The Devious First-Daughter

After hearing what Ning Zu'an said, Madam Ling stiffened at once and really was in panic!

She had been with Ning Zu'an for so many years, and had never been so reprimanded by him. She hastily cried while covering her face, "Marquis… I, I was so fool for a moment that I… marquis, I, I did that because of you. I really love you, so that I…"

As soon as Madam Ling spoke, Ning Ziyan felt bad. She wanted to remind Madam Ling, but it was too late.

Seeing that, Ning Xueyan showed a bit of irony on her face. Madam Ling was so smart, but lost her head when she saw Ning Zu'an protect Yu Lian. Her words proved that she had deliberately beaten Yu Lian just now and deliberately said the reason was Ning Huaiyuan so as to pass the buck.

If things like that happened again, Ning Zu'an would certainly really dislike Madam Ling.

Yu Lian was very clever at this time. She interrupted Madam Ling and wrongly said, "Marquis, don't blame First Madam. I'm not blessed. If I'm beaten to death, First Madam can cool down. I… I'm willing to die. Anyway, it's my fault. It's me who make you and First Madam angry."

After that, Yu Lian cried sadly. Her face was black and blue, but at the same it also looked fragile.

This made Ning Zu'an pity on her!

Now, Ning Zu'an fully understood that it was Madam Ling who made trouble because of jealousy. He was very disappointed with Madam Ling. Holding Yu Lian in his arms, he said to her, "Don't say you're not blessed. I'll promote you as the concubine soon. You just need to serve me well in the future."

As soon as she heard that Yu Lian who had betrayed her was about to be promoted as a concubine, Madam Ling was very anxious. "Marquis, Yu Lian was a maid and has no children. She just… it's improper to promote her as a concubine now. How about asking her to only serve you in the study?"

Seeing that Madam Ling still was stubborn, Ning Zu'an angrily exclaimed, "Shut up! Aren't you going to pray? Go back to the Buddha Hall and kneel down."

"Marquis, you, you asked me to kneel!" Madam Ling looked up at Ning Zu'an in disbelief. Madam Dowager had punished her before, but Ning Zu'an had never said something. Unexpectedly, he actually asked her to kneel in the Buddha Hall in front of so many servants because of Yu Lian. How could Madam Ling stand it?

Ning Ziyan standing on one side already was very angry when she saw what was going on. She gave a fierce stare at Yu Lian and then went forward to advise, "Father, mother is always your Legal Wife. You can't spoil a concubine while suppressing your wife…"

Spoiling concubines while suppressing wife was a serious sin. Even if Ning Zu'an was the Lord Protector, he also would be impeached by censor-in-chief.

"Father, calm down," Ning Xueyan also advised, "Let's check Yu Lian first. Although she's a maid, it's bad that someone dies today. We can't let others think that there is no rule in our manor. Besides, maybe grandmother already knows it now. Father, you should ask someone to visit her."

She seemed to persuade Ning Zu'an. In fact, it suggested that the matter that Madam Ling cruelly beat servants without any reason also would be accused of by censors. Compared with spoiling concubines while suppressing wife, cruelly beating servants would influence Ning Zu'an's conduct, which Ning Zu'an concerned more.

Both Ning Ziyan and Ning Xueyan mentioned censor-in-chief. Ning Zu'an was quite upset and felt that this matter would bring a crisis. Recently, the Lord Protector's Manor had never been peaceful. Accidents happened one after another. A few days ago, he was called to the imperial palace and was scolded because of Ning Yuling's affair and knelt in the imperial study for more than two hours.

The emperor had warned him that if he made trouble again, it would not be so easy to let go of him.

However, Madam Ling still shouted and made a scene today, which made the whole matter clear to the whole manor. Didn't she think that he was deeply troubled enough in front of the emperor?

"Take First Madam into the Buddha Hall, so that she can cultivate herself well!" Ning Zu'an quickly made a decision. He did not allow Madam Ling to shout so loudly here. If this matter was spread, they would lose face.

Two older female servants came and were about to take Madam Ling into the Buddha Hall.

Madam Ling cried loudly, "Marquis, you… how can you be so heartless!" Then she pushed aside two older female servants and wanted to rush to Ning Zu'an. She always thought she was Ning Zu'an's favorite woman. Besides, she gave birth to his only son. But now she was defeated by a maid, how could she accept it?

"Take her away!" Ning Zu'an ordered the two older female servants without hesitation. Hearing that, the two older female servants rushed to drag Madam Ling to the Buddha Hall. This was not a simple confinement to Madam Ling. Madam Ling was dragged into the Buddha hall in the face of so many servants, how could she take charge of the whole manor in the future?

"Father, she's my mother, your wife!" Seeing that her mother was like a drowned mouse, Ning Ziyan was in a hurry. She stepped forward and wanted to stop them. She did not want to stop Madam Ling entering the Buddha Hall, but wanted her to enter the Buddha Hall in a decent way, so she wanted to stop the two older female servants from dragging her mother.

Ning Xueyan went forward quietly and stood in front of Ning Ziyan, softly saying, "Sister, as the younger generations, we cannot interfere in father and mother's business. It's their private affair."

Seeing Ning Xueyan stopping her again, Ning Ziyan was very angry and her face turned vivid. Today, although she did not know the whole story, she still shared a bitter hatred of the enemy with her mother when she saw her extremely angry mother. She coldly stared at Ning Xueyan and said, "Fifth Sister, you're so clever, so scheming!"

Madam Ling had told Ning Ziyan last time that how clever Ning Xueyan was, but she did not believe it. Now, it seemed that Ning Xueyan was really scheming. After hearing what Ning Xueyan said, Ning Zu'an actually directly punished Madam Ling. But now Ning Ziyan could not directly beat Ning Xueyan to death as before. It seemed that she needed to make a plan.

While they were talking, two older female servants had taken Madam Ling into the Buddha hall. Mother Chen dared not say a word and hurried to follow in.

Ning Zu'an waved his one hand and asked them to leave. Then he went to Madam Dowager's Lucky Garden while holding the wounded Yu Lian. This matter must be settled. Madam Dowager knew that it was in a mess here, but she deliberately did not come. She wanted Ning Zu'an to solve it on his own. And at this moment, Ning Zu'an had made a conclusion in his mind.

"Sister, father has gone to Lucky Garden. Would you like to go there, too? Sister, you seldom come back, and you need to care about mother." Ning Xueyan stepped aside and asked Ning Ziyan with a sincere smile on her face.

She sent back what Ning Ziyan had said to her before to Ning Ziyan!

Obviously, Ning Zu'an was extremely angry just now. He went to visit Madam Dowager with Yu Lian, just in order to promote Yu Lian as a concubine. How could a daughter interfere in it? Ning Xueyan actually advised her to care about it. Ning Ziyan turned vivid because of Ning Xueyan's words.

She bit her teeth and said, "Fifth Sister, you're really magical. Unexpectedly, you could make the family unpeaceful! Let's go and talk to grandma." After saying this, Ning Ziyan immediately reached out to hold Ning Xueyan.

But Lanning moved faster. She stepped forward and stopped Ning Ziyan.

"Sister, I don't understand what you were saying. But at this time, grandmother and father have something to do, we'd better not disturb them." Ning Xueyan took a cold glance at Ning Ziyan and then ignored her. After finish her words, she returned to Bright Frost Garden with Lanning.

Madam Ling hated Ning Xueyan very much and Ning Ziyan also had bad intentions today. Then why should she show her friendliness and pretend to happily talk with them?

Ning Ziyan's eyes were full of maliciousness while she watching Ning Xueyan leave. "B*tch, I'll kill you one day!"

Ning Ziyan leaned close to Xia Yuhang and said while looking at the back of Ning Xueyan, "Dear, don't you think that Fifth Sister knows Ning Ziying? According to what she said just now, it seems that she has a good friendship with Ning Ziying."

"She hasn't had any contact with Ziying!" Xia Yuhang was pretty sure, but his gaze was quite strange. He also looked at Ning Xueyan's slender back while unconsciously frowning. The Fifth Young Lady in front of him was totally different from what he heard. It seemed that she was a new man.

But in fact, she was Ning Xueyan. "Why do I feel that she's familiar to me?"

"Who knows? Maybe they had a secret relationship. Dear, you can investigate it. It's really possible. If so, we can't keep her." Ning Ziyan fiercely said in Xia Yuhang's ear. She had married into Xia Manor, and Lord Protector's Manor was beyond her reach. So she wanted Xia Yuhang to kill Ning Xueyan, which was Madam Ling's idea. Ning Ziyan also strongly agreed with it.

Since she could not kill Ning Xueyan openly, she would kill her in secret.

In this way, when Ning Xueyan died, no one else would doubt her.

Xia Yuhang looked at Ning Ziyan's fierce face and indifferently said, gloominess flashing through his eyes, "We should conclude after investigating it."

Seeing that Xia Yuhang was unpleasant, Ning Ziyan dared not talk about this matter. She changed to another topic and said in a delicate voice, "Dear, why didn't you stand up and say a few words for my mother? Maybe father would not treat her like that if you speak for her!"

Xia Yuhang had not said a word just now. As a younger generation, he could not interfere with his elders' affairs. Although the two families allied by marriage, Ning Zu'an certainly did not want him to see that. So he had been standing aside and did not say a word. He also objected to what Madam Ling had done today.

Madam Ling did not look like the marchioness at all. People who did not know her might think she was a jealous concubine of Ning Zu'an.

She really had no demeanor a marchioness should have!

"It's father and mother's private affairs anyway. We can't interfere in it." Xia Yuhang frowned for Ning Ziyan's stupidity. Originally, he thought that Ning Ziyan would be his helper. After marrying her, he found that she was not helpful at all and destroyed his participation in the Spring Metropolitan Examination.

"If I had known this before, I would have married Ziying." Xia Yuhang felt sad when she thought of the woman who had loved him wholeheartedly. If he had known, if he had known it would be so…

He would have stopped her from dying in the lotus pond!

Ning Ziyan did not find something wrong in Xia Yuhang's look, but still held his arm and said energetically, "She's our mother anyway. It's better if we say anything, and father would certainly consider your…"

Xia Yuhang got impatient and threw away Ning Ziyan's hand fiercely. He coldly said, "You can go there and speak for your mother now. There's still time!"

"I…" Ning Ziyan turned pale and embarrassed by Xia Yuhang's behavior and did not know how to react.

"Yuhang, Ziyan… are you here to have a lovers' talk?" Suddenly clear laughter came behind them.