The Devious First-Daughter Chapter 306

The Beauty Contest was scheduled to be held on the eighth day of the lunar month .

In the drawing-room of the Lord Protector's Manor, Madam Dowager looked at Ning Xueyan and Ning Qingshan with satisfaction . She could not hide the smile on her face .

Ning Qingshan was wearing a light green garment and a peacock skirt embroidered with gold . She had on an agate belt, which was adorned with blue, small fringed beads around her waist . Her black hair was combed into a fashionable drifting cloud bun, which added a bit more charm to her beauty .

Ning Xueyan's dress was relatively elegant . She wore a silver-white breast-high Ru skirt, which looked ethereal . She had incredibly slender, delicate facial features, and flawless, white-jade skin . There was only a dangling ornament in her simple bun, and a few strands of black hair fell around her ears . Although her lip color was light, she looked young, innocent, and was as elegant and beautiful as a lotus .

At first glance, it seemed that Ning Qingshan was more outstanding, but after careful observation, one could tell how beautiful Ning Xueyan would be, after she grew up .

Therefore, Madam Dowager was very satisfied with both her granddaughters .

“Fifth Girl, why didn't you wear the hair accessories that you wore the last time? Don't you like it?” Seeing only a golden dangling ornament on Ning Xueyan's head, Madam Dowager showed a little displeasure . She had asked someone to prepare the hair accessories and sent them to the two courtyards . Ning Qingshan had a lot of ornaments on her head, while Ning Xueyan's hair looked a bit bare .

The Beauty Contest was an important matter . If something happened unexpectedly, the Lord Protector's Manor would lose face .

“Grandmother, I'm still young and can't wear that exquisite jewelry, so I did not use them for the time being . ” Ning Xueyan smiled and bowed gently .

Although the jewelry given by Madam Dowager was exquisite, Ning Xueyan did not like them, so she only picked one to wear .

“Third Young Lady, you are always sensible . After you enter the palace, you should take care of your Fifth Sister . She has rarely been to the palace . As an elder sister, you have to take some responsibilities . Even if there are problems between the two of you, it should be set aside . When you're away from home, you represent the Lord Protector's Manor . You should know that you have the honor only with the support of the Lord Protector's Manor . ”

Hearing what Ning Xueyan said, Madam Dowager did not blame her . Instead, she looked at Ning Qingshan, and issued a warning .

The last sentence meant that only with the support of the Lord Protector's Manor, they would have the honor . If there was no support from the Lord Protector's Manor, they would be nothing . No matter if it was the Third Prince or the Fourth Prince, they would not marry a woman without any background .

The reason why Madam Dowager mentioned this to Ning Qingshan was because Ning Qingshan had schemed against Ning Xueyan . According to Madam Dowager, no matter what Ning Qingshan's background was, she was still the Young Lady of the Lord Protector's Manor . If something happened to the Lord Protector's Manor, she would not be able to get any benefits .

The Third Prince was interested in Ning Qingshan, and he was determined to marry her . The list of the Beauty Contest had already been handed in, so Ning Qingshan had no choice, but to take part in the selection . For today, Madam Dowager would not let allow any untoward incidents to take place . There would be no entanglement between Ning Qingshan and Ning Xueyan .

That would harm the interest of the whole Lord Protector's Manor .

Hearing the meaning behind Madam Dowager's words, Ning Qingshan felt angry and full of hate, but she did not dare to vent her anger . She forced a smile and said, “Grandmother, I'll listen to you . Both Fifth Sister and I are daughters of the Lord Protector's Manor . It is closely related to us . Fifth Sister, please forgive me if I did something wrong to you . ”

She said this to Ning Xueyan and even bowed to her . How could Ning Xueyan let her bow to her in front of Madam Dowager? She quickly reached out and said, “Third Sister, how can you say that? I have already forgotten about what happened before . As sisters, we should be united . In that case, we can rely on each other . ”

Seeing them speaking to each other softly and bearing no grudges, Madam Dowager nodded with satisfaction, indicating that they could go out .

They bowed to Madam Dowager and went out with their maids .

Since they were going to the imperial palace to join the Beauty Contest, everyone could bring a few maids . Ning Xueyan took Lanning with her . Among the three maids, Lanning was the most careful . Xinmei stayed outside, so it was convenient for her to take care of Qingyu and Mother Han . If she found Madam Ling or Ning Yuling coming back and making trouble when Ning Xueyan was absent, she could go to the Prince Yi's Manor to deliver a message .

Of course, Ning Qingshan chose her closest maid, Caifen, who had been promoted to a first-class maid .

Both of them entered the carriage outside the door . Ning Qingshan was in the front, while Ning Xueyan was in the back . Ning Huaiyuan rode beside them and escorted them to the imperial city .

Outside the Imperial City gate, a long queue of carriages quietly parked at the entrance of the Wuping Gate . The carriages in front formed a long line . The inspection seemed to be so rigid that the line moved very slowly .

“Young Lady, are you going to marry Prince Yi?” Lanning lifted the curtain and looked at the progress outside the carriage . They would not be able to enter the imperial city for a while, so she lowered the curtain, and asked in a low voice .

Ning Xueyan had told her confidants about it .

Ning Xueyan leaned against a cushion and her black-jade eyes were filmy . After a while, she corrected Lanning, “I'm going to Prince Yi's Manor . ”

Ao Chenyi had chosen her as the co-consort . Ning Xueyan thought that only the principal wife could have a say in that .

“Young Lady, Prince Yi may be mighty, or he might be able to become… But with your family background and moral quality, aren't you qualified to be a principal wife?” Ning Xueyan had mentioned it when she was dressing up this morning . At that time, her trusted subordinates were all stunned . Lanning had not quite recovered from such a piece of shocking news . For a moment, she only felt that the so-called co-consort position was an insult to Ning Xueyan .

Her young lady was talented and beautiful . As the daughter of a legal wife of the Lord Protector's Manor, she was not inferior to anyone else . How could she not be the principal wife?

“Lanning, the Lord Protector's Manor has nothing to do with me!” Ning Xueyan drawled, with coldness and contempt in her eyes .

Ning Xueyan always felt that being the daughter of a legal wife of the Lord Protector's Manor was a joke . Nobody treated her like a legal daughter . She knew how all the people in the manor treated her . Even though Madam Dowager looked kind now, she only treated her as an useful pawn .

Madam Dowager wanted to take advantage of her to get the maximum benefits for the Lord Protector's Manor . They never cared whether she would live or die .

In this respect, Madam Dowager was not even comparable to Madam Ling . Madam Ling at least cared about her children, but Madam Dowager was vicious enough to plot against her blood relatives .

Therefore, she had never relied on the Lord Protector's Manor, and she never wanted to rely on it at all . She never cared about the principal wife, Madam Dowager, and the marquis . There would be days to come, and now it was just a beginning .

As the carriage and horses slowly entered the palace, the carriages of the Lord Protector's Manor followed them into the palace gate . Seeing the carriages entering the palace gate, Ning Huaiyuan, who sat on a big horse, looked at the carriage disappearing from his sight with a gloomy and complicated expression .

“Eldest Young Master, we can go back . Madam said that Second Young Lady might arrive soon, so she asked you to pick her up outside the city . ”

Madam Ling had been paying attention to Ning Yuling's return for a long time . As early as two days ago, she had said that she might arrive today . Thinking about the time, she had asked someone to inform Ning Huaiyuan in advance . However, the young male servant could not help reminding him, when he saw his Eldest Young Master was still looking on .

Ning Huaiyuan nodded, turned around, and rode out of the city with his servants .

In the Ten-li Resting Station outside the city, a simple carriage was parked there . It were an unimpressive carriage and there were a handful of subordinates inside . A beautiful maid standing at the door of the carriage, asked in a low voice, “Young Lady, the Eldest Young Master has not come yet . Should we wait here or go back by ourselves?”

There was silence behind the curtain . After a while, she heard a woman's gloomy voice, “Wait!”

“Yes!” The maid did not dare to say anything and retreated to the carriage .

The master did not get out of the carriage to rest, so neither did the others . The cart driver was sitting at the head of the carriage, and the servants were standing around the wagon . They stood still outside the station, and in silence .

It was a piece of enclosed land around the Wuping Gate .

All kinds of carriages remained on this empty field . Two rows of eunuchs stood in two wing-rooms . No one dared to take this occasion lightly . Even if the daughters of principal wives of aristocratic families had noble statuses, they had to bow here and consciously lowered their voices .

When she helped Ning Xueyan get off the carriage, Lanning saw many young ladies walking out of the carriage . She even saw Heng Yuqing from a distance . She had not seen her since she fell into the water that day . Although she looked a little haggard, she was in good spirits . She nodded with a smile .

Heng Yuqing also saw her and smiled .

They were in the Emperor's palace and this was such a solemn moment, when the Beauty Contest was about to begin . Therefore, it was not a good time for them to gossip about the old days .

Finally, a eunuch in red came over to declare the imperial edict . All the people knelt on the ground silently . After he finished the long sentences, all the people shouted, “Long live!”

The eunuch in red repeated the rules of entering the palace to all the ladies . After that, they walked in with their maids . As the last person entered the gate of the inner palace, the two tall vermilion gates were slowly closed .

Everyone followed the eunuch quietly . Only the rustling of their clothes could be heard in the high and narrow corridor .

After walking out of the narrow corridor, they had officially entered the inner palace . The crowd followed the eunuch along this twisting passage way . Suddenly, they were stopped by a group of people .

Ning Xueyan stood behind and looked over, only to see a gorgeous carriage with many eunuchs and palace maids standing on both sides . No one knew which palace the imperial concubine was from .

However, at this time, what was the purpose of stopping the group meant for the Beauty Contest?

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