108 ways to die for supporting characters

Chapter 6: The Daughter of the Imperial Family
"Miss, I just heard from Miss Qiu'er in the upper room that the old lady is planning to arrange your marriage with the prince before the New Year."

It is now the beginning of March. It takes at least half a year for a wealthy family to prepare for a wedding, so it is just right to get married before the New Year.

Ning Yan heard Cui Er's words and scolded him, "Don't talk nonsense. It's nonsense. If others hear it, they will think your daughter hates to get married."

The original owner was the legitimate daughter of General Pingnan, and was raised by her parents. Three years ago, General Ning died in the battlefield. When her mother heard the news, she died without a breath.

General Pingnan had only one wife, and she gave birth to only one daughter.

The original owner became an orphan at the age of twelve and was taken to her maternal grandparents’ home, which is the Duke Dingguo’s Mansion.

Song Rui, the son of Duke Dingguo, was fifteen years old three years ago. He fell in love with the stunningly beautiful original owner at first sight and persuaded his grandmother to marry his cousin to him.

Unfortunately, the original owner was unlucky and died in the pond of Duke Dingguo's Mansion before the two of them could get married.

Princess Changning of Prince Jin's Mansion fell in love with Song Rui. When she learned that he already had a fiancée, she bribed the servants of Duke Dingguo's Mansion to attack the original owner and pushed him into the pond.

By the time she was fished out, she was already dead.

Ning Yan came through at that time.

Song Rui was afraid that their marriage would have complications, so he asked his grandmother to help them get married as soon as possible.

It seems that grandma agrees.

Frankly speaking, Song Rui has no shortcomings. He is good-looking, well-educated, and works in the Ministry of Personnel at a young age. He is also the companion of the Crown Prince. As long as the Crown Prince can ascend the throne smoothly, the Duke Dingguo's Mansion will definitely prosper for another 30 years.

But he has a mother who doesn't like the original owner.

How could the prince of Duke Dingguo marry a little orphan?
This is why the Duke’s wife looked down on the original owner.

According to Ning Yan's opinion, she would never believe that the reason why Princess Changning succeeded so easily was because of the involvement of the Duke's wife!

Ning Yan is not the soft-hearted person that her original owner was. If Lady Dingguo and Princess Changning plot against her together, then no one can expect anything. As for Song Rui, he can marry whoever he wants. She will not marry him.

The next day, Ning Yan left the Duke's Mansion with several maids.

When the original owner went to the Duke's Mansion, he brought all the property of the Pingnan General's Mansion with him. Except for some commemorative items, the original owner exchanged all the other things for silver bills with the help of the old butler.

Ning Yan is now also a wealthy woman.

With nothing to do in the mansion, she took Cui'er to the street, found a middleman, and bought a three-story courtyard house in the noble area of ​​​​the west city.

She also selected some servants to clean the house from top to bottom. Now she finally had her own home in the capital.

The next day, Ning Yan received an invitation from Princess Changning. Her family had a private courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing. The peach blossoms in the courtyard were in full bloom, and she was going to hold a flower-viewing banquet.

Ning Yan knew what she was planning, so she dressed up nicely and went to the appointment on time.

It was called a flower-viewing banquet, but Princess Changning also invited many young talents to come, and those who were attracted to each other got together.

Ning Yan had a pair of beautiful, watery eyes that seemed to be able to speak, a slim figure, a slender waist that could be held in one hand, and a plump chest. There was a faint fragrance wafting around wherever she went. It was really hard not to be noticed by people.

Even though she wore a veil that covered most of her face below her nose, she still attracted many people's attention. This scene made Princess Changning extremely unhappy, and she wished she could ruin Ning Yan's beautiful face right there.

Fortunately, she still had her rationality. Thinking of her own arrangements, she smiled triumphantly.

Because of Ning Yan's arrival, several young ladies became dissatisfied with Princess Changning. They were not jealous of Ning Yan's looks, but everyone in the capital knew that Ning Yan had a fiancé. The invitation they received said that the ladies were invited to enjoy the flowers together, but she actually invited outsiders. It would have been fine if she had just invited outsiders, but she did not invite the Prince of Ningguo, which was a bit rude.

The Dayan Dynasty was relatively open-minded. It was acceptable for young men and women to get together to hold poetry readings or go outings to enjoy the flowers. But for someone like Princess Changning, it felt like today's flower-viewing banquet would not be peaceful.

After greeting the princess, a maid led the way to the Peach Garden.

It's lively when these ladies get together, and there's always something to talk about with all the chatter.

Soon Princess Changning also arrived, and everyone saluted together. But when she stood up, the eldest daughter of Censor Shi's family beside her seemed to have lost her balance, and she casually pulled the veil off Ning Yan's face.

Ning Yan: ...

"I'm sorry Miss Ning, I didn't mean it. Please forgive me. Otherwise, I'll put it on for you."

A dozen ladies and twenty or thirty servants all looked at Ning Yan's face and asked, what's the matter with the big black mark on her face?
It was a palm-sized patch that covered half of her face and even stained her lips. It was really ugly in a unique way!

No wonder she has to cover her face with a veil. She has to cover it, otherwise it would be bad if it scared people.

Ning Yan looked at the expressions of the crowd and understood that the mark on her face was caused by her on purpose. Princess Changning got the news within just one day and did this to embarrass her in public.

After all, everyone knows that Miss Shi is Princess Changning's follower, and it is easy to guess that it was Princess Changning who ordered it.

Thinking that this would make her feel uncomfortable, how childish!
"Forget it, it's all said and done, let's just leave it at that."

At the back door of the courtyard.

A well-dressed maid whispered to the man in black in front of her: "The most beautiful one in the garden is the target. The balance will be paid immediately after the job is done."

The man in black nodded, then tiptoed into the yard.

The royal family produces beauties, after all, they are improved from generation to generation. Prince Jin was famous for his good looks when he was young, and the princess he married was also dignified and beautiful. It is understandable that Princess Changning is also good-looking, but she is overshadowed by the enchantress Ning Yan.

At this moment, she felt a secret pleasure in her heart, and even thought that it would be nice if the dark spots on Ning Yan's face could stay like this forever.

Then he thought that he could deal with her today, and he was secretly delighted.

Right here, a black shadow broke into the forest. The man was masked. After looking at these noble ladies, he directly locked onto Princess Changning. The next second, he kidnapped Changning and flew away on a peach branch.

The frightened maid didn't react until then, but there was no sign of the princess!

"Help! The princess has been kidnapped! Help! Come quickly!"

The whole villa was in chaos all of a sudden. Ning Yan was supported by two maids. The three of them were all frightened out of their wits. The noise here was heard by the male guests. The two were not far away at the time, and two sons of military generals' families quickly chased after them.

With such a big incident happening in the villa, the flower-viewing banquet was naturally dispersed, and the news of Princess Changning being abducted spread quickly.

(End of this chapter)