Si Ning took Jin Ling back to her yard. She asked Qiu Ju to guard the door and led her into the room.
She was sitting on the main seat, and a sense of oppression that was not angry and intimidating instantly swept over the entire room.
Jin Ling swallowed in fear, always feeling that the young lady today was different from the young lady before.
But she didn't think too much about it. In the past, Si Ning was an unloved concubine of the Zhenguo Palace, but now she was the wife of a well-known general. It was naturally different.
After cautiously bowing to Si Ning, Si Ning's cold voice came over.
"Kneel down!"
Without any roundabout pleasantries, Si Ning launched an attack directly.
Jin Ling stiffened and hurriedly knelt down.
"Miss, I don't have any..."
"No? It's nothing. You didn't intend to frame me. You came here suddenly just to have fun?"
Of course it is impossible!
As a maid from Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, what qualifications does she have to come to Ning'an Marquis' Mansion?
It was absolutely impossible for her to come to visit Si Ning. Si Ning didn't take anyone with her when she got married, and she had already told everyone that she didn't love Jin Ling.
Why would a maid who was not loved by her master come to hang out in front of Si Ning?
In order to regain favor, it is naturally impossible.
Jin Ling knelt on the ground tremblingly, clutching her hands to the ground, lowering her head and not daring to look at Si Ning.
Sunlight streamed in from the window and hit Si Ning's face, illuminating her face in a blur.
Si Ning picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip. The mellow aroma entered her throat, which immediately made her feel much better and made her a little more patient.
"Do you need me to help you think about it?"
Jin Ling shuddered again, and finally looked up at Si Ning, her eyes wet.
"I really don't have any intention of harming the young lady. I just...just..."
"Just what?" Si Ning asked her.
Jin Ling hesitated for a moment and then said slowly, "My slave was beaten on the street a few days ago. It was Mrs. Li who saved me. She invited me to be a guest in the mansion, so I came."
"Then you know I'm here?"
Jin Ling's voice was very low, "I know this."
Even though he still came after knowing it, he still came without Si Ning's knowledge.
What else is there to say?
Jin Ling is not a little girl from a small family who has never seen the world. She comes from the Zhenguo Palace. Even if she is just a maid in the inner house of an unpopular young lady, she has seen the dirty tricks in the house.
Si Ning didn't believe that she didn't understand why she was suddenly invited into the house?
I knew it but I still came...
"I asked you to arrange a place for you. Now that you're here, feel free to settle down."
Although it is not clear what the two women from the Li family are going to do, or what kind of chess Jin Ling is in their hands, leaving this chess in their hands will eventually have other uses.
Since Jin Ling has chosen this path, for the sake of master and servant, Si Ning will help her.
Jin Ling was taken down by the maid, and Qiu Ju walked in.
"Madam, they first spread rumors about you, and now they have brought another person in. What are they going to do?"
What to do?
Si Ning almost guessed it, but he didn't mention it to Qiu Ju.
It's not that I don't trust Qiu Ju, it's just that there's no need.
If she knew her plan, she might not agree.
This girl was stubborn. Lu Hanxiao sent her to his side and asked her to protect him. She regarded it as an imperial edict, even without her own life.
"I don't know either. There are too many things going on and I can't figure them out."
"But don't worry, you will know their plans sooner or later."
Because Jin Ling came, the old lady was relieved of Si Ning's illness.
There was no need to stay in the old lady's yard all day, so Si Ning had time to go out of the house again.
When she came back, Qiu Ju reported to her.
"Jin Ling was called away by Mrs. Li. Now she is in the old lady's courtyard. She said she is willing to take care of the old lady on your behalf."
Si Ning nodded as he listened, "That's fine. With her here, I can do other things with peace of mind."
Qiu Ju said anxiously, "Madam, that Jin Ling obviously has no good intentions. She is not from our house. What's the point of serving the old lady?"
Si Ning looked at Qiu Ju's anxious look and nodded with a smile.
"That's right, let's go and bring the person back."
Qiu Ju, "..."
"Ma'am, don't let them fool you."
Qiu Ju hated that iron could not become steel. Even she noticed something was wrong. Why didn't his wife take it seriously?
Until she arrived at the old lady's yard, Qiu Ju was still mumbling in Si Ning's ears, as if she was afraid that her wife would be cheated.
"You still know how to come!"
Seeing Si Ning walking in, the old lady glared over fiercely.
Si Ning didn't look at her, but looked at Jin Ling who was standing obediently aside.
"Who asked you to make your own decisions? Come back with me."
Si Ning's voice was filled with anger, and Jin Ling was so frightened that she hid behind the old lady.
When the old lady saw this, she scolded Si Ning.
"Why don't you want to see me, an old woman, and you don't allow people in your courtyard to come?"
"Mother, Aning didn't mean that."
When facing the old lady, Si Ning's tone was obviously much weaker.
Jin Ling pleads for Si Ning from the side, "Old madam, it was the young lady who asked me to take care of her. She is thinking about you in her heart. Don't blame her."
Many people heard this, but the old lady didn't believe it at all.
Si Ning was scolded by the old lady and returned to the courtyard, while Jin Ling stayed behind.
Mrs. Li was a little confused when she heard the news.
"It shouldn't be. Si Ning must have guessed something. She should take Jin Ling back."
Mrs. Li always felt that something was wrong, and Si Ning's reaction was a little abnormal.
When she plots against others, she likes to look at the whole thing from the other person's perspective.
Si Ning should have guessed that she and Li Xutang were going to harm her, but he didn't know what they wanted to do yet.
Jin Ling's arrival must have made her wary, and she will keep Jin Ling by her side closely.
She guessed correctly, but she didn't guess that Si Ning would leave Jin Ling with the old lady.
"I must have overlooked something!"
Li Xutang disagreed, "Sister-in-law, you are too cautious. Si Ning is very smart, but she is not a bug in our stomachs. Could it be that she can guess everything? We have worked so hard to create such a show , both to save people and to plan, we can’t just let it go.”
"You are so impatient that you let your brother..."
Mrs. Li didn't say any more, but her expression betrayed her. She resented Li Xutang.
Li Xutang also realized it, but she couldn't blame her sister-in-law.
Her eldest brother was indeed implicated by her. If she hadn't written home for help, her eldest brother wouldn't have come with his nephew to make decisions for her.
If her eldest brother had not come, what happened later would not have happened. It was her failure to live up to her eldest brother's kindness.
"Sister-in-law, I know I was wrong." Li Xutang was convinced.
After all, the child was brought up by herself, and Mrs. Li was not really angry with her.
And now that she is in Ning'an Hou Mansion, she still relies on Li Xutang, which is not the time to fall out.
He reached out to hold Li Xutang's hand and taught him patiently.
"Xu Tang, sister-in-law doesn't mean to blame you. It's true that we are in a difficult situation now and we can't make a wrong step. I think that Si Ning may not be easy to deal with, so we'd better be careful."
Li Xutang nodded, "Sister-in-law is right, but I think it doesn't matter if Si Ning knows something. Now Ning'an Marquis Mansion is my housekeeper. No matter how powerful she is, she can't cover the sky with one hand, and she can't reach out with her hand." We may not be able to accomplish anything in that old and immortal courtyard..."
