The Devious First Daughter

Chapter 154. Running into confined Heng Yuwan

Ya Moqin somehow got wind of the news that Ao Mingyu's life was in danger that day, so she sneaked out of the backdoor and headed to Prince Xiang's Manor. The guards at the manor knew her, and thinking that she had business with the prince, they allowed her in. She made it all the way to Ao Mingyu's bed using the same excuse. Right at that moment, Ao Mingyu happened to regain consciousness.

While she was serving him with tea and water, the Emperor's men arrived.

In one massive stroke of coincidence, this scene was witnessed by everyone.

"Forget about Moqin. Her scandal isn't a big deal. But Ning Qingshan..." Grand Tutor Ya was similarly irritated at the mention of Ya Moqin, but she was nevertheless his granddaughter. Now that her granddaughter had lost her position, he should at least have her give birth to the heir.

In a rare display of disobedience toward Grand Tutor Ya, Honored Consort Ya said unhappily, "Father, how can I explain it? If you hadn't sent Shan'er to the Lord Protector's Manor back then, this wouldn't have happened."

At the core of the matter, the adultery of her son's concubine wouldn't have happened had Grand Tutor Ya not sent Ning Qingshan to the Lord Protector's Manor. Ning Qingshan was a wife-born daughter and much smarter than Ya Moqin. Honored Consort Ya thought that she was the only one who could help her son. Ya Moqin might also be her niece, but she wasn't good enough for her.

Ya Moqin was like a madwoman. She didn't even think it through before running to Ao Mingyu's room. Not only did she sabotage Honored Consort Ya, but she also ruined Ao Mingyu's reputation.

"Forget about Ning Qingshan. What's there to say? She's already dead... She had always been a clever one. I thought if the Lord Protector adopted her, she would be able to marry Prince Xiang as Lord Protector's wife-born daughter and my granddaughter and give Prince Xiang's Manor massive support. Who would have thought that she would end up like this?"

Grand Tutor Ya sighed. He had great expectations for Ning Qingshan and wanted her to marry Prince Xiang. Little did he expect such an outcome. Both he and Honored Consort Ya refused to believe that she would have an affair with another man, but the problem was that Ao Mingyu had given her a lot of leeway at that time. She could come and go with ease, and Prince Xiang's Manor was in chaos then.

No one knew when she went missing and they had no way of investigating it either. As for the two men who had an affair with her, they were beaten to death on the Emperor's order that very night. Even if he wanted to investigate, he couldn't.

"Mother Luo said that Shan'er was the princess of the previous dynasty and under someone's protection. I wanted to use these forces to aid Yu'er but now that's just a pipe dream," Honored Consort Ya said. She wanted to forgive Ning Qingshan because she was her niece and wouldn't do such a thing. Another reason was that Ning Qingshan claimed that she had someone's support and that she was the former Grand Elder Princess.

Honored Consort Ya and Grand Tutor Ya had been aware of this a long time ago. Ning Qingshan was their family, and naturally, they knew this was an unchanging fact. However, it was beneficial for them to have someone mistook Ning Qingshan for the Grand Elder Princess. They allowed her to misunderstand without reminding her, just so they could slowly gain control over that group of people and use them.

Unfortunately, the people were cunning. They would disappear without a word at the slightest hint of disturbance on their end. Grand Tutor Ya didn't learn anything even after planting spies around Ning Qingshan, and those spies would always vanish like they did this time. He had a man tail Ning Qingshan, but that man did nothing during the incident and vanished again.

"Keep Mother Luo around for now. You don't have to tell her Ning Qingshan's true identity. Just let her misunderstand. She has seen a woman in white or whatever, hasn't she? We'll keep her around. Maybe she's still useful. But you can kill the two maids. I don't think they're that loyal to Ning Qingshan."