Chapter 106: Revealed
Pei Jinyu said angrily, "Yes! The Third Prince's wife also said that after I become a concubine, she will treat me like a sister and I won't have to pay respects to her. She also said that she will raise my child like her own. It really disgusts me to death!"
Pei Jinyu looked at Xu Qingyan and continued, "Sister-in-law, who is stupid, her or me? If I don't marry the Third Prince as a concubine, I don't have to pay my respects to her every day! She even said she wanted to treat me as her sister, but I don't dare to have such a scary elder sister!"
Pei Jinyu really didn't expect that the Third Prince's wife actually thought that she was so easy to coax and that she could get him to agree by saying such words.
Xu Qingyan frowned when she heard this and said, "It's probably not just that simple! In addition to telling you these things today, did she tell you anything else?"
Xu Qingyan always felt that the arrangements for the Third Prince's wife should be more than just this simple.
Pei Jinyu narrowed her eyes slightly after hearing this, recalled for a moment, and said, "It seems so. She originally wanted to take me to the garden to appreciate the flowers, but then something happened in the backyard, so it didn't happen."
Xu Qingyan understood instantly and said, "That's right! I guess she originally wanted to arrange for you to have an accidental encounter with the Third Prince in the garden. If something happened between you, she would directly ruin your innocence and force you to marry the Third Prince."
"What! They are so vicious!" Pei Jinyu frowned in anger and shouted after hearing what Xu Qingyan said.
Now, Xu Qingyan was also a little scared. If something really happened to Pei Jinyu in the Prince's Mansion today, it would be really bad.
The two of them quickly returned to the Duke's Mansion. Pei Jinyu was like a little firecracker. As soon as she got home, she complained to Pei Jingchuan about how the Third Prince's wife and others wanted to destroy her innocence.
After Pei Jingchuan heard this, his brows darkened, and he felt even more disgusted with the Third Prince. He turned to look at Pei Jinyu and said, "In the future, if the Third Prince invites you, don't go, and go out less recently. After a while, let your mother find a good match for you."
As long as his sister hasn't married, there's no guarantee that other ambitious princes won't set their sights on her. Only when Pei Jinyu is married can they give up on this idea. Moreover, Pei Jinyu is almost fifteen, so it's time to start discussing marriage.
Pei Jinyu was horrified after hearing what Pei Jingchuan said. She didn't want to get married right away, and said anxiously, "Brother, I'm still young, I don't want to meet someone! I'll be obedient, but don't let mother arrange a blind date for me!"
Pei Jingchuan ignored Pei Jinyu, but asked someone to take Pei Jinyu back to her own yard, while he took Xu Qingyan to a place.
"Qingyan, I have checked their backgrounds. They are all women who disappeared this year. One of them is the daughter of the magistrate of Xicheng County in the capital, and the other is the concubine of General Dingyuan. But now they have become corpses." Pei Jingchuan brought Xu Qingyan to the place where the women were placed and told her about the situation of those women in a gentle voice.
Xu Qingyan was a little surprised. "General Dingyuan should have a high military rank, right? How dare the Third Prince capture his concubine's daughter? Are General Dingyuan and his men still looking for their daughter?"
Pei Jingchuan heard this and said, "General Dingyuan is a general of the fifth rank. Although it is not a particularly high position, he is a general who has fought in the battlefield for Daxia. No one dares to look down on him. I have met General Dingyuan before. He is an upright man. He has only one wife and one concubine. This concubine's daughter was born to his concubine. His wife has only one son, so this can be said to be his only daughter."
Xu Qingyan heard that her only daughter had now become a skeleton. She couldn't help but feel sad. She looked at Pei Jingchuan and said, "When do you plan to tell their relatives, my husband?"
"Don't tell my family yet. We want to report to the police first and sue the devil, the Third Prince!" At this time, before Pei Jingchuan could answer, a thin woman with a firm face and hatred in her eyes spoke up.
Xu Qingyan looked at her and saw that her face had been washed clean. Half of her face was fair and pretty, but the other half was ruined beyond recognition.
Xu Qingyan looked at the woman and said, "Girl, are you sure? Have you really thought it through?"
Originally, Xu Qingyan thought that it would take some effort to persuade these women to sue the Third Prince. After all, they had been imprisoned and humiliated by the Third Prince for so long that they would inevitably have psychological trauma towards him. On the other hand, if they did so, their reputations would also be damaged. No one would believe that a woman who had been imprisoned by the Third Prince for so long was innocent.
"Of course I've thought about it. Now that I've been harmed into this state, even if I retain my reputation, who would marry me?" The woman said calmly, and subconsciously reached out to touch the half of her face that had been destroyed.
Originally, she was not a stunning beauty, but she was pretty and she was looking forward to marrying a good husband and living a life of raising children. But now, her face has been ruined like this, and she has also lost her innocence, all of which has become a bubble.
Of course, the most important thing is that the year in the dark room left her with a lifelong shadow and pain. She has not yet fully told Xu Qingyan and the others about the evil deeds that the Third Prince did to her. She wants to expose the Third Prince in court!
Seeing her firm attitude, Xu Qingyan just nodded without saying anything more, and then continued to question some of her other victims.
Among them, some have not yet recovered from their fear and dare not face it, while some are as determined as the woman just now.
So, Xu Qingyan discussed it with Pei Jingchuan, and based on the evidence they had found with the human skin lantern, they decided to help the woman bring a case against the Third Prince to the Dali Temple.
At this time, the third prince did not know that he was about to fall into a dangerous storm. He went to his concubine's room and saw the concubine's embarrassed appearance. He asked her some questions and arranged for someone to check her body, for fear that the concubine would be insulted.
The concubine cried loudly, and when she realized she was not insulted, she leaned into the Third Prince's arms and complained in a pointed way: "Woo woo... Is there anyone who is jealous of Your Highness's love for me, so they want to destroy me? This time, they didn't succeed, but there's no guarantee that they won't do it again next time. I'm really scared."
Upon hearing this, the Third Prince's wife gnashed her teeth and said angrily, "Concubine Zhang, what do you mean by this? Who is jealous of your favor? It's your own bad luck. Don't talk nonsense with a hint of meaning here."
Hearing this, Concubine Zhang trembled in fear and said, "Sister, I didn't say anything about you, why are you scolding me so angrily?"
The Third Prince's wife pointed at her angrily and said, "You...you...even this fool can hear that you are implying something to me!"
She and Concubine Zhang have been at odds for a long time, so anyone who hears her saying this will think she is talking about herself.
The Third Prince was annoyed and scolded, "Enough! What's the point of being the principal wife? I asked you to help me deal with Pei Jinyu, but you couldn't do it, and you attacked my woman in the backyard. Tell me, did you do it on purpose? I warn you, if you can't get Pei Jinyu, then this prince will find a chance to divorce you!"
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