Ao Mingyu turned the corner and strode toward the artificial hill with a dark face, without taking anyone with him.
Suddenly, a person appeared in his way. He stopped and looked at this person coldly. To his surprise, it was Ning Xueyan, who had a graceful smile on her jade-like face.
"Sorry, Third Prince. I was playing with my maid, and got in your way by accident," Ning Xueyan stood still and apologized, her beautiful eyes misting. After a little dressing up, she was softer and less cold than usual.
She had come from the exit of the Plum Garden which was close to the female seats. Looking at the frightened maid who stood behind her, Ao Mingyu believed that they were in a panic.
"Why didn't you rest there, but came here?" His face softened and a smile appeared on it.
"It's my first time to the imperial palace, so I wanted to come out and have a look at the beautiful scenery around here. I was thinking about going
"Eee? Which manor is that Young Lady from? She is so unruly that she was even dating Li Zhiwen, the playboy! Does she have a crush on him?" "From her look, I can tell that she isn't a well-behaved woman. I wonder what she likes Li Zhiwen about." "They even dare to date secretly in the imperial palace. Maybe they've been having an affair for a long time!" "Definitely! From the happiness in her eyes, I can tell that they have an affair. It's a pity that such a beautiful lady likes a scum! It's said Li Zhiwen has already gotten married, and his wife is very aggressive. So this Young Lady can only be his concubine." "She is so beautiful, but she has no self-respect and has fallen to this degree. It's easy for her to marry a noble childe as his wife, but it seems she prefers to be a concubine. How shameless!" The noble childes behind the wall discussed, looking at Ning Xueyan with disdain and contempt. Th
The paper of the two notes was the same, and if someone compared them in detail, he would find that they were torn from the same piece of paper, and the only difference between them was that one had a name on it, and another one did not have. The crumpled note was broken, but they could vaguely recognize the words 'Third Young Lady of the Nings'. Ao Mingyu combined the two notes together and stood in the pavilion with his hands clasped behind his back. He looked at Ning Xueyan, who was walking down the rockery, and frowned. The slim and weak girl in snow-white imperial gown still stayed calm, and did not show alarm or surprise even something unexpected had happened. But she was a little cold when she left just now. It seemed that she did not want to spend any more time with him. She was a smart girl, and she must have already figured out who wanted to set her up! A playboy had come here after receiving a note from
The banquet started officially. The empress came here to have a look. Since she had no children, of course she was no interested in the banquet at all. She showed her face for a while, then left the principle seats to Honored Consort Ya and Honored Consort Shu. The main hostess of the banquet was Honored Consort Ya, and Honored Consort Shu would help her to host. Both of them had an adult son. Third Prince and Fourth Prince were the most outstanding princes among all the adult sons of the emperor. Honored Consort Ya and Honored Consort Shu sat on the principal seats among the female guests, and Prince Yi sat on the principal seat among the male guests. Because the emperor was not feeling well, he did not show up. Ning Qingshan came in with Honored Consort Ya. Then she went to her own seat quietly, did not seem to be arrogant because of Honored Consort Ya. Seeing her gentle smile, Honored Consort Ya liked her even more. "Only such a woman is
The palace maids and eunuchs were very cooperative, so after a short while, the investigation of them was over. That hair-pin was not on them! "Do I really have to search these Young Ladies for the hair-pin?" Honored Consort Ya was in a dilemma. Her face darkened. All the Young Ladies were from noble families, and it would be an insult to them to search them. But if She did not ask people to search them, she did not know how to solve the problem. Furthermore, the palace maids and the eunuchs had already been searched. "Are all the palace maids and eunuchs who were present just now here? Could any of them haven't been searched yet?" None of the Young Ladies would like to be searched, so someone could not help asking. "Sure enough. There were many palace maids and eunuchs bustling around here just now. Maybe someone has passed by here occasionally and took the hair-pin away," another Young Lady said, following the first one. If t
[Thanksgiving Special Updates][In the folllowing 3 days, we will update 2 chapters each day on this novel,thank you for your continued suppport for TapRead!]"Third Sister, so you think the bracelet is of no importance?" Ning Xueyan asked, pointing at the bracelet. She sneered inside, but did not show it on her face. From the appearance of the bracelet, one could tell it was valuable. And all the gems on it were precious. Ning Qingshan had not expected that Ning Xueyan had such a valuable thing. But she was not that surprised. Since she had been in the imperial palace for some time, and seen many valuable jewels of Honored Consort Ya, she certainly would not make a fuss about a fine bracelet. "Fifth Sister, don't be naughty. The bracelet is really beautiful. But don't worry. I have a pair of bracelets similar to this one. I'll give them to you when we're back," Ning Qingshan said generously. It seemed in any case, she was
The male guests only knew briefly about what had happened to the female guests. It was said that a palace maid stole a Young Lady's stuff. It seemed that the two Young Ladies of the Lord Protector's Manor were involved in this matter. Someone said that Third Young Lady had sent a note to Fifth Young Lady and caused the trouble. Since they were all noble childes, they would not gather to watch what was going on. Besides, the powerful Prince Yi was still on his seat. Therefore, none of the male guests walked to the female guest zone. Even Ao Mingwan, who was focusing on Ning Xueyan, did not know exactly what was going on. He saw his mother call another Young Lady to her and said something. Both Honored Consort Ya and Honored Consort Shu were not stupid, and they did not speak loudly when they were secretly fighting in front of so many people. Besides, it was not that close between the male guest zone and the female guest zone. Therefore, it was normal that
Ning Xueyan was really helpless now. She had a hard time getting rid of Heng Yuqing. No sooner had she crossed a path than she saw Eunuch Zhu, who worked for Ao Chenyi, waiting. He took her into a courtyard. After changing her clothes in the room, they walked out from the back door. Now she had dressed up as same as the woman in veil. On the other hand, the woman in veil had put on an ordinary palace maid's clothes and mingled with the crowd. After getting everything ready, Eunuch Zhu took Ning Xueyan to the seat next to Ao Chenyi. Ao Chenyi and the two princes had the highest status among all the gentlemen present. But the two princes were his juniors. Therefore, he was at the first table alone, and Third Prince and Fourth Prince were at the second table, which was lowered than his. Several noble Princely Heirs were at the third table. Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Min was sitting at the third table and looking at the fem
Everyone fixed their eyes on Ning Xueyan and Ao Chenyi. They had been curious about his favorite concubine before, but no sign showed that Ao Chenyi was fond of her today, and she even looked timid. She was quite different from what the rumors said, so the others lost their interests after looking at her for a while, and they shifted their eyes from her. Now when they saw that Ao Chenyi cared about her so much, they all widened their eyes. It was unbelievable that Prince Yi even treated a 'favorite concubine', who was even more humble than a co-consort so well! Favorite concubine was nothing, but a pet! Prince Yi had not only taken her into the imperial palace, but also asked her advice. Obviously, he cared about her very much. The noble childes gasped, wondering if the most charming and mysterious man in front of them was really the cold-blooded Prince Yi. Only now did they look at him carefully and find him so handsome! Ning