Ning Yuan looked at ning haolan’s confident appearance and felt a mix of emotions in his heart. He nodded slightly and sent a guard to call ning Duan.
After ning Duan entered the meeting hall, he looked around at the people present. His heart suddenly jumped, but he quickly calmed down because he knew why he had come.
After bowing to Ning Yuan and the elders, ning Duan stood beside Ning Wen.
“Ning Duan! At the start of the family competition, the soul of oblivion that Ning Shan was injured with was given to you by Ning Xi ‘er?” Ning Yuan asked without any joy or anger.
When ning Duan heard Ning Yuan’s words, he was stunned. Although many people in the clan suspected that he was the one who had poisoned Ning Shan with the forgotten soul, he had not managed to gather enough evidence since he had refused to admit it. Therefore, this matter had always been ambiguous. Other than that demon Leng ruoxue and the young master, this was the first time that someone had directly told him about this matter! He glanced imperceptibly at ning haolan, and only relaxed when he saw him giving him a look.
“Yes! When fifth miss gave me the soul forgetfulness, she told me to use it on Ning Shan and Ning Hai when I have the chance. ” Ning Duan said with his head lowered, not even daring to breathe.
“Why did fifth miss give Ning Shan and Ning Hai, these two collateral relatives, the wanghun?” An elder asked curiously. This was also something that they could not understand. With fifth miss’s status, she had nothing to do with the two of them who were collateral relatives!
“Ning Hai and miss Leng once offended fifth miss. Therefore, the poison that was put in Ning Hai and his brother’s mouths was also aimed at miss Leng.” Ning Duan gave a simple explanation.
“What?” All the elders were shocked. So there was such a thing. No wonder the fifth young lady would make things difficult for Leng ruoxue at her welcome banquet! This was much easier to explain.
“Elders, there’s no need to be surprised. Ning Hai and I did have some conflicts with fifth miss.” Leng ruoxue said with a faint smile. Following that, she told them what had happened. When the elders heard it, they couldn’t help but sigh! Wasn’t miss Wu too narrow-minded? You want to kill him for such a small matter?
“You’re wrong! All of you are ganging up to frame me!” All of a sudden, Ning Xi ‘er’s shrill voice reverberated in the meeting hall. She had just snapped back to her senses when she heard Leng ruoxue’s words. However, she only heard the end of the sentence. Even so, it was enough for her to know that she had been reported again.
Hearing Ning Xi ‘er’s words, Leng ruoxue only smiled faintly and didn’t say anything else. In front of everyone, it was impossible for Ning Yuan to exonerate his niece, so she was happy to sit by and watch.
“Xi ‘er! Impudent! Is this a place where you can make a ruckus?” Ning Yuan’s face was stern, and his tone was very displeased.
“Uncle! How could you just watch as I’m being wronged by them!” Ning Xi ‘er felt extremely wronged. Her uncle had always doted on her, but now, he was not speaking up for her.
“Xi ‘er! Ning Wen accused you of using him to steal the wanghun while ning Duan accused you of using the wanghun to harm Haishan and Ning Hai. Now that the evidence is conclusive, what else do you have to say?” Ning Yuan sighed and said in disappointment.
“Uncle! They’ve wronged me! I’ve never done such a thing!” Ning Xi ‘er’s eyes were filled with tears as she said pitifully.
“The acting patriarch! Now that the evidence is irrefutable, there’s no need to talk nonsense with fifth young lady. ” The third elder couldn’t stand it anymore. He said impatiently, sigh! How could the ning family have such a young lady? The truth was right in front of her eyes, but she still refused to admit it. She really didn’t know who Ning Xi ‘er’s character was like!
“En!” Ning Yuan nodded and did not give Ning Xi ‘er any chance to deny it. He then ordered the guards to take the three of them away. The truth was already clear, so there was no need to ask further.
“Uncle! Uncle! “You can’t do this to me …” Ning Xi ‘er’s crying voice echoed in the meeting hall. The elders only frowned when they heard this, but no one spoke first, and their eyes all turned to Ning Yuan.
“Cough, cough! Elders, let’s discuss the punishment for the three of them!” Ning Yuan coughed a few times before he said.
He was well aware that haolan must’ve had solid evidence to back up his words, so it was impossible for him to plead for mercy on behalf of Xi ‘er. Although he was very disappointed in Ning Xi’ er, he had been in love with her for so many years. He really couldn’t accept the fact that Xi ‘er had been convicted. However, as the acting family head, he knew what he could do and what he couldn’t do. Since he had been chosen by the old ancestor, he still had this bit of self-control.
“I think Ning Xi ‘er has committed a terrible crime and is not suitable to live in this world. However, she’s a woman, after all, and we should make the best use of her. So, I think we can give her some medicine, then find a family to marry her off to. It won’t be in vain that the ning family raised her.” One of the elders suggested.
The elder who had spoken was ning haolan’s trusted aide. According to the young master’s wishes, he did not want to keep Ning Xi ‘er in this world. However, he felt that rather than letting Ning Xi’ er die, it would be better to let her live. With Ning Xi ‘er’s lofty personality, this would definitely be worse than killing her.
As soon as the elder spoke, the meeting hall fell silent. It was so quiet that even the sound of a needle dropping to the ground could be heard clearly.
Ning haolan, on the other hand, pursed his lips and sipped his tea without a word.
When Leng ruoxue saw ning haolan’s calm expression, she could vaguely guess that he had incited this matter. However, Ning Xi ‘er was not a woman who knew her place. If she caused any trouble after marrying into someone else’s family or dragged the ning family down, it would not be worth it!
After a long while.
“Does anyone else have a different opinion?” Ning Yuan asked.
All the elders were silent.
“No one else has any objections?” Ning Yuan repeated.
Silence was the only reply.
“Alright then! Just do as the tenth elder said! But we have to carefully consider the family we’re marrying into!” Ning Yuan didn’t comment, but as long as Ning Xi ‘er could stay alive, he wouldn’t have hurt her for so long in vain.
“Didn’t the Yao family want to form an alliance with our ning family through marriage? Ning Xi ‘er is just right to go there. ” Ning haolan said with a smile.
Ning Yuan looked at ning haolan with a profound look. He was secretly shocked. He didn’t expect that haolan would actually want to send Ning Xi ‘er to the Yao family. In that case, wouldn’t Ning Xi’ er become the ning family’s hostage in the Yao family? And this hostage was someone who had made a mistake, so he couldn’t do anything to the ning family. If the Yao family knew that the ning family had sent such a person over, would they be angry? The answer was a definite yes.
“Young master’s suggestion is really good.” The tenth elder chimed in with a smile. Previously, when the Yao family had sent someone to talk to them about this matter, they had been completely unwilling to pay attention to the Yao family. However, with the presence of Ning Xi ‘er, the person who had made a mistake, everything seemed to have become logical.
“MMH! This is a good idea!” Another elder chimed in.
After that, some elders began to agree with him one after another. After hearing their words, Ning Yuan knew that this matter could not be changed. However, he still wanted to remind the elders who were sitting.