Chapter 19
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As soon as Ning Lingyun hid in the side room, Ning Zu 'an came over with his men. The door to the side room was guarded by two ice-cold guards. She and her maid couldn't return to the mourning hall, so she had no idea what had happened in the mourning hall.
Seeing that he had left, he hurriedly came out to inquire about the situation.
Seeing that Ning Xueyan took a pill under Qingyu's care, she thought she was so frightened that she had a relapse. She sneered in her heart, "How useless you are!" She looked at Ning Xueyan with contempt, forgetting that she was hiding in a corner and didn't even dare to move her hands and feet.
"Hey, what happened just now? Why did Father come and go?" Now that there was no one in front of them, Ning Lingyun was really reluctant to call Ning Xueyan younger sister. She raised her chin slightly and said to Ning Xueyan bluntly.
"An esteemed guest has come to pay his respects to mother." She asked Qingyu to put away the unfinished medicine in the glass bottle, which was left by the imperial physician just now. He only said that it could eliminate the poison in her body. As for whether it could eradicate the poison or not, it was not certain. She would have to use up the whole bottle and see how it went.
"An esteemed guest is here to pay respects to your mother!" Ning Lingyun was stunned. She looked at the coffin in the center and curled her lips in disdain. She said sarcastically, "You're not talking nonsense, are you? Do you know who your mother is? What kind of esteemed guest would come to pay his respects? It's already good enough that they sent a housekeeper. Do you really think that you're the legitimate wife of the Marquis's Estate?"
"When Father and Grandmother come later, I will tell them that you don't need to stay here to guard the coffin. If you don't sincerely serve the coffin, Mother doesn't need you either."
Ning Xueyan's expression darkened. She raised her eyes and glanced at her coldly. Ning Lingyun, as the daughter of a concubine, had repeatedly stepped on Ning Xueyan's face. Did she not think that Ning Xueyan was a pushover?
Ning Lingyun didn't expect Ning Xueyan to have the guts to talk back to her.
Ning Xueyan's glance infuriated her. She rushed to Ning Xueyan, pointed at her nose and scolded!
"Ning Xueyan, who do you think you are? How dare you point your fingers at me! Do you really think that you are the di daughter of this residence? You're just a bastard born from an unfavored woman! How dare you put on airs in front of me! "
Bastard? Not favored?
Infuriated by Ning Lingyun's words, Ning Xueyan's dark eyes suddenly became fierce. Ning Lingyun's heart tightened as she stared at Ning Lingyun. Her previous domineering attitude immediately weakened.
Ning Xueyan sneered as she watched Ning Lingyun restrain her arrogance, but still stubbornly trying to maintain her comical demeanor. She gently raised her hand to push away Ning Lingyun's hand that was pointing at her.
"Mother is the legal mother of this family and has the same status as Madam Ling. All the young masters and young mistresses in the manor had to respectfully address her as' Mother '. It is unfilial of you to speak ill of your mother in the mourning hall! "
Ning Lingyun's expression changed upon hearing that. Just as she was about to retort, she heard Ning Lingyun continue, "The status of a secondary wife in a family was announced to the world during the founding of the empire. 'A secondary wife shall be regarded as the matriarch'. What you just said not only denies the status of a mother, but it also shows contempt for the teachings of the late Emperor. This is disloyalty!"
As soon as Ning Xueyan's voice fell, Ning Lingyun's face turned pale.
The servants standing at the side all had different expressions on their faces.
The crime of disloyalty and unfilial was something that even men were wary of, let alone an unmarried girl like her!
Ning Xueyan saw the change in Ning Lingyun's expression and sneered inwardly. She didn't need to waste too much effort on a stupid woman who didn't even think before speaking. With this thought in mind, Ning Xueyan sat back down in her seat and continued, "Moreover, Fourth Sister's birth mother is only a maid serving Madam Ling. Fourth Sister, you were born of a concubine, yet you're so arrogant towards a legal daughter. This has truly opened my eyes."
Ning Lingyun had always thought that Ning Xueyan was weak and easily bullied. Now that she heard Ning Xueyan mention that her birth mother was only a concubine mentioned by a maid, she flew into a rage out of humiliation. She immediately scolded, "So what if my concubine is a maid? It's still better than your mother being a rebellious daughter! Who knows when this matter will be exposed and you'll be dead!"
"Is this what your concubine taught you? How dare you say such things!" A stern and angry rebuke came from behind her. Behind the door, Ning Zu 'an's face was dark as he stared coldly at Ning Lingyun. No one knew when he had arrived, but Ning Lingyun's face immediately turned pale when she saw him.
Ning Xueyan slowly lowered her eyes to hide the emotions in them. Of course, she knew that Ning Zu 'an wouldn't really punish Madam Ling this time. This kind of matter wasn't difficult to investigate. Madam Ling was in charge of the inner court, and Qingrui and the others were all sent to Bright Frost Garden by Madam Ling. If there was anyone in this residence who would hate Madam Ming and want her dead, it would be none other than Madam Ling.
However, she didn't have the slightest hope that Ning Zu 'an would be able to find out the truth. If this cheap father still cared about Madam Ming, he wouldn't be completely ignorant of this matter.
But today, the matter was exposed. Madam Ming's death from poisoning had already become a thorn in Ning Zu 'an's heart.
Perhaps he was still young, so he couldn't completely detest Madam Ling yet. However, once he became suspicious of her, his trust in Madam Ling would slowly crumble.
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