Zhao Xingyao waited outside the royal study for almost half an hour, his legs were sore from standing, before he waited until Ning Qingyan came out relaxed.
"How's it going?" Zhao Xingyao stepped forward eagerly.
In fact, at that moment, he couldn't tell whether he was expecting success or failure.
Ning Qingyan deliberately gave him a pass, "Your Majesty's decree will be delivered to our two houses soon. If His Royal Highness is in a hurry, you can go in and ask Your Majesty directly."
"..." Go ask His Majesty? Zhao Xingyao didn't dare. He felt that if he went in now, he would be killed.
"No need, since it's a foregone conclusion, I'll just go back home and wait." Zhao Xingyao took a step back, with a cold and arrogant expression on his face again.
Ning Qingyan's smile did not change, she had already expected his cowardice.
As if he felt that Ning Qingyan's eyes were a little embarrassing, Zhao Xingyao stiffened his neck and said: "Ning Qingyan took the initiative to break off the engagement today. If you regret it in the future, don't say that it was my son who bullied you!"
"Thank you for the reminder, Your Majesty, I'll take note of it." After Ning Qingyan said this, she took the lead in leaving the palace.
Zhao Xingyao stood there, looking at her leaving figure with a sense of loss.
He didn't know why, but when he couldn't see the obsession and attachment he once had in Ning Qingyan's eyes, he felt frightened and always felt that he had missed something.
But what will be missed?
Although Ning Qingyan is no longer stupid, he is still a waste who cannot practice. Zhao Xingyao, the proud son of heaven, is only sixteen years old and is already a fifth-level warrior. How can Ning Qingyan be worthy of him?
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After Ning Qingyan left the palace, she immediately returned to Ning Mansion.
Today is her first day back in the world, and it is also a busy day.
When we rushed back to Ning Mansion, the crowd that had been watching had already dispersed.
The servants of the Ning Mansion were still standing in the courtyard with dull eyes, waiting for her return.
Ning Qingyan's eyes swept over these people one by one, and she snorted coldly in her heart.
She just used some of the remaining ghost energy obtained from the Ten Thousand Demons Cave and simply cast a puppet technique to temporarily control them and listen to her orders.
Otherwise, when she punished Xiao Ruyi and Zhao Xingyao before, they would not be so quiet.
But now, if she wants to live in this mansion, she will naturally not keep a bunch of running dogs of the Xiao family mother and daughter!
The people walking on the tooth line are almost in front of and behind Ning Qingyan.
When he came, he was stunned when he saw the servants all over the yard. He came here after receiving a notice that the Ning Mansion was going to sell off its servants. However, looking at the posture, the Ning Mansion was going to sell off all the servants in the house.
All sold?
"Miss Ning, what are you..." The man in Yaxing subconsciously asked the only owner.
Ning Qingyan had already prepared the deeds of sale for these people, and directly handed them to the people at the dental shop and asked, "Count them yourself. If you give me the total, then take them away."
Fortunately, Ning Qingyan was a fool before, so the Xiao family's mother and daughter could safely leave these deeds of sale in the Ning Mansion. Now it is convenient for Ning Qingyan.
The people at the tooth shop checked out the deed of sale and found that it was fine with black words on a white background.
But just in case, he still asked: "Miss Ning, I want to ask a little bit. If you dismissed them all at once, who will serve in this house?"
Today's Miss Ning Mansion is indeed as rumored by the outside world. She seems to be a different person, and she is not stupid anymore! She is just acting a little eccentric, which makes people confused.
Ning Qingyan replied with good temper: "There is nothing we can do about it. Who would dare to use a servant who betrays the Lord? If you don't believe me, ask them what they have done?"
As soon as she finished speaking, those dull and stereotyped servants all started talking to each other——
"I once stole the eldest lady's jewelry and sold it, and wore the eldest lady's clothes."
"I don't feed the eldest lady, and I ask her to do the work for me."
"I beat the eldest lady... gave her sour food..."
"I also scolded the eldest lady and made her crawl into a dog hole..."
"..." The people in Yaxing were shocked when they heard this. So, does the eldest lady of Ning Mansion live such a life?
It’s hard to describe it as hot as water or fire!
"...I misappropriated the silver in the account, which is three thousand taels...and I still thought about the eldest lady..." The last one to speak was the housekeeper Fei Jiu.
As soon as his words came out, Ning Qingyan's eyes turned cold.
The people from Yaxing gritted their teeth and stared at this group of people with anger, assuring Ning Qingyan: "Don't worry, young lady, I already know what they are doing, and I will definitely train them well when I take them back."
Strike again!"
"Thank you." Ning Qingyan's smile did not reach her eyes.
The people at Yaxing shuddered inexplicably, gave Ning Qingyan more than 700 taels of silver, tied the people with ropes, and took them away like animals.
As soon as they left, the entire Ning Mansion instantly became much quieter, and Ning Qingyan also felt at ease!
She looked at the closed door, turned and walked towards a secluded courtyard in the outer courtyard.
Strictly speaking, it is not that there are no servants in the Ning Mansion today. The only one left is a person that even her aunt cannot drive away. Over the years, because Ning Qingyan has been thoroughly brainwashed by the Xiao family's mother and daughter, he has become obsessed with it.
He stayed by Ning Yan's side dejectedly and no longer paid attention to Ning Qingyan's affairs.
The place where Ning Qingyan is heading now is where the master and servant live.
It is ridiculous to say that Ning Yan is obviously the owner of Ning Mansion, but he is bullied by a mother and daughter with a foreign surname and can only live in a remote courtyard outside the courtyard.
What a coward! What a coward!!
As Ning Qingyan walked and recalled the past 'memories', the coldness in her eyes became stronger.
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On the other side, Zhao Xingyao also left after Ning Qingyan left the palace. He hurriedly returned to Prince Zhou's Mansion, and before he could explain what happened in detail to his parents, the imperial edict followed.
The King of Zhou and his wife knelt down in confusion to receive the edict. When they heard the eunuch who delivered the edict read out the contents of the imperial edict, they realized that their son had actually run in front of the emperor and terminated his engagement with the Ning Mansion!
That's not all... In addition to canceling the engagement between the two houses, the imperial edict also granted Zhao Xingyao another marriage. The woman was Xiao Ruyi, the daughter of the Xiao family, and asked them to choose a date to get married!
Zhao Xingyao was stunned.
When did he say he wanted to marry Xiao Ruyi?
In the past, it would have been okay for him to marry Xiao Ruyi. But now, he already knew that Xiao Ruyi had a vicious heart and pretended to be an innocent white lotus. Thinking about it made him feel sick. He was afraid of marrying such a woman back home.
I don’t even know when I died!
However, the imperial edict has been issued, and he does not even have the right to say 'no'.
Zhao Xingyao suddenly remembered Ning Qingyan's meaningful smile before leaving, and instantly realized that it was all because of her! "Ning Qingyan——!"
Only then did Zhao Xingyao realize that Ning Qingyan did not terminate the engagement with good intentions at all.
But sincere revenge!
She had planned it from the beginning. First, she exposed Xiao Ruyi's disguise in front of him and made him disgusted. Then she took the initiative to break off the engagement so that he and Xiao Ruyi could be tied together!!!
What's damning is that he didn't react and foolishly accompanied Ning Qingyan on a trip.
Although he did not enter the royal study, he was outside, which naturally confirmed that what Ning Qingyan said was true. Uncle Huang would also think that he also wanted to break off the engagement!
Zhao Xingyao reacted and was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
Little did he know that just when he was about to be scolded by his parents, there was an imperial edict to dissolve the engagement and grant a marriage, and he was speeding towards Ning Mansion...