After Lu Ze pulled Qi Yuning away, Shen Jialin looked at Qin Feng anxiously and said, "Secretary Qin, aren't you going to stop me? No matter how powerful Prince Lu is, he can't force the woman to leave, right?"
Shen Jialin said indignantly: "I can't just watch Prince Lu bully that beautiful girl."
Lin Jiang waved his fan and said with a smile: "It's not certain which of them will bully whom?"
Shen Jialin said: "But..."
Zheng Haodao: "That's Princess Qi, Prince Lu's fiancée Qi Yuning. They were supposed to get married a long time ago, but the wedding date was delayed due to something."
Shen Jialin suddenly realized, looking at Lu Ze and Qi Yuning coming in from the courtyard door, they no longer had any dispute, thinking that it was right for this pair to be together.
Zheng Hao walked up to Qi Yuning and explained: "Princess Qi, those nine beauties from the Western Regions were confiscated by Prince Lu later. It was all because of my father and grandmother. You must not misunderstand Prince Lu."
Qi Yuning listened to Zheng Hao's explanation and nodded softly: "Yes."
Shen Jialin saw Lu Ze and said, "Prince Lu, I want to compete with you in calligraphy. Please teach me."
Lu Ze looked at Shen Jialin and said to Qin Mang: "The princess and I have important matters to do, so I'll leave first."
Shen Jialin said unconvinced: "You must be afraid that you can't compete with me and will lose, so you left."
Lu Ze ignored Shen Jialin. Instead of wasting time comparing words with such a young boy at the Qin family, it would be better to spend more time alone with Qi Yuning.
They rarely see each other these days.
After Lu Ze and Qi Yuning returned to Chunjiang Hospital, they saw a letter lying in front of Qi Yuning's desk by the window: "Did Lingling write again?"
Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Well, counting the days, this letter was written almost half a month ago."
Lu Ze opened the letter and looked at it and said, "Lingling has been here for a year."
Qi Yuning said: "Is there any news about Taoist Master He?"
Lu Ze shook his head and said, "No."
Lu Ze sat on the small couch, stretched out his hand to hold Qi Yuning's hand, let Qi Yuning sit in his arms, hugged Qi Yuning gently and said: "The affairs of the imperial court are really busy. If Zhao Jie ascends the throne, I'm afraid I will still be so busy, no wonder Lingling said that I don't have time to spend time with her, and I will have to spend more time with her when she is born."
Seeing that Lu Ze was tired, Qi Yuning stretched out his hand to touch Lu Ze's face and said, "Lu Ze, you only asked me if I wanted to be a princess, but what about you? Have you ever thought about becoming an emperor? You are of royal blood... …”
Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning with a smile on his face: "What? You don't want to be a princess, but a queen?"
Qi Yuning said: "Don't make fun of me. Even if I want to be a princess, my brother will not agree. I just ask you. Your Majesty has appointed you as regent. It shows that your Majesty is not on guard against you. Now King Xu , King Jin, King Shou, none of these three are as good as you. If you want to be the emperor, it is not necessarily impossible. There are still people who take over the mother's family business with their mother's surname, you can also..."
Lu Ze hugged Qi Yuning and said: "Being an emperor means that you have the power over the world, but how can you have freedom? Although you are busy now, you are free after all. When little Zhao Jie ascends the throne in the future, you and I will teach Zhao Jie well. Jie, he may not repay kindness with hatred."
Qi Yuning sighed, "When you are in a high position, you always have endless troubles."
Lu Ze touched Qi Yuning's head and said, "Compared with these important matters in the court, I think what is more important is to decide on your marriage."
"You are so busy now, do you still have time to marry a wife?"
Lu Ze asked: "It should be free by the end of October."
Qi Yuning stood up, went to the desk and took out an almanac, flipped through it and said, "October 28th is a good day to get married, so let's use this day."
Lu Ze took a look and saw that it was indeed an auspicious day, and said with a smile, "Let's just call it that day."
Qi Yuning looked at Huang Li and said, "Lin Jiang's wife, Wang Zhiyu, is four months pregnant. She became pregnant just after they got married. But why haven't you heard Lingling talk about the Lin family's brothers and sisters?"
Lu Ze said: "Maybe Lingling didn't play with the Lin family's children anymore."
Qi Yuning thought it was unlikely. The Lin family was not far from the princess's mansion, so there was no reason why they couldn't have fun together.
Lu Ze saw it was getting dark and said to Qi Yuning: "I have to go. Don't believe those rumors outside. If you miss me, just come to me or send someone to tell me."
Qi Yuning said: "I don't have time to think about you. I have reserved time to think about Lingling and my newborn nephew."
Lu Ze smiled when he heard this.
In the next few days, Qi Yuning was busier than Lu Ze. The list of the Qi family's army victims had come out. Qi Yuning gave each person a pension of ten taels. The silver taels came from the confiscated property of the Qin family. of.
In this battle, nearly half of the Qi family's wealth was lost. Qi Yuning didn't care at first, but after calculating the remaining assets, he felt that he still had to settle accounts with the court.
After all, now that Lu Ze is coming to court and Emperor Shi Yuan is still here, he should get some back if he can.
On the Double Ninth Festival, Qi Yuning's longing for Lingling reached its peak. Today is Lingling's birthday.
Qi Yuning thought about it, next year Lingling would be a newborn baby, and he had a lot of expectations for the next year.
The court was closed today, but Lu Ze still had no time to spare. He was in Dali Temple dealing with court officials who had colluded with the Qin family.
At noon, seeing Qi Yuning coming with a food box, Lu Ze put down the case file in his hand and said, "Yuning."
Qi Yuning took out the account books from the food box one by one and said: "This is what I have calculated during this period of time, how much our Qi family army spent when they entered Shengjing City to kill the rebels. Do you think the court should do it?" Subsidy?"
Lu Ze rubbed his temples and said helplessly: "When Brother Qi returns to Shengjing City, His Majesty will naturally reward him."
Qi Yuning said: "Award is a reward, and a subsidy is a subsidy."
Lu Ze said, "Please leave the account book first, and I'll ask His Majesty to take a look at it."
Qi Yuning asked: "How is your Majesty's health now?"
Lu Ze said: "Your Majesty still uses aphrodisiac a lot, and has deliberately reduced it, but the addiction is deep and it is not so easy to get rid of."
Whether in public or private life, Lu Ze hoped that his grandfather would live a long life.
Qi Yuning did not go back in the afternoon, but accompanied Lu Ze to handle official matters, and occasionally helped Lu Ze with advice, until dusk.
Lu Ze knew that Qi Yuning came to accompany him today, probably because he didn't want to miss Lingling blindly in the house.
After Lu Ze and Qi Yuning returned to the palace, they entered Chunjiang Courtyard and Qi Yuning heard a familiar cry.
"Oh, oh, oh, mother, no mother, my aunt is lying!"
Lu Baozhu said: "Auntie didn't lie to you. Didn't Aunt Xiaoman already go to help you find your mother?"
Qi Yuning shook off Lu Ze's hand, picked up her skirt and ran into the courtyard. Seeing Lingling sitting on the stone table in the courtyard crying, Qi Yuning's heart melted.
"Lingling!"
"Mother!"
Lingling ran into Qi Yuning's arms and nestled in Qi Yuning's arms. Qi Yuning hugged her tightly, "Lingling."
Lingling kept crying. Lu Ze entered and saw Lu Baozhu in the room and said, "How come you guys arrived in Shengjing so quickly?"
"Daddy!" Lingling reached out to Lu Ze and asked Lu Ze to hug her.
Lu Ze stepped forward and took Lingling, held her in his arms and kissed her little face.
Lu Baozhu said: "Lingling misses you so much. After learning that you captured Chang'an City, we set off from Beicheng first, and finally arrived on Lingling's birthday. Lingling was not good along the way. Everything was wrong. I want to buy it, but I don’t have much money left.”
Lingling said: "Lingling, be good. If Lingling doesn't buy anything, my aunt will buy it herself!"
Qi Yuning smiled softly and generously gave Lu Baozhu two 500-tael banknotes, "Thank you for your hard work during this time."
Lu Baozhu saw the two banknotes and said: "It's not hard, it's not hard. If you need me to help you take care of Lingling in the future, just come to me."
Qi Yuning saw Lu Baozhu's money-obsessed look and asked, "You and Lingling are the only ones who came back together?"
Lu Baozhu said: "And Lu Baohua, she went to visit her parents."
Lu Ze said: "You also have to go see grandma."
Lu Baozhu frowned and said, "Look at that old woman? I'm not going!"
Lu Ze said: "Lu Baozhu!"
Lu Baozhu pouted and said, "Am I being filial, okay? If I go to visit her, I'm afraid her life will be shortened even more because of my anger."
Lu Ze glanced at Lu Baozhu sideways, and Lu Baozhu said helplessly: "If Lingling comes with you, I will go."
Qi Yuning said: "I will go with you too."
Lu Ze responded: "Well, my grandmother has something to say, so you don't need to pay attention to her, and don't take it to heart."
Qi Yuning nodded lightly.
…
Duke Lu's Mansion, in Mrs. Lu's courtyard.
Qi Yuning and Lu Ze felt that the atmosphere was strange as soon as they entered. Lu Ze did not let anyone know.
There was a strong smell of medicine inside, and Lu Baohua's low cry: "Father, mother, grandmother, King Xu is thirty-three years old this year, fifteen years older than me... How can you let me marry?" Is he a concubine?"
Mrs. Lu said in a trembling voice: "You have always been fond of poetry and poetry. Prince Xu and you have the same interests. His princess will die soon. When Prince Xu ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, you will definitely be the queen of the middle palace." ah!"
Lu Baozhu heard the words and said loudly: "Grandma, King Xu is my uncle, and Lu Baohua is my cousin. If you ask my cousin to marry my uncle, you are either an old fool or your brain is wet from the rain. !”
Qi Yuning listened to Lu Baozhu's words and covered his lips with a handkerchief and chuckled silently.
When Lingling saw Lu Baohua crying, she got down from Lu Ze's arms and comforted Lu Baohua: "Second aunt won't cry. If anyone bullies second aunt, Lingling will help second aunt beat her!"
Mrs. Lu was so angry that she pointed her finger at Lingling and said: "You are so uncultured at such a young age, yet you are so unreasonable to your elders! She really deserves a lesson. Someone, please teach the Lu family a lesson to this bastard!" (End of Chapter)
