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Chapter 137 She Stole Your Daughter’s Life

When Jian Yue saw Yan Xiuyuan, she was calm and her attitude was the same as before. This made Yan Xiuyuan feel heartbroken and indescribably sad.

"Yue'er..."

"Lord Yan."

The word "Lord Yan" made Yan Xiuyuan swallow back what he wanted to say.

Jian Yue didn't care about his mood and continued, "I came here for two reasons today. The first is to know how you deal with the Jian family. The second is that I want to see the cell where Jian Dacheng stayed. And his body."

Yan Xiuyuan frowned: "What are you suspicious of?"

"Lord Yan knows it clearly."

Yan Xiuyuan choked.

He kept calling him "Lord Yan", which made him feel uneasy.

"Let's go!" Yan Xiuyuan turned and walked out.

The prison was not far from the government office. A few people got on a carriage and arrived in less than a cup of tea.

The warden respectfully welcomed the people in. The jailer led the way and took the people to the cell.

After the interrogation ended yesterday, Jian Dacheng and his two sons were detained separately, which also gave Jian Dacheng the opportunity to commit suicide.

Unexpectedly, Jian Dacheng's body was still lying in the cell and had not been moved out.

Jian Dacheng hanged himself with the belt that he used to strangle Qian. The belt was tied to the iron bars on the iron gate.

The hanged man had a hideous face, which was very scary. However, Jian Yue walked forward to check the belt and Jian Dacheng's body without changing her expression.

"What did the coroner say?" she asked.

Yan Xiuyuan: "It was suicide, not murder." He paused and asked, "What did you see?"

"Jian Dacheng was knocked unconscious by the force of gravity hitting the back of his neck, and then he was hung by a belt." Jian Yue said shockingly.

Yan Xiuyuan looked at Jian Yue in surprise: "How did you find out?"

Jian Yue: "There is an inconspicuous bruise on the back of Jian Dacheng's neck. Also, the eyes of a hanged person bulge out and the throat is open. But these symptoms are not obvious on Jian Dacheng, which means he was hanged while unconscious."

Finally, Jian Yue added: "The murderer who hanged Jian Dacheng was a martial arts master."

A storm flashed across Yan Xiuyuan's eyes, and he looked suddenly at the warden and the jailer.

The warden and the jailer were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy.

Warden: "Sir, I swear, no one came last night."

Jailer: "Sir, sir, except for old man Li who delivers meals, no one visits the prisoners."

Jian Yue suddenly asked: "Did old man Li, who delivers meals, come to deliver meals today?"

The jailer was startled: "It seems, he hasn't come yet."

Yan Xiuyuan yelled: "Go call old man Li."

"Yes, sir." The yamen runner who followed him hurried out.

Yan Xiuyuan walked out, and the warden and the jailer quickly got up and followed behind him.

Just as they reached the prison door, the yamen runner who was going to pick up Old Man Li came back with a serious look on his face: "Sir, Old Man Li fell into the well and drowned."

Yan Xiuyuan looked unhappy. What else did he not understand?

Someone killed Old Man Li last night, pretended to be him and entered the cell, and killed Jian Dacheng.

But why did they kill Jian Dacheng? Jian Dacheng had committed a capital crime, and after a thorough investigation, he would be sentenced to death.

"I'm afraid it will take you some time to investigate these two murders. I will ask you one more question and then leave. I won't waste your time. How will you deal with the three siblings of the Jian family?"

Yan Xiuyuan felt inexplicably uneasy, and dared not look Jian Yue in the eye. He said dully, "Yue'er, the Second Prince sent a message last night that Xin Ning's status as a concubine has been determined. The concubines in the Prince's Mansion cannot be of low birth." He sighed helplessly, "The Second Prince meant that Xin Ning's current status cannot be changed. But don't worry, your father will not let you suffer any grievances again."

Jian Yue looked at Yan Xiuyuan quietly and asked: "Do you dislike Yan Xinning? Or do you hate her?"

Yan Xiuyuan looked a little entangled: "Yue'er, it's her parents who made the mistake, she..."

"But she knew she was a fake, she knew it from the beginning to the end. So when I first came, she let the maids bully me and even sent people to assassinate me. Lord Yan, she stole your daughter's life and let her parents torture and persecute your daughter." Jian Yue felt resentful.

Just because I didn't grow up around you, so I have no feelings for you?

Yan Xiuyuan was shocked.

Guilt surged into his heart like a tide. Facing this strange and cold daughter, he really didn't know how to get along with her.

Jian Yue smiled sarcastically: "Master Yan, how can you remain calm while raising the daughter of your enemy?"

Yan Xiuyuan was embarrassed: "Yue'er, you don't understand the difficulties of being a father..."

Jian Yue turned and left.

Yan Xiuyuan: ...

Back at Yue's house, Doctor Mao and Yun Zhonghe were sitting under a tree in the yard waiting. Seeing Jian Yue coming back with a sour face, they knew that things were worse than they imagined.

Jian Yue sat down, poured herself a cup of tea, and then recounted what happened in prison.

Yun Zhonghe said: "The Second Prince should have known that Yan Xinning was a fake daughter. But he was still willing to take her into the palace and did not allow your father to touch Yan Xinning's identity. Why do you think so?"

Jian Yue sneered: "As long as Yan Xinning is still his daughter in name, in the eyes of outsiders, Yan Xiuyuan and the Second Prince are in the same boat."

Yun Zhonghe nodded approvingly: "Your reading was not in vain. You figured out the key so quickly. Think about it again. Your father is not a Beijing official. He can't help the second prince in the court. Why did he try to win over your father through Yan Xinning?"

Jian Yue thought for a moment: "The Second Prince has ambitions. What supports his ambitions? Strength and money. Yanling Mansion is rich and is a piece of fat meat. The Second Prince's purpose of coming to Yanling Mansion should be to find a suitable money bag."

Yun Zhonghe nodded in satisfaction: "Your analysis is correct. The Second Prince is indeed here to look for money. He needs your father to make things easier for his money, so he doesn't want Yan Xinning to be wasted."

However, this true and false daughter case had been publicized by Jian Yue to the entire Yanling Prefecture, and Yan Xiuyuan had to recognize his biological daughter no matter what. Otherwise, he would be ridiculed by the whole city.

Yan Xiuyuan's ambiguous attitude made Jian Yue very disappointed, and she no longer had any hope for the next outcome.

Two days later, a piece of news came out from the mansion: the mansion master's wife and the fake daughter had a deep relationship, and they were more like mother and daughter than mother and daughter. Therefore, the mansion master's wife changed her recognition of the fake daughter to her adopted daughter and still let her live in the mansion.

Another day passed, and Xie Chujiao sent Madam Liang with several maids to Yue's house to pick up Jian Yue and bring her back home, but Jian Yue didn't even open the door.

Nanny Liang waited outside the door for an hour. Her lips were worn out from talking, but no one paid any attention to her. She was so angry that her face turned green.

After returning home, he exaggerated the situation in front of Xie Chujiao and criticized Jian Yue for nothing.

Xie Chujiao coughed weakly a few times.

Ever since she had acted with Yan Xinning and had Yan Xinning pretend to jump into the lake to commit suicide, both of them caught a cold from falling into the water and have not recovered yet.

Biyu quickly brought her a cup of ginger tea...