Of course, Qingyu didn't happen to stay at the gate of the backyard. Since Ning Xueyan found the strange item of Ning Zu'an's account, she cut the cost and let Qingyu wait around the backyard gate where she had seen someone come to look for Ning Zu'an in her last life.
Usually, only a few people would go out of the manor, so it was not easy for others to enter the manor even through the backyard gate. But today was different. In this manor, many people were coming and going. To go the easier way, some servants directly passed in and out of the back door. Thus, these guards at the entrance were much less vigilant than usual. If someone wanted to go into the manor to find Ning Zu'an, today was his or her best opportunity.
Ning Xueyan also checked the background of the older female servant who guarded the back door. She worked neither for Madam Ling nor the Madam Dowager. Instead, she was the mother of Ning Zu'an's former subordinate, who was disabled on the
Xinmei returned in the evening but didn't bring back many messages. The friend that the middle-aged woman went to visit was a young student. They seemed to be quite close to each other like they were mother and son. The woman brought him some clean clothes to change his clothes for washing. After chatting for a long time, they parted with reluctance. All their acts unintentionally showed the family affection between them. "Young Lady, the young man came out through the side door. Right after finishing talking with the woman, he closed the door and left. There was no one around that I could ask for more information." Of course, Xinmei could not climb over the wall to enter the academy in broad daylight because it would attract others' attention. "What is the size of that academy?" Lowering her head, Ning Xueyan touched the cup in her hand and asked after thinking for a moment. "It has an average size, not as large as those big a
Ning Huaiyuan was really upset today. A wonderful party had been ruined by such a scandal! It not only disturbed the people of the Lord Protector's Manor, but also annoyed Xia Yuhang and he had taken Ning Ziyan and Xia Yudong back to his manor. Ning Huaiyuan knew that Xia Yuhang was not easy to mess with and if his mother thought that she could control the Xia Manor by marrying Ning Ziyan to Xia Yuhang, she was too naive. Ning Huaiyuan felt that he had never seen through Xia Yuhang. He had objected to Ning Ziyan marrying Xia Yuhang, but Ning Ziyan had been so fascinated by this man and insisted on marrying him. "Ziyan... Xia Yuhang won't believe that Ziyan had an affair with Xia Yudong, right?" Madam Ling asked anxiously after thinking it for a while. She became listless at once at the mention of Ning Ziyan. Every man who had seen that would think that his wife was having an affair, so Madam Ling was really worried about Ning Ziyan now.
"What a piece of sensational news that the Second Madam of the Lord Protector's Manor died at Eldest Young Lady's wedding ceremony! There are many interesting rumors about it," Yun Luoluo said with a sneer. The way she spoke was very rude and she even made fun of Madam Ming's death! Ning Xueyan's face darkened at the words, a coldness flashing in her eyes. As soon as Ning Ziying and Ning Xueyan's memories merged, she had regarded Madam Ming as her own mother, so of course she was annoyed when she heard Yun Luoluo insulting Madam Ming. With a sneer on her lips, she said, "His Majesty has drawn the conclusion. Second Young Lady, aren't you satisfied with His Majesty's decision? It seems you have more guts than those officials and dare even speak out against His Majesty's will." Although the Lord Peace's Manor was Empress Dowager's family home, she had died and all the other noble families knew that the Lord Peace's Manor was declining. Only ve
Heng Yuwan had arrived at the side door. She turned her head and smiled at Heng Yuqing brightly before walking behind the door. As soon as Heng Yuqing and Ning Xueyan arrived at the platform behind the door, Ning Xueyan smelt a medicine flavor. Although the smell was faint, as Ning Xueyan had taken a lot of medicine since her childhood, she could tell that there was some medicine nearby. She looked down and saw the four older female servants still chatting behind that tree. Since she left just now, these servants had been there for some time. It was very suspicious that they had been talking for such a long facing the wind. Besides, Ning Xueyan felt like an older female servant raise her head and glance over to the platform. "What did you want with me?" Heng Yuqing asked angrily, staring at Heng Yuwan. "Eldest Sister, calm down. Why are you so angry every time you see me? I just want to ask if you want me to send some delicious
"Come down and apologize to your eldest sister!" Weighing the pros and cons, Lord Guardian decided to be 'fair', so he immediately shouted at Heng Yuwan. It meant that he had admitted that Heng Yuwan pushed Heng Yuqing into the winter. How could Heng Yuwan take the blame? She sobbed and protested, "Father, I did not..." Lord Guardian was heartbroken when he saw his second daughter crying. However, after thinking it over and looking at the Young Ladies present, who were all the wedded wives' daughters of other manors, he knew that he should not be partial to Heng Yuwan anymore. Then he shook his sleeve and turned to leave without looking at Heng Yuwan. Feeling unjustly accused of trying to murder her sister, Heng Yuwan ran away, crying. Except for Ning Xueyan, the Young Ladies on the platform did not see any point in staying, so they all left. Ning Xueyan told the maid of the Lord Guardian's Manor that she wanted to see how Heng Yuqing was do
"Sir, are you from the Qingyun Academy?" While they were talking, Ning Xueyan had put down her book and came over gracefully. She bowed to the young man politely. "Yes!" Although he was a little bit unpleasant, the young man still bowed to Ning Yueyan politely before answering her question. Obviously, he was well-educated. "Sir, we are going to the Qingyun Academy to give something to a person. I wonder if you know him." Ning Xueyan continued with a smile, "Sir, can you give it to him for me when you go back to the academy?" "Whom are you talking about?" the young man sized up Ning Xueyan. However, he could not see her face clearly except for vaguely telling that it was a girl with a veil. "Ning Huaijing. Do you know him, sir?" Ning Xueyan asked in a soft voice. "Ning Huaijing?" The young man was so shocked and his eyelid twitched unconsciously, the look in his eyes becoming even colder. He stared at Ning Xueyan a
Outside the Lord Protector's Manor. A ragged young man craned his neck and peered at the door around the corner countless times. Just when he felt impatient with all this waiting, he saw a woman coming out from the manor at a distance, and felt relieved. He came out, waved to her and then returned to the corner. At this time, Chen Qing was a vagrant. He was penniless, so he had to return to the capital city. "How dare you come back? If First Madam finds out that you are back, you'll be killed!" Mother Chen frowned and whispered, as she went round the corner and saw Chen Qing. "Aunt, it's been so long. Is First Madam still looking for me?" Chen Qing had suffered a lot during this period. After being told, he turned pale with fear. How was he to know that it was the Second Young Lady of the Lord Protector's Manor? It happened so fast. He had asked the man to paint the Fifth Young Lady. Unexpectedly, the man painted
"You don't need to worry about these things. Yuan'er said that he has a solution, so he can do it." Seeing that Mother Chen was absent-minded, Madam Ling told her, with an unhappy look on her face. "Yes. I acted beyond my duties." Mother Chen nodded. "Mother Chen, do you think the lords of the court will take a fancy to that little bi*ch?" Although she did not take any action these days, Madam Ling felt more and more anxious after she thought about it. That little bi*ch looks pretty good, so Madam Ling was worried that she might be selected. Until then, whether she was at court or in a prince's mansion, it would not be good for Madam Ling. "First Madam, don't worry. Although Fifth Young Lady looks good, she is thin and weak. Looking at her face, one can tell that she is not suited to have children. Whether she is at court or in a prince's mansion, if she can't have a child, she will come to a bad end." At this time, Mother Chen