The Devious First Daughter

Chapter 45. Series of Stratagems

The paper of the two notes was the same, and if someone compared them in detail, he would find that they were torn from the same piece of paper, and the only difference between them was that one had a name on it, and another one did not have.

The crumpled note was broken, but they could vaguely recognize the words 'Third Young Lady of the Nings'.

Ao Mingyu combined the two notes together and stood in the pavilion with his hands clasped behind his back. He looked at Ning Xueyan, who was walking down the rockery, and frowned.

The slim and weak girl in snow-white imperial gown still stayed calm, and did not show alarm or surprise even something unexpected had happened. But she was a little cold when she left just now. It seemed that she did not want to spend any more time with him.

She was a smart girl, and she must have already figured out who wanted to set her up!

A playboy had come here after receiving a note from a palace maid, and Ning Xueyan had come as well, as someone had told her that she could saw the beautiful scenery here. Since the Graceful Moon Pavilion was located in such a conspicuous place, they would definitely be found out. If that happened, she would end up miserably.

She had never shown up in public before, so it was impossible for her to offend any outsiders. It was said that Ning Qingshan had tried to stir up trouble with her at the Lord Protector's Manor for an account book of the backyard of the manor. She was most likely to frame Ning Xueyan.

But if Ning Qingshan happened to have such a note, what would others think?

They would think that the political opponents of the Lord Protector's Manor wanted to deal with Ning Zu'an, so they framed his daughters who had just come to the imperial palace. Ning Qingshan did not fall for it, because she had happened gone to Honored Consort Ya's palace.

What a reasonable explanation! It seemed it had nothing to do with Ning Qingshan. But Ao Mingyu was not an ordinary person, and he paid more attention to the result. Ning Xueyan had come here. If she had not met him by chance, something bad would have happened to her. If that was the case, who would benefit the most?

Of course it was Ning Qingshan!

Without Ning Xueyan, she would be able to help Madam Dowager to manage the internal affairs of the Lord Protector's Manor, maybe more than that!

But it was hard for him to believe that Ning Qingshan was such a person.

Could the kind and gentle girl, who had even gotten injured in order to save him, have become so vicious? She had almost been isolated from the secular world in the nunnery for three years, and her life should be purer. He could not imagine how a woman from that place could end up like this?

But if it was not Ning Qingshan who had set a trap, who would want to harm Ning Xueyan?

Ning Xueyan was not the most distinguished daughter at Lord Protector's Manor. She had been abandoned in the backyard for years, and no outsiders would have noticed her if nobody of the manor had mentioned her. Even Ning Zu'an did not care about her either. Maybe the relationship between him and Ning Xueyan was very indifferent. In his heart, she was even inferior to a concubine's daughter. Therefore, even if Ning Xueyan got involved in troubles, it would have little effect on Ning Zu'an.

Ning Zu'an's political opponents would not do such a meaningless thing!

Third Prince was not certain whether it was Ning Qingshan or not who had set the trap. He spread the note with the words 'Third Young Lady of the Nings' again and examined it carefully, but found that apart from being crumpled and a little worn, this note was nothing special.