Ch 498: This Is His Mission

“Master, do you want to go to Grand Tutor Ya’s Mansion and investigate the situation?” The white-clad woman stood behind him, and could clearly see the situation outside the window. At this moment, she bent down and asked cautiously.

“No need to go. Indeed, Ao Mingwan was the one who did it. It’s a pity that his cleverness backfired, and he dragged his own cousin sister into this.” A handsome corner of the mouth hooked, a trace of bewitching smile, and picked up a glass of wine, and drank it all in one gulp, and then his hand went to the side of the wine pot.

“Master, drinking too much wine is bad for your health.” The white-clad woman’s eyes glanced over the wine pot and advised cautiously.

“It’s alright, I’m happy today.” His hand still held the wine pot, and another glass of wine was poured into the wine cup, splashing clear water stains, and a few drops fell on the tabletop.

“Master, do you still want to protect Third Young Lady Ning?” The white-clad woman dared not advise anymore, lowered her head, and looked at her own toes. Her own master looked like this now, it didn’t seem like he was very happy, so her words became even more cautious.

“As long as there is no danger to life, let her be. Her life must be kept for the time being, I still have use for her.” The master didn’t drink the wine directly this time, the exquisite peach blossom eyes looked out the window, at a certain place, as if affectionate, and as if without affection.

“Then… then Fifth Miss Ning… over there…” The white-clad woman secretly glanced at him, and lowered her voice even more. She really didn’t understand what her master meant. Clearly, this Fifth Miss Ning wasn’t the person her master was looking for, so why was her master different towards her?

Could it be that there was some hidden circumstance that she didn’t know?

But she was the confidante of the Young Master, how could there be any hidden circumstance she didn’t know about!

“That matter over there, don’t care too much. You only need to pay attention to Qingshan Ning. Don’t let me see anyone else casually interfere with other things.” A cold snort, not very strong, but with a strong aura, it pressed down on the white-clad woman, pressing her legs soft, and she involuntarily knelt down.

“Subordinate dare not!” Lowering her head, she forcefully swallowed the fishy smell in her chest, the white-clad woman lowered her head. She knew this was a warning to her, warning her about her excessive interference in certain matters.

“You go down!” Underneath the complexion, a pair of eyes seemed to contain affection, yet also seemed to be without affection. He lightly glanced over the white-clad woman whose corner of the mouth was stained with a trace of blood, and casually waved his hand.

“Yes, subordinate excuses herself.” The white-clad woman forced herself to stand up, dared not say anything more, lowered her head and retreated, and when she got to the doorway, she secretly looked up and found that he was standing at the window, half-turned, and from there, she saw that handsome face, which seemed to be full of smiles and affection, revealed a faint coldness.

He was standing there, with the exquisite beauty of city-toppling, that kind of noble aura from the bones, even if he was just standing there casually, it could let people clearly feel. She was almost dazed, looking at his handsome side profile, suddenly a cold snort came, and she dared not peek again, restraining the dazedness in her eyes, a trace of bitterness rose in her heart.

She slowly retreated down, standing at the stairwell, and was gloom.

She was the one who had accompanied him the longest, why had he never paid attention to her? Before it was Ning Ziying, later it was Qingshan Ning, now it was Ning Xueyan…

Especially this current Ning Xueyan, she didn’t know why the Young Master would notice her, she was neither a princess of the previous dynasty, nor did she have much contact with the previous dynasty. Even if her birth mother was a noble lady of the previous dynasty, and had a good relationship with the former dynasty empress, so what? Were there few noble ladies left over from the previous dynasty!

Why was it her! What good things did she have? A weak woman who couldn’t do anything, what could she help the Young Master with? Why the night before, the Young Master unexpectedly wanted to take action, to kidnap the person, even to have the personnel brought back, if not for the advisor beside the Young Master’s persuasion, now or…

This made the woman feel both jealous and hatred in her heart, and she sadly looked at the slightly closed door again, and stepped on the stairs and went down in a low voice.

Inside the room, the man with exquisite beauty at the window looked for a moment, and suddenly the eyebrows and eyes were re-dyed with a trace of city-toppling smile, appearing both affectionate and gentle. If those young girls of youth saw it, they would inevitably stir up their own heart of a young girl, and they wouldn’t move on their own, but if you look closely, you can see a clear sadness.

He walked to the table, sat down, picked up the wine cup from before, and drank it all in one gulp.

Some things, one has to do, that is his mission!

Ning Xueyan woke up the next day from the Pear Blossom Courtyard, she didn’t know when she fell asleep.

“Master, you’re awake. Madam Consort has come to ask a few times, and has asked you to go over.” Hearing the sound on the bed, Lan Ning came over to lift the curtain, and whispered.

Ning Xueyan blinked, looked at everything around her, and then confirmed that this was the Pear Blossom Courtyard, and her heart slightly relaxed a breath, although she knew that she shouldn’t be in the Fragrant Garden, she was still a little nervous. The matter of the favored concubine was her and Ao Chenyi’s secret, especially at this time, it must not be known by Princess Xianyun.

Ning Xueyan was not quite used to the address “Master” for a moment, especially when she had just woken up, she couldn’t help but sit on the bed, and thought about it, this address seemed to be when she was being led into the bridal chamber, the people in Prince’s Mansion, they just called her that way. At that time, she was still wondering, shouldn’t she be called “Madam Concubine”!

However, in her heart, she felt that the two words “Master” were indeed much better than “Madam Concubine”.

“What did you say to the people from Madam Consort’s side?” Ning Xueyan asked while getting up.

“This servant only said that last night, master slept very late, so she hasn’t woken up yet, and asked them to tell Madam Consort that when master wakes up, she will go over immediately.” Lan Ning helped Ning Xueyan to sit down in front of the dressing table. Last night, Ning Xueyan wasn’t here, and Qingyu and Lan Ning naturally knew. The two of them were originally Ning Xueyan’s personal maids, and it was normal for them to stay up all night.

The several maidservants sent from the Prince’s Mansion were all outside, and no one knew that Ning Xueyan wasn’t in the Pear Blossom Courtyard last night.

The person in the mirror still looked pale and weak, and she indeed hadn’t slept well last night, but it was just because she changed beds all of a sudden, and there was another person on the bed, she hadn’t slept well for a while, so she also looked quite wan, and coupled with the slightly swollen area on the corner of her mouth, and broken skin, and a scar on it.

One look and you could tell it was bitten by her last night.

On the wedding day, what she got was Ao Chenyi going to the favored concubine’s place for the night, anyone would be sad, and wronged.

After washing and grooming, she only wore a hair bun, and a jade hairpin with a lily flower, and changed out of the great joy wedding attire from yesterday, a pale purple dress, which was beautiful and with a hint of plainness. She was still on her wedding day now, of course, it was inconvenient to wear too plain, this was the best.

“Prince, after putting you here, he went to Madam Consort’s courtyard, and should be at Madam Consort’s place now.” After Qingyu took the water out, came back in, and reported to Ning Xueyan in a low voice.

Ning Xueyan nodded, sat down at the table, had some breakfast, and then took Qingyu to Princess Xianyun’s Xuanhui Courtyard.

It was still very messy here, leaving Lan Ning, Xinmei and Nurse Han to tidy up her things here. Nurse Han was now the manager nurse of the Pear Blossom Courtyard, and managed the Pear Blossom Courtyard with Lan Ning. With Xinmei, a person who was familiar with this, she believed that the entire Pear Blossom Courtyard would be tidied up better.

Two small eunuchs were waiting outside the courtyard gate, and when they saw Ning Xueyan coming over, they hurried over to salute and said: “This servant has seen Madam Concubine, is Madam Concubine going to see Madam Consort now?”

Ning Xueyan nodded, and the two small eunuchs quickly led the way in front. On the way, Ning Xueyan discovered that her Pear Blossom Courtyard was extremely far away from Princess Xianyun’s Xuanhui Courtyard. Not only was it far, but there was also a large garden in between. Going this way, she really didn’t feel it was any closer than before, from Mingshuang Courtyard to Old Madam’s Xiangfu Garden.

Or even further.

But from the overall layout of Prince Yi’s Mansion, Prince Yi’s Mansion was several times larger than Duke’s Mansion, so even if her Pear Blossom Courtyard and Princess Xianyun’s Xuanhui Courtyard were so far apart, neither of the two gardens were on the corner, it could still be considered the center of the mansion.

Along the way, Prince Yi’s Mansion was very quiet. Whether it was the maidservants, the old women, or the small eunuchs, they all lowered their heads, respectfully standing on the side and saluting. It wasn’t like in Duke’s Mansion, where, because she was ignored on the first day, the servants in the mansion all looked down on her, and despised her.

This feeling made Ning Xueyan feel a lot more comfortable. No matter what, the inner courtyard of Prince Yi’s Mansion was better than she had imagined.

It was also very quiet in the Xuanhui Courtyard. Several maidservants were standing at the doorway. Several were dressed like Prince Yi’s, and some were not. They should be brought by Princess Xianyun. Seeing Ning Xueyan coming with Qingyu, the maidservant who was guarding the innermost part, seemed to go in to report, but was pulled by another maidservant.

“Prince, Madam Consort is inside, please go in, Madam Concubine.” Xiangrong came out, smiling and saluting Ning Xueyan, impassively glanced at Ning Xueyan, and pointed to the room with the beaded curtain.

Ning Xueyan looked around, and didn’t find anyone else coming, so she let Qingyu also stand outside the beaded curtain. She had seen this maidservant, it should be Princess Xianyun’s personal maid. Since Princess Xianyun’s maidservant was waiting outside, Qingyu naturally wouldn’t be able to go in at this time.

The two small eunuchs had been waiting at the courtyard entrance outside, and didn’t go in at all.

She lifted the curtain and went in. She saw that Ao Chenyi was sitting in the middle, and not the two large chairs side by side as she had imagined. Princess Xianyun was standing on the side, as if she was saying something. Seeing Ning Xueyan come in, her gaze swept over Ning Xueyan’s somewhat wan face, and she specifically noted the corner of her mouth for a while, and a trace of joy flashed in her eyes.

“Cousin…” Princess Xianyun’s words were only half-spoken, when she was impatiently interrupted by Ao Chenyi.

“It’s really annoying, I still have something to do, don’t delay time.” Ao Chenyi looked at Princess Xianyun with a slight smile, the sharply defined lips hooked out a bit of eerie, making people feel a sense of grim atmosphere, the temperature in the whole room, was lowered a few degrees.