There was a path leading to a bamboo forest in the backyard of the Ningyuan Marquis's mansion, though others avoided it because it was so remote. However, Yi Ning often went there to admire the bamboo forest and bring her maids to dig small bamboo shoots for her pickled pickles. That day, she stumbled upon a lean figure in the bamboo forest, pressed against a woman, her clothes half-stripped, her pretty face drenched in sweat. She couldn't bear to look at the woman's face, but she saw Lu Jiaran's clearly, and heard the panting of the wild mandarin ducks.
Lu Jiaran raised her head suddenly and immediately escaped from the bamboo forest.
On the way, she thought of the woman's clothes. She didn't wear the clothes of a servant in the mansion. Her smooth white skin and tightly wrapped thighs made her look like a beauty.
Lu Jiaran was actually having an affair with someone else behind Xie Min's back. The two of them were intimate and extremely ambiguous. Poor Xie Min for her deep affection for more than 20 years.
Yi Ning wanted to say these words every time she heard her chanting and saw her wiping Lu Jiaran's belongings. She felt very uncomfortable holding it back at that time, but today she could finally say it out.
"...Since he's been dead for over a decade, why should Madam continue to be so devoted to him? If the man you're thinking of were still alive, would he treat you the way you treat him?" Yi Ning opened her hand, and the remaining melon seeds fell onto the plate. "Madam, do you think being devoted to someone is something you honor? Xie Yun's devoted love is none of my business."
After more than twenty years of hardship, she believed she shared Xie Min's experience. But now, her fate with Xie Min was probably limited to this sentence.
The words she spoke on Xie Yun's behalf were nothing more than a defense of her niece. To her, Xie Min was someone she'd lived with for over twenty years and knew well. But to Xie Min, she was just a sister-in-law who had died young. She didn't want to say anything more.
At this time, Xie Yun came up with tea.
There were two cups of tea on the square tray, one of Snow Bud and the other of Rain-Previous Longjing. Yining took it and handed the Snow Bud to Xie Yun, saying, "The rim of the cup is hot, be careful."
Xie Min was stunned after taking the tea, and immediately looked at Yining.
Few people knew she liked Snow Bud tea. She used to be a tea lover, but she'd been drinking less in recent years. Back when she'd been paying her respects to the old lady at the Marquis's residence, the youngest daughter-in-law would often make her own tea, but hers was Snow Bud. She'd casually say this exact phrase whenever she handed it to her, perfectly accurate. At the time, she'd been puzzled by how the fourth daughter-in-law knew her preferences.
Back then, the fourth son's wife was not outstanding, so she had never paid much attention to her. But because of this, she actually valued her a little more.
Yi Ning took a sip of her tea and looked up to see Xie Min looking at her strangely.
"Mrs. Luo just picked some snow bud tea for me. Do you know I like to drink this?" Xie Yun asked.
It was just a subconscious action.
Luo Yining's heart skipped a beat, but he just evaded the question by saying, "I just handed it to my wife. I don't really care whether I like it or not."
She felt that the more she interacted with Xie Min, the more clues she would reveal. Xie Min was a woman, and women's perceptions were very sharp. Although Yi Ning explained, the way Xie Min looked at her made her increasingly uneasy.
She didn't want to stay any longer, and the drama was really mediocre, so she wanted to say goodbye to Xie Min and go for a walk.
Xie Min held her hand and said, "Mrs. Luo, don't move." Her voice was very soft. "I didn't lie to you just now. The moment I saw you, I felt a sense of familiarity. It was like we were friends who had known each other for many years. I wanted to talk to you."
Yi Ning took a deep breath, shook off Xie Min's hand, and turned to leave. Xie Min smiled in surprise, then suddenly said, "Mrs. Luo, you're called Yi Ning too. My fourth brother, the now powerful Governor Lu, once had a first wife... also by that name, but he murdered her and she died before she was nineteen. You and her walk and talk very much alike. She didn't like opera either, and she especially disliked literary drama."
Xie Min had noticed Yi Ning a moment earlier. While watching the opera, she'd noticed the girl next to her with her hair in a bun, and the more she looked at her, the more familiar her demeanor seemed. She was intensely focused on Yue Fei, but uninterested when she looked at Qin Hui. She always had something in her hands, playing with it out of habit.
She suddenly had an inexplicable intuition and stood up and left her seat.
She wanted to see how this person would react.
It was just that when I heard Yun'er say that she was Mrs. Luo San, and thought of Yun'er's hardship, I wanted to hint at it.
Xie Min is cheating her!
Yi Ning said calmly, "That's really a pity."
"What a pity? It's indeed a pity. If she were still alive, she would have enjoyed endless wealth and glory with Lu Jiaxue's current status." Xie Min said with a wry smile, "I feel sorry for her, but now no one knows that she ever existed. Even Lu Jiaxue himself forbids his servants to mention it. My life has not been easy. I became her murderer. Wherever I go, I am criticized. My power has passed into his hands. But why doesn't anyone think about it? I am already in such a position, why would I kill her? Whoever benefits will be the one who killed her. Think about it, she is the more pitiful one, killed by her own close friend who was defenseless, and no one knows. I pray to the Buddha every day. If she were reincarnated, I wonder if she would want to come back for revenge..."
"If she wants revenge, I will definitely help her." Xie Min's tone turned cold.
Xie Min hated Lu Jiaxue to the core, and Yining knew it. Xie Min had tried to kill Lu Jiaxue, but she was no match for him.
Does she want revenge? Is she no longer entangled with these people?
Yi Ning didn't want revenge. She had lived a good life in this life. With so many people around her who loved her, she could have taken a small vengeance, but this person was Lu Jiaxue. How could she stand up to Lu Jiaxue? Even the current Luo Shenyuan wasn't at the level to stand up to Lu Jiaxue. Revenge would only bring trouble upon herself, at least not right now.
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