Chapter 183 Uncle, Is There Anyone You Like? (1/2)

“Fifth Sister, what’s wrong with you? Are you okay?” Ning Qingshan came over to them from aside and asked solicitously as soon as Ning Xueyan and Heng Yuqing sat down.

From where she had sat just now, she could see what had happened inside the garden, but not outside.

Seeing that Ning Xueyan had been knocked fly out the gate, she was excited, and when she saw that Ling Xue was dragged out by two guards and heard the screaming of a woman, she was surer that Ning Xueyan had gotten into big troubles. Even Ling Xue who had just given her a push suffered for it, so obviously, the consequence was serious.

But she became confused when she saw what had happened next. Prince Yi, who was well-known for his ruthlessness, came in with a woman in a veil, and after a short while she saw Ning Xueyan!

“So Ning Xueyan has bumped against the cold-blooded Prince Yi?”

Ning Qingshan immediately disproved this assumption. If Ning Xueyan had bumped against Prince Yi, it was impossible for her to come back safe and sound.

“If it was not that case, why did the woman scream?”

When Ning Qingshan was talking to Ning Xueyan, all the Young Ladies around turned their attention to them and listened carefully. There had been a lot of noise outside of the gate, but they were sitting inside, so they didn’t know what was going on.

“Third Sister, did you sit together with Ling Xue just now?” Ning Xueyan asked gently and smiled faintly. But Ning Qingshan saw the sarcasm on her lips. Her jet-black eyes were so cold that Ning Qingshan could not help but avoid them subconsciously.

When Ning Xueyan came into the gate, she had seen that Ning Qingshan and Ling Xue sat side by side intimately.

“I… Yes, I sat with her just now. What’s the problem?” Ning Qingshan was shocked and immediately asked back.

Since there had been many people around her and Ling Xue, she knew she couldn’t deny it.

Heng Yuqing figured out something as well. She suddenly stood up and shouted angrily at Ning Qingshan, “You must have abetted Ling Xue to push Xueyan! Am I right? I was wondering why Ling Xue suddenly rushed out and pushed Xueyan out the gate on purpose. Now I know you’re the mastermind behind!”

Heng Yuqing couldn’t help burning with anger at the thought of the dangerous moment.

“Ning Qingshan is the mastermind behind?” Discussion immediately rose among the Young Ladies around them. They looked at Ning Qingshan shockingly.

Ning Qingshan blushed, and she looked both aggrieved and sad with tears rolling in her eyes, as if Heng Yuqing and Ning Xueyan were bullying her.

Ning Qingshan enjoyed a good reputation, and everyone took her as the model of the noble ladies. Therefore, someone began to feel sorry for her. A Young Lady stood up and said, “Miss Heng, you must be mistaken! Ling Xue walked to Fifth Young Lady alone, and nobody thought she would have knocked her. Third Young Lady has nothing to with it!”

“She has nothing to do with it? Then why Ling Xue rushed over after she had talked something to her? Do you want to get Ling Xue here and ask her if she pushed Xueyan because someone had told her to do so?” Heng Yuqing said. Although she hadn’t seen Ning Qingshan talking to Ling Xue, since she had been set up by Ning Qingshan once, she guessed that Ning Qingshan had something to do with it.

“Heng Yuqing, what are you talking about? Who stipulated that nobody could talk to Ling Xue? If anyone who talked to her is suspicious, many of us have talked to her just now. Can you say that all of us have something to do with that? Fifth Young Lady hasn’t complained yet. What are you yelling about here? Third Young Lady has just come back after leaving us for three years. How could you bully her again?”

This Young Lady seemed to have used to antagonizing Heng Yuqing, and she was accusing her of nonsense and meddling. Although Ning Qingshan didn’t say anything, everyone believed that she was innocent when they saw her wronged appearance.

“Yuqing, this Young Lady, please stop arguing. It doesn’t matter whether someone had put her up to pushing me or not. As long as Prince Yi doesn’t get angry, I don’t care about anything else,” Ning Xueyan walked over to Heng Yuqing and that Young Lady, and persuaded them gently.

“Prince Yi? He has something to do with this accident?”

Everybody’s heart shivered. Nobody dared to spread gossips about Prince Yi, because they all knew that if they were careless and offended him, they would die without even knowing the reason. Besides, their families would get into trouble because of this. The Young Ladies here were all from noble families, but none of them dared to provoke the powerful Prince Yi.

“Prince Yi ordered to break Ling Xue’s legs and throw her out the imperial palace just now. If he knew that there was someone put Ling Xue up to bump against him, the result could be terrible!” Ning Xueyan said in a gentle voice. Although she didn’t speak loudly, all the Young Ladies were frozen out of fear.

After all, Ling Xue was the daughter of a minister assistant. It was a great shame for her, even if her legs hadn’t been broken, and she would be looked down upon by others in the future. Who would marry a girl who had been thrown out the imperial palace as his principal wife? It would be too humiliating!

“I haven’t spoken to her.”

“Neither do I!”

“She has been by Third Young Lady’s side, talking to her.”

“Yes. I saw that Ling Xue had been talking to Third Young Lady, and their seats were next to each other…”

The Young Ladies said one after another, trying to distance themselves from Ling Xue, and nobody dared to defend her any more. They were not stupid and they knew that their lives were much more important than Ning Qingshan’s innocence.

What they said proved Ning Qingshan and Ling Xue were very close.