The Devious First Daughter

Chapter 134. Heng Yuqing's urgent letter

He still couldn't believe that she was truly dead. How could such a wonderful and gentle woman like her die?

Thus, when he saw Ning Xueyan—the Fifth Young Lady who had been kept away from the eyes of the public—appeared in front of him, he thought it was her!

Even if this didn't seem possible, he gradually began to think that Ning Xueyan was really her!

"Yuhang, someone must have bewitched my Second Sister. She wouldn't do something like this. Can... Can you really bring yourself to kill her?" Ning Huaiyuan said, appearing out of nowhere.

Could he not bring himself to kill Ning Yuling? A bitter, almost mocking smile appeared on Xia Yuhang's face. His heart was empty now without anything that he cared about. A heartless person didn't care for anyone. Even if he did, he wouldn't care for a despicable woman like Ning Yuling.

"Huaiyuan, if she's pitiful, what does that make your mother? If people know that she killed her mother to frame another person, it wouldn't be excessive for them to demand her die by a thousand cuts."

Xia Yuhang looked calmly at Ning Huaiyuan.

No matter how terrible Madam Ling was, Ning Yuling's deeds were even more vicious. Moreover, she committed murder to frame someone else. No matter how one looked at it, there was no reason to spare her life.

Ning Huaiyuan fell silent, his malicious stare directed forward. They remained quiet even after they disappeared out of view...

Not even Xia Yuhang could not see through Ning Huaiyuan...

The entire family worked together to conceal Ning Yuling's crime, saying that Madam Ling fell into the well and drowned while strolling the garden with her. The maid who followed Ning Yuling had died as well.

Mother Chen didn't die, but became mute after receiving a cup of medicated wine from Madam Dowager. Madam Dowager only let her live for Ning Xueyan's sake.

And the family records of the Lord Protector's Manor had been reopened under the witness of several elders. The time at which Madam Ling had entered the manor had been reverified and amended. When Ning Huaiyuan and Ning Ziyan were born, Madam Ling had yet to be a concubine at the manor. Children born from a mistress couldn't be considered legitimate. At worst, they were named bastards.

On the contrary, Concubine Yu, the maid who served Ning Zu'an in bed. Her son was well-documented as a son of a concubine.

Ning Qingshan was imprisoned under Madam Dowager's orders while Ning Huaiyuan disappeared one rainy night.

Some said that he left in despair after the sudden death of his mother and sister. Others said that he left because he couldn't stand the humiliation of being an illegitimate son. But no matter what the real reason was, the Lord Protector's Manor couldn't find him anywhere.

Madam Dowager dispatched men everywhere to look for Ning Huaiyuan, but he was nowhere to be found. She had no choice but to give up after several nights of tears. They still had another heir. Even though she wasn't close to him, he still had the blood of the Ning family in him. This was much better than the extinction of their bloodline.

Ning Xueyan became "ill" again after returning to Prince Yi's Manor. Apparently, what happened that day had given her a scare. It was only natural for someone as weakly as her to be intimidated. Who would have thought that she would encounter such a thing on a simple return back to her family manor?

Great Wisdom Garden.

A seated Commandery Princess Xianyun was enjoying a cup of floral tea with a leisurely expression on her face. This tea was Xiangrong's best handiwork. Xiangrong picked fresh flowers and sprinkled the best ingredients on them. When she soaked them in tea, there would be a pleasant whiff of fresh flower scent.