It was getting dark, and after Qi Yuning and Lu Ze finished their dinner, they both felt empty in their hearts.

Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze's clothes in the room and whispered, "You can pack your clothes and go back to the princess's mansion. Lingling is gone, so she won't need to make a fuss to see you at night anymore."

Lu Ze really had no reason to stay in the palace any longer, so he said, "Pack up and leave tomorrow."

Qi Yuning shook her head and said, "Today, I will think of Lingling when I see you. You should hurry back to the Princess's Mansion."

Lu Ze chuckled helplessly and said, "Princess Qi, I really am a daughter because of her father. You're kicking me out now that Lingling's not here?"

Qi Yuning raised her eyes and said, "I asked you to live here because of Lingling. Now that Lingling is gone, you naturally can't stay here with me."

Lu Ze held Qi Yuning's wrist, looked down at her and said, "You and I will be married in a month, so what if you stay here for one night?"

Qi Yuning sighed and said, "According to the current situation, it's hard to say whether you and I can get married smoothly in a month. Your Majesty, please don't let anything happen to you within this month."

Lu Ze said, "You can rest assured about this."

Qi Yuning hummed in confusion.

Lu Ze leaned close to Qi Yuning's ear and said, "Lingling was conceived by us in the twelfth lunar month. Before Lingling was conceived, His Majesty was fine. Otherwise, with the country mourning, a noble family would never have a child openly."

Qi Yuning breathed a sigh of relief. "Then we can go to Persia and find the Persian envoy to identify the sweet grass fragrance as Persian opium."

Lu Ze nodded lightly and said, "Yes, so, Princess, can I stay here one more night?"

Qi Yuning looked outside and saw that it was indeed getting late. He chuckled and said, "You can stay, but I have to remind you that the day after tomorrow is the Qingming Festival. We will go to the imperial mausoleum palace tomorrow afternoon. If you take a cold bath today, it will be bad for you to catch a cold or cough."

Lu Ze said, "I know."

Without the little head rubbing against her neck, Qi Yuning couldn't fall asleep even when she lay down. Every time she closed her eyes, she missed her little Lingling.

After dark, I wonder if Lingling will cry out for her parents, or if she will sleep well.

Qi Yuning tossed and turned. Lu Ze opened his eyes and hugged Qi Yuning's waist. "Do you miss Lingling?"

Qi Yuning nodded and said, "In the past six months, she has never been away from me for such a long time. I am afraid that she will cry at night. Baoshuang and Baoxue are still unmarried, and Chunfen and Jingzhe may not be able to take good care of Lingling..."

Lu Ze advised, "Baoshuang and Baoxue are always considerate, and Lingling can actually be very well-behaved sometimes. Let's go to sleep first."

Qi Yuning opened her eyes and looked at Lu Ze's face. She stroked his eyes with her hand and asked, "Will Lingling look like you when she grows up? Lu Ze, can you change into women's clothes and show me what Lingling will look like when she grows up?"

Lu Ze loosened his grip on Qi Yuning's waist and said, "Stop thinking about it and go to sleep first."

Qi Yuning said, "I miss Lingling and can't sleep. Why don't you pretend to be Lingling when she grows up and show her to me?"

Lu Ze said, "Twenty years from now, you'll be able to see Lingling grow up."

Qi Yuning blinked and said, "Please. This princess has been begging people for help for so many times in her life..."

Lu Ze regretted staying, so he simply closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

"Lu Ze."

Qi Yuning said softly, but when Lu Ze didn't respond, she asked again, "Prince Lu?"

There was no response from Lu Ze.

Qi Yuning leaned close to Lu Ze's ear and said, "Brother Ze?"

Lu Ze still kept his eyes closed. Qi Yuning whispered in Lu Ze's ear, "Uncle..."

Lu Ze opened his eyes, grabbed Qi Yuning's wrist and asked, "What did you call me?"

Qi Yuning said, "So Master Lu likes to hear me call you uncle..."

When Lu Ze heard the word "big uncle", he remembered that Qi Yuning almost became his brother's wife and said, "Don't call me that."

Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "Who told you to ignore me? That's why I call you uncle..."

Before the word "brother" came out of his mouth, Qi Yuning felt a warmth on his lips, and their breaths gradually intertwined.

The spring breeze blew in through the window that was never closed.

Qi Yuning only felt that her face was full of red, and her whole body was soft as if she was in a hot spring pool.

"Hmm~"

When Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze with red eyes in front of her, she was distracted, even though she knew they were not married yet.

However, she felt that if she had her wedding night earlier today, she would not regret it. She just needed something to relieve her worries.

Lu Ze narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice, "Yu Ning, is this okay?"

Qi Yuning pursed her lips and said weakly, "Hmm..."

When Lu Ze heard Qi Yuning's weak response, he didn't intend to endure it any longer. He hugged Qi Yuning tighter and kissed her more fiercely, as if he wanted to swallow the beauty in front of him into his stomach.

"pain……"

Lu Ze heard Qi Yuning cry out in pain. Seeing that both of them were still wearing their clothes, he whispered, "I haven't..."

Qi Yuning covered her lower abdomen and said, "It's a stomachache. I'm afraid it's my period."

Qi Yuning pushed Lu Ze away again and again and rang the bed bell to let the maid in.

After the two maids Xiaoman and Guyu came in, they looked at the two people between the bed curtains and felt a little shy.

Qi Yuning coughed and said, "I think my menstrual period has come. You guys go and get ready."

Lu Ze saw blood stains on Qi Yuning's skirt and chuckled helplessly, asking, "Does it hurt?"

Qi Yuning said: "It's not very painful, so I'll let you go back to the Princess's Mansion today."

Lu Ze chuckled and said, "If I go back to the princess's residence today, I'm afraid you'll cry alone."

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