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Chapter 66 - The Fight in the Woodshed
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Ning Xueyan dressed Lanning and herself well when she returned to her yard. Then they left for Auspicious Fortune Hall.
The female servant standing by the door saw her coming and greeted her, "Fifth Young Lady, you are finally here. Madam Dowager and Madam Ling asked about you just now."
Ning Xueyan just nodded and kept going.
The maids by the door lifted the curtain to let Ning Xueyan in.
"Xueyan, you are here. Let Mother see. How could this happen to you? Why bad person poisoned you? You are such a good girl. The bad servant did damage to you but you are innocent. You would have been killed if we didn't find out..." Seeing Ning Xueyan in, Madam Ling started to sob. She could not even speak clearly as she wiped away her tears with a handkerchief.
Ning Xueyan stood to the side and a coldness emanated from her eyes. In Ning Xueyan's previous life, she was killed by Madam Ling. So she would not be tricked by her aga
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