The Devious First-Daughter

After having lunch and resting for a while, Ning Xueyan went to Ning Qingshan’s yard with Xinmei. It was Ao Chenyi’s request that she should take Xinmei with her wherever she went in order to avoid any other accidents.

The courtyard, where a patient lived, was usually very quiet. Like Ning Xueyan’s courtyard, Ning Qingshan’s courtyard was full of the smell of medicine. As soon as Ning Xueyan entered the courtyard, the strong smell of medicine came to her nose. Seeing the four guards in the courtyard, Ning Xueyan frowned and stopped. Ao Mingyu was here?

“Fifth Young Lady, you’ve just arrived. My master has asked me about it several times. I was thinking about coming over to help you in. Unexpectedly, you’ve arrived.”

Mammy Luo came out from the room. Seeing Ning Xueyan standing in the courtyard, she immediately came over affectionately and reached out in an attempt to help Ning Xueyan in, seeming to afraid that Ning Xueyan would leave.

“Mammy Luo, stay there. My master is weak and can’t bear to be dragged. Let her walk slowly.” Xinmei reached out to stop Mammy Luo, but her words made Mammy Luo blush in embarrassment.

What she had done just now made others feel that she seemed to be so afraid that Ning Xueyan would run away that she tried to drag Ning Xueyan inside.

“How’s Third Sister’s leg injury? Does she need another diagnosis? The imperial physician treating me got excellent medical skills. It’s said that he’s highly skilled in bone setting. Should I ask him to come over and make a diagnosis and give treatment for Third Sister?” Ning Xueyan stopped and asked gently with faint delight in her extremely delicate eyes.

“Thank you, Fifth Young Lady. Please ask the imperial physician to come over a moment later. After you.” On hearing that there was another imperial physician capable of setting bones, Mammy Luo was overjoyed and said hurriedly. She made a gesture of inviting Ning Xueyan inside and couldn’t hide the delight in her eyes.

“Mammy Luo, the imperial physician has worked in Prince Yi’s Manor and enjoyed a high status there. It might be better for me to ask him to come over and make a diagnosis and give treatment for Third Sister. I can chat with Third Sister after that,” Ning Xueyan said in a soft voice after thinking for a while. She turned around and intended to go out instead of walking inside.

“Fifth Young Lady, you are weak. Go inside and have a rest. I’ll run this errand. Otherwise, my master will feel worried. We can’t let your injuries worsen because of inviting the imperial physician here to treat my master, right?” Seeing that Ning Xueyan was leaving, Mammy Luo came over to stop her in a hurry.

Since when had Ning Qingshan been so considerate? Ning Xueyan looked up coldly. After glancing at the four guards, who didn’t look sideways, and glancing at the door of the main room, she turned to Xinmei and said with a cold smile, “Xinmei, why don’t you go to invite the imperial physician here? I’ll go inside to see my Third Sister now.”

Ning Xueyan stressed the three characters “my Third Sister” on purpose and glanced at the door with obvious meaning.

“That’s right. Xinmei, please run this errand. We don’t want to trouble the Fifth Young Lady to go back again. Otherwise, my master will feel sorry.” Mammy Luo beamed with joy and reached out to help Ning Xueyan.

“Mammy Luo, let go. My master is weak, so leave her alone. If something terrible happens to her, no one can take the responsibility.” Xinmei reached out to pushed Mammy Luo’s hand away rudely again and said with a trace of anger on her face, “My master is weak, and can’t bear to be dragged by you. Since the Third Young Lady isn’t in the room, we can go back now and come over later with the imperial physician.”

Ning Qingshan was not in the room as she expected? Ning Xueyan’s shimmery eyes became sharp. Mammy Luo acted abnormally today. She kept inviting Ning Xueyan to get into the room. If it were Ning Qingshan who was in the room, on hearing that the imperial physician treating Ning Xueyan was skilled in bone setting, she would definitely ask Ning Xueyan to invite him right away regardless of Ning Xueyan’s health condition.

On the contrary, Mammy Luo seemed to only care about Ning Xueyan without mentioning her injured master in the room. Everything she said showed her concern for Ning Xueyan. She would rather cause a delay in her master’s treatment than make Ning Xueyan suffer grievance. She was so enthusiastic as if Ning Xueyan was her master.

However, Ning Qingshan had always been a selfish and vicious person, and Mammy Luo had only one master which was Ning Qingshan.

If it was true that Ning Qingshan was in the room, the Third Prince must be in the room as well, and Ning Qingshan intended to show her gentle and amiable demeanor in front of Ao Mingyu.

The reason why Ning Xueyan gave a hint to Xinmei was that Xinmei was a martial arts practitioner. Last time, she heard from Xinmei that Xinmei could distinguish whether someone was a martial arts practitioner through his breath.

Ao Mingyu was definitely a martial arts practitioner, but Ning Qingshan wasn’t. So they must breathe in different ways. Since Xinmei gave such a hint, it meant that Ao Mingyu must be the only one in the room. Otherwise, it was impossible for Ning Qingshan to stop breathing.

Ao Mingyu was in the room. If Ning Xueyan got in the room with Xinmei, it would be impossible to explain why she and Ao Mingyu stayed in the same room. If Ning Qingshan came back at this moment, she and Ao Mingyu would be considered a couple “committing adultery caught in the room”. She was going to marry Ao Chenyi soon. If she stayed with Ao Mingyu at this time, it would be impossible to explain it, and the development of this matter would be out of her control.

Ning Qingshan, who had been busy enough with her own affairs, dared to set her up. As she thought, a trace of anger in her eyes turned into rage.

Before Mammy Luo came to her sense, she said with her face turning cold, “Since Third Sister is not in the room, what do I get in for?”

“My, my master is really in the room. Fifth Young Lady, if you don’t believe it, come in and check it out yourself.” Mammy Luo became anxious, pointing inside and saying. She then reached out to grab Ning Xueyan’s sleeve in an attempt to exert herself drag Ning Xueyan in, as if she wanted Ning Xueyan to get in the room and verify it in person.

She intended to drag Ning Xueyan in regardless of anything.

“Let go!” Ning Xueyan got furious. She, who had been weak, was dragged by Mammy Luo and involuntarily took a few steps with her. After that, she staggered and almost fell down.

“Let go!” Xinmei got furious. She reached out and was about to beat Mammy Luo’s wrist.

However, Ning Xueyan held Xinmei’s hand. Ao Mingyu was in the room, and his four guards were outside. How could Xinmei hide her movements from them? Besides, if Ao Mingyu really used force against them, Xinmei couldn’t deal with them by herself. In the twinkling of an eye, Ning Xueyan had come up with a solution. She leaned on Xinmei and fell on her as if she had used up all her strength.

Xinmei immediately understood what Ning Xueyan meant. She reached out to hold more than half of Ning Xueyan’s body and said angrily, “Mammy Luo, what are you doing? You hurt my master. Let her go!”

As she said, she reached out to grab Mammy Luo’s wrist hard. She didn’t carry out any martial arts, but she was younger than Mammy Luo anyway. Although she didn’t carry out any martial arts, she was still stronger than Mammy Luo. Seeing that Ning Xueyan fell to Xinmei weakly, Mammy Luo let go of Ning Xueyan.

Grabbed by Xinmei hard, Mammy Luo was immediately forced to loosen her grip of Ning Xueyan’s wrist. After that, Xinmei stepped forward to protect Ning Xueyan and looked at Mammy Luo alertly, as if she was ready to protect Ning Xueyan at any time.

“Mammy Luo, have you always served Third Sister in this way? I want to ask grandma where did you learn the rules?” With most of her body leaning against Xinmei, Ning Xueyan looked extremely weak, but she sounded tough and furious. She blushed with anger, and her watery eyes were full of anger.

Anyone, who was dragged inside desperately by an old maid, would get furious. It was reasonable for Ning Xueyan to lose her temper at this time. No one noticed that Ning Xueyan stepped aside. There was a small rockery right behind her and happened to be a big stone between the small rockery and her.

Ning Xueyan’s target was this uneven big stone.

“Fifth Young Lady, a straightforward person doesn’t resort to insinuations. My master is indeed waiting for you in the room. She has been waiting for a long time. If you get into the room on your own initiative, I won’t have to make you do this. If you refuse to get into the room, don’t blame me for being rude.” Mammy Luo sneered. At this moment, she stopped pretending to be kind, took two steps forward and approached them.

In order to prevent others from disturbing Ning Qingshan’s recuperation, Madam Dowager specially chose a remote courtyard for Ning Qingshan. The few neighboring courtyards were empty, and no one lived there in the past few days. Even if Ning Xueyan made a scene here, no one would know it. Madam Dowager didn’t like to live in such a remote courtyard, so her courtyard was far away from here.

So in any case, Ning Xueyan would surely lose if they used force against her.

Ning Xueyan took two more steps back, seeming to be forced to retreat by Mammy Luo. Xinmei also stepped back with her. In the current situation, Mammy Luo intended to force her to get into the room. She had to get into the room no matter she was willing to do that or not. Besides, she was sure that Ao Mingyu stayed in the room alone.

No matter it was Ao Mingyu or Ning Qingshan who had come up with this idea, Ning Xueyan seemed to have fallen into a dilemma.

If Xinmei carried out martial arts, she couldn’t stop the four guards. Besides, Ao Mingyu would discover that her personal maid had extraordinary skills and couldn’t be an ordinary person, and thus to suspect Ao Chenyi. But if Xinmei didn’t carry out martial arts, she wouldn’t stand a chance at all and would definitely be forced to enter the room.

As long as she was forced to enter the room, her fate was up to them. They could kill her or leave her alone as they wanted.

It was impossible to call for help, because there was no one else around! It was also impossible to save themselves, because they couldn’t. Xinmei became so anxious that she began to hold Ning Xueyan’s hand hard. The current situation was totally under someone else’s control. Xinmei even saw the complacent smile on Mammy Luo’s face. If Ning Xueyan hadn’t held her hand tightly, Xinmei would have lost control and smashed the old woman’s face with her fists.

It seemed that there was no way for them to retreat!

Ao Mingyu had been standing quietly in front of the window, behaving elegantly and leisurely. As soon as Ning Xueyan stepped into the courtyard, he had focused on her.

Dressed in a plain white dress, she looked increasingly fragile and pitiful.

Her black hair was bound up in a double phoenix bun, while the rest was straggling behind casually, revealing a pure and charming face. Her skin was made of ice jade and her bones were made of jade. Her eyelashes were long and thick, as black as the feathers of a crow. Only the light red lips showed her weakness, but they made her a beauty deserving others’ pity and distress.

She, who survived a catastrophe, looked even more fragile. Nevertheless, she, who was so fragile, gave an impression of hiding her sharpness. Although she had taken several steps backward and been forced to retreat to the rockery by Mammy Luo, she still looked calm. No one knew when the anger in her eyes had vanished and only a trace of calmness was left.

How could she be so attractive? In the sunshine, the girl’s fragile body and the pride in her eyes made up a great attraction to him. At this moment, Ao Mingyu almost felt that his heart was feverish as if out of control. Throne was what he wanted, and so was this girl!