Chapter 318: Petals In The Bathing Water

“Aunt, I want this bitch’s life, I want this bitch’s life.” On Ning Qingshan’s beautiful face, only a fierce expression remained.

Looking at the tightly bound hand, the agonizing pain surged, but what surged even more was the gloomy cold hate and anger in her eyes. Hearing the Imperial Physician say that this hand was almost useless, Ning Qingshan’s ears only contained the three words “Ning Xueyan.” It was this bitch who ruined her hand, it was she who ruined her path to success.

“Qinger, at this time, we cannot move her yet, we will talk about it after some time.” Noble Consort Ya sighed and held her other hand, which was not injured, and advised.

“Aunt, wait after some time? When? Could it be to wait until she marries Cousin as well? Aunt, I will not agree to her marrying Cousin.” Ning Qingshan gritted her teeth, her eyes gloomily cold as she looked at Noble Consort Ya, a fierce look flashed across her face like an evil ghost. She was unwilling, how could she be willing? Clearly, she was the Third Prince’s Principal Wife, how did she become a Concubine?

Why, just because Ning Xueyan, this little bitch, harmed her, caused her to be looked down upon by the Emperor, who unexpectedly issued a decree forbidding the Third Prince to take her as his Principal Wife, feeling that her current reputation was a disgrace to the Royal Family? She was unwilling, she would never be willing. For so many years, she had always known that she wanted to marry the Third Prince and sincerely wanted to marry the Third Prince.

Even if she had schemed with Noble Consort Ya before, it was only to leave her figure in his heart. For him, she deliberately endured for three years, three years of tranquility and nothingness, just for a good reputation, to be worthy of him, but unfortunately in the end, just a little bit, when she was just a little bit away, she unexpectedly went from being the Principal Wife to a Concubine.

How could she be willing!

Even if it was Noble Consort Ya before her, it was impossible to extinguish the hate and anger in her heart, she just felt that she was about to explode. She did not allow it, did not allow the Third Prince to marry other women as Principal Wives, did not allow it. Noble Consort Ya’s intentional or unintentional implication was that the Third Prince wanted to marry Ning Xueyan as a Concubine.

Anger broke through reason, that lovely face almost twisted, for the first time openly refusing Noble Consort Ya, a hint of madness flashed in her eyes.

“Shan’er, don’t be like this, the Emperor has already issued the order, it’s hard to defy an imperial decree.” Seeing Ning Qingshan like this, Noble Consort Ya said helplessly, she was really helpless. Originally, she couldn’t bring herself to say the words that would make Ning Qingshan a Concubine instead of Principal Wife. She hadn’t expected that it would cause such a strong backlash from Ning Qingshan.

Seeing the frantic, hateful eyes, Noble Consort Ya still felt guilty. She sincerely wanted Ning Qingshan to become her daughter-in-law, on the one hand because Ning Qingshan was not only her own blood relative, but also because of Ning Qingshan’s current identity, which could better help her son.

Of course, there were even some other reasons in here, so in Noble Consort Ya’s opinion, regardless of the aspects, Ning Qingshan was extremely suitable to marry Ao Mingyu, but unfortunately Ao Mingyu was unwilling, only willing to marry her as a Concubine. The events of that year and the rumors outside all became excuses for Ao Mingyu’s opposition.

But she, as a mother, couldn’t say she disagreed, couldn’t she force her own son? Of course, when Noble Consort Ya got the candidate for Ao Mingyu’s Principal Wife, she also thought about it, and felt that Ao Mingyu’s idea was not bad. Mu Ling, from the overall point of view, was indeed very suitable for her son.

One Principal Wife, one Concubine, both were suitable candidates. It was best for them to marry her son together. As for Ning Xueyan, Noble Consort Ya couldn’t look upon her from any aspect, but didn’t her son like her? The others all maintained benefits, and only giving out the position of a Concubine didn’t seem like anything.

Even if Noble Consort Ya was not happy, for her son’s sake, she could only let it go, but now it seemed that Ning Qingshan was unwilling to let it go. Judging from her current situation, she clearly vented all her anger on Ning Xueyan. This was what Noble Consort Ya both wanted to see and didn’t want to see.

Even Noble Consort Ya herself didn’t know whether she wanted it or not. Actually, whether or not today’s matter happened, Ning Qingshan’s position as Principal Wife was already impossible. But now that it was said, the timing of this was exactly Ning Xueyan. It would be strange if Ning Qingshan didn’t vent her anger on her.

After all, she was her own cousin, and she felt guilty towards her. Noble Consort Ya would of course be willing to satisfy her at this time. In general, she also didn’t have a good impression of Ning Xueyan. As for her son, even if something happened to Ning Xueyan, Ning Qingshan was such an important person, her son would always know what was important and what wasn’t.

“Aunt, I want this bitch to have an even more miserable end!”

“Alright, I will see if there is an opportunity. You should rest well now, and wait for my news.”

“This is the flowers your Young Lady wants.”

“Here are the flowers your Young Lady wants.”

“These are the flowers your Young Lady wants.” The Palace Maids would say such a sentence after delivering the flower baskets to each Young Lady, and then respectfully retreat. Who could have predicted whether the current candidate would become their own Master in the future? It was still best to be careful.

Lan Ning looked at the fresh flowers in her hand, and then looked at the basket in the other maidservant’s hand, and lifted her skirt hem and went in.

Inside the room, behind the screen, Ning Xueyan was bathing. She always bathed alone and didn’t need anyone to serve her.

“Young Lady, the Imperial Palace has sent fresh flowers, do you want to sprinkle some in for you?” Lan Ning asked from outside the screen, holding the basket. Bathing with fresh flowers was not a big deal among the noble ladies of various households. Even in winter, some noble ladies would use the fresh flowers produced in their own greenhouses to bathe.

It was already spring at this time, and some of the early spring flowers outside had also bloomed. It was believed that there would be even more flowers in the Imperial Palace, and it didn’t matter even if more flowers were sent.

“No need, just put them outside.” Ning Xueyan turned her head towards the screen. The flowers were very fragrant, and there was a light fragrance between her nostrils, drifting in. Taking a bath with such fragrant flowers, her body would naturally carry a kind of fragrance, which was very beneficial for tomorrow’s screening.

Fresh flowers naturally had fragrance, but one of the fragrances was very faint. If Ning Xueyan wasn’t familiar with this fragrance, she really wouldn’t be able to smell it, but unfortunately, she knew it. The corner of her mouth silently lifted, it seemed that Noble Consort Ya had still taken action against her. She didn’t expect her to be so anxious.

Ning Xueyan of course didn’t know at this time that Noble Consort Ya used this matter to pull Ning Qingshan’s position as the Principal Wife to that of Concubine. In order to comfort Ning Qingshan, she would of course help her deal with herself. Fortunately, Ning Xueyan wasn’t too surprised. Noble Consort Ya was Ning Qingshan’s aunt, and Ning Qingshan’s hand was injured like that, and she also lost face in this way, it would be strange if she didn’t come after her.

She was worried that she couldn’t think of a method, this was perfect!

After washing, Ning Xueyan got up, wiped herself dry, put on her clothes, and then called Lan Ning in. She threw all the fresh flowers in the basket into the bathwater to soak. When she had finished tidying herself up, Lan Ning also helped her dry her long hair, and only then did Ning Xueyan walk in front of the bathtub and stand still.

The warm water, reflecting the red flowers in the pool, was bewitching and gorgeous. She inexplicably thought of the black Royal Robe embroidered with the crimson Manjusawa, those flowers were more beautiful than the flowers in the pool. If she used those Manjusawa that bloomed in Hell to bathe, maybe Noble Consort Ya wouldn’t have to bother anymore, and could directly take her life!

Thinking such thoughts in her heart, she picked up a clean, wet towel, lifted her sleeves, and slightly moistened the towel with water, washing the backs of her hands and her wrists. Then she put down the rag in her hand, thought about it, picked it up again, and slightly wiped her chin.

“Young Lady, is something wrong with these flowers?” Lan Ning also saw some problems and asked.

“It’s fine, even if something is wrong, it doesn’t matter. Have someone pour this water out.” Ning Xueyan smiled leisurely, and threw the towel in her hand into the water.

Seeing Ning Xueyan’s attitude, knowing that her Young Lady had already planned something, Lan Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately called two Eunuchs in from outside to pour out the bathwater.

Suyugong Palace had sent a few Palace Maids to help those Candidates pour out the bathwater, after all, each Candidate only brought one Head Maidservant when entering the palace, and those Head Maidservants were usually pampered, where would they be able to move the bathwater?

Seeing the fresh flowers soaking in the bathwater, sometimes floating and sometimes sinking, the color of the flowers showed that they had been soaked for some time. The two Eunuchs looked at each other, and then poured the bathtub into a bucket on the side, deftly emptied their hands, and the two of them carried the bucket and went out.

After the water was poured out, an Eunuch secretly went out through the back door, and spoke a few words to a Palace Maid waiting there. The Palace Maid nodded and passed a silver note in her arms. The Eunuch smiled with joy. Just looking at the bathwater to see if there were any petals, he could have this sweetness. The Eunuch was so happy that he couldn’t see his teeth.

Early the next morning, the Candidates from each room were waiting there early. The well-informed Noble Ladies already knew that today’s selection was crucial, and each of them was full of energy and waited in their rooms. When the Manager Nurse came out to call them, they went out beautifully dressed.

The Manager Nurse led them along the way, and even took them around most of the Imperial Garden. Along the way, they saw the flowers on the branches had all emerged, and they were very beautiful. The Candidates could hardly walk, and they walked along the way and looked along the way. The Manager Nurse didn’t really care about them either, and they were even more excited and couldn’t walk.

Ning Xueyan hung at the back of the team, walking unhurriedly, stopping from time to time to look at the fresh flowers. When she arrived at the door of a Palace Gate, she stopped. The people slowly walked forward. Ning Xueyan hadn’t seen this scene, but she strangely knew what they were doing, because in her Previous Life, her Mother had occasionally mentioned the selection, and she was particularly curious then and asked many questions.

But she only asked back then, she didn’t expect that her Mother would actually know, and what she didn’t expect was that one day, she was actually sent here.

All the Nurses were guarding here. Two Nurses guarded the Main Entrance. Everything inside was blocked behind the screen. One person went in, and the door closed. The heavy curtain blocked everything, and it was impossible to see what was inside. After waiting a moment, a Candidate came out, her face was red, she was shy, and she didn’t look at anyone. She lowered her head and followed the Nurse out.