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Chapter 525 A Recollection of the Past: The Secrets of the Cloud Reflection Courtyard
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2024-10-29 19:42:56When Chen Qing's situation was mentioned, Mother Chen followed Xinmei down the mountain as expected. She just had such a younger family member, and she planned to ask him to nourish her in her old age and bury her dead body. If something bad happened to Chen Qing, she would die of sadness, so without wasting any time, she simply abandoned the more-dead-than-alive Madam Ling lying on the bed and went down the mountain.
It was not suitable for Ning Xueyan to meet people in Prince Yi's Manor, so she informed Ao Chenyi of her tour very early and then went to meet Mother Chen in Yuyan Shop.
In the shopkeeper's room of Yuyan Shop, Mother Chen met Ning Xueyan. Although she found that Ning Xueyan was still plain and neat, she looked proud and refreshed. Mother Chen had bitterness in her heart. No one could expect that Fifth Young Lady Ning, who could not even save her life at that time, would trample on Madam Ling someday.
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