Lu Ze heard this and said, "It wasn't you who caught the wolf and informed on him that day? It was Qin Yuli?"

It had been a long time, and Lu Ze only remembered that after being caught by the adults, Qi Yuning was the only one who was not punished.

Later, Lu Baozhu said that Qi Yuning was timid and went to tell the princess the secret. She didn't want to play with Qi Yuning anymore in the future.

At that time, Lu Ze thought Qi Yuning was timid and afraid to tell Princess Pingrou about this matter, and never thought that the informer was someone else.

In the dim candlelight, Qi Yuning looked into Lu Ze's eyes and asked, "So, back then, you all thought I was the one who snitched?"

"Baozhu said so," Lu Ze said. "Indeed, I didn't check it at the time."

Qi Yuning snorted coldly, "Lu Baozhu, that idiot."

"Mother, what is a fool?"

After hearing what Xiao Lingling said, Lu Ze glanced at Qi Yuning and said, "Princess Qi, please be careful with your words."

Qi Yuning said, "Lu Baozhu has wronged me for twelve years. What else could she be but an idiot? This is a good opportunity to teach Lingling not to be an idiot and wrongly accuse others..."

"Speaking of being wronged, hasn't Princess Qi ever done anything to wrongly accuse others?"

Qi Yuning felt guilty for no reason. The only person she had ever wronged was Lu Ze.

Qi Yuning snorted softly, "It's common for Lu Baozhu and I to argue and quarrel. Who told you to go to the Queen to complain? If you hadn't complained first, I wouldn't have taken revenge on you."

Lu Ze said, "I was studying at that time and didn't have time to deal with the grudges between you and Baozhu again and again, fighting over your hairpin today, your hairpin tomorrow, and your skirt the day after tomorrow.

Qin Yuli keeps coming to me to settle the grievances between you two. I'll complain to the Queen, and punishing you by making you copy books will teach you a lesson."

Qi Yuning said, "You have no business interfering in the quarrel between me and Lu Baozhu."

Lu Ze said, "If Qin Yuli hadn't come to me then, I wouldn't have bothered to get involved in the feud between you two young ladies."

Qi Yuning suddenly smiled.

Seeing Qi Yuning suddenly smile, Lu Ze asked, "What's wrong?"

Qi Yuning asked, "Qin Yuli is always looking for you. Is it possible that she is looking for you, and not because of the quarrel between me and Lu Baozhu?"

Lu Ze looked into Qi Yuning's eyes, then looked down to see Lingling had fallen asleep. He lowered his voice and said, "Lingling is asleep."

Qi Yuning looked at Lingling and nodded slightly.

Lu Ze carefully removed his hand from Lingling's little hand, but Lingling woke up in a daze just when he had moved it halfway.

Xiao Lingling held Lu Ze's hand with one of her small hands and Qi Yuning's hand with the other, then put the two big hands together and pressed them down with her small hand.

Qi Yuning felt her whole body go numb for a moment. Lu Ze's palm was on the back of her hand, and the warmth continued to come from it.

When Qi Yuning was about to pull his hand out, he saw Lingling move.

Then, her hand was held tightly by a big hand.

Lu Ze lowered his voice and said, "Princess Qi, you probably don't want to coax Lingling anymore, right?"

Qi Yuning felt her hands go numb, and pretended to be calm as she said, "Master Lu, are you deliberately taking advantage of me through Lingling?"

Lu Ze stared at Qi Yuning, his eyes full of righteousness.

Qi Yuning only felt the back of her hand getting hotter and hotter.

Lu Ze looked at Qi Yuning in the dim candlelight and said, "Actually, this isn't the first time we've held hands. Has Sister Qi forgotten?"

When they were looking for wild wolves that night, Qi Yuning was only six years old. How could he not be afraid in the mountains at night?

At that time, Lu Ze held her hand tightly and only let go when he was punished.

Qi Yuning felt less awkward when she thought about her childhood.

When Lingling fell asleep and her little hand moved away, Qi Yuning immediately withdrew his hand, which seemed to still have the warmth of Lu Ze's palm.

"Master Lu, take care. I won't see you off."

Lu Ze stood up and said, "Princess, please go to bed early."

When Lu Ze returned to the princess's mansion, he could still feel the cool touch of the back of her hand. He looked at his palm and smiled.

When I lay down to sleep, I saw the jade hairpin that I had not had time to return.

Lu Ze put the lily hairpin aside.

…

Lu Ze was woken up by Lu Baozhu early in the morning.

When Lu Baozhu came in, she said with a hint of gloating, "Brother, brother, hurry up and get up. The Duke's Mansion invited five or six imperial doctors last night. I think that old woman might not even make it through Chongyang Festival!"

Seeing Lu Baozhu gloating over her misfortune, Lu Ze scolded her, "Baozhu, that's our grandmother!"

Lu Baozhu snorted, "What kind of grandmother is she?"

Six imperial physicians were invited to the Duke's Mansion last night, and Lu Ze had no time to teach Lu Baozhu a lesson, so he hurriedly changed his clothes and went to the Duke's Mansion.

When Lu Ze went there, his second and third uncles were waiting outside the house.

At dawn, Lu Ze asked, "Second Uncle, Third Uncle, what happened to Grandmother? What did the imperial physician say?"

Lu Baozhu looked on anxiously from the side and asked, "Is grandma dying soon?"

Uncle Lu said helplessly, "Zer, after your father left yesterday, your grandmother fainted from anger. After finally waking up, she said she refused to eat anything. Your grandmother's health was already poor, and now she refuses to take medicine or eat. How can her health withstand this?"

Lu Ze hurried into Madam Lu's room.

Madam Lu said weakly, "Take it away. I won't take the medicine. My children and grandchildren will be unfilial. What's the point of keeping these old bones?"

Madam Lu said anxiously, "Mother-in-law, you are saying this to embarrass us. How dare we be unfilial?"

Mrs. Lu was really holding a grudge in her heart. Her eldest sister-in-law was a princess, so although she did not have the title of the Duke's wife, she had to manage the entire Duke's Mansion on behalf of her eldest sister-in-law.

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