Chapter 33: Stay in the Duke's Mansion as a broom star
When An Yueli came to the main house with Fu Yan, Huan Sha was busy cleaning up the messed up room.
"I've met the princess."
Huansha stepped forward to say hello, her expression serious.
"Princess Qi, this slave has already taken a general inventory. Except for the ambergris, nothing else has been lost."
An Yueli nodded and walked around them to inspect the house.
Different from Huansha and others' focus, she didn't care about what was lost, but instead checked the traces left by the thief along the doors, windows and the floor.
Then I found a smaller hole in the window, and there was still white powder remaining on the windowsill.
When he saw this thing, all the hairs on Fu Yan's body stood up.
"What is this? Could it be..."
"It's probably a smoky drug. I'll try to test it later."
An Yueli calmly comforted the other party, and at the same time noticed a strand of silk thread hooked on the window frame.
"What's this?"
Huansha took a closer look and said, "It looks like it was torn off my clothes."
Fuyan and others immediately checked each other. Everyone's clothes were intact and they were definitely not left behind by them.
An Yueli put both things away, "Now the situation is clear. The thief released drugs to make Fu Yan sleep, and then climbed through the window to steal. And this person has a clear goal, only to steal ambergris."
Zhuiyue was so angry that she gritted her teeth. She had never encountered such a thing when she was serving in the palace.
"Then what should we do now? Report it to the official?"
"Report to the official?" An Yueli smiled and shook her head, "If you wait a little longer, there should be someone who is more anxious than us."
Just as he was talking, he saw two maids coming to Beiyuan to convey a message.
"Greetings to Princess Xiao, the Duke and Mrs. Yue have invited her."
An Yueli raised her eyebrows at Huansha and the others, "Look, this is the one who's anxious."
When she brought people to the main courtyard, she found that many servants had gathered in the courtyard. Yue Shi was supporting An Guozheng and lecturing, and An Yurou was standing beside her.
"Father, Mrs. Yue."
An Yueli did not salute and nodded as a greeting.
An Guogong was furious when he saw her like this, but he could do nothing because of her status as a princess.
On the contrary, Yue Shi was calm and his attitude was quite mild.
"Yueli is here. It just so happens that your father and I are investigating the theft in the mansion last night. You should also come and listen."
An Yueli asked bluntly: "But the ambergris was lost?"
Yue's pupils shrank, "How do you know?"
An Yurou's strange voice came from the side, "You are very good at predicting things. Could it have something to do with this theft case?"
The mother and daughter sang together like this, and everyone at the scene looked over.
With so many pairs of eyes, An Yueli didn't even tremble her eyelashes.
"It is indeed related. After all, I am also a victim. Beiyuan was stolen last night, and the ambergris belonging to my mother was also lost."
"Lost too?" Yue Shi rolled his eyes and sighed in embarrassment, "That's really strange. This thief doesn't steal anything but ambergris. It's obvious that he came here for this thing. Master
, what do you think?”
"How else can you look at it? It's all because of you, a rebellious girl, that thieves came to our door!"
Duke An Guo pointed at An Yueli and cursed.
"I heard before that you shamelessly stole this ambergris from Shanzhitang and spent so much money on it. You made it so public and public that the thieves would target us.
Now, unfortunately, the disease has not been cured, but the medicine was lost first, resulting in a huge loss of money.
Tell me, what crime do you deserve!?"
An Yueli raised her eyebrows, "When you drink water, don't forget the well digger. I bought the ambergris from Shanzhitang with good intentions to honor my father. Is it wrong?"
"How dare you talk back?" An Guogong was so angry that his chest felt tight, and the injuries on his body also ached.
Yue Shi gave him some luck and lectured him.
"You were right to buy the medicine, but your fault was that you were too ostentatious. Although you are now Princess Xiao, you still live and eat at your natal family. If you don't share the worries of your natal family, you will instead bring disaster. What's the point?"
"Mother is right!" An Yurou glared at An Yueli arrogantly, "What we attracted this time was just thieves. Next time we don't know what kind of vicious murderer it is.
Since you are already married, you should stay in Prince Xiao's Mansion and do whatever you want to do to stay in the Duke's Mansion and be a broom star."
Seeing the other person's words getting more and more outrageous, Huansha frowned and reminded her.
"Second young lady, be careful what you say."
"Who do you think you are? We are discussing family matters, and it is not your turn as a foreign slave to interrupt."
An Yueli raised her hand to block Huan Sha, and looked deeply at the family of three who were working together.
"Who said thieves are outsiders?"
"It's not someone from outside, could it be that he is a domestic thief?" Yue Shi pointed to the servants in the yard sadly, "I have already interrogated them, and they all know the truth. If you say this, you must provide evidence."
As soon as these words came out, the servants in the yard began to cry out for injustice.
"Princess, the villain did not steal."
"The villain has been serving in the mansion for almost ten years, and he has never done anything like this."
"Princess, please be more careful!"
Facing the cries of these people, An Yueli's expression remained unchanged.
"The thief is not these servants, but a woman."
"What? Woman?"
"It's actually a woman!"
"Then we have no suspicion..."
Just as the servants breathed a sigh of relief, An Yueli noticed that An Yurou's expression became obviously surprised and nervous. The maid Pei'er standing behind her even swallowed and clenched her hands.
"This is what I found on the window sill of the room where it was stolen."
An Yueli took out the smoke powder and silk thread and displayed them in public.
"I have carefully screened the type of silk thread. Apart from the mistress, only the maids in the mansion are qualified to use this kind of fabric."
As she spoke, she walked forward and came directly to Yue Shi.
"This silk thread is pink, mixed with some silver thread. Such a playful color is definitely not something that Mrs. Yue can wear."
After saying that, she walked around the other party and pointed her finger at An Yurou.
"It seems like the type my sister likes."
"You're talking nonsense!"
An Yurou's muscles tensed up and she retorted fiercely.
"Who knows where you found this thing? How dare you use it as evidence."
Yue Shi echoed: "Yueli, I know you don't want to take responsibility, but you shouldn't just find some rags to fool everyone."
An Yueli lowered her eyes slightly, her expression cold.
"Then what my sister and Mrs. Yue mean is that these servants are still suspicious? In that case, we can only report it to the officials."
The servants, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the mother and daughter with concern again.
"Mrs. Yue is aware that you, a villain, really don't dare to steal."
"The villain is just a coolie. He doesn't even have a good partner around him. How can he have women's clothes?"
Chapter completed!