When Ming Feiyong came to visit Lord Protector's Manor, Ning Zu'an met him at the door.
He went down the steps and welcomed Ming Feiyong with great enthusiasm. "Brother, I knew you were back, but I'm so sorry that I had no time to visit you."
Ming Feiyong took a cold look at the smiling Ning Zu'an and snorted, "Do you still know that I am your brother?"
"How could I not know? Brother, you're my lifesaver. If it weren't for you, I would already have died." Ning Zu'an ushered Ming Feiyong into the house while smiling and talking.
Ning Zu'an was raised in the Ming family when he was a child and had a good relationship with Ming Feiyong. When he was about 10 years old, Ning Zu'an climbed a tree and fell into the river. At that time, no one was around him. It was Ming Feiyong who saw that and rescued him. So Ning Zu'an said that Ming Feiyong was his lifesaver.
"If I had known what was going to happen, I wouldn't have s
Ning Xueyan unexpectedly encountered Concubine Ma on the road. Looking at the delicate Concubine Ma saluting her, Ning Xueyan stepped back with a cold smile on her face and said, "Is this the Concubine Ma who poisoned me? She looks quite delicate!" Mother Qin, who accompanied Ning Xueyan to Bright Frost Garden to fetch some things, also stepped back carefully while frowning. Ning Xueyan's words were harsh and made Concubine Ma feel humiliated. She looked up at Ning Xueyan in disbelief. Concubine Ma had never met Ning Xueyan before. But, she had seen Ning Xueyan twice from afar by chance and felt that Ning Xueyan was an emaciated girl. She did not expect Ning Xueyan to humiliate her directly as soon as they met. "Fifth Young Lady, I made a mistake with your medicine so that... Please forgive me." Concubine Ma stood up while holding her maids and saluted Ning Xueyan again, keeping a low profile. "I dare not receive your apology.
"Young lady, is the First Madam planning a grand feast for Concubine Ma's birthday because she wants to return that concubine's favour?" Mother Han said anxiously. "No!" Ning Xueyan said that with a smile. Then she turned around and sat by the table. Having poured a cup of tea for herself, she took a sip and said thoughtfully, "If she wants to give thanks to Concubine Ma, she will do it secretly and won't plan so many things." Mother Han spoke out her guess, "Young lady, I think it is not that simple." Of course it was not that simple. It was actually a series of plots which targeted at her. These women had really regarded her as a weak girl by setting her up with insidious tricks over and over again. "Lanning, how's your relationship with the maid of Concubine Ma?" Ning Xueyan asked Lanning who stood by her side. Lanning's acquaintances in the manor were much more than Qingyu. Lanning pondered for a
As soon as Ning Xueyan went to bed, Lanning woke her up. Seeing the letter in Lanning's hand, Ning Xueyan got speechless for the moment. It was just an anonymous letter. After Ning Xueyan had opened the delicate envelope and taken out the letter, she only saw the beautiful handwriting, "Make the concubine become madam." Make the concubine a madam, make the concubine a madam? Ning Xueyan frowned and folded the letter in her hand, with a meaningful expression in her eyes. "Lanning, where did you find this?" "I was planning to have a rest in my room after I had cleaned up everything on the outside, then this letter laid on my bed straightly." As Lanning was talking about this, she gave another small note to Ning Xueyan. The handwriting of the note was different from the one on the letter. And there were more words on it, "Please write back quickly. Tie your young lady's letter with stone and throw them out of the wal
The vest on Chen Hexiang looked no different from the green ones on other maids if someone didn't watch it carefully. However, after taking a good look at the material of the green vest, Ning Ziyan found that it was actually made by silk. Although it wouldn't need too much cloth to make a vest, it was still luxury for a maid to wear something made by silk. Even Ning Ziyan only had two pieces of the silk cloth. And she had already used them up after making only two pieces of clothes. That silk cloth was a gift from one of Xia Yuhang's friends. He had told her that this rare cloth was a tribute to the royal family, which was even hardly to be seen in the palace. So why was this maid's vest made of silk? Ning Ziyan clenched the handkerchief in her hand and then loosen it up. Then with the stiff smile on her face easing, she said breezily, pretending not to care, "I got the extra cloth and gave it to her to make a vest. I didn't re
Concubine Ma went out of the room soon. Now she was wiping her mouth with a handkerchief. And there was only one maid following her. Meanwhile, Ning Ziyan was still staying in the room. It seemed that she wanted to have a rest in the room after drinking the soup. In the meantime, Chen Hexiang, the maid of Ning Ziyan, sneaked out from the room. After looking around for a while and finding nobody seeing her, she walked straightly toward her left. This path she was walking on could lead her to the male guests. She had already acknowledged that the path was very long because the Lord Protector had wanted to separate the male guests and the female guests completely. Seeing Chen Hexiang's move, Ning Xueyan winked at Lanning. Having understood her mistress's intention, Lanning followed Chen Hexiang right away. After Ning Ziyan finished drinking the soup, she commanded Chen Hexiang to massage her legs. Then she took a nap on the bed. Pregnant women
There were already a few plates of sunflower seeds, some preserved fruit and tea being prepared in the pavilion. The windows on both sides were closed. With a burning stove in the center, this was surely a perfect place for chatting. What was more, the pavilion faced the lake and was situated on the rockery, which made it a fairly tranquil place. People who didn't live in the manor wouldn't even find such a secluded place. Right now, there were only Concubine Ma and a maid in the room. Concubine Ma was feeling like sitting on pin and needles. She walked to the door from time to time, then she stopped out of fidget. She had already made a thorough plan. However, she just felt restless for no reason while having a bad feeling for what was about to happen. Suddenly, she heard someone talking on the outside. However, the expression on her face was not joyful but scared. "Mistress, you need to drink the tea now. Or the effect won't
"Grandma, Concubine Ma told someone to invite me here. She said that I must tell her if the soup I had drunk was delicious or not. She also said that she didn't want to let me be wronged and had to ask my opinion. I didn't want to come at first. But the older female servant who came to invite me just pestered me unceasingly. So I agreed to come here." "I was caught up by something else on the way here. However, when I got here, I saw Concubine Ma sitting on the ground covered with blood. Now come to think about it, if I came earlier, I would be regarded as a malicious girl like what mother said for sure!" Ning Xueyan said that orderly with a smile. Though she was stating the truth, she still managed to hide the fact that there had been a man in the room at that time. Mixed feelings filled in Concubine Ma's heart at the moment, and she didn't know what to do next! She never thought that Ning Xueyan would make no mention of that
However, Madam Ling was too optimistic. If the man in the opera troupe hadn't been here and Ning Xueyan hadn't found out about his existence, Concubine Ma wouldn't dare to say anything no matter how much she hated Madam Ling! But the problem was there had been more than one person who had seen that man. Perhaps Ning Xueyan was planning something else by keeping quiet about this thing. At this moment, Concubine Ma could risk anything as long as she could get her revenge. She rested her eyes on the teacup on the table with the corner of her eyes turning red and went mad. Then she, having pointed at Madam Ling, suddenly pounced on Madam Ling and shouted, "Madam Ling, you evil woman. You will rot in hell!" The direction Concubine Ma rushed at was Madam Ling's face. So Madam Ling turned her head to dodge, which presented her ear right in front of Concubine Ma. Meanwhile, the embittered Concubine Ma who saw Madam Ling's ear approach