The Devious First-Daughter

Was this the justice he imposed? No room for negotiation. The discrepancy on power between him and her was like the distance between sky and earth, Ning Xueyan got nothing to say.

Before Ning Xueyan could say anything, he fleed away and disappeared on her after letting those words out, leaving the window widely open and the cold blast gusting into the room.

Ning Xueyan had to suck it up. She stood up, walked over, and closed the window. Accompanied by the serene night, cradled by the warm quilt, she sat there for a long time before finally drifting off.

”Young Lady, I thought you got much better last night. How come the fever come back again? ”

”What do you say if I ask a master to have a look on you?”

”Iʼm afraid thatʼs not possible. Iʼve heard that Prince Yi is listening to the chants. No one would be allowed to leave at the moment. How about I go down the mountain and look for a doctor to take a look at you? Young Lady, you need to be cautiously taken care of to get your illness under control.”

Laying in bed, Ning Xueyan was too weak to open her eyes and respond by moving her eyelashes fully. With Lanning and Qingyuʼs voices echoing in her ear, she felt like herself floating further and closer, and suddenly had no grasp of where she was.

”The Young Lady woke up. The Young Lady woke up.” Two maidservants also saw Ning Xueyan open her eyes, all hurled themselves to her, and reported concernedly.

”Am I getting worse?” Ning Xueyan could barely make a sound after clearing her throat. She squeezed a bitter smile to herself. It is lucky enough for her to be able to wake up after standing outside for a long time on that freezing night.

”When I came checking on her, I found that her temperature was high again, and I thought Iʼd better go find a doctor at the foot of the mountain.” Lanning helped Ning Xueyan sit up. When she first came in, Ning Yuning didnʼt respond to her calling at all, and her scorching forehead astounded her.

”Leave it as it is. Last night, some naughty wind opened my window, and I caught a cold.” Ning Xueyan coughed and said in a low voice.

”I was planning on inviting a master to take your pulse, but everyone is preoccupied with chant lessons.” Qingyu was finally relieved when she saw Ning Xueyan wake up.

”Are you saying you were stopped from coming inside by the guards?” Ning Xueyan asked weakly.

”Yes. My Lady. The guards gave me this pill and implied this was from Prince Yi. Look?” Qingyu showed her a little glass bottle, with one pill inside.

This was the favor Prince Yi had promised before.

”Water, please, I shall eat this pill.” Ning Xueyan nodded and took a deep breath. Fortunately, Ao Chenyi didnʼt want to kill her. But Ao Chenyi had a swing mood, unapproachable and unpredictable. Just as last time, no one knew which word from him to believe and which not.

Fortunately, the silver lining was that for now, he had no intention of killing her.

”Young lady, we know nothing about the characteristics of the pill, your health...” Lanning suggested reluctantly, holding some thoughts to herself.

”It is fine!” Ning Xueyan laughed, received the water from Qingyu, picked up the pill and aimed it in her mouth, swallowed it with water. If Prince Yi was determined to deprive her of her life, there would be no way for her getting away with it. Besides, this pill was consisted of several valuable herbs, which could also be very helpful to her. She knew fairly enough about the quality of herbs.

She thought about what Ao Chenyi said last night. It seemed like she had to help him find that soldier medallion which belongs to the last dynasty. Since she had to be on the same board with Ao Chenyi, she would like to take advantage of his power. For somebody as shrewd, sophisticated, paranoid and unpredictable as Ao Chenyi, it certainly wouldnʼt be easy to use his power for her favor. She had to be more careful.

Requesting evils to act against their interests, and manipulating human mind were not what she was good at in her last life. However, in this life, she had to learn it from scratch.

Neither Ning Xueyan nor her had any attachment with the Lord Protectors, hence she couldnʼt care less about what the future held for the Lord Protectors.

Since she already walked into the road of revenge, she had never expected everything would go as she wished.

Alternatively, having Prince Yi on her corner was the best arrangement she could imagine in this situation where she did not have a say on anything.