These literati in Shengjing City all knew Lu Baohua, and they all made way for him.

Lu Baohua withdrew his gaze from Zhong Ming's face and wrote a poem:

She combs her white hair in front of the dressing mirror. The geese fly across the sky in autumn, and the weary traveler misses home. The green sleeves are attentive, the golden cups are scattered, and the jade hands play the pipa.

The wind blows the tent veil, and the butterfly worries about the withered flowers tomorrow. Looking back at the horizon, a sidelong glance and a few jackdaws.

After writing, Lu Baohua looked at Zhong Ming deeply, then stood up and left.

Shen Jialin was left looking at Lu Baohua's beautiful handwriting and praising her: "Beautiful handwriting, beautiful words, who is that girl's family?"

The scholar beside him said, "The second young lady of the Lu family is well-known in Shengjing for her talent."

Shen Jialin asked, "Is she also Lu Ze's sister?"

"Yes, these two brothers and sisters are both talented writers, and they have few rivals in Shengjing City."

Zhong Ming looked at the two lines of words left by Lu Baohua, then looked at his bandaged right hand, sneered, picked up a glass of wine with his left hand and drank it all.

When Qi Yuning went up to the private room on the second floor, he happened to see what Zhong Ming was doing.

In the private room, Lingling ordered a lot of dishes. When the two roasted squabs were served, Lingling grabbed a pigeon leg and gave it to Lu Baohua, saying, "Second aunt, have some legs."

Lu Baozhu was jealous and asked, "Why doesn't my aunt have one?"

Lingling grabbed another pigeon leg and gave it to Lu Baozhu, "Auntie, eat it."

Lu Baozhu held Lingling in her arms and handed the leg to Lingling: "Finally, my love for my Lingling was not in vain."

Qi Yuning smiled faintly as he watched Lingling gnawing on a pigeon leg. After having a good meal and drink, Lingling still had the energy to wander around, and Qi Yuning followed Lingling as she wandered around.

Lu Baozhu asked, "By the way, why didn't I see Lu Yun yesterday? Wasn't he with you?"

Qi Yuning thought of Lu Yun, who still had amnesia, and couldn't help but feel a headache. She didn't know how to explain to Lu Baozhu, "He is at the Shen family in Lingzhou."

"What was he doing there?" Lu Baozhu asked. "He's really good at running away. Where are Baoshuang and Baoxue? Why aren't they there?"

"They followed Zhong Ding to suppress Prince Ning," Qi Yuning said. "We just received urgent news yesterday that Prince Ning has accepted the surrender and should be back soon."

Lu Baohua whispered to Qi Yuning, "Princess, General Zhong Ding went to destroy Prince Ning first. Didn't Zhong Ming go with him?"

Qi Yuning said: "His hand was seriously injured. I'm afraid he can't even hold chopsticks with his right hand..."

Lu Baohua was extremely surprised, "What?"

Qi Yuning looked at Lu Baohua and said, "He is now living in the General's Mansion in the west of the city. If you want to visit him, you can go to the General's Mansion to find him."

After hearing this, Lu Baohua said nothing more.

…

In Prince Xu's mansion.

Prince Xu entered Princess Xu's room and saw that she was coughing violently. He asked, "I heard that you saw Baohua today?"

Princess Xu nodded and said, "Your Highness, Baohua is a good girl. Ahem, it's a pity that I can't leave in this state. Otherwise, you could have offered her the position of principal consort and she wouldn't have suffered any injustice."

Prince Xu held Princess Xu's hand tightly. They were a young couple and had spent fifteen years together. Prince Xu felt very uncomfortable listening to Princess Xu's words.

"I'll get a good doctor to see you. You have to hold on until you become the Crown Princess..."

Princess Xu leaned back on the pillow and said, "I know my family has planned to send my sister and niece to the palace, but I am also worried about them. Baohua is the only one I can trust. Ahem, our Fang'er is too naive. Ahem, we need to find a stepmother who treats her well."

Prince Xu sighed when he saw that Princess Xu was seriously ill.

Princess Xu continued, "And that Shen Jialin, he has a very bad temper. Fang'er is still young, so don't even think about making him your son-in-law. Just coax him well and let the Lingzhou Shen family help you."

Prince Xu listened to Princess Xu's words with a bad taste in his mouth. "Well, you should have a good rest."

Prince Xu left the princess's courtyard and saw Shen Jialin coming in with a piece of paper.

Shen Jialin said to Prince Xu: "Your Majesty, why didn't you tell me that there is such a talented girl in Shengjing City? I have found the goddess of my dreams. I want to marry the second daughter of the Lu family."

Prince Xu: “…”

Prince Xu coughed and said, "I have already verbally arranged a marriage with her parents. I want to take the second daughter of the Lu family as my concubine."

Shen Jialin frowned and said, "Your Highness, you are already so old, and you still want to be with a young girl? You must be more than ten years older than her!"

Although Prince Xu was a talented person who could always tolerate others, he was not annoyed when he heard Shen Jialin's words, and said: "It is true that she will be much older, but her parents have already agreed to the marriage."

Prince Xu was not very willing to marry Lu Baohua at first, as she was much younger than him. He liked Lu Baohua, but he liked her only as a niece. Seeing that Lu Baohua's talent was becoming more and more outstanding, Prince Xu felt proud of this young person.

Prince Xu felt guilty about having her as a concubine and having children with her.

However, in order to get that position now, I have no choice but to shamelessly try to eat the young grass.

Shen Jialin said, "What a pity, but she has an older sister. Judging from her sister's tone, she must also be very talented in writing."

"Sister? She only has one sister, my niece, Princess Pingrou's daughter, Lu Baozhu."

Shen Jialin said, "So her name is Baozhu. Judging from her tone, I think she must be more talented than Miss Lu Er. And she is Lu Ze's younger sister. Isn't she very talented?"

Prince Xu smiled, but ultimately did not expose his own niece's lack of knowledge and skills. "She's from the same family, so she must be about the same."

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