Chapter 73 The Pretty Maid, Yu Lian (2/2)

Now that Ning Xueyan had asked her not to inform Ning Zu'an herself, Yu Lian did not run counter to Ning Xueyan's order and left Bright Frost Garden for the front courtyard happily.

As she always did, she left without bowing to Ning Xueyan.

”Young Lady, think of her attitude and behavior. As long as they see her dress, everyone will know that she is about to hook up with someone. Look, what a coquette she is! She always dreams of going to her master's bed.” Mother Han cursed at her figure indignantly.

”Mammy, this isn't what we need to worry about!” Ning Xueyan lifted the corners of her mouth with a cold looking in her black eyes.

”That's rather interesting for Madam Ling to have a maid like this. It seems that she was compliant outwardly but unsubmissive inwardly. I wonder how Madam Ling would behave if one day the first maid beside her went to the marquis' bed.”

It did not take long before Ning Yuling's delight was known all over the manor. Though some people who did not know the truth were confused by the fact that Ning Yuling would marry the marquis instead of the Third Prince, they were envious because the Second Young Lady's bridegroom was a princely heir from the royal family and they lauded her for her good blessing.

But no one knew that Ning Yuling had smashed all the porcelain in her room in Qingrong Courtyard.

The two maids who served her looked at the door in fear and heard nothing from inside the room. Then they went in holding a cup of tea with great care. ”Young... Young Lady, have some tea, please.”

Ning Yuling opened her eyes, looking wild and ferocious. She would grind her teeth as long as she thought that she was going to marry the lewd Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li. She took up a cup beside her and threw it at one of the maids' heads, cursing, ”Bitch! Bitch! Bitch! I'll kill you.”

”Ouch!” The maid failed to dodge the cup and she fell onto the ground. Boiling water spilling on her hands and she screamed out in great pain.

It was the Third Prince who privately dated Ning Xueyan, so why did it turn out to be the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li? Confused as she was, Ning Yuling was clear that she had been tricked by Ning Xueyan. So she grabbed one of the maids in place of Ning Xueyan, took out an embroidery needle from the basket, and stabbed the other maid recklessly.

Her brittle scream stunned a group of servants who had just arrived at Qingrong Courtyard, looking pale and scared.

Everyone knew that no one could be more ferocious than the Second Young Lady because she would vent her anger on anyone in front of her at any time and beat them until they were halfway dead. They wondered who was so unlucky this time.

Madam Ling gestured at those servants and asked them with a cold face to leave.

She stepped toward the room looking sullen.

The room was in a mess with broken porcelain all over the ground, while the two maids who had been stabbed were rolling around on the floor miserably.

”Get out.” Madam Ling scolded them.

Seeing that Ning Yuling said nothing, the two maids left in fear, holding each other.

”Mother, I won't marry that swinger. It's also clear to you that the swinger is incomparable to the Third Prince. I'll marry the Third Prince and become the Third Princess.” Ning Yuling looked wronged and cried when she saw Madam Ling come in. ”I'll kill that bitch. How dare she trick me!”

”Ling'er, stop mentioning the Third Prince. You'll never marry him.” Madam Ling was more clear-headed than Ning Yuling at the moment. Even if Ning Yuling and the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li were clean, they had been found in one bed, not to mention that Ning Yuling was now unclean.

Ning Yuling would never be the Third Prince's wife.

”No, mom. You'll ask my father to think of an idea and have him fully support the Third Prince. Then the Third Prince will marry me. Honored Consort Ya had said that she liked me.” Ning Yuling was still not in her right mind yet and she cried toward Madam Ling, pulling her clothes in agitation.

In the past, her mother would do everything to satisfy her as long as she cried.

And now, she was still the Second Young Lady in Lord Protector's Manor who would get everything she wanted.

Ning Yuling sighed in commiseration seeing Ning Yuling like this. This was her most-loved daughter, but now her reputation had been ruined and had to reluctantly marry the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li. How could she not be so resentful? Ning Yuling would have been married as a concubine if it were not for Ning Zu'an, who promised to ensure the Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Li's prospect.

Madam Ling became resentful when she thought of this. She reached out, wiped the tears from Ning Yuling's face, and said in a peaceful but cold tone, ”Ling'er, take it easy. Do you want to suppress that bitch forever and decide whether she lives or dies yourself?”

Just like Madam Ming, who used to be high above her, was defeated and lived in a lower status than hers...

Ning Yuling opened her eyes open and stopped crying when she heard that they were going to punish Ning Xueyan. She asked hurriedly, ”Teach me what to do, mother.”

The ferociousness in Ning Xueyan's eyes turned into complacency with some coldness. She would subdue Ning Xueyan forever once she managed to suppress her.

Ning Xueyan did not know that Madam Ling and her daughter were scheming against her for a second time. She was taking a walk alone after lunch. As she headed for Cloud Reflection Courtyard, she never thought that she would run into that man at the courtyard's gate.

She felt an aching pain in her heart instantly, distinct and biting...