Chapter 157 Your Highness, You Can't Divorce My Sister

"Second brother, Yan'er is my princess consort. It's not a holiday, so we can't go back."

Upon hearing this, King Xiao immediately intervened.

Chu Cilin clearly doesn't trust himself and wants to embarrass himself.

He absolutely cannot let Chu Yan go back.

“Your Highness, Yan’er has been frightened. This maid is from your palace, but she is a traitor. If we don’t find out who did this, our Chu family will not feel at ease leaving Yan’er in the palace.”

Chu Cilin said, suppressing his anger.

He knew that the dead maid was Yan'er's personal maid. If even she could betray Yan'er, then Yan'er must be in great danger in the Prince's mansion.

We cannot let Chu Yan go back until we have investigated this matter thoroughly.

Moreover, the matter that Chu Yan asked him to investigate last time has yielded results, and he wants to have a good talk with Yan'er about it.

“Your Highness, Second Brother is right. Yan’er also wants to go back to her parents’ home for a while.”

At this moment, Chu Yan herself spoke up.

"Yan'er..."

King Xiao looked at Chu Yan with deep affection, hoping she would change her mind because of him, but Chu Yan didn't even look at him.

Su Liluo also spoke up at this moment with a smile, "Since Prince Xiao neither agrees to report to the authorities nor allows Yan'er to return to the manor, he wants you to investigate the truth properly. Does Prince Xiao only want Yan'er to ruin her reputation?"

You didn't say a word while Chu Yun framed Yan'er. Could this be related to Prince Xiao?

"Don't talk nonsense! I will naturally go down and investigate! I will definitely give Yan'er an explanation."

Upon hearing Su Liluo's words, King Xiao immediately became nervous.

"Then let's wait until Your Highness finds out the truth and catches the culprit before you come to the Chu residence to pick up Yan'er in person. In the meantime, I will take Yan'er back to the Chu residence."

Chu Ci said solemnly.

King Xiao was relentlessly questioned by them from both sides, and had no choice but to temporarily give in, watching helplessly as Chu Cilin took Chu Yan away.

"Brother-in-law, how could this happen? What should we do now?"

After Su Liluo and the others left, Chu Yun looked at their retreating figures with resentment and asked a question.

She simply couldn't understand how Chu Yan and the others had escaped.

King Xiao's eyes darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "Let's go back first. We need to find a scapegoat for this."

*

Chu Yan followed Chu Cilin back to the Chu residence, while Su Liluo stayed at the Chu residence for a while before leaving.

"Yan'er, your second brother has something to tell you."

After Chu Yan had caught up with her mother and the others, Chu Cilin called Chu Yan aside.

"Second brother, is there any news about the matter I asked you to investigate last time?"

Chu Yan followed Chu Cilin to an empty house, looking at him nervously.

"Um."

Chu Ci nodded with a complicated expression.

He knew that if he told his sister the truth, she would be heartbroken, but if he didn't tell her, he was afraid it would cause problems later.

“I found out about what happened last time. Last month, King Xiao’s men did bring a beast from his previous fiefdom, and it was the same one that was in the Second Princess’s forest.”

Bang!

As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Yan swayed violently, accidentally knocking over a teacup on the table.

Porcelain shards were scattered all over the ground.

"Second Brother, could this be a coincidence? Does the Prince's beast have another purpose, so..."

Chu Yan couldn't believe it and tried her best to find a reason for Prince Xiao.

"Yan'er, your second brother did not make a mistake. I investigated several times, and the result was always the same."

Chu Ci looked at Chu Yan with a complicated expression.

He knew his sister couldn't accept the truth, just as he hadn't believed it when he first discovered it.

Therefore, he investigated several more times afterward, fearing that he had been framed and misunderstood by others.

However, the final result became clearer and clearer each time: it was King Xiao.

"Second Brother, Your Highness, why...why is he doing this?"

After a long pause, Chu Yan suddenly covered her face and burst into tears.

She couldn't believe that her husband, who had been by her side for so many years, would actually want to kill her!

Her marriage to Prince Xiao was something Prince Xiao himself had personally requested back then!

Although she didn't like Prince Xiao very much at first, after they got married, he was gentle and considerate towards her. The two of them lived in the fiefdom and there was no mother-in-law to harass them. They always treated each other with respect.

She always thought she was a lucky woman, able to marry such a wonderful man as King Xiao.

But now...

"Second brother, what should I do? Did Prince Xiao really do this for Yun'er's sake?"

Chu Yan asked, confused.

"Yan'er, you are already a princess, a daughter-in-law of the royal family. Your matter with Prince Xiao is probably not so easy to resolve. After all, Prince Xiao's reputation is also related to the reputation of the royal family."

Chu Cilin said helplessly.

Even if King Xiao did all that, so what?

He was still a prince, and the royal family would not allow his sister to divorce him; even divorce would be difficult for her.

He was forced to bring his sister back this time because he was desperate. He didn't expect that not long after the last hunt, the people from the Xiao Prince's Mansion would start making moves again.

"Should I go back to Prince Xiao's residence? This is the second time today, and if I go back, there will be a third time. No, I can't go back like this."

Chu Yan shivered slightly.

Chu Cilin felt sorry for his younger sister and hesitated for a while, as if he had made a decision.

“Yan’er, if you don’t go back, we’ll wait for your father to come back and discuss it. Your father will be back soon from the disaster relief efforts in the south. If you make a contribution this time, we can ask him to speak privately with the Emperor.”

Chu's father only had one daughter, Chu Yan, and he always treated her like the apple of his eye. He must have loved his daughter dearly.

Chu Cilin now felt that all hope rested on his father. If his father made a contribution to the disaster relief efforts, the Chu family would have the confidence to negotiate with the Emperor.

When the time comes, let Father use his merits to plead with the Emperor for a divorce.

*

After returning to his residence, Prince Xiao kept a close eye on the Chu family's activities. This attention led his men to learn that Chu Cilin had sent people to investigate the matter of the ferocious beasts in the Second Princess's forest.

King Xiao panicked even more. When he learned that Chu's father was about to return to the capital after successfully carrying out disaster relief in the south, he became even more restless.

"Your Highness, what brings you here? Have you been missing Yun'er?"

When King Xiao arrived at Chu Yun's room, Chu Yun immediately closed the door, went to greet him, and threw herself into his arms.

Normally, Prince Xiao would have embraced her and been affectionate with her, but today he pushed Chu Yun away.

"Yun'er, I'm sorry, but Yan'er seems determined to divorce me this time."

King Xiao looked at Chu Yun with a serious expression and said.

"Your sister wants a divorce? How is that possible?"

Chu Yun was extremely surprised.

Originally, she thought that Chu Yan was just throwing a tantrum this time, and that Prince Xiao would find a good excuse to appease Chu Yan and that she would return in a few days.

But unexpectedly, King Xiao would suddenly say this to him.

"The second brother of the Chu family has found out about the ferocious beast. They suspect me. My men have discovered that Lord Chu is returning to the capital after his meritorious service in disaster relief. I'm afraid they will take this opportunity to make Yan'er divorce me."

"No, Your Highness, you can't divorce my sister. If you divorce her, how will you leverage the Chu family's power, and how will I have a proper status?"

Chu Yun's reaction was even stronger than Xiao Wang's.