Having Her Back

"You're convinced it was the Lu family who did it?"

Qi Lingheng knew that Lin Yunwan harbored a grudge.

The Imperial Examination was the best way for all scholars to enter officialdom. If you missed it once, you had to wait another three years. No one could bear to give it up.

Lin Yunwan was indeed very certain.

"The Lu family actually sent Lu Changzong to the Mingshan Academy. Mingshan Academy is famous for its academic atmosphere, and it's full of true scholars. What kind of family is the Lu family?"

"Lu Changzong is an incompetent and good-for-nothing; everyone knows he was raised by his Concubine. It's obvious he'll be ostracized by his classmates once he's in school."

She sneered, "The Lu family should have expected what would happen after sending them in. Lu Changzong was beaten up in the dark, not because Yun Yi ordered it. It's because the Lu family's actions are so despicable. They can only blame Lu family for being so shameless!"

In the end, however, the blame fell on Yun Yi.

"Everyone else ate at the Mingshan Academy, but Yun Yi alone had diarrhea for three whole days. I don't believe anyone didn't drug him."

Lin Yunwan couldn't swallow this insult.

Qi Lingheng squinted and said, "It's a pity that the students in the Academy live and eat together in groups of more than ten. It's really impossible to find out who did it."

In the end, Lin Yunyi had no choice but to move to another room.

Fortunately, nothing else went wrong.

Justice resides in the hearts of the people.

Lin Yunwan chuckled, "So what if the Lu family managed to persuade the Duke Xingguo's Residence to intervene? The blame will still fall on Lu Changzong."

Speaking of the Duke Xingguo's Residence...

Qi Lingheng said with a hint of amusement, "I never expected that the Duke Xingguo would actually acknowledge that Concubine from the Lu family."

They weren't ashamed at all.

Old Madam Lu left Ge Bao'er at the gate of the Duke Xingguo's Residence, and the people from the Duke's Residence took her to see the Duke Xingguo wife.

In the end, it was Duchess Xingguo recognized her daughter.

Lin Yunwan said calmly, "Everyone knows about the Wuding Marquis Residence's favoritism towards his concubine over his wife. Even the Duke Xingguo hasn't dared to openly acknowledge her."

"If she hadn't done so many shady things, given the Duke Xingguo's Residence's family's status and the Duke Xingguo and his wife's shrewdness, even if she had been Concubine, it wouldn't have been difficult for her to change her identity and become the legitimate daughter, and then marry again as the principal wife."

Qi Lingheng also looked down on this kind of behavior.

He shook his head and said, "Willingly degenerate."

Lin Yunwan couldn't understand what Ge Bao'er was so attached to about the Wuding Marquis Residence.

Can't she see that Lu Changzong will only be better off without her, his birth mother? With her around, Lu Changzong's life will only get worse.

It's getting late.

After finishing her makeup, Lin Yunwan stood up and said, "Your Prince, I'll go out to pray for blessings first."

They said they were going to pray for blessings, but actually they were going to see Madam Chang.

Qi Lingheng went out with her, and casually asked on the way, "Which temple are you going to?"

"Red Elephant Temple."

The couple were not strangers.

They had sat and talked together at Red Elephant Temple.

As Lin Yunwan walked, she said, "That Madam Chang and my mother were supposed to meet at Red Elephant Temple five days from now, but I heard that Madam Chang went to Red Elephant Temple two days earlier."

She paused, then continued, "As far as I know, Madam Chang doesn't visit Red Elephant Temple often. Something must have happened suddenly."

Lin Yunwan said casually, "I also heard that the Duchess Xingguo is going to Red Elephant Temple. Isn't that a coincidence?"

Who would believe that the two of them weren't planning to meet?

Qi Lingheng wasn't interested in these women's affairs. He listened casually, and when he parted from Lin Yunwan, he adjusted her veil for her.

He whispered in her ear, "Yun Wan, there's a detail about Yun Yi that I forgot to tell you."

"What details?"

Lin Yunwan looked on with curiosity.

Qi Lingheng said in a low voice, "After Yun Yi was poisoned, the examinees were all focused on the exam and wouldn't have paid attention to who poisoned Yun Yi. But now that they have, they look down on Lu Changzong even more."

Lin Yunwan was taken aback and asked, "You mean, someone is pulling the strings behind the scenes? Someone wants to help Yun Yi?"

Qi Lingheng's voice deepened slightly. "Both children of the Lu family are at the Mingshan Academy, but only the second son has been ostracized; the eldest son has been unharmed."

"I didn't think much of it at first, but this detail suddenly came to my mind."

Lin Yunwan was still deep in thought.

Is it... Chang Gong?

That makes sense.

Qi Lingheng gently held her shoulder and slowly said, "No matter who you believe harmed Yun Yi, whether they are right or wrong, do whatever you want."

"Otherwise, it would be a waste for you to be my Prince Huan Consort."

If he has to put up with this kind of nonsense, then he's not worthy of being called Prince Huan.

Lin Yunwan stared straight at him.

She thought he was advising her to be cautious and not to act rashly without evidence.

After all, Ge Bao'er is backed by the Duke Xingguo's Residence.

She hadn't expected him to want to support her.

Qi Lingheng urged her gently, "Hurry up and get in the carriage. If I get back early, I'll pick you up at Red Elephant Temple."

Lin Yunwan nodded.

As she sat in the carriage, she couldn't help but smile.

Upon arriving at Red Elephant Temple, a place she had visited before, Lin Yunwan first went to a side hall.

"Then..."

When she brought Chang Gong over, she remembered that the Novice Monk said the Abbot writing couplets and asked Chang Gong to write one as well.

The Novice Monk spoke very kindly, and she even donated money for incense oil.

Lin Yunwan walked to the entrance of the side hall and, sure enough, saw the calligraphy from back then.

"It's still there."

She looked up at the old couplets and smiled faintly.

Seven years have passed in the blink of an eye.