Seeing Sima Yan fainted, Wei Xun and Ling Qingwan decided not to continue to pursue the matter and just treated the matter as over.
After this farce, no one was in the mood to listen to the opera anymore. After Sima Yan was sent back to the backyard, the guests also left the mansion one after another.
As soon as she got on the carriage, Ling Qingwan couldn't help herself anymore and threw herself into Wei Xun's arms.
Wei Xun's body stiffened.
Ling Qingwan has always been calm and reserved. When the two of them were alone together, she would always ride on Wei Xun's head. Ling Qingwan rarely took the initiative with Wei Xun like she did now.
"Thank you." Ling Qingwan spoke softly with a slight nasal tone, sounding like she was acting coquettishly.
Wei Xun's heart had become as soft as a puddle of water.
"Thank you for being kind to me and supporting me." Ling Qingwan leaned on Wei Xun's chest and murmured.
Wei Xun gently rubbed Ling Qingwan's head.
"Because my Wanwan is the best woman in the world. As your guard, it is my duty to protect you."
Ling Qingwan burst out laughing.
"The seventh prince of Dayue has become my bodyguard. Isn't this lowering your status?"
"That's not lowering yourself." Wei Xun immediately refuted Ling Qingwan's words. "It's my honor to be able to protect you."
"Wanwan, in front of you, I am not the Seventh Prince. I am your husband and your most loyal guard. Do you understand?"
Wei Xun lowered his head slightly as he spoke, meeting Ling Qingwan's dark eyes.
The next moment, Ling Qingwan moved forward and softly covered Wei Xun's lips.
In just a moment, the two of them seemed to be spinning.
Just as Wei Xun and Ling Qingwan were kissing passionately, suddenly, the carriage stopped.
Ling Qingwan was shy and worried about being seen, so she quickly withdrew her body, not forgetting to pull up her sleeve and wipe the corner of her mouth.
"Who is it?" Wei Xun suppressed his anger.
He hated being disturbed the most, especially when he was alone with Ling Qingwan.
Moreover, it was the two of them...
The more Wei Xun thought about it, the angrier he became, and he wanted to beat the guy up.
"It's me, Gu Zhi."
Gu Zhi was standing outside. Because of the door curtain, she couldn't see what was going on inside.
If she saw Wei Xun's expression now, she would probably be so scared that she wouldn't dare to speak.
Ling Qingwan patted Wei Xun's hand, leaned forward slightly, and lifted a corner of the door curtain.
She didn't dare to open it too wide, for fear that Gu Zhi would see Wei Xun and be scared by him.
"Wanwan, this is a letter I found when I searched Miss Sima's room just now. I thought it was related to you, so I took a look and kept it. I was busy dealing with Miss Sima's affairs just now, and I couldn't get close to you, so I didn't have time to give it to you."
Gu Zhi said this and asked the servant to hand the letter to Ling Qingwan.
"Thank you for your hard work, Gu Zhi." Ling Qingwan raised the corners of her mouth and thanked Gu Zhi.
It was rare for her to make friends, and Ling Qingwan had a good impression of Gu Zhi and Zhang Shuying. When they were still in Sima's house, the three of them agreed to call each other by their names, without calling each other "Miss".
"It's just a piece of cake." Gu Zhi nodded.
After she left, Ling Qingwan returned to the carriage and began to check the letter in her hand.
The letter had been almost burned, and it was difficult to see what was written on it. Only a few scattered words could be seen.
They are "Ling Qingwan", "The Crown Prince" and "Cooperation" respectively.
No wonder Gu Zhi felt that this letter was related to Ling Qingwan.
Although I don't know what is written in the letter, I can roughly guess what it means by putting these three words together.
"I didn't expect Sima Yan to be so cruel as to contact Song Zhicheng." Wei Xun snorted coldly in anger.
"I didn't expect that the eldest prince would be everywhere." Ling Qingwan stroked his forehead.
She thought that no matter how bad Sima Yan was, she was at most a crazy lover who couldn't get the love she wanted. But it turned out that she was also related to Song Zhicheng.
It’s not that Ling Qingwan rejects Song Zhicheng, he is really omnipresent.
"Be good, it's okay."
Sensing Ling Qingwan's depression, Wei Xun comforted her softly.
"I have already found a way to get Song Zhicheng to go to Taizhou. He won't be able to come back for at least the next six months."
It would be enough to have about half a year of peace and quiet.
Maybe after half a year, Song Zhicheng would let her go. At least, don't have any unreasonable thoughts about her anymore.
Ling Qingwan really couldn't bear it.
The Imperial Palace.
Since Song Zhicheng left the capital, Song Zhiqing seemed to have changed. Not only was he no longer as decadent as before, but he began to work hard. Every day he was either in the library or in the martial arts field. Even when he returned to the East Palace, he only stayed in the study.
The queens saw this and were very pleased with it.
"I remember when I met Qing'er before, he was very well-behaved. I didn't realize that he could be so troublesome at times."
In the imperial garden, the queen and the eldest princess walked side by side along the lake.
"It was Ling Qingwan who did all the harm."
Whenever the Queen mentioned Ling Qingwan, she became furious.
She couldn't understand why Song Zhicheng and Wei Xun were so devoted to Ling Qingwan.
"What do you mean?" the princess asked curiously.
"At the beginning, the Seventh Prince and Ling Qingwan were not close, but the fool Qing'er also fell in love with Ling Qingwan. The news that the two of them pursued Ling Qingwan together spread in the capital for quite a while."
"But Ling Qingwan had been keeping Qing'er hanging. After weighing the pros and cons, she realized that the Seventh Prince was more useful to her, so she turned around and stood with the Seventh Prince and kicked Qing'er."
"Qing'er has been depressed and decadent ever since then, and won't listen to my advice."
The queen sighed helplessly.
"I met Ling Qingwan on my birthday. She was a fearless girl." The eldest princess said gritting her teeth.
Ling Qingwan is not only fearless, she is lawless.
The princess didn't tell the queen in detail, fearing that she would be embarrassed. She didn't forget how Wei Xun scolded her in front of everyone.
Not to mention that Ling Qingwan herself has some abilities, but the fact that the Seventh Prince protects her so much shows that she must not be an ordinary person.
"It's all right now. Maybe Qing'er has come to her senses and realized that Ling Qingwan is nothing." The queen's words were full of relief.
"It's good that you can stop before it's too late." The eldest princess nodded. "It's a good opportunity for Qing'er to try to please the emperor and establish her authority in the court while the eldest prince is away from the capital."
The eldest princess mentioned that Song Zhicheng had left the capital, and it made the queen think of something.
"I heard that it was the Seventh Prince's idea for the eldest prince to go to Taizhou?" The Queen tested the eldest princess and gestured to her.
"That's right." The eldest princess responded.
"Isn't the Seventh Prince's popularity in the court a bit too much lately?" the Queen muttered softly.
Logically speaking, the position of crown prince would never be Wei Xun's. But there was no guarantee that Wei Xun would not act out of the ordinary.
After all, now in the court, Wei Xun's authority is far higher than Song Zhiqing.
This was a huge threat to the Queen and Song Zhiqing.
And now Wei Xun has intervened and sent Song Zhicheng to Taizhou, and Song Zhicheng is not allowed to participate in the affairs of the court for half a year. What if he points his spearhead at Song Zhiqing next...
The queen couldn't imagine what the consequences would be.
"It's not surprising. After all, he is the son of the emperor's sister."