After a Contractual Marriage, Little Taotie Went Viral!-Chapter 283 - 277: Feeling Hurt!

Afterward, Pei Yan organized the evidence on their side and gave a brief explanation.

"Second Young Master, Third Young Master, and the steward are all suspects. The motive for Second Young Master to kill is relatively less urgent. As for Third Young Master, after the Old Prince discovered he was born from the affair between the steward and his mother, both have an urgent motive to kill the Old Prince. However, Third Young Master intended to poison and had already used poison, but didn’t succeed, which contradicts the Old Prince being stabbed to death, so we suspect the steward more."

"So from the first round of clues, the most suspicious candidates are the steward and the guard," Wang Sirui speculated.

"Start the second round of searches," Pei Yan said.

During the second round, the evidence cleared the suspicion from Second Young Master, making him the least likely person to have killed the Old Prince.

Second Young Master had been loved by the Old Prince since childhood because he was the child born from the Old Prince’s most beloved woman. They also found another diary in Second Young Master’s room, which recorded his shock and disillusionment after discovering the real reason his cousin came to stay at the Prince Mansion yesterday, and last night he reported his cousin to the Old Prince.

"So, could it be that the reason the Old Prince was found stabbed this morning is because of what Second Young Master reported last night? So, could the culprit be the Prince’s fiancée?" Qin Yun frowned at the diary.

"I came to the Prince Mansion because I knew the Prince had someone he liked. I didn’t want there to already be someone having a child with him before I stepped in, so I came to the Prince Mansion... The real reason was actually to kill the Seventh Aunt." Yang Leqi explained in great reluctance. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Qin Yun: "..."

Yang Leqi regretted her choice; she should have chosen a male script! Why choose female characters?! Isn’t cross-dressing good?!

This is too terrifying!!

Again, it’s Mr. Pei’s fiancée, and again it’s about killing Sister Yun; from front to back, offending them all.

Bleak.

"Sister Yun, it’s not me..." Yang Leqi struggled to say.

Qin Yun patted her head, smiled, and said, "I know."

In the Third Young Master’s room, they found girls’ clothes and accessories; it turned out ’Third Young Master’ isn’t Third Young Master at all! But the Third Miss!!

This indirectly confirmed that those toys in the steward’s room should have belonged to the Third Miss before, so Third Young Master didn’t use a knife but opted for poison precisely because of her own circumstances, coupled with the steward saying he’d handle everything, giving up the assassination.

The three searched the steward’s room more carefully and found a will, a confession letter, and an assassination plan. Apparently, the Old Prince visited the steward last night, considering the fact that the old steward once saved the Old Prince’s life, promised to spare the lives of the Third Miss and her mother, but they could only stay in the mansion, equivalent to being in a cold palace.

The Old Prince is concerned about his reputation; he couldn’t tolerate such a cuckolding issue. If they were driven out and outsiders found out, only now discovering he had been cuckolded for so many years when he’s old, what face would he have left?

So, the steward couldn’t be kept!

But if the Third Miss and Aunt suddenly died inexplicably, it wouldn’t be explainable either; after all, the mansion has many people, and word spreads easily, so it must be done gradually.

The will expressed apologies to the mother and daughter, also instructed that the Third Miss and her mother find an opportunity to leave the Prince Mansion, leaving them substantial silver for their security.

He wrote a confession and an assassination plan, placing them on the table, taking all the blame on himself.

"The steward should be the real culprit who assassinated the Old Prince," Yang Leqi directly said.

Pei Yan did not immediately agree with her but said, "Let’s see how things progress on their side later."

Both teams gathered again in the front hall.

"Let me tell this time!" Wang Sirui eagerly raised his hand.

"Alright." Chen Yao nodded in agreement.

"Let’s start with the Seventh Aunt! We found from the Seventh Aunt that the Prince once said he wanted to marry her, but was refused because she didn’t want to marry the son of her family’s enemy who annihilated her family! And the guard, due to their relationship, was saved and given a new identity by the Prince at personal risk. Who would have thought?!" Wang Sirui exclaimed with comedic effect.

"And there’s more! The Seventh Aunt hadn’t refrained from revenge, only every attempt at assassination failed! The Prince was the one erasing traces behind the scenes, even getting injured a few times to divert danger away from her, so the Old Prince never discovered. The guard, upon arrival, learned many things unknown to the Seventh Aunt, understanding how the Prince covered for her numerous times, our mutual affection grew, realizing the Prince’s constant help, deeply moved! The Seventh Aunt agreed that once everything settled, she would marry the Prince."

"So, both the Seventh Aunt and the guard are suspects?" Yang Leqi asked.

After asking her question, Yang Leqi mindlessly speculated further: "By extension, even the Prince might be a suspect! To marry his beloved woman, it’s not impossible."

Wang Sirui wore an expression like he had finally caught her, "No, you’re a bigger suspect."

"We found the handle of the knife in your room!! We compared it." Wang Sirui said, taking out the knife handle.

Yang Leqi seeing the handle showed no panic but rather said calmly, "If I were the culprit, would I place such vital evidence in my room? That’s a clear statement to others that I’m the culprit, come catch me!! I’m not insane to leave such a handle! Besides, I am staying temporarily; that room isn’t even mine. What’s inside, I’m unaware; it’s easy for the culprit to frame me."

"Moreover, you said that women lack the strength to single-handedly assassinate the Old Prince. Besides, what reason would I have to kill the Old Prince? Killing him brings me no benefit." Yang Leqi continued.

"We found burned paper used to wrap knockout gas in your room, some ash not fully burnt. When the Old Prince died, his room was in disarray, which was a deliberate act by the culprit to create the illusion it was a man’s doing. When we later reviewed the scene, the knife stabbed the Old Prince’s heart from a downward diagonal angle, a height doable by you, the Seventh Aunt, and the relatively short Third Young Master." Wang Sirui proudly demonstrated, unable to suppress his gloating smile.

The only cross-dressed director, directly informed of height: "..."

Thanks for the invitation! I feel hurt!!