Ch 105: Kneeling At The Mansion Gate, Beg For Forgiveness

“Father, is Concubine Ma’s matter related to Mother? Concubine Ma just now only said that this matter has a great mystery, not what I thought, and said that she would tell me clearly later when there is an opportunity.” Ning Xueyan frowned, her face full of dazedness.

Concubine Ma actually said nothing. Old Madam and Ning Zu’an looked at each other, astonished in their hearts, but also couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Old Madam’s face finally showed a hint of a smile, and she said tactfully: “This matter naturally has nothing to do with your mother, but this inner courtyard is always managed by your mother. When such a thing happens, your mother is also sad, and it is always your mother’s responsibility, isn’t it? Since Concubine Ma is falsely pregnant, Grandmother will always make her speak. She dares to deceive me, it’s really despicable!”

This is to put the blame on Concubine Ma. Knowing that behind this must be Madam Ling, in this large family, there is actually no one who truly considers her.

What blood relations, this glorious Duke’s Mansion, even every breath is cold, like a ghost prison, like a person who died unjustly, if they really had the power of revenge, this Duke’s Mansion, I’m afraid, would have been gone long ago!

“Old Madam, Old Madam, something bad has happened! Something has happened to Concubine Ma!” An old woman, before entering the courtyard, shouted in panic.

“What happened?” Seeing the old woman rushing in, Ning Zu’an’s face sank and he asked.

“Concubine Ma is poisoned. Concubine Ma was poisoned after eating the meals sent by the First Madam! This…this is not good. So many people are watching at the doorway…” The old woman gasped for breath anxiously, incoherent, and it was obvious that she was really anxious.

“Speak slowly, what exactly happened!” Old Madam snorted heavily, and also didn’t understand, she used the walking stick in her hand to tap on the ground forcefully.

“Concubine Ma was ill. The First Madam had prepared some rich meals and had someone bring them over. Concubine Ma only ate a little, and then said she was poisoned. She is now kneeling at the Mansion Gate, asking Old Madam and Duke to make the decisions for her.”

The old woman had also caught her breath, and said anxiously.

Concubine Ma actually went to the Mansion Gate to make trouble. Old Madam was so angry that she almost vomited blood. Trembling, she stood up and said sharply: “Go, go with me to see what exactly is going on. This matter hasn’t been resolved yet, and what is this making a fuss about again.”

When Old Madam was mobilized, most of the servants of Xiangfu Garden naturally followed. Ning Xueyan stood beside Old Madam, helping her to go out together. In the chaos, no one noticed that Lan Ning went back to Mingshuang Garden with a food basket.

At the main entrance of the Duke’s Mansion, a large group of idlers surrounded, pointing at Concubine Ma who was kneeling in the Mansion Gate.

Concubine Ma had disheveled hair, a haggard appearance, a pale complexion, blood dripping from the corner of her mouth, and was miserable!

“Concubine Ma, what exactly is going on with you?” Old Madam said in a deep voice as she looked at Concubine Ma.

“Reporting to Old Madam, please let Old Madam make the decisions for this servant. Although this servant’s status is low, she is also a human life. How can the First Madam want to kill and then kill? Even if this servant is really wrong, I must let this servant die with understanding. Even if this servant goes to the Underworld, she will be a clear ghost!”

“What is it that you don’t understand? Alright, what is this? Get up first, go inside and talk. Your body was originally not well, don’t make yourself sick a few more points.” Old Madam instructed two old women to come and support Concubine Ma, and they wanted to help her in.

The meaning of the words, naturally, was that Concubine Ma was making a fuss, completely ignoring the fresh blood at the corner of Concubine Ma’s mouth.

If she was taken inside, whether she lived or died, wasn’t it all up to Old Madam’s words? Since Concubine Ma dared to make trouble, of course, she had also thrown caution to the wind. How could she let the two old women pull her away? She suddenly pushed away the two old women, her face contorted into a miserable smile, and turned to Ning Zu’an.

“Duke, this servant knows that my life is thin, and my relationship with Duke is short. If there is a next life, in the next life, I will be a long-lasting Husband and Wife with Duke, without the First Madam’s harm and plot against, from then on, love will last forever.”

Saying this, she actually stood up, covered her sleeves over her head, and bumped into the steps on the side.

Old Madam and others, where did they expect that she was so fierce, and for a moment, she didn’t even hold her back, letting her rush towards the stone steps. Ning Zu’an was, after all, a military general, and his reaction was also quick. With a flash of his body, he quickly blocked in front of Concubine Ma. Concubine Ma bumped into him like this, right into his arms.

Letting a concubine say some unclear words, and then she crashed into the wall and died, doesn’t the Duke’s Mansion still want face?

“Duke…you…you should still let this servant die, also…also to avoid the First Madam…always not letting go of this servant!” Concubine Ma took advantage of the situation and pulled Ning Zu’an’s robe, crying uncontrollably. Her shoulders trembled slightly. A hibiscus flower face, was even tears like pear blossoms. She was pitiful, and seeing Ning Zu’an’s heart softened.

A hero is saddened by a beauty, not to mention this beauty, who is so deeply affectionate and righteous, so chaste and devoted. Which man wouldn’t like it? Even if they really don’t like it, at least their vanity is satisfied.

“Alright, what is it, can’t we talk it out, why do we have to make it like this!” Ning Zu’an frowned.

Seeing Old Madam, who was standing on the side, was about to speak to stop her, Concubine Ma, preempted, cried.

“Duke…You…You should still not ask!”

Words are often brought out like this, the more you are not allowed to say, the more you want to know.

“Why not ask, could it be that you have done something to let me down?” Seeing that Concubine Ma was unwilling to speak, Ning Zu’an’s suspicion came up, and he suddenly remembered what Madam Ling had said to him yesterday, and his face became cold and stern.

Seeing his unfriendly expression, Concubine Ma knew that she had guessed right. That Bitch Madam Ling, actually really told Ning Zu’an everything about her, this was to push everything on herself, and put herself in a death.

“Duke, today this servant was ill in bed and had not eaten yet. The First Madam ordered someone to send a food basket. This servant was overjoyed, but because my body was not well, I only ate a few mouthfuls, fortunately it was only a few mouthfuls…otherwise, Duke would…would not see this servant!” Concubine Ma cried again.

The blood from the corner of her mouth and the tears fell together, how pitiful!

“The Duke’s Mansion’s First Madam wants to harm a concubine, how pitiful!”

“Didn’t they say that this Duchess has a very good heart? Why is she so intolerant now?”

“That was the news before, this Duchess’s heart is black. She made a scandal a while ago, turning a funeral into a wedding, wasn’t that Duchess who did it? I heard that the death of the Duke’s Mansion’s Second Madam is also related to that Duchess, and before, it was said that she poisoned the medicine of the Second Madam’s daughter…”

“There is such a vicious woman, she should have been divorced long ago!”…

“Nonsense, how could the Madam harm you, it was clearly you…” Ning Zu’an’s forehead jumped, his eyes widened, but he finally didn’t say that sentence. Which man can admit in front of so many people that he was wearing a green hat from his own concubine.

“Duke, what is it about this servant? Did this servant do something that made the First Madam misunderstand? So she would give me the poison and want to harm this servant’s life, Duke, you tell this servant, where did this servant go wrong? After Duke finishes speaking, this servant will eat these meals and end myself.”

Everyone followed Concubine Ma’s words and fell to the ground. Sure enough, there was a food basket at Concubine Ma’s feet. The top of a plate of dishes still had bloodstains, and a silver needle fell to the side. The tip of the needle was black, and it was obvious that this dish was poisonous.

Concubine Ma’s words were very sharp. There was no doubt about Madam Ling’s poisoning, and she just kept asking where she was wrong.

“What nonsense are you talking!” Ning Zu’an was angered by the questions, and with one kick, he overturned the food basket. The overturned food basket flew in front of the surrounding crowd, and the food inside fell to the ground, in a mess. Some of the good-hearted people took out a silver needle to test it, and it was all poisonous.

“It’s really poisoned!”

“That woman is really black, she can’t even tolerate a concubine.”

“I heard that her two daughters, both have the same moral conduct, have long been having an affair with someone, before marriage they have been with other men, and yesterday, they didn’t even say that they lost a child, and I don’t know if they also gave the Eldest Young Master of the Xia Mansion a green hat!”

The facts were in front of them, and the words were getting uglier and uglier.

“Concubine, don’t be in a hurry, let’s go inside and talk. If a family makes trouble at the Mansion Gate, it will only make others laugh.” Ning Xueyan walked out from behind Old Madam, who was trembling with anger, and helped Concubine Ma a little, smiling and advising.

She said this and made Old Madam feel very comfortable. She nodded and looked at Ning Xueyan with satisfaction, and her complexion also softened: “Concubine Ma, go inside and talk. If you are not wrong, I will never let anyone harm you.”

“Duke…” After Old Madam advised, Concubine Ma also understood the situation and turned her head, looking at Ning Zu’an, her eyes were both wronged and sad, and also contained deep affection that could not be dissolved. For a moment, Ning Zu’an couldn’t vent his anger.

He said stiffly: “Go inside and talk!”

Seeing that Concubine Ma was already moved, the two old women immediately came over with eagerness, and supported Concubine Ma on both sides, and went inside.

This time, it went very smoothly. The group of people entered the Duke’s Mansion’s gate, and only blocked all the passersby outside the door.

Entering the door, closing the main gate, everyone went to Old Madam’s Xiangfu Garden. Entering the door, most of the servants were moved out, leaving only a few confidantes. Old Madam specially went to call Biyun, the maidservant who was following Concubine Ma yesterday, and Madam Ling, from the Buddha Hall, was also brought over.

This is to have a three-way trial, face-to-face, and directly confront each other.

Concubine Ma felt a little weak in her heart, and subconsciously looked at Ning Xueyan on the side. The slender young girl, her face was calm without a trace of waves. Sensing that Concubine Ma was looking at her, she turned her head, her deep and mysterious eyes, like black jade, but also like the lotus seeds soaked in a thousand-year-old ice cold pond, cold and ice cold.

She slightly tilted the corner of her mouth and gave Concubine Ma a smile with unclear meaning.

So delicate and slender, exquisitely beautiful, but with a kind of eeriness, which made Concubine Ma think of a kind of spider she had heard of before. She heard that that kind of slender spider, in its lifetime, would only spin webs, but it could take human lives invisibly.

There was a feeling of not feeling cold but being terrified!

As if everything was in her control, was such a woman really a transparent Fifth Miss in the Duke’s Mansion for so many years…

The weak are prey to the strong. Fifth Miss, no matter where you look at her, seems to be the kind of person who preys on prey. Anyone who wants to infringe upon her, will die under her sharp claws…