Chapter 450: Engaged, Moreover, More Than Once

Ning Xueyan hadn’t been unconscious for too long. She was just weak, and her vision went black. When she regained consciousness, she was already in that familiar embrace. Looking up, what fell into her eyes was that enlarged face, which appeared even more incomparably handsome, and the eyes on that face, which exuded coldness, were also closed.

Both of them were lying in bed. Ning Xueyan moved slightly and looked at him sideways.

He was quietly closed eyes, with a strand of black hair falling on his face. His slender Phoenix Eyes were slightly closed, his eyebrows and eyes were like a painting, his red lips were like blood, and his jet-black, slender eyelashes were dense and long. He lacked the cold and ruthless aura that he usually exuded. In his deep sleep, he was handsome with a touch of indifference.

“Do you really want to kill him?” The corners of his mouth suddenly flashed, and his slender fingers landed on Ning Xueyan’s neck, where there was a small wound. Medicine was applied, but when he pressed hard, Ning Xueyan still felt pain. She subconsciously furrowed her willow leaf eyebrows and shook her head: “No!”

She knew he was asking about Ao Mingyu. Regardless, Ao Mingyu shouldn’t die now, nor should he die because of this matter. A woman, if she squeezed into the struggle for imperial power, and also became the main cause, then it would certainly have no good end. No matter what Ao Mingyu did, he was the Emperor’s most beloved son.

She was very able to recognize her own identity, and of course, she could clearly know the difference between the two.

“Why?” Ao Chenyi slightly closed his eyes, reached out and patted her back, as if comforting her.

“Why not, Prince doesn’t need to care, after all, it’s not me who suffered.” Ning Xueyan slightly raised her eyebrows, a smile flashed across her watery eyes, gently, softly. Since Ao Chenyi had appeared, Ao Mingyu would definitely not be able to take advantage. No matter what Ao Mingyu’s previous intentions were, smart people didn’t need evidence.

“Rest assured, This King will get it back for you.” Ao Chenyi embraced her, his head resting on her hair, a hint of viciousness flashed in his eyes. He certainly wouldn’t kill Ao Mingyu now, but he would also never allow Ao Mingyu to bully her.

These words were spoken very softly, if it weren’t for Ning Xueyan always listening attentively, she could hardly hear them, but when they fell into her heart, they made her feel warmth, her watery eyes slowly closed, her heart suddenly ached.

Some things weren’t that she didn’t want to, but because she couldn’t. She was just a woman in the inner courtyard.

Her heart was locked very tightly. In her previous life, she died in the Lotus Pond. The moment she was reborn, she repeatedly warned herself that she no longer needed feelings. If it weren’t for believing Xia Yuhang too much, how could she not see that Xia Yuhang and Ning Ziyan, the two of them, were flirting in front of her, and how could she not see that Xia Yuhang wasn’t treating her as he said.

Moreover, she couldn’t even tell Xia Yuhang about Chen Hexiang, who was living in Hanshan Temple, framing her, fearing that he would think she was jealous, and lacked the decorum of an official wife, but it was precisely this that harmed herself and harmed Xiang’er. Some people trusted the wrong people, and their end was only a dead end.

So, in this life, she was unwilling to entrust her feelings. If she could marry a simple person and live a simple life, she wouldn’t care about feelings. Being able to live peacefully in this life was happiness.

It’s just that some things weren’t up to her to control. In order to gain a firm foothold in the Duke’s Mansion, and for revenge, she must find a strong helper, and Ao Chenyi appeared at that time and moment. The original transaction was also to each take what they needed, but compared to him, her “need” was the most urgent.

Everything that followed seemed natural. Even if he proposed to make her a Concubine, she didn’t feel too much touched. Ao Chenyi had helped her too much, and it was also appropriate for her to help him sort out the backyard. Judging from the repeated gifts from the Harem to Prince Yi’s Mansion, it could be seen that Prince Yi’s Mansion’s backyard was unstable, which was really a cause for jealousy.

Therefore, she didn’t refuse, and naturally accepted. In her heart, she always treated it as a transaction. She would marry into Prince Yi’s Mansion, would help him look after the backyard, and would allow him to play as much as possible in the imperial court without being constrained by the affairs of the backyard.

It’s just that, she didn’t know when, it seemed there was a trace of unusual feeling, an inexplicable warmth arose because of his behavior.

“Prince, do you know the true identity of Sister Ning Ziying of Cloud Shadow Courtyard?” Inexplicably, those unknown things spilled out of her mouth unconsciously, feeling a little apprehensive, a little uneasy, and even a little regretful, but since the words had been spoken, they wouldn’t be changed. That was the biggest secret of her life.

And these things were too mysterious. Even if she spoke, who would believe that after a person died, they would be reborn in another person, and that these two people still seemed to have a thousand ties, and the most peculiar thing was that as the same self, they were actually still completely unaware.

When these words were spoken, not to mention others wouldn’t believe it, even she herself wouldn’t believe it. They would definitely feel it was too strange, it was simply seeing a ghost. It was possible that others would treat her as a monster and burn her to death.

“Ning Ziying’s identity is not simple, it’s related to the Previous Dynasty, that matter over there, is too involved.” Ao Chenyi reached out and held her hand, the strength was gentle, appropriate, and just right.

“I heard that Sister Ziying seemed to be betrothed before she died.” Ning Xueyan bit her lip.

“Ning Ziying was betrothed, and it wasn’t just once.” Ao Chenyi said faintly.

Her agile watery eyes suddenly widened, almost in extreme fear, but she found that she couldn’t make a sound at all, and her body almost stiffened in an instant. In her previous life, she was betrothed to Xia Yuhang, and in her memory, only the Xia Family were the people her parents had arranged for her. What was meant by betrothed, and not just once?

It was originally just a casual question, but she didn’t expect to ask out such a big secret, and she, as the person involved, was actually still completely unaware.

“How could a woman be betrothed several times?” Suppressing the shock in her heart, fortunately, at this moment, Ao Chenyi’s head was on top of hers, otherwise, the shock in her eyes wouldn’t be able to be hidden, and these words just blurted out.

How much exactly didn’t she know in her previous life? Why was she not even clear about such things!

“Others might not be able to, but Ning Ziying is different. Xueyan, these matters have nothing to do with you. Do you need This King to help handle the matters of your Duke’s Mansion?” Ao Chenyi pulled her out of his embrace, reached out and hooked her chin, the corner of his mouth raised a joyful smile, and asked with wicked charm.

The two of them were close together, and his breath carried some warmth, almost all of it sprayed on her face. Immediately, a faint blush appeared on her pale face. Ning Xueyan felt quite uneasy and leaned back, wanting to get away from his embrace. Helplessly, as soon as she moved, his hand reached over and held her, and no matter how hard she tried, it was to no avail.

“I’ll handle the matters over at the Duke’s Mansion myself, you don’t move first.” Ning Xueyan looked at him with a somewhat helpless expression and said, both of them knew clearly that he was talking about Ning Huaiyuan.

Ning Xueyan’s accident was fabricated by Ning Huaiyuan. Of course, there was the secret assistance of the Third Prince and the instigation of Ning Qingshan. It could be said that the three of them acted together. Being able to survive under the circumstances of the three of them acting together, Ning Xueyan could indeed be called narrowly escaped death.

Among the people who acted now, Ning Qingshan broke her leg, the Third Prince’s Mansion was burned down in the middle of the night, and the relationship between the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince was even more hostile. Only Ning Huaiyuan was still fine, so next, of course, they should find Ning Huaiyuan. Ao Chenyi had already taken action twice, and Ning Xueyan didn’t want him to take action again.

The Emperor had been keeping a close eye on him. Although his actions were meticulous and not easy to make mistakes, they made people more suspicious that he had done it. There were ways in the back house, and Ning Xueyan didn’t think that she couldn’t deal with Ning Huaiyuan without his help. Some things were still better to do herself. Even if others found out, it would be a dispute in the backyard of the Duke’s Mansion.

Originally, it was Ning Zuan’s lack of strict management that caused the trouble, and it had nothing to do with the imperial power struggle, so even if they made a bigger scene, they would only let them make a scene. The Emperor had too many things to worry about. If he even had to worry about a minister’s inner courtyard, he, the Emperor, would be too useless.

Although Ning Huaiyuan was a man, since he had interfered in this kind of inner courtyard struggle, then he would also belong to the scope of the inner courtyard, and Ning Xueyan didn’t think she couldn’t deal with Ning Huaiyuan. If she couldn’t even deal with Ning Huaiyuan, then in the even larger, deeper Prince Yi’s Mansion in the future, she would only be courting death.

“Alright, then This King will wait and see!” Ao Chenyi saw a trace of persistence in her watery eyes with mist, slowly slid his fingers across her nostrils, smiled, and suddenly changed the subject, “Have you finished making This King’s wedding attire?”

“Almost.” Ning Xueyan said this with some guilt. It was almost done, but now she had delayed, and it was really delaying many things. It really wouldn’t be good in a while. This robe was embroidered by herself, and she didn’t rely on others. Although she felt that he wouldn’t wear it, she still did it herself. Now that she had been on the mountain for a while, it wouldn’t be fast either.

“If you really can’t make it in time, then let the maidservants in the mansion embroider it first. Remember to deliver it to This King’s mansion one day before the wedding, otherwise, This King will not forgive you.” Ao Chenyi’s handsome corner of the mouth hooked, revealing a smile, looked askance at Ning Xueyan, and the warning was obvious.

“Understood,” Ning Xueyan secretly pouted. She really didn’t know why he was so persistent. Suddenly, she pulled his sleeve and curiously asked, “Why did you come over like this? What about your favored Concubine? Didn’t you say she was seriously ill, and you hurried down the mountain to see her?”

She still felt strange. Before he left, he told her that he might not be able to come over for a while. How could he suddenly appear in Ning Qingshan’s Courtyard? She didn’t think it was a coincidence.

“This morning, I heard that Ao Mingyu hurried up the mountain, reportedly to see his unborn Concubine, he didn’t come to see her when she fell before, and after so many days, he remembered, and then he was in a hurry.” Ao Chenyi said carelessly, stretched out a finger, and wrapped it around Ning Xueyan’s jet-black hair, mocking, “Could it be that, after so many days, Ao Mingyu just discovered how good his Concubine is?”

Ning Xueyan agreed with this, but then disagreed and said, “So you put down your favored Concubine and came over?”

Was this the trend of putting her on a fire to roast? Before, Ao Chenyi had only rescued her for a while, and Princess Xianyun threw down the dowry on hand, and rushed to the mountain. If it was found that she was different to Ao Chenyi, then in Prince Yi’s Mansion, she would become a living Target.