Chapter 81: Madam, This Is The Duke’s Mansion

Ling Yi was restless, pacing back and forth in the room, causing the boy servant following behind him to become dizzy.

“Young Master, don’t be anxious. Fifth Miss will be here soon. If you keep pacing like this, this servant will get dizzy,” the boy servant couldn’t help but say.

This was a pavilion next to the water, on the fork in the road leading from Mingshuang Courtyard to Qingrong Courtyard.

Ning Xueyan coming from Mingshuang Courtyard would certainly pass this remote place. In front of the small path, Ning Yuling’s maidservant was already waiting, just to say Ning Yuling was here, and trick Ning Xueyan into coming over.

“Go see if Fifth Miss has arrived?” Ling Yi’s heartbeat quickened, and he couldn’t sit still at the thought of the beauty soon belonging to him.

“Young Master, Fifth Miss is here!” The boy servant suddenly shouted excitedly, waving to him from the crack in the door.

Ling Yi took three steps in two, his eyes fixed on the crack in the door, and he couldn’t look away immediately.

The young girl, wearing a plain white clothes, walked into his line of sight with a graceful air. That face, which became more and more beautiful the more he looked at it, made him look at it at once. From now on, such a beauty would be his, how could he not be excited?

“Young Master, hide first,” the boy servant reminded Ling Yi.

“Mm, mm, mm!” Ling Yi was almost half-dragged by the boy servant to hide behind the screen.

Behind the screen, there was also a small side gate. The boy servant was quick and agile, going out of the small side gate and listening from behind the side gate.

“Miss, Second Miss asked you to wait here?” The door was pushed open, and Lan Ning frowned, looking at the empty room.

Ning Xueyan looked around and stepped inside. Qingyu was vigilantly guarding the doorway.

These few steps, she walked in front of the screen. Half of the room’s arrangement was blocked by the screen. It was just a common screen for court ladies. Ning Xueyan reached out and pushed, it wasn’t heavy.

She hinted to Lan Ning, and the two of them, one on the left and one on the right, pushed at the same time, the screen retreated. Ling Yi, wearing undergarments, was scared and took a step back, jumping out of his hiding place.

“Ah, there’s a thief!” Before everyone could see clearly, Lan Ning screamed. She put force on her feet and kicked the chair that was placed aside, hitting Ling Yi’s foot. He stumbled a few steps and fell to the ground, unable to help but cry out in pain.

Ning Xueyan, following her hand, pulled over a sash and threw it at Ling Yi randomly, and stepped back.

While the people outside hadn’t come in, Lan Ning stuffed the prepared letter into Ling Yi.

Several rough labor old women, upon hearing the commotion inside, as well as the man’s voice, coupled with Lan Ning’s screams, all rushed in.

“Quick, there’s actually a thief here,” Ning Xueyan said coldly, pointing at Ling Yi, who was entangled in the sash and couldn’t get his head and face out for a while, “How dare you steal things in the Duke’s Mansion, beat him, beat him hard!”

The few maidservants and old women didn’t see the person clearly, only heard the man’s voice. A male thief appeared in the inner courtyard, that was a huge matter. They all rushed to the front, afraid of falling behind, and pinned Ling Yi down, and gave him a severe beating.

These old women and maidservants all had some strength, beating Ling Yi until he screamed like a pig being slaughtered, and loudly scolded: “Rest assured, you bitches… Stop your hands, I am the Cousin Young Master.”

The words made the hands of several old women go soft, and subconsciously they turned their heads to look at Ning Xueyan.

“How could Cousin Young Master be dressed like this and appear here, look at those, aren’t they the wealth of the Duke’s Mansion?” Ning Xueyan coldly pointed at an exquisite ornament box on the table inside.

That ornament box was originally intended by Ling Yi to deceive Ning Xueyan.

But at this time, who could tell clearly, whether it was from the Ling Manor or the Duke’s Mansion, moreover, the Ling Manor was not rich, many things were originally from the Duke’s Mansion. One old woman even saw a small Ning Character on the ornament box, wasn’t he just stealing from the Duke’s Mansion.

The actions immediately became sharp again, and immediately beat Ling Yi to near death, trembling, and he couldn’t even speak.

“Don’t move, that’s our Young Master.” The boy servant, squatting at the back door, initially thought it wasn’t a big deal, so he squatted far away, but he heard the commotion inside, and thought Ning Xueyan wouldn’t comply, and secretly sneered, the Young Master still had “good things” from the brothel, this Fifth Miss had to comply whether she wanted to or not.

Just as he was listening intently, he suddenly heard his Young Master’s screams, felt something was wrong, ran over, rushed to the side gate, pushed open the side gate, rushed in, and shouted in a hurry.

In a panic, he tried to pull at the clothes of the old women, wanting to pull the people apart…

Cloud Mist Courtyard

Madam Ling was talking to her sister-in-law, Madam Qian. Madam Ling put everything about Ning Yuling on Ning Xueyan, causing Madam Qian to share her hatred, and wanted to find a way to properly punish this little slut. Madam Qian was giving Madam Ling tips, and repeatedly stated that she would never let Ning Xueyan have a good end when she met her in the future.

Madam Ling was satisfied after listening, and secretly happy in her heart.

With her words as a prefix, Madam Qian would definitely deal with Ning Xueyan.

The door curtain was lifted, and Honglian rushed in with a pale face: “First Madam, it’s not good, First Madam… Something… Something happened!”

“What happened?” Madam Ling said unhurriedly.

Thinking it was the matter of Ning Xueyan and Ling Yi together, and being discovered, it was originally a part of her plan, her face showing a smile, her expression calm.

Rather, Madam Qian, who was sitting on the side, had her complexion change.

“Cousin Young Master… Cousin Young Master had an accident, in the room over there…” Honglian was panting heavily.

She was extremely panicked. This matter was originally arranged by her. She also called the maidservants from Ning Yuling’s courtyard. Under such an arrangement, there was now a mess, and the madam wouldn’t want her life.

“What happened to Yier?” Upon hearing that her son had an accident, Madam Qian couldn’t sit still and asked anxiously.

“Cousin Young Master, was originally resting in a room on the side, who… who would have thought he bumped into Fifth Miss… Fifth Miss… let people beat Cousin Young Master heavily, now… now even his breath…”

Ning Xueyan beat Ling Yi? Madam Ling was shocked, her face immediately turned bruised, and she couldn’t help but ask: “Where is Ning Xueyan now, where is she?”

“Fifth Miss, with the maidservants… old women… a large group, all there… just waiting for First Madam to go over…” Honglian was sweating profusely in anxiety.

There, Madam Qian had already stood up, and couldn’t bother to say more to Madam Ling, and rushed out in a hurry.

Madam Ling’s face turned green for a moment, then white for a moment, and finally stomped her feet, bit her teeth, her kind face turned ferocious, and clenched her fist and said: “Go, let’s go and see too.”

When Madam Ling and Madam Qian arrived here, Ning Xueyan was sitting on the chair in the center of the room, and Ling Yi, who was half-dead from being beaten, was still lying on the ground.

Hearing the sound of tinkling ornaments, they saw Madam Ling appearing at the doorway with a woman who was dressed equally gorgeously. This person had high-set eyes, her face was not outstanding, and there was a hint of sharpness at the corner of her eyes. Anyone could tell that she was not a good person to get along with.

Upon seeing Ling Yi lying on the ground, she rushed over and embraced him.

“Xueyan, what’s going on?” Madam Ling came in, and seeing Ning Xueyan calmly sitting on a chair on the side, she was furious, her face sank: “Hurry up and pay respects to Madam Qian!”

Madam Qian was only the Minister of Personnel’s madam, but Ning Xueyan was the Direct Daughter of the Duke’s Mansion. Compared to status, it was only higher, not lower.

Madam Ling was speaking of Madam Qian, that was according to rank. Considering this, Ning Xueyan really didn’t have to pay respects to Madam Qian.

Ning Xueyan stood up, smiled slightly, and gracefully stepped back, and saluted Madam Qian: “Greetings, Madam Qian.”

Seeing her son being beaten like this, Madam Qian had no good expression either. She stood up and didn’t say “No need for formalities,” and sneered at Ning Xueyan, and didn’t speak to her, but instead sat down in the chair, and said coldly: “Who is this girl, so disrespectful?”

Madam Ling smiled slightly: “She hasn’t seen any outsiders for so many years in Mingshuang Courtyard, and she has also neglected etiquette. It makes Sister-in-law laugh.”

Only then did Madam Qian sneer: “No wonder, then I won’t bother to argue with you, get up!”

Ning Xueyan’s heart sneered. Madam Qian was being so arrogant, really treating this place like the Minister of Personnel’s Mansion. She was actually giving herself a show of force, and was no longer polite, and stood up straight.

“Did you order someone to beat Yier?” Madam Qian raised her chin and said with disdain.

The Ling Manor had become increasingly valued by the Emperor in recent years, and Madam Qian also became arrogant, and, in addition to Ning Xueyan having been bullied by Madam Ling and daughter before, Madam Qian looked down on her.

“Madam, are you referring to him? There is only this thief stealing things here, where is the madam’s son?” Ning Xueyan said faintly.

“What thief? That is the Ling Manor’s Young Master, you actually dare to insult my son,” Madam Qian was furious, and heavily patted the table, speaking aggressively.

“Madam, I really didn’t understand. How could this kind of small thief stealing things become Cousin, look at the ornament box on the table, is it from our Duke’s Mansion? How did it end up in Cousin’s hands?”

Ning Xueyan was Neither Humble Nor Arrogant, and looked at the ornament box on the table with bright ink eyes, and a mocking expression on the corner of her mouth.

This kind of thing was originally from the Duke, but was all transferred to the Ling Manor by Madam Ling. In front of so many people, she saw that Madam Qian and Madam Ling had the face to say that this ornament box was from the Ling Manor.

Madam Qian saw this ornament box, and her face was startled, and her complexion was somewhat pale, but immediately said sternly: “I wanted to imitate your mother’s ornaments, and make some gold jewelry, how can it be that in your mouth, Yier stole the ornaments from your mansion? Yier is the Young Master of the Minister of Personnel’s Mansion, how would he need to steal these things!”

Madam Qian couldn’t come down from the stage and shamelessly argued.

Imitating, even the marks above would be imitated. Such words could also be said!

“What exactly is going on?” Madam Ling’s gaze viciously turned from Ning Xueyan, to the other maidservants and old women, and angrily said.

Lan Ning stepped forward to report: “Second Miss asked Fifth Miss to come here to meet, and it happened that Miss also wanted to find a few trees in the courtyard to plant in Mingshuang Courtyard, so they came together. Who would have thought that the servants and Fifth Miss had just arrived here, and they found that someone was hiding inside sneakily…”

“What sneakily, does Yier need to sneak around to come here!” Madam Qian was furious, pointing at Lan Ning and angrily cursing.

“It wasn’t the servant girl lying. There were not only the servant girl, but others, who saw the person at that time. If you don’t believe it, madam, you can ask the others.” Lan Ning was prepared long ago, and said Unhurried.

Madam Qian was furious and reached out to hit Lan Ning on the face.

Ning Xueyan took two steps forward, and took Madam Qian’s hand, her smile faint and cold: “Madam, this is the Duke’s Mansion!”