"Sir, I heard that many of the above are pawns in the mansion..."

"These people are not from the Earl's Mansion at all. Please don't speak nonsense, sir." Xu Hongwen certainly couldn't admit it.

"But……"

"Sir." Xu Hongwen raised his voice.

Li Kun's heart skipped a beat.

"Your Excellency, please think carefully about what you can and cannot say. Don't fall down just after taking office. If you do, you will be left with nothing but bones." Xu Hongwen said coldly.

Li Kun swallowed, his conscience making him unable to resist adding, "The notice says... as long as the master takes them back, we won't bother. If no one takes them... Your Highness, the weather is unbearably hot at noon. I'm afraid these people won't last more than two days."

"These people are not from the Earl's Mansion, and their life and death have nothing to do with the Earl's Mansion, sir, do you understand?" There was a hint of threat in Xu Hongwen's words.

Li Kun opened his mouth but didn't say a word.

Even if he was dumb, he knew from the tone of voice that the Earl's Mansion was not here to take anyone away...

Or rather, just to see if these people are dead!

"Son, my son... You were working in the Earl's Mansion yesterday, how come you became like this today... My son..." A woman looked for a long time, and after recognizing that he was really her own son, she sat on the ground and burst into tears.

Li Kun: "..."

Looking at Xu Hongwen silently, this has nothing to do with the Earl's Mansion?

“…”

Xu Hongwen's mouth twitched imperceptibly, and then he became angry: "What are you still standing there for? Why don't you take that woman away?"

“Yes, yes…”

The guards nodded repeatedly.

"Prince..."

Li Kun wanted to plead for mercy, but Xu Hongwen turned his head and looked at him fiercely, so he didn't dare to speak.

Oh, that's scary.

I never knew that a high official position was so hot. If I had known this would happen, anyone who wanted to be a corrupt official would be able to do it!

When the guards from the Earl's Mansion were about to approach the woman, they were blocked by a figure.

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

"Back off." Prince Changyang rebuked coldly.

The guards of the Earl's Mansion looked at each other and stepped back.

Xu Hongwen saw a hint of fear on Prince Changyang's angry face and stepped forward to greet him: "Greetings, Your Highness."

"Your Highness is so powerful." Prince Changyang snorted with a forced smile.

"I dare not."

"I still remember how many of these people hanging on the city wall are here. The Fifth Princess's behavior on the city wall yesterday has caused chaos in the city. Now, an assassination has happened just one night later. Does the Earl's Mansion still respect the emperor?" Prince Changyang asked sternly.

Xu Hongwen looked terrified, thinking of the imperial edict in the city: "Your Highness, Marquis Xiang Ming is a wild and unruly man. If he enters the capital, I'm afraid there will be no peace in the capital. If he rebels in the palace like he did in the past..."

"Have you ever seen a rebel enter the palace alone?" Prince Changyang interrupted him.

"Forehead……?"

Xu Hongwen was a little stuck.

Prince Changyang: "Marquis Xiang Ming entered the palace alone, without anyone else. Have you ever seen a rebellious person so foolish?"

Xu Hongwen was speechless for a moment.

"It's barely justifiable to use Fang Xiao as a scapegoat for what the Fifth Princess did. But when the assassination took place last night, several of the Earl's Mansion's top guards were from the capital and well-known among the aristocratic families. No matter how the mansion tries to explain itself, it won't be justified."

The people on the city gate have names and surnames, and they all work for the Earl's Palace. How can they be gotten rid of?

Does he think everyone in the world is a fool?

Xu Hongwen's eyes flickered and his face looked grim.