Gourmet Girl: Becoming a Royal Merchant Started from Selling Buns

These guys were newly hired after Zhang San and others joined the army. Now most of them have disheveled hair, wear underwear, and look like they are sleeping. They have no idea what is going on.

Now that their sweet dreams had been disturbed for no reason, everyone couldn't help but look at each other and whisper to each other.

"What's going on? It's the middle of the night, and you're waking us up instead of sleeping properly?"

"Sleep, sleep, sleep, all you know is sleep. Just now, a group of assassins came out of nowhere and slaughtered people crazily in the attic. Even with such a loud noise, you didn't even wake up. What an idiot."

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Chu Yi's gaze swept over everyone one by one, his eyes as cold as a poisonous snake, making people shudder.

Seeing everyone whispering, he frowned impatiently and winked at the guard beside him.

The guard immediately understood, and with a swish, he drew the sword from his waist, held it in front of him, and shouted threats at the men.

"If you don't want to die, shut up!"

"Assassinating His Majesty is a heinous crime punishable by the death of all nine generations of your clan. Look carefully! If anyone is not around, please report their name immediately. Anyone who knows about this and fails to report it will be guilty of the same crime and will be executed according to the law!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone couldn't help but shudder, and all sleepiness disappeared immediately.

They looked at each other, not daring to let go of even a little bit.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd screamed.

"Wang Yi, Wang Yi is gone!"

Hearing this, the guards quickly pushed through the crowd and found the person who spoke.

He grabbed the man by the collar and brought him in front of Chu Yi.

Chu Yi put his hands behind his back, narrowed his eyes, stared at him, and asked.

"Who is the Wang Yi you are talking about?"

"He's a shop assistant in our shop. He usually does odd jobs in the front hall and waits on customers. But I think he's very honest. He just works hard and rarely talks. He doesn't look like someone who would assassinate Your Majesty!"

The guy frowned and thought carefully.

Perhaps because of fear, his body was shaking like a sieve.

Seeing that his face was pale and he was speaking incoherently, Chu Yi couldn't help but feel suspicious and snorted coldly.

"You know that deceiving the emperor is also punishable by death."

Hearing this, the guy fell to his knees, shaking his head and arguing with tears and snot.

"Your Majesty, I know what I have said, and every word is true. I would never dare to deceive you!"

Seeing this, a trace of disgust appeared in Chu Yi's eyes. He took a step back imperceptibly, raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose with his sleeve, and gave instructions to the guard beside him.

"If that's the case, then go check Wang Yi's room."

"And Suan!"

"Something like this happened in her shop today. Even if she was unaware of it, she is guilty of negligence and should give me an explanation. Go and call her over!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Zhun's eyes turned cold.

He subconsciously tightened the handle at his side, and his beautiful phoenix eyes glanced at Chu Yi unkindly, making a sarcastic remark.

"Your Majesty, that's quite interesting. It was Your Majesty who insisted on living here in the first place. Now that something has happened, you are trying to shift the blame onto a woman. It's truly despicable."

"Don't think that just because you saved me, you can question my decision. I almost died here today. If this matter is not thoroughly investigated, no one can leave!"

Chu Yi looked down at Fu Zhun, swung his sleeves suddenly, and said angrily.

The guards did not dare to delay and quickly found Su An's room and roughly escorted her out.

Su An twisted his arms restlessly, his face full of dissatisfaction.

It was he who insisted on staying with her in the first place, but now that something has happened, he is blaming her.

It is said that emperors have always been heartless, and this is absolutely true.

Being forcibly dragged to Chu Yi's front, Su An frowned, rubbed his aching wrist, and made dissatisfied excuses.

"I am not a criminal. Your Majesty, are you not afraid that the people will be disheartened by your allowing your subordinates to treat civilians this way?"

"Now that the assassin's whereabouts are unknown, I must act with caution. It's better to kill a thousand people by mistake than to let one go. I'm sure Miss Su will understand."

Chu Yi glanced at her with a half-smile, his tone devoid of warmth.

Before Su An could reply, a guard came up hurriedly and handed over a stack of letters and an accessory with exquisite and exotic patterns.

"Your Majesty, no trace of it was found in Wang Yi's room, but I found some accessories used by the Hu people in daily life."

"In addition, I also found these letters in Miss Su's room."

What letter?

How come she doesn't know that she also has a hobby of collecting letters?

After hearing this, Su An's eyelids twitched suddenly, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

Chu Yi took the letter from the guard and opened it to read it carefully.

The more he looked down, the darker his face became.

Finally, he suddenly tightened his grip, crumpled the letter, shook the letter in his hand, and asked harshly.

"Su An, Su An, I trusted you so much, but you colluded with the Northern Hu rebels in secret, intending to take my life! That Wang Yi must be a pawn you deliberately planted in this shop. Su An, I underestimated you!"

"Now that we have all the evidence, what else do you have to say?"

No, she just took a nap and the huge blame was put on her head.

She is really more wronged than Dou E! ?

Su An was bewildered, not knowing whether to be angry or laugh.

Before she could speak, Fu Zhun took the lead and pushed the wheelchair forward, his eyes filled with desolation, and confronted him in a cold voice.

"This is absolutely impossible. Miss Su has no grudges against His Majesty. Why would she commit such a treasonous act?"

"If it's about money, Miss Su is already rich enough to rival a nation. Why would she risk collaborating with others? If it's about power, Miss Su should stay away from the court. Even if His Majesty dies, what good will she gain?"

"It's obvious that someone is deliberately framing Miss Su. Can't Your Majesty see that?"

Every word touched my heart.

"That's right! That's right!" Su An was almost in tears, nodding madly at Fu Zhun like a chicken pecking at rice.

Then she turned her head, looked at Chu Yi as if he were an idiot, and pouted in defense.

"Your Majesty, if you think about it carefully, you will know that this could not have been done by a commoner."

"Even if I were to take a step back, even if I were to collude with the Northern Barbarians, the letters we exchanged would have been hidden very discreetly, even if they weren't burned. How could I have laid them out, deliberately waiting for your Majesty's men to search?"

As she spoke, she felt more and more that she was right, and her tone became more righteous.

Squinting his peach blossom eyes, he looked Chu Yi up and down, and suddenly a suspicion popped up in his mind.

"No, Your Majesty, you want to convict me based solely on this letter. Did you plan this all along? Could it be that Your Majesty sent someone to slip this letter into my room, so that you could use this opportunity to murder me? Your Majesty is truly a cunning schemer!"