Judging from Xia Yuhang's behavior, he clearly treated that woman differently. But what was up with this woman?
Ning Ziyan hesitated.
Ning Ziyan had a good impression of Ning Xueyan because Ning Xueyan spoke up for her just now. When she heard what Ning Xueyan said, she frowned. She felt that it made sense but couldn't make up her mind. She came to Cold Mountain Temple with Ning Xueyan mainly to whitewash her reputation and let others know that she was a filial daughter. The reason why the funeral turned into a wedding was because she didn't know.
She wanted to free herself from the scandal of the Lord Protector's Manor.
Therefore, it wasn't appropriate to go back now. However, when she saw the woman seducing her with a handkerchief, she clenched her teeth in hatred and couldn't swallow her anger.
"Big Sister, if you don't go back …" Ning Xueyan glanced at Chen Hexiang from the corner of her eyes. Her meaning was self-evident. Ning Xueyan curled her lips. She could tell that Chen Hexiang wasn't a peaceful person. If Ning Ziyan really stayed in Cold Mountain Temple for a month, no one could guarantee that something would happen.
"Fifth Younger Sister, please burn some incense in front of Second Mother for Big Sister. I have matters to attend to in the manor, so I'll go back first." Ning Ziyan immediately made up her mind when she saw Chen Hexiang. No matter how important her reputation was, it couldn't be more important than Xia Yuhang. She had to return to the manor to deal with this woman. She had just punished Ning Ziying and now this woman popped up.
She had killed Ning Ziying without any guilt, let alone this woman.
"Oh, okay. Big Sister, go back then. Mother won't blame you for what happened!" Ning Xueyan lowered her eyes with a smile. Her gaze fell on Ning Ziyan's well-wrapped hand. Inside was the bite Ning Ziyan made before she died. It contained all the hatred and pain from her previous life. It seemed that the injury wasn't light. Ning Ziyan had been carefully protecting her hand.
But so what if the injury wasn't light? The injury on the hand could heal easily, but what about the injury on the heart …
She deliberately tricked Ning Ziyan into coming to the Cold Mountain Temple, sending the two vicious women into a pile. She wanted to see how Xia Yuhang would be able to keep his peace when two such hypocritical and vicious women entered the Xia residence all at once. She wanted to win first place in the coming spring, pass the imperial examinations, and have a bright future. She would destroy the things that Xia Yuhang cared about the most, one by one …
What was hers and Ning Xueyan's had to be repaid eventually …
Ning Xueyan went back to her room and sat quietly for a long time before she came out of the cold and dark state of mind. She was now the Fifth Young Lady of the Lord Protector's Manor, so she could play a more important role …
"Miss, do you want to rest for a while?" Lanning came in with a cup of hot tea. Seeing that Ning Xueyan was still the same as before, she thought for a while and said.
Ning Xueyan turned to look at Lanning and took a deep breath. There was a slight ripple in her cold eyes. She said something shocking and went straight to the point, "Lanning, tell me what you know. I will avenge your lady."
Lan Ning didn't expect Ning Xueyan to say such a thing. Her face suddenly turned pale, and her body trembled. She looked at Ning Xueyan with fear and panic in her eyes, "Miss … Miss …"
Her tender cherry lips were bitten so hard that they were almost drained of blood! His eyes were filled with terror.
Ning Xueyan sighed in her heart and suppressed the throbbing in her heart. She stared at Lanning calmly and said word by word, "Yes, I want to know the truth about Ning Ziying's death."
She wanted Lanning, but she didn't need a half-hearted Lanning. What she needed was a Lanning who was loyal to her wholeheartedly like before. She didn't want to say those weird things because it was too weird! She didn't believe that she was reborn in another person's body, let alone Lanning. So she had to take a more effective way to hit Lanning's heart directly.
"Fifth Young Lady, our lady … she … she …" Lanning gritted her teeth and said with her eyes wide open.
"If you don't dare to tell the truth now, then don't ever tell it. And don't ever think about avenging your lady. Just take it as the truth." Ning Xueyan interrupted her coldly. Her eyes were deep and calm, but the rolling black color in them almost swallowed people.
Looking at such a pair of eyes, Lanning felt sad and resentful. She couldn't hold back her tears anymore. She knelt down in front of Ning Xueyan and kowtowed three times. She looked up at Ning Xueyan and said firmly, "Fifth Young Lady, please avenge our lady. She … she must have been killed by First Young Lady and First Madam."
After saying that, she pulled Ning Xueyan's dress and burst into tears!
At that moment, she believed Fifth Young Lady inexplicably. She had a feeling that the thin and weak Fifth Young Lady in front of her would definitely avenge her lady. Through tears, she looked at Fifth Young Lady's black eyes, which were so similar to Ziying's. She made up her mind that as long as Fifth Young Lady could avenge her lady, she would repay Fifth Young Lady even if she had to work like a cow or a horse.
"Stand up and talk." Ning Xueyan reached out to pull Lanning up. Seeing her stand up with tears in her eyes, Ning Xueyan asked softly, "Where were you on the day your lady drowned?"
"Our lady was about to get married. I was afraid that people in the mansion wouldn't take it seriously, so I went to the steward's mother to ask about it. The steward's mother said that everything was ready. But suddenly, she said that everything was ready and asked me to check if there was anything wrong. There was no one in the mansion who really cared about our lady. I was worried, so I went to check by myself. But who knew … who knew …"
Lanning couldn't say a word because of crying.
When she came back again, her lady and Xiang 'er had disappeared. There was no one else in the yard. Even the old maid of Lanning's yard happened to go out for something. She looked for them everywhere anxiously. But she didn't find them after searching for most of the night. Finally, someone reminded her that they might have fallen into the lotus pond. She asked someone who knew how to swim to have a look. Then she found that both her lady and Xiang' er had died here.
How could her lady commit suicide by drowning herself?
Tomorrow was her wedding day. The wedding dress she had embroidered for more than half a year was thrown on the ground in a mess. Everything here showed that someone had killed her lady. In this mansion, except for the First Madam, who else could find a way to send out all the people in the yard, leaving only Xiang 'er and her lady.
There was also the bruise on the girl's face. It was obvious that she had been beaten by someone. However, the servants said that drowning people were always like this. Furthermore, they didn't allow her to say anything and just put the girl in the coffin. She only had time to see the girl's face before the coffin was nailed shut.
And the most important thing was that the lady should have sat in the bridal sedan chair. What surprised Lanning even more was that everyone said that the First Young Master Xia and the First Young Master Xia had been engaged since they were young, but no one knew that it was her lady who was engaged. How could it not be Madam Ling and the First Young Master Xia who had such great power to turn black into white and steal her lady's marriage?
Lanning was impulsive and wanted to make a scene in the wedding hall. But she knew clearly that she was just a maid. She couldn't even protect herself. How could she avenge her lady? If she really wanted to make a scene, she would lose her life before she arrived at the wedding hall. Who would avenge her lady in the future?
"So, you came to me to avenge Ning Ziying. But don't you think that I, a cowardly Fifth Young Lady, am also incompetent?" After listening to Lanning's narration, Ning Xueyan suppressed the hatred in her heart and asked with indifferent eyes.
"At that time, I didn't know what to do. But now, I believe that you have a way." Lanning looked at Ning Xueyan and said firmly. Since she followed Ning Xueyan, she had a feeling that she didn't follow the wrong person. The Fifth Young Lady in front of her was not as weak and incompetent as the rumor said. She saved her from the First Madam and punished the two people so decisively.
How could such behavior be weak and timid?
"Lanning, if you want to avenge Ning Ziying, you have to listen to me!" Ning Xueyan smiled coldly, "You know my current situation. I can't fight with Madam Ling and Ning Ziyan now, but I can make them suffer step by step. Are you willing to do that?"
What she needed now was loyal servants. Qingyu and Mother Han were not enough. Lanning used to be her close maid and was very loyal to her. She hoped that she would be the same now.
"If I can avenge our Miss, I can wait no matter how long it takes." Lanning's eyes suddenly lit up. She wiped her face and gritted her teeth. Every time she had a dream recently, she would see her Miss's face bleeding from all seven apertures. It was not enough for those people to take away Miss's marriage, but also her life. She must avenge her Miss.
"Lanning, do you know that there are ghosts in this world?" Ning Xueyan suddenly asked quietly.
"Ghosts? I believe there are. I believe that you must be watching me in heaven and watching me avenge her. "Lanning gritted her teeth.
Ghosts? Ning Xueyan lowered her eyes and chuckled silently. No one knew better than her that she was an evil ghost who would die a horrible death! She was just a person who crawled out of the bloody hell to seek revenge!
Since the day she was reborn, she clearly knew that she came to seek revenge on them!
Water gushed into her nose as she struggled in pain. Blood seeped out of her five sense organs, and she felt as though her chest was about to explode. She struggled with all her might, but she was held down tightly. From the corner of her eyes, she saw that face, and the water rippled. That familiar and gentle face was now foreign and twisted, as though it was about to devour her …
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