The Devious First Daughter

301 - 310

“Miss, let’s go to the back room. It’s not safe here.” After running to a safe place, Xinmei stopped.

Ning Xueyan was out of breath as she ran with Xinmei. Her pale face glowed with a faint blush, and she could not speak, but only nodded. This place was indeed unsafe. It was too close to the fire, and everyone was running around. Now many Young Ladies were walking toward the back wing rooms under the escort of their maids.

The Buddha hall was all burned, so of course nobody could burn the so-called first stick of incense there.

When Ning Xueyan caught her breath, Xinmei and Qingyu escorted her to the backyard. After staying a little far away from the fire, Ning Xueyan calmed down. The guest rooms in the backyard were far away from the halls in the front, so although the front hall burned so badly, the fire could not spread to the backyard.

After turning another corner, they would arrive at the guest room zone. Many Young Ladies had come back and waited in their own rooms, while the childes had gone to the front yard to help put out the fire with their servants.

The fire was so strong that even though these Young Ladies had returned to their guest rooms, no one dared to sleep. They trembled by the window, hoping that the fire would go out soon. This night was bound to be a sleepless night.

In this weird atmosphere, Ning Xueyan did not sleep either. She sat in front of the bed for a while before walking to the window to watch the fire outside.

After sending Ning Xueyan back, Xinmei went out to inquire about information and had not returned yet, leaving Qingyu to make tea for Ning Xueyan in the outer room.

“Miss, hurry up! Something terrible happened!” The door was slammed open and Qingyu rushed in with a pale face. She pulled Ning Xueyan’s hand and ran out. “Miss, I saw some men in black rushing into the guest rooms…” she whispered breathlessly.

Before she could finish speaking, they heard a sharp scream coming from the courtyard next to them.

“Miss, run!” Hearing the scream, Qingyu sped up and pulled Ning Xueyan out of the room. Meanwhile, all the other Young Ladies who had heard the scream also ran out. However, they suddenly saw a group of men in black rushing to them with sharp swords in their hands. The Young Ladies immediately scattered, screaming.

The men in black also scattered to chase them.

Since there were assassins in the guest rooms, no one would dare to stay here. Besides, there were only women in the backyard, and men had gone to the front yard to put up the fire.

Holding Qingyu’s hand tightly, Ning Xueyan did not escape. She hid in the shadow of the corner, and did not dare to move at all.

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Just now, she had seen Ning Qingshan rushing out of the room with her maid with a triumphant look on her face. Ning Qingshan had specially looked at the door of Ning Xueyan’s room before mingling with the panicked Young Ladies who were running for their lives. At that time, an assassin had already rushed to Ning Xueyan’s room. If she had not escaped early, she would have been caught by the assassin in the room.

“Miss, what, what should we do?” Even though Qingyu was much experienced than before, she had never seen anything like this. If Ning Xueyan had not held her hand tightly and she was not willing to leave Ning Xueyan alone, Qingyu would have run away long ago!

Hiding in the shadow, Qingyu could not help shivering, with the upper teeth bumping against the lower teeth all the time.

Ning Xueyan was sure that the incident was premeditated. The fire had been set in the front yard, and the noble childes and their servants as well as the guards would definitely bring people there to help put out the fire, leaving only those noble Young Ladies or the first maids in the backyard, who seldom did rough work.