Ning Ruqiu looked at everything in front of her indifferently, her eyes unperturbed. However, when Bai Zhiqing first appeared, she narrowed her eyes slightly. It was because the golden chain around Bai Zhiqing's neck was too dazzling.
Bai Zhiqing glared fiercely at Ning Ruqiu, then looked at Ning Qixing and said,""Old Master, I don't care. If you don't give me an explanation for this matter, we won't let it go!”
Ning Qixing seemed rather helpless." What explanation do you want?”
Bai Zhiqing smiled sinisterly, her triangular eyes filled with viciousness." It's very simple. You have to choose between me and Xue 'er or this bastard!”
Ning Qixing's face was bitter." Stop fooling around.”
Bai Zhiqing looked at Ning Qixing coldly." I told you to kill this little b * tch more than ten years ago, but you refused to listen. Now, you've been bullied into our house. I'm telling you, this time, I won't let you have your way!”
Seeing that Ning Qixing was silent, Bai Zhiqing turned to Ning Ruqiu." Tell me, why did you come back? Could it be that she was divorced and had nowhere to go? Let me tell you, there is no place for a bastard like you in the Minister's Residence!”
Ning Ruqiu looked at Bai Zhiqing coldly." If you don't keep your mouth clean, Ning Yinxue will be a lesson!”
Bai Zhiqing scowled and glared at Ning Ruqiu menacingly." Oh my, you've grown your wings and you still dare to threaten me! Let me tell you, I eat more salt than you eat rice! Men, tie this woman up!”
"Yes, sir!" With Bai Zhiqing's order, twenty to thirty guards immediately surrounded Ning Ruqiu. Each of them had an iron rod in their hands. Clearly, they did not intend to hold back against Ning Ruqiu.
Ning Ruqiu and Zixi looked at each other, and Zixi nodded. The two of them rushed out at the same time, but they didn't fight with anyone. Instead, they pressed everyone's acupuncture points. In just a breath's time, Zixi and Ning Ruqiu stood in place again, and those guards all fell to the ground softly.
Bai Zhiqing's expression changed drastically and she involuntarily took a few steps back. Ning Ruqiu looked at her coldly." I'm not here to fight today. Bai Zhiqing, you keep calling me a bastard because you're trying to frame my mother for being promiscuous. You used these words to frame my mother back then, and now your daughter is using these words to ruin my reputation. You're really in cahoots!"”
Bai Zhiqing tightened her grip on the handkerchief in her hand and looked at Ning Ruqiu with a weak expression." What do you want? Let me tell you, this is the Minister's Residence. If you dare to act recklessly, the Emperor will definitely not let you off!”
Ning Ruqiu snorted coldly." If I wanted to mess around, all of you would have been lying on the ground long ago! I'm here to seek justice for my mother and to take away her belongings! The Minister's Estate doesn't like us, and we also don't like the Minister's Estate!”
"If you want to take the relic, it's up to you. However, your mother is a vixen and a promiscuous woman. Everyone knows that. Hmph, don't think that just because you can't beat us, you can do whatever you want. Let me tell you, there are laws in this world!”Bai Zhiqing glared at him with her triangular eyes and her tone was filled with anger.
Ning Ruqiu's lips curled up slightly." The truth will be revealed soon. I hope that Madam Bai can still be so righteous when the time comes!”Ning Ruqiu looked at Ning Qixing as she spoke." Minister, you should have no objections, right?”
Ning Qixing's face darkened." As long as you can find evidence, I will definitely prove your mother's innocence!”
Ning Ruqiu smiled." That's straightforward! This is the most human-like sentence you've ever said!”As Ning Ruqiu spoke, she ignored Ning Qixing's darkened face and paced back and forth.""It will take some time to find the evidence. During this time, I will stay in Hanyou Courtyard. Minister Ning, is that okay?”
"No!" Before Ning Qixing could speak, Bai Zhiqing had already spoken first." What right do you have to stay in the Minister's Mansion? What qualifications do you have?"
"Qualification?" Ning Ruqiu narrowed her eyes." If I remember correctly, I'm still the Young Miss of the Minister's Residence. Although I'm only the son of a concubine, there's no reason why I can't live in the Minister's Residence. Or rather, Madam Bai, do you want to bear the infamy of being jealous and abusing the daughter of a concubine?”
"You!" Bai Zhiqing was rendered speechless by Ning Ruqiu's words. Being jealous and abusing the children of the other party was a major crime in the families of high-ranking officials and aristocrats like them. Although such things were common in the dark, no one would be stupid enough to say it out loud. It was a crime that could be committed seven times!
"Hmph, Ning Ruqiu, you claim to be the daughter of the Ning residence, but you call your father Minister Ning and my mother Madam Bai. You have no respect for your elders, yet you still have the cheek to call yourself a member of the Ning family?”Bai Zhiqing was speechless, but Ning Yinxue started to nitpick.
" About this," Ning Ruqiu smiled." You'll have to ask Minister Ning."”
Ning Yinxue looked at Ning Qixing in confusion. Ning Qixing coughed and said,""Ruqiu, I can agree to let you live in Hanyou Yard and also allow you to seek justice for your mother, but I only have one request, and that is that you are not allowed to make the Ning residence a mess.”
Ning Ruqiu glanced at Bai Zhiqing and Ning Yinxue." Minister Ning, this is not up to me. You have to ask your Eldest Madam and Eldest Daughter!"”
"You!" " Hmph!" Ning Qixing snorted and left with a flick of his sleeves." Then I'll give you three days. If you can't find out the truth within three days, you'll take your mother's token and get out of the Ning Mansion!”
Ning Ruqiu looked in the direction where Ning Qixing had left without saying anything. A cold light flashed in her eyes.
"Miss, is this where you grew up?”Zi Xi looked at the extremely simple courtyard in front of her and could not help but be shocked.
Ning Ruqiu smiled indifferently." Yes, this is where I grew up."”
Zixi pursed her lips in dissatisfaction." If you ask me, your father is too heartless. How could he let you live in such a place? No matter what…"
" Zixi," Ning Ruqiu interrupted Zixi's words and looked at her seriously."I called him Minister Ning not only because of the previous quarrel, but because he is indeed not my father!”
"Ah?" Zixi's mouth was wide open, obviously unable to react. As a transmigrator, Ning Ruqiu was too lazy to explain further and said,""Zixi, I have a list of names here. Help me find these people.”
Zi Xi took the paper from Ning Ruqiu's hand. On it were four names, their physical characteristics, and the places they might appear.
"These four people might know the truth about my mother being framed. It has been more than ten years since that incident. It is almost impossible to find physical evidence, so we can only find witnesses. So Zixi, you must find them for me as soon as possible! You must!" Ning Ruqiu said solemnly.
When she heard Ning Ruqiu mention her mother's innocence, Zixi's expression turned solemn. She put down the package in her hand and stood up."Miss, I'll go look for him now. I won't let you down!”
Ning Ruqiu nodded." Alright, I'm going to organize my mother's belongings. You can go."”
Zixi tightened her grip on the piece of paper in her hand, took a deep breath, and walked out.
Ning Ruqiu's mother, Qi Ruolan, was the daughter of a businessman. In the Great Hong Kingdom, businessmen were regarded as the lowest profession and their social status was quite low. Ning Qixing married Qi Ruolan not only because of her beauty, but also because of the Qi family's wealth.
Qi Ruolan and Ning Qixing had indeed been a couple for a few days. Unfortunately, good times did not last long. After Qi Ruolan was pregnant with Ning Ruqiu, many people suddenly came to her courtyard one day and turned her house upside down. Qi Ruolan could not stop shouting. At this moment, Eldest Madam Bai Zhiqing walked in and took out a man's scarf from under her pillow, accusing her of cheating. Since then, Ning Qixing had never stepped into Qi Ruolan's courtyard again.
Ning Ruqiu looked at the empty house in front of her and sighed. When she was young, Qi Ruolan would often hug Ning Ruqiu and cry. Sometimes, when she was too sad, she would want to pull her daughter to commit suicide. Sometimes, when she was too happy, she would treat her daughter like a treasure in her hands. The original Ning Ruqiu had lived in fear and fear since childhood, so she had developed a timid and submissive personality.
Resentment?
Ning Ruqiu could feel the original owner's pity for Qi Ruolan from her memories. It was her heartache for Qi Ruolan. Yes, a woman who was accused of having an affair, abandoned by her husband, and imprisoned in this small courtyard for more than ten years. She had become crazy. How could she not be heartbroken?
Ning Ruqiu didn't know why she would interfere with the Host's family affairs and why she would want to be filial to the Host. Perhaps it was the Host's true feelings of pitifulness for her mother, even though she was more pitiful, that moved her. Besides, this wasn't a difficult thing for her.
Ning Ruqiu collected her emotions and began to carefully search through the original owner's memories. From the time the original owner could remember, the scene she saw the most was her mother holding a bunch of dried flowers in a daze, muttering " Xing Lang ", which was Ning Qixing.
Ning Ruqiu didn't believe that a woman who had cheated on her husband would call out her husband's name over and over again when she was delirious. There was a high possibility that Bai Zhiqing had framed Qi Ruolan.
But why did Qi Ruolan frame her after she got pregnant? Qi Ruolan only got pregnant with Ning Ruqiu three years after entering the residence. During these three years, Bai Zhiqing should have had many opportunities to frame Qi Ruolan, but she did not do it. Could it be that she was worried that Qi Ruolan's child would affect her status in the residence? However, that shouldn't be the case. At that time, Bai Zhiqing had already given birth to two sons and a daughter. Qi Ruolan was merely a side wife. No matter how many sons or daughters she had, it would not affect Bai Zhiqing's status. Bai Zhiqing had no reason to do so.
Ning Ruqiu thought about it carefully. Her intuition told her that this matter wasn't that simple, but she couldn't figure out the truth for a moment.
Qi Ruolan didn't have many things left behind. Ever since Ning Ruqiu got married, many things in the house had been taken away, so it didn't take Ning Ruqiu much time to tidy up. Ning Ruqiu looked up at the sky. The sun was already setting. It was time for dinner, but no one brought her food. Thinking about it, it made sense. If she were Bai Zhiqing, she would not allow anyone to bring her food.
Stretching her back, Ning Ruqiu walked towards the kitchen. When she reached a corner, she heard two servant girls whispering to each other.# Cancel all reviews: wdd201302 Time:111420185: 56PM #
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