Chapter 66 - The Fight in the Woodshed (1/2)

Ning 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 again. Raising her head, Ning Xueyan saw Consort Dowager, Madam Dowager, and Madam Dowager Liu sitting above. Madam Ling was putting on a show for them.

She got close to Ning Xueyan on purpose and opened her mouth first. She did it all for show. She knew Ning Xueyan would not embarrass her even though she was unhappy.

”Mother!” Ning Xueyan stepped back and got free from her. It seemed they were not close at all.

”Ok. Well, I'm happy to see that you're okay. You are a nice girl with a bad servant. What a pity...” Madam Ling's ambiguous looks could not hide the viciousness in her eyes.

”Thank you, Mother. I will talk to you later after greeting grandmother,” Ning Xueyan said.

Her grandmother was here so she could not talk with Madam Ling first because it was impolite.

Ning Xueyan's words stopped Madam Ling's show.

She turned around, avoiding Madam Ling's frozen face, and walked toward Madam Dowager. ”Nice to see you, grandmother and aunt-grandmother.”

”Okay, okay. This is Consort Dowager,” Madam Dowager said happily. She glanced at Madam Ling, who stood aside with hatred. The only reason she let her be was for her grandson's sake.

”My honor, Consort Dowager.” Ning Xueyan bowed to Consort Dowager.

”Never mind that. What a polite kid.” Seeing that Ning Xueyan had acted properly and elegantly, Consort Dowager felt sorry for her. Although she was not perfect, she thought she could be a big shot if Lord Protector taught her well.

Although Ning Yuling was the first daughter of Lord Protector, she was a real shrew.

Consort Dowager was fond of Ning Yuling's personality at first and she had wanted her to control her grandson. But she didn't expect her to be a slut and cheat on her grandson before they could get married. This did damage to Consort reputation as well. So, of course she was angry with her.

So she never stopped her grandson and wanted this to become an issue.

The bigger issue it was, the less that people would care about her grandson's fault.

Unexpectedly, it had nothing to do with Madam Ling. It was Concubine Ma who had done this. But only god knew the truth, what she saw might not have been true.

Hearing the praise, Madam Ling felt embarrassed. She shook her handkerchief while walking over elegantly. ”Xueyan, you treat your servant too well for them to respect you. So Mother Han became arrogant and did that bad thing in the name of your reputation. From now on, they'll need discipline.”

It seemed she was worried about Ning Xueyan. But actually, she was saying that Ning Xueyan was not good enough to take control of her people. Her servants must be as horrible as she was.

”Mother, where is Mother Han now?” Ning Xueyan's smile faded away slowly and her eyes looked gentle on her cold face.

”She is a bad servant! Xueyan, let her be! I will help you clear up your people in case someone will damage you again.” Madam Ling looked merciful. People would misunderstand that Ning Xueyan was her biological daughter because she cared so much.

Ning Xueyan glanced at Madam Ling and stopped talking with her. She turned to Madam Dowager saying, ”Grandmother, Mother Han is the only servant that my mom left to me. I want to see her so I can ask her what exactly happened. Whom she was counting on and why she let her son do such things.”

Ning Xueyan's words were reasonable. She did not show any bias so Madam Dowager could not say no. Some older female servants were about to take Mother Han here by the command of Madam Dowager.

Ning Xueyan's lips were full of a bitter smile. She made a suggestion. ”Thanks, grandmother. Please allow Lanning to go with them in order to dress her up. After all, she was my close servant before...”

”That's so nice of you, Xueyan. A bad servant like her won't need it. In my opinion, we must punish her hard. The only reason why she wasn't flogged to death is that she's been with you for a long time.” Madam Ling followed Madam Dowager immediately when she found herself in an awkward position.

Madam Dowager stared at Madam Ling ruthlessly. She despised her. She thought Madam Ling was belittling herself. As the mistress of Lord Protector's Manor, she should not be petty. Besides which, Madam Dowager clearly knew that the poison had nothing to do with Mother Han. She knew that Madam Ling was framing her. How did she dare to say so?

Compared with Ning Xueyan, Madam Ling was mean.