However, Xue'e did not participate in it, and even served Tang Huan along with one of the maids, allowing him to enjoy the most special treatment.

"The fact that those county magistrates haven't come to see you yet means they've sided with Cui Renshi."

Gongyang Tingbai lay on the low bed, with only a piece of silk cloth covering his buttocks, enjoying a massage while sipping the wine from Qihuai County.

Qin Yuyang, standing next to her, was in the same pose, but her fair back appeared even smoother than the Northern Princess's wheat-colored skin, making it hard not to turn one's head to look.

Li Daikui was moved to another room, where Tang Huan was the only man present.

But he lay flat on the bed with his eyes closed the whole time, looking more like a blind man than the massage therapists.

"Once the body is sent to the capital, things are going to get lively." Tang Huan's voice rang out, confirming that he hadn't fallen asleep during the massage.

"It's not just getting lively, it's going to be a complete mess, and yet you, the instigator, are still here enjoying yourself leisurely."

"So what if things are in complete chaos? What does that have to do with me? If no one comes to Qihuai County to cause trouble and question me, then I'll pretend nothing happened."

Tang Huan did not regret killing the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. Even though the man did not commit many evil deeds after joining Cui Renshi's faction, Tang Huan could not let him live when he took the initiative to act as Cui Renshi's pawn and wanted to cause trouble for him.

If these illegal industries in Qihuai County were exposed, Tang Huan would only suffer an even worse fate.

At that time, he had not yet received the imperial edict.

"In chaotic times, I don't mind doing what I can to help others, but I can't become a saint. Do you think I should think so much when someone has a knife to my throat?"

In times of chaos, the first thing to do is kill the saintly mother; this saying is never wrong.