Marrying into a rich family by mistake, it is difficult to be a mistress

Chapter 152: Caught Red-Handed, No Way to Defend Yourself

The noise outside woke Xu Yan'er up.

She was in the cellar, the only light coming from a few candles in the corner, and she had no idea what time it was.

"Is it daybreak?" she asked uncertainly.

Xu Gui sat up straight in a daze, "I don't know, it should be bright now."

Xu Yan'er immediately stood up and walked out.

Suddenly, a voice came in.

"There's a tunnel here!"

Xu Yan'er was so frightened that she ran in quickly.

"Yan'er, what's wrong!" Xu Gui was also panicked.

Xu Yan'er didn't bother to answer Xu Gui. She looked around for a place to hide, but where could she hide?

"There's someone inside! Hurry!" a voice came from outside.

"They found us! They discovered this secret room!" Xu Gui cried out in panic.

Xu Yan'er looked at Xu Gui angrily, "I'm going to be killed by you this time!"

Several yamen runners rushed in, saw Xu Gui and Xu Yan'er, and immediately stepped forward to hold them down!

Xu Yan'er didn't dare to make a sound and allowed the bailiffs to arrest her.

Fortunately, these yamen runners didn’t know her.

She would just have to wait until she met the prince, and then she would explain the situation to him.

When Xu Yan'er was brought out and saw the situation around her, she was completely stunned!

There were yamen runners standing in the yard who were there to search, and outside the yard were people all over, and even on the top of the wall were heads of people watching the fun.

When Xiao Yan'an saw Xu Gui being brought out, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally caught the person.

However, when they saw the bailiff bringing out another person, and it was Xu Yan'er, their eyes were full of surprise!

"Isn't this Xu Yan'er? The prince's concubine!" Someone recognized Xu Yan'er.

"What? She is Xu Yan'er? Why is she here?"

"Xu Gui is her biological brother! There is only one possibility that she is here, harboring Xu Gui!"

"No! Prince, please listen to my explanation. I didn't hide Xu Gui! I... I just came to see if he was hiding here!" Xu Yan'er found a lame excuse to explain.

"When you found him hiding here, why didn't you report it to the police immediately?" someone on the wall asked.

"I... I didn't have time yet!" Xu Yan'er retorted loudly.

"Prince, these were found in the cellar." A yamen runner took out Xu Gui's leftovers and some daily necessities.

"Hiding in the cellar, and eating so well, with wine and meat! And these things, could they be sent by Xu Yan'er?"

"It must have been sent by her!"

"It's not me! Prince, you must believe me!" Xu Yan'er looked at Xiao Yan'an with a pleading face, she was so anxious that she was about to cry.

Xiao Yanan's anger was burning fiercely in his heart, and he didn't want to say a word to Xu Yan'er!

"Come here, take Xu Gui and Xu Yan'er to the government office together!"

"Prince! I am innocent! Prince, you must believe me!" Xu Yan'er cried loudly.

Xiao Yan'an's face was grim. He turned around and no longer looked at Xu Yan'er.

"Prince, I am also innocent. I didn't kill anyone! I didn't kill anyone!" Xu Gui also quickly protested his innocence.

……

The royal palace, Heluan Palace.

The princess is teaching Ji Chuhe needlework.

Qingluo hurried in.

"Princess, Madam, the prince has arrested Xu Gui and Xu Yan'er together."

"Did Xu Gui confess?" asked the princess.

"He confessed. He said that he just had a fight with Ali and he hit Ali's head with the stick in order to get rid of him. After Ali fell to the ground, he ran away. He did not admit to the deaths of the other three people."

"He certainly didn't kill the other three people." Ji Chuhe said slowly, "Aunt Qingluo, did you find out if Xu Gui had any injuries?"

"Yes." Cousin responded affirmatively.

Ji Chuhe nodded, agreeing with the accusation of a fight.

"Mother, let's wait for the results of the prince's investigation."

"Yes." The princess nodded. "Qingluo, ask the kitchen to prepare some dishes that He'er likes. He'er will have lunch here today."

"Yes." Qingluo retreated immediately.

“He’er, look here, you have to close the stitches like this so that the threads can be arranged neatly.” The princess continued to teach Ji Chuhe embroidery.

Ji Chuhe was not good at needlework, so Nanny Ji taught her some.

When she was little, she envied Geng's skill in teaching Ji Qingyuan embroidery stitch by stitch.

Regardless of Geng's personality, there is no doubt that Geng loves Ji Qingyuan.

The princess looked at Ji Chuhe's clumsy stitching with a loving smile in her eyes. She picked up the fan beside her and fanned Ji Chuhe herself.

"He'er, don't be anxious. Take your time. Be careful not to prick your hand."

Ji Chuhe raised her head and smiled at the princess, "Mother, do you really not think my embroidery is ugly?"

"Not ugly! Not ugly at all." The princess immediately shook her head.

"I want to embroider a purse for my mother."

"For me?" The princess' eyes suddenly lit up.

"Yeah, but this won't work. Let me practice it some more."

"Why is this one not okay? This one will do! This is what mother wants." The princess was reluctant to let Ji Chuhe embroider one more.

Embroidery is troublesome and time-consuming. After embroidering for a long time, my neck, hands and waist become stiff!

How could she bear to let He'er waste his time on this?

"Then I will try to embroider better later."

"Mother will like any embroidery."

"Thank you, concubine."

……

Concubine Gao and Xiao Jincheng were waiting for the maid's reply.

Concubine Gao already knew the situation at the government office.

She also wanted to know what the princess and Ji Chuhe’s reactions would be.

Her personal maid walked in quickly.

"Concubine, I just received news that the princess and Ji Chuhe are embroidering. However, I sent someone to the government office to inquire about the situation. Although I don't know what they are talking about, it seems to be related to embroidery."

"It seems that they don't take this matter seriously."

Xiao Jincheng, who was sitting next to him, was a little confused, "Mother, I don't understand."

"What don't you understand?" Concubine Gao asked with a smile.

"As long as Xiao Yanan investigates further, he will be able to find out whether Xu Gui has killed four people in a row. Xu Gui and Ali were fighting, and he accidentally injured someone. After the coroner examined the injuries, he found two serious injuries. I'm afraid Xu Gui's crime is not true. This... this plan..."

"What happened to this plan?"

"It's full of loopholes." Xiao Jincheng expressed his thoughts.

"Son, when will mother prove that Xu Gui killed four people in a row? Even if Xiao Yan'an finds out the truth, what will happen? Ali's death must be related to him, right? Ali suffered two serious injuries. Who can prove which blow caused Ali's death? Mother hopes that Xiao Yan'an can find out that Ali's death has nothing to do with Xu Gui!"

"Think about it, will the people believe it? One is the great-nephew of Concubine Xu, and the other is his own aunt. One of them is the murderer, and the other is the protector. If Xu Gui didn't kill anyone, then Xiao Yan'an deliberately let them off the hook! Anyway, the real murderer will never be found."

"My son understands now."

"You still don't understand. Mother is not targeting Xiao Yan'an this time, but Ji Chuhe."

"Mother, how are you going to deal with Ji Chuhe?"

"Mother wants her to disappear from this world completely!"

Xiao Jincheng's face suddenly turned pale!