The Devious First Daughter

Chapter 109. There was no way to retreat

Both of her granddaughters, whom she had bet great hope on, were seriously injured. Fortunately, they were out of danger now. Nevertheless, Madam Dowager was still worried. One of them had internal injuries, and the other one had broken her leg. Now it was hard to tell which one was in a worse state, but they were both in a wretched state anyway. Thinking of this, Madam Dowager felt worried.

There came Ning Zu'an's message after investigation from the bottom of the mountain. He only said that those involved in the accidents were all dead. No one knew what had happened. Maybe they were really accidents. It was hard to believe that both of her granddaughters had such accidents. But so what? With the facts in front of her, Madam Dowager had to accept bad luck without complaint.

Commandery Princess Xianyun had only stayed at the Cold Mountain Temple for a night. After all, she was going to get married soon, so it was impossible for her to stay here longer. Therefore, after seeing Ning Xueyan and Ning Qingshan the next day, she went back home with the servants of Lord Peace's Manor.

"Madam Dowager, you can go back now. It's getting late." Mother Qin went to hold Madam Dowager in an attempt to help her up. It had been a long while since Madam Dowager began to kneel in the hall and worship the Buddha in the morning.

The hall was remote and quiet. These days Madam Dowager liked coming here to worship the Buddha and chant scriptures quietly. She looked more relaxed than she was in Lord Protector's Manor, which made Mother Qin feel relieved. Since a series of things happened to Lord Protector's Manor, Madam Dowager had been in poor health and got a headache from time to time.

"It's still early. We are in no rush." Madam Dowager opened her eyes and gently pushed away Mother Qin's hands. She counted the Buddha beads in her hand one by one, looking quite peaceful.

"It's about time for lunch. The Fifth Young Lady has sent someone to ask if you would like to go to her yard and have lunch with her?" Mother Qin advised Madam Dowager. She thought it enough for Madam Dowager to chant scriptures for the whole morning as an old lady, and was worried that Madam Dowager would be physically and mentally exhausted if she kept kneeling.

"What about the Third Young Lady?" Madam Dowager still asked with her head down.

Mother Qin paused for a while and said, "The Third Young Lady has been in a bad mood these days. The imperial physician came a little late, so there might be some problem with her leg. As a young lady, she naturally finds it unbearable."

Ning Qingshan had been in bad temper these days indeed. She lost her temper from time to time and got furious easily. When the imperial physician from the imperial palace offered medical treatment for her, he told her that it was a little late and the delay in treatment might result in minor lameness. Of course, she was also likely to be cured. Anyway the situation was not optimistic, and she needed to prepare herself for a bad result.

"She blames me for not having invited the imperial physician here for her. But I'm not qualified to invite the imperial physician here. The Third Prince was responsible for all this. She should vent her anger on the Third Prince. I thought that as a smart and pretty girl, she could definitely find favor with the Third Prince. Now she seems to be no match for Xueyan. She's not my biological granddaughter after all, so she can't be really close to me. I've raised her for all these years and treated her better than I treated Xueyan. But now she blames me for all this. What an ungrateful person!"

Madam Dowager snorted, opened her eyes, and said angrily. At the thought that she went to see Ning Qingshan yesterday but was treated coldly by her, Madam Dowager got furious. Compared with Ning Xueyan, she had paid more attention to Ning Qingshan and treated Ning Qingshan even better than she did to Ning Xueyan.