After three years of slavery, the entire mansion begged me for forgiveness

On the other side, Qiao Nian helped the old lady back to her room when she fell ill.

As Madam Lin said, the old lady's health was indeed not as good as before.

Although she had tried to control her emotions today, she was still too excited and gasped after lying down.

Fortunately, Nanny Su, who served the old lady, had anticipated this and called the court doctor to wait outside the old lady's room. After the old lady lay down, she began to give her acupuncture and massage. After an incense stick, the old lady finally recovered.

The process was not very thrilling, but Qiao Nian was still a little shocked and at a loss as she stood aside.

Seeing the panic on Qiao Nian's face, the old lady leaned against the head of the bed and waved at her.

Qiao Nian's nose was a little red, and she was afraid that her excitement would cause the old lady to fall ill again, so she held back the tears in her eyes and walked to the old lady's bed.

"Are you scared?" The old lady smiled warmly.

Qiao Nian sniffed and held the old lady's hand tightly, "Grandma promised Nian Nian that she would live a hundred years."

She only had her grandmother left.

The old lady looked at Qiao Nian tenderly, "Grandma also wants to live a hundred years and protect Nian Nian forever..."

But, she obviously couldn't protect her for long.

Thinking of this, the old lady suddenly asked, "Niannian, grandma, can you find a marriage for you?"

Finding a good marriage for Nian Nian while she is still healthy and can still say a few words in this marquis's mansion, so that it can be regarded as protecting her for a lifetime.

Qiao Nian understood what the old lady meant, but still shook her head and lowered her eyes, "Niannian just wants to protect grandma."

These three years have made her see too many things clearly.

Even the closest relatives who have been with her for fifteen years can abandon her overnight, how can she count on her life to a strange, so-called husband?

She thought that she would only accompany her grandmother in this life, and she would move out of the mansion after her grandmother passed away. Even if she had to stay with the ancient Buddha from then on, it would be better than being entangled with other people in the mansion.

The old lady knew that Qiao Nian had been stubborn since she was a child, and no one could persuade her if she didn't want to do something. She could only sigh slightly and stop talking.

Qiao Nian stayed with the old lady for a while, and left only after the old lady fell asleep.

Who knew that she had just returned to Fanghe Garden not long ago, and she heard Ningshuang come to report, "Miss, the second young lady came to see you."

Lin Yuan?

Qiao Nian's eyebrows were slightly twisted, and before she could speak, she heard Ningshuang say again, "The second young lady came alone."

Hearing this, Qiao Nian smiled again, "Did she ask you to say that?"

Ningshuang blinked her innocent eyes, nodded, and then said, "If the young lady doesn't want to see me, I will refuse her right away."

Look, even a maid knew that she didn't want to see Lin Yuan.

But she, Lin Yuan, didn't know.

She also specifically asked Ningshuang to tell her that the maid who wrongly accused her of breaking the glass bowl didn't come with her.

It's really funny.

It was Lin Yuan's maid who wronged her, but she didn't dare to admit that she broke the glass bowl. She watched her maid wrongly accuse her but shrank aside without saying a word, acknowledging that it was Lin Yuan who made her take the blame!

So Qiao Nian couldn't understand why Lin Yuan thought that she would see her?

She said coldly, "Just say I went to bed."

"Yes!" Ningshuang responded and went out, and came back after a while.

Her expression was a little gloomy, as if she was a little embarrassed to speak, "Miss, the second young lady said that she came to apologize to you today. If you don't see her, she will stand outside all the time. I see that it's going to snow soon."

In fact, Ningshuang didn't know why the second young lady had to see her young lady.

But the second young lady is the apple of the eye of the Marquis's mansion after all. If she really got caught in the snow outside, who knows what gossip people in the mansion would spread.

It's not good for her young lady.

Qiao Nian frowned slightly, sighed secretly, and finally spoke with some tiredness, "Then let her in!"

"Yes." Ning Shuang left in response, and soon Lin Yuan came in.

At this time, Qiao Nian was sitting by the coffee table outside and applying ointment to the back of her hand to treat frostbite.

Lin Yuan saw Qiao Nian's purple hands at a glance, and her heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

Then she came forward and bowed, "Yuan'er greets sister."

Qiao Nian didn't even raise his eyelids, just said, "Sit down."

The voice was soft, but it was cold and cruel.

Lin Yuan didn't sit down, but walked forward, "Yuan'er rubs ointment for sister."

As she spoke, she picked up the ointment on the coffee table and pretended to apply it on the back of Qiao Nian's hand.

But Qiao Nian hid her hand in her sleeve.

Finally, she looked up at Lin Yuan, with a hint of sarcasm on her lips, "It's freezing cold, why didn't Miss Lin stay in her room and come to my place?"

Perhaps it was Qiao Nian's cold attitude that made Lin Yuan feel a little aggrieved. Her eyes were slightly red. She just stood there and said softly, "Yuan'er is here to apologize to my sister. It was all Yuan'er's fault. If it weren't for Yuan'er breaking the glass bowl, my sister wouldn't have suffered so much! I have no complaints if my sister wants to beat or scold Yuan'er, as long as my sister can calm down."

Lin Yuan looked like she wanted to kneel down for her.

She really meant what she said.

But Qiao Nian just looked at her coldly, and asked after she finished speaking, "Do you think you were wrong in breaking the glass bowl?"

This sentence choked Lin Yuan.

Qiao Nian stood up slowly and walked towards the door. Looking at the lonely branches standing on the frozen lotus pond, she took a deep breath.

The cold air instantly penetrated into her lungs, making her aura a little colder.

"You are the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's Mansion. I stole your wealth and glory in the past fifteen years, so I know that the Marquis and his wife should love you, the young Marquis should protect you, and even my favorite Luomei Courtyard should have been yours. Lin Yuan, I felt guilty about you when you came back."

"I thought about going back to my biological parents, but it was the Marquis who said that my biological parents had passed away, so I could stay in the mansion with peace of mind. I am very grateful for this, and I secretly vowed to get along well with you in the future, even if there will be a gap in my heart, but..."

At this point, Qiao Nian turned around and looked at Lin Yuan, "Ask yourself, have I ever hurt you?"

Lin Yuan's eyes were red, as if she would cry at any time.

For a moment, Qiao Nian felt a little powerless.

If she was seen by other people in the mansion, they would probably accuse her of bullying her.

Didn't Lin Ye kick Lin Yuan off the building because of her appearance?

But she obviously didn't do anything.

Feeling cold in her heart, Qiao Nian looked at the little white flower that was about to cry with cold eyes, and her voice became colder and harder, "But why did you hurt me?!"