C115

The madame had always enjoyed liveliness. It was a rare occasion for so many people to come to Qingfeng Courtyard, but it actually felt rather crowded all of a sudden.

An Lingxue was the least afraid, she was the madame's most beloved granddaughter. The madame had even injured An Lingge for her sake, which made her secretly pleased, thinking that if she wasn't the third wife's granddaughter, her position must definitely be above An Lingge's.

An Lingmeng was at a loss and did not know what had happened. She could only stand quietly at the side with her head down, acting like an invisible person.

Amongst the few of them, only An Lingyi was feeling anxious. Her hand was holding the handkerchief, but she still pretended to be calm.

"You all should know what happened in the academy today." The old mistress squinted, but her aged eyes were still sharp.

An Lingxue immediately nodded her head, a look of worry appeared on her innocent face, "We were originally well enough to participate in the exam, but Big Sis' horse went crazy somehow, and almost brought Big Sis down the cliff at the back of the mountain. Little Xue was so scared that she broke out in cold sweat at that time. Fortunately, Hereditary Prince Mu was present, and managed to save Big Sis in time.

She looked as if she was worried about An Lingge, and was completely unable to see the jealousy and hatred she had for him.

Although An Lingyi was guilty, she was not stupid. Following An Lingxue's instructions, she was also relieved for a while before saying, "That horse was previously charging towards us, luckily nothing big happened."

The old lady knew that An Lingmeng was a timid person, and could not do such a thing to harm someone's life. She looked past her and landed her gaze on An Lingyi and An Lingxue.

If it was two days ago, the Old Granny would not have doubted An Lingxue, but after knowing that An Lingxue had that intention too, and even wanted to ruin her looks, the Old Madam couldn't help but feel a little displeased.

Even though she had protected An Lingxue that day, there was still a gap in her heart.

She had always thought that her pure and kind granddaughter had set her eyes on her future brother-in-law, not mentioning that she wanted to frame her older cousin and seduce him. If not for An Lingxue growing up in front of her all these years, the old lady would have made her kneel in front of her ancestral hall to copy Buddhist scriptures.

But who would have thought that right after this matter ended, the eldest girl would be almost killed by someone. The mansion's young ladies had such malicious intentions, but the madame couldn't bear it any longer, so she called them over.

The sharp look in her eyes landed on An Lingxue's body, causing the latter to be worried.

"Since it's like this, then do you think that this was a coincidence? Or did someone deliberately frame the big girl?"

With the madame's words, An Lingyi tightened her grip on the handkerchief in her hand.

Seeing that An Lingxue did not speak, she could only bite the bullet and said, "Big sister suffered a shock in the academy, she should be like that due to bad luck, why would someone purposely set her up?"

"Yeah, who would have a grudge with their big sister to actually do such a malicious thing to take their lives?"

An Lingxue had already understood that if this matter wasn't caused by her, then it must be An Lingyi who was also at the Jingdu Academy and also hated An Lingge for her status as her direct daughter.

Although there was nothing wrong with An Lingge's life today, it would still be good if she could use this opportunity to trample An Lingyi beneath her feet.

Thinking about this, An Lingxue pretended to agree with An Lingyi's words, but in reality, she pointed out that it was done by a person who had enmity with An Lingge. The person who had enmity with him was naturally An Lingyi.

The old mistress thought for a moment and then understood. She nodded and said seriously, "If the big girl's luck is bad, then why is it that out of so many people in the academy, no one else is hurt but the big girl almost lost her life? Someone must be targeting her! "

Her face darkened, anger was already visible in her eyes, "But the one who has a grudge with the big girl, it must be one of you. "If you admit it now, I will punish you lightly for taking the initiative to confess. If you don't admit it, I will send people to investigate everything and punish you. When that time comes, don't blame me for not showing mercy!"

"Grandmother, how can you say that?" An Lingxue laughed, and was about to grab onto the old lady's arm, but who knew that the old lady would actually lean to the side and ask An Lingxue to grab onto empty air, her attitude clearly showed that she was angry with her.

An Lingxue's heart was in a panic, the old lady had never treated her coldly before, could it be that she hated him because of that matter?

The smile on her face faded in an instant, replaced by a sad and pitiful look. "Grandmother, are you still angry about that? Little Xue already knows that she was wrong, and will never do it again, I will apologize to big sister right now, Grandmother, please don't be angry, alright? Little Xue likes Grandmother the most. If Grandmother was angry because of me, Little Xue would feel bad. "

The old lady ignored her with a stern face, she then gritted her teeth and bowed towards An Lingge, "Big sister, that matter was Little Xue's fault, Little Xue is apologizing to you."

The madame was finally soft-hearted. "Let's not talk about that for now. I only want to know who did it today."

An Lingyi's heart trembled, she thought about how she should shut up the person who had given the medicine, and heard An Lingxue say, "Grandmother, after you said that, Little Xue actually remembered that she saw Third Sister behind us yesterday, and seemed to be instructing her own servant."

"Stop talking nonsense!" An Lingyi glared at her fiercely, but she was still shocked. She had ordered her servant to settle this matter, could it be that she was truly seen by this man?

Glimmers danced in the old mistress' eyes as her expression darkened. "Go and get the maidservant beside Third Young Miss. I would like to ask what is going on."

"Grandmother." An Lingyi panicked, and quickly interrupted the old lady, "Yi Er did indeed instruct the servant yesterday to bribe the school's people. But that was to get someone to prepare a fast horse for her granddaughter, and at the same time to give laxatives to other women's horses. The reason why my granddaughter is doing this, is because she wants to perform a little better at the academy's assessment. She doesn't have the intention to frame big sister! "

This matter of her bribing the people in the academy would be discovered sooner or later. It would be better for her to admit it this morning and find a good excuse to successfully pull herself out of this matter.

An Lingxue secretly pursed her lips, she was just trying to trick An Lingyi, this foolish woman, to say it out, she was truly a fool.

However, it was obviously impossible for her to avoid getting too serious.

An Lingge listened to their words in silence until this moment, "In order to make myself perform better, Third Sister can put other people's lives at stake. If you want to kill them, does that mean everyone in the academy must die?"