Help! The system forces me to support a man to become a royal concubine

"Xingyao, what's wrong?" Mo Xuan asked when he saw Chen Xingyao mumbling to herself.

"Yeah, nothing. I was thinking about what Mr. Song said just now about there not being deep marks. I have an idea. What if we use something to separate each other before strangling each other with a rope? For example, cloth, or bedding." Chen Xingyao said after thinking for a while.

"Well, it's not impossible. It's getting late and I have to rush back to the Tan family. Mo Xuan, you come with me this time. My lady, you and Miss Chen stay in the inn first." After Song Qian finished speaking, he took Mo Xuan away from the inn.

"Xingyao~" Yun Fu said to Chen Xingyao with a wicked smile.

"What's wrong, Sister Yunfu?" Chen Xingyao was a little confused.

"Oh~ It's okay, I'm just imitating Mo Xuan's way of calling you." Yun Fu smiled while covering her mouth.

"Hate it~ Sister Yunfu, you are making fun of me. I don't want to pay attention to you. I'm going to rest." Chen Xingyao ran back to her room as if she was escaping.

The next day...

"Xiao Qian, Madam is looking for you, would you please come with me?" Xiao Qi said to Song Qian.

"Sister Xiaoqi, what does Madam want to talk to me about?" Song Qian asked tentatively, although he had an idea in his mind.

"I don't know either. Just follow me." Xiaoqi replied.

"By the way, Sister Xiaoqi, why haven't I seen Butler Deng recently?" Song Qian continued to probe.

"Butler Deng has been ill these past few days, so Madam has allowed him to rest and he doesn't need to be waited on."

Inside Mrs. Tan's house...

"Xiao Qian, you're here. Come and take a seat." Mrs. Tan warmly invited Song Qian to sit down.

"This is Xiao Qian. He is so handsome. No wonder you want to marry him to Lin'er." said Mrs. Tan Er, who had never appeared before.

"Sister, you're joking. I just think it's a pity for a well-behaved girl like Xiaoqian to marry someone else." Mrs. Tan said lightly.

"I will not marry him, so just give up on this idea." Tan Lin suddenly rushed in and said.

"Lin'er, that person has been dead for many years. Are you still thinking about her?" Mrs. Tan said excitedly.

"Oh, so what if I can't forget him? But can't I get rid of your arrangement to get married and have children? But what's the result? How many people do you want to harm before you stop? Anyway, I will never listen to you this time, and I will never marry him." Tan Lin pointed at Song Qian and said angrily to Mrs. Tan before leaving.

"You, you, unfilial son, unfilial son, how can you be worthy of our ancestors like this." Mrs. Tan said sadly and turned to Song Qian and said: "Xiao Qian, you should go back first. Just pretend that I never mentioned what happened today."

"Yes, ma'am, Xiao Qian will leave first." Song Qian said lightly and left.

"Why are you in my room? I said I won't marry you, get out." Tan Lin said angrily to Song Qian.

"I don't plan to marry you." Song Qian changed back to a male voice and said lightly.

"You, you are not a woman? Who are you? What is your purpose in coming to my Tan Mansion?" Tan Lin said defensively.

"It doesn't matter who I am, but I can tell you that I'm here to investigate the bride case." Song Qian took a sip of tea and continued indifferently: "I have some evidence, but I still have some doubts, so I want to listen to Master Tan talk about the bride case."

"Oh, I knew this would be exposed sooner or later." Tan Lin said weakly.

"This happened more than ten years ago. At that time, our Tan family had not yet moved to this ancestral house. Our Tan Mansion was considered wealthy in the city. One day, I went out to play with my friends and saw a girl being bullied by some hooligans, so I helped her. She was a very good girl and she was very grateful to me for saving her, so she wanted to repay me by becoming a slave. I didn't want to, but seeing that she was alone and helpless, I took her back to the Tan Mansion. However, I did not let her become a slave. Instead, I made her my guest. I wanted her to stay in the Tan Mansion for a few days to recuperate, and then I would give her some silver so that she could go home. However, during those days of getting along, I gradually discovered that she was very kind and enthusiastic, so I fell in love with her. But later my mother found out about this. She didn’t like Zhen’er’s poverty and wanted to force me to marry Lin Yuanwai’s daughter. I didn’t want to, so I took Zhen’er and left the Tan Mansion. One day, my mother said that she had thought it through and she agreed to let me marry Zhen’er, but there was a condition, that is, I had to negotiate a big business in the next county before she agreed to let me marry Zhen’er. I thought I could marry Zhen’er when I came back, but I never expected that I would receive the news of Zhen’er’s death when I came back. "Tan Lin choked up.

"So, you think your mother deliberately sent you away so as to kill Zhen'er?" Song Qian said indifferently.

"Yeah." Tan Lin nodded and replied.

"Then what about those brides you married?" Song Qian continued with a frown.

"Hehe, my mother asked me to marry them. The first one was a girl from a wealthy family, but I didn't want to touch her. I thought we would respect each other all our lives, but for some reason, she died. I thought I would spend the rest of my life like this, but my mother soon married a second one for me. It's ridiculous. She thought that this way, she could keep the bloodline of the Tan family. I don't know why, but the second one died not long after. I didn't want to marry again, so I asked people to spread the news that I was seriously ill and would probably die soon. I thought no one would be willing to marry me, but I didn't expect my mother to refuse to give up. She married me three more wives over the years. Maybe I was destined to be alone. These three wives didn't die long after. "Song Qian said with some self-mockery.

"Oh, do you think you are doomed to die alone?" Song Qian took a sip of tea and continued calmly, "But according to what I know, your brides did not die suddenly, but were murdered."

"What? Murdered? That's impossible. I'm the only son of the Tan family. Who would murder my wife?" Tan Lin said in shock. Song Qian looked at Tan Lin expressionlessly.

"You won't doubt me, will you? Although I don't like those women, I won't take human life lightly." Tan Lin looked at Song Qian, thinking that he doubted him, and said quickly.

"I'm not doubting you, I just want to know. Madam, I believe you heard it too." Song Qian said to Mrs. Tan behind the screen.

"Lin'er, you really didn't kill those women?" Mrs. Tan hurried forward, holding Tan Lin's hands and asked.

"Mom, why do you think so? How could I kill someone?" Tan Lin frowned.

"Mother thought that you said you didn't like those women, so..." Mrs. Tan said excitedly.

"That's weird, mother, you suddenly helped those poor families. I thought you were looking for a wife for me." Tan Lin said to Song Qian, "Since it wasn't me and my mother, then how did those women die?"

"I think there is only one person who is a suspect. Let's go and take a look." Song Qian said lightly, then stood up and took Tan Lin and the others to the house of Butler Deng.