"What happened?" Ning Xueyan asked.
Seeing Mother Han waving her hand, Qingyu walked out cautiously.
Although it was impossible for Madam Dowager to come now, it would be better to be cautious.
"Miss, the plaques of the two shops in the name of Young Lady Ziying were replaced by those of the Xia Manor. It was said that these two shops were Eldest Young Lady's dowry. The two shopkeepers were newly hired and even all the shop assistants were replaced. None of them knew who Young Lady Ziying was."
The Ning's shops were Ning Ziying's property in the capital. They were neither big nor small, and were profitable enough for all Ning Ziying's expenses at the Lord Protector's Manor. When they were going to get married, Xia Yuhang had told her that the two shopkeepers seemed to have stolen something from the shops, and asked her to punish them. Ning Ziying had thought that she would marry Xia Yuhang sooner or later, so she had left the m
It only took Mother Han less than two hours to return. As Ning Xueyan had expected, she brought back the gifts Ning Qingshan had given to her. Two maids with the gifts in their hands and several other servants followed Mammy Luo to Bright Frost Garden with Mother Han. Mammy Luo walked to the bed and asked Ning Xueyan about her health. Ning Xueyan had rested for a while after Mother Han left, so she recovered some of her energy. With the help of her maid, she sat up. She asked about Ning Qingshan and specifically about how she had been injured. Mammy Luo only said that Ning Qingshan had been in panic and got her leg injured after seeing the assassins, but the wound was not that serious, and she would recover after a few days. Mammy Luo brought greetings from Ning Qingshan and told Ning Xueyan that Ning Qingshan would come to visit her after her injury was healed. She then asked the maids to present the gifts to Ning Xueyan and hinted that these gifts were
The window opened quietly and a person in black, wearing a mask darted in. He swiftly turned and looked at Ning Xueyan. Ning Xueyan looked calm and distant and there was nothing in her expression of a noble Young Lady startled. "You're a noble Young Lady. How could you not be afraid to see a man come in at night?" The man in black removed the black cloth from his face after he and Ning Xueyan had stared at each other for a while. It was Ming Feiyong's son, Ming Yuanhua! "If fear worked, I would have been!" Ning Xueyan answered with a frown. "Of course it will work! You can at least cry for help. Although this place is remote, after all, it is in the Lord Protector's Manor. Maybe Ning Zu'an has never taken you as his daughter, but if there is something bad happen to you, he will feel humiliated," Ming Yuanhua said impatiently. He had made an appointment with Ning Xueyan, but Ning Xueyan failed to meet him. After that, he could not find an opp
"Third Sister, I, I'm engaged!" Ning Lingyun answered shyly, her face blush. As a whole, a daughter of a concubine like her was not good enough to marry Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li, so she was satisfied with her engagement and had not made any trouble recently. "You are engaged, Fourth Sister? Why nobody told me about this. What a pity! Third Prince mentioned you to me the day before yesterday. He said that you were the most obedient and adorable Young Lady in our manor. He also said that you were unforgettable at the first sight," Ning Qingshan said with a sigh. She looked surprised at first, and then she smiled. "Third Prince said I was the most obedient and adorable Young Lady in our manor and he was impressed with me at the first sight?" Ning Lingyun's heart thumped, a look of utter joy on her face. She had been longing for Third Prince for a long time. "Could Third Prince really like me?" she wondered.
"Xinmei, have a look at the Buddha Hall after supper. First Madam has chanted the Buddhist scriptures for a long time, and I think she should have calmed down!" Ning Xueyan said casually with an elegant smile, sitting by the soft couch and leaning against a soft cushion. Madam Ling had been so quiet in the past few days that she seemed to be a different person. She would have tried to stir troubles at Buddha Hall even before her son returned. Now, her son had come back, how she could become so quiet, as if she was sincere to seek the peace of mind at Buddha Hall. Ning Xueyan had not figured out what Madam Ling was thinking, but now she was enlightened by what Ning Qingshan said. "I see!" She had thought of the possibility before, and now she was very certain about it. "Got it! Miss, I'm going to visit First Madam, who devoted to Buddhist meditation, right now. Do you want me to drop in Third Young Lady's courtyard
Everyone present had thought that Third Young Lady was so kind that she had already known to feed her younger sister medicine at such a young age. Only Mother Han saw that Ning Qingshan had slipped some drug into Ning Xueyan's medicine bowl. But all the medicine in the bowl had gone, so she had no evidence. Besides, nobody would believe that a child of six years old had done something so vicious. Moreover, after being found out by Mother Han on spot, Ning Qingshan had not been in a panic, but handled this matter perfectly. When Madam Ming and Mother Han walked into the room, they found Ning Qingshan still looking naive. She repeated that she had spilled the medicine soup onto her clothes by accident when she tried to feed her younger sister. Looking at her wet clothes, naive face and guilty expression, Mother Han could not help feeling chilly. No matter how cunning, slippery, or even vicious a person was, at least, he or she should be naive
"Fifth Young Lady, please, please save me! Please!" Seeing Ning Xueyan walking out, Concubine Ma suddenly knelt on the ground at the gate and said with tears in her eyes. "Concubine Ma, what are you doing? You can just tell Fifth Young Lady if there's anything she can help. Seeing you kneeling down here, other people will think our master is bullying you!" Mother Han was experienced. She took a few steps forward and stood between Ning Xueyan and Concubine Ma. She comforted and persuaded Concubine Ma. "Fifth Young Lady! Fifth Young Lady, if you don't help me, I will kneel here until I die!" Concubine Ma managed to get rid of Mother Han's hands and began to cry loudly. "Mother Han, since Concubine Ma doesn't want to say and likes to cry here, just let it be!" Ning Xueyan said indifferently and stopped Mother Han. She then turned and was about to walk into her room. Concubine Ma was a little surprised when she saw that Ning Xueyan
What Caifen said reassured Concubine Ma. She suddenly felt relieved and her face lit up. If she escaped from the Lord Protector's Manor, the affair between her and that actor would be nothing. Since the marquis could not find them, even if he knew what they had done before, he could do nothing to her. No matter how capable the Fifth Young Lady was, she could not do anything outside the manor. However, the Third Young Lady was different from the Fifth Young Lady. She would be the Third Prince's concubine in the future, so she had to be able to find a way to help Concubine Ma leave. Then Concubine Ma would go everywhere at will, and she would have nothing to do with the Fifth Young Lady in the future. "The Fifth Young Lady has no advantage against the Third Young Lady, so she will have a problem even protecting herself. Of course, she won't have the time and energy to deal with me!" Concubine Ma thought. "Fine! I'll do as the Thi
Everything in Cloud Reflection Courtyard was more decaying. Weeds sprang up at the corner and on the path. Obviously, no one had been here for a long time. When Ning Xueyan pushed open the door of the master bedroom, the wind blew in and the dust on the floor was stirred up. It had been full of laughter here not long before, but now, no laughter could be heard any more. She walked into the room and came to the bed. She narrowed her eyes slightly when she pushed away a needle and thread basket. Obviously, someone had rummaged here carefully. Although that person was cautious, Ning Xueyan still found out. Because the thin blue thread hanging in front of the needle and thread basket had gone, and the left and right sides of the red thread tied at the back of the basket was no longer completely equal as Ning Ziying had put it on purpose. Ning Ziying had been so cautious, because her mother had repeatedly reminded her that she shoul