An ugly girl starts off, then becomes a beauty

From that day on, the carriage from the Gao Mansion to pick up Sang Ling from school would arrive at noon, waiting to pick up the young lady from school the entire afternoon in advance.

At a certain time, if Sang Ling hadn't come out for more than half an hour, Cheng and Ya would go into the school room to pick her up. These were all instructions from Gao Heng himself, so Sang Ling had no choice but to follow them.

Nie Ce came to the study room on the second day. With the young marquis in charge, she wouldn't even make eye contact with Cao Xin, Qian Shao and others.

It was not known whether Gao Heng had inquired with Nie Ce about the situation in the sect. Everything was fine in the first few days. Except for Qiu Han who had not shown up, the others behaved normally and the two sides did not interfere with each other.

On the day before the mid-month holiday, the other boys at the back and Nie Ce didn't come. It was normal not to see Nie Jialang as he only came a few days a month. There would be fewer people in the school before the holiday. Sang Ling didn't think there was anything wrong and spent the whole morning peacefully listening to the teacher's lectures.

It was not until I went to Qingshan Temple for lunch at noon that I heard Ban Le and Dai Chengjun talk about -

"I was so depressed that I could finally speak."

Because of Sang Ling, the two little girls hardly talked in school. Dai Chengjun seemed to know this, and before Ban Le finished speaking, he took over the conversation, "Are you talking about what happened in the palace last night?"

Among the three people, only Sang Ling didn't understand, so he cast a puzzled look. Ban Le raised his neck and explained, "Yesterday, Nie Ce broke Qian Shao's leg, Cao Xin, Mo Ti, Deng Sui, and Jiang Qian were also injured. Did you see that none of them came today——"

Halfway through their conversation, the three girls met a disciple of the Zhi family coming through the courtyard gate. They stopped talking, bowed and greeted him, and after the disciple passed by, they hurriedly turned to the old locust tree to continue their conversation. Sang Ling spoke first, "Didn't you go home early yesterday?"

Since the Gao family's carriage came to pick her up early, Sang Ling has been leaving school on time, and Ban Le and Dai Chengjun also left early. Her chest couldn't help but thumped - did something happen after school yesterday? The ones Ban Le mentioned just now were the boys who had troubled Qiu Han that day.

"Don't you know yet?" Ban Le pouted at her. "Qian Shao's biological mother, Madam Wang, is the emperor's aunt and the empress dowager's sister-in-law. Even the emperor's brothers said that he broke someone's leg. Madam Wang went to the palace that night to complain to the empress dowager, saying that her son would not survive. It was already the second watch at that time, and the empress dowager summoned Madam Zhaoyu and Queen Wu to the East Palace for questioning."

"Young Marquis Nie is in trouble."

The nobles in Beijing have a relative every three steps. Ban Le has a brother from her mother's side who works in the East Palace. She always knows the news in the palace first-hand. In the past, when the other girls were gossiping, she would often talk about palace gossip. Now that she is talking about this matter, I think it is probably the case.

Since ancient times, it has been difficult for mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to get along. I heard that the royal family is no exception. The relationship between Empress Dowager Qian and Empress Wu is delicate. They have ignored each other for many years. If these things in the school are involved in the relationship between the Empress Dowager and the Empress, then the meaning is different. Nie Ce is a promising young general, and no matter how much he is loved by the emperor, he injured the leg of someone on the Empress Dowager's side. His own mother, Madam Zhaoyu, is the sister of Empress Wu. It is possible that the two sides will make a fuss about this matter. They are all people in the upper echelons. If they wave their fingers casually, who knows what will happen to the people below.

She suddenly felt a pain in her head.

How did this matter come to this?

"I don't know how this will end." Ban Le was still mumbling, but then he thought of the scar on Sang Ling's forehead and suddenly realized, "Sang Ling, did Nie Ce attack them because of you and Qiu Han after school that day--"

She no longer had the heart to listen, so she said goodbye to the two of them, asked Ban Le to ask for half a day's leave from her teacher, and then left Qingshan Temple.

Sang Feng'e was not at Gao's house at the moment, and the servant reported that Gao Heng was not there either, but had gone to the Taiwei Mansion. Sang Ling then ordered the coachman to go back to his home.

Passing through the streets of the capital, she entered the Taiwei Mansion at noon when the sun was high in the sky. She met Ma and Sang Mei who had just walked out of Langxiang Pavilion.

"Oh, the eldest daughter is back. Didn't she go to school today?" Although Ma was stunned for a moment when she saw Sang Ling, she immediately smiled, as if she had a very close relationship with her.

But he glanced down briefly and took a quick and careful look at her current figure.

This smile carried a hint of chilliness.

Sang Ling stopped and bowed, saying, "I have something to ask my cousin." He then turned to Sang Mei who was standing behind her.

Ma looked like she had something else to do, so she didn't stay any longer and snorted as she passed by her. Sang Mei, on the other hand, was quite polite, and although she had never called her sister before, she still politely saluted her.

Gao Heng came out from the study half an hour later.

"How did you find yourself here? Or did you just go home to take a look?" The cousin straightened his clothes and started talking to her.

"I won't stay here. I have something to ask you."

"what's up?"

As they were talking, Gao Heng saw Sang Ling motioning him to go out, frowned, and walked to the gate of the Taiwei Mansion with his cousin again.

The sun has been shining for the past two days, and it is hot in the afternoon. Even though it is not summer yet, you can hear the chirping of cicadas. Gao Heng started listening from the second half of the way, and only stopped when he heard the sentence "The Queen Mother is looking for Madam Zhaoyu and the Queen to ask questions".

"Cousin, is it Nie Ce—" She was stunned for a moment, then immediately changed the subject, "Did you find them because of Qiu Han and me?"

"What will happen to him?"

According to what Ban Le said, I'm afraid that young Marquis Nie will also be severely punished. I don't know how the palace will deal with him. It is said that Grandpa Nie is also a strict person. In the past, he sent his grandson to the northwest just because he was naughty.

It would be fine if it was just a feud between a few young men, but she was involved.

Actually, it was my cousin who asked Nie Ce to take care of her. Nie Ce was not in the gatehouse every day, so he asked Qiu Han to keep an eye on her. As a result, Qiu Han's complaint was known to Cao Xin and Qian Shao, and several of them beat Qiu Han up. That day, I also went to fight back -

Then you cause trouble for me, and I cause trouble for you, you slap me, and I break your leg, and it never ends.

"I asked him about the situation the day before yesterday. I didn't know he would go back like this. It's also my fault for getting angry at the moment." Gao Heng sighed.

Sure enough, it was my cousin who asked.