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

"Madam, I see that this snack is very delicately made, and the Marquis personally picked it for you. If you don't want to eat it, that's fine, but why do you have to throw it away? Isn't this a waste of the Marquis' kindness?"

It was rare to hear Lily speak, and An Qingqian looked at her with a little surprise.

"Lily, who is this snack for?" An Qingqian chuckled.

"It's for my wife," Lily replied.

"Since it was given to me, I can do whatever I want with it. Is there anything wrong with that?" An Qingqian tilted her head slightly and stared at Lily.

Lily was startled, then replied in a low voice, "No problem."

At the beginning, Yingyi and Boyun had specifically instructed that in Xihe Courtyard, An Qingqian was not allowed to be called Madam, but had to be called Miss.

A few days ago, Lily followed others in calling An Qingqian "Miss", but, at some point, she changed the address from Miss to Madam.

Yingyi kindly reminded Lily to change her ways, but Lily agreed on the surface but actually still called her Madam.

Later, Yingyi was too lazy to remind her again.

She also heard from the maid in the courtyard that Lily once said that according to the rules, An Qingqian should be called Madam. She is Xue Wanxian's wife and the mistress of the mansion. How can she be called Miss in her husband's house? This is not in accordance with the rules at all.

There was a maid who was on good terms with Lily, so she told her what had happened in the mansion before, and how Zhang and Xue Wanxian had treated An Qingqian unfairly.

But who would have thought that after hearing this, Lily did not feel pity for An Qingqian, but instead thought that An Qingqian was too pretentious.

Isn't it just the mother-in-law who is in trouble? Which daughter-in-law doesn't need to go through such a thing.

Also, Xue Wanxian was already good enough. He just brought back a woman. Even if that woman was pregnant and had a child, she could not take away An Qingqian's position as the main wife.

It doesn't affect An Qingqian's status at all, but she still insisted on making such an ugly scene. She has no sense of being a wife at all.

Other people's wives kept taking concubines for their husbands. Compared with them, Xue Wanxian was simply pitiful.

When the maid who had reminded Lily heard what Lily said, her eyes widened with anger and she scolded Lily severely. She never spoke to Lily again.

But Lily still felt that it was An Qingqian's problem. She thought that An Qingqian was too domineering, and that the maids and servants in Xiheyuan were all domineering and unruly.

"Lily, remember your identity and just do what you need to do. Don't worry about other things. Just be content."

An Qingqian withdrew her gaze and focused it back on the book.

"Yes." Lily responded frustratedly, and went out with the watering can in a huff, without watering the remaining two pots of flowers.

Yingyi glared at Baihe's back. She really couldn't understand why someone from the general's mansion would side with an outsider and question her master's decision.

"Miss, do you want me to teach her a lesson?" Yingyi couldn't stand it anymore.

"No need, let her stay here for now, maybe she will give us a big surprise." An Qingqian waved her hand.

At the end of her previous life, she realized that Lily had liked Xue Wanxian from the beginning, and later it was because of the promise made by Liu Yiyi and Xue Wanxian.

As long as she secretly poisoned An Qingqian, and after An Qingqian died, she would let Xue Wanxian take her as his concubine.

Lily had always been fond of Xue Wanxian, and she was even more delighted when she heard what he said, so she acted without hesitation.

An Qingqian originally wanted to get rid of Lily immediately. After all, she was one of the murderers who killed her in her previous life.

But after thinking about it, he kept her.

She wants to use Lily to deal with Liu Yiyi.

She knew that the greatest revenge on a person was not to kill him, but to destroy all his hopes, block all his escape routes, and make him live a life worse than death!

"But, Yingyi, please arrange for someone to monitor her and see what she will do."

Seeing her appearance today, Lily seemed to be really fed up with her and even dared to say it out loud. Now it all depends on when she will take action.

As soon as Yingyi went out, Boyun came in with a letter.

"Miss, your letter." Bo Yun handed the letter to An Qingqian and sent the others away.

Then he whispered, "It was sent secretly by Manager Zhang."

An Qingqian opened the letter, and there was not much content in it.

The first was to explain the truth about Steward Chen's secret sale of cloth last time. Steward Zhang sent people to follow up and investigate many times, and finally found out that the person who ordered Steward Chen was not Zhang and Nanny Chen, but Xue Wanxian.

The cloth was sold for a total of 30,000 taels of silver, all of which was given to Xue Wanxian, who also helped Manager Chen to handle the account books, leaving no traces.

The second is to explain Doctor Qi’s background.

Doctor Qi was from a small town in Longcheng. He was abandoned by his parents when he was young and was adopted by a man named Liu Qian. Later, he met a nobleman and somehow came to the capital. He became a medicine boy in Renshan Hall and gradually became a doctor.

As for Liu Qian's identity, he searched for a long time but could not find out anything. He only knew that he seemed to be good at medicine.

Manager Zhang also explained that the reason he was able to find out all this was because he happened to have a relative in Longcheng.

After spending a few more taels of silver, he knew everything.

After reading the letter, An Qingqian asked Boyun to throw it into the brazier.

Staring at the ashes, An Qingqian's eyes gradually became clear.

It turned out to be Liu Qian's man. Moreover, An Qingqian guessed that the so-called noble man should be Prince Yong's man.

The person adopted by Liu Qian was sent to the capital. He was also Liu Qian's spy, keeping an eye on everything here for him.

A few dozen miles west of Longcheng is where An Zhenyuan stationed his troops and guarded the border.

Liu Qian is also a native of Longcheng.

"Boyun, go to my storehouse and pick out a similar set of calligraphy works. Send them to Manager Zhang and tell him that he has worked hard for me."

"Yes, Miss." Bo Yun did not see the content of the letter, but heard An Qingqian say this.

I knew that the letter sent by Manager Zhang must contain something very useful.

"Miss, Zhang Qingsha has been very well-behaved recently." Bo Yun thought of another thing.

"Oh? Really? What happened to her?" An Qingqian was a little curious.

Ever since she came back from Fuguang Temple last time, she almost never saw Zhang Qingsha in the mansion again.

"After she came back last time, she worked even harder to learn the pipa. Moreover, she also studied very seriously with the tutor arranged by Nanny Chen. Not to mention, Zhang Qingsha is indeed very capable and determined.

I heard that she only rested for three hours a day, and used the rest of the time to learn things. In addition to playing the pipa and studying rules, she also asked Huang to find an embroiderer to teach her embroidery.

I don’t know about embroidery yet, but I’m making rapid progress in pipa and etiquette, and I think I’m getting pretty good at it.”