The Devious First-Daughter

Chapter 304 Jealousy Ning Qingshan

Seeing Ning Xueyan asking, Ao Mingyu immediately thought that she was interested in Ao Chenyi. He became angry for no reason, but he said with a gentle smile, "I should not be saying that. After all, he's my uncle's subordinate. But if I don't tell you, I'm afraid that you would not believe me. In the past, a concubine in Prince Yi's Manor was pregnant. She asked the imperial physician to go over. But, he looked down on her status, so, later the concubine and the unborn child died, because he took his time to treat her. However, my uncle showed no interest in it, because he trusts him too much."

"Does this mean that Ao Chenyi is ruthless and regards people's lives as worthless? Or that Ao Chenyi's women are not valued, and nobody cares about them, even if they die?" Ning Xueyan paused for a moment. Logically speaking, she should not have enquired further into Ao Mingyu's remarks. However, she was curious about Ao Chenyi, so she hesitated for a moment.

Seeing Ning Xueyan's hesitation, Ao Mingyu felt that he was right. He suppressed his anger and said, "Fifth Young Lady, don't you believe me? My uncle never cares about women. If the imperial physician had come over a little earlier at that time, still my uncle's temper towards women…"

He did not finish his words, but his meaning was quite clear.

Everyone who had heard of Ao Chenyi's temper knew that Prince Yi was temperamental, cold-blooded, and heartless. Ao Mingyu was not wrong in saying that. However, he repeatedly said it, so this made one suspicious that Ao Mingyu, who had always been gentle and elegant in public, would speak ill of a man behind his back.

It was not in character with the Third Prince's gentlemanly demeanor.

"Young Lady, Caifen, the Third Young Lady's maid, came over and asked if the Third Prince is here?" Qingyu's voice came from outside the door at the right time, interrupting the strange silence that suddenly descended in the room.

"Your Highness, please go over and visit my Third Sister first. I'll go there when I'm fine," Ning Xueyan said, taking the opportunity.

"Well, in that case, I'll go and see Third Young Lady first." At this point, Ao Mingyu could not stay any longer. With that, he took his people with him to Ning Qingshan's place. The men in black he sent out were all dead, but he did not have the details.

So, he should have been the first to rush over to Ning Qingshan. But when he came to the courtyard, he changed his direction. It seemed that he had other thoughts about Fifth Young Lady. Since he had taken a fancy to her, he would go to the imperial palace and talk to his mother later. He was worried that she would not agree. Now that something had happened to Ning Qingshan, she would agree to let Ning Xueyan enter his manor.

He believed that his mother would not oppose his getting a concubine.

Ao Mingyu made up his mind and stopped pestering Ning Xueyan. As soon as he came out, he saw Ning Qingshan's maid waiting anxiously at the door.

"Third Prince, our Young Lady is seriously injured. Please come over and have a look." Ning Qingshan was indeed severely injured. Her face was swollen, and she was screaming in pain.

Ao Mingyu nodded and looked at the imperial physician outside the door. Then, he turned around and walked toward Ning Qingshan's room, followed by the imperial physician.

When he entered Ning Qingshan's room, he saw the curtains of the inner room were wide apart. Compared with Ning Xueyan's prudence, Ning Qingshan seemed frivolous. Ao Mingyu frowned, but then he walked in.

"Third Prince." Ning Qingshan's voice was full of sadness and timidity. Tears rolled down her cheeks. She looked quite a sight with her swollen face.

"Why is it swollen like this? Who beat you up?" Looking at Ning Qingshan's face, Ao Mingyu was angry and asked.

The imperial physician stayed outside the room. There were only Ning Qingshan and Feilian, who was in front of her bed in the room. Ao Mingyu's question showed that he attached great importance to her, and he did not regard her as an outsider. He asked who had hit her, as if he wanted to avenge her.

"Third Prince, I… I don't know. A man suddenly jumped out and slapped me twice." She felt that at least someone cared, so her eyes turned red and her tears fell. She wiped at her tears with a handkerchief.

But she did not dare reveal the whole story. The men in black who caught her were not just one person. When she said that she was the Third Young Lady of the Lord Protector's Manor, one of them came up and slapped her twice, and the other pretended to want to kill her. She pushed one of the men in black away and escaped, but the two men did not let her go. They chased after her all the way and slapped her twice. Then, she ran again, and they slapped her again…

Along the way, she was in a panic and scared. She did not even know how many times she had been slapped. In the end, she was in a daze and then fainted. When she woke up, the people sent by Ao Mingyu arrived and rescued her from a tree. At that time, she was hanging on a tree.

Of course, she could not climb up the tree by herself, so it must have been someone else who had hung her on the tree.

She did not understand why they treated her like this. They had agreed to deal with Ning Xueyan, but why did they do this to her? Did the two men in black get the wrong person?

When the main temple hall was on fire, Ning Qingshan was the first to go back to the guest room with her maid. The reason why she responded so fast, was that she said that Ning Xueyan had discovered her identity. Although the mysterious person did not say that he would deal with Ning Xueyan, according to her speculation, he would do it, sooner or later.

So, she had been getting ready.

When the hall was on fire, she came back to wait for the next step. The appearance of the man in black confirmed her speculation. At the same time, the first to be injured was the maid. She also saw it happening. At that time, she felt that the mysterious man deliberately did so many things, targeting Ning Xueyan.

Therefore, Ning Xueyan was bound to die!

Therefore, she, with Caifen and Feilian, followed the others. When she escaped, she could not help smirking at Ning Xueyan. She was sure that Ning Xueyan would not survive, because she had offended her.

She followed behind the crowd and listened to the stricken cries in front of them. She could sense the panic of those women. Only she was calm. The superiority almost made her laugh out loud. Look, it was all because of her. Because of her noble status, those who offended her had no choice, but to die. Meanwhile, many people suffered along with her.

However, she could never imagine that she would be in danger, and almost died there.

Thinking of that terrifying moment, Ning Qingshan became sadder and could not stop crying.

"Third Young Lady, don't be afraid. It's over, and no one will hurt you. It's okay now, it's all right." Looking at Ning Qingshan, whose face was swollen and crying, Ao Mingyu showed a trace of disgust in his eyes. Then he gave a gentle smile, sighed and softly comforted Ning Qingshan, who was losing her self-control.

"Third Prince, I…" Ning Qingshan still wanted to say something, but Ao Mingyu interrupted her softly.

"Well, stop crying. Ask the imperial physician to apply some medicine on your face and have a good sleep. Everything will be fine."

Because of Ao Mingyu's concern and gentle eyes, Ning Qingshan's eyes were filled with infatuation, and her heart was pounding. Having felt that Ao Mingyu was sincere toward her, she was very touched and nodded intently to indicate that she would listen to him.

Ao Mingyu asked Feilian to call the imperial physician in. The imperial physician had seen Ning Qingshan's injuries. It was frightening, but it was all skin trauma. According to the imperial physician's medical assessment, they were all minor injuries. He retreated after leaving some ointment to heal the wound and relieve the swelling.

Ao Mingyu did not stay any longer. He said that he wanted to visit the other injured people, so he left with the imperial physician.

Ning Qingshan applied ointment on her face and felt a little better. Then, she asked Caifen beside her, "How's your wound? Is there anything wrong?"

She was scared and panicky before, so she did not care much about Ning Xueyan.

"I heard that the imperial physician has attended to Fifth Young Lady earlier. She is already resting. It's said that she's fine," Caifen replied.

"The Third Prince went to that bitch's room first." Ning Qingshan burst out in anger, jealousy and hatred showing in her eyes.

"I don't know. When I went there, the Third Prince was in Fifth Young Lady's room, and the imperial physician was waiting outside the door. I wanted the imperial physician to see you first, but the imperial physician said that the Third Prince did not say anything, and he could not come over. The Fifth Young Lady must have held him back." Caifen thought for a while and said angrily.

Feilian was helping Ning Qingshan to put away the ointment boxes. She lowered her head and said nothing.

"Bitch! B*tch! B*tch!" Thinking that Ning Xueyan was trying to seduce Ao Mingyu, Ning Qingshan was filled with hatred. She bit her lips and thought, "There must be a mistake. How could Ning Xueyan not die?"

She was biting her lips hard, filled with bitter hatred, which affected the injury on her face. She felt so much pain that her face contorted in agony. She wished she could go and rip up Ning Xueyan's beautiful face right now.

Thinking of her face, she immediately remembered her own face and calmed down. This time, her face was severely injured and swollen. It would take at least a few days for her to recover. She would soon enter the palace to join the Beauty Contest. If she went there like this, she would not dare to see anyone. Therefore, for now, she should take care of her face first.

"Master, why didn't you save her?" At the corner of the temple, a woman in white lowered her head and stood in front of a wall, as if she was talking to the wall in front of her.

"Save, does she need to be saved? I thought she was smart, but she was so stupid. When she was discovered, she was stupid enough to know nothing." A cold snort came from the other side of the wall, with a hint of sarcasm.

"Master, would you like to remind her?" The woman in white hesitated and asked respectfully.

"It's not necessary. Since she thinks so, do as she likes!" The man said in a cold voice, with a hint of anger.

The woman in white knew that her master was angry, so she asked cautiously, "Will the Fifth Young Lady Ning…"

Her master had said before that if the Fifth Young Lady found out about the Third Young Lady's secret, they should kill her. However, they had not selected a specific time. Such a thing had happened in the Cold Mountain Temple before they took action. So, she did not dare to decide whether she should take action now.

No matter who was behind this action, it was impossible to be this delicate Fifth Young Lady. So, it must be someone else who doubted Ning Qingshan's identity.

"Don't make a move first, lest the idiot leads us in the wrong direction." The man said coldly, and then he left.