My husband married a concubine? I turned around and married the cold prince.

Chapter 226 The portrait of the thief is irrelevant

"Yes, five nights ago, a thief broke into the Dingyuan Prince's abode. It is said that the Dingyuan Prince lost something very important, so he sent a lot of people to hunt down the thief, but there is no news yet, and we can't even find out what the important thing is."

Yingyi said this and glanced at An Qingqian carefully.

To be honest, she had a hunch that the thief who sneaked into the courtyard five nights ago was most likely her own young lady.

Because the young lady was poisoned that night, and there was also the conversation between the young lady and Su Gui. Combining these clues, Yingyi had long guessed that it was the young lady who did it.

However, An Qingqian did not say it explicitly, so Yingyi and Boyun pretended that they knew nothing.

However, regardless of whether An Qingqian did it or not, they had to get to the bottom of this matter.

The feud with King Dingyuan has already been formed, so of course we must know ourselves and our enemy.

Noticing Yingyi's eyes, An Qingqian chuckled and answered their doubts.

"It was me that night. The thief that King Dingyuan was investigating, if nothing unexpected happened, it was me."

"Miss, is it really you?" Yingyi and Boyun looked at An Qingqian in surprise.

"But, Miss, did you steal, no, take something from King Dingyuan? Why did he go to so much trouble to catch you?"

Bo Yun was very curious. King Dingyuan was also a person of extraordinary status. What good things had he not seen? How rare a treasure must have been lost to make him so anxious?

Could it be that the young lady stole some military token or something like that from him?

But, that’s not necessary. If it really was a military token, Prince Dingyuan would have reported it to the emperor long ago.

Besides, if there is nothing wrong, the young lady wouldn't take someone else's military token. Isn't this deliberately asking for trouble?

Hearing Bo Yun's words, An Qingqian smiled at first, then explained, "I didn't steal anything, but I read a secret letter.

This secret letter is of great importance, so King Dingyuan is so anxious that he wants to kill me under the pretext of losing something."

"So that's how it is. No wonder even King Dingyuan's people didn't know what was lost." Yingyi nodded thoughtfully.

"Then how did they find the people that night?" An Qingqian had been recuperating in the mansion for the past two days and had not been out, so he had no idea what the situation was like outside.

"Miss, someone drew a portrait of the man in black that night. Prince Dingyuan's people used the portrait to investigate people. I already investigated it yesterday, but I didn't tell you because I saw you looked tired."

Yingyi brought a portrait from the outer room and unfolded it in front of An Qingqian.

The portrait showed a person in night clothes; his face was unclear and there were almost no discernible features.

Even his eyes couldn't see clearly. An Qingqian looked carefully for a long time, but still couldn't see any similarities between the person in the portrait and himself.

An Qingqian knew that she had hardly shown up that night, and only the person who saw her enter Prince Yong's Mansion saw her back.

But An Qingqian was sure that he definitely did not see his own eyes clearly.

At that time, in order to avoid being discovered by her, the man was very far away from her. At such a long distance, and it was night time, it would have been strange if he could see her eyes clearly.

Therefore, An Qingqian was not too worried about this matter.

"Get rid of the portrait."

"By the way, Miss, in the past two days, Prince Dingyuan's people have investigated almost every pharmacy and doctor in the capital to see if anyone has been poisoned or injured, and if anyone has bought antidotes."

An Qingqian nodded slightly after hearing this.

The person who detoxified her was someone from the General's Mansion, and the antidote was also available in the mansion, so there was no need to go out to ask a doctor or buy medicine.

However, this matter cannot be taken lightly.

Prince Dingyuan's men did not find any clues in the pharmacy. The next step would be to send people to investigate in various prefectures in the capital.

This matter is of great importance, and he will not let it go so easily.

To be honest, An Qingqian felt a little regretful. If she had known this would happen, she should have stolen the letter directly. Anyway, she had been charged with the crime, and if she had taken out the letter, it would have been the most direct evidence.

Thinking of this, An Qingqian felt extremely annoyed.

"Well, I know about this. Let's just leave the two people who are monitoring outside the palace alone for now. Otherwise, if we deal with them, King Dingyuan will arrange new people to come, and it will be even more difficult to detect them by then.

Also, Yingyi, tell the housekeeper to pay close attention to the people in the mansion recently to see if anyone is behaving strangely."

An Qingqian's face was solemn. She must not let King Dingyuan know that it was her that night. Otherwise, it would bring endless trouble to her and the An family.

"Miss, do you suspect there might be a traitor in the mansion?"

Yingyi frowned, feeling a little bit unbelievable. The people in the general's mansion were all selected by the general himself, and most of them were family children. There shouldn't be a traitor, right?

"No, I just think it's better to be cautious. It's best not to have any. But if someone really has second thoughts, don't blame me for being rude."

An Qingqian didn’t know either. After all, the world is unpredictable and people’s hearts are hard to predict. Who can guarantee that everyone will be loyal for a lifetime?

"Yes, Miss, I will arrange it right away." Yingyi nodded solemnly.

After Yingyi left, An Qingqian looked at Boyun again.

"How is the situation at Lin'an Marquis' Mansion recently?"

"Zhang suffered a stroke and became paralyzed in bed, needing care almost all the time.

Zhang found it hard to accept that she had become like this, so she was always angry and scolded the people who took care of her almost every day. Even Nanny Chen was often scolded.

Almost everyone in Changshou Hall dared to be angry but not to speak out. However, in just three days, the maids there had become much slack in their work.

Liu Yiyi was not dead, but she was hanging on for life. Lily had no idea what she had come up with, but she managed to get the child to stick to her. Lily had been living in Mingdeyuan for the past few days.

Besides going to Prince Yong's Mansion, Xue Wanxian stayed in his room the rest of the time, and no one knew what he was doing."

After hearing this, An Qingqian didn't say anything else. As for their fate, all he could say was that it was retribution.

Moreover, these retributions were all given to them by An Qingqian.

However, this outcome was not enough. If An Qingqian had not been poisoned and injured in the past two days and was unable to take action, the Lin'an Marquis Mansion would have been even more chaotic.

As soon as the master and servant finished talking about this, Yingyi hurried over.

"Miss, someone from the Lin'an Marquis' Mansion just sent a message saying that Liu Yiyi disappeared last night. Xue Wanxian searched the entire mansion but couldn't find any trace of her. No one knows where she went."