The woman in front of him was soaking wet, with water droplets hanging on her hair. Ling Qingwan had just finished taking a shower, her face flushed, and she stared at Wei Xun motionlessly.
Wei Xun was surprised and quickly turned his head to the side.
"How can she be a young lady from a marquis's mansion if she is so frivolous?" he frowned.
"If I hadn't called you, you would have seen me changing clothes after bathing. Am I frivolous, or is the Seventh Prince romantic?" Ling Qingwan raised her eyebrows. While Wei Xun wasn't looking at her, she quickly put on her clothes in one go.
Since Wei Xun knew that she was not an ordinary person, Ling Qingwan stopped pretending in front of Wei Xun.
Wei Xun knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't make any excuses. He just said nothing and waited for Ling Qingwan to finish packing.
"Tell me, why did the Seventh Prince come to the Marquis' Mansion?" Ling Qingwan asked Wei Xun.
She walked around the screen and sat back in front of the dressing table. Wei Xun's figure was reflected in the mirror, and his peach blossom eyes seemed to be smiling, staring at Ling Qingwan meaningfully.
Tsk, I only had eyes for Song Zhiqing before, and I didn’t realize that the Seventh Prince is a rare beauty in the world.
"Of course I came to thank you." Wei Xun's face was cold. His eyes were burning, as if he wanted to see through Ling Qingwan.
Wei Xun sent Wei Shi to investigate Ling Qingwan's identity, which would take several days. Wei Xun could not wait any longer and returned to the capital alone, where he saw Ling Xiao and Ling Qingwan enter the Marquis' Mansion.
It turns out that the mysterious woman who gave her the antidote was the long-lost eldest daughter of the Ling family.
interesting.
"You don't have to be polite, Seventh Prince. It's just a small favor." Ling Qingwan responded softly, with a hint of indifference in her words.
She didn't care at all about Wei Xun checking her.
"I heard that Miss Ling disappeared when she was three years old and grew up in the countryside. She was found by the Marquis a few days ago and returned to her roots. I wonder where Miss Ling learned the art of detoxification and drug administration?" Wei Xun asked Ling Qingwan. This was also the question he was most concerned about.
The sight of Ling Qingwan killing someone and destroying a corpse that day was still vivid in my mind. It was definitely not something an ordinary country girl could do. Especially the antidote she gave Wei Xun, even Liu Yutang was amazed, which showed her ability in making medicine.
Wei Xun became more and more curious about the origins of the woman in front of him.
"If I came here by myself, would Your Majesty believe me?" Ling Qingwan still hadn't turned around. If she raised her eyes slightly, she could see Wei Xun's expression in the mirror.
"I don't believe it." Wei Xun spoke calmly, without any emotion in his voice.
"Puchi." Ling Qingwan covered her mouth and chuckled.
Wei Xun was puzzled and looked at Ling Qingwan more intently.
Ling Qingwan stood up, turned around and poured a cup of tea for Wei Xun.
"You don't believe me when I tell the truth, so why are you asking me?" Ling Qingwan handed the teacup in her hand to Wei Xun.
Wei Xun grabbed Ling Qingwan's wrist, but his grip loosened and the teacup fell to the ground, instantly breaking into pieces.
"Miss!" Qiao'er heard the noise and shouted anxiously.
"It's okay." Ling Qingwan replied.
After saying that, she turned around and looked at Wei Xun again, not afraid at all to meet Wei Xun's eyes.
Wei Xun used force in his hands, and Ling Qingwan's face turned pale in pain. Even so, she didn't scream.
"Are you teasing me?" Wei Xun lowered his voice and said through gritted teeth.
The warm breath hit Ling Qingwan's face. Ling Qingwan looked at the handsome man in front of her who was as handsome as Pan An. Her eyes were like a pool of spring water, so deep that you couldn't see the bottom.
That's why Wei Xun felt angry.
If it were an ordinary person, not to mention a woman, knowing that he was targeting her, she would definitely be scared to death. It was not known whether Ling Qingwan was inexperienced or had something hidden in her heart. No matter what Wei Xun asked or said, she was extremely calm and did not show any waves at all.
"How dare I, a commoner, tease the Seventh Prince?" Ling Qingwan replied to Wei Xun calmly.
"Since you know that I am a prince, why are you so ignorant of the rules? This is just teasing me," Wei Xun asked.
"When I rescued you that day, I never thought that you would kill me today." Ling Qingwan was calm and answered whatever Wei Xun asked.
In fact, Ling Qingwan had never lied to Wei Xun, but these words were so absurd that it was understandable that Wei Xun did not believe them.
Wei Xun was stunned, and when he looked at Ling Qingwan's clear eyes, he was absent-minded for a moment.
He quickly let go of her hand, walked around Ling Qingwan unhappily, and sat on the chair.
"I'm not an unreasonable person. You saved my life, so I owe you a favor and I will repay you one day. But I was persecuted for no reason and was poisoned, and I just happened to meet you. All these things are so coincidental. How do you prove your innocence?" Wei Xun calmed down and talked to Ling Qingwan in a reasonable manner.
Before he returned to the capital, something unexpected happened in the army. An assassin had sneaked into the soldiers he was guarding. If the news reached the court, he would inevitably be blamed, which was a great shame for Wei Xun. The most urgent task was to find out who those assassins were and what was the relationship between Ling Qingwan and them.
"I have nothing to prove." Ling Qingwan shrugged, looking indifferent.
Wei Xun's pupils narrowed, and a murderous intent flashed across his eyes when he looked at Ling Qingwan, but he quickly retracted it.
"If you can find evidence to prove that I am in league with the people who killed you, I will not say a word against you. But since you can't find any evidence, you conclude that I have bad intentions towards you, which is really unfair to me."
Ling Qingwan's calm eyes met Wei Xun, and Wei Xun surprisingly calmed down.
Even though Ling Qingwan's behavior was bizarre, he was certain, as if he was under a curse, that Ling Qingwan had nothing to do with the people who sneaked into the army to assassinate him.
"I can only tell you that I did not tell you something, but I had nothing to do with your assassination, and I never had any bad intentions towards you. I saved you just for the sake of convenience, you don't need to worry about it." Ling Qingwan was very frank. This was all she could say to Wei Xun.
Ling Qingwan's intuition told her that Wei Xun was a smart man. The fact that he was able to evade Mingyue's guards and successfully enter her room was enough to prove that it was easy for Wei Xun to kill her.
Even if she couldn't stand on the same front with Wei Xun, Ling Qingwan didn't want to become his enemy.
Ling Qingwan was reborn with a very clear purpose, which was to kill those who had harmed her and her family in her previous life, especially Song Zhiqing. As for the others, she had no time to care.
"Wanwan, are you asleep?"
Wei Xun opened his mouth to speak when Ling Xiao walked out the door and greeted Ling Qingwan softly.
Hearing Ling Xiao's voice, Ling Qingwan suddenly became nervous.
"Don't tell anyone else about my visit today." Wei Xun warned Ling Qingwan. He glanced in the direction of the door and then climbed out of the window again.
In the blink of an eye, the room returned to silence. No one could tell that Wei Xun had been there.
Ling Qingwan opened the door, and what came into her eyes was Ling Xiao's bright smile. He entered the room and closed the door tightly again.
"It's cold outside. Be careful when you sleep and ask the servants to close the doors and windows to prevent you from catching a cold." Ling Xiao said with concern.
Ling Qingwan agreed with a smile.
Feeling Ling Xiao's care and love again was a great blessing for Ling Qingwan.
"Brother, why are you still awake so late? Is there something important you want to talk to me about?"