"What's the difference? Maybe she is more mature because her mother died." Xia Yuhang smiled unnaturally, a subtle look of complexity crossing his eyes.
"Another day, I saw her outside Cloud Reflection Courtyard. She was standing beside a tree and looking at Cloud Reflection Courtyard in a trance," Ning Huaiyuan said. He poured a glass of wine for Xia Yuhang, and then for himself.
Cloud Reflection Courtyard? Xia Yuhang's heart beat fast. He grasped the wine glass more firmly, as if he wanted to hold something in his hand.
"Does Ning Xueyan really know what happened between Ning Ziying and me?" he wondered. Ning Xueyan had been at the gate of Cloud Reflection Courtyard when he saw her last time. Now Ning Huaiyuan told him that he had seen Ning Xueyan near Cloud Reflection Courtyard. He also recalled what Madam Ling had said. Thinking about these, Xia Yuhang couldn't help but feel something wrong.
"Maybe she likes that place," Xi
The room fell into silence and filled with thick sorrows. "Fifth Young Lady, did my young master told you in your dream who murdered her?" Mother Wang wiped tears from her face and suddenly asked resentfully. She had totally believed what Ning Xueyan said, but she didn't believe that Ning Ziying had thrown herself into the river to commit suicide. She had been outside of the manor and collected information after Ning Ziying's death. She heard everyone said that Ning Ziyan had been engaged to Xia Yuhang since childhood, and nobody knew that there was an engagement between Ning Ziying and Xia Yuhang. That was abnormal. She had been willing to follow Lanning's advice and cooperate with Ning Xueyan because she wanted to collect information in the Lord Protector's Manor. "Mother Wang, don't worry. I'll avenge Sister Ziying. If she didn't appear in my dream and give me instruction, I might have died," Ning Xueyan looked at Mother Wang and said sin
In the early morning, both Bright Frost Garden and Foggy Courtyard were busy. Third Young Lady and Fifth Young Lady were invited to attend the imperial party. Because Ning Lingyun was the daughter of a concubine, she was ineligible to participate in such activities. Ning Qingshan had gone to the imperial palace three years ago, but after all, it had been a long time. She was still famous among the noble ladies because of her filial piety, and this was the first imperial party she would attend after she had left three years, so she must be careful. Both she herself and Madam Dowager hoped that she would shine on the party and stand out from the crowd. Ning Qingshan had lost a personal maid yesterday and she felt humiliated. But the night before, Madam Dowager had asked Mother Qin to bring her several boxes of jewelry and everyone looked high of her again. They knew that Fifth Young Lady of Bright Frost Garden didn'
At Prince Yi's Manor... On a spacious machilus chair carved with dragons and phoenixes, was a man who was incredibly handsome against the black garment with golden trim. His profile was as delicate as being carved, and his good looks were beyond description. And under the black crown decorated with a dragon design, his beautiful eyes were deep and as bottomless abyss and as dark as pure black ink, without a trace of light. There was a gorgeous invitation card among his slender fingers, and several rubies on the invitation letter had crumbed by him. With a strange smile on his thin lips, he asked coldly, "Was this invitation card sent from the imperial palace?" "Yes. It was just sent here from the imperial palace. Prince Yi, they had sent the same invitation card to you before, but they worried that you might forget it, so they asked their people to send another one," Eunuch Wang answered carefully. His master did not seem to be
Several branches of plum blossom stretched out from the heavy and thick imperial palace wall. A girl stood beside the wall gracefully. On her fair face was a pair of gentle eyes that sparkled with wisdom, and they were watery, as if covered with a thin layer of fog. Although she had not well-developed yet, from her extremely delicate and beautiful features, everybody could tell that she would become an extremely beautiful lady in the future. The snow-white imperial chiffon she wore fluttered in the wind, accentuating her slender waist. She looked beautiful and smart, but a little bit cold. Under the plum blossom, it felt like this pretty girl was originally part of the beautiful scenery. It was unbelievable! It was said Fifth Young Lady of the Lord Protector's Manor was both ugly and unsociable. These rumors were all nonsense! The best things were always hidden before they were shown. Everyone felt that Ning Qingshan was extremely charming after leaving t
Xia Yuhang was frozen at sight of Ning Xueyan. He stood still at the gate of the garden, looking both excited and shocked. He clenched his slender fingers into a fist and pressed it on his chest, trying to keep a lid on his pounding heart. He didn't know how many times he had seen the familiar gentle, watery and jet-black eyes in his dream. When he saw them again, he was so surprised and overjoyed that he couldn't keep his calm anymore. He strode toward Ning Xueyan, and in his eyes, there was nothing but the bright and familiar eyes. She was still alive! It was true that she was still alive! Ning Xueyan and Heng Yuqing had chosen their seats. They entered the gate of the Plum Garden, with Heng Yuqing in front and Ning Xueyan behind, and was about to walk inside before a well-dressed girl suddenly appeared in front of them and deliberated gave a push of Ning Xueyan. Without any preparations, Ning Xueyan took severa
"Fifth Sister, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?" Ning Qingshan came over to them from aside and asked solicitously as soon as Ning Xueyan and Heng Yuqing sat down. From where she had sat just now, she could see what had happened inside the garden, but not outside. Seeing that Ning Xueyan had been knocked fly out the gate, she was excited, and when she saw that Ling Xue was dragged out by two guards and heard the screaming of a woman, she was surer that Ning Xueyan had gotten into big troubles. Even Ling Xue who had just given her a push suffered for it, so obviously, the consequence was serious. But she became confused when she saw what had happened next. Prince Yi, who was well-known for his ruthlessness, came in with a woman in a veil, and after a short while she saw Ning Xueyan! "So Ning Xueyan has bumped against the cold-blooded Prince Yi?" Ning Qingshan immediately disproved this assumption. If Ning Xueya
"Noble Young Ladies?" Ao Chenyi glanced at all the female guests, and suddenly pointed at a Young lady with a sneer. "Can the outstanding Third Young Lady from the Lord Protector's Manor be taken as a noble Young Lady?" he asked. Since Ning Qingshan returned to the manor, news about her had been widely spread. Besides, Third Prince had visited her in person at the Lord Protector's Manor, so everyone had thought that she was Ao Mingyu's woman. Now Ao Chenyi talked about her in such a cold and frivolous voice, having no more respect for her than for a prostitute. Ao Mingyu was the distinguished prince with pure royal blood, he had never been humiliated like this. When he heard that the woman he had a crush on had been despised like this, his smile froze, and a strong sense of killing appeared in the depth of his eyes. Ao Chenyi was so powerful that even Ao Mingyu's father, the emperor, dared not to be in conflict with him openly.
Ning Xueyan pulled Heng Yuqing's hand and stopped her. She nodded with a smile and removed a jade bracelet from her wrist. She passed it to the palace maid and said, "Thank you very much for telling me about this. Please accept it as my thanks." "Thank you so much, Fifth Young Lady!" From the precious gem set on the bracelet, she could tell the bracelet was very valuable. The palace maid hadn't expected that she would get this benefit by conveying a note for others. She took the bracelet joyfully and bowed to Ning Xueyan. Then she put the note into Ning Xueyan's hand and turned to leave. Ning Xueyan turned her head and said something to Lanning. Lanning nodded and then walked toward a palace maid who was standing behind the banquet table with a smile. She whispered in the palace maid's ear, looked a little embarrassed. Then the palace maid nodded and led Lanning out. Ning Xueyan spread the note in front of her and Heng Yuqing, and began to r