Ling Qingwan held her forehead with her hand.
She wanted to say something. Although she had been recuperating in the house for a few days, her condition was not that serious.
An Yi's words seemed to paralyze her.
Ling Qingwan finally saw clearly that An Yi still remembered the last time Ling Xiao yelled at her, and was deliberately picking on Ling Xiao.
The two argued for a long time, but no one was sure who was the winner.
On the contrary, it was Ling Qingwan who was troubled by their quarrel.
"Wanwan, please judge for yourself. Am I wrong or is he wrong?" An Yi looked at Ling Qingwan.
"She is familiar with you, so she will definitely be on your side. If you really want to seek justice, let's go outside. Just call a few passers-by and ask them if you are the one being unreasonable." Ling Xiao was not willing to be outdone.
"Go if you want, who's afraid of who?" An Yi stiffened her neck, her little face flushed with anger.
After saying that, An Yi and Ling Xiao were about to walk out aggressively.
"Don't panic!"
Ling Qingwan quickly called out to them.
Given the temperaments of these two people, they might actually go and ask passers-by for justice.
Moreover, Ling Qingwan had even forgotten what the reason for their quarrel was.
"Brother, you have been here for a few days longer than An Yi so you should be more familiar with the area. Why don't you accompany An Yi for a walk?" Ling Qingwan asked Ling Xiao for his opinion.
"I've been here twice too. I've been around this area before. I'm more familiar with it than he is." An Yi pouted, looking as arrogant as she could be.
They even want to fight for this. Ling Qingwan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Then you take my brother with you guys, and go out for a walk. And buy me some snacks, otherwise I'll be bored staying in the room all day."
An Yi originally didn't want to go out with Ling Xiao, but when she heard that she wanted to buy things for Ling Qingwan, An Yi agreed.
"Then can I go alone?" An Yi deliberately raised her voice so that Ling Xiao could hear clearly.
"I'm worried about you being a girl. My brother is here and he can protect you." Ling Qingwan said to An Yi earnestly.
"She? Which bad guy dares to bully her?" Ling Xiao smacked his lips and looked at An Yi with disgust.
"What do you mean?" An Yi asked.
"What I mean is that you are like a man." Ling Xiao looked straight at An Yi. After he finished speaking, he did not forget to make faces at An Yi, deliberately trying to make her angry.
The two of them continued to struggle for a while.
Ling Qingwan only hoped that after the two of them went out together, they would have a more harmonious relationship when they came back.
Not long after An Yi and Ling Xiao left, Qiao'er came back.
"What's wrong? Why do you look so sad?" Ling Qingwan asked puzzledly.
Qiao'er is usually very cheerful and it's rare for her to have a gloomy face.
"It's because I'm mad at the Zhao family." Qiao'er snorted coldly.
Originally, the Zhao family came to the inn almost every day to ask for Xiaobao back, saying that they would take him back no matter what. Later, they heard that Shen Chengzhou had offered them benefits, so the Zhao family gave up.
Ling Qingwan asked Shen Chengzhou what he had given to the Zhao family. After all, the Zhao family wanted three official positions in the court, and they were very arrogant. If it wasn't a huge benefit, how could they be willing to give up fighting for Xiaobao
But Shen Chengzhou didn't tell Ling Qingwan. He only told Ling Qingwan that the matter had been resolved.
Not many people knew about this, and they were all Shen Chengzhou's confidants. Ling Qingwan asked Song Tian, but couldn't get a single word out of him.
As for Nanny Park and the others, they knew nothing.
Ling Qing knew that Shen Chengzhou deliberately didn't want her to know.
But the more this happened, the more worried Ling Qingwan became. She was afraid that Shen Chengzhou would agree to the Zhao family's unreasonable demands in order to help her get rid of the trouble. If Ling Qingwan knew about this, she would be so guilty that she would die.
But on second thought, Shen Chengzhou has always been upright and honest as an official and would never accept bribes.
Ling Qingwan thought about it like this for several days, racking her brains but still couldn't come up with any idea.
Until Ling Xiao and An Yi arrived one after another, Ling Qingwan was happy and temporarily put these things behind her.
"They haven't come to ask for Xiaobao for several days, why are they here again suddenly?" Ling Qingwan was a little angry.
Could it be that he changed his mind because he saw Shen Chengzhou leaving
"Because tomorrow is the funeral of my eldest brother and eldest sister. According to the Zhao family, Xiaobao is the blood of the Zhao family. When his parents passed away, he should attend and send them off for the last time."
Ling Qingwan calculated the time and decided that it was time for the couple's funeral to be held today.
"Miss, how about I tell them that Xiaobao has been taken back to the capital by General Shen?" Qiao'er asked Ling Qingwan for her opinion.
"No need to work so hard." Ling Qingwan sat up slowly. "Commander Song will handle these things. We don't need to worry about them."
No matter how much the Zhao family insisted, they were only powerful in this small town, not as powerful as the general's mansion. If Song Tian really got angry, they would never dare to come and ask for the child again.
Ling Qingwan is now thinking about another more important thing.
"Qiao'er, please help me find a plain dress, preferably one without any patterns."
"Miss, are you going to attend your elder brother and sister's funeral?"
Qiao'er had been serving Ling Qingwan for a long time, and the two of them got along better and better. Before Ling Qingwan said what she was going to do, Qiao'er had guessed it.
That's right, she was going to that couple's funeral.
No matter how others comforted her, Ling Qingwan felt that she was responsible for the couple's death. She felt guilty towards them, but also grateful.
After all, in such a situation, they were willing to trust Ling Qingwan and help her send the signal smoke even though they knew they would risk being discovered by the Northern Zhou people.
Their trust in Ling Qingwan alone is enough for Ling Qingwan to remember for the rest of her life.
Unfortunately, she betrayed the trust of her older brothers and sisters.
Every time Ling Qingwan thought of this matter, her heart was filled with grief.
The dead cannot be resurrected, so there are very few things she can do. One is to help the two take good care of their children, and the other is to send them off properly.
On the second day, Ling Qingwan came to the Zhao Mansion wearing a plain white gown.
As soon as she got off the carriage, she saw the big red lanterns hanging at the gate of Zhao's house and the couplets that she had forgotten to tear down.
Ling Qingwan couldn't help but frown.
When the Zhao couple passed away, the Zhao family held their funeral in such a perfunctory manner.
She went straight in, arrived in front of the mourning hall, and knelt down respectfully in front of the plaques of her elder brother and sister.
To Ling Qingwan, this couple were her saviors, and she should treat them with the highest courtesy.
When Ling Qingwan stood up, a middle-aged man entered the hall.
"This is General Shen's granddaughter, the second young lady of the Ling family, right?" The middle-aged man said with a smile. "I didn't expect that you are so young, yet you know how to repay your kindness and come to see my nephew and his wife off for the last time."
"I thank you on behalf of the Zhao family."
As he said this, the man knelt on the ground.
After hearing what he said, Ling Qingwan guessed that this man was the third uncle of the deceased Zhao family and now the head of the Zhao family.
Uncle Zhao is no pushover either. He was one of those who broke off the engagement and forced Mrs. Wu to leave the town.