I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 178 Anyuan Marquis Mansion
The Anyuan Marquisate is a truly prestigious family that shares the same roots with the current emperor. Its status was once higher than that of a king.

Even though it has been suppressed by successive emperors, the Anyuan Marquisate is still standing and rooted in the soil of the Dajing Dynasty, and shows no signs of decline.

Xie Fei has been married into the Pei family for several months, but this is her second time coming to the Marquis' Mansion.

The carriage carrying her drove through the street and arrived at the gate of the marquis's mansion.

Different from the grand mansion of the eldest son, the marquis's mansion is more low-key and solemn.

The vermilion gate with slightly peeling paint, the high walls with mottled and cracked green tiles, not only do not make the house look desolate and rundown, but instead add a heavy historical charm.

It is like a wise man who is detached from the mundane world, witnessing how the Pei family went from prosperity to decline, and then rose again from decline.

As Xie Fei was sighing, the carriage moved a few more steps and stopped in front of the side door.

Mother Deng "escorted" Xie Fei to the Marquis' Mansion to report. Before getting off the car, she put the veil on Xie Fei.

"When I arrive at the Marquis's Mansion and meet the old lady, please be careful with your words and actions."

Xie Fei said self-deprecatingly: "Once this crime is proven, I will either be executed or imprisoned. What's the point of being cautious in what I say and do?"

Mother Deng did not respond, but got off the carriage first and whispered a few words to the old woman who came to pick up Xie Fei.

The old woman nodded and stepped forward and said, "Young lady, please follow me through the side door and go see the old lady first."

Xie Fei lazily leaned against the shaft of the cart and said with a smile: "Think about the past, I was a concubine and had to go in and out through the side door. Now that I am a concubine, I still have to go through the side door. Fortunately, I was born and raised in a wealthy family, otherwise where would there be so many doors to divide it?"

Mother Deng said sternly, "You are joking, young lady. Ordinary families cannot afford concubines, nor can they give birth to concubine daughters."

Xie Fei sneered and said, "Mother Deng is absolutely right."

The old woman said, "Thank you, young lady. Please come in."

Mother Deng still had to serve the old lady, so she left first.

Xie Fei was alone, led by the old woman, and went to the old lady first to answer her question.

The mansion is ancient and has an elegant but not luxurious scenery, with pavilions and terraces all carefully distributed.

Xie Fei admired the scenery as he walked, not at all like a "prisoner" who had been charged with murder and was being interrogated.

The old woman was secretly amazed to see her so leisurely.

He must be a fool. He is so leisurely even when he is about to die. He should cry his eyes out when he is interrogated.

After crossing the arch bridge and walking for a long time, we finally arrived at the old lady's courtyard.

During the Chinese New Year, Xie Fei came to pay New Year's greetings. Now when he revisited the place, his mood was very different.

She knelt down in the courtyard, and the maid came forward and said, "Madam, Xie from the fourth room is here to apologize."

Before there was a response from inside, Xie Feixian said loudly: "Old Madam, please be more careful when speaking. I am not here to apologize, but to ask you to be more discerning and give me justice."

The old woman rolled her eyes at her, and a maid came out, opened the door, and let Xie Fei in.

Xie Fei took off his veil and handed it to the maid, then walked into the house in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

The kind and gentle old lady sat on the embroidered couch, looking at Xie Fei with a smile.

With a different state of mind, Xie Fei's view of this person is naturally different.

When she was given the "lucky money", she thought the old lady was a beautiful 18-year-old girl. But now, she always felt that the old lady was a snake with a dagger hidden in her smile, and even her dignified and wealthy face looked a little cold.

"I am Xie from the fourth house, greeting the old lady." Xie Fei knelt down and bowed deeply.

The old lady waved at her cheerfully, "Come over here, don't be so reserved."

Xie Fei went up obediently, and at the old lady's invitation, he sat down next to her.

She felt extremely aggrieved and tears started flowing, and she looked extremely miserable and pitiful.

"Old lady, you are very clear-sighted. Please believe me. I really didn't kill anyone!"

The old lady is well maintained. Even at her age, her teeth are still neat and white, her hair is very thick, and even her eyes are as bright as pearls, and she looks very energetic.

She patted the back of Xie Fei's hand and said kindly, "You are a good child, and your grandmother has seen it. So I don't believe everything your mother-in-law said. Now that you are here, you should defend yourself. You don't have to be afraid of anything."

Xie Fei immediately said: "I feel much more relieved if you are willing to stand by my side. I was not favored to begin with, and now I am accused of murder. It is really unfair."

The old lady was hinting at something, and sighed, "But just saying that you are wronged, without any real evidence, can't absolve you of the crime. Your mother-in-law is even more protective of your eldest wife, you should understand that."

This statement almost made it clear that the person who secretly harmed the Miao family and framed Xie Fei was Xiao Shirong.

Xie Fei also went with the flow and said, "If I just admit it like this, wouldn't it be a waste of my life in this world? Old Ancestor, to be honest with you, I have seen Sister Miao's corpse that day."

The old lady narrowed her eyes immediately and said slowly, "Have you seen Miao's body?"

Xie Fei looked innocent and anxious, and said, "Sister Miao had many scars on her body. She must have fought hard before she died. The person who killed her was able to easily come to her yard and kill her. He must be someone familiar to the mansion."

After observing the old lady's expression, Xie Fei continued, "You just need to find everyone in the fourth room, check if they have any injuries, and then find a coroner to examine them, and you will naturally be able to find the murderer."

As long as the murderer has not been dealt with, wouldn't it be easy to find him with the ability of the Marquis' Mansion?
Ji Miaoxuan was able to confess under torture, so if the old lady took action, she could naturally torture the murderer and force him to tell everything.

How could the old lady not know all this?

She just needed a reason, an excuse that didn't seem to be directed against the fourth room, but was reasonable.

Therefore, Xie Fei played this role, allowing her to take action with justification.

Immediately, the old lady ordered someone to do it. In the name of the Marquis' Mansion, all the servants of the fourth room were imprisoned and the real culprit must be found.

During this process, Xie Fei could not regain his freedom and was temporarily detained in the Marquis' Mansion.

She sat in a room in the side courtyard and couldn't even step over the threshold.

After analyzing the situation with Yuan San last night, she had a clear idea in her mind, so she was not in a hurry at the moment. She even asked the servants to bring her a notebook of words so that she could read it to relieve her boredom.

She was having a leisurely time here, but things were not so easy in the fourth room.

In Huiming Hall, Xiao Shirong paced back and forth, but Ji Miaoxuan remained indifferent.

After a while, Xiao Shirong's face turned green as he asked, "Why did my aunt have to involve Xie Fei? She's not that easy to deal with. We should just pick out a scapegoat and chop her off!"

I don’t know what Xie Fei said to the old lady, which led to the entire fourth room being investigated.

Ji Miaoxuan sat upright on the chair, her Buddhist beads twisted until they shone shiny.

"Before you started to harm the Miao family, did you ever think about how to end it?"

(End of this chapter)