Chapter 438 Another Accident
“It should be either my good eldest brother or my good third sister, or both of them,” Ning Xueyan answered with certainty. This was the question she had been thinking over before, and this should be the correct answer.
“There should be someone else!” Ao Chenyi raised the corners of his mouth with a trace of sanguinary ferociousness in his eyes. He slowly appeased Ning Xueyan who was injured and then gently put her down, as if he was putting down a rare treasure.
“Who else intervened in this matter?” Ning Xueyan asked curiously. It was not long before she went out. She had been intercepted before arriving at Cold Mountain Temple. Who was so well-informed? Besides, there was someone else intervening in it. They had quite formidable connections.
“You don’t have to worry about it. Take a good rest for recovery. I don’t want to have a lame consort,” Ao Chenyi said coldly, and then looked at Ning Xueyan with his charming eyes and stood up. The rage in his eyes was gone in a flash.
“Where are you going? I’ll go with you.” His robe was gently dragged by a little hand. After a moment of being in a daze, Ning Xueyan immediately grabbed his robe.
“Where can you go in your current state?” Ao Chenyi turned to Ning Xueyan and asked.
Speaking of this, Ning Xueyan could only put down her hands helplessly. Now she was wrapped tightly all over, so she could only make slight movements. She remembered that she had not been so seriously injured before. How come she was wrapped so tightly that she could not move at this moment? It looked like all her bones had been injured. She even felt worse than when she was in the thatched cottage.
“Where is Princely Heir Wen?” Thinking of the thatched cottage, Ning Xueyan immediately thought of Wen Xueran, who went to deliver the message for her. So she blinked her watery eyes and asked.
“He was late. By the time he comes back to save you, you might have been dead,” Ao Chenyi said impolitely. At the thought that Wen Xueran came to ask about her condition just now, he became increasingly sullen.
Ning Xueyan didn’t know how she had offended Prince Yi again, but she still carefully avoided the subject. She moved inside a little and said, “My uncle and cousin are still on the mountain. Can I meet them and tell them I’m all right now?”
She had to ask her uncle and cousin about something.
“How can you meet other men from outside in your current status?” Ao Chenyi said with a trace of anger across his cold eyes. Both Wen Xueran and her cousin cared so much about his co-consort. The relationship between a cousin brother and a cousin sister was the most annoying.
“My uncle and cousin are not from outside!” Sensing the slight anger in Ao Chenyi’s words, Ning Xueyan defended herself in a low voice.
“Even if they are not from outside, do you think that they can come here to meet you?” Ao Chenyi turned his head, stood in front of the bed with his hands crossed before him, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
“Of course not, but I can get up.” Ning Xueyan exerted herself to straighten her back in an attempt to show that she was not as weak as she looked. However, it was extremely weird that she couldn’t move the parts which were wrapped up. She managed to straighten her back a little, but was still lying there helplessly.
“Do you want me to break your bones so that you can lie down obediently?” Ao Chenyi asked softly with a dangerous smile.
“No, my bones have been broken now, and I can’t get up for the moment. So I hope that Your Highness can tell my uncle and cousin that I may have to rest for some time.” Ning Xueyan realized something and immediately lay down. With an obedient smile in her eyes like dark jade, she didn’t dare to move.
With a satisfied smile in his eyes, Ao Chenyi put down his arms and reached out to touch her long dark hair gently. After thinking for a while, he sat down again and helped her put her long hair, which was straggling around her ears, behind her ears. “Rest a.s.sured. I’ll avenge you.”
The last trace of smile became cold. Having a lame consort, it was quite a good idea.
“Your Highness, what are you going to do?” Ning Xueyan opened her beautiful eyes wide and looked at Ao Chenyi curiously.
“I don’t want to do anything. But it’s an unlucky year for your Lord Protector’s Manor. The members of your Lord Protector’s Manor had accidents one after another. Speaking of this, my co-consort and Ao Mingyu’s co-consort are both from your manor.” Ao Chenyi said with a smile. He stood up again elegantly, and then walked out.
“Be obedient and lie in bed. If you want to eat something, just ask Lanning to make it for you. Nursing your body well is the most important thing for you now. Everything else has nothing to do with you.”
Watching the proud and straight figure vanish in her view, Ning Xueyan blinked and bit her lip with a trace of delight in her watery eyes.
“Young Lady, both your uncle and your cousin have come to see you just now, but were stopped by the Prince. He said that you are seriously injured and even your bones are broken. It’s estimated that it will take some time for you to recover, so it’s inconvenient for you to meet them now.” Lanning came in with a fruit bowl. Seeing Ning Xueyan smiling, she let out a sigh of relief.
She was really afraid of Prince Yi, because of his overwhelming aura. Even if he just stood aside without saying anything, he could make her feel inexplicably fearful and timid.
Ning Xueyan took a bite of the fruit fed by Lanning and said with a smile, “Since His Highness claimed that I’m seriously injured, I should lie in bed for longer. I can’t let it go for nothing.”
She knew about her condition well. She wasn’t so seriously injured, but the bandages wrapping her up all over made her look horrible. If others saw her at this moment, they would think that she had been broken into pieces. It was quite scary. But since Ao Chenyi claimed that she was seriously injured, she had to cooperate with him.
Anyway, only Wen Xueran and Ao Chenyi had seen her injury before. Wen Xueran should not be willing to get involved in this matter no matter for what reason. Thus, what Ao Chenyi said was the truth.
“Princely Heir of Commandery Prince Min has come once, but was stopped by Prince Yi. After that, he has never come again.” Lanning fed a piece of fruit to Ning Xueyan with a fork. She was the one binding up Ning Xueyan’s wounds. Of course, she knew that Ning Xueyan’s injuries were not as serious as they looked.
Wen Xueran intended to draw a clear line between him and her so as to avoid getting involved in this matter? It was as she expected. Ning Xueyan nodded. “There’s no need to pay attention to Princely Heir Wen. He has nothing to do with this matter.”
If it had something to do with him, it would be that he found that she had fallen from the mountain when studying in privacy. However, it was obvious that he pretended that he didn’t know it, but just came to see her because Ao Chenyi was here. He managed to stay out of this matter in this way. Needless to say, this Princely Heir Wen was really a smart person.
“Okay, got it. I got the news from our manor that the Third Young Lady and Madam Dowager are going to see you together,” Lanning said.
She was brought here by Ao Chenyi’s lackeys. Hearing that Fifth Young Lady had an accident, the manor fell in chaos at that time, and it even disturbed Madam Dowager, who had always been recuperating in the backyard. When Lanning and Mother Han came here, Madam Dowager had sent Mother Qin here to tell them that she would go up the mountain with the Third Young Lady to see the Fifth Young Lady after finishing packing her stuff, and ask them to take good care of the Fifth Young Lady.
At that time, she and Mother Han didn’t know about Ning Xueyan’s specific situation, and the person sent by Prince Yi’s Manor didn’t make it clear. He only said that Ning Xueyan was seriously injured and there might be a big problem without mentioning any details. So Lanning and Mother Han didn’t have time to pack their stuffs, and came to Cold Mountain Temple with him with some medicinal materials. They didn’t know how chaotic the manor was.
Ning Qingshan was coming, too? Was she coming to show the sisterhood between them? She really would not let go of any chance to promote her reputation.
“Did the person sent by His Highness tell our manor that I’m seriously injured?” Ning Xueyan shook her head to indicate that she didn’t want more fruit.
“Yes, Mother Han and I were scared to death at that time. Mother Han almost couldn’t get in the carriage. The person from Prince Yi’s Manor not only didn’t make it clear but also indicated that something terrible happened to you and you will probably die. He said that he didn’t make it clear, for fear of making the members of our manor nervous and scared.”
Lanning said after thinking for a while. At that time, she felt the same way Mother Han did, feeling her legs went weak with fear. If it hadn’t been for the thought that her master was so smart that she couldn’t get killed so easily, Lanning would have been even unable to walk at that time like Mother Han.
So it meant that everyone in the manor thought that she was going to die? Ning Xueyan remained silent for a long while and frowned slightly. Madam Dowager intended to come here to see if she could marry into Prince Yi’s Manor safely and thus to seek benefits for Lord Protector’s Manor. Ning Qingshan intended to come here to show the sisterhood. Of course, on the other hand, it meant that she had nothing to do with this matter.
So what about Ning Huaiyuan?
“Young Lady, His Highness asked you not to think too much and have a good rest. You’ve shed a lot of blood and taken the medicine. Fortunately, you’re not seriously injured. You should get more sleep. His Highness will handle it. No matter what happens, it has nothing to do with you.” Seeing that Ning Xueyan got lost in thought again, Lanning involuntarily said. Although Prince Yi looked fierce, Lanning considered his words quite thoughtful.
Anyway, she was sure that His Highness cared about her master!
“Okay, I’ll get some more sleep.” It hadn’t been long since Ning Xueyan woke up, and she did feel tired after talking for a while. She had experienced such a dangerous situation where she jumped off the falling carriage and rolled down the mountain. Although she survived a great disaster, there were still numerous small cuts on her body. Now she had been extremely tired after raising her spirits to say these.
She felt dizzy. With her long eyelashes fluttering, she closed her eyes obediently. She was really tired. She vaguely thought that no matter what other things happened, they really had nothing to do with her. She was only a patient now, a seriously injured patient who almost died…
There really came another accident. People in the capital all thought that Lord Protector’s Manor had really offended Taisui. They just intended to worship the Marchioness who had pa.s.sed away, but the two future co-consorts, who were going to marry into the imperial family, had serious accidents. One of them fell from the mountain with the carriage because of the startled horses. Now she was still unconscious, and no one knew whether she could survive.
The other one hurried to the mountain to see her sister with Madam Dowager. Unexpectedly, the horses ran so fast that the coachman failed to stop the carriage when taking a sudden turning and the carriage directly crashed into a big tree on the side. The Young Lady inside the carriage fell out of it, and it was said that she had broken her leg.
It was said that Madam Dowager, who had always been tough, directly pa.s.sed out in the front carriage.
Later, they were sent to the Cold Mountain Temple on the mountain. For a time, there were various opinions. Everyone said that Lord Protector’s Manor had done too many evil things, and now they were punished and got into trouble one after another.
This rumor was supposed to be spread for a long time. However, another sudden incident attracted everyone’s attention.