Chapter 180 the Legendary Favorite Concubine (2/2)

“She never attended any parties?” Ning Xueyan could not help but want to know more about the mysterious Honored Consort Xia.

“Yeah, never. She has never shown up even on Empress Dowager’s birthday party or the big day of the emperor and the empress. I asked many noble young ladies, and they all have never seen Honored Consort Xia. But according to people from the imperial palace, it’s true that there’s such an honored consort here.” Heng Yuqing had asked many people about Honored Consort Xia out of curiosity, and she got the same answer. Honored Consort Xia did live here, but except for very few people of the imperial palace, nobody had seen her.

She was really strange!

As the favorite concubine of the emperor, everybody would bow to her except for the emperor. If it had been someone else, they would definitely have shown off in front of others. It was weird that she was even unknown. If Heng Yuqing had not told her, Ning Xueyan would never know that there was a favorite concubine never showing herself up in front of outsiders.

While talking, they had passed the imperial road and came to a section of the imperial wall outside the Plum Garden. Since there was no gate here, they had to walk forward along the imperial wall.

Before entering the garden, they had seen several branches of plum blossoms stretch out from inside. The flowers were in full bloom and extremely beautiful, white as snow and red as fire.

Many Young Lady stopped watching and Ning Qingshan stood among a group of people in distance. She was looking at the plum blossoms with a delicate smile. No matter from which angle, she was a delicate beauty who behaved gracefully.

Ning Xueyan slowed down as well. She turned her head aside and saw several handsome young childe coming along the opposite road. The first two of them were Third Prince, Ao Mingyu and Fourth Prince, Ao Mingwan!

“They walked so fast just now. But why did they stop here?” Heng Yuqing asked, pointing at Ning Qingshan and those young ladies. By this point, she had not noticed that Ao Mingyu and the others walking over from aside yet.

“Maybe they’re waiting for someone!” Ning Xueyan answered meaningfully. Ning Qingshan would never miss any opportunity to be close with Third Prince!

“Who?” Heng Yuqing looked around and immediately catch sight of Third Prince and the others. A trace of sarcasm appeared on her face. She pointed at Ning Qingshan, who was the most attractive one among the young ladies and asked, “It looks like Third Young Lady of the Lord Protector’s Manor. I didn’t expect that after three years, she is still so hypocritical!”

“Oh? Yuqing, you knew my Third Sister before?” Ning Xueyan did not want to run into Third Prince, so she deliberately slowed down. She planned to wait for the two groups in front of her to meet and follow them.

“Of course! Everyone knows Third Young Lady of the Lord Protector’s Manor in the capital. It’s said that her filial piety is unmatched, and she has the air of a noble young lady. But I don’t think so. She always puts on a show and she is quite good at it! Three years ago, I ran into her at Honored Consort Ya’s palace when I visited Honored Consort Ya. We talked for a while in the side hall and she broke Honored Consort Ya’s porcelain by accident, but she framed me for breaking it!”

Heng Yuqing said angrily.

“She said it was you who broke it?” Ning Xueyan asked curiously. It was very much Ning Yuling’s style to blame someone else for her mistakes.

“No, she didn’t. She kept on saying that she should be blamed for not taking care of the porcelain carefully. She also wanted to kneel down and plead for me!” At the thought of the scene, Heng Yuqing could not hold back her anger. Because Ning Qingshan kept on pleading for her, and Heng Yuqing had even no opportunity to explain for herself before being scolded by her mother. Finally, Honored Consort Ya persuaded her mother, saying that she was just a kid and it was not a big deal.

Heng Yuqing failed to argue for herself and took the blame for Ning Qingshan. She could not remain calm whenever she thought of this.

Ning Xueyan smiled. It was quite Ning Qingshan’s style. She was good at making others suffer but could not tell anyone else. And people who did not know the truth had always praised her and blamed the one who had suffered.

The two groups in front of her met finally. At sight of so many young childes, even the distinguished Third Prince, Fourth Prince and several other noble Princely Heirs were among them, those young ladies could not help being excited. They greeted them with blushed faces.

Furthermore, their brothers might also be there among the childes. So the two groups immediately merged into one and walked toward Plum Garden.

However, there were too many people in the group. Plus the personal maids, eunuchs and palace maids, the end of the line was very close to Ning Xueyan and Heng Yuqing.

Ning Xueyan pulled Heng Yuqing’s hand and stopped off the road. She wanted to wait until they were a little further away from her.

“Eee? Who’s that girl? I have never seen her before.”

“I haven’t seen her either. Which manor is she from?”

“She looks like Fifth Young Lady of the Lord Protector’s Manor!”

“It’s impossible! I heard that she was ugly and timid, and she has always hidden hers in the manor and never shown up in public.” Several childes’ faces lit up when they passed by Ning Xueyan who was standing outside the wall. One or two of them had once had a look at Ning Xueyan from the instance at the Cold Mountain Temple.

But at that point, she had been very thin and wearing. After some time’s resting, she had removed. Besides, she dressed up carefully today, so many people were stunned by her beauty.