Chapter 225: Release from Prison
Mu Qing's fingertips trembled. "Mom, don't cry yet. Who captured Xin'er? Why was she captured?"
Mother Lu choked up as she recounted what had happened.
Hu Xiner was arrested because someone accused her of killing her father, mother and elder sister!
The reason was that during the day, many people saw them arguing in the downtown area.
But after nightfall, the three members of the Hu family disappeared one after another, and it was very likely that they were murdered!
They have no enemies in Beijing, so Hu Xiner is the most suspicious.
Mu Qing hadn't been home all day and didn't know what had happened. So he asked bewilderedly, "What? The Hu family has come all the way to the capital?"
"Master, our young lady is innocent!"
At this time, Yun Qiu also ran over crying and explained what happened today: "Today, the young lady went to the comic shop to draw a manuscript, and the Hu family suddenly came to our door to make trouble. They also extorted 500 taels of silver from our young lady before leaving! The neighbors were watching."
Mu Qing barely suppressed his emotions and asked, "Who arrested him? Did he say anything else?"
Yun Qiu sobbed, "The arresters claimed to be from the government, but didn't say anything else. Oh, right! The young lady did send someone to look for the Hu family last night. Perhaps those servants betrayed her!"
Since the government offices in Beijing had taken action and arrested people without any regard for the Lu family's reputation, it meant that either the evidence was irrefutable or someone was behind the scenes trying to sabotage them.
Mu Qing thought of the prince's warning last night, and his expression became even gloomier. Could it be him?
Seeing his expression change, Yun Qiu thought the matter was really serious, so he plopped to his knees and said, "Master, you have to trust the Young Madam! She sent someone over yesterday because she was worried that they wouldn't be familiar with the capital, and secondly, she was afraid they might cause trouble again. So she specifically ordered someone to invite them over and told them not to hurt them!"
"Of course I believe Xin'er." Mu Qing said in a deep voice, "You said she invited the Hu family over yesterday? What was the result?"
Yun Qiu said angrily, "We didn't find the Hu family yesterday! After they left the bookstore, it was as if they had evaporated from the face of the earth, without a trace!"
From the beginning to the end, there was something fishy about this matter.
It was as if there was a huge web of conspiracy that enveloped Hu Xiner, Mu Qing and even the entire Lu Mansion.
On the other hand, Hu Xiner was thrown into jail.
The cell door creaked open, and the entire cell was dark and smelly. Only on the table outside where the jailer was drinking and gambling, was the faint light of an oil lamp flickering.
When the people from the yamen rushed in, Hu Xiner was still sleeping in bed. If Yun Qiu had not tried her best to stop her outside, she would probably have been exposed in front of everyone in her dishevel.
But even so, the officers and soldiers could not wait for her to comb her hair and put on makeup, so she was now bare-faced, with her long hair loose, and only wearing a simple plain silk dress.
Although she was not ugly, she was arguably the most embarrassed among the wives of officials who were dressed straight and straight. If it had not been too early when she was arrested, her embarrassing appearance would have spread throughout the capital in less than a quarter of an hour and she would have been ridiculed.
Yun Qiu quickly stuffed a few hairbands and red ropes into her hands. She held them tightly in her hands. If these things were discovered, they would definitely be taken away.
Fortunately, due to the Lu family's reputation, the officers and soldiers did not do anything to her. They just said indifferently, "Please come in, Madam Lu."
Hu Xiner was half-pushed inside, and before she could react, the door was locked.
The jailer put the key in his pocket and said, "Don't look at it anymore. The interrogation will start at noon today!"
Interrogation at noon? Hu Xin'er chewed on these words, but she was still in a daze.
How come the Hu family suddenly disappeared and she was arrested as a murderer?
At this time, I heard a burst of messy footsteps.
Xiaolan's unruly voice echoed throughout the cell: "Get out of my way! If you stand in the way of our princess, can you, a bunch of lackeys, bear the consequences?"
It turned out that almost as soon as Hu Xiner was imprisoned, the eldest princess rushed over and appeared in the cell.
She put one hand on her waist and pointed angrily at the jailer who was still standing at the prison door: "You have three breaths to open the door and let me go!"
The jailers were all confused. Who was this person?
He had been a jailer for so many years, but he had never encountered such an arrogant prison robber!
He turned his nose up and swung the keychain at his waist vigorously. "Who are you to speak so arrogantly?! Do you know that jailbreaking is a serious crime that will implicate your entire family?!"
In fact, it’s no wonder that the jailer is blind.
The eldest princess's dress now was not much better than Hu Xin'er's. She simply tied her hair up with a hairpin, and the intimidating eye and lip makeup she usually put on was gone.
She's a princess? No one would believe that.
When the princess heard that this little jailer dared to implicate her entire family, she almost laughed out of anger.
She sneered and showed her token: "Open your dog eyes and see what this is!"
The jailer took a closer look and saw that the sign was shining with gold, seeming to emit a dazzling light in the dark and gloomy cell. There were three big words on it: Princess Roujia.
Well, this is the token of the emperor’s favorite princess!
He rolled his eyes and nearly fainted.
But thinking of his family, he stubbornly opened his eyes again, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed as if he wanted nothing. "Princess, please spare my life, please forgive me! I was blind and didn't recognize the great man. Please be magnanimous and let me go for the sake of my mother at home!"
The eldest princess kicked him directly: "Stop talking nonsense and open the door for me!"
The jailer kowtowed repeatedly, and soon blood began to flow from his forehead. "No, Princess! Even if you come, you can't let anyone go. Letting a prisoner go without permission is a capital offense!"
The eldest princess kicked him again and said, "Get up and answer me! Your head is bruised and red, it's an eyesore."
Upon hearing this, the jailer stopped kowtowing, but still didn't dare to stand up. "Don't worry, Princess. The Lord mentioned that this girl isn't the real murderer, and he told me not to treat her too harshly. So nothing will happen to her. The interrogation is just a formality!"
The eldest princess narrowed her eyes.
This is interesting. The case hasn't been solved yet, so how can it be determined that Hu Xiner is not the murderer?
She used a mixture of coaxing and intimidation to question the jailer, but when she found no results, she walked to the prison door and said, "Xin'er, there's clearly something fishy going on here. What should we do now? If you want to be released from prison, I can ask my father for permission to save you."
Hu Xiner fell into deep thought and heard everything that had just happened.
Finally, the two of them discussed it and decided not to release him from prison for the time being, and wait until they were interrogated in court to see what the situation was.
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