Chapter 84. The Second Young Master, Ning Huaijing

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A lot of people crowded in front of the Lord Protector's Manor. Some of them shook their heads while watching what was happening. There had been no end to the scandal in the family since the Second Madam of the manor died. The Lord Protector's Manor was no longer an influential family with a good reputation.

Today, it even reached a small climax.

A woman dressed in plain clothes knelt at the gate of the manor. She did not say a word, but only shed tears silently. She had been kneeling here for two hours, but no one had come out to meet her.

What was going on? More and more people gathered watching and soon, it was too crowded that the whole street was blocked.

"Last time, it was a concubine who knelt here. Who is the woman this time? She seems not young, not younger than that concubine at least. What's going on? Is it because of the competition between wives and concubines again? It's said that Lord Protector is a powerful general, but why can't he even settle his family affairs?"

"If he can't even manage his manor, how can he help His Majesty to manage our country? I'm afraid that such a marquis may screw things up in the court!"

The side door finally opened in the expectation and discussion of the crowd. However, it was not the master of the Lord Protector's Manor who came out, but an old woman. Without even looking at the onlookers outside, she said something to the woman who knelt on the ground, as if she was persuading her. However, the woman was very persistent. She shook her head while raising her tearful eyes.

"Please help me to beg Madam Dowager to save Jing'er. He... he is also the descendant of Lord Protector's Manor," Madam Yu choked with sobs.

The old woman was Mother Qin, Madam Dowager's personal servant. "Get up first." She persuaded after she failed to pull Madam Yu up. Madam Dowager had sent her out to deal with this problem. No matter what the reason was, they should not let the outsiders laugh at the Lord Protector's Manor. Therefore, Mother Qin had to find a way to get her into the house. Then nobody outside of the manor would know what she had said.

However, Madam Yu was stubborn. She shook her head and said, "I, I hope the marquis can promise me that he will protect Jing'er from those people. After all, Jing'er is his son!"

At the thought that her son might have been framed by Madam Ling and he was still in prison now, Madam Yu knew what she should do. Although Mother Wang did not say that it must be Madam Ling who had set Jing'er up, such a thing did not need evidence. Madam Yu absolutely believed that it was Madam Ling who had done this.

Since Madam Ling had framed Madam Ming years ago, of course, she would not show mercy to her, a maid who had served Ning Zu'an in bed. Therefore, no matter what, she would have people of the Lord Protector's Manor show their attitude to her and her son.

Although Madam Yu did not speak loudly, people who were near to her had heard their conversation. Then the crowd immediately burst into an uproar. "Are they talking about the Lord Protector's illegitimate child? Another illegitimate son came?"

Some of them knew that the same scene had been played out more than ten years ago. Some elders had even watched Madam Ling enter the Lord Protector's Manor. She looked quite similar to the woman kneeling in front of the manor now, and the only difference between the two was Madam Ling had taken an older child by the hand, and a younger one in her arms, but this woman was alone.

From what the woman said, people could tell that her son had been framed!

"Could it have been the woman who brought her illegitimate children into the manor and became Lord Protector's principal wife did it?"

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