"It's my good fortune that Madam Dowager and First Madam think so highly of me. However, I'm green and inexperienced. If I can't make the decision, I will be mocked." Junior Concubine Xu looked vexed, as if she did not have the confidence to handle the situation.
"Ha, ha, ha." Seeing her timid look, Madam Dowager laughed. She pointed to her forehead and said with a smile, "What are you afraid of? I'll help you. Nobody will dare to make fun of you."
Madam Dowager was in charge and did not need to check the accounts every day. This was also the reason why Ning Xueyan was able to check the accounts. After all, Junior Concubine Xu was not Ning Xueyan, so she could not be compared with Ning Xueyan, whether in identity or status. Therefore, Madam Dowager was bothered about this.
After the Lunar New Year, when Ning Xueyan left, it was inevitable that Madam Ling would be the one in charge. She would arrange for her to take over some things, so that Mad
"What do you mean, Third Sister?" Ning Huaiyuan's face suddenly turned cold and harsh."Eldest Brother, I don't mean anything. I... I don't want you to be sad. From now on, no matter where I am, you will always be on my mind." After saying that, Ning Qingshan's eyes were filled with tears, and she seemed brokenhearted. Suddenly, she pushed Ning Huaiyuan away, turned around, and trotted back to the Foggy Courtyard.Caifen, the maid, had intended to turn around and go out. Hearing the sound of her running feet, she quickly chased after her.Ning Huaiyuan stood there and looked at the direction where Ning Qingshan disappeared to. He frowned and turned to his courtyard, after a while.In the past three years, a lot of things had changed. When they met again, both of them had changed almost beyond recognition. That pure and gentle sister was no longer the same. Furthermore, he had been a little obsessed with her. How could it be possibl
After Mother Wang, who was "dying of illness" had moved away, Madam Dowager was in a good mood. She specifically asked Ning Xueyan to come to Auspicious Fortune Hall, trying to comfort her. After talking to Ning Xueyan for a while, she asked people to bring some clothes and ornaments which were all newly made. The Beauty Contest would last for a long time. Since every candidate's conduct and character needed to be examined carefully, the competition would take at least a month.All the candidates were all noble Young Ladies. It was said that some of them would be chosen as the wedded wives and co-consorts of the two most powerful princes. Therefore, they should be more careful. The Lord Protector's Manor would send Ning Qingshan and Ning Xueyan to attend the contest. Madam Dowager was very confident that they both would marry the two princes in the way she thought was best for the Lord Protector's Manor.Madam Dowager was planning to marry one of them to Th
"What happened?" As soon as Ning Zu'an came in, he saw a crowd of people buzzing in his courtyard. A maid who had been found out in a corner of his study was trembling. It was said that she came from Foggy Courtyard."Marquis, I was guarding the courtyard just now when I suddenly saw a maid waving at me. I had thought that you asked her to find me, so I went over. But when I arrived there, she had gone. Later, I found a book in the study was about to fall down, so I asked people here to check and they found this maid."Since the servant had made up for his mistake, he raised his head high when he answered. Ning Xueyan and Xinmei had told him just now that they was willing to give him the credit for finding the abnormality, so he was very grateful to Ning Xueyan and took her as his savior. If she had not happened to come to the study by accident, he would end up the same way that servant who had been beaten to death had done!Therefore, when Xin
"Father, nothing. I picked it up in the corner outside the courtyard just now. It was beautiful, so I want to have a look," Ning Xueyan hesitated for a while and answered. She bit her lip and blinked her jet-like moist eyes, looking a little shy. After all, it was disgraceful for a noble Young Lady to pick up a flower that other people dropped.It was an exquisitely crafted bead flower, which was made of a real flower. With a blooming flower pinned on a holder made of small pearls, it was no worse than those head-ornaments made of gold or jade. Besides, this elegant and delicate bead flower also made people feel the craftsman's ingeniousness.In fact, it was very simple to make such a bead flower. There was a hidden button on the holder which would buckle the flower up when it was inserted in the holder. Thus, a beautiful and fragrant bead flower was produced. Moreover, there were even fresh dew drops on the flower. Ning Zu'an had seen the holder before.
In Foggy Courtyard, only Ning Qingshan and Mammy Luo were in the inner room. Both of them looked pale.After a while, Ning Qingshan asked with a gloomy face, "Was she really beaten to death by my father?""Yes. When the marquis saw that maid, he immediately ordered people to beat her to death with sticks. It's said that he didn't even give her an opportunity to explain." Mammy Luo's face turned blue. Another maid had been beaten to death by Madam Dowager, and now this one was beaten to death by Ning Zu'an. Mammy Luo had thought that after leaving the nunnery, they would enjoy incomparable honor and wealth following Ning Qingshan, but now the servants had been beaten to death one by one, and it would be her turn next."Can we ask them to send another maid like this one? We can tell them that this maid was caught by my father due to her carelessness," Ning Qingshan said, biting her teeth, but her face softened a little."Miss, the ma
While Mammy Luo crouched down to look at her foot with concern, talking to Qingyu, Ning Xueyan pointed at the Lucky Garden's direction and then at the door quietly. Xinmei understood what she meant and nodded. She then left for Lucky Garden. Among all Ning Xueyan's maids, she was the swiftest one.Ning Xueyan was in charge of the accounts of the manor now, so she did not have to report to Madam Dowager every time she went out.However, Ning Xueyan still strictly followed the rules and never went out without Madam Dowager's permission.Ning Xueyan's foot was not injured at all and she had deliberately asked her maid to tell Ning Qingshan about her injury. She did not wanted to talk to Ning Qingshan about the details of what had happened in the study and she had tricked her out just to get the bead flower on her head. She knew that Ning Qingshan would hear that Ning Zu'an had beaten a maid to death soon.She was sure that after heari
Thinking of this, Mother Han was a bit angry. She had agreed to send some people for the Young Lady to choose from, but a few good ones had been sent to the Foggy Courtyard. What's more, among the remaining people, some were sent to Junior Concubine Xu. However, she managed to send her sick sister to the Bright Frost Garden, using another method.Initially, only a few people were selected for Bright Frost Garden. With the addition of a sick person, they were even more shorthanded. So, they were unable to finish their tasks.Ning Xueyan's face changed slightly when she saw the maid sent to her, and who was later sent to Foggy Courtyard. This matter not only revealed Ning Qingshan's plot against her, but also the extent of Ning Qingshan's power. When Ning Qingshan was still in the nunnery, her trusted subordinate had been sent in.How could she have done it so discreetly? What kind of person was Ning Qingshan? And what was the relationship betwee
"What? Do you mean the pearl flower? That one with winter jasmine?" Madam Dowager was shocked."Yes, mother, please see if this is the one?" Ning Zu'an opened the small box in his hand, and a broken pearl flower appeared in front of Madam Dowager. The pearl flower was broken, leaving only a little residual powder and calyx on it. The original color could no longer be seen.Madam Dowager took the box and checked it. Then she answered with certainty, "It belongs to Third Young Lady. Do you mean that you found it at the door of your study?""The young male servant said that a maid holding a pearl flower, was the one who lured him away. It was at this time that the girl from Foggy Courtyard entered the study. When I went in, I saw her rummaging through the books, which were placed on the bookshelf."Ning Zu'an said in a low voice. When he confirmed that the flower was Ning Qingshan's, he felt more and more certain that there was someth