The ruthless prince and the enchanting concubine

Chapter 4 Do you want Yan'er's life?
The sun was very good that day, Ning Yan asked Liandu to move a recliner, and then took a book by herself, ready to read to pass the time.

Unexpectedly, she was so depressed that she couldn't read a single word in this book.

Liandu seemed to have noticed some clues, and asked considerately: "Is the girl feeling bored, or does this servant accompany the girl to Xichen Pavilion?"

Go to Xichen Pavilion?Ning Ningyan snorted coldly in her heart, the last time Nangong Jin embarrassed her like that, could she still learn to stay away from him?
"No!" Ning Yan said, and after a while, she grabbed Liandu and asked, "What do your servants do to pass the time?"

"This..." Liandu was a little embarrassed, and said: "Young lady is a rich man, even if our servants have some tricks, I'm afraid they won't be able to catch the young lady's eyes."

"Not afraid, tell me!" Ning Yan seemed to be interested, she threw the book aside, and looked at Liandu seriously.

Liandu was also very happy. After all, no master had ever treated her so kindly before. She smiled and said, "To pass the time, we sometimes sit together and embroider..."

"I don't know how to do this, and it must be meaningless." Ning Yan shook her head and said, "Is there anything else?"

"And..." Liandu thought for a while, "There are also riddles...telling stories...and also, fighting crickets, throwing dice..."

"Throwing dice?" Ning Yan was a little surprised, "Why, your majestic palace, you still allow servants to play this kind of game in the palace?"

Liandu quickly waved his hands, and said: "The prince has already issued a ban that the servants of the mansion are not allowed to entertain with dice, but the servants are very bored, so in private, they still..."

"Oh, that's how it is!" Ning Yan smiled and said, "Well, let's roll the dice today, you go and call three or five people, and I'll wait here."

"Miss Leng, I'm afraid it's not good to do this, if the prince finds out..."

"Don't worry, I will take care of everything!" Ning Yan said without hesitation.

Seeing this, Liandu naturally didn't dare to say any more, within a short while, she had already called four or five people, some men and some women, although they came, they seemed uneasy.

Ning Ningyan stood up, walked towards them, and then took out something from her cuff—it was the engagement token that Nangong Jin gave to Leng's family, Jin Yufengchai!She smiled and said: "If you can win me today, this priceless golden jade phoenix hairpin will be yours!"

"Ah—" these people looked at the shining golden phoenix hairpin and exclaimed. This was the biggest bet they had ever seen in their lives!
At this time, a teenage boy named Ah Jun among them stood up and said, "Ms. Leng's bet is so big, so what are we going to bet on?"

"That's right," another maidservant named Xiao Cui said, "We are all servants, and we don't have any valuables on us!"

Ning Yan thought for a while and said, "How about this? If you lose one game, just give me a copper coin. If I lose three games in a row, I will give you this golden jade phoenix hairpin!"

"Can this be done?" Ah Jun was a little eager to try, but he didn't really believe it.

At this time Liandu stood up and said: "What Miss Leng said is naturally spoken, and it's hard to follow. Are you still afraid that Miss Leng will repudiate her debt?"

"Don't dare, don't dare..."

"Then let's start!" After Ning Yan said, she took a piece of silk and sat on the ground.

Everyone also sat around together, took out the dice cup and dice, and shouted loudly: "Bet big and bet small, buy and leave..."

"Big, big..."

"Small, small..."

There was a lot of shouting, and the entire Huanli Building was unprecedentedly lively!Ning Ningyan didn't look like she was playing dice for the first time. Every time she made a bet, the servants felt admiration and envy in their hearts.

In this round, Ning Ningyan said leisurely, "Small!"

The dice cup opened, and it was small again without any suspense.

Xiaocui sighed: "Miss Leng is too powerful, Liandu didn't tell the truth, and we lost a lot of copper coins for nothing..."

Liandu laughed and said, "No one would have thought that Miss Leng is so powerful!"

That Ah Jun was even more admiring, "Miss Leng, why don't I take you as my teacher and learn how to throw dice from you..."

Laughter suddenly broke out, and from a distance, Huanli upstairs and downstairs were full of joy.

Ning Yan also showed a smile, this was the first time she showed a sincere smile after she came to the palace, it was so natural, so unguarded.

Suddenly, there was a muffled cough from behind everyone, and when they turned around, they saw Butler Qi standing there, and the person next to him was Nangong Jin with an angry face.

His anger was not because these people gathered together to throw dice, but because of the phoenix hairpin among them that was used to place bets.

She doesn't care so much?That being the case, why bother to be his concubine?
"Steward Qi!" Nangong Jin said coldly, "How should we deal with gambling in the mansion?"

Steward Qi said in a deep voice: "Thirty sticks, get out of the palace!"

"Since you know the rules, I'll leave these people to you!" Nangong Jin looked at Ning Yan and said mercilessly.

"My lord, please forgive me, my lord..." The servants all knelt down and begged endlessly.

"My lord," Ning Yan was not afraid, but she couldn't bear to see the servants being implicated. She stepped forward and said, "If the lord wants to punish, it's enough to punish me, Ning Yan alone!"

"You!" Nangong Jin was even more furious. He approached Ning Yan, grabbed her jaw, and asked word by word: "Ning Yan, aren't you afraid that the king will kill you?"

Ning Ningyan smiled and said: "If I'm afraid, how can I send myself to Jing'an Palace?"

"Okay! You are sure that this king will not!" He turned to look at Steward Qi, and said angrily, "Take my sword!"

"My lord, this..."

Butler Qi was a little older and wanted to persuade him, but Nangong Jin interrupted coldly: "Qi Yue, do you want to disobey?"

Qi Yue could only say "Don't dare", and hastily took the sword.

Seeing this, the rest of the people begged together: "My lord, Miss Leng is not worthy of death, please forgive me..."

"I beg the lord to be merciful, I beg the lord to be merciful, let the girl be spared..." Liandu looked even more worried, with tears in her eyes, she blamed herself for coming up with such a bad idea, which caused Miss Leng to be so embarrassing.

Everyone was begging for mercy, only Ning Ningyan stood where she was, looking at Nangong Jin and everyone as if admiring the scenery.

She picked up the gold and jade phoenix hairpin on the ground, and smiled sweetly, "My lord, fortunately I didn't lose this hairpin today, it happened to return to its original owner."

Just at this moment, Steward Qi rushed here with a sword.

She handed the golden jade phoenix hairpin, but he pulled out the cold sword, knocked down the hairpin with a "ding dong", and then pointed the cold sword directly at Ning Ningyan's fair and delicate neck.

Ning Ningyan smiled, and there was a trace of sadness that Nangong Jin couldn't understand in the smile. She stretched out her plain hand and grabbed the sword edge, and blood flowed down from her hand along the sword edge...

She said: "My lord, if you really want Yan'er's life, are you afraid that Yan'er will not give it?"

After all, she grasped the blade fiercely and stabbed at her own neck. She was betting, but she was the only one betting on this bet!

(End of this chapter)