Ling Lengrui said to her bestie with an unchanged smile.

“Um……”

Ning Shu responded, she also had something to say to her brother-in-law in private.

Wei Buqi let go of the princess’s purple lotus feet, but hid her embroidered shoes beside her feet and looked at her with a smile.

Ling Lengrui didn’t react for a moment. After she pulled her feet back from the trap, she realized something was wrong. She stared at him with resentment in her beautiful eyes. She pouted her lips, and a look of pity appeared on her pretty face. She pitifully put her slender feet back onto his legs, and rubbed the sides of his legs with her delicate soles in a flattering manner, indicating that she had given up.

“You are testing me with this?”

Wei Buqi did not bully her too much. He slowly picked up the green embroidered shoes on the ground and hid her feet, which were covered with purple silk footwear, inside them.

This vixen changed her attitude faster than turning the pages of a book. As soon as she withdrew her foot, she glared at him seductively, stood up and walked slowly towards the door.

After Ning Shu watched her leave, she looked at her brother-in-law with sharp eyes.

“Were you trying to tease Princess Kang with your feet just now?”

She regarded Wei Buqi as a family member and treated him as half a son. She still had trust in him and she didn’t believe that he would do anything to her.

“It was an unintentional mistake on my part.”

He said with a gentle smile.

“You better be.”

Ning Shu snorted lightly and didn’t bother with him. In her opinion, his performance today was not satisfactory.

“I’m tired of sitting here, let me go out for a walk.”

Wei Buqi stood up. He knew that Ling Lengrui left first in order to be alone with him, and today’s business had not yet been discussed.

“Go.”

She nodded in agreement and wanted to ask him whether the footwear he gave her was from the Lin family, but she was too embarrassed to bring it up, so she just pretended nothing had happened.

Before he left, his little niece put another piece of sweet cake to his mouth. After eating it, he walked out of the incense room and walked to the end of the corridor.

When the woman asked him to help her put on her shoes, she wrote a “five” on his leg with her foot.

“Is this right here?”

He came to a closed door outside the attic and politely raised his hand to knock on the door.

“I thought you would just come in~”

A charming voice came from behind the door, and the barrier in front of his eyes opened up, and the beautiful lady he had just passed by appeared in his eyes.

“Am I such a rude person in the eyes of Miss Ling’er?”

Wei Buqi looked at the dignified and beautiful woman in front of him. Her oval face and graceful demeanor fully demonstrated the nobility of a princess. If there was no charm in her enchanting peach blossom eyes, he really couldn’t connect her with the young courtesan on the Yincui painted boat.

“Whatever the inspector says is what happens.”

Ling Lengrui raised her hand to wipe away her tears again, and said pitifully.

“I dare not argue with you.”

He chuckled.

“I didn’t know Miss Ling’er liked the footwear I gave you so much.”

She spoke with sobs.

“I wore this pair of stockings to see you today, hoping that you would remember our friendship and treat me better. If you find out that I am not wearing the clothes you gave me, I am afraid I will suffer again, and even be unable to get out of bed.”

Wei Buqi looked at the beautiful lady with tearful eyes in front of him with great interest. This evil witch from the cult was really teasing him all the time. What was her meaning?

“Miss Ling’er and I are allies, don’t you think?”

He gets right to the point.

“Are you sure you’ll take us down?”

Ling Lengrui suddenly revealed a bright smile again.

“Have you talked to Miss Lin?”

Wei Buqi asked casually.

“I told her that she wants to discuss this with you face to face. You have the leverage over us, and we can only let you do whatever you want.”

Her Royal Highness the Princess sat down at the table, leaned forward and rubbed her ankle, as if accusing him of his recent rudeness.

“When will she come?”

Wei Buqi thought of the event in the original book that would happen today. He had made arrangements yesterday. If anything went wrong, he would have heard about it by now.

“It’s about time she arrived…”

Ling Lengrui suddenly narrowed her beautiful eyes and turned to look at the door. He looked over there and a rapid breathing sound gradually became clearer.

“Miss Ling!”

A young girl pushed open the door, walked into the room eagerly, bowed in front of them, and said.

“Our eldest lady cannot come to the appointment today…”

Chapter 36 Unknown Changes

“What happened to your Lin family?”

Wei Buqi asked calmly. He stared at the beautiful maid who broke into the room, trying to find useful information from her eyes.

“I don’t know either.”

She shook her head in panic.

“The young lady just ordered me to come and pass on a message.”

Ling Lengrui put away her smile and frowned slightly, obviously not expecting the current situation.

“what should we do?”

She turned to look at him next to her.

“I’ll go see her.”

Wei Buqi paused and said that he had not received any news about the Lin family, which meant that the situation was beyond his control and he had to figure out the situation first.

“You?” Ling Lengrui frowned even deeper, “What are you going to do?”

“As an ally, her business is my business.”

His voice remained gentle.

“What do you want to do?”

She stared at him with her peach blossom eyes.

“Miss Ling’er, are you wondering if it was my doing that she suddenly couldn’t come? You know, I have no reason to do that.”

Wei Buqi saw the doubt in her eyes.

“I’ll go with you.”

Ling Lengrui said without hesitation.

“No, you stay here.”

He examined her expression imperceptibly. In his guess, she and Lin Zhuoyue were close friends, but at this moment he could not find much worry on her face.

“The three of us cannot meet openly, as this will alert the enemy. You stay here with my sister-in-law, and then find a chance to meet up with us later.”

Every word Wei Buqi said makes sense.

“If you have anything to say after you see Yue’er, send someone to tell me.”

Ling Lengrui said after hesitating for a moment.

“Um……”

When he saw that she agreed to stay, he became even more suspicious.

One of the reasons why he didn’t let her go with him to see Lin Zhuoyue was that he didn’t want them to join forces to deal with him. In addition…

He was taking this opportunity to test their true relationship. If they were really close friends who could talk about anything, her reaction at this moment was too bland. Their relationship was not enough to share secrets!

“When you go back there, tell my sister-in-law that I’m leaving first.”

Wei Buqi watched her leave, and just a moment later, Yang Shaocheng hurried over.

“I’ve met the young master!”

The second son of the Wei family was not worried about the situation getting out of control.

“Did you find anything?”

After listening to him, Wei Buqi was speechless for a moment. He thought for a moment and then stood up.

“Ms. Lin is in the Lin family’s shop called ‘Xiang Li Tang’ today?”

“She went there nearby after the accident.”

“Let’s go there.”

……

The Lin family is a well-known and prestigious family in Li’an Prefecture. Their ancestor was once awarded the title of first-class earl. Although the title has been passed down to this day with only the title of Enqiwei, the family’s power has never declined. Now as a merchant family, their cloth business is thriving and they are known as the “Xinjin Lin family.”

They were famous for their textile technology, and the fabrics they wove were comparable to the fine silk produced by the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, hence the name “New Brocade”. The Lin family always gave the produced fabrics to the Ye family for marketing. The family’s chamber of commerce had only a few shops, and Xiang Litang was one of them.

It was not yet noon, and the Xiangli Hall of the Lin family was closed to visitors. In the backyard of the hall, a girl with red eyes stood under a tree like a stone statue. This person was the eldest daughter of the Lin family, Lin Zhuoyue.

“Miss!”

She heard a voice behind her and turned around suddenly, her long black hair fluttering.

“how’s it going?”

The black-haired beauty stared at the young maid who was approaching and asked repeatedly.

“no……”

The young maid lowered her head and spoke cautiously.