The Devious First-Daughter

Chapter 163 Elder Brother, It had been Three Years since We Parted

What she said seemed natural and reasonable.

Before Ning Qingshan returned to the mandor, Madam Dowager had known that Ning Xueyan was scalded the night before, so it couldn’t be false.

A small burn wouldn’t be a big deal if Ning Qingshan didn’t grab her hand forcefully. Compare to Ning Xueyan, Ning Qingshan seemed exaggeratedly warm and it even felt like she was making a fuss. Everyone would think that she did it deliberately, and when they thought further, they would be more confused.

What did Ning Qingshan mean? Thinking about what Ning Xueyan had acted and spoken, they vaguely felt that Ning Qingshan had gone too far!

Madam Dowager’s face went dark, and Ning Huaiyuan looked at Ning Qingshan with suspicion.

Third Prince frowned. Ning Qingshan seemed to have changed a lot from three years ago!

“Sorry! I’m sorry, Fifth Sister! I really didn’t know you got injured last night. I thought that you were injured by me.” From the way everyone looked at her, Ning Qingshan knew that they were mad at her. But she was a quick-witted girl, and she immediately pretended to be guilty and began to apologize ‘sincerely’. She also managed to shed a few tears to convince others of her sincerity.

If nobody saw what happened just now, they would believe that Ning Qingshan apologized to Ning Xueyan from the bottom of her heart. However, they couldn’t help but be suspicious that she was so warmhearted to ask the doctor to come because she suspected that Ning Xueyan was lying.

“Well, since the injury is not serious, Third Young Lady and Fifth Young lady, you can go to worship your mom now. After that, come back to have dinner with me. Don’t keep me waiting too long,” Madam Dowager said. She had always fond of Ning Qingshan. Even though she wasn’t satisfied with what Ning Qingshan had done just now, she didn’t blame her. Furthermore, Third Prince was still here.

“Got it, Grandmother,” Ning Qingshan answered and then she reached out to hold Ning Xueyan’s arm carefully. When she touched her hand, she smiled awkwardly. “Fifth Sister, are you sure that the injury isn’t serious? If you can’t go with me, just ask your maid to guide me there. I was in such a hurry that I didn’t notice that your hand got injured,” she said softly.

She looked so gentle and quite different from the way she spoke just now. Besides, she admitted her mistakes frankly, without any concealment. It was easy to win people’s favor.

Ning Xueyan praised her inwardly. Ning Qingshan appeared to make a concession, but in fact she did it in order to win back favor. She was a person of deep mind!

Hearing what she said, everyone in the present looked a little softer.

“Third Sister, I’m all right. Let’s go!” Ning Xueyan let Ning Qingshan hold her arm and smiled slightly. Her hand was not hurt at all, so she didn’t want to talk about it anymore.

“Grandmother, Third Prince, elder brother, I’ll leave for a while with Fifth sister,” Ning Qingshan bowed to them and then left the room with Ning Xueyan.

After burning incense and worshiping Madam Ming, Ning Qingshan went to Foggy Courtyard to change her clothes.

When she walked into the room, Xia’er, the maid following her said angrily, “Young Lady, Fifth Young Lady went too far to have treated you like that! Madam Ming is only a concubine, but it seems they all treat her like she is a principle wife! Everybody knows that she is only a concubine!”

She stood behind Ning Qingshan just now. When she watched her Young Lady in an awkward position, she almost jumped out to speak for her. But before coming back to the manor, Ning Qingshan had told her not to speak in public. Otherwise, she would have fought for her Young Lady in front of those people.

In Xia’er’s mind, Ning Qingshan was the noblest, and neither Madam Ling nor Madam Ming could match with her. Of course she couldn’t bear the noblest person in her heart to worship a concubine.

The smile on Ning Qingshan’s charming face had been replaced by coldness. Her expression at the moment was quite different from her gentle expression just now. She looked down upon Ning Xueyan in the heart. She thought the coward who had been hiding in Bright Frost Garden would die at Ning Yuling’s hands finally.

She had always concerned about what happened in the Lord Protector’s Manor.