"The affairs of the previous dynasty… Yan'er, if you're related to them, would you think that I'm your enemy?"Even though his voice was soft, Ning Xueyan heard him loud and clear. She shook her head. "Your family didn't destroy the previous dynasty."Ning Xueyan had investigated the previous dynasty quite well. Regardless of how the dynasty ended, the initiator was said to be the then Right Minister, whom the Ao family had won the throne from. She didn't think that this made Ao Chenyi her enemy.But so what if there was indeed enmity between them? Her biological mother went missing after entrusting her to her adoptive parents. Even though they did their best to raise her, they also kept her origin a secret. This showed that they didn't want her involved with the past.The previous dynasty had been destroyed. How could a mere princess hope to revive her fallen country?This must be her adoptive parents' intention as we

Ning Xueyan's words left Madam Dowager stunned. She abruptly raised her head to look at Ning Qingshan with an increasingly displeased expression. Finally, her face turned as dark as the night.Everyone knew Ning Qingshan's intentions about the Third Prince, so she couldn't have fallen for Xia Yudong, a man inferior to the prince in many ways. Her mysterious relationship with the Second Young Master Xia at a time like this suggested that they were having an affair.Coincidentally, Ning Yuling had just murdered her mother to frame Ning Xueyan.Everyone in the manor was well aware of the kind of person Ning Yuling was. She was a selfish and impulsive person who would be easily provoked into action. In other words, she was a complete idiot. Madam Dowager recalled that it was Ning Qingshan who suggested that they held the ancestral ceremony for Ning Huaiyuan. She wouldn't have thought of performing the ceremony without knowing whether Ning Huaiyuan

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 mot

An anxious-looking Heng Yuqing was pacing around the shopkeeper's room in Yuyan Shop. When she saw Ning Xueyan push the door and enter, she immediately pulled her to the chairs on the side and made her sit still."My family is going to send me to Prince Yi's Manor." Heng Yuqing was so panicked that her eyes had turned red.Heng Yuqing would be entering Prince Yi's Manor? Ning Xueyan was stunned for a moment. Ao Chenyi had only gotten married, and no matter how one put it, Heng Yuqing ought to be the last person to be sent to him."Yuqing, calm down and tell me what is going on." Ning Xueyan took the anxious Heng Yuqing's hand and pulled her to the chair beside her.Lanning retreated from the room, closed the doors, and guarded outside with Heng Yuqing's maid."Concubine Yun told my father that Prince Yi looked at me a few more times the last time he saw me. She said that he seemed interested in me and that his current

When Heng Yuqing returned to the Lord Guardian's Manor, she met Heng Yuwan, who had just returned from outside.Heng Yuwan was wearing a light yellow top, which came with a long pink skirt. She was beautiful and was more graceful than Heng Yuqing. Her charming eyes made her look gentle, but her coquettish behavior made people feel that she was somewhat frivolous.Just like now, when she saw Heng Yuqing coming back, she stood at the door and fanned her face with her handkerchief, looking enchanting. She did not look like the Young Lady of a noble family, the Lord Guardian's Manor, at all."Oh, it's my eldest sister? Didn't they say that you have been taking care of your mother in bed and is very filial? Why did you sneak out to play? Is there something fun going on that is so tempting that you even left your mother, who was ill in bed?"Heng Yuqing did not expect to see Heng Yuwan at the door. When she heard what she said, her face