one dares to mess around."

Luo Huanhuan stomped her feet angrily, "Hou Cheng is really unlucky. He didn't go to Chunfeng Tower earlier and he didn't go to Chunfeng Tower later. He happened to go there at this time and bumped into Qi Huaiyu. He died like this."

On the way back, Jiang Qian also learned about what happened.

He felt that something was not right, "What did Hou Cheng say?"

"He said he didn't do anything."

"Why did he go to Chunfeng Tower?"

Luo Huanhuan said: "My shoe store has recently received a batch of high-quality wool boots. Many merchants have taken a fancy to them and want to buy more and ship them to other places for sale. Hou Cheng went to discuss this. Yes."

"As soon as I went upstairs, I saw Qi Huaiyu coming downstairs disheveled. Hou Cheng just said hello. Qi Huaiyu seemed to be crazy and raised his hand to hit someone. Hou Cheng dodged at that time. Unfortunately, there was someone behind him. Qi Huaiyu fell down the stairs like this."

Jiang Qian always felt that something was wrong.

At this time, Hou Cheng also changed his clothes. His eyes were red, like a frightened rabbit. Luo Huanhuan felt a little uncomfortable seeing him like this.

Jiang Qian asked: "When you saw Qi Huaiyu, did you feel anything was wrong?"

Hou Cheng sniffed and took a long time to answer: "I seem to be asking about the pungent smell of smoke, but my impression is that Qi Huaiyu does not smoke."

Jiang Qian frowned and asked, "Are you sure it's the smell of cigarettes and not wine?"

After hearing this, Hou Cheng immediately understood what the prince-in-law meant and racked his brains to think about it.

"It seems to smell like alcohol. Usually people who come to Chunfeng Tower either drink alcohol or drink tea. Qi Huaiyu doesn't seem to be a tea drinker."

At this time, Hou Cheng suddenly thought of something, "By the way, when I saw him, his eyes were weird, as if he had drunk too much and he was talking to the air."

Luo Huanhuan said resolutely: "I guess I drank too much."

"You too, he drank too much, wouldn't you hide away?"

"I wanted to hide, but I was bumped into by him as soon as I went upstairs. I can't pretend not to see it, otherwise he will use the situation to speak ill of the princess again."

"What bad words?" Jiang Qian asked puzzledly.

Luo Huanhuan glared at Hou Cheng and turned around and said, "It's nothing, he's just jealous of my business and made a few sour remarks, but I don't take it to heart at all."

At this time, Hong Li stepped in and said, "Master Hou, princess, Ji Ziqiu from Jingzhao Mansion is here, saying he wants to take Hou Cheng back to investigate."

Hou Cheng's body shook violently, his facial features were distorted and he cried out, "Princess, Master Hou, I really didn't kill anyone. You must save me. I don't want to die."

Luo Huanhuan's eyes turned red, "Cry, cry, cry, you know how to cry, who told you to go to Chunfeng Tower today."

"The little one didn't know that something like this would happen. If the little one knew that he would be beaten to death, he wouldn't go there!"

Jiang Qian pulled Hou Cheng up and said, "Your Majesty handed over this case to the Jingzhao Mansion for investigation. The person investigating the case is Guo Xing. If you really didn't do anything, he won't accuse you unjustly. Tell the truth after you go." That’s it.”

Jiang Qian thought for a while and reminded: "I will let Hong Li take care of the Yamen. When you go in, don't mention the princess easily. Do you understand?"

No matter how stupid Hou Cheng is, he understands this truth, "Don't worry, Mr. Hou, I will never implicate the princess."

"That's not what I meant. If the princess is not involved, this case is likely to be an accident. But once the princess is involved, it will be troublesome. Even if you didn't do anything, people will think you did."