My concubine from the Prime Minister's Mansion ran away to be a concubine in the Qi Mansion.

"I left the banquet early. Miss Su, do you know where you are now? If this gets out, it will bring shame to our Prime Minister's Mansion!"

Fu Xuechen's words were full of interrogation and contempt, and he glanced at Su Qingli fiercely.

"Please inform me, Prime Minister."

Su Qingli didn't know the reason, she was caught and put in danger.

There is no other way except to swallow her anger and rely on Fu Xuechen's status as a concubine to be rescued.

Even though Fu Xuechen treated her badly, a husband and wife for a day are bound by a hundred days of grace, so she was better than these men who kidnapped her.

"I bought you from a filthy place, but you fell into the mire again. Fortunately, I arrived in time. It was this guy who took the lead in kidnapping you. Miss Su, please be more careful!" Fu Xuechen said in a cold tone, raised his leg and kicked Cheng Nianshan's lower back fiercely.

She always felt that the Prime Minister's Mansion was restraining her, and she deliberately wanted to run away.

In the end, he couldn't even take care of his own safety.

Faced with his sarcastic concern, Su Qingli frowned, but still thanked him, fearing that she would upset him.

"I almost failed the Prime Minister's kindness. I will keep in mind what he said."

Although Fu Xuechen is cruel and vicious.

But it is better than these dandies who abuse their power and act tyrannically.

"Master Prime Minister, please tell me how to deal with this man."

Qian Jue grabbed the burly man and forced his head down, pinning it to the stone floor. Blood gushed out of his broken index finger, and drops of blood gathered into a small pool of bright red.

No matter how the strong man struggled, it was of no avail. He was like a lamb to be slaughtered.

Fu Xuechen's cold eyes flashed with a chill, "Anyone who witnesses my conversation with Miss Su will be killed without mercy!"

The fragile neck was cut by the sharp knife, and he lay on the ground with his eyes open. The corpses of two strong men appeared in front of Su Qingli.

This was not the first time Fu Xuechen had killed someone. Su Qingli witnessed it for the second time and still couldn't control her shock and horror.

Sensing her expression, Fu Xuechen frowned and said, "If you don't kill me, then the fact that I, the concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion, ran away to the Qi Mansion to be a concubine will be revealed. Do you still want to protect your family?"

What does it mean to go to Qi Mansion to be a concubine?

Su Qingli felt uncomfortable all over as long as he didn't mock her for a day.

Seeing the corpse on the ground, Cheng Nianshan was so scared that he begged for mercy repeatedly.

However, Fu Xuechen had no intention of letting him go.

Su Qingli stopped him in time and mentioned the trouble, "Master Prime Minister, Hongyu can't find her husband and may report to the authorities. I disappeared at the same time as Cheng Nianshan, so I am highly suspicious."

If Hongyu can't find the person, she will report it to the government office and ask them to conduct a thorough investigation.

When the matter reaches the government, her identity will undoubtedly be exposed, and Fu Xuechen, who forged the household registration book for her, will also be implicated.

"You are a woman who doesn't know martial arts. So what if you are a big suspect? How can you be a match for a man who is a martial artist?" Fu Xuechen retorted coldly.

"But I really need an embroiderer. I don't want Hongyu to sow seeds of suspicion and resentment towards me, making the job of the maid in the Qi Mansion difficult. And the Prime Minister doesn't want the officials to investigate me, right? I am your concubine, and investigating me would be disadvantageous to you."

Su Qingli is facing a dilemma, but she also has a way to break the deadlock. Cheng Nianshan really deserves to die, but he cannot die yet.

"Is making money from business so important to you?"

"Or are you willing to let go of the man who kidnapped you in order to make money and throw yourself into Xie Linyuan's arms?"

After all, Xie Linyuan and Su Qingli were in love with each other. Even if he got Su Qingli's body, he couldn't get her heart.

This thorn always made him feel uncomfortable all over, so every word he said was sarcastic.

"Even if the Prime Minister is poisoned, blinded, or beaten into dementia, it is better than taking his life. His life gives Hongyu something to think about."

Su Qingli took Hongyu's feelings into consideration. If she hadn't been in urgent need of an embroiderer to join her, she wouldn't have gotten to know Hongyu, which made the bandit Cheng Nian very interested and want to steal her and sell her for a good price.

"It's not your turn to teach me how to do things." Fu Xuechen's pupils shrank slightly, not allowing Su Qingli to refute, "Qian Jue, take Miss Su away immediately."

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister, Your Excellency the Prime Minister..." Su Qingli was very nervous.

If Fu Xuechen's recklessness ruined her sachet business, she would lose an important source of income.

Qian Jue handcuffed Su Qingli's hands behind her back and gently pushed her forward like a prisoner. "Miss Su, the Prime Minister is doing this for your own good. Please rest assured and follow me back to the palace. The Prime Minister will handle everything properly."

Su Qingli was in a state of confusion, but she was no longer the noble daughter of a marquis and had no ability to resist Fu Xuechen.

Shortly after Su Qingli was taken away, the government office received a report.

"Everyone in Cuihonglou is not allowed to leave the crime scene. Our yamen has received a report that a murder case has occurred in Cuihonglou. Please cooperate with our yamen in the investigation."

The county magistrate quickly ordered people to seal off Cuihong Tower and called Hongyu to claim the body.

According to the speculation of the official coroner, the weapons were a three-inch short knife with a slight curve and a long knife that looked like a long sword.

All of this evidence was found in the room of Mr. He in the He Mansion. He Zefeng was wanted and arrested and brought to the government office. "Does the criminal He Zefeng have anything to say? If not, then confess your crime immediately and accept the punishment. This will save me from having to torture you."

He Zefeng just made a deal with Cheng Nianshan. Cheng Nianshan asked him to pay 500 taels and help him seduce the beautiful female tutor in the Qi Mansion.

The deal hasn't been done yet, so why did Cheng Nianshan die?

"County Magistrate Dai, are you trying to force a confession out of me? I didn't kill them, and these weapons don't belong to me. Someone must have framed me!"

He Zefeng knelt in the main hall of the yamen, refusing to acknowledge that these were his tools for committing the crime. He knew that if he did, he would either be sentenced to death or spend many years in prison.

"If it's not yours, then why is it in your room?" County Magistrate Dai slammed the gavel and stared at the person kneeling in the middle of the hall with his black eyes.

He Zefeng was known for his romantic life, and County Magistrate Dai had also heard of him. The crime scene was an underground secret room in Cuihong Building. Who knew what kind of romantic activities he had engaged in and what kind of conflict he had with the deceased.

After a while, He Zefeng seemed to have thought of something, and he said with sudden enlightenment, "County Magistrate Dai, I know who killed Cheng Nianshan. It was the female tutor named Jiang hired by the Qi Mansion."

Hongyu remembered something and nodded: "Miss Jiang and my husband left at the same place and at the same time. There is indeed something strange about me."

She recalled the last time Cheng Nianshan left her before his death. Su Qingli almost disappeared with her husband, and no one had seen her until now.

At this time, Qi Jinqian was pushed by the guard Yin Han, and he and Su Qingli entered the county government office one after another.

He was wearing a sky-blue wide-sleeved brocade robe and his face was as gentle as ever.

"Miss Jiang was with us, so it's impossible for her to have the time to kill Cheng Nianshan."