Chapter 103 Are you easy to bully?

After being reminded at the Duke's Mansion, King Qin left the Mansion with gratitude.

Xu Qingyan finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if she saw hope. She discovered that her fate as a cannon fodder might change because of King Qin's change.

Once the situation in the Xia Dynasty changed, the King of Qin became the emperor, and the government was in good order, what reason would Pei Jingyuan have to start an uprising in the future? Even if he did, he would only be called a traitor and rebel.

Now, the key thing they have to do is to prevent the third prince or the sixth prince from succeeding, especially the third prince, who did a lot of vicious things in the book. In the year when the third prince was emperor, the people of Daxia were in dire straits.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingyan couldn't help but recall the human skin lantern she gave to Pei Jingchuan last time. She didn't know if he had found any clues.

After returning to Tingyuxuan, Xu Qingyan took the initiative to ask him about this matter.

"I asked someone to carefully study and inspect those lanterns and found that they were indeed made of dried human skin, which was then polished in various ways. I also discovered something strange." Pei Jingchuan took the opportunity to tell Xu Qingyan about his investigation.

Xu Qingyan asked curiously, "What's the strange thing?"

After Xu Qingyan finished speaking, she thought: [Young Master, have you found any strong clues? The Third Prince has done something extremely evil. If this case can be solved, many innocent women can be saved! Moreover, even if the Emperor favors the Third Prince, after such an outrageous thing happened, I believe that the Emperor will definitely not let him go this time like he did the previous two times, right? ]

Xu Qingyan became more and more excited the more she thought about it, but Pei Jingchuan frowned and said, "In the past two years, several daughters of minor officials have disappeared in the capital. They went to the government to report the case, but in the end the government simply dismissed them. Moreover, there are also many cases of missing women in several counties not far from the capital, but these have been suppressed. Some of the families of those women have even disappeared inexplicably."

"Could these be related to the Third Prince? Where were those human skin lanterns in the Third Prince's mansion bought from? Who produced them? Have you checked these, my husband?" Xu Qingyan continued to try to remind him.

She couldn't just say that it was the Third Prince who did it, or else they would suspect her. Why did she know everything? If they knew that she was not from this world, they would probably think she was a monster!

"As for this, there is currently no definite evidence to prove it. The lanterns in the Third Prince's Mansion all have purchase records, and they were purchased from regular merchants. As for the human skin lantern, I think he must have done it privately, destroying the normal lanterns he bought and replacing them with his own human skin lanterns. But we have no evidence for these, and we can't find the victim. I'm afraid it's not easy to accuse the Third Prince. We still need to find the victim, or the victim's body." Pei Jingchuan sighed.

Without evidence, they are just talking nonsense. The third prince can claim that he knew nothing about it and that everything was the merchant's behavior. He can even sue them for defamation.

"Husband, have you tried to look for him in the Third Prince's residence?" Xu Qingyan asked anxiously when she heard this.

Xu Qingyan frowned and thought unconsciously, "This evidence must be in the Third Prince's residence, or in one of the Third Prince's manors or some secret place. It is impossible for him to do such a perverted thing in other places. If my husband wants to find evidence, he must go deep into the Third Prince's residence. Let me think about it. It seems that the book once mentioned that when the Third Prince is in a bad mood, he will torture those girls. At that time, I forgot the specific location in the book, but I think it must be not far from the Third Prince's residence, or the basement of the Third Prince's residence? If so, I have to find a chance to go to the Third Prince's residence to take a look! 】

Pei Jingchuan, who was sitting next to him, was more certain of his guess after hearing this. He had also thought that these were somewhere under the Third Prince's control, but he could not confirm whether it was in the mansion or somewhere else. Now, he learned that the Third Prince had taken the victim to vent his anger, so it seemed that it must be in the Third Prince's mansion.

So, he was planning how to sneak into the prince's mansion to take a look, but he didn't expect that Pei Jinyu's voice suddenly came from outside the door at this time.

"Sister-in-law, it seems that the Third Prince's wife is causing trouble again. She actually sent me another invitation, asking me to visit the Prince's residence!" Pei Jinyu walked in from the door noisily, holding a vermilion invitation in her hand.

"Were you the only one invited? Weren't there any banquets being held for you to attend?" Xu Qingyan asked curiously.

Normally speaking, the last time the Third Prince's wife held a banquet, she broke an arm and had to pay her 60,000 taels of silver in vain. She should be somewhat wary and would not think of causing trouble for herself in the short term.

But only a few days had passed and the Third Prince's wife had sent another invitation?

"It's not a banquet. She said she invited me to be her guest. I guess it's just me. But I don't have a good relationship with her, and we didn't have much contact before. Why would she invite me for no reason? Does she want to harm me? Maybe she thinks that you, sister-in-law, are not easy to bully, and I don't seem to have any ability, so she wants to avenge her broken arm on me? Oh... I dare not go!" Pei Jinyu couldn't help but speculate, and then threw the invitation on the table like a snake.

When Xu Qingyan and Pei Jingchuan saw Pei Jinyu like this, they looked at each other speechlessly.

"I don't think so! Jinyu, no matter what, she is still the daughter of the Duke's Mansion. The Third Prince's wife wouldn't dare to harm you so openly." Xu Qingyan said with a frown.

She knew that the Third Prince's wife was full of hatred, but she hated herself, and she was not so stupid as to dare to harm Pei Jinyu, the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion. Especially now that she had lost her arm, and the Third Prince's attitude towards her was not good last time, where did she get the confidence to harm others in such a short time? Even if she wanted to take revenge, she had to wait until this period of time passed and find a suitable opportunity.

Xu Qingyan really felt that something was odd and couldn't guess what the Third Prince's wife was trying to do.

So, Xu Qingyan asked Pei Jinyu: "She only invited you, so can I go with you?"

Pei Jinyu was a little surprised when she heard this: "Sister-in-law, she is not a good person. Why do you still want to go? I think you should find an excuse to refuse."

Pei Jingchuan also felt that what Pei Jinyu said made some sense. He looked at Xu Qingyan worriedly and said, "This Third Prince's Consort is not kind to you. In the future, if she asks you to go to any event, don't go."

Pei Jingchuan was afraid that if he didn't protect him in time, it would be terrible.

But Xu Qingyan didn't think so, and said: "Now that the Third Prince is in trouble, the two of them will definitely not dare to do anything to harm others for the time being. I want to go and see what they are thinking. After all, you can't escape it. Now, our Duke's Mansion is completely at odds with the Third Prince and his men, so we might as well face the challenge head-on."

At the same time, she was secretly thinking in her heart: [Isn't this a great opportunity to go to the Third Prince's Mansion? I was just worrying about how to find evidence against those women in the Third Prince's Mansion! This time, I can enter the Third Prince's Mansion openly. Then I will let Jin Yu deal with the Third Prince's Concubine, and I will go to the mansion to find a dark room. As long as I can find evidence, I can execute this devil, the Third Prince, on the spot! ]