She stood up, smiled slightly, and said, "Deal."
Qu Linglong is a smart person, and her situation is very similar to hers in the past. Back then, she was isolated and helpless, and now she doesn't mind helping her out.
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In the following days, Shen Tangning and Qu Linglong met privately a few more times.
She left early and returned late, her mysterious demeanor arousing Chi Yan's curiosity. If it weren't for the guards following her, he would have thought she was keeping a gigolo outside.
However, Chi Yan then thought: Is there any more handsome young man in Yanjing who is better suited for both social and domestic purposes than him?
Obviously not!
So he was relieved and didn't ask any more questions.
Shen Ci, however, couldn't contain her curiosity and tried various ways to find out what her sister had been up to lately: "What's my sister been up to lately?"
Chi Yan had just come out of the imperial prison and casually said, "I don't know."
Shen Ci glared at her and blurted out, "You're like a leech, sticking to her like glue, hanging around her every day, don't you know?"
"Tsk, what are you saying?" Chi Yan glanced at him casually. "Do you need to see her?"
Shen Ci looked constipated, hesitated, and then lowered his voice to ask, "My father is about to exchange betrothal gifts with the Pei family, why hasn't she made a move yet?"
He made a fuss, but his father was determined to arrange a marriage with the Pei family!
"What operation? Are you planning to have your sister steal the bride?" Chi Yan glared at him warily, yet also found it amusing. "Don't you really like that Miss Pei? If this marriage goes through, wouldn't it suit your purposes perfectly?"
"Who likes her!" Shen Ci bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "I... had no choice but to play along with her!"
Ever since Pei Mingzhu insisted on competing with him at the hunting grounds, he had felt uneasy. In addition, she almost injured his elder sister, and his good impression of her had completely vanished.
"Forget it!" Shen Ci's expression was slightly irritated, and he seemed to be brewing some wicked scheme. "If you push me too far, I'm capable of anything!"
Chi Yan raised an eyebrow in surprise: "Really? Show me some arithmetic?"
Shen Ci: "..."
*
Ascending to the Heavenly Palace, it was once again time for the students to gather and speak freely.
Shen Tangning found a good spot in the restaurant across the street and sat down leisurely.
Unlike her, Qu Linglong across from her seemed a little nervous. Her expression was solemn, and she kept glancing at the other side, looking quite uneasy.
Shen Tangning turned her attention to her: "Is everything done?"
Qu Linglong pursed her lips tightly and said in a voice that the two of them could hear, "He drank a cup of tea before he left. I put the medicine in the tea and watched him drink it."
After saying that, her eyes showed uncertainty, and she asked again, "Can it really work?"
Shen Tangning smiled but remained silent, gazing at the opposite side.
Pei Yunhe had been inside for a while when she slowly spoke, "The effects of the medicine will take at least an hour to take hold. No rush, the real show is just beginning."
Qu Linglong clenched her fists, her eyes revealing a do-or-die determination.
As husband and wife, she didn't want to be too cruel, but he didn't treat her like a human being at all. He even secretly planned to make her die quietly after she gave birth to the child.
No wonder he was so confident; he clearly had no intention of letting her live.
A flash of hatred suddenly appeared in Qu Linglong's eyes. He had forced her into this situation!
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