After having lunch and resting for a while, Ning Xueyan went to Ning Qingshan's yard with Xinmei. It was Ao Chenyi's request that she should take Xinmei with her wherever she went in order to avoid any other accidents.
The courtyard, where a patient lived, was usually very quiet. Like Ning Xueyan's courtyard, Ning Qingshan's courtyard was full of the smell of medicine. As soon as Ning Xueyan entered the courtyard, the strong smell of medicine came to her nose. Seeing the four guards in the courtyard, Ning Xueyan frowned and stopped. Ao Mingyu was here?
"Fifth Young Lady, you've just arrived. My master has asked me about it several times. I was thinking about coming over to help you in. Unexpectedly, you've arrived."
Mammy Luo came out from the room. Seeing Ning Xueyan standing in the courtyard, she immediately came over affectionately and reached out in an attempt to help Ning Xueyan in, seeming to afraid that Ning Xueyan would leave.
"Fifth Young Lady, please, His Highness has been waiting for you in the house for a long time. Fifth Young Lady, you are just playing hard to get and it only makes things difficult for the old servant." Outside the house, Mammy Luo now stopped putting on an act. Her words even skimmed past Ning Qingshan and directly mentioned Ao Mingyu, with added disdain, which tightly pressured her with every word. In her opinion, Ning Xueyan now had no choice but to enter.Ning Xueyan stood up straight. Behind her was a protruding stone amongst the fake mountains, and she reached out for the stone. Her complexion was calm, and her vision leisurely landed on the stone. "Mammy Luo, if I was forced to hurt myself with the stone in Third Sister's courtyard, what would happen to her?"A dainty young lady, with a flowery smile and a gentle voice, disregarded the four unsightly imperial bodyguards and the older female servant who followed her closely, as if she did not realize
Ning Xueyan involuntarily shook a little, and felt a surge of weakness after relaxing. A moment ago, she struggled to confront Mammy Luo and the four hostile guards, for fear that any slight relaxation in will would put her in that catastrophic situation. At this moment, as soon as she relaxed, she felt everything in front of her went black and she went weak and limp.Xinmei intended to reach out, but saw a dark figure flash in front of her. She took two steps back and stood aside with her hands down. Feeling relived, she put the flying needles back into her sleeves and secretly wiped the sweat on her forehead. Prince Yi had come. It didn't matter even if the Third Prince played others tricks.She was at present and certainly knew that the crunch was on the verge of breaking out just now. If Ning Xueyan hadn't threatened with her life, the Third Prince never would have come out to meet her. Of course, even if the Third Prince came out, it didn't mean that t
Ning Xueyan didn't pass out for long. She just felt weak and everything in front of her went black, and then fell down. When she woke up, she was nestled in the familiar arms. She looked up and saw a face that looked even more handsome because of being close to her, and the cold eyes on the face were closed at the moment.Both of them were lying on the bed. Ning Xueyan moved slightly and looked sideways at him.He closed his eyes quietly, with a strand of black hair on his face. His long slanted eyes were closed slightly. His features were as pretty as a picture, and his lips were as red as blood. His dark and long eyelashes were thick and long, without the cold and vicious vibe he usually exuded. He, who was in his quiet sleep, showed a hint of indifference on his handsome face."Do you want to kill him?" With his long eyelashes fluttering, he put his slender fingers on Ning Xueyan's neck where there was a small wound to which the ointment had
"Rest assured. I came up to the mountain today with my favorite concubine to pray for blessings. Unexpectedly, I saw Ao Mingyu bully my girl. It's unbearable to any man. I just slapped him, which is light punishment," Ao Chenyi said listlessly with a hint of coldness across his eyes."Your Highness's favorite concubine has also come. Where is she?" Ning Xueyan blinked her watery eyes and understood what Ao Chenyi meant. She hurriedly got up, looked around, and asked in confusion."Rest assured. Of course, my favorite concubine is in my courtyard. Yan'er, I'm sorry for making you feel aggrieved." She moved her eyes to look around, looking quite cute and cunning. At the sight of this, Ao Chenyi also raised his face and lazily pinched her ear.It meant that the person pretending to be Ao Chenyi's favorite concubine was not here, but in the courtyard where Ao Chenyi usually lived after coming up the mountain. Ning Xueyan didn't live in the courtyar
There was no sorrow or joy on his handsome face, but somehow made her feel that he was gloomy and lonely.He was the only one traveling alone in the secular world. In the empty wilderness, there was only the rolled dark brocade robe and the bright red flowers reflected on it which looked like a touch of darkness wandering in the bloody red hell."What's wrong? Are you afraid?" She didn't know when Ao Chenyi withdrew his gaze, lowered his head to look at her unwearied eyes and lifted the corners of his mouth to show a faint smile.Suddenly, Ning Xueyan shook her head solemnly, blinked her watery eyes and finally looked at Ao Chenyi's face. "Your Highness, rest assured. I'm not afraid!"Her words sounded strange and even not corresponding to Ao Chenyi's question. Nevertheless, her stubborn gaze and her active action of holding Ao Chenyi's hand firmly inexplicably convinced him that the fragile girl in front of him was telling the tru
"What? The Third Young Lady got the Fifth Young Lady involved in trouble?" Madam Dowager beat the table hard and stood up suddenly with the support of her walking stick. She was so angry that her face turned ashen. She had bet all her hope on the Fifth Young Lady, but she didn't expect that the Third Young Lady would do this to the Fifth Young Lady.She was originally delighted to hear that the Third Prince finally came to see Ning Qingshan, and specially told others not to disturb them. Based on the Third Prince's previous attitude, she could tell that he didn't care about Ning Qingshan at all. She had thought that Ning Qingshan had become useless in her plan. Unexpectedly, the Third Prince came here in person. How could Madam Dowager not be overjoyed?However, Madam Dowager didn't expect that things would come to this. Ning Qingshan intended to trap her sister by making the "ambiguous relationship" between the Third Prince and Ning Xueyan discovered. She
Ning Qingshan knew this matter was a big deal, so she tried her best to pretend that she had nothing to do with this. Regardless of her injured leg, she knelt on the ground with it. With her nose running and tears coming out, she was desperate to show her sincere feeling toward Ning Xueyan. By swearing up and down that she did nothing wrong, she tried to make Madam Dowager believe her, which was her only purpose.Perhaps it was because Ning Qingshan's expression was too sincere, Madam Dowager‘s manner relaxed a little. Though her face was still dark, she looked slightly different now."Grandmother, no matter how stupid I am, I know that we sisters are closely linked, and we all rise and fall together. I clearly know that if anything happens to Fifth Sister, Prince Yi will never forgive the people of the Lord Protector's Manor. I'm the co-consort appointed by the emperor, but I'm nothing in Prince Yi's eyes. Besides, I haven't yet married. If the Lord Protec
As a matter of fact, Lanning didn't leave until she saw all that had happened. Although she couldn't see what was going on inside, she clearly saw Mammy Luo and the others kneel in the courtyard. After Madam Dowager went far away, she held the ointment in her hands, pretending to be in a hurry. Then she passed by their courtyard without glancing at them.Inside the room, Ning Xueyan was staring blankly at the rack of wisteria flowers outside the window.When they were chatting casually that day, Ning Xueyan didn't get into lengthy conversations with Ao Chenyi. She just couldn't understand why he would say that Ning Ziying had been engaged more than once. Sure enough, he wouldn't utter nonsense. But she didn't know this matter at all. Could there be anything else involved in this matter?Ning Xueyan had always thought that Grand Tutor Ya was powerful. Now, more and more, she felt that Grand Tutor Ya couldn't be underestimated. He was almost the