Lu Baozhu was shocked when he heard this: "One more monk? Then Qi Yu would rather tear down my Lu family?"
Lu Ze said to Mrs. Lu: "Grandma, I can't do what you want. Even if there is no imperial edict today, my grandson has already decided to marry the princess."
Mrs. Lu pointed to Lu Baohua, Lu Baoxue and several brothers and sisters and said, "Ze'er, you are Lu's eldest grandson and their eldest brother. Now you are going to ignore your younger siblings for the sake of a woman?"
Lu Ze raised his eyes and looked at Lu Guogong aside: "If the second uncle and the third uncle are afraid that my nephew will be implicated, we can separate the family..."
Lu Guogong angrily rebuked: "What kind of family separation? Your grandmother is still alive, and you propose a family separation. How much infamy are you bringing on me?"
Princess Pingrou glared at Lu Guogong and said: "This princess thinks Ze'er's proposal is very good. Since the old lady has also said it, she is afraid that the children of the second and third brothers' families will be implicated by Ze'er, so we simply separate the family."
Mrs. Lu was so angry that she gasped: "Ze'er, you grew up by your grandmother's side. Your grandmother worked hard to raise you. Now you are famous in the capital and a high-ranking official in the court, but do you treat your grandmother like this? I still Will the family be separated before death?"
Lu Baozhu said: "It doesn't matter if we separate the families, brother, you can marry into the Qi family. Anyway, the Qi family is already short of people. If you are willing to marry into the Qi family, I think both King Qi and Qi Yuning will applaud and praise you." !”
Mrs. Lu made Lu Baozhu more and more indifferent, and she was so angry that she had a headache.
"Your Highness, Princess Qi is outside asking for an audience."
When Mrs. Lu heard that Qi Yuning came to see her that night, she was so angry that her heart ached. The second Mrs. Lu and the third Mrs. Lu each brought tea and the other handed medicine.
Seeing her two sisters-in-law coming to take care of her, Princess Pingrou stood up and said, "It's late at night, Baozhu, Ze'er, it's time for us to go home."
Duke Lu Guo saluted Mrs. Lu and said, "My son has resigned."
Princess Pingrou saw Lu Guogong following her and said angrily: "Aren't you going to be a filial son? Why are you following me? Your mother is still sick. You are not allowed to stay with your mother and take care of her day and night."
Duke Lu Guo has always respected Princess Pingrou, but when he heard Princess Pingrou's words today, he became angry, "Ze'er said just now that he wanted to separate the family, which is unreasonable. How will he gain a foothold in the court in the future if word spreads?"
Princess Pingrou said in a slightly higher voice: "I asked for Yu Ning on behalf of Ze'er! My father has already agreed, so you, the Lu family, are not allowed to make irresponsible remarks?
This princess has never set out any princess records since she got married to you, but it makes your Lu family forget that there is a difference between king and minister?
Ze'er is right, it's time to separate the family. The princess's mansion will be separated from yours. Remember, Prince Consort, you will not come to the princess's mansion without an order in the future! "
Lu Guogong frowned slightly and said, "After all, mother is doing this for the good of the entire Lu family."
"Is she doing it for the Lu family, or is she trying to hurt my face?" Princess Pingrou said angrily, "If you want to be your filial son, go ahead and do it."
As soon as he arrived at the gate of Lu Mansion, Lu Ze heard Lingling crying.
Qi Yuning breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the light coming from the lantern, "Little ancestor, your father is here, don't cry!"
Lingling saw Lu Ze and shouted aggrievedly, "Daddy."
Lu Ze strode forward and held the crying Lingling in his arms, "Don't cry, daddy is here."
"Oh, such poor Lingling." Lu Baozhu stepped forward and wiped Lingling's tears, "Why are you crying so hard? Qi Yuning, what did you do to my little niece?"
Qi Yuning ignored Lu Baozhu. Seeing the princess and his wife who were clearly noisy behind him, he asked Lu Ze in a low voice, "Are your parents quarreling?"
Lu Ze said: "Don't worry about them."
Lu Baozhu nodded and said: "The two of them will only quarrel tonight and make up tomorrow. This has been the case since childhood."
Lingling snuggled into Lu Ze's arms and said, "Why doesn't daddy come back?"
Lu Ze touched Lingling's little head and said, "Great-grandmother is sick. Daddy was staying with great-grandmother just now."
Lingling pursed her lips and said, "Lingling also wants daddy to accompany her."
"Why is Lingling crying so wronged?" Princess Pingrou stepped forward and saw Lingling in Lu Ze's arms and said, "But what do you want to eat?"
Qi Yuning said: "Lingling just wants her father. It would be nice to see her father."
Princess Pingrou said: "Yes, it's already so dark today. Ze'er, please go back and have a rest with Lingling in your arms."
When Qi Yuning and Lu Ze walked back to the palace, they looked up at Lu Ze and asked, "Is Mrs. Lu really sick this time or fake?"
Lu Ze sighed and said: "As you get older, illness is inevitable, and there are real illnesses. But I am seriously ill today because my grandmother doesn't want me to marry you."
Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "I thought you would hide your dislike for me for your grandmother."
Lu Ze said: "My grandmother doesn't like my mother very much, but my mother never pays attention to my grandmother. In the future, you will marry into a princess's palace. I will be responsible for your filial piety to my grandmother. You just need to be decent."
Qi Yuning chuckled and said: "Prince Lu has a good reputation. I thought you would ask me not to argue with your grandmother and to be filial to your grandmother?"
Lu Ze said: "Grandma doesn't like you, so I won't let you suffer in front of her."
Qi Yuning smiled lightly, "In this prosperous capital, there are only a handful of people who can make this princess suffer."
Lu Ze held Lingling with one hand and Qi Yuning's waist with the other, and returned to the palace under the soft moonlight of the full moon.
Lingling has been unwilling to sleep. Today, despite Lu Ze telling stories one after another, Lingling is still very lively.
Qi Yuning could hardly stand it any longer, "Lingling, go to sleep!"
Lingling pouted and said, "Lingling will cry when she sleeps. Lingling doesn't want to see her cry. If she cries, Lingling will also be sad."
Qi Yuning hugged Lingling and said, "What a good baby. Mom, don't cry."
Lingling listened to one story after another, and finally fell asleep at Haishi. Her little eyebrows were furrowed, probably because she was unhappy in her dream.
Qi Yuning stretched out her hand to smooth Lingling's eyebrows, and then Lingling gradually fell asleep.
His little hand still held Lu Ze's fingers tightly.
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning and said, "After we get married, go find Taoist He and ask Lingling how to get back."
"Is this the Taoist Master He who gave my grandfather the approval of a great general? Taoist He was already over eighty years old when he gave my grandfather the approval. It's been forty years, and he's still alive?"
Lu Ze said: "Well, the Taoist Master is still alive and has not passed away. His whereabouts are uncertain, and I don't know if he can be found."
Qi Yuning said: "He has lived for more than one hundred and twenty years. Can a person live such a long life?"
"I heard that He Dao Chang Lian has a longevity elixir, and those who take it can live a thousand years."
Qi Yuning did not believe in this elixir. "In ancient times, many emperors asked for this elixir of longevity. They wanted to rule the country for eternity, but in the end, people as powerful as the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty could only adapt to birth, old age, illness and death. Human lifespan can only be as long as a hundred years." It’s a blessing.”
Lu Ze said: "Indeed, it is not easy for a person to live a hundred years. No one in the past and present has been able to live a thousand years. However, I think Taoist He is the head of the Xuanmen and is well-informed. He may know how Lingling is. Go back to Xinweinian."
