The Devious First-Daughter

“If he has, he will. This is the only way to make his master quickly release his anger,” Ao Chenyi said with a faint smile, but he suddenly changed the subject. “Want to raise such flowers?”

“Flowers?” Ning Xueyan was still thinking about the military medallion. Now when she looked at the flourishing peonies in front of her, she realized it after a long time, but she shook her head, blinked nimbly, and suddenly said with a smile, “These are my Third Sister’s flowers, not mine.”

Ning Qingshan liked to show in this way that she was favored, indicating that she was different from others in the eyes of Honored Consort Ya and Third Prince.

Unlike Ning Qingshan who liked a high-profile, Ning Xueyan preferred to be low-key.

A co-consort should behave in the manner of a co-consort, but if she threatened the position of the consort and the consort was powerful, she would bring herself a disaster.

“Since you don’t like them, you can manage the garden by yourself and plant whatever you like,” Ao Chenyi looked at Ning Xueyan with interest and said. Suddenly, he let go of Ning Xueyan’s hand he had clenched and lightly flicked on Ning Xueyan’s forehead with his thin, long finger. “What about the garment?”

“It’s been made and only needs some edge trimming.” Ning Xueyan picked her eyebrows and raised her eyes a little helplessly. “Why did he have to mention this while talking about real business? This has made the initial meaningful words become shallow, even with a little romance.”

“Well, hurry up and then send it to me. Just go straight to Eunuch Zhu then.” Ao Chenyi nodded with satisfaction, picked up a beautiful flourishing peony on the branch at will, and observed it in his hand. As if he didn’t think it was pretty, he threw it away and went to pick another one.

Looking at his quite naive behavior, Ning Xueyan became speechless. “Is this what the cold, bloodthirsty Prince Yi who has the overwhelming power in the country should do?”

After he picked the flowers a few times and only several were left on the branches, Ao Chenyi finally turned around and looking at Ning Xueyan, said with a light smile, “Which flower do you think is more beautiful, Yan’er?”

“I think they are all good, prince!” Ning Xueyan, who did not expect to be named, looked at those few flowers thrown on the ground helplessly with her black jade-like eyes and said helplessly.

“Then pick them all.” Ao Chenyi narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing an evil spirit and threw the flower in his hand to the ground again. It seemed that he would never give up if he did not pick all the flowers of Ning Qingshan today.

“Prince!” Ning Xueyan opened his eyes wide and said with dissatisfaction. “Just tell me about the military medallion. Is it not in the hands of the Lord Protector?”

“Another purpose he came here today is to tell me that the military medallion of the former dynasty is not in Ning Zu’an’s hands. This is reasonable. Otherwise, if Ning Zu’an with his current situation has the military medallion of the former dynasty, he will have to docilely hand it over, or if the emperor finds it out, no one in the Lord Protector’s Manor will have a good result.”

“It should not be in his hands.” Ao Chenyi’s eyes were like deep springs, which were limpid and impenetrable. At will, he plucked the rest few peonies on the branches and then threw them all over the ground like throwing garbage. At last, he cleaned his hands by clapping and smiled evilly and seductively. “Well, I have finished appreciating the flowers. Let’s go!”

Looking at the flowers all over the ground, Ning Xueyan was speechless for a moment. These peonies were precious in the eyes of Ning Qingshan, and they were granted by the Honored Consort Ya. However, only the branches and green leaves were left now. Truly, it was impossible for one to imagine that these flowers were the king of flowers in this season.

When Ning Qingshan saw this scene in a while, she would be crazy!

Peony appreciation was over! Ao Chenyi sent Ning Xueyan away and slowly came with those few eunuchs to the parlor, where Madam Dowager and Ning Zu’an had been waiting.

“Thank you very much for your hospitality today, Lord Protector. I will go back with great pleasure. I didn’t expect that the peonies planted by Third Miss Ning were so good. Initially, I wanted to thank her directly, but I didn’t see her. What a pity! Now let me leave my gift to show my gratitude. Please pass it to her, Lord Protector.”

Ao Chenyi was very polite, but this was rare. He specially asked a eunuch to take a decoration box to Ning Zu’an and then left with his servants, leaving Ning Zu’an standing there with a troubled expression.

“It is undesirable for a man to give ornaments to a woman, not to mention that the man is the future elder of the woman. Is it really suitable to give these ornaments to Ning Qingshan?”

Seeing Ao Chenyi leave with his servants, Ning Zu’an showed the feeling that he did not know how to describe on his face.

“Do I need to give this to Shan’er, mother?”

“This, this is unsuitable. How can you give this kind of thing to your third daughter? If Third Prince learns it, he will think that Prince Yi and your third daughter have a relationship!” Madam Dowager banged the table with her palm and said hatefully.

“What shall I do now?” Ning Zu’an turned around twice on the spot. This was granted by Ao Chenyi, and he had to send it, but if he sent it, Ning Qingshan’s image would be smeared. Anyway, today’s flower appreciation happened in the courtyard of Ning Qingshan. Although it was Ning Xueyan who led the way, the reward was finally given to Ning Qingshan.

“If this news is spread, others will gossip!”

The lady, who was about to marry Prince Yi and become his co-consort, did not receive anything valuable, but Ning Qingshan, who only had a distant relationship with him, got his appreciation. Besides, Prince Yi said that he would dissolve the betrothal a short time ago, but after touring around the Foggy Courtyard, he did not even mention it anymore. Instead, he rewarded Ning Qingshan with something before leaving.

In whatever sense, it was easy to talk about it, but it would affect her reputation if others heard it.

“What can you do? This is a thing given by Prince Yi. Can you not give it to your third daughter and keep it yourself?” Madam Dowager said gloomily. “Since Prince Yi has a moody character, if this happens, it might be a big problem in his eyes, so we can’t offend him for such a small matter.”

“Do I have to really give it to Shan’er?” It was not that Ning Zu’an was loath to part with it, but that he did think that this action would give others suspicions and damage Ning Qingshan’s reputation.

“Yes, of course, and you will have to send it in the presence of Third Prince.” Madam Dowager got an idea at this time and sighed, “You should do it naturally and can’t let Third Prince suspect anything. At least, we have to let Prince Yi rest at ease, and we can’t make any more trouble during this time. First, we have to get your fifth daughter married into Prince Yi’s Manor,” Madam Dowager said.

“Ning Ziyan and Ning Yuling are hopeless. Now what can be expected is Ning Xueyan, the granddaughter who was mostly ignored before. As for Ning Qingshan, her current identity is a bit low. If only I’d known earlier, I would not have changed her identity of being Madam Ming’s daughter. If so, she would be a wife’s daughter at least. Since her identity has been changed for only a few days, it is so unsuitable to change it back now.”

“I should send it naturally?” Ning Zu’an was stunned for a moment.

“You are not a qualified marquis. The gift from Prince Yi must be sent naturally. Do you really want people to think that Prince Yi’s gift to your third daughter is not fit to be seen and can only be seen in private? How will others think about your third daughter, then? How can your third daughter show herself up when she becomes a co-consort of Third Prince’s Mansion in the future?” Madam Dowager said angrily.

Hearing Madam Dowager’s insightful analysis, Ning Zu’an suddenly understood it and immediately felt ashamed, saying, “Yes, mother, I will invite Third Prince to come in a moment and also ask Shan’er to keep him company for a while, and then I will give the gift out.”

Now they could not care about the rules anymore. Anyway, when Prince Yi was here, he didn’t follow any rules, so how could they ask Third Prince to follow the rules? He would have to pass Prince Yi’s gift to Ning Qingshan in the presence of Third Prince. This showed not only Ning Qingshan’s attitude but also that of the Lord Protector’s Manor, so he could not be careless.

Madam Dowager nodded with satisfaction and stood up without much talk, but she shook her head helplessly, sighed, and being supported by Xiangmiao, went back to the inner courtyard.

“How could this happen? How could it be so?” Seeing flowers all over the ground, Ning Qingshan trembled with anger.

“Miss, let’s go in and have a rest. I’ll deal with the flowers later.” Caifen knew that it was unsuitable for Ning Qingshan to see these flowers now, so she hurriedly supported her, wanting to take her away from here.

“Crack!” Slapped hard in the face, Caifen almost fell to the ground. A trace of viciousness appeared on Ning Qingshan’s angry face instantly. “Deal with? How will you deal with them? How can such a lowly person like you deal with these flowers?”

Now she was angry and sorry for the flowers, thinking that if Ning Xueyan was here at this time, she would tear her into pieces. “Why could the slut pick my flowers and throw them on the ground? Why could the slut throw my painstaking efforts and the wish of Honored Consort Ya all on the ground like this?”

Seeing that she was not in a good mood, Mammy Luo on the side hurriedly gave a hint to the other maids with her eyes, and then these few people supported Ning Qingshan and moved her to the room, letting her sit down.

Ning Qingshan sat there sullenly. She couldn’t help picking up a vase at hand and smashed it on the ground, and then she seemed to find some way to vent her anger. Suddenly, she stood up, jumped on one leg, picked up the decorative porcelains, and smashed them on the ground one by one…

None of these few maids and older female servants had ever seen Third Young Lady, who had always been gentle and elegant, go crazy like this in front of so many people, so they were dazed on the spot, staring at her foolishly.

“Miss, please calm down first. Although you feel sorry for these flowers, it was Prince Yi who picked them, and Madam Dowager and the marquis can’t do anything about it.” Finding that the situation was going worse, Mammy Luo hurriedly came over to persuade her. Ning Qingshan’s current identity was much lower than her previous one. She had become a concubine’s daughter and was not the biological daughter of the marquis, so she should not do anything wrong at this time.

Ning Qingshan had released her anger at this time, but she felt that she had lost her strength and panted. After sitting still, she stared at these few maids sullenly and did not say anything for a long time.

“Don’t worry, Miss. I ran after the cat who slipped into the room, and the cat broke these porcelains, but Miss, you have a kind heart and didn’t punish me,” Feilian said cleverly. Just now, Ning Qingshan got out of control and smashed so many porcelains. Surely, others in the mansion would know it. For the sake of her reputation, it must be covered up.

Ning Qingshan nodded, relaxed with satisfaction. “Clean them up.”

At once, these few maids began their cleaning nimbly.

Ning Qingshan reclined on the low bed with the help of Mammy Luo. “It is Ning Xueyan again this time. She has repeatedly ruined my affairs and stood in my way, and I can’t let her off like this without paying a price.”

“Miss, Madam Dowager said that no trouble should be made before Fifth Young Lady’s wedding.” Seeing her abnormal expression, Mammy Luo whispered to her hurriedly.

This was repeatedly stressed by Mother Qin when she came here to tell Madam Dowager’s instruction, but Ning Qingshan hated her even more because of this. “How can I torture this little bitch to death?” The corner of her eye twitched. She suddenly remembered a person, and then an insidious smile appeared in her eyes…