The Devious First Daughter

Chapter 30. Mystery of last life

"I... I knocked someone down." The coachman quivered with anxiety.

"I'm fine. I'll go and check it out." Ning Xueyan stayed poised and gave Qingyu a knowing wink.

Taking the hint, Qingyu got out of the carriage.

The coachman was sure that there had been no one down the road before this happened. He really had no idea where the old lady sprang out from. How did his carriage hit the old lady in the twinkle of an eye, even leaving unconscious from the crash?

At this, he jumped from the carriage to see if the old lady was hit hard. Fortunately, there was no blood around.

Qingyu also came up around the old lay who lay on the ground, noticing that the old lady was clothed in plain rags, with a bale in her hand. She did not look like a local and she had a small stature and seemed to be about in her 50s. Lying there with a pale face, one could not tell if her fainting was caused by the crash or by her poor nerves.

"A crash on the road! Someone was hit!" The loud whinny of the horse drew a great crowd. Seeing an old lady being hit and lying unconscious on the ground, people started gossiping. Some observant eyes noticed the emblem of the Lord Protector's Manor on the carriage.

"The carriage of the Lord Protector's Manor has hit someone."

"Lying there motionless, is she already dead?"

"Could it be the Second Young Lady from the Lord Protector's Manor sitting in the carriage again? It is said that her carriage had knocked people dead before."

"Exactly! It was a child last time. What a crime! Obviously, it was her carriage that hit the child. How could she have the face to claim that the child had popped up from nowhere?"

While the onlookers were talking loudly about how the Lord Protector's Manor knocked people down, two older female servants squeezed their way through the crowd. After figuring out what exactly had happened on the spot, they were taken aback. One winked at the other, and the latter immediately fled from the crowd.

The Lord Protector's Manor was only one block away. The servants would sometimes pass by. Moreover, there was a preserved fruit store on this street, a favorite of Madam Dowager, who would send people to buy some every few days. And today, a servant from Lucky Garden happened to be running the errand for Madam Dowager.

Ning Xueyan heard snatches of people's discussions, and a smile lifted the corner of her mouth.

She barely knew about that thing before. Two years ago, Ning Yuling was galloping on the street in order to catch up with the Third Prince, and a petrified child, standing by the road, was trampled dead. She had denied the fact and insisted that the child had suddenly shown up. The accident ended up with her giving some money in compensation.

Somebody had recognized the horse was from the Lord Protector's Manor's, and the dead child's parents had cried loudly outside the manor. People had gathered together and swore loudly so that Ning Zu'an had to deal with it himself by way of apology and compensation. It was a big deal.

It occurred to Ning Xueyan that her chance presented itself now.

Ning Yuling set a precedent for her and there was a large group of witnesses. Madam Dowager and Ning Zu'an would certainly accept her conditions.

"Hey, old lady, wake up." Qingyu squatted down and held the old lady in her arm and jolted the old lady with her anxious call.

There was no arrogance or imperious air on her face, which left a good impression on the crowd. Some even took a few steps back to clear room for her.