Ling Qingwan's brain exploded with a loud bang.
She had no time to care about Song Zhiqing's sudden confession. Ling Qingwan's mind was full of Song Zhiqing's words that Wei Xun would not live more than two years. She was shocked to find that Song Zhiqing was right. If the poison in Wei Xun's body was not cured, he would indeed die in two years.
Could it be that Song Zhiqing has been secretly planning to get rid of Wei Xun in the past two years
That's not right! At this time in his previous life, Song Zhiqing was busy competing with the eldest prince for the position of crown prince. Apart from the military power in his hands, Wei Xun could not pose any threat to Song Zhiqing at all.
No matter from which angle you look at it, Song Zhiqing shouldn't have said this.
“Wanwan…” Seeing that Ling Qingwan was slow to respond, Song Zhiqing called out softly.
"Your Highness, I think I did something wrong, causing you to mistakenly believe that I also have feelings for you. You have wronged me. I have already had the Seventh Prince in my heart, and I cannot replace him with anyone else." Ling Qingwan acted decisively, made her words clear, and cut off Song Zhiqing's thoughts.
After saying that, she stood up, straightened her sleeves and prepared to leave.
"And the Seventh Prince has only been away from the capital for less than a month, and you predict that he will not survive more than two years in the frontier. Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
Song Zhiqing wanted to ask Ling Qingwan to stay, but Ling Qingwan's next words completely stopped him.
Even after Ling Qingwan left, Song Zhiqing had not yet recovered from his shock and remained in a daze for a long time.
Not to mention her, even Song Zhiqing himself felt that what he did today was abrupt. But what else could he do except to explain it to Ling Qingwan? Could he just watch Ling Qingwan wait for Wei Xun for two years
How many two years does a person have in his life? Ling Qingwan can wait, but how can she wait for the emperor's order
He can't really marry Ling Chuchu.
Finally, a heavy sigh was heard in the box.
After coming out of Zuixiaolou, Ling Qingwan kept thinking about the conversation she had just had with Song Zhiqing. Qiao'er, who was standing beside her, was worried but didn't dare to ask more questions, so she could only watch over her more carefully.
The two crossed Zhuque Street and turned into a relatively secluded street. There were two people walking around, and it became quiet instantly.
"Miss, you are so beautiful, would you like to have a drink with us? It is dinner time, we would like to invite you to Zuixiaolou for dinner."
"No."
The woman's voice reached Ling Qingwan's ears and sounded familiar. She raised her head and looked in the direction of the voice.
I saw several men tightly surrounding a woman, and the one who just spoke was Xiang Si Ning, the daughter of the Grand Tutor. She looked timid and stumbled back, but unexpectedly, several men attacked her from the front and back, trapping Xiang Si Ning and making it impossible to escape.
The leading man went forward to grab Xiang Sining's wrist, but was pushed away by Xiang Sining. The man was so angry that he immediately grabbed Xiang Sining's hair.
"If you don't accept my toast, you will have to drink a penalty toast." The man gritted his teeth and threatened viciously.
"stop!"
Seeing Xiang Si Ning being dragged towards Zuixiaolou, Ling Qingwan suddenly spoke. Her voice was clear and powerful, which frightened several men.
Ling Qingwan stepped forward quickly and pulled Xiang Sining to stand beside her.
She had just estimated that it was only a few steps from here to Zuixiaolou, and she would not meet many people on the way. At this time, there were only a few tables of guests in Zuixiaolou. If Xiang Si Ning was really taken hostage by these men, she would be in great danger.
"Oh? A helper is here?" The man was stunned at first, then he burst into lewd laughter.
Xiang Si Ning was attractive, and Ling Qing Wan was even more so. Seeing two peerless beauties at once, how could these naive scoundrels control themselves
"I'm worried that she can't take care of all of us, so why don't you come along? With a good sister as your companion, you won't have to be afraid."
As they spoke, several men stepped forward and the two of them approached.
Seeing this, Qiao'er hurriedly protected Ling Qingwan and Xiang Sining, but one of the men found her an eyesore and pushed her away without hesitation.
Qiao'er was petite and not very strong, and she fell to the ground with a thud.
Just as the man's hand climbed onto Ling Qingwan's shoulder, Ling Qingwan frowned, grabbed the man's hand, and kicked him hard.
She grew up in the countryside and had done farm work for many years, so she was naturally stronger than an ordinary woman. In addition, she had seen Ling Xiao practice martial arts many times in her previous life, and she also learned a little bit. Facing the hooligans who were a head taller than her, Ling Qingwan was not afraid at all.
"You bitch, how dare you attack me?" The man gritted his teeth, as if he wanted to eat Ling Qingwan alive.
As soon as the words fell, several men came forward. Ling Qingwan was quick to push Xiang Si Ning aside, landing right next to Qiao'er.
Seeing Ling Qingwan fighting with those men, Xiang Sining became anxious and wanted to go over to help, but was stopped by Qiao'er.
"Miss Xiang, you don't know martial arts, so you can't help if you go, and you may get hurt. My young lady is agile and won't suffer any harm. Don't worry." Qiao'er comforted her.
Xiang Sining thought it made sense, sighed helplessly, and then continued to look at Ling Qingwan.
Although those men did not know martial arts, they were strong and could use brute force. Plus, there were too many of them, so Ling Qingwan soon became overwhelmed.
She remembered that Mingyue was transferred by her to investigate something yesterday and she hadn't come back yet. Ling Qingwan frowned and thought about how to get out of this situation, but her hands didn't stop moving.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, a figure jumped down from the eaves and kicked the man in front of Ling Qingwan. The man fell to the ground, spurting out a mouthful of blood.
Ling Qingwan was stunned.
The woman was wearing a dark blue silk dress, which looked like she was wearing all black if you didn't look closely. In the blink of an eye, all the men were lying on the ground in dismay.
There were painful groans all around. The woman wanted to stretch out her leg to step on the man next to her, but was stopped by Ling Qingwan.
"If they died, we would have followed them to the yamen." Ling Qingwan said softly.
The woman hesitated for a moment, then retracted her legs and yelled at the men to get out.
"Thank you for saving me, young lady." Ling Qingwan thanked the woman.
At this time, Xiang Sining also followed and nodded to the woman to express his gratitude.
"It's okay." The woman glanced at Si Ning and her eyes fell on Ling Qingwan again.
But after just a few glances, the woman passed Ling Qingwan and left without even saying hello.
Qiao'er didn't bother to be curious about the woman. She hurriedly walked to the other side of Ling Qingwan and looked her up and down carefully.
"I'm not hurt." Ling Qingwan's mouth corners slightly raised.
"If Miss Ling hadn't come to my rescue today, I would have fallen into their hands." Xiang Sining looked guilty.
Just now, Ling Qingwan almost lost the fight and let those men succeed. Xiang Si Ning felt very scared when he thought about it now.
"I passed by and saw Miss Xiang in danger. How could I just stand by and watch without helping?" Ling Qingwan smiled gently, without any airs at all.
At this time, Ling Qingwan realized that there was no one around Xiang Sining. It was really strange that she didn't even bring her maid with her when she went out.
"Today I heard that Jinxiufang had just received a batch of cloud bean silk, so I went to take a look."