Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

Lady Wen'an took out a pill from her waist and fed it to the man, then took out a medicine bottle from her sleeve and handed it to him.

The man took the bottle and uncorked it. It contained red liquid with a faint smell of blood.

"What is this?" the man asked knowingly.

"Human blood."

Hearing this, the corners of the man's lips curled up slightly, and he asked again: "What did you just feed me?"

"Fake death potion." Wen'an County Lady glanced outside the door and said, "Hurry and drink that blood."

After saying that, she grabbed the man's hand and made him drink the blood she had prepared in advance, and then spit it out.

Perhaps the fake death drug took effect, the man's consciousness gradually became blurred and he slowly fell down.

When he completely entered a state of suspended animation, a smile appeared in his eyes.

Princess Wen'an put away the medicine bottle, then calmly opened the door and walked out.

The guards who came with her saw her come out and walked into the room to confirm whether the man was dead or alive.

After confirming that the man was dead, the guards came out and asked someone to go in and carry the man out.

The Lady of Wen'an County looked at the man who had lost all his breath, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with her handkerchief, and said affectionately: "Liu Yan, in the next life, you must come to find me."

Taking advantage of the darkness of night, Lady Wen'an and the people from the princess's mansion secretly transported the body out of the city.

On the way, the carriage broke down, and Lady Wen'an's men took advantage of the guards' inattention to replace the man's "corpse".

After arriving at the burning site, Lady Wen'an's men avoided the guards and carried the replacement man's body onto the firewood pile.

Princess Wen'an personally poured kerosene on the pile of firewood and lit the firewood herself.

They didn't leave until everything was burned out and the scene was cleaned up.

After returning to the princess's mansion, County Lady Wen'an took her guards to report to Princess Yuehua.

"Have you cleaned up everything?" asked Princess Yuehua.

The guard replied, "Your Highness, everything has been taken care of."

Princess Yuehua said softly, "Hmm," and said, "Step back."

The guards withdrew in response. Princess Yuehua glanced at the unhappy-looking Wen'an County Master and asked in a calm voice, "Are you sad?"

"Yes, my daughter is sad." Wen An answered honestly.

"Look at you, you're such a loser." Princess Yuehua walked up to her and straightened her hairpin. "He's just a man. There will be better ones in the future."

"This is the first time my daughter has liked someone so much."

"Have you ever thought about marrying him?"

Princess Wen'an paused. She had never thought about this question because Liu Yan was also serving her mother.

But if you ask her if she is willing to marry Liu Yan, she thinks, she...maybe she is willing.

Princess Wen'an's hesitation made Princess Yuehua mistakenly think that she was unwilling, so she smiled and said, "Look, you don't like him that deeply."

Princess Wen'an did not explain.

"Go back. After this is over, everything will return to normal."

"My daughter is resigning."

***

At noon the next day, Qin Shi, Cui Yuan and others arrived at Yizhou City, and went to see the magistrate of Su County without stopping.

According to Magistrate Su and the yamen documents, what Su Yuan said in the Hall of Supreme Harmony that day was all true.

Princess Yuehua did capture Su Yuan's future husband, and Su Yuan did come to the yamen to sue Princess Yuehua.

Qin Shi closed the document in his hand and asked, "Magister Su, according to Mrs. Su, the Su family was assassinated on the very night she sued Princess Yuehua. Is this true?"

"The day after the Su family sued Princess Yuehua, someone from Sujiazhuang reported that five members of the Su family had been murdered in their home.

After receiving the report, I immediately took people to the Su family to investigate. There were some signs of fighting at the scene, and all the valuables in the house were missing.

In addition, both neighbors of the Su family said they heard the sound of thieves breaking into their house at night.

After the Su family discovered the bandits, they were unwilling to give up their money and property, and fought with the bandits for their lives. In the end, they all died by the sword.

The Su brothers and sisters were not at home and escaped the disaster." County Magistrate Su answered in detail.

"Did the bandits only rob the Su family?" Qin Shi asked again.

Magistrate Su shook his head. "After the bandits robbed the Su family, they went to the homes of two of their neighbors. Knowing they couldn't confront them head-on, they pretended to be asleep and let the bandits plunder their homes. That's how they got away with it."

"Among those two families, no one died at the hands of the bandits?" Qin Shi asked.

"Yes."

Cui Yuan snorted and laughed, "Why does it sound so much like they deliberately made a noise so that others could hear it, so that they can prove that the Su family died at the hands of bandits, rather than someone deliberately silencing them?"

Magistrate Su remained silent.

Qin Shi thought so too, but he didn't show it. He just asked, "Where's the autopsy report?"

Hearing this, County Magistrate Su took out a book from a pile of books on the table and handed it to him.

Qin Shi took the notebook and opened it. He saw that all five members of the Su family had died from a sharp blade. The coroner deduced that the murder weapon was a sword.

Moreover, all five members of the Su family were killed in one blow.

After reading the autopsy report, Qin Shi asked again, "Has the Princess's Mansion taken any unusual actions recently?"

Magistrate Su thought for a moment and replied, "According to the soldiers guarding the city gate, several carriages left the city from the princess's mansion last night."

"Leave the city?" Qin Shi's eyes narrowed. "Cui Yuan, take your men out of the city immediately and investigate along the way."

"Yes." Cui Yuan took the order and left.

After he left, Qin Shi put down the autopsy documents in his hand and looked at Magistrate Su, "Magistrate Su, please accompany me to the Princess's Mansion."

Magistrate Su bowed in response.

Without delay, they immediately led their men to the Princess's Mansion. Soon, they arrived at the Princess's Mansion.

After Qin Shi revealed his identity, the servant guarding the door went in to report. Not long after, the servant welcomed Qin Shi and others in.

The servants led Qin Shi and the others to the garden, where Princess Yuehua and Princess Wen'an were in the pavilion.

One person is painting, the other is drinking tea and enjoying the scenery.

Qin Shi brought Magistrate Su into the pavilion, while the others waited outside.

"Your humble servant greets Her Royal Highness Princess Yuehua." Qin Shi and County Magistrate Su bowed respectfully in unison.

Princess Yuehua slowly put down the steaming teacup in her hand and said calmly, "Why did Qin Shaoqing bring so many people to my princess's residence?"

"Your subordinate is here on orders."

"Coming here on orders?" Princess Yuehua sneered. "I wonder whose orders did Qin Shaoqing follow? And what orders did he follow?"

"Of course it's your Majesty's order," Qin Shaoqing replied calmly. "A few days ago, some people beat the drum to report your majesty, accusing him of forcibly seizing men, taking their lives, and killing people to silence them."

Princess Yuehua sneered, "What a serious crime! I had no idea I had committed such a heinous act."

"This involves human life and your Highness's innocence, so His Majesty has ordered me to come and investigate thoroughly. I hope your Highness will cooperate."

"I wonder how Young Master Qin wants me to cooperate?"

Qin Shi: "According to Yizhou official records, Your Highness arrested a man and brought him into the palace two months ago."

Princess Yuehua glanced coldly at Magistrate Su and said, "That man flirted with the princess. I wanted to capture him, give him a light punishment, and then let him go.

Unexpectedly, he spoke so recklessly and harshly towards me. As the eldest princess of Daxia, how could I allow him to commit such an act of disrespect?

Therefore, I kept him in my house to teach him some proper etiquette, so that he would know the difference between superiors and inferiors! But who would have thought that he would actually injure my people and run away.

Qin Shi's expression remained unchanged as he continued, "Your Highness, I have heard what you have said. If that person truly committed an offense, Your Highness would be generous in simply having him taught the rules.

But... the person who sued Your Highness claimed that the person Your Highness had taken back to the Princess's residence was already dead."

Princess Yuehua smiled upon hearing this. "So, Su Yuan thought I was the one who murdered her and filed a complaint with the emperor?"

Qin Shi's eyes flashed.

"Since she believes the man is dead, she must have found the body. I wonder where it is?"

Qin Shi: "The body has not been found yet."

"Since we haven't found the body, how can we conclude that the person is dead?"

Qin Shi bowed his hands and said, "Your Highness is absolutely right. If he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his body. However, I just heard Your Highness say that the man ran away from the mansion. I wonder if I could go to the place where he lived and take a look?"

Princess Yuehua smiled calmly, saying, "Wen'an, take Qin Shaoqing to have a look."

Princess Wen'an had been painting silently before, but when she heard Princess Yuehua's words, she put down her brush and stood up.

"Qin Shaoqing, please."

Qin Shi bowed to Princess Yuehua and turned around, but took only two steps before stopping.

He turned around and looked at Princess Yuehua, and asked with a smile, "Your Highness, why do you think it was Su Yuan who sued you? I never mentioned Su Yuan's name."

Princess Yuehua was stunned.