Ning Xueyan rolled her watery eyes and thought of some allusions. She already understood the meaning of the old Princess. She lowered her head and covered the sneer in her eyes. Ning Yuling was proud now. Once she knew the truth, she didn't know if she would be so proud.
"Old Princess, you praise her like a flower." Madam Dowager said happily and raised her hand to Ning Yuling, "Second Girl, Fifth Girl, come together and greet the Princess of Commandery Prince Li."
"Yes!" The two answered together and respectfully bowed to the old Princess of Commandery Prince Li.
In fact, the status of the old Princess of Commandery Prince Li was equal to that of the Empress Dowager. She was the aunt of the emperor. Even the Honored Consort Ya had to respectfully call her Aunt Wang when she saw her. The old Princess's meaning was so obvious that she liked Ning Yuling. Madam Dowager couldn't pretend not to understand.
She had to let Ning Yuling come over to greet and bring Ning Xueyan to make Ning Yuling look less conspicuous.
"She is really a good girl. Look at her appearance. It's really distressing. If I have such a good girl in my family, it would be great. Good girl, this is the first time we meet and I don't have anything good. I will give this to you!" The old Princess of Commandery Prince Li took Ning Yuling's hand intimately, took off the ruby bracelet on her hand, and put it on Ning Yuling's hand.
Madam Dowager's face changed, and so did Honored Consort Ya's.
Only Ning Yuling was still at a loss. Looking at the ruby bracelets, she knew they were of the highest quality. Thinking of the pair of ruby bracelets she asked Madam Ling for, she didn't get them in the end but gave them to Ning Ziyan as a dowry, she was a little shy when she saw the bracelets and wanted to accept them.
"Old Princess, it's too expensive. How can a child deserve such a good thing!" Madam Dowager smiled and stopped her.
"It's not expensive. I like this child. I have no other meaning. I just like her." The old Princess said happily. She got rid of Madam Dowager's concerns in her words. It seemed that she really liked Ning Yuling. The ruby bracelet had been put on Ning Yuling's hand.
"Thank you, old Princess." Before Madam Dowager said anything, Ning Yuling had already thanked her in a sweet voice. Now, Madam Dowager could not say anything more. She just smiled and thanked Ning Yuling. She had made up her mind to ask Ning Yuling to take off the bracelet when she went back, and then give her a big gift to return the bracelet.
This bracelet was not simple. It was the heirloom of Commandery Prince Li's Mansion, a treasure, and also the betrothal gift of the future Heir of Commandery Prince Li's Mansion. Thinking of the Heir of Commandery Prince Li, Madam Dowager was not happy at all. In the capital city, the Heir of Commandery Prince Li's Mansion was the most troublesome. He either hired an actor or went to the brothel to drink wine. No one dared to send a good daughter to the brothel.
The Heir of Commandery Prince Li's Mansion was an unscrupulous man who dared to bring any woman into his mansion. It was said that the Heir of Commandery Prince Li's Mansion had a lot of concubines and mistresses before marrying into his mansion. He even had several sons and daughters of concubines, which made his parents very angry. If any girl married into his mansion, he would be in trouble!
Ning Yuling didn't know that the bracelet had this meaning. At this time, she returned to her position happily, and deliberately showed her new ruby bracelet to Ning Xueyan, and proudly showed it to Ning Xueyan.
Ning Xueyan smiled faintly and ignored her. Her eyes fell on Aunt Xiang, who was standing next to the Honored Consort Ya. Seeing that Aunt Xiang had been standing behind the Honored Consort Ya, Ning Xueyan smiled more deeply.
Several of the madams present began to chat about daily life. They were talking about the chrysanthemum viewing party tomorrow. A few madams even inquired about which heirs and princes would be coming. They wondered if there were any daughters of suitable age in their manors that could be matched with them. Each of them secretly calculated in their hearts, but their mouths were burning with passion. In the end, they talked for a long time.
Ning Xueyan calculated the time and looked outside. She saw a palace maid coming in.
"Your Highness, there is an old maid from the Lord Protector's Manor outside. She said that she brought Madam Dowager's tonic medicine. She asked Madam Dowager to go out and drink it!"
Hearing that her medicine was coming, Madam Dowager quickly stood up and said to the Honored Consort Ya with a smile, "Your Highness, I'll go out and drink the medicine first. I'll talk with you later." Then she was about to go out.
"Madam Dowager, you don't have to be so troublesome. Just let them bring it in. It's the same to drink it here." Honored Consort Ya said politely.
"This …" Madam Dowager hesitated for a moment.
Ning Xueyan smiled slightly and was about to persuade her. But when she heard the words of the Consort Dowager of Commandery Prince Li, she stopped and lowered her head quietly. Since someone was willing to persuade Madam Dowager, she just wanted to watch a good show!
"I've heard that the medicine used by Madam Dowager is very good for the elderly. I want to ask Madam Dowager for advice. Since Madam Dowager has brought the medicine, let us have a look." The Consort Dowager of Commandery Prince Li said with a smile. She now had a request for Madam Dowager, so of course, she flattered her.
At this point, it would be hypocritical to refuse again, so Madam Dowager had to nod.
After a while, an old maid of the Lord Protector's Manor came in with a medicine jar and was led to the table of Madam Dowager. The palace maid took out a bowl and the old maid opened the jar. A strong smell of medicine rushed out. The Honored Consort Ya, who was closest to it, couldn't help but lean to the side.
Madam Dowager picked up the medicine and poured it into the bowl beside her.
Aunt Xiang, who stood beside Honored Consort Ya, suddenly looked serious. She raised her head slightly and looked at the medicine bowl in Madam Dowager's hand. She cried out involuntarily, "There's something wrong with this medicine!
Her words stunned everyone. They all looked at the medicine bowl in Madam Dowager's hand.
Ning Yuling shouted first, "Nonsense. This medicine is made by someone in my grandmother's courtyard. How can there be something wrong with it?"
If there was something wrong with the medicine in the Lord Protector's Manor, Madam Ling was most likely to be related to it. Ning Yuling was particularly clear-headed this time.
But when she shouted, Honored Consort Ya frowned first and looked at Ning Yuling unhappily. Aunt Xiang was her confidant. Even she was polite to Aunt Xiang at ordinary times. How could a little girl who didn't know anything scold her confidant in front of her?
"Aunt Xiang, what's the matter?" Honored Consort Ya ignored Ning Yuling and asked gently.
Madam Dowager knew Aunt Xiang. At this time, she didn't dare to drink the medicine in her hand. She put it on the table, looked at Aunt Xiang doubtfully, and waited for her next words.
"Your Highness, this medicine is Diligent Grass. This medicine is very bad for people. If taken for a long time, it will make people drowsy. For weak people like Madam Dowager, it is more likely to hurt their lives. This medicine is originally for healthy people to dispel internal fire. For weak people, the more they take it, the worse it will be!"
Aunt Xiang said lightly. She came over, fanned the medicine on the bowl with her hand, sniffed it with her nose, and said, "This medicine is very light. It can hardly be detected when it is mixed with other medicines. Only when the pot is opened, there is a light fragrance, which is different from the general medicine smell. If Madam Dowager doesn't believe it, you can slightly fan the medicine and smell it. At this time, there is still some smell, but it will be gone after a while."
This medicine was almost colorless and tasteless, but it could kill people! This medicine was extremely insidious. No one would notice the little difference in a bowl of medicine. Moreover, when it was brought to the master, it had been scattered for a while. This time, Madam Dowager deliberately poured it into the bowl in front of Madam Dowager in order to prevent the heat from running away.
Everyone's face changed.
"Nonsense. How could someone give this kind of vicious medicine to grandma!" Ning Yuling subconsciously felt that it was not good and retorted.
"Second Young Lady, if you insist on not believing it, I can't help it. Let's ask other doctors to have a look. The dregs in today's medicine should be here, right?" Aunt Xiang looked indifferent. She looked at Ning Yuling, took two steps back, and stood behind Honored Consort Ya again, as if she just found it casually and said it casually.
What would happen next had nothing to do with her!
It had nothing to do with Aunt Xiang, but how could it have nothing to do with Madam Dowager? Thinking that there might be a poison in her medicine, Madam Dowager was so angry that her face turned blue. She pointed to the old maid and shouted, "Go, pour out the dregs."
The old maid trembled with fear. She originally thought that she would be rewarded if she flattered Madam Dowager and sent the medicine here. She didn't expect that she not only wouldn't be rewarded, but also would get herself killed. She didn't dare to neglect. She took another bowl sent by the palace maid and poured out all the dregs together with some medicine soup.
Honored Consort Ya also had an imperial physician with her, but Aunt Xiang was her subordinate. If the imperial physician was also her subordinate, it would be ambiguous. Therefore, Honored Consort Ya didn't call her imperial physician. Instead, she asked someone to find the Fourth Prince and borrow his imperial physician.
After such a thing happened, the palace maid ran away quickly.
Ning Yuling was stunned at first, and then she looked back at the old maid standing behind her. The old maid was sent to her by Madam Ling. She was Madam Ling's henchman. Seeing Ning Yuling looking at her, the old maid hurriedly shook her head, indicating that there was no problem with the medicine soup and the First Madam didn't do it.
Although the interaction between them was small, it still fell into Madam Dowager's eyes. Her eyes suddenly became cold.
The action of the old maid immediately made Ning Yuling feel relieved. She came over and said to Madam Dowager with a smile, "Grandma, don't worry. There can't be anything wrong. This maid must have made a mistake. Your medicinal materials are the best medicinal materials selected by my mother in the mansion. The doctors in the mansion have also tested them. How could there be any problem? Is there something wrong with this bowl?"
She just wanted to say that Madam Ling's filial piety to Madam Dowager. She didn't want to criticize Honored Consort Ya. However, this bowl was Honored Consort Ya's, and the old maid was also Honored Consort Ya's subordinate. Her words seemed to be cleverly pointing at Honored Consort Ya. The meaning was that Honored Consort Ya deliberately made these things.
Ning Xueyan smiled slightly. She had seen stupid people, but she had never seen such stupid people. Didn't she see that Honored Consort Ya and Madam Dowager's faces became cold? Originally, she wanted to pick Ning Yuling to say a few words. Unexpectedly, Ning Xueyan didn't need to pick Ning Yuling and stood up by herself, which saved her trouble. So she simply sat aside and watched quietly.
Ning Yuling, at this time, you'd better boast. You'd better make Madam Ling sound very virtuous. After a while, I will make you cry.
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