He favored his concubine and I cut off my wealth. Everyone in the mansion was in a panic.

Chapter 161: Standing up for his wife, Prince Lu praises Shen Qing

The noise made by the crowd was quite loud. Qi Yichuan, who was far away on the other side of the deck, heard the noise and hurried over here. As soon as he approached the deck, he heard Qi Suining say this.

Qi Suining fell into the water?

Qi Yichuan's face froze, and he immediately quickened his pace. He walked through the cabin and saw five men and three women lying on the deck. Qi Suining was one of them.

She was soaked, her makeup was smudged, and water kept dripping from her head. She looked extremely embarrassed.

Xie Zhaohua put a coat on her in time, but she still lost her manners in front of others.

Qi Yichuan's face instantly turned cold. His eyes swept over Xie Zhaohua, who was pressing the abdomen of a young lady from an official family whom he did not know. Seeing that she was fine, he felt relieved. He looked at a soaked guard beside him and asked coldly, "What happened?"

The guard described the accident to Qi Yichuan. Qi Yichuan could not help but frown. It was nothing for the young masters to choke on a few mouthfuls of water. They would be fine after a few days of rest, but the young ladies would be in trouble...

Girls value their reputation the most. Now they got wet in front of so many people. Even if Xie Zhaohua handled it very well, it would still damage their reputation. This also includes his sister!

Putting aside the unknown young ladies, Qi Yichuan walked to Qi Suining, took off his coat and wrapped her in another layer. The lake water was cold, and she would get sick if she kept cold. He asked the guards to find some clean blankets, and then asked Qi Suining: "Suining, what did you mean just now?" Seeing Qi Yichuan, Qi Suining immediately felt confident and cried out: "Brother, I was pushed into the water by Shen Qing, so many people saw it, what should I do in the future, sob..." Qi Suining cried more and more sad. At the beginning, she was mostly pretending, but as she cried, she was really wronged and scared. She hadn't married yet, but she was wet in the lake in front of everyone. How would her in-laws look at her in the future! Qi Yichuan patted her back with a distressed look on his face, and comforted her softly: "Don't cry, Suining, brother won't let you suffer in vain."

While coaxing Qi Suining, Qi Yichuan shifted his gaze to Shen Qing, but did not attack directly, but asked: "Miss Shen, I wonder where Miss Shen was when my sister fell into the water just now?"

Although Qi Yichuan's tone was still kind, Lu Yan was not happy. He stepped forward to protect Shen Qing behind him and said coldly: "What does General Qi mean by this?"

Seeing Lu Yan's bad face, Qi Yichuan explained: "Don't misunderstand, Master Lu, I just want to find out the truth and give justice to my sister."

Lu Yan said with a light "huh", and asked back: "Giving her justice means wronging my fiancée?"

Qi Yichuan had no evidence, and questioned Shen Qing based on Qi Suining's one-sided words. This was something Lu Yan could not tolerate anyway.

Qi Yichuan frowned, and Lu Yan had already looked at Qi Suining, "Miss Qi, did you see Jiaojiao push you just now?"

Qi Suining answered without thinking, "Of course I saw it!"

Lu Yan asked again, "I was beside Jiaojiao at the time, why didn't I see her push you? Why did she push you?"

Qi Suining pursed her lips tightly, why else could she do that? Of course, it was because she wanted to push Shen Qing into the water and was tricked by Shen Qing, but she absolutely couldn't say this, so she could only cover it up, "How do I know why Shen Qing wanted to... Push me, maybe she is jealous of me! "

Lu Yan laughed directly, "In terms of origin, she and you are both born in the Marquis's Mansion, and are on par; in terms of appearance, she is charming and beautiful, and Miss Qi is not a bit worse than her; in terms of talent, she is smart and famous in Shengjing, while Miss Qi is unknown; now she has a husband like me, the prince of the royal palace, so Miss Qi, tell me, what can she be jealous of you for?"

Qi Suining gritted her teeth in anger after being devalued by Lu Yan. In Lu Yan's eyes, is she so bad?

Shen Qing, who was standing behind Lu Yan, almost felt embarrassed after being praised so well by Lu Yan, but she didn't forget to add a sentence for Lu Yan: "According to Master Lu, it should be Miss Qi who was jealous of me. You didn't want to frame me but failed, so you fell down yourself?"

Although it was a playful tone, some people present smelled something unusual when they heard it-

The first thing Qi Suining did when she woke up was to question Shen Qing, but when Lu Yan asked her the reason, she dodged her eyes and was obviously lying. At the same time, everyone also clearly remembered that Qi Suining confessed to Lu Yan in public at Jiang Li's coming-of-age banquet a few days ago and was rejected, but now Lu Yan has decided to get married with Shen Qing, so it is not impossible that Qi Suining was jealous and wanted to murder Shen Qing.

As for why Qi Suining was the one who fell into the water in the end? It must be because she was not good enough. Of course, it is also possible that Shen Qing also did something... Wait! Master Lu defended Shen Qing so much, could he also be an accomplice?

Thinking of this, everyone wanted to slap themselves. Who is Lu Shizi? How could the only legitimate son of Jing'an Palace, the future Jing'an Prince, do such a sinister thing with Shen Qing? It's too cheap!

Since Lu Shizi couldn't be involved, Shen Qing should be innocent, right?

So it can only be that Qi Suining failed to murder and suffered the consequences.

Glancing at the suspicious expressions of the crowd, Qi Yichuan knew that he couldn't let Shen Qing and Lu Yan lead the trend like this, otherwise Qi Suining would really be unable to clear himself even if he jumped into the Yellow River!

Looking across everyone present, Qi Yichuan asked: "Is there anyone who saw what happened just now and can provide personal testimony so that the truth can be revealed?"

Everyone looked at each other, whether they saw it or not, they all chose to remain silent. On one side was Prince Jing'an's Mansion, on the other was Pingxihou Mansion. There was really no need for them to wade through this muddy water.

However, in the end, someone still said in a low voice, unwisely: "I...I saw it."

Qi Yichuan looked up and saw that the source of the voice was a young lady wearing a light pink embroidered skirt. Her face was slightly panicked and hesitation flashed in her eyes.

Qi Yichuan's face was filled with joy, and he comforted and induced: "Don't be afraid, Prince Lu and I are both sensible people. You just need to tell the truth, and no one will make things difficult for you."

Seeing everyone's eyes falling on her, the young lady's face turned pale instantly. Apparently she finally realized that something was wrong with her words, but the words had already been spoken, and there was no room for maneuver.

Lu Yan followed up very frankly: "General Qi is right, as long as you tell the truth, no one will make things difficult for you, but if you dare to lie..."

Lu Yan did not continue, but the lady's paler face showed that she understood.

There was a flash of struggle in the young lady's eyes, and she hesitated when speaking, "I just saw...saw..."

Qi Yichuan said slightly, "Tell me, what did you see just now?"