Chapter 358 That’s How a Misunderstanding Happened

Ning Xueyan involuntarily touched his high nose, but when she touched him, her hand was suddenly grabbed. He opened his eyes, which sparkled with a cold and bloodthirsty light. When he saw that it was Ning Xueyan, he loosened his grip and touched his forehead. “How long have I slept?” He asked hoa.r.s.ely.

“It’s only for a while.” Ning Xueyan touched her sore hand and said gloomily.

“Does it hurt?” He loosened his grip on her waist and reached out a big hand to ma.s.sage her hand carefully. “Why did you stretch out your hand so suddenly? Were you trying to flirt with me when you saw my handsome face?”

“Prince Yi, you’re talking nonsense.” Ning Xueyan was shocked and blushed. She pulled her hand away, stood up suddenly and turned around in order to hide her blus.h.i.+ng face. She did not know what she was up to, so she felt a little guilty.

Seeing that Ning Xueyan was fl.u.s.tered, Ao Chenyi was pleased. He leaned on the couch and asked lazily, “Do you want me to help you deal with Ning Ziyan?”

“No.” Ning Xueyan shook her head, and her blush was gone. She raised her beautiful, s.h.i.+mmery eyes and said firmly, “Prince Yi, I believe it’s better to let the matter of the inner chamber be solved with its own methods.”

Going by her hatred of Ning Ziyan in the previous life and this life, death was too good for Ning Ziyan. She wanted her to live a life worse than death!

Even if Ning Ziyan had nothing at all in the end, she doubted if Ning Ziyan regretted having robbed her of her marriage and killing her.

Whether she regretted it or not, from the day when she climbed up from the blood pool, she was destined to have a feud with Ning Ziyan. She would avenge herself and ease her hatred. Ning Ziyan just lost face today. When she saw Ning Ziyan in a half fainting state and being sent to the sh.o.r.e, she could not stand it anymore!

Then, she found it even more unacceptable…

“Well, the imperial edict will be released soon. Have you got the clothes ready for me?” Ao Chenyi snorted and stopped asking about it. He raised his eyebrows and said with a faint smile.

“I… I’m sewing a new set, but I’m not doing well. Maybe… you won’t be satisfied.” Speaking of this, Ning Xueyan felt quite guilty. She could not do it openly in front of others, so she had to do it slowly. Until now, she had not finished even one set of the wedding clothes. She glanced at him secretly from under her long, fluttering eyelashes. She thought that if the imperial palace gave an official order, she should work faster on it.

What’s more, there was the princ.i.p.al wife, who would marry into the Prince Yi’s Manor a few months before the co-consort came in. As for the royal wedding between Prince Yi and his consort, it would take at least half a year for the preparations. So, Ning Xueyan was not in a hurry. She should have enough time to make one or two sets of clothes. There would be still time… right?

“That’s good. The most important thing is that you should get my wedding clothes ready as soon as possible. I don’t like wearing wedding clothes made by the embroidery team in the palace.” Ao Chenyi seemed to relish her discomfort. He raised his eyebrows and said this in an evil tone.

“Yes, I will try my best to make it as fast as possible, but I have to embroider some patterns on it. If I do it all by myself, I might not be able to finish it in a year.” His meaning was quite clear. He would be wearing the wedding clothes made by her. Ning Xueyan was quite speechless. After thinking for a while, she said helplessly, “I wanted to make one randomly, which I think he will not be wearing. But now, it seems that he really wants to wear it, so I have to take it seriously.”

Besides, she could not decide on the embroidery pattern. He was Prince Yi, so there were rules on the specification of his wedding clothes. She could not embroider at will.

“I have the embroidery pattern. I’ll bring it to you next time, and you can make the clothes first. You should make it with the cloth I chose for you that day. Make one for a female and one for a male. It’s a pair.” Ao Chenyi said lazily.

He had already planned this thoroughly, so she had no excuse to refuse him. Ning Xueyan was speechless since there was no room left for any argument or feedback. In fact, he had already had an idea.

“Yes, I got it!” She said weakly.

“Well, let’s go out first. You can talk to Xianyun as well. I’ll ask them to bring us back soon.” Ao Chenyi rubbed his forehead with one hand, and a rare smile appeared on his beautiful lips.

Commandery Princess Xianyun would be the next hostess of the Prince Yi’s Manor, so Ning Xueyan had to go and see her. She nodded and walked to the door. She bit her lips and stopped. She could not help looking back and said, “If you’re tired, why don’t you go to bed early?”

“Well, I’ll go back in a minute.” There seemed to be a hint of banter in his smiling voice. Then, there was a deep and pleasant laugh. She blushed for no reason and walked out of the door.

Commandery Princess Xianyun stood far away from them, and looked very beautiful and regal. Ning Xueyan strolled toward her. She gradually calmed down.

“Sister Yan, come here. It’s a good place to take in the scenery.” Seeing Ning Xueyan coming out, Commandery Princess Xianyun called out to her in a warm and intimate manner.

Ning Xueyan nodded and walked over with a gentle smile on her face. Anyway, Commandery Princess Xianyun did not have any conflict of interest with her.

“Sister, you can have a better view from my position.” Seeing that Ning Xueyan was standing a little far away, Commandery Princess Xianyun smiled and reached out her hand to pull Ning Xueyan. Unexpectedly, when she touched her hand, Ning Xueyan could not help crying out in pain. She turned around in surprise and subconsciously noticed that Ning Xueyan’s wrist was swollen and red.

“What’s wrong? How did you get hurt?” Princess Xianyun asked with concern. She loosened her hands.

“It’s okay. it was an accident. It’s not too painful.” Ning Xueyan’s face paled with the pain, but she endured it and gave a smile. Anyone could see that she was in great pain. She subconsciously withdrew her hand.

Commandery Princess Xianyun remembered that she had held Ning Xueyan’s hand when she was at the waterside pavilion. At that time, Ning Xueyan did not have the red and swollen marks on her hand. How could it be swollen in such a short time? It must have happened when she left the cabin just now. A smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

She was indeed an unfavored woman. Although she was beautiful, Ao Chenyi had seen all kinds of beauties before. How could he fall in love with a girl who had not grown up yet? Commandery Princess Xianyun thought she was over-worried.

The so-called predestined relations.h.i.+p was just a casual interest, and it did not mean anything.

It seemed that Prince Yi taught Ning Xueyan a lesson after she left just now. Compared with his warning to her, his lesson to the Fifth Young Lady was much more severe. How could a co-consort compare with her, the would-be legal wife? Prince Yi was not patient with Ning Xueyan, so he had hurt her deliberately.

Since Ning Xueyan did not want to talk about it, she would not ask anymore. She gently put her hand down, pulled gently on Ning Xueyan’s sleeve toward the window, and said softly, “You don’t have to worry about it. Prince Yi has someone in mind, so we can’t mess with it. However, I was not clear about the situation between you and your Eldest Sister. I thought you two had a good relations.h.i.+p. Sorry if you were wronged.”

She only needed to mention a little about the affair, and did not have to talk about it deliberately. So, she changed the topic to Ning Ziyan. She also explained the reason why she invited Ning Ziyan to the party today.

Ning Xueyan sighed and said softly, with regret, “Sister Cai, you’re too polite. I did not suffer any grievance. I was too impulsive just now, so I made some outrageous remarks.”

It seemed that she wanted to forgive Ning Ziyan. She had caused so much trouble just now, but now she wanted to make peace with Ning Ziyan. Ning Ziyan’s eyes were full of hatred when she left earlier. Obviously, she hated Ning Xueyan so much that she wanted to tear into Ning Xueyan. Now, Ning Xueyan thought that Ning Ziyan had been wronged. Princess Xianyun thought that she was a coward and sneered in her mind. But now, she changed her mind, so she did not let it show on her face. Instead, she sighed.

“Sister Yan, don’t feel sorry for her. I deliberately asked someone to investigate into her matter just now, and I found that I almost hurt you.”

“What’s going on?” Ning Xueyan opened her beautiful eyes wide and asked in surprise.

“This matter…” Princess Xianyun seemed to be a little embarra.s.sed. But looking at Ning Xueyan, she gritted her teeth and made up her mind. “If someone else asks about this, I won’t talk about it. But if Sister Yan asks, I’ll tell the truth. Sister Yan, you should pay more attention to your Eldest Sister in the future. Since such a thing happened today, so I’m afraid she won’t let it go so easily.”

“Sister Cai, is there anything wrong?” Hearing her severe tone, Ning Xueyan blinked and asked in confusion.

Princess Xianyun let go of Ning Xueyan’s sleeves and said with a severe look, “I heard that your Eldest Sister came here today to tell you that she wants to share her husband with you.”

“Sisterly affection, serving a husband together?” She clenched her hands tightly under her sleeves, and her soft palms were pressed against her sharp nails. She did not feel any pain, but only felt a sense of hatred slowly flowing from the bones to the bottom of her heart, which was cold with bloodthirstiness.

It turned out that this was the so-called sisterhood. This was what Ning Ziyan wanted to do today. No wonder she expressed her sisterhood in front of others repeatedly today. For the quarrel at the door, she did not hesitate to put down her ident.i.ty and apologized. As expected, everything had been planned. Commandery Princess Xianyun, in front of her, had added fuel to the fire.

It was ridiculous that in her previous life, in order to grab her marriage, Ning Ziyan did not hesitate to kill her. But now, in order to suppress her forever, she even framed her with this marriage. The sisters loved each other deeply, and the sisters shared the same husband. Then, Ning Ziyan would suppress her for the rest of her life. What a good plan Ning Ziyan had made.

How could she bear to give up her “Brother Yuhang” whom she had taken a lot of effort to get?

Ning Xueyan narrowed her eyes and hid the mocking smile on her lips. She took a deep breath and raised her head. She looked a little angry and said, “How can she be sure that others believe that I’m willing to share her husband to show our sisterly love?”

“I’m not sure either. It seems that she has some leverage on you. Sister Yan, did you lose any personal belonging that is always with you?”