After hearing this, Ling Xiao also fell into deep thought.
Not only Ling Qingwan, he has also been paying attention to Song Zhicheng's every move these days.
I thought Song Zhicheng would cancel his engagement with Ling Chuchu as soon as he came back. But he didn't, and instead secretly met with Ling Chuchu, and it seemed that their relationship was not affected at all.
Ling Xiao naturally wouldn't believe that Song Zhicheng and Ling Chuchu were truly in love.
"Wanwan, do you still remember Hua Mei and Hua Yu? I suspect that the reason why the eldest prince is still reluctant to cut off contact with Ling Chuchu is because of the people behind Hua Mei and Hua Yu."
When Ling Xiao mentioned Hua Mei and Hua Yu, Ling Qingwan actually remembered them.
When Hua Mei and Hua Yu first appeared in Ling Qingwan's field of vision, she felt strange. How could two people with great martial arts skills suddenly appear beside Ling Chuchu
Moreover, flower spirits can also cast curses.
Ling Qingwan initially guessed that the two of them might be Song Zhicheng's men, but later it was confirmed that Song Zhicheng had nothing to do with the forces behind Hua Mei and Hua Yu.
In other words, in addition to what appears on the surface, Ling Chuchu actually has a backer behind her.
"Brother, you are right. I also think that the eldest prince is reluctant to cancel the engagement because of the mysterious force behind Ling Chuchu."
Ling Xiao was secretly delighted to see that his guess was confirmed by Ling Qingwan.
But after feeling secretly happy, Ling Xiao began to fall into endless worries again.
Who is that mysterious force? What is the relationship between Ling Chuchu and the real owner of Hua Mei Hua Yu? And will he hurt Ling Qingwan...
"Brother, don't worry." Ling Qingwan comforted Ling Xiao. "A fox will always show its tail."
There was a sharp gleam in Ling Qingwan's eyes.
When enemies come, we will fight them; when water comes, we will block it with earth. She is no longer the soft persimmon that she was in her previous life and could be bullied by anyone.
In the evening, Wei Xun came to Ling Qingwan's room again.
It was a winter night and the weather was cold. Wei Xun hugged Ling Qingwan and put her hands into his clothes.
Ling Qingwan was also used to this.
"I heard everything that happened during the day." Wei Xun said softly.
"Don't worry, I will never suffer any loss when confronting Xu Yuanyuan." Ling Qingwan thought that Wei Xun would be like Ling Xiao, worried that Xu Yuanyuan would hurt her.
But Wei Xun knew Ling Qingwan too well.
She knew that Ling Qingwan would not suffer any loss in the confrontation with Xu Yuanyuan.
"I'm not here today for this matter." Wei Xun rubbed Ling Qingwan's head.
"What's that for?" Ling Qingwan wondered.
"Good thing." Wei Xun's lips curled slightly.
"Hmm?" Ling Qingwan became even more curious.
"I'll take you to the theater tomorrow." Wei Xun said to Ling Qingwan.
"What play is this?" Ling Qingwan was confused.
"It's new, I think it's interesting. You've been busy these days and you're tired, so I'll take you to relax."
…
The next day.
As soon as Wei Xun came home from the morning court, he went straight to Ling Mansion.
When the Seventh Prince came to the Ling Mansion, the house suddenly became very lively and even the old lady came out to greet him in person.
"Mrs. Ling, Madam Ling, I would like to invite you to go to the theater with me today. Would you be so kind as to come?" Wei Xuntong asked the others.
"How can I refuse the Seventh Prince's invitation?" The old lady said with a smile.
Then, the group got on the carriage and set off to... the teahouse.
As soon as Ling Qingwan got off the carriage, she was shocked by the large gold-plated characters "Yipinming" on the plaque in front of the door.
We came to the teahouse instead of watching a play.
"Please be patient and follow the servant inside first." Wei Xun saw the confusion in the eyes of several people.
Since Wei Xun said so, they had no choice but to enter the teahouse.
"What the hell are you doing?"
Ling Xiao grabbed Wei Xun's sleeve and leaned closer to ask.
"You'll know soon." Wei Xun raised his head slightly and showed a proud smile.
Before Ling Xiao could say anything, he had already stepped inside.
As soon as they entered the teahouse, they saw Shen Chengzhou sitting not far away.
"Dad, why are you here too?" Ling Shen was surprised.
The teahouse was empty, with few customers, and the few that were there were brought by Wei Xun.
After being surprised, Wei Xun led a few people to sit around Shen Chengzhou.
"Everyone, don't panic. The show is about to begin." Wei Xun's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for everyone present to hear clearly.
Everyone was confused and wondering what Wei Xun was up to.
"Why don't you ask me what I want to do?"
While everyone was thinking about their own things, Wei Xun put his arm around Ling Qingwan's waist, leaned close to her and asked in a low voice.
The warm breath hit Ling Qingwan's neck, causing her cheeks to turn red and she felt extremely shy.
She glanced at Wei Xun, then glanced around, reminding Wei Xun that there were people everywhere and asked him to pay attention to the impact.
“Wanwan!”
Shen Chengzhou suddenly spoke.
"Come here, I have something to ask you."
As soon as Shen Chengzhou finished speaking, everyone looked at Ling Qingwan and Wei Xun.
Wei Xun was instantly embarrassed and hurriedly let go of Ling Qingwan's hand.
Seeing Ling Qingwan coming over, Ling Xiao, who was originally sitting next to Shen Chengzhou, immediately stood up and moved to another seat.
Ling Qingwan sat between Shen Chengzhou and Ling Xiao, and Wei Xun no longer had the chance to whisper with her.
He could naturally see that Shen Chengzhou did it on purpose, so he could only admit defeat, touched his nose, and sat down immediately.
After a while, drum sounds were heard outside.
Everyone looked outside the door and noticed that opposite the teahouse was the Jingzhao Yin Mansion. Ling Qingwan and the others were sitting right in front of the door, so they could just see the scene inside the Jingzhao Yin Mansion.
The drum sound just now was made by someone beating the drum outside the mansion to complain about injustice.
Ling Qingwan looked carefully and saw that the person beating the drum... was none other than Ling Chuchu's uncle Hong Guang!
At this time, Ling Xiao also saw the man's face clearly, turned his head and met Ling Qingwan's eyes.
At this point, what else do they not understand
I'm afraid that what Wei Xun meant by watching a play was this play.
Ling Chuchu naturally recognized the identity of the drummer and was immediately frightened and turned pale. She clutched her sleeves tightly and looked at Hong Guang motionlessly.
After a while, a yamen soldier opened the door and walked out.
"What injustice are you seeking?" the yamen soldier asked Hong Guang.
"I'm not here to appeal for justice, I'm here to... turn myself in." Hong Guang gritted his teeth.
"What's the matter?" the soldier asked again.
"I have something to say about the abduction of the second young lady of the Ling family thirteen years ago."
After understanding the situation, the yamen soldiers entered the mansion again.
Lord Sun was surprised when he learned that someone was beating a drum outside and that it was about the second young lady of the Ling family.
If we talk about the cases he took over from Miss Ling Er, there were at least four or five in the past two years, if not eight or nine. Especially since he had just finished trying Miss Ling Da for stealing Mrs. Ling's dowry more than half a month ago, and now there was another case involving her.
Lord Sun collected his thoughts and immediately went to the court.
A dozen yamen soldiers were divided into two rows, with Lord Sun sitting on the stage and Hong Guang kneeling in the middle, waiting for Lord Sun to interrogate him.
"I heard that you came to Jingzhao Yinfu to surrender yourself because of the abduction of the second young lady of the Ling family thirteen years ago?"