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Chapter 3: Showing Off

Author: Lian Shuang

"Mother Yun, I heard that you are in charge of the kitchen today. Why didn't the masters have dinner, yet all the servants have eaten?" Ning Xueyan stretched out her hand and pointed at the greasy corner of Mother Han's mouth, smiling ironically.

Mother Yun was shocked to see that Ning Xueyan was so fierce today. But when she remembered that it was madam's order to neglect the Fifth Young Lady, she was perfunctory again.

"Fifth Young Lady, you're the daughter of the Lord Protector's co-wife. It's very disgraceful of you to argue with us. You'd better go back first, and when we're not busy, we'll send it to you."

After that, without waiting for Ning Xueyan to answer, Mother Yun turned to the two women following her and said, "Take the Fifth Young Lady back to her yard!"

Mother Yun was Madam Ling's trusted servant, so she knew that she had to prevent Ning Xueyan from going to the front yard and destroying the wedding ceremony.

"Who dares to touch me!" Ning Xueyan said sharply with righteous indignation.

The women stopped where they were, not daring to come closer.

Mother Yun felt humiliated and shouted at the two women, "Go ahead and take Fifth Young Lady away."

Ning Xueyan sneered in her mind. Madam Ling's servants dared to bully a mistress, but this was exactly what she needed. She pushed aside Mother Han who was protecting her, stepped forward, and slapped Mother Yun. "I am the mistress, and you dare to bully me!"

No one expected that the cowardly the Fifth Young Lady would slap the First Madam's personal servant!

Mother Yun had never received such treatment in the manor. She covered her face subconsciously and roared, "How dare you slap me!"

She was dizzy now, just feeling the buzz in her ear. She felt that she was losing face when she saw several maids and women on the side secretly laughing.

In her rage, Mother Yun forgot that Ning Xueyan was a mistress of this manor and moved to hit her!

Ning Xueyan watched the woman closely and thought, "Sure enough, you're an evil flunky and dare to beat a mistress." She moved to one side, but pretended to be unsteady and fell down. as she did so, she stretched out one foot and tripped Mother Yun, who then fell down beside Ning Xueyan.

Mother Yun screamed out in pain. She completely forgot that Ning Xueyan was the mistress of the Lord Protector's Manor and was going to beat Ning Xueyan while she scolded her. "Bitch! How dare you hit me! I'll kill you today."

The maids and women around them responded at this time, and immediately rushed up to stop Mother Yun. Mother Han reacted quickly and protected Ning Xueyan with her body. It was chaos.

"Stop! What's going on?" The angry sound came from over their heads. Madam Ling, who came in hurriedly, almost went mad when she saw the scene! She stared at Mother Yun fiercely. Mother Yun let go of Ning Xueyan's arm and hurried to explain.

"Madam, the Fifth Young Lady slapped me. Look, my face is swollen," Mother Yun complained to Madam Ling, pointing at her swollen face.

"Fifth Young Lady, what's the matter? Why did you come here and slap my servant?" Madam Ling frowned and looked at Ning Xueyan, who was being protected by Mother Han.

Ning Xueyan held Mother Han's hand and stood up with difficulty. Her face looked pale. She pointed at Mother Yun and said, "She not only scolded me, but also bit me. Mother, please exercise justice for me."

The eyes of all watching fell on Ning Xueyan's sleeves, where there was a large bloodstain and blood still dripped from the sleeves. They realized that Ning Xueyan's pale face was caused by excessive blood loss.

This sudden change surprised everyone. Because of her pale face and bleeding wounds, she looked more miserable in the eyes of the people around her.

"Madam, I didn't bite her!" Mother Yun was also shocked, hurrying to explain. Even though Ning Xueyan was not favored, she still was a mistress of the manor.

"Are you saying that I bit myself?" Ning Xueyan stood unsteadily, covering her head with one hand. It looked like she was going to faint, but she still forced herself to turn to Madam Ling. "Mother, please exercise justice for your daughter."

She emphasized the word "daughter" when she begged, then fell back after saying it. Mother Han hurried to reach out to catch hold of her.

Before fainting, Ning Xueyan whispered in Mother Han's ear.

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