He was really wronged

The people also felt that Prince Jin's princess consort might want to kill everyone in order to silence them.

This was simply too deranged.

Each and every one of them showed a determined and unyielding look.

Xiao Hanzheng saw that the public's rage had already piled high and said, "Prince Jin's princess consort's personal guards ambushed and assassinated Prince Yi. They wanted to kill my mother and the commoners to silence them, and even colluded with bandits."

He cupped his hands in the direction of the capital and said, "If the prince commits a crime, he would be punished the same way as the commoners. I will definitely report this to the emperor and pursue a thorough investigation.

"I'll just have to trouble everyone to sign and testify." He said kindly to his people.

They had already splashed dirty water on them, so of course, he had to make it real.