"Xia'er, don't make troubles. Give the hairpin back to the Young Lady," the girl in the hat ordered in a low voice. Her voice was gentle and sweet, and from the way she spoke, everyone could tell that she was well-bred in a rich family. However, there seemed to be a domineering air about her.
In a low voice, she properly expressed her displeasure.
"Yes, miss!" The maid called Xia'er took the jade hairpin reluctantly and put it on the counter with a snort, as if she was giving something to a beggar.
"You're just a maid. How dare you turn your nose up at others in front of your master? Didn't your master teach you to be polite?" A girl of about 15 years old snorted, looking at Xia'er from the corner of her eyes. She and her maid stood on the other side of Ning Xueyan.
She was a beautiful girl with bushy eyebrows and big eyes; such an appearance was pleasing to people.
The girl in the hat turned to her maid and order
"I... I knocked someone down." The coachman quivered with anxiety. "I'm fine. I'll go and check it out." Ning Xueyan stayed poised and gave Qingyu a knowing wink. Taking the hint, Qingyu got out of the carriage. The coachman was sure that there had been no one down the road before this happened. He really had no idea where the old lady sprang out from. How did his carriage hit the old lady in the twinkle of an eye, even leaving unconscious from the crash? At this, he jumped from the carriage to see if the old lady was hit hard. Fortunately, there was no blood around. Qingyu also came up around the old lay who lay on the ground, noticing that the old lady was clothed in plain rags, with a bale in her hand. She did not look like a local and she had a small stature and seemed to be about in her 50s. Lying there with a pale face, one could not tell if her fainting was caused by the crash or by her poor nerves.
Everyone had come back to the Lord Protector's Manor. Under the instruction of Ning Xueyan, Qingyu led several servants to carry Mother Wang into the Bright Frost Garden. Then Ning Xueyan went to the Lucky Garden to visit Madam Dowager. The two older female servants had reported Madam Dowager about Ning Xueyan's coming in advance. Nobody had expected that the injured old woman was Mother Wang, the wet nurse of Ning Ziying. Ning Ziying was the cousin of Ning Xueyan and she was already dead. "What? The wet nurse of Ning Ziying?" Madam Dowager was drinking tea while she heard the news. She was so astonished that the tea cup slipped from her hand and fell to the ground. "Yes. It's exactly her. We have seen her several times in our manor before," the two older female servants answered, trembling. "How could it be her?" Mother Qin was surprised as well. She asked a maid to clean the floor while asking the two older female servants about the detail
"Where did you put Mother Wang?" Ning Xueyan asked Qingyu as soon as she returned to the Bright Frost Garden. "I put her in the room next to Lanning's. Lanning said it would be convenient for her to take care of Mother Wang," Qingyu answered, pointing to a room on the right wing. "Miss, you'd better have a rest before visiting Mother Wang. Lanning is being with her now." "Okay. I'll go and fresh myself up first." Ning Xueyan nodded. "Although Mother Wang has come to the manor under the persuasion of Lanning, she won't tell me any secrets because I'm Ning Xueyan, not Ning Ziying now. But I still have time. Since many outsiders have known that Mother Wang came to our manor after being knocked down, Madam Ling won't dare to hurt her. Furthermore, Mother Wang is at my place, so her safety can be assured at least," she thought. She had a feeling that Mother Wang must have known some secrets about her past life. However, she knew tha
"Young Lady Ziying thought that her mother had bought all the brocade for her, but she didn't know that some of the brocade used to be her mother's belongs and she just left it to Young Lady Ziying. Moreover, most varieties of the brocade her mother left had stopped production a long time ago. They are very precious and we can't find them in the market now. Young Lady Ziying's mother left the brocade as her daughter's dowry, so I dared not to give them to anyone else." Since she had mentioned the brocade, Mother Wang decided not to hide anything about it from Ning Xueyan anymore, so she told her everything she knew about it. "Some varieties of the brocade has stopped production?" Lanning was surprised. She had seen the two big cases which contained the brocade among a pile of cases, and she knew that the brocade was the dowry that Ning Ziying's mother had prepared for her daughter, so she had never opened them to organize the stuff inside. "
The snow was falling, and melodious sounds of a zither wafted through the air. With a slight smile on her pretty face, a young lady wearing a pink dress totally immersed herself in the winter scenery. She slightly raised delicate hands. Her elegant figure and her graceful movements while playing the zither could touch others to their souls. On the snow-covered path came two graceful young men. The childe walked in front could be considered as handsome. But it was just that his eyes corners and the tips of his eyebrows slightly lifted, which made people feel a bit unpleasant upon taking a glance at him. Besides that, he looked indeed uncomfortable, and his face stirred with dull anger. "Tell me, what is that crap? I don't know what my Grandmother was thinking. She actually let me marry such a crazy woman." At the thought of the fact that somehow he was going to marry Ning Yuling, Ao Xian, who was Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li, would c
Marquis of Ping'an arrived very late. Ning Zu'an could not wait long ago and let the servants serve the dishes. Ao Xian was Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li, and Wen Xueran was Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Min. Compared to them, Marquis of Ping'an was truly not so important. Therefore, they directly began to eat and drink without him. When they were in a good mood after a few drinks, Marquis of Ping'an rushed in. While wiping off the sweat on his head, he humbly apologized in embarrassment. Ao Xian himself was a dissolute rakehell, but he still disdained Marquis of Ping'an, who was old, stupid, fat and ugly. Ao Xian muttered a grunt as a greeting to him. And at this time, he remembered it seemed that the Fourth Young Lady of Lord Protector's Manor would marry this ugly fat man in front of him. Suddenly, he felt injustice for the beautiful Fourth Young Lady. "The beauty is now in the hands of the beast!" "Why will suc
Screams also rang near the Lasting-fragrance Pavilion. The sharp screams attracted the attention of Ning Zu'an, who was wandering with Wen Xueran. Ning Zu'an frowned lightly. He followed the sound and made a turn. Just after a few steps, he saw a few maids and servants stand in front of the Lasting-fragrance Pavilion in mute amazement. "What happened?" Ning Zu'an asked unpleasantly. "Second, Second Young Lady, and, and Marquis of Ping'an are in..." Seeing Ning Zu'an, the servant could not even utter a whole sentence. "That's nonsense. Second Sister is in her yard. How can she be here?" From another path, Ning Xueyan popped up with her maid. She was stunned a little after seeing the servant. Then she put up a cold face and reproached. Seeing Ning Xueyan defend for Ning Yuling, Ning Zu'an nodded secretly in his heart. "Fifth Young Lady, it is really Second Young Lady... with, with Marquis of Ping'an..." When she hea
The door was closed, and suddenly they were cut off from the outside. Ning Xueyan stared steadily at Ning Lingyun with her eyes, which were as clear as water. Her mouth corners formed a slight sneer, and Ning Xueyan looked at Ning Lingyun as if she was looking at a clown. "Fourth Sister, do you also want Mother to see your look now? Will she agree that someone else did all this to you?" Ning Xueyan lifted her lips. She gave Ning Lingyun an ice-cold smile. "You... What do you mean?" Under her gaze, Ning Lingyun lost her temper from embarrassment. The delicate expression on her face was long gone, and she asked with hatred while grinding her teeth. Although Ning Lingyun did not know how Ning Xueyan escaped from the trap she set, she knew that her situation was not good. Ning Lingyun appeared strong outward, but she actually felt weak inward. Hence, in a fury, she could only shout out a question. Caiyun was scared silly long ago since she saw N