Lu Ze continued, "Princess Qi, you don't want Lingling to worry about the redness and swelling on my face, right?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuning took the ointment from Lichun's hand, dipped her finger into the ointment, and applied it to Lu Ze's red and swollen cheek.

The movement was not heavy, but it was not gentle at all.

Lu Ze felt pain and just glanced at Qi Yuning without saying anything more.

Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze's eyes and her movements became gentler.

When Qi Yu'an, dressed in a black brocade robe, came over and saw Qi Yuning applying medicine to Lu Ze, he became even more angry and said, "He's already engaged, and you're still applying medicine to him? You're a princess, not some little maid or servant! Do you really need to do this kind of thing yourself?"

Lu Ze said, "Prince Qi, I am no longer engaged."

Qi Yuning said, "Brother, it's just some medicine. He is Lingling's father after all."

Qi Yu'an glanced at his sister with dismay, then pulled Qi Yuning aside and warned her, "I'll be returning to the barracks in two days. Don't let Lu Ze, that scoundrel-like face, fool you again!"

Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Brother, don't worry, I don't have any feelings for Lu Ze anymore."

Besides, she had never had any feelings for Lu Ze.

Actually, she and Lu Ze had known each other since childhood, and their two families were neighbors. When Qi Yu'an was young and before he went to the military camp, Lu Ze often came to the palace to play.

Later, after Qi Yuan went to the military camp, Lu Ze also went to the academy. One studied military and the other studied literature, and gradually their childhood friendship faded.

Qi Yuning and Lu Baozhu have been at odds since they were ten years old and often quarrel.

When she was eleven years old, Lu Baozhu cried because she was bullied by Qi Yuning. Lu Baozhu's cousin Qin Yuli asked Lu Ze to come and support her.

Although Lu Ze did not take Lu Baozhu's side, he went to the Empress to complain, and both she and Lu Baozhu were punished to copy the Book of Rites ten times.

Qi Yuning's hands hurt after copying the etiquette book. She really couldn't bear the anger. It was just two little girls quarreling, but Lu Ze was so nosy that he had to go and complain.

Qi Yuning went to the academy where Lu Ze was and looked for him, and only felt relieved after taking revenge on him.

Lu Ze was also punished by his teacher to copy books.

Lu Ze was fourteen years old at that time. To this day, Qi Yuning still remembers Lu Ze's hoarse voice as he said to her:

"Sister Qi, you can rely on the loyal and heroic spirits of the Qi family to do whatever you want without caring about your reputation and have fun as you please, but I still have to study. No matter how you and Baozhu fight in the future, I will not interfere, and you don't have to come to me and bother me to study anymore!"

Since then, Qi Yuning has never appeared in front of Lu Ze again.

I never called him Brother Ze again, let alone spoke to him.

Even if they met at a banquet, they would pretend not to know Lu Ze.

Then, the two spoke again in front of Xianglin Temple on Longhua Mountain.

His brother became a monk and broke off the engagement, so Lu Ze spoke to her first.

In the eyes of others, Lu Ze is a noble young man from an aristocratic family, a jade-like gentleman, a young and promising Dali Temple Junior Official, but in Qi Yuning's eyes, his so-called gentleness is fake.

Lu Ze must have forgotten all about his childhood, but Qi Yu would rather remember it forever.

Therefore, Qi Yuning was even more confused. How could she and Lu Ze have a relationship?

Lu Ze was indeed good-looking, but not good enough to attract her. He had a good family background and a promising future, and her Qi family's background was not bad either.

Qi Yuan didn't know that his sister was thinking so much. He was relieved when he heard his sister's tone that she really didn't have any feelings for Lu Ze.

After the hour of Si, the number of guests in the palace gradually increased.

When the guests saw the appearance of the newly-appointed Princess of Xichang, they couldn't help but start chatting with the ladies and daughters they were friends with.

"With this appearance, is this really the daughter of Master Lu? The famous Master Lu actually had a daughter with Princess Qi before they got married?"

"It can't be the daughter of Master Lu. Don't you think about it? If it really is the daughter of Master Lu, how could Qi Yuning be engaged to Lu Yun?"

"Could it be that Qi Yuning was so angry about Lu Yun becoming a monk that she found a child who looks like Master Lu from somewhere, deliberately trying to disgust the Lu family?"

"Could it be that Princess Qi couldn't bear to part with the Lu family's young master? Since Lu Yun had become a monk and couldn't marry her, she had set her sights on Lu Ze and deliberately conspired to get him to marry her?"

Qi Yuning, who was behind the daughters, heard their whispers and chuckled softly, "It's a waste of your talents if you don't go to the bookshop to write storybooks. This princess doesn't like Lu Ze. He deals with corpses all year round and reeks of corpses. I think he's unlucky!"

The young ladies did not dare to act rashly in front of Qi Yuning and kept their heads down in silence.

Qin Yuli, the granddaughter of Uncle Qin, could not tolerate anyone saying anything bad about her cousin:

"Princess Qi, my cousin deals with corpses in order to give them justice. After entering the Dali Temple, he has solved many strange cases, saved many innocent people, and avenged the dead. How can you despise my cousin?"

Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "Why can't this princess dislike Lu Ze?"

Qin Yuli's eyes widened. "My cousin is a very handsome man. Which girl in Shengjing City wouldn't want to marry him and become the Lu family's prince's consort?"

"Oh, I don't want to."

Qi Yuning looked at the other daughters beside her and asked, "Do you want to be Prince Lu's consort?"

The daughters of the rich families kept shaking their heads, expressing that they did not want to be the Crown Prince's consorts.

They are all noble ladies from aristocratic families, and their fathers and brothers are officials in the court. Even if they really want to be the wife of Prince Lu, they dare not admit their love in public.

Qi Yuning looked at Qin Yuli and smiled, "Look, I'm not the only one who dislikes your cousin!"

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