"Sure enough, she is asking for something. That is why Madam Dowager treats me so kindly now. She is trying to show that we have a close relationship." Ning Xueyan sneered in her mind, but she did not let it show on her face. She sat down where Xiangmiao's hand indicated. Since Madam Dowager was trying to get her to sit down, she could not leave even if she wanted to. Anyway, she did not intend to go right away.
According to the rules of Lord Protector's Manor, one should not speak while eating. Ning Xueyan had a little porridge, while Madam Dowager had already finished her breakfast. So, she put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hands, then rinsed and wiped her mouth.
The maids cleared the table and withdrew.
Xiangmiao had already sent someone to serve tea to Madam Dowager and Ning Xueyan.
Madam Dowager did not look well today. There was a light-colored cloth band on her head. She sat there with one hand supporting her head, loo
Moreover, the attitude of Prince Yi was unclear. After the matter of changing the jade Ruyi, Madam Dowager couldn't dare to say that Prince Yi didn't care about Ning Xueyan at all.But if she couldn't record Ning Huaiyuan as Madam Ming's son, Ning Huaiyuan wouldn't be able to become the Princely Heir of Lord Protector's Manor. Madam Dowager had prepared this for Ning Huaiyuan for a long time.Since Madam Ming had passed away, if Ning Huaiyuan wanted to be recognized as Madam Ming's son, he had to win Ning Xueyan's approval. On behalf of her mother, Ning Xueyan could drink the tea offered by Ning Huaiyuan, which meant that they had officially acknowledged Ning Huaiyuan. Then he would become Madam Ming's son as well as the eldest son of the Lord Protector. It was natural for him to become the Princely Heir of the Lord Protector.At first, Madam Dowager thought that it was a piece of cake. As long as she revealed some of her intentions, Ning Xueya
Ning Huaiyuan and Ning Qingshan separated at the gate of Lucky Garden and went back to their own places, looking normal. However, compared with the calm Ning Qingshan, Ning Huaiyuan looked more worried. He had not fully recovered from his injury and Ning Zu'an was still angry with him. Plus his biological mother was exposed to have created a big scandal—she made a huge mistake—to frame Ning Xueyan in front of Ning Zu'an.His status had also changed from a legitimate eldest son to a concubine's eldest son, and he had no idea when he could become the Princely Heir. How could he take it lying down?"Elder brother, are you really not going to avenge my mother? Is it really a coincidence that she has fallen into such a dilemma? Not to mention the other things, no matter how stupid our mother was, she could not have done such a stupid thing. Is there anything more impossible than slandering Fifth Sister in front of our father? Although she did this, don't you thi
At the critical moment, Ning Xueyan grabbed the half-open door with her hand. She pulled her body forward with all her strength. Fortunately, she managed to stabilize herself at the last moment.At this time, Qingyu also freed one hand to pull Ning Xueyan's hard into the carriage so that the latter, who had half of her body thrown outside, could return when the carriage suddenly stopped."Young Lady, what... what happened?" Qingyu was still in shock. She held Ning Xueyan's hands tightly and asked in a panic.They had walked along this road several times before. Regarding the time, they should be on the road leading to Cold Mountain Temple. Since there were more people going to the temple for incense, the road up to the mountain was relatively large, and no accident should happen normally. However, when Ning Xueyan was thrown out of the carriage just now, she saw her carriage bumping into a tree on the wayside. The carter must have fainted, sitt
A few poisonous needles were directly shot out from Ning Xueyan's blood bracelet, which all hit the tall man's face. This attack surprised him. He hadn't expected that a delicate Young Lady like her would have been a danger to him. Moreover, he just happened to be in a stooped posture, so he fell down by the carriage door without saying a word. His upper body was hanging in the carriage and he lost consciousness."Fifth Young Lady, what should we do now?" At this time, Qingyu opened her eyes. She grabbed Ning Xueyan's sleeve nervously and asked with a little quiver. Although she had been motionless on the ground just now, she had kept secretly watching. Once she realized that something was wrong, she would immediately sit up to protect Ning Xueyan. It was not until after seeing that Ning Xueyan got rid of the tall man that she breathed a sigh of relief.She really regretted it. If she had known then, she would have stayed behind and asked Xinmei to follow F
Ning Xueyan felt that her head was heavy. It was so heavy that she could hardly lift it. She had a sudden burst of fuzzy awareness, and after a long while, she remembered what had happened just now. She took Qingyu to jump out of the carriage. Although the carriage's speed was not fast, they really still could not resist it compared to the two ladies with weak strength. Especially for Ning Xueyan, she had never kept a good body since childhood.Being pulled by the sharp speed, how could she grab Qingyu? Her hand was released and she fell to the ground heavily, rolling around quickly. Then she didn't know what she had bumped into and passed out. Now she only felt pain all over her body, and also wondered whether her bones were broken or not after being hit.She looked at the sky over her head quietly. There were still white fluffy clouds floating in the very blue sky—how beautiful it was! She tried her best to move, but during this period of time, the streng
The imperial guards almost surrounded the hillside. Ao Chenyi's broad carriage was parked on the hillside, and he sat in it. Blood was all over the place. Those were the punks on the street, together with the two punks before. However, they were all alive when they came, but now none of them was alive. All of them were killed by Ao Chenyi."Your Highness, they still haven't found her. But they found a few pieces of cloth just now, and they seem to belong to the Fifth Young Lady." Eunuch Zhu reported cautiously, while lowering his head without daring to breathe heavily. Despite his master's calm look, after serving his master for this long, how could he be unaware that his master had been extremely angry at this moment?"Keep searching." Ao Chenyi's cold voice came from the carriage. Although Eunuch Zhu didn't see his face, he could feel his bloodthirstiness."Your Highness, His Majesty asked you to go back to the palace a moment ago. Do you wan
Ning Xueyan didn't expect that Ao Chenyi would come back earlier than Wen Xueran who went to deliver the message.At that time, she was leaning against the couch by the window in a daze. She felt as if she had fallen apart and felt pain all over. She knew that some parts of her body had been scraped, but it was inappropriate to treat such minor injuries here.This place belonged to Wen Xueran. Although he had gone out to deliver the message at this moment, she could be considered staying in a man's place. If she was not cautious enough, there would be some rumors which would ruin her reputation.Therefore, she could not treat those injuries and had to keep them the way they were, otherwise, she would be unable to explain it.Suddenly, the half-closed door was pushed open, and Ao Chenyi appeared at the door. He saw Ning Xueyan lying sideways on the couch and curling up like a wounded animal, with a hint of tenderness across his deep
"It should be either my good eldest brother or my good third sister, or both of them," Ning Xueyan answered with certainty. This was the question she had been thinking over before, and this should be the correct answer."There should be someone else!" Ao Chenyi raised the corners of his mouth with a trace of sanguinary ferociousness in his eyes. He slowly appeased Ning Xueyan who was injured and then gently put her down, as if he was putting down a rare treasure."Who else intervened in this matter?" Ning Xueyan asked curiously. It was not long before she went out. She had been intercepted before arriving at Cold Mountain Temple. Who was so well-informed? Besides, there was someone else intervening in it. They had quite formidable connections."You don't have to worry about it. Take a good rest for recovery. I don't want to have a lame consort," Ao Chenyi said coldly, and then looked at Ning Xueyan with his charming eyes and stood up. The rage