As the King of Qi left the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion, people from the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial Censor's Mansion also left the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion one after another. Other officials, both big and small, also left the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion one after another after eating and drinking their fill.

Lu Lingxi woke up not long after falling asleep, because the dosage of the drug Gu Yan'er gave her was very small. When she woke up, Lu Yi was still outside seeing off guests, and only Xiao Yu'er, Chunhong and Liu Lu were by her side.

When she woke up, she still felt dizzy and didn't know where she was or what she was doing.

But Xiao Yu'er had been observing her movements. When he saw her open her eyes, he immediately asked with concern: "Lingxi, are you awake? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

Lu Lingxi just had a thought in her mind: Did she travel through time again for no apparent reason? Only after hearing Xiao Yuer's voice did she confirm that she had not traveled through time. In the past month, she often heard Xiao Yuer's teasing and self-proclaimed humorous words. Now Lu Lingxi was very familiar with his voice.

Lu Lingxi sat up slowly. "I feel a little dizzy, but nothing else. What happened to me? Why did I fall asleep suddenly?"

When Xiao Yuer heard Lu Lingxi say that he was asleep, he quickly said seriously: "You are not asleep, you were drugged. Do you remember who you were with and what you were doing before you fainted?"

"Let me think about it." Lu Lingxi rubbed his temples. Then he continued, "I was chatting with Sister Gu before I fainted. How is Sister Gu? Is she okay?"

When Xiao Yuer heard Lu Lingxi say this, he narrowed his eyes and said, "Gu Yan'er is fine. She has already returned home. What else did you do before you fainted besides chatting with her?"

"It seemed like Sister Gu poured me a glass of water, and I lost consciousness not long after I drank it. What happened after I fell unconscious? Where's Daddy?" Lu Lingxi guessed that something bad might have happened.

Seeing Lu Lingxi's confused look, Xiao Yu'er didn't want to tell her what happened, but then he thought that the people around her couldn't always remind her and protect her, and she had to learn to be on guard in order to better protect herself. So he told her about the King of Qi and Liu Fufeng's entanglement in the next room while she was unconscious. Finally, he reminded her, "When you meet Gu Yan'er in the future, you should be more careful and don't trust her anymore."

After hearing what Xiao Yu'er said, Lu Lingxi fell into deep thought. She guessed in her heart: The person that the King of Qi wanted to defile today was herself, and Sister Gu was an accomplice. Did Sister Gu really like the King of Qi so much? Was she willing to do anything for him? I guessed that she liked my brother before I fainted. How stupid!

When Lu Yi sent off all the guests today, Lu Lingxi had already returned to Lingxi Garden, so Lu Yi went to Lingxi Garden to visit Lu Lingxi. He analyzed what happened today with her, hoping that she could remember the lesson today and learn to be smarter in the future.

"Daddy told you before not to get too close to Gu Yan'er, but you refuted Daddy by saying that Gu Yan'er is a good person. Have you learned your lesson now?" Lu Yi said with a slightly serious tone.

"Dad, I understand. But Sister Gu didn't really harm me in the end. Instead, she pushed others out. She might have her own reasons." After thinking about it carefully, Lu Lingxi felt that there must be another hidden story behind this matter.

"Dad, I think we should find an opportunity to talk to Sister Gu face to face about this matter. What if she has been caught by someone and needs help? I claim to be her friend, and it would be too cruel to break off the relationship without asking the reason. I am not worthy of her taking the trouble to help me avoid a disaster today." Lu Lingxi told Lu Yi his true thoughts.

Lu Yi immediately looked worried: "Silly boy, why are you so stubborn? Oh! Forget it, next time you go out, you must have someone with you. It's best to bring your Chang Wei and Xiao Hua with you so that they can take care of you if anything happens."

"I got it, Daddy!" Lu Lingxi said, pulling Lu Yi's arm and acting coquettishly again.

It was a warm scene on Lu Lingxi and Lu Yi's side, but it was the opposite situation on Gu Yan'er's side.

Not long after Prime Minister Gu returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion with Madam Gu and Gu Yan'er, the King of Qi also came to the Prime Minister's Mansion. At this time, Prime Minister Gu and the King of Qi sat in the main seat of the reception room, Madam Gu sat on the right, and Gu Yan'er stood at the bottom of the hall.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi looked grim and said nothing, and Gu Yan'er also said nothing. Prime Minister Gu and Madam Gu were a little fidgety, observing the Prince of Qi and Gu Yan'er.

Finally, it was Prime Minister Gu who broke the silence: "Jingye, what happened between you and Yan'er? Why don't you talk?"

"My dear uncle, you should ask cousin Yan'er what she did today." King Qi said in a bad tone.

Hearing this, Gu Yan'er quickly knelt down, and before she could say anything, she shed two lines of tears: "Cousin, today's matter, I did everything according to your instructions, and you also gave me the medicine. I don't know what went wrong in the middle, and in the end you actually walked into Miss Liu's room."

"Oh! You said you didn't know? Didn't you give me the drug? Didn't your maid tell me which room to go into? Didn't you hire someone to stain Liu Fufeng's clothes? And you also lit aphrodisiac incense in that room?" The King of Qi had already determined that everything was done by Gu Yan'er, and he spoke without mercy.

"I'm not, I didn't, cousin, you have to believe me, how could I do that? I'm a girl waiting to be married, how would I know about aphrodisiac fragrance?" Gu Yan'er was already crying.

"Yan'er! Stop crying. What's going on? Explain it to your father clearly." Prime Minister Gu scolded Gu Yan'er and told her to stop crying.

When Gu Yan'er heard Prime Minister Gu's scolding, she immediately fell silent, wiped her tears with a silk handkerchief, straightened her posture, and knelt upright before replying to Gu Qingfeng: "Father, my cousin gave me a packet of medicine yesterday and asked me to take Lu Lingxi to the guest room. When she is not prepared, serve her some tea and let her drink it. Then notify my cousin to come over and make the matter a fait accompli. Then make the matter known to everyone, so that even if Lu Lingxi is the future Crown Princess, she will have to marry my cousin, and General Lu will naturally stand on my cousin's side. Sob, sob, sob..." At this point, Gu Yan'er couldn't help crying again.

"Soooo... My cousin also said that if I don't do as he said, he won't marry me and will marry any of my sisters at will, making my mother and I unable to hold our heads up for the rest of our lives. Soooo... I had no choice but to do as he said." When she said this, Gu Yan'er started crying again, intermittently, but you could still hear what she said.

"I gave Lu Lingxi the drug, and then I sent someone to invite my cousin. I really don't know anything else. Oh... It's not difficult to find out whether Lu Lingxi was drugged or not and send someone to find out whether they summoned a doctor today and why they summoned the doctor. Oh... Father, I really don't know anything else. I really don't know why my cousin ended up with Miss Liu..." Gu Yan'er stopped talking because it was difficult to say the rest. She knelt and walked forward a few steps, getting closer to Prime Minister Gu.

Madam Gu was furious when she heard this. His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi actually came up with such a despicable method to destroy someone's innocence, and even let his daughter, who was still a virgin, get involved. He was worse than a beast! However, she had always been a person of little influence, so it was not easy for her to make comments on the Prince of Qi's affairs. She could only signal Prime Minister Gu to say something with her eyes.

After listening to Gu Yan'er's story, Prime Minister Gu was also unhappy, but he still had to consider his nephew's face. So he smiled and said, "Jingye, I think there must be some misunderstanding. Yan'er is a woman, and she is in someone else's house. Even if she has all the power, she can't do anything in someone else's house, right? Maybe this is really a coincidence?"

"Hmph! Uncle, are you trying to protect my cousin?" The King of Qi asked with an unhappy face.

Prime Minister Gu was very displeased when he heard the King of Qi say such disrespectful words. He leaned back in his chair and said coldly, "Then according to the King of Qi, how should Yan'er be dealt with?"

The King of Qi did not hear the coldness in Prime Minister Gu's words, and said to himself: "A jealous and vicious woman like her is not worthy of being my princess."

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