Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 20 Zheng Xiuning's Hate

Suoyan Pavilion.

Zheng Xiuning paced back and forth in front of the window, his fingers unconsciously tangle together.

A maid pushed the door open, and the creaking sound of the door made Zheng Xiuning startled, and immediately scowled, "Who let you in!"

The servant girl didn't know what she had done, which offended the second lady, but she could only kneel down and beg for mercy.

"It's the servant's fault, the servant will go out immediately."

"Don't hurry up!"

Zheng Xiuning was even more upset. She originally wanted to persuade Yang Shi to get rid of Jing Ning while Zheng Anyan was away, but for some reason, Yang Shi refused to agree.

"Ning'er, although your father is on the front line, he still has a lot of her eyeliner in the house. As long as we make a move, we will definitely be known. Now is not the time to touch Zheng Xiuning. What we have to do now is to endure !"

endure.

How many years has she heard this word?

From the first day she entered Zheng's mansion, she has been enduring, carefully pleasing those who she hates herself, groveling, and in the end even she herself loathes herself a little.

By now, she was no longer willing to bear it any longer!

At this time, the maid she sent out to pay attention to Jingning's courtyard rushed in, "Second Miss, the Eldest Miss is back."

"What? She came back?"

Zheng Xiuning's face was ugly for a moment, and the next moment, she restrained the expression on her face.

"I see, you go down."

When the room was empty, she turned around, and her face finally gradually became grim.

It failed!
"Miss, there is no movement in Aunt Yang's yard or Miss Second's yard."

Bihua respectfully told the news he heard.

Jing Ning smiled, without much concern on his face, "They are people who can hold their breath, otherwise, how could they have kept it from their father for so many years?"

As she spoke, she stood up and took all the thick stack of books on the table into her arms.

"Let's go, accompany me to visit grandma."

Jing Ning had just arrived at the old lady's courtyard, and before he entered the door, he heard laughter from inside.

Jing Ning lowered his head, a cold light flashed across his eyes, then walked in with a smile.

"Grandmother." Following her call, there was a moment of silence in the room.

"elder sister?"

When he saw Jing Ning standing in front of him safe and sound, a cold light flashed across Zheng Xiuning's eyes, but a touch of intimacy appeared on his face at the right time.

She ran down in surprise and grabbed Jing Ning's hand, "Sister, why did you come to grandma?"

Is this obliquely reminding the old lady that she has never set foot here in the past?

Sure enough, the old lady narrowed her eyes, looked Jing Ning up and down, and said quietly, "Why is Jing girl here today?"

It has to be said that Jing Ning's visit surprised the old lady, after all, this girl had never been close to her in the past, to the point where she turned her head away when she saw her.

Jing Ning said, "Speaking of which, Jing Ning came to grandma today to apologize to grandma."

Having said that, she pursed her lips tightly, with a look of guilt on her face.

"In the past, some servants always liked to gossip in Jingning's ears, saying that you don't like Jingning, grandma, and that you asked Jingning to teach Mr. Jingning because they wanted to see Jingning's jokes, and said that you, grandma, are very fierce. At that time, Jing Ning was ignorant, so she really believed these words, thinking that her grandmother didn't like Jing Ning, and every time she saw her, she wanted to avoid her."

She paused and continued.

"Later when Jing Ning grew up, I realized that what those people said was actually wrong, but Jing Ning couldn't bear the shame and came to her grandmother's yard to apologize."

The old lady originally thought that Jing Ning had caused some trouble again, so she wanted to come to her to apologize, but she didn't expect that it was because of this reason.

Her eyes suddenly curved up, and she asked with a smile, "Oh, then why are you so embarrassed now?"

Jing Ning muttered, "It's not grandma, you go to offer incense outside the capital, and you go there for several months. Even if Jing Ning misses you, she can't secretly look at you."

The old lady finally couldn't help it, and burst out laughing.

Zheng Xiuning beside him even froze his smile.

Clenching her fingers suddenly, she was both shocked and angry in her heart. She never thought that Jing Ning, who hadn't seen her for a few days, would change so much.

What's the matter, didn't you hate the old lady in the past few years?Why did you suddenly start to please the old lady?

She suppressed the sense of panic that she couldn't control, and was about to speak, when the old lady suddenly saw the book in Jing Ning's arms.

"Jingning is reading a book, what kind of book are you reading?"

As she spoke, she waved her hand and signaled Jing Ning to bring the book up for her to read.

Jing Ning stepped forward with a smile, presented the book in his hand, and said in a sweet and clear voice, "This is the Heart Sutra of Master Bodhi that Jing Ning copied for your grandmother. There are 12 copies in total."

Master Bodhi, a well-known eminent monk in the capital.

The old lady is a believer in Buddhism, so she naturally knows the name of Master Bodhi, but what really surprised her is——

"Since when did Jingning fall in love with Buddhist scriptures?"

"Yeah, sister, didn't you like Buddhist scriptures the least in the past? You always said that Buddhist scriptures were very long-winded, which made people feel dizzy! How could you suddenly like Buddhist scriptures?"

What Zheng Xiuning said was actually ironic that Jing Ning didn't really like Buddhist scriptures, but just wanted to win the old lady's favor.

There was no way, Jing Ning's change really made her flustered, she was afraid that Jing Ning would lose the old lady's favor.

Jing Ning blinked, "I never said that I like Buddhist scriptures."

This time, the old lady's smile was slightly ugly.

"But grandma likes it." Jing Ning said, and immediately hugged the old lady's arm.

"As long as my grandmother likes it, I like it too, and my father said that my grandmother is a very powerful person, and I want to learn more from my grandmother. My grandmother likes Buddhist scriptures, so Buddhist scriptures must be useful and beneficial, although I don't understand now. , but grandma can teach me."

As Jing Ning said, she leaned into the old lady's arms.

"Grandmother, Jingning is right?"

The old lady was completely amused by Jing Ning at this moment, she couldn't help laughing and scolding, "I didn't expect that such a naughty girl like you would listen to your father quite well."

Jing Ning hugged the old lady, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Zheng Xiuning's ugly face beside him.

There was a smile on the corner of her lips, and she buried her head completely in the old lady's arms.

If you want to please others, you must first do what you like.

At the beginning, Zheng Xiuning escaped the old lady's favor bit by bit by copying Buddhist scriptures, and finally occupied a pivotal position beside the old lady.

Zheng Xiuning couldn't show any dissatisfaction on his face seeing that the position that belonged to him in the past was now occupied by the person he hated and hated the most.

However, in her heart, she repeated Jing Ning's name over and over again, every word filled with hatred.

(End of this chapter)