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Chapter 142 I Don't Know What You're Talking About
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Seeing Ning Lingyun's smiling face, Ning Xueyan realized that someone had seen her when she was at Cloud Reflection Courtyard. Besides, the person was one of Ning Lingyun's old female servants. But it seemed that Ning Lingyun was too sensitive. How could she judge her to be 'pregnant' just because she retched a few times?
"Fourth Sister, I don't know what you are talking about. But I wonder how you knew what happened in Bright Frost Garden," Ning Xueyan said. She stood up quietly and glanced at Ning Lingyun coldly.
Since Madam Dowager had put down her chopsticks and was about to leave, they felt uneasy to sat there any longer.
Hearing what Ning Xueyan said, Madam Dowager stopped for a short moment, but soon, she continued to go to the inner room. She had never liked Ning Lingyun. Thinking about what had happened to Ning Yuling and what Ning Xueyan had said, she hated Ning Lingyun more. As the daughter of a concubine, she had gone too far to
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"Xueyan, I'm so sorry! I thought, I thought you were... I wanted the doctor to diagnose for you just because I was afraid that it might be delayed if you weren't aware of it," Ning Lingyun said in anxious. She acted properly and looked as if she had cared about Ning Xueyan so much. Ning Xueyan looked at her quietly. She didn't speak until Ning Lingyun felt uneasy about showing any more anxiety in front of her. "Fourth Sister, do you think I'm so gullible?" Hearing that, Ning Lingyun was shocked. She raised her head subconsciously and found that Ning Xueyan was staring at her. Her heart went cold at the sight of the killing intent in Ning Xueyan's beautiful watery eyes. She turned her head away to avoid the gaze of Ning Xueyan. "Xueyan, I know I was wrong. I won't dare to do this again!" she stammered. Ning Xueyan knew Ning Lingyun wasn't lying to her. Ning Lingyun put it straight because she wanted to show her weakness. "It see
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"Yu Lian must have played some tricks. Otherwise Qing'er wouldn't have been sent to Bright Frost Garden. It seems Yu Lian cares about her sister very much," Ning Xueyan said coldly. Before, everyone knew that Qing'er would have been safe if she was in Bright Frost Garden, because Ning Xueyan was the young master here, and even she had found that this maid was weak and unable to work, she wouldn't say anything. Moreover, Madam Ling, who was in charge of the whole manor had never liked Ning Xueyan, so she wouldn't care even if a maid missing in Bright Frost Garden, let alone a maid couldn't work because of her poor health. That was why Yu Lian had managed to send Qing'er to Bright Frost Garden. She was so smart that nobody had found this before. "What does Qing'er do every day?" Ning Xueyan asked lazily, narrowing her eyes. The sun outside the window shone on her body. She felt warm and a faint flush came over her cream-like face.
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