Lu Ze nodded lightly and said, "It's her. This news should spread throughout Shengjing City tomorrow. The Song family will definitely be crowded tomorrow. Do you want to go to the Song family today to congratulate her?"
Qi Yuning sighed, "What kind of happy event is this? But it can only be regarded as her getting her wish."
Qi Yuning continued to sort out the account books in front of him. Lu Ze saw the thick stack of accounts and said, "Can I help you?"
Qi Yuning shook his head and said, "No need, you go play with Lingling."
Lu Ze walked to the courtyard and accompanied Lingling to feed the little red koi in the tank.
While feeding the koi, Lingling muttered: "Little fish, little fish will grow up soon. When they grow up, Lingling will be able to eat you."
Lu Ze rubbed the little knot on Lingling's head: "Lingling, you can't eat the little koi."
Lingling said: "Why?"
Lu Ze said: "Koi meat is not delicious at all."
Lingling put the fish food aside and ran to Qi Yuning and said, "Mom, I don't want to raise little koi anymore. Daddy said koi can't be eaten! Lingling wants to raise edible fish!"
Qi Yuning smiled and touched Lingling's head, "Although the little koi cannot be eaten, it is very cute. It is as cute as Lingling. Lingling can be kept and played with!"
"But the cute little koi can't fill my stomach." Lingling said, "I still want to raise edible fish."
Qi Yuning ordered Guyu beside him: "Go to the kitchen and ask if there are any small crucian carp or grass carp, and bring one for Lingling to raise."
Not long after, Guyu came back from the kitchen and took out a small grass carp. Lingling saw the small grass carp swimming and said, "Dad, can this fish be eaten when it grows up?"
Lu Ze said: "Well, this fish can be eaten when it grows up."
Lingling put the fish into the lotus tank and muttered again that the little fish will grow up soon.
Qi Yuning looked at the two father and daughter feeding the fish in front of the lotus tank, and saw the clouds in the east of the sky, which were so dark that it felt like a storm was coming.
Although the sun is setting in the west, the sunset is golden and the scenery is infinite.
After dinner, Lingling played for a while and then asked Lu Ze to tell her a story. After telling her for a while, Lingling fell asleep.
Lu Ze walked to Qi Yuning and saw three books of accounts piled in front of her and asked, "You're not going to read all these books today, are you?"
Qi Yuning said: "I have been in Beicheng for more than a month, and I have to make up for what I have missed."
Lu Ze said: "Now that A Ping has entered the Qi family, can these account books be handed over to A Ping for disposal?"
Qi Yuning said coldly: "Do you think A Ping's gentle temperament can suppress the people underneath?"
Lu Ze said: "Yes, let me check the accounts for you."
Qi Yuning said: "No, I'm not checking the account books to find out whether they are true or false. The people below don't have the guts to bring the false accounts to me. I just want to know what's going on."
Lu Ze looked at the three books on the side and flipped through them. The more he read, the more frightened he became, "Are these the property of your Qi family?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes."
The Lu Guogong Mansion also has a lot of family property, which is now managed by the second and third uncles. Lu Ze only knows that the annual dividends and the public balance are very generous, but compared with the Qi family's family property, the property of the Duke of Guo Mansion is really only It can be regarded as superficial.
Lu Zedao: "I didn't expect that Prince Qi's Mansion is so rich as an enemy."
Qi Yuning smiled helplessly: "Don't look at the large amount of property. Prince Qi's palace also has a lot of money to spend. It has to support more than 200,000 soldiers. The annual expenses of 20,000 cavalry are like running water.
Of the 20,000 big horses, some often died of illness. It was difficult to raise small horses. Every year, new horses were purchased and a large amount of money was spent on feeding them.
Speaking of soldiers, they have to fight bandits all year round. They really have to live by the sword. The salary provided by the court alone is not enough. The Qi family has to subsidize it themselves.
At first glance, it seems that the Qi family is extremely wealthy. They send medicinal grains and silver coins to Beicheng, but the final surplus of silver coins is not much more than that of your Lu family. "
Lu Zedao: "When did you take over the family business?"
Qi Yuning said: "When I was thirteen or fourteen years old, I was taught by Aunt Yueya how to read an abacus and read a ledger after I became sensible.
When I was thirteen or fourteen years old, Aunt Yueya and my brother asked me to take over such a big business. Fortunately, everyone under me was loyal and I only had to make a few decisions, so it wasn't too tiring. "
Lu Ze was standing beside Qi Yuning. People often said that Princess Qi was arrogant and willful, but people didn't know that Qi Yuning shouldered the important responsibilities of the Qi family at a young age.
Qi Yuan was in the military camp and relied on the Qi family's industry.
In Shengjing City, the housekeeper of the daughter's house can boast that she is worthy of being a mistress if she manages the account book of the back house.
Guan Zhiyi was famous because she was able to manage the house at a young age, but the Guan family's ability to manage several shops and merchants, as well as the account books in the back yard, was really nothing.
And the family business that Qi Yuning is in charge of is a thousand or even ten thousand times that of those family businesses, which many wealthy merchants dare not boast that they can manage in Haikou.
In the eyes of outsiders, the aloof Princess Qi is not so easy to handle.
Qi Yuning looked sideways at Lu Ze who was looking at her. She met Lu Ze's eyes and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Lu Ze stepped forward and took Qi Yuning into his arms and said, "I feel sorry for you. At such a young age, no one asked you if you are willing to take over this huge family business."
Qi Yuning leaned on Lu Ze's shoulder and chuckled: "You don't have to feel bad for me. Our Qi family is a hundred times bigger than your Lu family. I feel bad for you."
Lu Ze also chuckled slightly and said, "I am the one who has become the princess."
"It's good that you know." Qi Yuning said, "But when I am in Shengjing City, no matter who I marry, except marrying the Zhao family, I will marry anyone. Only marrying you can barely be regarded as a good match."
Lu Ze said: "So, are you willing to marry me not only because of Lingling, but also because of my identity? If I were not the heir apparent of the Duke of Lu, would you still let me be your husband?"
Qi Yuning looked into Lu Ze's eyes and said, "No! My husband, Qi Yuning, needs to be on an equal footing with me."
Lu Ze sighed helplessly: "Don't you know you can tell a lie?"
Qi Yuning said: "Then let me ask you, if I were not the princess, would you be willing to marry me?"
"Yes." Lu Ze said, "I don't care about family background when choosing a wife."
Qi Yuning said sourly: "Indeed, Guan Zhiyi is a concubine from a sixth-rank official family..."
Before Qi Yuning could finish her words, Lu Ze blocked her lips. Sitting on Lu Ze's body, she felt an indescribable heat all over her body.
The last time we were so intimate was in the wing of Xianglin Temple.
Compared with the possessive aggression in Xianglin Temple, this time Lu Ze seemed to be gentle and coaxing her.
After a long time, the late spring breeze blew in through the gap between the window lattice, and then the two people's inseparable bond was blown away.
Lu Ze hugged Qi Yuning's waist tightly, took a deep breath, then let go of Qi Yuning and said, "I'm going back."
Qi Yuning used Lu Ze's words last night: "I thought you would stay?"
Lu Ze looked deeply at Qi Yuning with his peach blossom eyes, and said in a hoarse voice with a hint of emotion: "It's been very busy in Dali Temple these days. I don't want to take two cold baths on this cold spring night and catch a cold. It’s too much of a delay in business.”
Qi Yuning heard the implication of Lu Ze's words and his face turned red, "You should leave quickly."
Lu Ze chuckled lightly, turned and left Qi Yuning's courtyard.
When Lu Ze went out from the side door, he saw a figure in the distance and returned to the princess mansion without investigating it carefully.
The end of the alley.
Zhao Chong held his hand tightly and asked the guard on the side: "Is that person just now Ze'er?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
Zhao Chong looked at Prince Qi's Mansion and then looked at the moonlight in the sky. Lu Ze and Qi Yuning even had a daughter. It was not surprising that the young couple met at night.
Zhao Chong touched the ring in his hand, but his ears rang with Uncle Qin's words that it was a good time to ascend the throne and get rid of the Qi family.
Qi Yu'an was indeed a serious concern after he ascended the throne. The Qi family's more than 200,000 troops in the north were a thorn in the throat of the emperor and needed to be removed.
Emperor Shi Yuan raised a tiger to his advantage and did not get rid of Qi Yu'an when he was still young, which would definitely cause him endless trouble in the future.
If the Qi family can be eliminated, Qi Yuning can be snatched into the harem after he ascends the throne.
So what if he robs his nephew's wife?
Since the founding of the Great Sheng Kingdom, there have been emperors who have robbed their brothers' wives, and there have also been emperors who have robbed their concubines' mothers as their queens.
With great power in hand, as the master of the world, he will surely get the woman he loves.
Zhao Chong looked at Prince Qi's Mansion, his eyes full of the inevitable victory.
